as sybrina said, we thank them for bringing the charges. many of the prosecutors in the state of florida would not have brought the charges no matter how much evidence they have. certainly lawyers have different strategies and different styles. one of the strategies attorney parks and i employ always is empower the jury to say your vote today in this courtroom is more important than your vote when you go vote in a presidential election. you go back there and you hold on to your vote. you don't let people sway you from your vote. your vote will count more today than it will in any presidential election, but there is six votes in that jury and that is what it was and one vote counted all the world to tracy and sybrina if they would have held on their vote and not gave in to their vote and that is important to tell a jury. we always tell the jury you got to make your vote count. >> the prosecution didn't say that. >> it's a different style. we know that's our style to make sure we empower the jury. >> now, you know, when you hear this juror th

this is the cross-examination of si b sybrina fulton. cross examining a griever mother who has lost her teenage son is a delicate dance to be certain. here is mark o'mara. you can see how the two of them almost, almost get into it. have a look. >> you certain hope as a mom, you certainly hope that your son, trayvon martin would not have done anything that would have led to his own death, correct? >> what i hope for is that this would have never happened and he would still be here. that's my hope. >> absolutely. now dealing with the reality that he's no longer here is certainly your hope as a mom, hold out hope as long as you can that trayvon martin was in no way responsible for his own death, correct? >> i don't believe he was. >> i know. that's the hope that you continue, correct? >> i don't understand what you're trying to ask me. >> paul, i want you to step in here for a moment and help me get into the mind of mark o'mara, what was he trying to establish there and did he make any headway? >> she was trying to establish that she would

as sybrina said, we thank ms. corey for bringing the charges, because many of the prosecutors in the state of florida would not have brought the charges no matter how much evidence they had. and certainly lawyers have different strategies and different styles. one of the strategies attorney parks and i employ always is to empower the jury to say your vote today in this courtroom is more important than your vote when you go vote in a presidential election. you go back there and you hold on to your vote. you don't let people sway you from your vote. your vote will count more today than it will in any presidential election. six votes in that jury, and that's what it was. and one vote counted all the world to tracy and sybrina if they just would have hold on to their vote and not gave in on their vote. and that's tant an important thing to tell a jury. we always tell the jury that you got to make your vote count. >> and the prosecution didn't say that? >> it's a different style. we know that's our style to make sure w

bernie also spent some time talking to sybrina fulton. this is the medical examiner who performed the autopsy. earlier, there was a stipulation and we were led to believe because of that stipulation he might not testify. again, the medical examiner appears to be taking the stand. could be the last witness for the state, could being the operative word. >> again, he performed the autopsy on trayvon martin. let's listen in. >> you can state your name for the record, please, sir. >> good morning. my name. shiping bao. s hirsch p-i-n-g b-a-o. >> what is your occupation, sir? >> i'm the associate medical examiner in volusia and seminole countie counties. >> and if you could just briefly tell us about your specialty, what area of practice you have and your education background, training. >> i received my medical degree in china, coming to the united states in 1992, when i was 29 years old, to pursue american dream. i did my pathology training in birmingham, alabama and finished my forensic pathology fellowship in tarrant county medical examiner'

sybrina fulton testified about one of the most critical questions in this case, saying that she was certain it was her son's voice screaming on that critical 911 call. the jury also heard testimony from trayvon martin's older brother and from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on trayvon martin and who said trayvon experienced pain and suffering after the fatal gunshot. but the day began with that heart wrenching testimony that sybrina fulton that revealed her pain and her pride. >> do you have any children? >> yes, i do. >> and can you tell us who they are and their names? >> my youngest son is trayvon benjamin martin. he's in heaven. >> he's in heaven.

first on behalf of tracy martin and sybrina fulton who are just heart broken right now. and we ask that you keep them in your prayers. at this time attorney crump will make a statement and then we will take a few questions. >> i am here along with the attorneys. sybrina fulton and tracy martin would like to thank the supporters throughout the nation and the world to everybody that attend ad rally, to the millions of people that signed petitions, to the prosecution, miss angela corey, mr. bernie de la rionda, attorney john guy and mr. rich manti and everybody from the prosecutor's office. to everybody that put their hoodies up. to everybody says i am trayvon. his family expresses their heartfelt gratitude for helping them these past 17 months. to tracee and sybrina, trayvon's parents, it has made sanford and many other cities a little safer for all our children. i know trayvon is up there proud of the changes that you as his parents have inspired in his name. this morning, martin luther king's daughter tweeted me a message. it read today is a demoment for the status of my

