is expected to climb even higher as night continues to grind on there in morocco. sam kiley joins us from morocco. i think perhaps you saw the ceiling above you giving way just a touch. how are things where you re at? reporter: well, jim, you put your finger on what everybody here is most afraid of here in the medina in the old city of marrakech. an environment that certainly not in living memory and for many people, not even in the history books has any recollection of being worried about an earthquake. here you have the direct results of it. it is the collapse of a roof, that blank space there is the night sky above it. you have a roof, a floor, two ceilings, all collapsed down on to the ground here where i m standing. if you look at these buildings, we re in these very narrow streets, these very, very narrow streets. all of these buildings have enormous cracks down the side. the concern obviously is, if any of these cracks give way as a result of future tremors, then the
this whole spectacle is taking place at the courthouse. in some ways, this is a local story for us. you have throngs of johnny depp fans coming out, trying to pack the court there. trying to line up early to get wristbands to get in. whereas maybe something like this, would take place in california, maybe a camera allowed in this case, the judge had discretion and chose to allow cameras and now we re having in our own backyard in the washington post this sort of spectacle unfold. we ve been covering it in that way as well. yeah, it s a local story. how do you think people should process these cameras in courtroom events when these trials become like entertainment vehicles? yeah, it is a sort of odd to see this story explode, particularly across social media, and what has often happened is because the trial itself is long and can be tedious, people are grabbing little bits and pieces and then adding their own spin to it and posting it on social media,
Welcome back. i m melissa harris-perry. you know, when we have these big deal, fully televised courtroom events, it tends to be a witness who surprisingly steals the spotlight. perhaps they become important to the case or not. they become a main player, emblam act in the public consciousness. remember cato, his 15 minutes of pop culture fame. he became a thing regardless of his importance to the prosecution. ex-roommate of casey anthony accused of murdering her young daughter caylee became well-known for what they said in court than out. one gave a tell-all interview and garnered notoriety for themselves in the process. that brings us to the first week of the trial of george zimmerman who pled not guilty in the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says he shot and killed martin in self-defense last year. the key witness for the