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Phil. >> reporter: a strategic move by prosecutors, or jenna, rather, by prosecutors as they called one of the defenses audio expert witnesses first to then set up the still to come very emotional testimony anticipated by trayvon martins mother. inside the courtroom right now sanford police detective doris singleton. she was involved in one . very first initial interviews with george zimmerman the night of the shooting. again today testimony addressing that infamous 911 call with somebody scream...

Fired the prosecutor on. so it was heavily -- it was politically charged and it was a situation where chris just wanted to be a good cop. >> im not trying to get him in trouble. im just trying to set it up so viewers understand what prior history was. and my understanding is, buzz im looking at the recordings of this back and forth he had with mr. zimmerman, and he is expressing doubts about zimmermans version of the events. he says, this is a kid with a future. he had ice tea, skittles, $40 in ...

Resuming testimony now with officer doris singleton who was one of the first people to interview george zimmerman on the night of trayvon martins killing. lets take a listen as the defense continues its cross-examination. >> you had stated that there were two things that i want to focus you on. at one point you stated that mr. zimmerman told you that he thought trayvon martin might have come from some bushes. >> yes. >> is that correct? and then, you also stated that he had said to you that it w...

This is continuing coverage of the george zimmerman murder trial. right now the prosecution has called a police officer with the sanford police department, detective doris singleton. shes the officer who interviewed george zimmerman on the night trayvon martin was killed. she also returned to the scene of the crime the following day for a walk through and explanation of what happened. id like to bring in our legal panel for a moment. kendall coffey, faith jenkins, and lisa bloom are joining us t...

On, which isnt unusual. phil keeting is outside the courthouse. i guess the idea is to get truthful information from the person. >> and get a suspect to contradict himself or herself -- get down into the nitty-gritty. the detective said -- how zimmerman, who is 28 at the time, and martin was 17, didnt seem put up much of a fight other than eventually pulling out his gun after taking what he describe as a beating. he was afraid for his life by trayvon martin. also, doris singleton, the other cop,...

>> okay. when you came into the sanford police department, did you end up having contact with the person now known to you as george zimmerman? >> yes, i did. >> could you please identify him by stating where he is seated and the clothing he wears? >> at the defense table in a gray suit. >> your honor, let the record reflect the witness identified the defendant. >> the record will so reflect. >> when you came into contact with george zimmerman, were you aware he had already been interviewed by in...

Im roy reid in for martin bashir. the second week of witness testimony in the george zimmerman trial under way at this hour. well bring you live coverage. lets gets to our panel, lisa bloom, former prosecutor john q. kelly. i want to ask, first of all, about the testimony earlier today by officer -- by officer doris singleton. she took the tand earlier today and played back a recording what was played to her in her initial interview with zimmerman. take a listen. >> i could see people looking an...

A place for him to sign and a place for you to sign as a witness. is that correct? >> yes. >> i think were going to go to page 2 but give me a second to catch up to you. >> joining us now, msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom and attorney and radio host midwin charles. midwin, the description of the person that george zimmerman says he saw. he describes him male, approximately 511", to 62". he then says, "the dispatcher took note of the suspect." hes talking a lot like a police officer. >> he really i...

Other interviews that went on later, was there anything in that interview that at the point -- let me back up. im sorry. he was in police custody from the time that officer singleton interviewed him until the time you did, correct? >> yes, he was. >> he did not have his cell phone available, did he? >> i dont believe so. >> he did not have any access, then, to the investigation that was ongoing back at the scene? >> no, he did not. >> so would you agree, then, that he was unaware of anything tha...

Hysterics at the idea that someone had just died right out in front of their homes, crying, had to be held on the line with the 911 operator for a long time consoling them. george zimmerman, very, very calm. >> i want to zero in on one other thing. because he also gave the detective, doris singleton, the first officer to interview him after being read his miranda rights. he describes a lot of dialogue. he says trayvon martin said to him, you got a problem, homey? sort of weird language for a tee...