sybrina could not lose her baby. sybrina could not lose one of her children. i just ask you as a mother, as a grandmother, as an aunt, an uncle, a grandfather to wrap your mind around what has happened, because i speak to you as trayvon's mother. i'm just asking you to wrap your mind around that. wrap your mind around no prom for trayvon. no high school graduation for trayvon. no college for trayvon. no grandkids coming from trayvon. >> sybrina fulton's emotional words come as we hear more from juror b29. she was the holdout juror. she first voted that george zimmerman was guilty of second-degree murder, but after hours of emotional debate inside the jury room, she eventually agreed to acquit mr. zimmerman. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. but you can't get away from god. and at the end of the day, he is going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. >> what would you like to say to trayvon's parents? >> i would like to apologize because i feel like i let them down. >> this juror's account takes us inside the jury room to the final

very emotional testimony from sybrina fulton. she was asked on the stand by the state who was screaming on that 911 call. let's listen. >> while he was growing up and you were raising him, have you heard him crying or yelling? >> yes. >> i want to play a recording for you, ma'am. >> 911, do you need police, fire or medical? >> maybe both, i'm not sure. there is just someone screaming outside. >> what is the address that they're near? >> 1211 twin tree lane. >> twin tree lane? is it in sanford? >> yes. >> is it a male or female? >> it sounds like a male. >> you don't know why? >> i don't know why. i think they're yelling help. but i don't know. >> does he look hurt to you? >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there, i don't know what's going on. >> do you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right, what is your -- >> there's gunshots. >> you just heard gunshots? >> yes. >> ma'am, that screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be, ma'am? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> now, kee

as sybrina says we have to take something negative and find something positive. we have to ask the department of justice can little black and brown boys walk down the street and not have private citizens with guns profile and follow them and confront them because we need to know the law because we need to know what to tell our children, and if that is not the law, then the killer of trayvon martin should be held accountable for violating his civil rights. because he had every legal right to walk down that neighborhood sidewalk and not be profiled and confronted. >> yet, as you know, the juror b-37 and i'm assuming other jurors as well didn't discuss race in the jury room. she clearly does not believe that race played any role in the profiling of trayvon martin at any level in this case. let's play that. do you feel that george zimmerman racially profiled trayvon martin? do you think race played a role in his decision, his view of trayvon martin as suspicious? >> i don't think he did. i think circumstances caused george to think he might be robber or trying to do

as sybrina says we have to take something negative and find something positive. we have to ask the department of justice can little black and brown boys walk down the street and not have private citizens with guns profile and follow them and confront them because we need to know the law because we need to know what to tell our children, and if that is not the law, then the killer of trayvon martin should be held accountable for violating his civil rights. because he had every legal right to walk down that neighborhood sidewalk and not be profiled and confronted. >> yet, as you know, the juror b-37 and i'm assuming other jurors as well didn't discuss race in the jury room. she clearly does not believe that race played any role in the profiling of trayvon martin at any level in this case. let's play that. do you feel that george zimmerman racially profiled trayvon martin? do you think race played a role in his decision, his view of trayvon martin as suspicious? >> i don't think he did. i think circumstances caused george to think he might be a robber or trying to d

i was pushing him a little bit on his cross-examination of sybrina fulton. george zimmerman's statements and decide if they believe him. >> mark nejame, criminal defense attorney, let me ask you about mark o'mara. i was pushing him a little bit on his cross-examination of sybrina fulton. what did you make of what he did. he told me a second ago, look, my client faces life in prison. i had to ask the tough questions. as difficult as it was. what do you make of how he went about it? >> look, it was risky. there's no question it was risky. you know -- >> but was it a good risk? >> well, defense 101 you don't do it. he took a chance. i don't think he needed to do it. you know, do you that type of thing when you need a throw a hail mary pass because your case is in danger and you've got to do what you've got to do because you have to pull it out. he's not in that position. his case is going pretty well considering the fact this is a prosecution case so far and the defense has scored a lot of points. so i think the point he was wanting to make and i think he went

