so your rates won t go up just because of a claim. [ whispering ] are we still in a dream? no, you re in an allstate commercial. so get allstate home insurance with claim rate guard. [ whispering ] goodnight. there are so many people in our bedroom. [ dennis ] talk to an allstate agent. [ doorbell rings ] .and let the good life in. welcome back to hardball. defense attorney don west began his case with the now infamous knock-knock joke. tomorrow the defense hopes to close on a stronger note than it began. near lay three-week trial is now over, and this afternoon s closing arguments by the prosecution saw defense attorney mark o mara will now be trying to convince the jury that george zimmerman is not guilty of murdering trayvon martin. chances are we won t see another knock-knock jokes. how strong is the defense s case? and what are the strongest points from the prosecution that he ll have to rebut? we continue with lisa bloom, alex ferrer and joseph haynes davis, and we re joined
arising out of the tension of the trial and the fast pace of the trial. i think everybody has admired judge nelson s hard working ethic but normally the judge doesn t ask the defendant if he is going to testify. she says to the lawyer first is your client going to testify. and then she may ask follow up questions to confirm that the client understands his rights. i have never seen a judge say to the defendant are you going to testify it is very unusual. probably not illegal but not the thing we see in court. this is the lawyer that told the infamous knock knock joke which fell extremely flat. last night don west said i am not physically able to keep this pace up anymore. i am working nights and weekends and i m exhausted. the judge walked out on him. how does his interaction with her, does it hurt george
re-ena re-enactment. the judge said she s going to weigh the arguments tonight, rule tomorrow, the text, the photos, tomorrow and make her ruling. it s unclear whether tonight s hearing will derail defense plans to rest tomorrow. a lot to talk about tonight. sunny hostin and jeffrey toobin join me. on the defense table, danny savalos and mark geragos. mark has co-authored of mistrial inside work of how the court system works and sometimes doesn t. and dr. lawrence kobalanski is here. mark, some dramatic moments just in the last couple of minutes. the defense vehemently saying that the prosecution, that the state, has basically lied and hid evidence from them, not given over evidence that they had in a timely manner. well, this has been their complaint all along. one of the reasons that mark o mara was talking about that don west was so upset early on and had done the knock knock joke and everything else, they
well, this has been their complaint all along. one of the reasons that mark o mara was talking about that don west was so upset early on and had done the knock knock joke and everything else, they are bitterly complaining that the prosecution has been playing hide the ball all along, that they had what s called a brady obligation to turn over evidence. and i think it s boiled over as you get and i ve had judges toward the end of a trial, judges want to get that trial moving. they see the light at the end of the tunnel. if they can get this argued and to the jury by friday afternoon, that is what she wants to do. so she s going to keep them late and this is when tempers flare. i want to play something moments ago, don west complaining about the state to the judge. i m not getting into this. court is in recess. ly give my ruling in the
zimmerman? i thought it was the dopiest opening statement with the knock knock joke. i have grown to be an admirer of his cross examination skills. he works hard. everybody likes a hard working judge and let s push the case. let s say we are having brain surgery or open heart surgery and you found out your surgeon was forced to work until 11:00 at night and then come back at 8:30. you wouldn t like that. we like a slower pace with such serious charges. interesting. wouldn t like it although doctors in this country do it all the time. outfront what would life be like for george zimmerman if he is convicted? i don t have zimmerman lasting six months. we will hear from a man who knows. allegations that aaron hernandez, the former new