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>> you just heard gunshots? >> yes. >> how many? >> have you had a chance to listen to that tape before today? >> yeah. >> and on how many occasions? >> a few. >> okay. do you have -- do you know whose voice that is in the background screaming? >> yes, definitely, its georgie. >> and how -- >> i just hear, i hear it, i hear him screaming. >> nothing further, your honor, of this witness. im going to leave this here in its ka tcase the state wants t play it. ill show you how to do it on this compu...

>> they need to come now. >> trayvons mother and brother testified it was his voice. trayvons mother took the stand and said it was her son. friends of zimmerman agreed. >> there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that is george zimmerman and i wish to god i did not have that ability to understand that. >> do you know whose voice that is in the background screaming? >> yes. definitely. georgie. >> how is it that you know that? >> i just hear -- i hear it. i hear him screaming. >> and also today t...

500 people to narrow it down to a panel of six jurors and two alternates for the case. the challenge here is to find a group of people not heavily influenced by the coverage, more than a year of that on this controversial case. was it is case of murder or self-defense? they are the questions jurors will face in the case of george zimmerman. february 2006, they called police to report a teenager described as suspicious. the one thing that is clear, there was a confrontation. 911 calls record some...

Martin, which sparked a national debate on the use of guns. george howell joins us live. >> reporter: starting out, it will take a pool of 500 po tepgs jurors, then nar eyeirowing than to six jurors and five alternates. the goal to find a group that has not been influenced by the coverage in florida. was it a case of murder or self defense? those are the questions jurors will face in the case against george zimmerman. february 26th, 2012, the then neighborhood watch captain called police to repo...

911 calls record someone in the background screaming for help. then you hear the fatal shot. >> i dont know why i think theyre yelling help, but i dont know. >> so you think hes yelling help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your -- >> reporter: the victim was 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman, his admitted killer, was taken into custody for questioning but then released because the police decided he fired in self defense. the decision left this community in an uproar. >> we dont understand why...

Was a confrontation. 911 calls record someone in the background screaming for help and then you hear the fatal shot. >> i dont know why i think theyre yelling help or, i dont know. >> you think youre hearing help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your -- >> reporter: the victim was 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman, hissed a a mi ed adm was taken in for questioning but then released because he fired his gun in self-defense. the days that followed left this community in an uproar. >> we dont und...

We want you to listen to the call. >>t 911. >> we have right here a daycare full of babies. we need help bad. we need help bad. we have a daycare that just got cremated. >> where are you at? >> whats the address? >> 510 south. we have tons of babies in here. >> we will get them out of there. >> we need help bad. >> you hear the babies in the background screaming. we need help bad. the "new york times" reports that everyone made it out of that heavily damaged building safely. the staff members he...

zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed this 17-year-old as trayvon martin was walking along with skittles and sweet tea. the issue in florida, this is a skand your ground law. how could they defend this particular case and individual and potentially what charges could george zimmerman face. potentially manslaughter. manslaughter could be it. i want to bring in martin savidge. lets just reset this whole thing. theres obviously been no reaction yet, but whoo i to...

windows and it was sergeant weichels demeanor and the way he handled children. he would ensure that ever child received something, with whether its the smallest thing as a pencil or a booklet to write in. >> reporter: during those days back home, everyone could see his own children meant everything to him. >> just excited. these are the most important things to me. my kids. so im glad to see them on the holidays. >> reporter: he was pro moted posthumously to sergeant and he is survivor...

and left at least three of 13 crew members hurt. the coast guard has dropped supplies. a cutter has made its way to the yacht and at least two of the injured have been moved to a smaller ship. i want to go now by telephone to coast guard petty officer calleb chrisfield. were you able to get help to those people? >> yes, we were. the coast guard cutter is on scene action they deployed their small response boat to go to the yacht and we were able to recover two of the injured people. and...