. >> sybrina fulton and mr. martin, tracy martin, have been -- the extent to which they have been holding up the rest of us when they are, in fact, the grieving parents is extraordinary. it has put me in mind of the other of emmett till who in the context of her own grieving launched a social movement, allowed her son's death to have greater meaning for decades. and yet it seems such an unfair role for a parent to have to play. what is the next step for this family as they again do this amazing work of making meaning out of their son's life and death? >> melissa, it's interesting you ask me that, because i know talked to sybrina a lot. just moments ago she said attorney crump we have to now call up our sleeves and we've got a call to action to move forward. she talked about how we can peacefully protest to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else's child. and we talked about reverend sharpton and dr. martin luther king, jr.,'s son, martin iii celebrating the great march on washington and the fact they will

as sybrina says we have to take a negative and find a positive out of it. we have to ask the department of justice can little black and brown boys walk down the street and not have private citizens with guns profile and follow them and confront them because we need to know the law because we need to know what to tell our children, and if that is not the law, then the killer of trayvon martin should be held accountable for violating his civil rights. because he had every legal right to walk down that neighborhood sidewalk and not be profiled and confronted. >> yet, as you know, the juror b37 and i'm assuming other jurors as well didn't discuss race in the jury room. she clearly does not believe that race played any role in the profiling of trayvon martin at any level in this case. let's play that. do you feel that george zimmerman racially profiled trayvon martin? do you think race played a role in his decision, his view of trayvon martin as suspicious? >> i don't think he did. i think circumstances caused george to think he might be a robber or trying to do

sybrina's position, what she wants is for those tapes not to exist. what you want is for your son not to be dead. mark o'mara gave her an opportunity to increase her own credibility and to make her testimony more firm because i thought her answer was pretty much what a mom would say. >> lisa bloom, your thoughts on that. how did sybrina fulton do today when she was being questioned by mark o'mara? >> i think she did very well. i think she was the best prosecution. she was followed by the worse witness for the prosecution, the medical examiner. there's no question that sybrina fulton has not only sat and listened to this entire trial so far and all of the excruciating testimony about the death of her son and how he was shot and killed and the medical testimony and -- it just has to be horrific and then she took the stand and did what she had to do. i think the jury may have wished that they could have heard more from her. identifying trayvon martin on that 911 call. ed? >> all right. lisa, you had a -- you struggled today with the testimony of the fed

the pastor, arthur jackson, did talk with sybrina today. this is part of the message that he got. >> they are very upset. they are very heart broken as you can imagine, as my parent would be, the senseless tragedy of losing a child. i applaud her. i commend her faith in god. she still trusts in god amid the trial. >> and in fact, the pastor, pastor jackson said sybrina asked him to convey that message to parishioners here this morning to continue to trust in god. while she was not here, there were some other members of the family that did attend. a cousin and aunt and uncle. as you might expect their feelings, they were hurt, sad, confused and they are devastated. >> we're just, everybody in prayers. trayvon, as sybrina said, could have your son, my baby, anyone in america's baerks just wa zam been walking to the store. >> everyone at this moment may be feeling burdened. they have to stand strong on their faith. they have to know god has it. no matter what he has it. we give it to him. we give our burdens to him. be strong and peaceful and

because as a mother sybrina couldn't do it. sybrina could not lose her baby. sybrina could not lose one of her children. i just ask you as a mother, as a grandmother, as an aunt, an uncle, a grandfather to wrap your mind around what has happened. because i speak to you as trayvon's mother. i'm just asking you to wrap your mind around that. wrap your mind around no prom for trayvon. no high school graduation for trayvon. no college for trayvon. no grandkids coming from trayvon. >> sybrina fulton's emotional words come as we hear more from juror b-29. she first voted that george zimmerman was guilty of second degree murder. but after hours of emotional debate inside the jury room, voted to acquit mr. zimmerman. >> george zimmerman got away with murder but you can't get away from god. at the end of the day he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. >> what would you like to say to trayvon's parents? >> i would like to apologize, because i felt like i let them down. >> this juror's account takes them inside the jury room to the final de

