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Technical legal aspect of this. once again, were listening to dennis root, a law enforcement specialist, private investigator discuss the appropriate use of force. there you see george zimmerman. hes in the courtroom. the six jurors as well. our coverage continues in a minute. (announcer) bring the adventure to their bowl with a whole world of exciting flavors. friskies. feed the senses.

Some instructions there. i want to bring in our cnn legal analyst sunny hostin and mark nejame to talk about zimmermans attorney might rest their case. what are we expecting this afternoon? >> yeah, i think they may. just before in court ive been observing it and theyre talking about entering in exhibits. they may be at the end of their case. its unfortunate because i think mark was right on when he said di maio would have been the best witness to end on rather than dennis root. looking at whats...

>> im fortunate enough, no, ive never had to shoot anyone. >> in fact youve never had to discharge your firearm in the course of your career, have you, other than at a range. >> other than training sessions, scenario-based training, ive never had to discharge my firearm in the line of duty. >> youve never had to use any other type of deadly force in your career, have you. >> explain deadly force. ive caused injury, things like that. >> youve never caused someone elses death during the course of ...

That witness is a guy by the name of dennis root who is safety and law enforcement expert. our expert msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom has been watching this. we saw john guy for the prosecution demonstrate the angle necessary for trayvon martin being on top and george zimmerman on the ground. this 90-degree angle and the physical possibility or impossibility of how zimmerman would be able to get his gun. one thing and i think you were struggling with this too that john guy didnt demonstrate the f...

I want to get you back inside the george zimmerman trial. on the stand is dennis root being cross-examined by the prosecution. >> the defendant did not describe for you from what direction he claimed that trayvon martin approached him? >> i dont -- as far as a direction that would have been my failure not to ask. he said he was approached and i didnt specifically ask do you mean by direction north, south, east, west, that would have been my failure not to ask that specific question. >> im not ta...

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His testimony. i dont know that it opens up because the defendant himself hasnt made those statements. >> all of these witnesses and many of them except for perhaps those who have talked about the science of the gunshot wound and even their credibility, i think, can be put on the table. but a witness like this, this dennis root, who admits this is the first time hes ever been used as an expert. he knows the publicity that will come with this case. he goes beyond my questions on deadly force to q...

Scenario, he could get the case tomorrow, worst-case scenario, sometime on friday. dennis root, the witness that testified, a self-proclaimed use of force expert, retired law enforcement officer as well, basically testified that based on the evidence that was given to him, george zimmermans story checked out. the information that was given to him, of course, was given to him by the defense. he was a defense expert witness, paid by the defense. but he was given a number of pictures and also inter...

Know if the witness is available, but he would like to be able to call the witness if he chooses. judge nelson indicated moment ago that she wants closing statements to begin tomorrow. she would like the jury to get closing statements tomorrow morning. >> right. the value of arthur fleischmann to the prosecution, this is an individual, an atf agent who arrested george zimmerman in 2005, charges were dropped but his value to the prosecution? >> so i drew a picture in my notes today when dennis ro...

No... try it, and see what your good driving can save you. you dont even have to switch. unless youre scared. im not scared, its... you know we can still see you. no, you cant. pretty sure we can... try snapshot today -- no pressure. day 22 of the george zimmerman trial. its wednesday, july 10th and this is "now." defense in the george zimmerman trial may be nearing the end of the case and could rest as early as today. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder and said he fata...