starting right now. good morning, we want to welcome our viewers. i m wolf blitzer in for carol costello. this is a special edition of newsroom. lots of news happening right now. stakes huge. tempers are hot in the george zimmerman murder trial. attorneys argued until late last night over what could be key pieces of evidence. listen to this rather testy exchange between prosecutors and zimmerman s defense lawyers. it s simply unfair for mr. zimmerman not to put on his defense because of the state s tactics. it was a strategy, obviously, because they had it in january and kept it from us. spent 10, 20, 30, 100 hours digging it out. playing games with us and lying to this court and now it s our fault. it s our fault. deny mr. zimmerman the right
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their ck, somebody in a mount position striking, throwing, pushing, whatever the case may be, driving the person down, underneath, what would their perception be at that time? i have to look at it at that time and say my perception, what would the perception be given the dark environment, the continual attack. then i have to leave there and figure out what would be a response. so you ve identified a couple of environmental all right. we re getting more background on why dennis root, this private investigator, has been called by the defense. you see mark o mara questioning him, potentially describes state of mind as far as george zimmerman was concerned in his encounter with trayvon martin. let s take a quick break. we ll resume live coverage in a moment.
i m not clear on that because i couldn t hear everything the judge was saying. what is the difference between demonstrative and substantive? demonstrative means you get to use it in closing arguments and it helps you explain the evidence. substantive evidence means you get to consider it as true, substance, as evidence of what happened that evening. there s a very big distinction in the law and so even if the defense can use it as demonstrative evidence. it s just an a aid. an aid to help the jury where substantive evidence means they can consider it as evidence of innocence or guilt. so, in any event, if the state or the defense can t use it as substantive evidence. so, that s a significant difference, although for practical purposes, page, if the jury gets to see that animation, they ll see it even though the
their weapon or any other person. your objection is? relevance. i have to sustain on that one. okay. anything in the discharge of his firearm, from your view, evidence to you that mr. zimmerman acted in some additional form or fashion of ill will, spite or hatred realizing that of course the discharge of a firearm at somebody is an event that can cause death. i m going to object based on improper based on our limited motion. please approach. all right. let s take another quick break as they approach the judge. the defense and the prosecution. they ve got another issue. dennis root is testifying now, his impressions about what happened in the altercation between george zimmerman and trayvon martin. we ll continue our coverage