an absolute right to defend himself with lethal force. i think that will be their focus. hey, tom, i want to ask you about one of the witnesses who there has not been a lot of discussion about that is trayvon martin s brother. he initially said he wasn t sure, and then later he said, yes, it is his brother and i want to kind of take it away from the content and actually talk about the style. seeing him there, jucxtaposckxt rach rachel gentel, maybe that s the kind of teenager that trayvon martin was or is he more like his brother? what will the presentation of jahvarus fulton mean to this jury? well, there s a factual component in a trial and there s an emotional component and people are governed by conscious and subconscious issues within themselves. we don t know what biases these jurors will bring to the
welcome back to new day. we begin with the key prosecution witness in the george zimmerman trial. rachel gentel describing the phone call she had with trayvon martin as he came face to face with george zimmerman. she s due back on the stand for cross-examination today. we go to sanford, florida for the latest. what are we expecting, george? reporter: she came across as raw as very real. she seemed uncoached and her every word and action could have a big impact on the outcome of the case. given the answers she provideded to the court the question now is will this jury believe her? she s the last person to have spoken to trayvon martin on his cell phone the night he was fatally shot and killed. a key witness to the prosecution whose testimony took various turns throughout the day. at first rachel gentel became
and visit the supreme court of this nation before heading to gory island. his message here in africa is one about the economy but he chose senegal because it s an example of a democratic nation in africa. the president replaced an incumbent who tried to change the constitution to serve a third term. that obviously wasn t successful so president obama emphasizing rule of law and democratic principles here in senegal today. thank you very much for the report. as we ve been watching it was a dramatic day in the george zimmerman trial. one witness taking the stand, the last person to speak with trayvon martin. 19-year-old rachel gentel was on the phone moments before he was killed. her testimony could be key for the prosecution and she faces more cross-examination again this morning. let s get a wrap up of everything we know so far.
good morning. a lot to talk about and what happened yesterday. i want to get your big takeaway from day three especially rachel gentel. i thought she was certainly credible. i thought she was believable. there was no question she was be emotional. she was raw. i don t know she appeared she was coached. i thought bottom line is she did help the prosecution. she is not the only witness, those to contradict george zimmerman s version of events, but when you look at it she s the fourth witness. so even if the jury doesn t believe one or two pieces of what she has to say, everything she is saying has been corroborated by other witnesses, and so when you look at it one context, i think that she really did pretty well for the prosecution. i did want to get your take there because it s been described her people describing she was a tough witness. she is young.
attorney don west. i had told you you listening. . reporter: the 19-year-old admitted she blid her age, claim took 16 at the time of the shooting because she didn t don t questioned. she said she didn t call police to tell her account because she expected police to contact her like they do on the tv shows. then there s the issue of the audio recording, the witness made with attorney representing trayvon martin s family. gentel admitted she made the recording hastily and she didn t really want to do it. he owed nothing to me. you didn t take it seriously? nope. reporter: so at the end of court yesterday gentel did seem a bit annoy when she learned from attorney don west she would