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His father who was with his girlfriend? well it was because he had been suspended from school and he had been suspended for school from marijuana use. if the state somehow brings up that question, then it may need to be answered to the jury s satisfaction and the judge will rule she says at that time of whether the defense can bring it up. so while it won t be included in the opening statements with we may indeed see it part of this case. and real quickly, george zimmerman not in the courtroom today. why is that? do we know. i don t have a specific answer as to why he s not obligated to be in the courtroom and so he is not here today. kerry sanders reporting from sanford florida. thank you so much. i want to bring in paul headerson, a prosecutor. as a prosecutor and you re hearing what s going on this morning. a lot of fast moving developments but the judge is decisive in her rulings. what do you make of the character evidence they have tried to get presented for trial and the fa ....
Going to see is a continued fight over that tape and a continued fight challenging the prosecutions witness and analysis determining that it was trayvon martin that was actually the one calling for help, asking for assistance and being abused or threatened or being fought and ultimately obviously being shot in this case and that s why it s going to be important. prosecutor paul henderson. court is over for the day. it s going to resume on the 6th. the big development is the fact that the judge denied a request for the defense. the case will go to trial in two weeks. president obama will arrive in new jersey where he ll get a firsthand look at the recovery from super storm sandy. just as he did in the days after sandy struck in october he ll tour beach communities deaf stated by sandy with republican governor chris christie who might try to succeed him in the white house. many republicans are still ....
Already ruled out much of the pieces of evidence such as the school records. it was pretty predictable but i m disappointed that what they tried to present was evidence that they knew or should have known was never going to be allowed in this courtroom so to me, it s a disingenuous attempt to taint the jury pool to try and portray their client in a more favorable manner by messing up the victim in this case or trying to look bad. they knew ahead of time. paul because of the way our system works in this country, isn t george zimmerman afforded and shouldn t have the best defense possible and this would be the case that they re trying to present to be able to paint the picture of what they re up against here. who was trayvon martin? he is entitled to that. he ll have a good defense. you have to weigh and balance, though, what is legal and i believe the lawyers in this case knew better. they knew that there is not a ....