trayvon martin was entitlemented to defend himself. the stand your ground laws don t just protect the zimmermans of the world. they protect the trayvon martins with iced tea and skittles as their only armament. so to the extent there is testimony that there may have been rolling around at some point, i don t believe that that s necessarily fatal to the prosecution s case. the jury is going to sort out whether or not this confrontation was initiated improperly by zimmerman, and at some point he used deadly force when it wasn t necessary to protect himself from mortal injury. zachary carter, michael cardoza, thank you for your time tonight. you re welcome. leaders all over the country are literally turning down billions in money in help for the poor. we re taking action. we ll talk about health care crisis in america, next.
by second degree wants to make him out to be. i have to have say, i was absolutely baffled by that ridiculous joke that the defense attorney told at the outset of his statement. i don t get it, tamron. if i were a juror, i d be sitting there thinking, he s telling me i m a knuckle head because i m on this jury and i must have gotten here by not having a sufficient level of knowledge of george zimmerman. how else can you interpret that? also, i think, michael, the thing is first impressions are lasting. your attorney really is, in some cases, at least in this beginning stage, an extension of you. we are talking about a murder trial. so visually, you have the parents of trayvon martin there openly weeping in court. i imagine the zimmermans also showing stress. this attorney choosing to tell a knock-knock joke. he s apologized for it, which is, i think, recognition that it was stupid. but nevertheless, that is how he chose to start. before i would make an opening statement, i would wa
designed for this case. the bottom line is, you re like a blank slate reporter: lawyers in court trying to weed out jurors who already made up their mind, talking with friends or family. what sides do they take? the child s side, of course. he was a child. reporter: lawyers also grappling with the thorny issue of racial bias in the jury pool. what are the tales that would let the prosecution or defense know someone is bias? they may be subtle but one of the tells is what organizations do you belong to? and are those organizations, organizations that in the past have excluded minorities? the martins they talk about your kids specifically by name? yes, yes. reporter: and the zimmermans. we have death threats directed at us for being george s family. reporter: in court jury selection bringing tedium, levity and ultimately in a few weeks, six jurors who will decide zimmerman s fate.
congressman jesse jackson jr. said he s entered the mayo clinic for evaluation of depression and gastrointestinal issues. rumors swirled when he took a leave of absence last month. the parents of the man accused of fatally shooting trayvon martin launched a new website. the zimmermans say they want to give an honest opinion of their son and are asking for donations. i m veronica de la cruz. now back to lockup. rikers is a jail, not a prison. and that means most of the people housed here are still awaiting trial. their average stay here is 48 days. with thousands of men and women moving in and out of the system, it s no wonder rikers eventually ran out of space. they came up with an innovative way to deal with the overflow. i m only here for the proof. i thought this boat was going to hawaii. it s still in jail. you re still behind bars.
megyn: kelly s court is back in session. new evidence in the trayvon martin murder case, or is it. prosecutors release 150 phone calls made by george zimmerman in jail. he s the neighborhood watch volunteer who said that he shot the 17-year-old martin in self-defense. new record insurance from a woman known as witness nine could spell potentially more trouble for mr. zimmerman. she tells investigators, in addition to the jailhouse phone calls, that her family has known the zimmermans for years and now she claims they were all a bunch of racists. just that i was afraid that he wasn t going to do the thing because the kid was black. growing up him and his family have always made statements that they don t like black people if they don t act like white people. they like black people if they