sybrina fulton, you mentioned, the first witness today. her testimony interrupt because they needed to get some evidence out. the most important piece of testimony from fulton this morning was the fact that she said, she testified that the screaming heard in the background of one of those 911 calls was in fact that of her son, trayvon martin's. she also testified that the 17-year-old was right-handed. that would be important later in the day. then came trayvon's older brother. he testified that he also recognized the voice of one of those 911 calls as that of his brother's, but he also acknowledged that he previously told a reporter here in florida that he couldn't be sure. that he wasn't certain that it was his brother's. then after those two family members testified, dr shipley took the stand, the medical examiner who we'll be hearing from again in a few moments, that's where they left off, his examination. he basically testified, starting off saying trayvon martin was 5'11", 158 pounds, shot by a single gunspot wound to the chest. he te

you know, you bring up some of the criticism about the cross-examination of sybrina fulton. we will ask the man himself who did that cross-exam, mr. mark o'meara, joining me live coming up next. do not miss this. this is greta. she works in quality control. she makes a nifty living sleeping on mattresses pioneered by engineers whose singluar devotion is not stopping until they have given her the best sleep of her life. that's not greta. save up to $500 on the tempur-ergo set plus visit tempurpedic.com for details about our 0% apr financing with up to 5 years to pay. >>> welcome back to this sption, self-defense or murder, the george zimmerman trial. the prosecution rested today and the defense began late this afternoon in sanford, florida, by calling the mother and the uncle of george zimmerman. with me now for an exclusive interview is mark o'mara, zimmerman's defense attorney. mr. o'meara, nice to see you, sir. big last couple weeks for you, huge day for you all as you called your first two witnesses. i want to begin fair and square, i just spoke with co-counsel for the ma

my heart is with sybrina fulton, rachel jeantel everyone who loved trayvon and has been sent the message that his life did not matter." kate, chris? >> i think most people would agree, people, their hearts and prayers are with the family of

wrap up its case, it would put sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mother, on the stand and ask her that question, who was that voice. i don't think anybody anticipated in the same day george zimmerman's mother gladys would take the stand and be asked the same exact question after hearing the same exact audio. take a listen again. >> ma'am, that screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be, ma'am? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> do you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> and whose voice was that? >> my son, george. >> and are you certain of that? >> because he's my son. >> reporter: and, of course, it was one mother that began the testimony today, and it was another that almost was the very last voice that the jury heard before they went off on their weekend break.

today sybrina fulton called trayvon a child. she said he was just carrying a drink and candy and vowed today, don, that she would work for trayvon but said i will work for your children as well. don? >> all right, alina, thank you very much. we want to head now to washington, d.c., athena jones is there. athena, what did you see today? >> reporter: hi, don, that chant no justice, no peace was also the refrain here outside the federal courthouse in d.c., hundreds of people showed up for the justice for trayvon rally here, braving very high temperatures, some of them even wearing hoodies, some brought ice tea and skittles in solidarity with trayvon martin, all of them, of course, wanting the department of justice to bring federal civil rights charges against george zimmerman. now, whether that's going to happen is still an open question. but i can tell you that one of the other big themes we heard a lot about today is that the racial profiling. one speaker took issue with the recent comment in "the washington post" that argued tha

it moved back to the family of sybrina and tracy martin, because the parents of trayvon martin they suffer a grief now. but his attorneys will tell you he'll never have a normal life again. he's in hiding still and will have to remain there. can he get a job? how will he get a job? death threats against him. people say they will seek their own justice. they don't see in any way george zimmerman goes back to a life he had before all of this. of course he must live with the fact he killed a 17-year-old. that is without question, regardless of the justification the defense said he had. i wouldn't want to be in his shoes. >> all right. martin savidge in sanford, florida, thank you very much. the state criminal case is over but zimmerman's legal troubles are far from over. i'm going to bring in civil legal analyst and attorney from sanford, florida, but before i do i do want to read part of the statement from president obama just issued moments ago, a statement about the verdict in the george zimmerman murder trial. he said, "we're a nation of laws and a jury has spoken. he says he knows the ca

it moved back to the family of sybrina and tracy martin, because the parents of trayvon martin they suffer a grief now. yet george is exonerated. but his attorneys will tell you he'll never have a normal life again. he's in hiding still and will have to remain there. can he get a job? how will he get a job? death threats against him. people say they will seek their own justice. they don't see in any way george zimmerman goes back to a life he had before all of this. of course he must live with the fact he killed a 17-year-old. that is without question, regardless of the justification the defense said he had. i wouldn't want to be in his shoes. >> all right. martin savidge in sanford, florida, thank you very much. the state criminal case is over but zimmerman's legal troubles are far from over. i'm going to bring in civil legal analyst and attorney from sanford, florida, but before i do i do want to read part of the statement from president obama just issued moments ago, a statement about the verdict in the george zimmerman murder trial. he said, "we're a nation of laws and a jury has spoke

