Asked sondra osterman, a friend of zimmermans, whether zimmerman seemed angry that night. When someone tells the police that these pardon my language [ bleep ] get away, hes not upset that in the past people have gotten away and this time theyre this time mr. Trayvon martin is going to get away . You dont take it as that . I dont take it as hes angry, no. Lets go back to the court now where George Zimmermans a friend don donnelly is testifying on the stand. You heard another par dealing with where he uses other derogatory words . You had not heard that before . I may have heard snippets of it, sir. But im hearing everything pretty much fully today. Okay. So you were trying to become familiar with his voice, i guess you were already familiar with his voice but you were trying to compare it to just the 911 recording on saturday . Yes, sir. You didnt go back and listen to any other recordings . No. Okay. Thats what i was trying to get. You didnt compare it to any other voices he had made,
Escalating violence is spiraling into civil war. Snowden speaks. Guard ythe guard yathe guardia part two of the interview. I think theyre going to say ive created grave crimes, violated the espionage act, ive aided our enemies in making them aware of these systems. Whose voice is crying for help . The defense calls friends of George Zimmerman to testify about the 911 recording from the night Trayvon Martin died. Could the defense also call martins father to the stand . Well bring you the trial live whether it resumes from the lunch break. City of Second Chances. Former new york governor Eliot Spitzer is trying to reclaim his political career after being caught up in that prostitution scandal. This time is he running for new york city controller. What im looking for is a chance to be heard. Want the voters to listen to what ive done, look at the record i developed as an attorney general, as an assistant attorney general, as a governor, and say this guy assisted the public interest. Rule
She told the court it was absolutely her sons voice yelling for help in the background of a neighbors 911 call, but mr. Martin previously said that it wasnt his sons voice. It was key testimony. At the heart of the issue whether or not zimmerman acted, as he claims, in selfdefense. Since the prosecution rested its case on friday, the defense has already called about a dozen witnesses, including zimmermans mother, who said late friday that it was her sons voice on that tape, and not trayvons. Some ten witnesses took the stand today, and more are on the way. Lets get to msnbcs craig melvin for the latest from the florida courthouse. Craig . Reporter michael, in the past few minutes, something major has happened here. A short time ago, in fact, just a few moments ago, judge nelson has decided to allow the toxicology report in. We expect that the state will offer a witness tomorrow to speak to the toxicology report. Just to give you some background here, dr. Bao, shiping bao testified on f
Residents there in the same gated condo complex as George Zimmerman. She is testifying via facetime because she is under the weather. Again, at this point not exactly sure how her testimony is going to fit into the larger Defense Strategy here, but elloise dilligard, shes been on the stand now for about 5 or 10 minutes. We also found out just before she began to testify, martin, that according to mark omara, she is going to be the defenses last witness. Mark omara was saying right before he called ms. Dilligard to the stand that this would be the last witness. They will, of course, have that hearing that you alluded to right after she testifies, and then they also have to spend some time talking about two other witnesses. But there seems to be at this point, at least, a pretty good chance the defense will wrap its case tomorrow, and of course both sides would then begin making its closing arguments shortly thereafter. The hearing you just alluded to, the hearing on this particular anim
Good evening. Im mi in for chris matthews. Leading off tonight, it was a big day for the defense in the George Zimmerman trial with a key medical expert backing up zimmermans account of the shooting. Vincent di maio is a forensic pathologist hired by the defense. Today he testified that the physical evidence was consistent with zimmermans account that martin was leaning over him when the shot was fired. Thats important, since zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in selfdefense, and the selfdefense has argued that zimmermans wounds mean he could have sustained head trauma. The defense may be winding down its case. How important was todays testimony in establishing reasonable doubt. Msnbcs craig melvin has been keeping an eye on all of todays proceedings and he joins us live from the florida courthouse. Craig . Michael, good evening to you. Two to four inches, two to four inches. Thats the dast distance that di maio was from martin. That was one of his highlights from the testimon