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Welcome all of you. Good to see you. All right. Let me start with a question for all of you. Is there any of you that think the verdict will come back Second Degree murder . Show of hands. Manslaughter . 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 . Yes or no . Hopeful. You are hopeful for that . Yeah. How many of you think it will be not guilty . All right. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Hung jury . Yes. [ laughter ] hung jury. Two hung juries. All right. I felt today how many would agree with me that the jury instructions were really important today . Peter, you are a great attorney. They are absolutely critical. Its so important that we understand that it is not actual feelings. Its not actual harm. Its the perception of harm. Perception of serious injury or death in terms of justifiable homicide. And thats key to this case. What George Zimmerman was feeling at the time he shot. Sean how important was it, you are a prosecutor. Extremely it lays it out. They are succinct. They explained to the jury what they can and cannot
Report, selfdefense or murder, the George Zimmerman trial. The defense rested today. The prosecution began its rebuttal. The schedule is set for Closing Arguments. The prosecution asked the judge to allow jurors to consider lesser charges. The defense objected, seeking an all or nothing choice for jurors, who could get the case by friday afternoon. Mark omara spoke today, saying the jury has what it needs to acquit in his opinion. He joins us exclusively tonight. Well talk with one of the Martin Family attorneys and our legal panel. Lets get you up to date. Martin savidge begins our coverage. Reporter its been the question dominate thing entire trial. Would George Zimmerman take the stand . And today judge nelson asked him directly. Have you made a decision . Yes, your honor. What is your decision, sir . After consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. Is it your decision not to testify in this case . Yes, your honor. Are you making that decision freely and voluntarily . Yes,
Yes, your honor. What is your decision, sir . After consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. Is it your decision not to testify in this case . Yes, your honor. Are you making that decision freely and voluntarily . Yes, your honor. Reporter and with that, the defense rested. With all that in mind, the defense would rest. Reporter much of the day was spent on a witness saying zimmerman was nonconfrontational. But it was a dummy that proved to be one of the strongest witnesses of the day. It begin when the prosecutor grabbed a mannequin to show their version of events. Do you recognize this as being a humantype figure, right . Yes, sir. Okay. Reporter it was here the state seemed to concede Trayvon Martin could have been on top of George Zimmerman. Suggesting he was pulling away at the time he was shot. Previously the prosecution argued zimmerman was on top. Would it be consistent the 90 degrees if Trayvon Martin had been backing up and the defendant raised his gun. Reporter t
Good evening. Shortly before we came on the air tonight, members of the crew of that Asiana Airlines wide bodied 777 talked about what happened and what they did in the moments after the crash in San Francisco where the tail hit the seawall and the jet spun and skidded to a halt, eventually bursting into flames. The flight deck to the crew at first said not to evacuate immediately. We know the imminent danger called for an immediate evacuation. Tom costello covers for us tonight from San Francisco. Good evening. Reporter hi, brian. Good evening to you. Ill take you right to 28 left out there at sfo. And we have just been told by ntsb they hope to release the runway tonight. Although its going to take some time to clear all the debris from the runway. We also learned this afternoon as you mentioned, first the pilots did not order that an evacuation would be ordered. It took 90 seconds before they would begin evacuates. Because at first they did not realize how bad the crash was. 12 flig