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Passionate, so direct going to that state of mind of george zimmerman, and then segued right into the defense opening statement and that was shocking too. but i think with the defense, they moved on, and they were meticulous in trying to show the defense point of view here. the time line of the nonemergency 911 call, its going to become critical. either there was time for george zimmerman to continue to follow trayvon martin or as the defense says, bit by bit, he did not follow him after that in...

Seek when it presented all this evidence that went before the jury today. >> now, lisa, something interesting. you kept saying last night its got to be about the evidence. it has to be about what we see with the forensic evidence and the other evidence. >> yes. >> not just emotion. >> yes. >> we heard today, though, that they had done all they could at the scene to preserve any of the evidence and all that happened. if that is so, then how will the defense explain there was no blood even under t...

Combination of what theyre prepared to say and what they want -- now want to say in response to the prosecutions opening. openingings are important, but i think in this case what the prosecution has is a finite universe of evidence. rather than go on and on i think they emphasize in a very crisp fashion their best ammunition and so i think it was an effective opening. i think it is the best case they can state under the circumstances. and i think they were wise not to go on because again, they h...

Cases and all of the victims for this reason, because the defense is starting to make the case that all of the victims got together and created this mass conspiracy to come up with a virtual lies against jerry sandusky, all to file civil suits. mike mcqueary is an independent witness who saw these sexual contact and sexual abilities taking place in the shower. the fact that he is there and able and willing to testify that he saw these events occur, independent of any of the other witnesses testi...

Authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sanduskys abuse of kids continued for another seven years. >> michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: thank you. >> kathleen cain is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is last former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them run known, one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary i...

State and the political dynamics here. at the end of the defense opening statement, joe amendola talked and raised questions about why wasnt sandusky wasn sandusky arrested in 08, 09, 2012, et cetera. i thought he was weaving together a political argument and pointing a finger without naming the current governor, the then attorney general of pennsylvania. is that how you interpreted that portion of the opening statement? >> yes. thats exactly what it sounds like. i believe what the defense attor...

I would have kept all of the cases and all of the victims for this reason. because the defense is starting to make the case that all of the victims got together and created this mass conspiracy to come up with virtual lies against jerry sandusky all to file civil suits. mike mcqueary is an independent witness who saw these sexual contact and sexual acts taking place in the shower. the fact that he is there and able and willing to testify that he saw these events occur, independent of any of the ...

Humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sanduskys abuse of kids continued for another seven years. >> michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: thank you. >> kathleen kane is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is also a former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them are unknow...

They debated whether they needed to report it to local authorities. and one e-mail exchange, the officials agreed it would be humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sanduskys abuse of kids continued for another seven years. >> michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: thank you. >> kathleen cain is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is last former ...

For the state here is that the cops that arrived on the scene say that they heard a clicking sound and the hood of adam kaufmans car was warm despite the fact he claimed he was home sleeping all night long. jon: and the defense wants a mistrial here already? >> reporter: right off the bat. they called for a mistrial saying the opening statement by the state basically put the burden of proof on the defense unconstitutionally but the judge allowed for editorializing in that opening statement. were...