monday in the trial of george zimmerman. george zimmerman has pleaded not guilty in the death of trayvon martin, claiming he shot the teenager in self-defense. sarah, break down these new rulings for us. reporter: good morning. late yesterday just before court got out, the judge ruled the trayvon martin toxicology report that shows thc, the active ingredient in marijuana, will be allowed in court. monday afternoon, the defense called tracy martin, trayvon martin s, father to the stand to testified. he denied telling investigators the voice on the 911 tape screaming for help was not his son s. i kind of pushed away from the away from the table and just kind of shook my head and said, i can t tell. reporter: he told prosecutors he listened to the tape multiple times at the mayor s office weeks later. basically what i was
trial of george zimmerman. joining me now is former prosecutor marcia clark and author of killer ambition. marcia, so much anticipation for the openings of this trial. what did you make of the opening statements? both sides delivered their strongest punch. the prosecution came out swinging by quoting from george zimmerman s 911 tapes, and the language that he used, i can t use it on the air, but f-ing, a-holes, is that close enough? i don t know if that was safe, indicating a mind-set by george zimmerman showing that he was already inclined to think the worst of trayvon martin from the first time he saw him and called the police. on the other hand, the defense was able to bring out and did bring out in great detail the manner which george zimmerman suffered injuries and the fact that it was possible that the voice we heard on the 911 tape screaming for help could have been george zimmerman s given the nature of the injuries that
as their claim is this tape? it s extremely important because george zimmerman is wedded to the story that he gave to police. he can t change that story now. his story is that trayvon martin was threatening his life. that s why he took the gun and shot once and killed trayvon martin. well, if this is trayvon martin on the tape screaming, begging for his life, it completely undercuts that story. all right. they re going to hear the tape. the question is whether we re going the hear the experts, faith. how do you explain that you re screaming if you re mr. zimmerman when you are the one with the gun, and all of the sudden there was no sound after we heard the gun go off? that will be interesting, because i think george zimmerman has to take the witness stand in this case. he is going to have to answer those tough questions, because he is going to stay that was me screaming on the tape. then he is going to have to answer why, if he is the person in the position of power, you re the
the shooter is still a free man. the family says it was murder. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. we are going to begin with a developing story that is a turning point for the u.s. led mission in afghanistan and could start bringing our men and women there home much sooner than thought. the tragic story of army staff sergeant bales. his attorney has arrived to prepare for the first meeting with clients. bales is suspected of killing 16 afghanistan civilians. dan, let s start with bales attorney. what is the latest on his arrival? reporter: this story has been advancing over the weekend. remember for several days we had no idea the name of the suspect while the military kept his name secret. now we know he is robert bales and a portrait has emerged of him. he has an attorney, a prominent lawyer here in the seattle community. he has taken on high profile cases in the past. he represented serial killer ted bundy. he got to kansas, was go
ago. the shooter is still a free man. the family said it was murder. that and more right here, right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with a developing story that is a turning point for the u.s.-led mission in afghanistan and could starlt bringing the men and women there home much sooner than we thought. in a matter of weeks or days. the tragic story of army staff sergeant robert bales played out last weekend, but tonight he is on u.s. soil. his attorney arrived in kansas to prepare for his first face-to-face meetings with his client. he is suspected of killing 16 afghan civilians including nine children last weekend. he could be charged in connection with the deaths as soon as this week. standing by for us, dan, let s start with bales attorney. this story has been advancing over the weekend. for several days we had no idea of the name of the suspect while the military kept his name secret. now we know who he is.