sauerkraut doesn t deserve that much of an ovation. higher wages compensate for no tips. all together all at once. if you want to flash more cash thank you very much. you sure i can t leave a tip? take the savings and buy more sushi instead. let us know you think of that idea. ac 360 starts right now. erin, thanks very much. good evening, everyone. we have breaking news tonight, the flight that was supposed to be carrying edward snowden has landed, the captain has said he s not on the plane. george zimmerman s guilt or innocence. there was a lot of drama and a bizarre knock-knock joke making their way into those opening statements, we ll take you inside the court tonight.
line, including the 911 call which captured the fatal shot. what is your position just heard gunshots. defense painted martin as the one who lunged from the darkness. trayvon martin decided to confront george zimmerman. instead of going home, he had plenty of time, he had this is what, 60, 70 yards plenty of time, could have gone back and forth four or five times if he wanted to. for the six member all woman jury, day one of the zimmerman trial was two different versions of the same tragic night, delivered two very different ways. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. i can t believe the knock knock joke. let s bring in sunny hostin and
well. it was a textbook flawless opening statement. i think law school professors will be using it in their law school classes as an example of how this is supposed to be done. there was a road map. he was succinct, he was powerful, and i was looking at the jury. i ve got to tell you, they were riveted, all of them. they did not move from their seats. they were staring at john guy, and he was sort of this new secret weapon because he d been in the courtroom, i ve been here since jury selection. i had never really heard much from him so we were surprised when we heard he would be given the opening and he was just flawless. then the question is the defense. we heard that knock knock joke in george s piece and more of a dry kind of clinical delivery getting through a lot of evidence. how did the jury take that? you know, i think that they were bored. i think the knock knock joke offended some of them. i could see their faces, and it
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doesn t apologize to the jury, especially on the first day. you know, i looked at the jury because i was so surprised at this joke. they seemed offended to me and it was painful for me to listen to. not only as someone covering the trial but as someone who has tried cases and given opening statements, some of them go better than others, but this was just so very painful. i will tell you, it wasn t just the delivery of the knock knock joke which didn t make sense, it was a rambling presentation. he seemed to break all the rules of opening statement, it wasn t schematic, it was rambling. it didn t make sense to me. mark, you think it is much ado about nothing. what do you make of this three hour opening statement by the defense, where the prosecution had 30 minutes opening statement? look, i have to tell you having tried quite a few cases