at the end of the day for sybrina fulton and trayvon martin it's that simple and sad. tonight as we talk about greater implications of the death of trayvon martin, we don't want to lose sight of the simple fact a mother and father lose a son. tonight joining me sybrina fulton, tracy martin and benjamin crump. how are you holding up? >> it's very difficult. but i'm just taking one day at a time. it's very difficult. >> tracy for you? >> it's tough. we trying to stay strong. we understand we have to stay strong for each other, our families. >> you were there in the trial every day, and at times you had to leave because of some of the testimony was too hard to hear. >> there were times not necessarily the testimony, but a lot more the pictures for me, the 911 call where it just seemed so final. the pictures that the medical examiners, the pictures at the site, those things were more hurtful to me and sometimes i could sit through it, and at times i just needed to just go by myself and just say a prayer and ask god to strengthen me. >> when i talked to daryl parks one day

to last witness sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mother, expected to take the stand before the prosecution rests. another big day in a trial that has had a big day. martin savidge starts us off. >> reporter: the symbol to many, the hooded sweatshirt trayvon martin wore is also a key piece of evidence. he found no trace of george zimmerman's dna on that sweatshirt, not even on the sleeves or cuffs nearest to the fifties the defendant says trayvon martin was hitting him with, and no zimmerman dna was found under martin's fingernails and what with about martin's dna? was it found on the gun which, by one zimmerman account, the teen actually reached for and touched. >> swabbed or the dna that you developed from the pistol grip of the defendant's gun was positive for blood, correct? >> yes. >> and then there was a mixture. the major was matched the defendant george zimmerman. >> yes. >> and you were able to exclude trayvon martin as having dna on

in a fur hoew hours sybrina ful could be on the witness stand. the big question, can she identify her son's voice as the one crying out for help in those 911 tapes? remember, most of the all-female jury are mothers as well. cnn's george howell is live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that is exactly what prosecutors are banking on, that question, who would better know their child's cries for help better than a mother? they hope that resonates with the jury of six women, five of them, chris, mothers. >> reporter: it's been the cornerstone of the prosecution's case from the beginning, screams heard on the 911 audiotape said to be proof of who was the aggressor the night trayvon martin was shot and killed, that is if the screams can be identified. >> do you think he's yelling help. >> yes. >> what is your -- >> just -- there's gunshots. >> reporter: martin's mother, sybrina fulton, is expected to take the stand in the most emotional day in court yet. >> trayvon's mother is going to make a compelling witness because she will person

. >> i would quickly add, that's the reason why it's great sybrina fulton lended her name to the broader sort of common sensence movement for gun safety. >> the president referenced gun violence. >> we have to broaden this out because how this is unfolding is, there's all these issues around state's rights. there's the war on women is being fought on those battlegrounds. the anti-obama care is being fought on those grounds and we have to bring all these things together to attack them together in order to be successful here. >> julian epstein and professor james peterson, thank you, gentlemen. coming up, the burden of a star witness in a hot lit dly disput trial. >> this don't have nothing to do with me. it's not about me. it's not about my character. it's not about trayvon's character. it's about that night, what happened that night. who caused the situation to happen. hmm...fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know some owls aren't that wise? don't forget i'm having brunch with meghan tomorrow. who? meghan, my

>> what i say is what i told sybrina sybrina and tracy, and i noted the changes that have been made in the wake of the shooting of trayvon martin and there's a victory in that. there's a child died and i think that because people took to social media and because 2.2 million americans changed the petition on change.org and demanded, not in an effort to persecute george zimmerman, but in an effort to say, that a black 17-year-old child should be able to walk home from the store and not be shot. >> yes. >> so, i think for the people who did that, i do not want them to be discouraged. i think they may have saved the life of another child. because i think that from now on, if there's someone that wants to follow someone with a gun, i think they will think twice about it. so for those people, i say thank you for everything and sanford is -- sanford is changed for the better. and i think that you know, there's grace and dignity in what these people did in the peaceful protests. >> thank you. and we have been watching the silver attorneys for the trayvon martin family tonight as we continue ou

