>> the man who admitted to shooting trayvon martin may taste fresh air again. he could go free on $150,000 bond. a judge granted the bond after a lengthy hearing. and in a surprising move we heard from the man himself when he took the stand. zimmerman apologized to trayvon martin's parents who were sitting there in the courtroom. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little younger than i am. i did not know if he was armed or not. >> the attorney says zimmerman's apology there is too little too late. >> zimmerman makes this self-serves apology in court 50 days later. the real george zimmerman website never once said i'm sorry. hen when he made these statements to police, why not show remorse there if he was sincerely apologetic for killing this unarmed child. >> also in court this morning, we heard from zimmerman's mother for the first time. >> the zimmerman family testified over the phone simply for their own safety. welcome back here. the judge has granted the bond. how soon you could get out. there are things that need to be put in place they've got to put at least $15,000 in cash down. this is a family of limited means. that may be a bit difficult. and they also have to figure out whether or not he's going to be out of state. it could be as early as tomorrow, more likely in the next few days. >> which the judge said would be okay, he could leave the state. if they could work it out. >> you're not surprised the judge granted the bond. you're surprised by the $150,000. fair? >> a family of limited pleens 37 but we are talking about a second degree murder case. and i've got to tell you, i was a little surprised. the government asked for $1 million. i thought that was a little much, perhaps excessive. $500,000 in my view would have been a $50,000 cash bond. i don't know that that would be excessive in a case where an alleged unarmed boy was killed. >> what about the fact that we simply -- and this was a gasp moment a wow moment, actually seeing george zimmerman in his suit and tie taking the stand. and contradicting himself a little bit. >> i'm still so shocked by it. i went back and sort of tried to look through my notes to see i've ever seen anything like that in a bond case. i've seen a lot of trials and prosecuted a lot of cases. i don't know if it helped him that much. some people say maybe it helped him. he said i'm sorry for the loss of your son. perhaps that humanized him, but he also said, i thought he was a little younger than we i am. we know george zimmerman is 28. yet when he was speaking to the dispatcher he said this is a kid, this is a teenager. that's a pretty serious contradiction. then he also said i did not know if he was armed or not. he said trayvon martin reached for his gun and that's why he shot. that's another significant inconsistency. if he goes to trial, he's going to make my statements. he has to testify at a stand your ground hearing and at trial. he's already spoken to police. now you're talking about five or six different versions of what happened. that's going to make for a difficult cross-examination. >> it also felt like a min nigh trial. in case you missed some of this, i want to just play one exchange. this is mark o'meara, the defense attorney for george zimmerman and one of the investigators. take a listen. >> do you know who started the fight? >> do i know? >> right. >> no. >> do you have in i evidence that supports who may have started the fight? >> mop. >> i keep on wondering, was she trying to deep things close to the vest. was it a game of semantics. this was an experienced investigator. he's been an investigator for over 20 years. i think what can be read into that was that the government cannot believe george zimmerman cannot account for things. perhaps at this point, they don't have anything to contradict what he has to say. maybe they don't think they need it because they just don't believe it. that i think is the best case scenario for the prosecution. the worst case is they don't know anything. i can't imagine that. they charged him with second degree murder. it's against a prosecutor's case that they know they can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. there's a lot more to this case than we know and we're going to be finding out about that. drips and dribbles. >> then i imagine another gasp, i guess, is hearing the voice of george zimmerman's wife. i think a lot of people didn't realize he was married and now here she is calling in just for her own safety, right? they don't want her come into the courtroom. i just want to play a little bit. whether or not he has anger issues. take a listen. >> i was curious, he had to go through anger management? >> i believe so. >> okay. >> and you stated that you think he was successful in completing that? >> yes. >> and i gather, my follow up question is have you ever seen him angry or do you think he has a problem -- let me ask you first thing, have you seen him angry? >> no, i haven't. >> do you think he has anger management problems? >> no, i do not. >> did that help humanize him? >> i think so. i mean, i knew he was married because i've been doing so much background on this. he's been married for almost five years. it's a testimony of a wife. i'm surprised she say she's never seen him angry i have seen my husband angry. he's seen me angry. i wonder if there was a bit of being disingenuous as well. for a bond hearing, that's okay. but the fact that she's never shienl angry. i don't know. i don't know if that rings so true to the average person. >> what a morning. >> what a morning, brooke. >> thank you. we'll take you live to the pentagon and the white house next. 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