rubio, i don t know. that s what i m trying to visualize, after watching her handle this moment, okay, who s the republican that can go toe to toe with her next fall? back to roscom and your point, what you said echoed something said in the room a guy celebrated as a courtroom lawyer and oral advocate. you should not have to wonder what his these this was to get that circular argument back why, he started with clinton doctrine what he s trying to establish. i think that s right. and the same thing about sidney blumenthal because, look, there s a lot of people that have a lot of people inside washington that have very, shall we say, colorful views of sidney blumenthal, particularly if you, whether reporter in the 90s around this town if you were an operative, all of those things. but i can tell you, i ve got to think, if you re watching this hearing and wondering about,
facts before us when we cast our votes. congressman you say what you ve been hearing is divfferet from proof. does that mean you re not sold on the intelligence yet? kristen, look, my entire adult life i made my hearing as a courtroom lawyer. when you re in a jury trial, that s a deliberative body and the judge constantly admonishes don t make your mind until the end of the case that makes sense. congress is a deliberative body and i intend to carry out my function in that fashion. i want to hear all of the facts and i want to see all of the evidence with my own eyes before i come to a decision. so the question is i hear you say you re not yet convinced by the intelligence. is there something president obama can say when he addresses the nation that can convince
finished with two witnesses before the end of the day, do you think you would then know whether or not you want to testify? or on mr. zimmerman s behalf, that decision i am asking your client questions. please, mr. west. i object to the court inquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify at this your objection is overruled. lisa bloom, how much of this has played itself out in front of the jury? for example, in that particular moment the jury was not in the courtroom. but there have been other instances i m sure they got the vibe that all is not well between judge nelson and the defense council. right. this was not in front of the jury. and when he was talking and talking and talking the other night, and she got up and walked out of the courtroom while he was talk, that was also not in front of the jury. she has given some tough rulings on objections that he has made in front of the jury. i m of two minds about it. frankly, i like don west
i think he is an outstanding courtroom lawyer. he has had some bad moments, the knock-knock joke. but i watched almost every minute of this trial, and i think he has really honed in on some details and shown high levels of intelligence and aggressiveness for his client. but the bottom line is right. when the judge is talking, you have to stop. when the judge issues a ruling, you have to live with it. you don t get to keep arguing. and you certainly don t get to object to things that the judge is saying. judge alex, here is the moment that lisa was referring to on tuesday. don west complained about the long hours and the lack of time the defense team has had to go over evidence that it says the prosecution withheld. judge nelson walked out of the courtroom. i ll see you in the morning. i m not physically able to keep up this pace much longer. it s 10:00 at night. we started this morning. we ve had full days, every day. weekends, depositions at night.
i suggest that the governor stop in to 304 to see how his policy turd out. i hope he does. i truly do. after the prosecutor finished its case, the defense abruptly rested their own case and didn t call a witness or call gosnell to the stand. did that catch you and other observers in the courtroom off guard? we were execk being a week or two weekings of defense testimony. after lunch last wednesday, when the jury brought back in, jack mcman, the superk - superb courtroom lawyer said the defense rests, your honor . jurors looked at each other puzzled. after five weekings of hearing grizzly testimony, you want the man accused of the carnage to get fot stand and said this