>> what i say is what i told sybrina sybrina and tracy, and i noted the changes that have been made in the wake of the shooting of trayvon martin and there's a victory in that. there's a child died and i think that because people took to social media and because 2.2 million americans changed the petition on change.org and demanded, not in an effort to persecute george zimmerman, but in an effort to say, that a black 17-year-old child should be able to walk home from the store and not be shot. >> yes. >> so, i think for the people who did that, i do not want them to be discouraged. i think they may have saved the life of another child. because i think that from now on, if there's someone that wants to follow someone with a gun, i think they will think twice about it. so for those people, i say thank you for everything and sanford is -- sanford is changed for the better. and i think that you know, there's grace and dignity in what these people did in the peaceful protests. >> thank you. and we have been watching the silver attorneys for the trayvon martin family tonight as we continue ou

>> sybrina talked to attorney crump and i. she said she went to church. she had time to think and reflect and pray. and her goal now is to make sure that this verdict does not define her son. she said she will define his legacy and work with his foundation and work with youth across the country. >> and are they -- so this whole question we've been talking about about the doj and whether the doj should pursue a hate crime, do they feel strongly about that at this point? >> we haven't talked about that yet. i've talked with ben crump and they feel the doj should continue their investigation and into the handling of this case from beginning to end. >> i want to ask you another question about that. but first, george zimmerman's parents. they spoke to barbara walters moments ago and she asked them what they would say to trayvon martin's fally and here's how they answered that. >> we are deeply sorry. deeply sorry. and we pray for trayvon martin. >> is that apology any consolation for the martin family, natalie? both parties, both sets of parents have tried to

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later that day martin's mom sybrina fulton caught o'mara's attention when she left the courtroom, she got up when they were talking about photos taken during her son's autopsy. >> the other thing about autopsy photographs is that there's muscle tone. because there's no nerves, there's no movement. he lost half his blood. we know that. so, on that picture that we have of him on the medical examiner's table, yeah, he does look emaciated. but here's him three months before that night. >> let's bring back cnn legal analyst sunny hostin and danny cevalos, let's start with that, sybrina martin leaving the courtroom and mark o'mara seemed to notice mom, dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪ [ dad ] jan? since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it!

>> what i say is what i told sybrina sybrina and tracy, and i noted the changes that have been made in the wake of the shooting of trayvon martin and there's a victory in that. there's a child died and i think that because people took to social media and because 2.2 million americans changed the petition on change.org and demanded, not in an effort to persecute george zimmerman, but in an effort to say, that a black 17-year-old child should be able to walk home from the store and not be shot. >> yes. >> so, i think for the people who did that, i do not want them to be discouraged. i think they may have saved the life of another child. because i think that from now on, if there's someone that wants to follow someone with a gun, i think they will think twice about it. so for those people, i say thank you for everything and sanford is -- sanford is changed for the better. and i think that you know, there's grace and dignity in what these people did in the peaceful protests. >> thank you. and we have been watching the silver attorneys for the trayvon martin family tonight as we continue ou

emotional words from trayvon martin's mother sybrina fulton, this at the national urban league conference. >> i'm just asking you to wrap your mind around that. wrap your mind around no prom for trayvon. no high school graduation for trayvon. no college for trayvon. no grand kids coming from trayvon. all because of a law. a law that has prevented the person who shot and killed my son to be held accountable. >> those calls come after juror b-29 spoke with abc news and said she, quote, felt zimer man got away with murder but couldn't find him guilty because of the law. she also offered her apologies to trayvon martin's parents. >> what would you like to say to trayvon's parents? >> i would like to apologize because i feel like i let them down. >> joining me now, b.e.t. columnist and cnbc contributor keith boykin and criminal defense attorney john burris. keith, i want to start with you. let's play part of that interview that everybody's talking about today. here's some of that. >> george zimmerman got away with murder, but you can't get away from god. and at the end of the day, he's going t

and i want you to know, sybrina, that it is okay. and i want you to know that when you go by yourself into that private place, you do not go lan, because all of our love goes with you. and i have no doubt that you will some day hear the words of matthew 25:21, well done, my good and faithful servant. sincerely, melissa. wait a sec! i found our colors. we've made a decision. great, let's go get you set up... you need brushes... you should check out our workshops... push your color boundaries while staying well within your budget walls. i want to paint something else. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. glidden premium interior paint, starts at a new lower price at $18.94 a gallon. >>> we've been talking all morning about president obama's unscripted moment yesterday. but i want to turn now to another unscripted moment he had last year on election night. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. by the w

