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Sir. >> okay. where would the gun be now? >> now the gun would be behind your left leg. >> one of the things i should point out, that the jury found all of this fascinating. in fact, those that sit in the back row were actually on their feet leaning over watching that presentation. they took great interest in that, piers. >> seemed like a great concession, didnt it, martin, because if you believe as a jury trayvon martin was on top youre more likely, i think, to assume the cries for help were co...

Mannequin were carrying a firearm on their waist, where would the gun be in relation to me? >> would be at your left inner thigh. >> right here, right? >> yes, if he was right-handed it would be at your left inner thigh. >> right, underneath my leg? >> yes, inside your leg. >> okay. were you aware the defendant described to his best friend that when he slid down, the defendant slid down that try van martin was up around his armpit sns were you aware of that? >> no, i havent heard that, no, sir. ...

He was speaking directly to them, and they were soaking it in. but more importantly, piers, when they kind of brought out that mannequin dumb diddy thing and the attorneys were straddling. do you know what happened? the jury stood up. all five members in the back row stood straight up. the four women in the front row, they leaned forward and they were taking copious notes and really paying attention, and just as you pointed out earlier, this was a turning point in the case. the state acknowledge...

Reaching crunch time, the jury likely to go out as early as friday. what are you detecting if you can from the mood of this jury right now? >> well, today was fascinating, pries piers. you had the defense witness last name of root who was the use of force expert. he wasnt really giving testimony. he was giving a warmup for the closing argument for the defense and what was fascinating about his testimony, piers, is that he would constantly look at the jury and you know what they were doing? looki...

Especially engaged. i just heard your panel talking about this. doing the dummy exchange when the dummy was brought out. mark omara used the dummy and the state used it as well. the jurors in the back row during that demonstration actually stood up to watch what was happening. john guy there. juror 6, this is a juror we been paying attention to. this juror takes notes consistently. this is a native floridian. shes been in the area for ten years. shes unemployed right now. she has two kids. one 1...

I do want to talk to you quickly before i send it back. in terms of how the jury is responding to a lot of this -- you know, we spent a lot of time analyzing and parsing what the witnesses say. were trying to keep a really close eye on what the jurors -- how theyre reacting, if theyre reacting. the point today where the jury seemed to be most engaged was when they brought out the dummd. we saw john guy on the ground with the dummy at one point. then mark omara with the dummy. at one point all of...

On friday laura sisk knew president obama was in town just a couple of miles away when she saw a man dressed in black carrying an assault weapon. he looked like he was a member of a s.w.a.t. team. for a second she thought maybe he was with the presidents security team. then the man jumped in her mazda and said "youre going to drive me to santa monica college and let me out." she begged him to take the car himself, and he said, "no. youre driving." later she told the "los angeles times" "he told ...

He was with the presidents security team. then the man jumped in her mazda and said "youre going to drive me to santa monica college and let me out." she begged him to take the car himself, and he said, "no. youre driving." later she told the "los angeles times" "he told me to calm down. youll be all right," sis k said. "he said hed let me go if i didnt do anything stupid." and he did. he let her go. after he got to santa monica college. on the way to santa monica college he fired a blizzard of ...

Upcoming tour? and then from that experience, i did road trips in england and in america with chuck perry at one hand of the bus and jerry lee lewis at the other end of the bus. and you can imagine what that was like in 1960. >> i cant imagine. what was that like? >> it was hell on wheels. i remember there was always a fight to get the back row in the bus, because the only place you could stretch out was the back row seat. and at first, jerry lee had the back seat. and then one night, the road m...

>> as a staff member when you walk in from over there you see that it would reground you. one of my other favorite things in policy time i sit here in the back row and you were there and the vice president was there, so you and i had line of sight and you had always kept me awake when vice president cheney would rest his eyes for a moment. remember that? he never fell asleep. >> no, never soundly asleep. >> this is abraham lincoln. >> this is the spot where a president puts the most influential ...