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Now. >> you are still under oath, mr. pistorius. >> thank you, my lady. >> thank you. yes, mr. nel? >> mr. pistorius, my lady, i received a request, and thats why i have my cell phone in my hand. from mrs. steenkamp that after the adjournment yesterday, she informed me through her advocate that mr. pistorius did in fact request a meeting with the steenkamp family prior to the trial, but they were not ready for such a meeting. im putting that in the record. >> thank you very much. so its confirma...

>> how is the demeanor of oscar pistorius now? we know just a couple days ago, the judge adjourned for the day very early, at 2:00 in the afternoon your time, because he was having such a hard time on the witness stand. how is he holding up under this aggressive cross examination? >> reporter: today hes holding the up quite well. hes managed to maintain his composure. you can hear the emotion in his voice. his voice quivers and shakes, but on the whole, hes managing to get out clear and coherent...

Again, youre likely to see much shorter adjournments. the judge will probably say, look, take a five minute or ten-minute adjournment to compose yourself and come back. we certainly expect that by the end of today he will have got through his full version of events, in fact if not earlier. >> how is south africa in general reacting to the details emerging from this trial? of course this is on everyones minds there in south africa. but around the world, curious what the court of opinion opinion s...

>> well take an adjournment. court will adjourn. >> two days of emotionally charged testimony there from oscar pistorius. and of course, youre looking here, a live shot outside the courthouse in pretoria. a little later in the show, we will have live coverage of the pistorius arrival at court and hear from one expert who says gun ownership in south africa is something that is deeply rooted in the countrys history. remember to stay with cnn for live coverage of todays testimony. day three for osc...

I dont know, i dont know how long. i dont know how long. [sobbing] i was there for. [sobbing] she wasnt breathing. >> can we take an adjournment? [sobbing] >> pistorius will be back on the witness stand tomorrow. and straight ahead, our chicago democrats turning on president obama? some staunch democratic supporters now turning to the g.o.p. you will hear from one of them next. plus, we have political fights in washington. but nothing like this. a bench clearing brawl in the seat of government. ...

Three weapons charges. >> if you were watching time publicly he acknowledged yesterday, you heard how pistorius broke down on the went the night he shot and killed his stand. he was talking for the first girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. time publicly about the night of you see him entering on his the shooting. listen as he describes his prosthetic legs. he removed them to act out his reaction after he says he realized the person he shot was version of events when he thought there was an intruder in ...

Five minutes, my lady. just to get proper clothing on. >> five minutes. >> five minutes. >> the court is adjourned. >> were going to take a break here right now. fairly interesting. defense counsel suggested a short adjournment to the judge because they wanted to change clothe. i think he meant oscar pistorius, so they could demonstrate how he was dressed and positioned the night the shooting occurred. >> he said he had taken off his prosthetic leg when he had gotten into bed. that kind of goes ...

Plank, i grabbed it with my hands and i threw it out into the bathroom. i leaned over there, the middle partition. i tried to open the door from the inside, but there was no key in the door and i leaned over the middle partition of the door, and i saw the key was on the floor at that point. all i wanted to do was climb into the toilet over the middle part of the door. i -- once i leaned over the partition to get in the door i saw the key. i opened the door. i threw it open and i sat over reeva a...

So far there was a quick adjournment so oscar pistorius could change clothes. he took off his prosthetic legs. he is next to the bathroom door. you cannot see it because he has chosen to have sound played but not picture of his testimony. so far, hes has painted the picture of his fear that night that he went to sleep, he heard a window close. and that is what he says changed everything. he thought it was a burglar. he froze. now youre seeing in front of you the diagram, the counsel has stopped ...

Difficult. >> did you wear any clothes? >> i had a -- i had a pair of mens training shorts on, basketball shorts on, and i had a gray vest. when i took off my prosthetic legs to climb into bed, i had taken my vest off and placed them on my prosthetic legs. i was just wearing a pair of shorts. >> my lady, i ask for a very short adjournment just for a process to take place, to show to the court what the position is without his prosthetic leg.