i think he came across a man of his oath, of his word, and i would ask you to consider the testimony in that regard. mark osterman, buddy of his, talked about the weapon used, how you holster a gun. he s good at what he does. he was helping george figure out how to fire a gun. son da osterman, friend, definitely george zimmerman screaming for help. and explained away some of what the state was trying to prove ty call about the anger and hatred and all that that just isn t there. same thing with ms. geri russo, same thing with leanne benjamin, that was george zimmerman. john donnelly was interesting because i m not sure that i could if i had thought about trying to figure out who in the
feel this is not where this is going to go. see where the president comes out tomorrow with his list, and that s when the conversation really begins. let s make a prediction. governor rendell, will president obama come out for an assault weapons ban as part of his package tomorrow? yes. will he? yes. you have got to go big, and, look, even if the assault weapons ban goes down, he can still get the ban on high capacity magazines and 100% background checks. those are tremendous victories. i m not sure the assault weapons ban will go down. everyone is acting like it s dead in the water, and harry reid, hey, let s man up and try to do the right thing. we may surprise ourselves. don t be a wuss, right? right. don t be a wuss. i think they my thought, you can t have reaction to what happened up in connecticut without dealing with the weapon used, the bushmaster. absolutely. unless that s on your hit list of weapons you want to keep from the crazies at least. and maybe kee
using the gun used to kill her ex-boyfriend. i didn t even know there were guns until my grand parents reported it stolen the day their house was broken into. when was that? i don t remember. a few months ago, maybe? what did you do with the gun? i don t have the gun. jon: lis weill, fox news legal analyst. chip merlin, criminal defense attorney. let s start with the testimony about the gun, chip, sometimes that kind of thing can come back and bite the prosecution and i want to ask you about that. the weapon used, the gun used in this horrible killing has never been found. it turns out that a, it was a 25 caliber gun. .25 caliber, pistol. and such a weapon was stolen from arias s grandparents home in the days before the killing. the evidence of all of this was allowed into court but
ban will go down. everyone is acting like it s dead in the water and harry reid, hey, let s man up and try to do the right thing. we may surprise ourselves. don t be a with us, right? right. don t be a wuss. i think they my thought, you can t have reaction to what happened up in connecticut without dealing with the weapon used, the bush master. absolutely. unless that s on your hit list of weapons you want to keep from the crazy the at least. and, again, i think you re right there. that s going to be part of where the conversation is going to go from here on out. you have to go after the weapon used in the case. thank you governor rendell and michael steele. president obama s next battle with congress may have gotten a bit easier. chuck schumer, a leader in the senate, has given his stamp of approval for chuck hagel as the sex be secretary of defense. haguels s nomination is another example we think here at hardball of obama s newfound fighting spirit and we like it
able to help others through organ donation. in just about 2 1/2 hours, the high school sophomore accused of shooting five fellow students, three of whom have now died, is due to appear in juvenile court. the state s attorney general says that it is likely that 17-year-old tj lane will be tried as an adult. people who knew him said that lane was a guarded boy, from a troubled family. for more on that and the victims and the fallout from yesterday s terrible attack, i want to bring in my colleague, ted rowlands, who is live from chardon. this young boy is in a lot of trouble, likely adult trouble. and now with a third death in this case, i m hearing that the sheriff is saying, we re moving to another phase. what exactly does the sheriff mean by that? well, clearly, we re talking about a triple homicide and this is a premeditated homicide, actually, and to say that he s in a lot of trouble is an understatement. and yes, he is a juvenile at this point, but we have seen in case