that night than the next person, they told him tow to put that together, use that in to the best of their ability. he also told the jury that he tells people when they get in fights, if you haven t won the fight within the first 30 seconds, you should switch tactics and he believed george zimmerman s force he used that night was called for and he was justified in doing what he did. he also told the jury that the evidence and george zimmerman s injuries match what the evidence that was presented in court. so he was just the first one. robert zimmerman sr. was the next one to take the stand. that was george zimmerman s dad. the first time he called the 911 call with the screams, by himself in the room. the attorney s office played it for him. without a doubt it was his son screaming. and the last witness the defense called today was a woman by the name of olivia bertalan. they were telling her story
won t. but you heard that weird exchange with the judge saying, i need to know. you are overruled are you going to testify? the thinking is that he ll let her know after this next with it. is that an absolute? no, but our producers seem to believe that. robert zimmerman sr. about him testifying, not a chance. george zimmerman will not testify. there is no way he is going to zimmerman. judge will get one more chance to berate. shep: courtrooms are like hurricanes. they may supplies you. let s listen. thank you. state your name please? robert zimmerman. and you live here in central, florida, correct? yes. how long have you lived in central florida? almost seven years.
did any of your interactions with mr. zimmerman in this regards leave you with some impression that he was just too involved in trying to help you out? no. did you think his behavior was helpful to you? very. do you still have the dog? yes. witness may be exudes. yes. thank you very much. call your next witness. the defense would call robert zimmerman, sr.. shep: so the thinking is this is the last scheduled with it. there are 135 witnesses, but this is the last one that the producers in the courtroom believe will be called today and then the thinking is, we ll learn probably in a few minutes from now whether george zimmerman plans to testify. good money is that he
through him the computer animation that was disallowed. reporter: that would seem to be the case. judge nelson deciding the animation, again at this point, our understanding, was elaborate animation, has been reduced to stills, part of the stills are animated. it s not nearly what it was in the beginning. but that s going to be something that the jury can see in the closing. not going to be something, though, that the jury s going to be allowed to take back in the jury room with them since it accou cannot be used as evidence. interesting, michael, the defense decided to end their case the same way they started the case. they started their case with gladys zimmerman, george zimmerman s mother. and they ended with robert zimmerman sr., george zimmerman s father, both called to testify that it was their son s voice on that 911 call. by the way, we kept count. robert zimmerman sr. the tenth person for the defense to testify it was his son s voice and that s going to be one of
cannot be used as evidence. it was also interesting, michael, that the defense decided to essentially end their case the same way they started the case. of course, they started their case with gladys zimmerman, george zimmerman s mother. and they ended with robert zimmerman sr., george zimmerman s father, both called to testify that it was their son s voice on that 911 call. by the way, we kept count. robert zimmerman sr. the tenth person for the defense to testify it was his son s voice and that s going to be one of the central points that they make to the jury when they address them tomorrow in closing arguments. craig, great report as always. thanks so much for it. thank you. for more on today s testimony, i m joined by msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom, alex ferrer, and joseph haynes davis. look at that exchange earlier in which judge nelson questioned george zimmerman whether he wanted to testify and the back and forth between defense