i just simp rly listened to the tape. >> sybrina fulton there on the stand. tough cross-examine to watch there. we're going to go back to that with our legal experts. also, we just saw this associate medical examiner, dr. shiping bao. he was just excused. he was on the stand for quite a chunk of the day. he was the person who conducted that final autopsy on the body of 17-year-old trayvon martin. and earlier today, this was prerecess, something happened that you actually rarely see in a court of law. >> are you reading from something now. >> yeah, yeah. i typed down my stuff. >> may i see what you're referring to, please? may i approach the witness? >> because i puzzled by that. i could not remember the thing. >> your honor, may the witness not answer until i've had a chance to -- >> yes. >> okay. >> show me what you're looking at. >> before this testimony, i told you i spent hundreds, hundreds hours. potential answers to your potential question. these my notes. >> may i see them, please? >> i rather you do not see this, my notes. nobody saw that before. >> o

let's talk about today when sybrina fulton, the mother of trayvon martin, took the stand. expected to be quite emotional. however, sir breanna -- sybrina fulton, who appears to still be grieving since she lost her son. she has heard the 9-1-1 tape numerous times and held her composure on the witness stan, and in the jury box, five of the six female jurors all have children of their own, also mothers like sybrina fulton, and they did appear empathetic, somber, but serious. no one shedding a tear, however tears were shed not only by tracy martin, trayvon's father, but one of the jurors did look quite sad later in the day when the medical examiner was on the stand, and the prosecution started showing those very clinical autopsy photos of the deceased, trayvon patterns lying naked at the morgue for the medical examination and the autopsy review. tight shotted of the bullethole. testimony about the bullet still inning his heart when his body arrived there. that seemed to have the jurors shaken as well. one of the jurors actually looked at the father, tracy martin, and just watc

. >> tracie and sybrina are frankful for all those prayers over the past 17 months since the death of their son. >> and i hope that everyone who thinks, particularly those who doubted george's reasons. >> for trayvon to rest in peace, we must all be peaceful. >> this whole system wants you to feel like trayvon was a criminal. >> this is more than just trayvon martin and george zimmerman. >> this whole system is wrong. >> this is a failure of justice. >> this is so far from being racial it's not even funny. >> this case has never been about race. >> it wasn't about skittles. >> if you think what attorney max o'mara said. >> things would have been different if george zimmerman was black. he never would have been charged with a crime. >> probably one of the most incorrect things i've heard. >> i challenge anybody to go to court. >> if you are white and have killed someone black, 35% chance that it's justifiable homicide. if you are black and shoot someone 3%. >> you can stand your ground unless you're a black man. >> our justice system is color blind. >> trayvon as sybrina said could hav

this is sybrina fulton taking part in a panel at the national urban league conference. she's getting a wild applause there from the organization. we're watching and waiting for her comments. we will dip in live as soon as that begins. >>> reliving those terrifying moments from wednesday's crash in spain. stephen ward was on the train when it left the rails and crashed. one moment everything was normal. the next, ward says he was covered in blood. in an exclusive interview he gave a first hand account of how all of that happened. >> i thought it was a dream for a couple of minutes. i remember someone helping me out of the car. i don't remember what it looked like inside. they helped me out. the train had fallen into a ditch. they helped me up and off to the side. i was one of the first people they helped out. they were helping other people out. there was screaming and bodies and smoke. it was after 30 seconds i thought i don't think i'm asleep. this is a real. this was a scary realization. people were helping and trying to get people out as fast as they could. i sat ther

and they, as sybrina said, she would have fought harder if that would have been her child. they just are trying to get through this as make something positive out of something so negative, because they were so hurt by this verdict. >> i'm sure they were. mark, the juror anderson interviewed last week spoke about this juror and how she was the last holdout on a guilty or not guilty charge, shall we say. let's listen to what she said. >> she was the last one to vote, and it took probably another 30 minutes for her to decide. she could not find anything to hold george on, because you want to find him guilty of something. she wanted to find him guilty of something, but couldn't because of the law, the way the law is written. >> so mark, what do you make of the fact that this one juror, who initially voted guilty for second degree murder, not manslaughter, but the second degree murder charge, the one holdout was the only minority on this six-woman panel. >> i think that's completely to be expected and exactly why when we saw the racial composition of the jury, i said on this sho

