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Whatever, the "n" word that was used. the viewers watching it live. he didnt shy away from at all. how effective was that? >> thats the evidence in the case and he used it. i think jurors are grown ups. i think they know that people use swear words. i dont think people are terribly shocked by it in this day and age. i also think rhetorical questions can sometimes be very effective ways of arguing. certainly he was doing a lot of that today. the problem ive always had with the prosecution in this...

Days. >> are kind of arguing against yourself if you say it is the courts because politician got involved. thank you very much michael, good to see you both, will have to do this again. >> watching interesting moment play out in court because you have don west making efforts to prove that the request to consider other charges now including third degree felony charge, this has been sprung on us, we have not had chance to react to be ready for this and he thinks that is "outrageous." >> you say it...

The population of the united states underlying -- >> this whole thing is sort of a good will effort to make inroads with brown people. im not sure it is saying, hey, you can be here but youre not going to be actually a citizen really works. the other thing, this is unbelievable to me -- is the republicans are out in the open arguing we cant let these people in because theyre going to be democrats. as if citizenship should be contingent upon your voting record. >> well, yeah. of course. however, ...

Fight? the defense saying thats an indication he knew how to fight and had been discussing it. >> i can see where the defense would be arguing, look, theres been testimony about somebody on testimony mma style, a pound and ground and things of that nature, and the prosecution got in the references and the records of mma fighting which caused the trainer to come in yesterday. her honor may struggle with this and she may do a solomon-like thing and eliminate the animation and say im going to take ...

There was a tweet to somebody saying to trayvon martin, when are you going to teach me to fight? the defense saying thats an indication he knew how to fight and had been discussing it. >> i can see where the defense would be arguing, look, theres been testimony about somebody on testimony mma style, a pound and ground and things of that nature, and the prosecution got in the references and the records of mma fighting which caused the trainer to come in yesterday. her honor may struggle with this...

It. they dont want it in the trial and these attorneys, wolf, they stayed up so late arguing that even george zimmerman had to stay out past his curfew. >> im not getting into this. court is in recess and ill give my ruling in the morning. >> reporter: court went a little later than expected tuesday. they wrangled late into the night. 10:00 p.m. over whether to admit text messages and photos from trayvon martins phone and a computer animated reconstruction of the crime scene that defense attorne...

Sanford. >> im not getting into this, court is at recess. i will give my ruling in the morning. >> reporter: court went a little later than expected tuesday. judge debra nelson, the prosecution and defense rangeled late into the night, 10:00 p.m., over whether to admit text messages and photos from trayvon martins phone and a computer-animated depiction of the crime scene. judge nelson questioned whether martin actually sent the messages or someones. defense attorney don west argued that the tex...

Sides. fox news correspondent greg palkot in cairo with the latest developments for us this morning. greg? >> rival camps here in cairo arguing. including in tahrir square behind me and more violence is feared as well. there was a large gathering of supporters of ousted egyptian president muhammad morsi. they are calling for his rein tatement and their leaders are telling activists to lay down their lives for them. there have been dozens killed, over a thousand injured. this amid turmoil inside ...

More relaxed. so i dont know, ultimately, if this is really going to help the defense at all. >> alex, are they misreading it? is the defense misreading this by wanting to get that into evidence? >> i dont think theyre going to get it in, for the purpose of arguing that he got high, so he became violent, because i think it kind of strains all credibility. however, in the opening statement and throughout the case, weve heard the tape being plaid of the call to the police, where george zimmerman s...

>> for more on the trial, were joined by msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom, alex ferrer, a former florida kirk it is court judge and myrna white, a former criminal defense attorney. i want to get in a moment to what went on with trayvon martins father and his testimony. but lets first talk about the toxicology, as we just heard from craig. lisa, i presume that this will be billed as a victory for the prosecution, because now that evidence comes in. wouldnt pot more instinctively maybe somebody see...