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Think, you know, that the networks are going to begone this and in the end another murder case or for america every day but i think it says more about america, what do you think? i agree. it says a lot about america extra and similar to the o.j. thing. it s race. race is in it. it may not enter the trial but that s a big part of what everybody is watching, and, you know, reasonable doubt is a hell of a thing to overcome. what about self-defense, guns the right of an mer can to carry one and use it and potentially he may well walk away a freeman? yeah, well, i m one of the guys that goes back to the second amendment and just goes, you know what, it was a different time and now we re into the sandy hooks and the, you know, all of that and whatever happened between george zimmerman and trayvon martin that night, only they know. one of them had a gun, and they are real easy to get and i m one ....
And you cry uncle and try to get away, things change. all of a sudden, you do have a right to defend yourself. now, doctor, you re not saying you re not testifying here as to who started what led up to the death of trayvon martin? that s correct, sir. and you re not saying as to who attacked who, whether it was george zimmerman who attacked trayvon martin or whether it was trayvon martin that attacked george zimmerman, you can t say that, correct? that s correct, sir. in fact, you can t testify as to who threw the first punch? that s correct, sir. in fact, you can t really testify whether there was a first punch thrown? that s correct, sir. you know what, piers, i got to say, when i was listening to the direct examination of dr. vincent di maio, i thought who on earth is that prosecutor going to do to mop up the damage that s being done by this ....
You got to assess how has the case gone so far, how did our witnesses perform? do we think we can go all the way? ashleigh banfield, thank you very much, indeed. outside the courtroom, watching every moment of this case, jane, they are still in there late at night in the courtroom. what is going on, do you think? well, this is an epic battle and at it s heart is whether or not they will put the dead, young, man the victim on trial here and the defense wants to take text messages and facebook posts that make trayvon martin look bad and maybe talking about fighting and firearms and introduce that before the jury to try to basically smear the victim. i certainly think that that s not really what this case is about but the defense often tries to do that. they try to essentially put the victim on trial, and that s what they are arguing about right now. we also heard evidence today from george zimmerman s neighbor ....
So i think that was the main message, but what she said verbalbly was that when she was shown a photograph by law enforcement of george zimmerman that his face was very disfigured, particularly his nose was bloodied so that she knew what he looked like normally and that would go to the defense argument he was beaten up. she also said she recognized george zimmerman s voice the one screaming on the 911 tape. it prompt s the question if they are so convinced, the defense, that is their man on the tape and she s still alive unlike trayvon martin, why don t they try to recreate it, tape him screaming so we can compare and hear them both? reporter: you mean have him go to the very spot and issue that yell and then record and it try to play it before the jury? they have gotten one better, pie piers. they put together thi animation ....
Are so convinced, the defense, that is their man on the tape and she s still alive unlike trayvon martin, why don t they try to recreate it, tape him screaming so we can compare and hear them both? reporter: you mean have him go to the very spot and issue that yell and then record and it try to play it before the jury? they have gotten one better, piers. they put together this animation use in movies like iron man that tells george zimmerman eastside of the story and those agree with zimmerman. there was a monumental battle that went on for hours over it. the judge reserved her decision but essentially, the only person who has not given their opinion and weighed in on that animation and offered insights is the dead young man who can in the hospital do so. certainly, they didn t include in the an mission the insights ....