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With the defense on instructions. >> you continually disagree with this court every time i make a ruling. if i have made a mistake in this case, you will appeal. this is my ruling on this issue. >> reporter: but it was this moment after a hearing late into the night that will forever be cemented in trial watchers mind. >> im not physically able to keep up this pace much longer. its 10:00 at night. we started this morning. weve had full days every day. weekends, depositions at night. >> reporter:...

Mortgage rates. the market has been saying the time is coming. >> interesting things as interest rates go up. it could force people to rush in and try to lock in and buy now. >> an interesting thing i saw is about a quarter, i think 28% of home purchases are first time home buyers. three quarters of the action in the housing market is not someone saying i saved up my money, recession is over, im going to buy a house for the first time. its a lot of investors and flippers. well see what that does...

Being killed? and thats a troubling aspect. >> i think it is very interesting, easy to lose sight of that essential fact in all of this. in all the talk about what the jury is thinking and how mark ohara did and the back and forth on it, the essential core issue here is the death of this young man for no reason. there is no -- >> what were going to hear tomorrow is the issue of self-defense, so maybe there was a reason. and thats the guiding conflict in this case. >> as you pointed out, we dont ...

Whatever its called. that was his crime. >> danny, for you, why was that so effective? >> ive said it before, it sort of backs up marks theory, that if you dont have the facts or the law, you pound your fist. and heres why. i said it before, the skittles and the iced tea, i think we associate those with kids. its things kids eat for fun. if he had bought something less interesting, wind shield wiper fluid, we may not be talking about it at all and the prosecutor wouldnt be showing it. its an exa...

Understand how this was masterful. if anything, it was comical in a bizarre way. yes, there is a dead 17-year-old, and everybody regrets that. thats a tragedy. but at the same time, this to me was an abomination. i didnt understand what they thought was being accomplished. sunny says the jury was captivated. okay, the jury was captivated. maybe they were captivated by what is this guy on. i dont understand why hes yelling at us. >> danny, do you think it was effective? >> there were a lot of the...

On this earth. >> so that was the moment jeffrey toobin picked as the most effective. were back with our panel, jeff and sunny hostin, danny savalos and mark geragos, all of whom have their own picks. you thought that was the best because the prosecutor really kind of brought it back home to what this case is all about. >> exactly. its a reminder of why this case captured the nations attention a year and a half ago. how can we live in a country where a 17-year-old boy goes to guy skittles and ic...

Evidence supports that. >> reporter: the pressure, now on mark ohara to close out the defenses case friday before it heads to the jury. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> it will likely head to the jury tomorrow. high stakes ruling, props, a power point presentation. even the prosecutor skipping around the room at one point. just about anything that can happen in the courtroom did happen today. plenty to talk about with our panel. sunny hostin and jeffrey toobin. danny savalos and mark ge...

Defense has in this case is that trayvon martin was reaching for the gun and trying to get the gun. >> which george zimmerman claimed in that videotape. >> correct. and thats implausible to me. when you look at where the gun was, when you look at the nature of their struggle, i think thats a weak claim and it may be something that zimmerman came up with after the fact to try to justify the shooting. it doesnt mean hes guilty, but i did think there were several good moments in the summations toda...

If i have made a mistake in this case, you will appeal. this is my ruling on this issue. >> reporter: but it was this moment after a hearing late into the night that will forever be cemented in trial watchers minds. >> i am not physically able to keep up this pace. its 10:00 at night. we started this morning. weve had full days every day. weekends, depositions at night. >> reporter: she simply decided it was time to go. she may not be warm and fuzzy, but judge debra nelson is always on her game....

Its not part of the case. but manslaughter, which i think weve all assumed has -- would be a lesser included offense, is part of the case, and so there are only two options for the jury now. guilty or not guilty on second degree murder. the same question on manslaughter. this was, i thought, dirty pool to ask for the felony murder child abuse. but the judge saw that and excluded it. >> mark, it goes to what we were discussing last night, which was at a certain point by the prosecution coming up ...