zimmerman should have stayed in his car and that could have alleviated the whole thing. so joy, there s a juror that the prosecution wants and the defense doesn t. exactly. right. and the thing is that of course mark o mara, the lawyer for george zimmerman, has done a lot to put a lot into the bloodstream out there. a lot of information he s put out on the defense website. so it s just interesting to see him then querying people as to what they know about the case. and you know what? look. the reality is lawrence, there are very few people, especially in seminole county who don t know a lot about this case. this case has been heavily covered, particularly people in sanford, which is the county seat for seminole county. so they re trying to find this combination of people who ve heard about the case but haven t formed an opinion, and this is that the person you that just looked at was somebody who, well, their girlfriend formed an
the prosecution wants and the defense doesn t. exactly. right. and the thing is that of course mark o mara, the lawyer for george zimmerman, has done a lot to put a lot into the bloodstream out there. a lot of information he s put out on the defense website. so it s just interesting to see him then querying people as to what they know about the case. and you know what? look. the reality is lawrence, there are very few people, especially in seminole county who don t know a lot about this case. this case has been heavily covered, particularly people in sanford, which is the county seat for seminole county. so they re trying to find this combination of people who ve heard about the case but haven t formed an opinion, and this is that the person you that just looked at was somebody who, well, their girlfriend formed an opinion. so what does that say about them? it s all very complicated. and now the defense has actually hired a jury selection expert to even add to the chess moves. jo
and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart and radio talk show host michael smerconish now heard and exclusively. all three of you had an opportunity to hear the reporting from kerry. then analysis from karen. let me start with you. what s your take on this? the information is out there. it is not being considered evidence as of yet when it comes to things they are trying to display as representative of trayvon martin s character. well, it is interesting. i did speak with them as well as the attorneys for the martin family about this information evidence that was posted to the defense website, released by mark o meara in the case. what the family attorneys were saying was this was never going to come in. it won t come in at trial. it is hearsay. it may be relevant depending on
reporter: back in april, the zimmermans told the court they were broke when, in fact, they were raking in the cash. abc news has learned that by now, zimmerman has raised an estimated $230,000 in donations. and one night alone after a plug from fox s sean hannity, over $60,000 came pouring in. now donations are at an average of $1,000 a day and zimmerman s attorney says that pace has picked up since his client was ordered back to jail friday. orlando defense attorney mark lippman says the biggest problem is credibility. how damaging is this going to be to zimmerman? it would really be damaging if he testifies and character becomes an issue. if one of the things zimmerman says is, look, believe me because i don t lie, boom, this is going to come up. reporter: zimmerman s attorney tells me his client spent thousands of dollars on security, hotel bills and that first bond. now for the time being he s in the jail behind me. if he bonds out this time, he ll likely have to pay a lot
sentence in that country. van der sloot faces extortion and mail fraud charges in alabama in connection with the unsolved disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba. george zimmerman will remain in jail for at least a week before the judge from his case returns from vacation. that s when defense attorneys hope to argue new bail be set in the case. meanwhile, donations to his legal defense fund continue to pour in at a pretty impressive clip. abc s matt gutman has more now from sanford, florida. reporter: george zimmerman emerged from hiding sunday, a little heavier and wearing a bulletproof vest beneath that plaid shirt. he d been ordered back to jail friday after the prosecution revealed his wife had hidden more than $100,000 in donations to his legal defense website. the defendant s wife lied to this court. she stated she had no money when, in fact, the records show she did. reporter: back in april, the zimmermans told the court they were broke when, in fact, they were raking