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Opening statements begin tomorrow in the george zimmerman murder trial. he is charged with second degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman says the shooting was self-defense. tomorrow, both sides will lay out their case to the jury. our martin savidge is in sanford, florida, where the trial will take place. what can we expect to hear in the opening statements tomorrow? >> theres a couple of things, fred. first and foremost before we get to opening statements, we will b...

Thanks, pete. opening statements in the second degree murder trial of george zimmerman begin at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. this after a crucial decision by the judge about screams heard on a 911 call the night trayvon martin was killed. joining me now, nbcs ron mott who has been following the case. whats the latest? >> reporter: this ruling was crucial. the judge clearly took the time in making this order. she is not going to allow them to bring audio experts into this case. now the 911 call itself c...

Murdered him. he has to stick to his story because the tape is videotaped. he cant alter from that now. his story was he was concerned about crime in the area. that trayvon martin was behaving suspiciously. that he called a 911 -- or rather a nonemergency police number. and that he then went after trayvon martin, the sense of just going in the same direction. that there was an altercation, that trayvon martin attacked him, and that he shot him once in self-defense. thats zimmermans story. >> yes...

Companies handing over records to the feds. our government is charging him fr with espionage. >> in florida, the judge in the george zimmerman murder trial made a ruling on the 911 tape. she will not allow prosecution to allow audio experts to testify. prosecutor wanted to talk about the screams heard the night trayvon martin was killed. the key fbi expert for the state said no one can say whose voice was on the call. now they can play the tape in court, but the jurorors cannot hear from the exp...

Immigration bill close to 70 votes. thats the target number sponsors say, will pressure the dominantly republican house to act as well. arthel, back to you. >> arthel: all right. thank you very much from washington. >> rick: big news in the george zimmerman murder trial. less than 48 hours before opening statements are set to begin, the judge ruling today that audio experts who point to trayvon martin as the screamer on a 911 call moments before he was killed will not be allowed to testify. here...

>> does he look hurt to you? >> i cant see him. i dont want to go out there, and i dont know whats going on. theyre sending -- >> do you think hes yelling help? >> yes. >> all right, what is your -- >> so the prosecution, they had two audio experts, fredricka. tom owen, he was initially hired by the orlando sentinel, but he did his own test where he took that audio clip, he looped it several times, the part where you hear the scream, looped it so he could get a sample that he could test. and he ...

Child saying im sorry i got caught. i wish this went away. >> reporter: shes been in the hot seat before famous with over the top high fat recipes she faced criticism for not telling the public she was battling diabetes. on friday she was a no show for "today". >> we agreed there would be no restrictions. >> reporter: now shes out one job. the food network says its not renewing her contract. >> theres a lot at stake when it comes to her business. her $17 million empire includes cook books, busin...

Nnicole, watching it for the fox affiliate there. >> big developments in the george zimmerman murder trial. he admitted to killing an unarmed teenageener self defense. today the judge in that case released an important pretrial ruling. finally judge nelson saying, audio experts for the prosecutions will not be allowed to testify about screams heard in the background of a key noin 11 car. >> do you need police fire and medical in nmaybe both i am not sure. there is someone screaming outside. >> y...

>>. fox news alert. im arthel nevil. state police officers and dogs now searching the massachusetts home of aaron hernandez. live shot of that search in progress. the player is in investigation of a semi pro football player named odin lloyd whose body found nearby. they searched in and around the home as they try to figure out who killed lloyd. the judge in a george zimmerman murder trial ruling that the audio experts cannot testify on the screams heard in 911 calls. one expert ruled zimmerm...

Welcome back. lets go to our developing story out of sanford, florida. the judge has ruled out testimony from audio experts regarding that 911 tape from call made on the night trayvon martin was killed. that 911 tape can be played in court for people familiar with either martin or zimmermans voice and they are allowed to testify about it. ron mott spoke to mark omara a short while ago. what you got. whats he say iing. >> reporter: she was confident the judge would come down this way. the jury wi...