0 have been better off engineering grooming devices. and try this. the hair cutting device you attack to the vacuum. if there is one thing that mohammed doesn't need it is more hair on the shoulders. >> that is it for me, erin burnett "out front" starts now. up front next, the prosecution makes closing arguments in the george zimmerman trial. so will it convince a jury to convict him? the huge question, we're in the final moments. plus, the judge making a final ruling, meaning that zimmerman could go to jail for years without being convicted of murder. and a moment by moment description of a crash landing, what really happened second by second. plus the latest on a town devastated by a train derailment. authorities say some of the victims may have been vaporized. let's go out front. and good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, george zimmerman lied. that was the argument that prosecutor bernie de la rionda made again and again to the jury during his closing arguments today. >> why is he able to yell if the defendant claims the victim was -- how is he going to talk? or is he lying about that? look at the gun, look at the size of this gun, how did the victim see that in the darkness. you see what he is saying now? he is saying that arm pits -- how does he get the gun out? he profiled a 17-year-old boy that had skittles. that is the crime he committed that evening. >> did de la rionda convince the jury that george zimmerman is guilty of murdering trayvon martin. martin savige was in the courtroom today, and martin, what was the reaction from that moment we just watched? >> yeah, erin, i went back in there again, because we're down to the final arguments in the presentation of the case, what was it? a year and a half. and i went down there to see what the reaction was, and the at times very dramatic presentation by bernie de la rionda. and the reactions are the way they have been throughout the trial. very focused, attentive. i didn't see anyone shaking their heads in agreement. nothing like that. they didn't do anything to give away what they might have been registering internally to all of that. they were not taking as many notes. but again, this was summation. there were times they would write, which is specifically you would begin to hear the playbacks of george zimmerman. i wish you could tell you what they were thinking, but i can't, erin. >> i know, we all want to know and i guess we will know soon enough when they come with the verdict. but of course tomorrow, the defense first has to have their closing arguments before the jury will get this case. how does zimmerman's team feel at this point? i am just speaking when mark o'mara said his client was "worried." how do they feel? >> yeah, they're very nervous, mark o'mara is very nervous, i talked to him last night. normally he is very calm, cool, collected. but you can see there is an edge to him. of course, they say george is very worried. but mark o'mara will be the one delivering the closing arguments. he doesn't memorize it or write down notes, anything like that. basically an ad lib, with a few bullet points. he knows when the jury is wandering, and senses if they fade, and will adjust it. if he thinks he is losing it in any way he will wrap up quickly. it should be interesting to watch and probably i would expect, very different in style. >> very interesting, i guess i am surprised in a sense. i would imagine he has an outline to go by or something. we shall see. martin savige, thank you. i want to bring in our legal analyst, sunny hostin, i want to start with you, sunny and give them a sense of the closing argument today. they were talking about the medical examiner photos of trayvon martin. the crucial photos we've seen after he was killed. >> unfortunately, the only photographs left of trayvon martin are those m. e. photographs, i mean, they have photos of his younger days and football, but they can't take anymore photos. and that is true because of the actions of one person, the man before you. the defendant -- the man who was guilty of second degree murder. thank you. >> and you see george zimmerman there shaking his head, sunny. the bar to reach murder, obviously, is high, because prosecutors have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that george zimmerman acted from ill will, hatred, spite, those are serious words to prove. did the prosecution do it today? >> i think so i mean, i think they took all the little puzzle pieces and put them together and gave the jury a picture of what happened that night. i mean, there is no question that the jury knows that the focus, rather, was on who started the fight. the focus was who set the ball rolling. and the focus was also very much on trayvon martin. and bernie de la rionda described him, interestingly, he described him as someone that was not do anything unlawful. and that was at the very heart of this case, right? that is, ik,hat has captured the world about this case. can an african american, young teenager, young man walk to the 7-eleven, buy a couple of things on a snack run and get home without being murdered? and i think that really resonated with the jury. because it is a very common sense argument. it is not an argument necessarily tied to the law. it is not an overly lofty argument. it is a common sense argument, i was looking at the jury. i was there for the entire closing argument, and they were captivated. >> you know, he had those skittles and shook them, a proper that could be perhaps very powerful. do you agree with sunny, or do you think there were any significant failures that just stood out as huge red flags from the state today? >> i think the state failed in proving second degree. you had to prove he had a depraved mind, which was not proved whatsoever. the fact is, they're going off of emotion, who set the ball in motion. that is not the law, who followed whom is not the law. it is the physical aggressor that is the law. if you put that aside and put out emotion, saying he shouldn't have got out of the car, all of those things are not the law in florida, it was the first physical aggressor besides what came out in testimony. and what came out in testimony appears to be trayvon martin was the first physical aggressor. >> i got to disagree. you know, and sunny and i have disagreed on some aspects on this case, but boy, sunny i'm with you today. that was a powerful, mesmerizing closing argument by bernie de la rionda. you know what he did? he put the pieces of the puzzle together, some are saying why did he put all of those witnesses on who were adverse to his case? he said you know why i put them on? you could line up and say there is no reason why a 17-year-old boy was dead. >> you think he successfully connected the dots? >> i think he put together the best possible links to the dots. i'm not saying they will win this case, because it is weak to begin with, but with what he had to work with he did a brilliant job. >> the emotion comes through, that is great, i'm emotional when i make my closing statement. but did he prove second degree murder? no, he did not prove it. they may come back hung on m manslaughter, but that is the closest they got, never second degree murder. >> there are a few options, second degree, 20 years to life, manslaughter, ten years in the state of florida, and of course, not guilty, the state and defense were arguing about what lesser charges they could put in front of the jury. the state wanted to argue that zimmerman committed child abuse because he straddled trayvon martin because he was underage. here is how attorney don west reacted. >> this is outrageous, outrageous that the state would seek to do this at this time in this case. it is not fair to me or mr. zimmerman or mr. o'mara or the court for this to happen like this right now. judge, this was a trick. doesn't the court realize this was a trick -- >> sunny, what do you think? trick? i mean, it does seem a little bit bizarre, but will it work? a sign of desperation on the side of the law? >> i think the defense has access to that book. i just think they had not thought of it. so certainly it was a little bit late in the day. it was a stretch. but i don't think it was a trick, there was not anything unlawful about it. and it was pretty clever because it would have focused the jury on the fact that trayvon martin was a child in the eyes of the law. and that is why i thought it was pretty clever. i actually think the judge made the right ruling. >> all right, thank you very much to all three of you. we appreciate your time. and of course, the defense closing argument tomorrow. up next, the trial continues with an attorney for the family. would they be satisfied to see george zimmerman with a lesser charge. and plus, the attacks on september 11th, we're learning about a strange habit in prison, this is one of the more bizarre things i've heard. and a former football player allegedly terrorized by his wife. well, we have the 911 call. >> and what is she wearing? 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