what we all need to do is respect what sybrina fulton and tracy martin have said. they have conducted themselves with such dignity and such grace. they have come out and said, we loved this young man. we raised him. we are sorry he's gone, but do not dishonor his memory by going out and committing another act of violence. unfortunately, there are people who will take it upon themselves to be a vigilante. so i think it is a legitimate concern given the devisiveness of this case and the passions that arise. >> what irony. what irony in that. that george zimmerman's brother is concerned about people taking the law into their own hands against george zimmerman when that is exactly what he did to put himself in this situation and now we are dealing with a dead 17-year-old teenager. the irony in that situation. >> with all due respect, the jury disagreed with that. they said he didn't take the law in his hands. >> let her finish. >> holly, with all due respect, the jury disgreed with whether or not it was self-defense. the fact is george zimmerman did profile trayvon and

. >> sybrina fulton is talking about florida's stand your ground law. speaking today she called for an end to it and others like it around the country. >> my message to you is, please use my story, please use my tragedy, please use my broken heart to say to yourself, we cannot let this happen to anybody else's child. [ applause ] >> at times, i feel like i'm a broken vessel. at times i don't know if i'm going or coming. but i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that god is using me and god is using my family to make a change, to make a difference. [ applause ] >> in the meantime, we heard more today from b-29. she's the one that went into the jury room wanting to convict of the highest charge, second-degree murder and came out having voted to acquit on all charges. as you'll hear shortly, she seemed to think the jury instructions and the law itself boxed her in. talking with abc news's robin roberts, she talked about the now famous 911 call. you'll remember in her exclusive interview with anderson b-27 thought it was zimmerman screaming for help. b-29 wasn'

. >> sybrina, you said you saw some of it. what was your reaction to the press conference by the defense attorney? >> i -- let me just go back. as i sat in the courtroom, it just seemed to me as though trayvon was on trial. and this trial was not about trayvon, this trial was about george zimmerman and what he did that night. but it just constantly seemed to me like they were trying to just bring things up that trayvon had done. i mean, who has not done things as a 17-year-old? so i mean, they put responsibility on the child, and not the adult, george zimmerman. so the comments that they made was based on that. the comments were to me, some of the comments were just distasteful. you know, you can tell me you're sorry for my loss, and then stabbing me in the back at the same time. so i understand that. i understand what you know, the concept and everything that was going on. >> did -- when you say that all of that stabbing in trying trayvon rather than zimmerman, do you think it was a fair trial? >> i think the state of florida

sybrina fulton and tracy martin are with us along with their attorney. everybody understands, most importantly, the loss of your son. and you have to answer these questions, i mean, you don't have to but it's part a process you're going through. what is it you most want us to understand before we talk about the particulars of this verdict? >> i want america to know that trayvon was a fun-loving child. he was our child. we -- we miss him dearly. just to have your child's life taken away from you like that it hurts. and it's a process that will take a long time to start the recovery from. >> how are you feeling, sybrina, after the verdict? >> i was in a bit of shock. i thought surely that he would be found guilty of second degree murder. manslaughter at the lead. but i just knew that they would see that this was a teenager just trying to get home. this was no burglar. this was somebody's son that was trying to get home. >> you were stunned by the verdict. >> i was stunned. i was absolutely -- i couldn't believe it. >> you believe this was racial profiling

there were thoughts the prosecution would call sybrina fulton to testify. do you expect she will take the stand when court resumes friday? >> anderson, this is a strong possibility she will take the stand. >> what about trayvon martin's brother. there is also some who expect maybe he would be asked to testify, as well? >> a very strong possibility that he will testify. >> how important to the prosecution's case do you think their testimony is, in terms of identifying whose voice it is on that 911 call? >> well, they call them to the stand, i would assume that it is a -- that's very important to their case, however, i'm not the lawyer trying the case so i'll have to defer to whatever their strategy is. if they call them, i would suspect they expect to get very strong testimony from them in this case. >> the state today presented evidence about zimmerman's past, about his education course work. when i spoke with mark ocho ra yesterday, he believes that opens the door for more discussion of trayvon martin's history. do you think that should be admissible, that