Responsible around election time. What we want to know is what provokes legislators to vote to the other way. And the way we see it, a lot of times they get caught up in the politics and forget to they represent. Chicagos mayor is quick to recognize the law that applies to the rest of illinois could be problematic for the city. Gun control is essential. If they try to create a bill that represents the whole state, i think we need to make it clear chicago is different than downstate and we had a stark reminder of that this weekend. The new concealed carry law will take at least 6 months to go into effect. Some say it may take even longer. Illinois state police in charge of permits and regulating training, among other things. All of that still getting sorted out. While all eyes were on springfield today, next week city hall is going to be a pretty busy place. The mayor is calling for a special session to address an assault weapons ban. He did it when he worked under former president clin
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
From the courthouse. That is precisely the argument that the state was making. This animation, thomas, the judge called the hearing at 8 30 and we thought it would twa 30 minutes but after two hours the judge finally decided she wanted to bring the jury back in and this is an issue she thinks she can decide on later. The state indicated its going to take them another 45 minutes to make the counterargument. This animation, by the way, it purports to show essentially what happened that night by using a variety of things. Among them, police reports, audio calls. Many of those calls we have heard throughout the testimony, and daniel shu he took some infrared photographers but all of those things were going to be combined to create this elaborate animation. Initially the state objected. They wanted it edited even after the edited after it was roofed down to still photographs but the state decided we want to throw it out. The gentleman on the stand right now, dr. Vincent di marx maio. He is
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