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Theyre all glued to the video screen, watching this very intently, just absolutely absorbing all of this. of course, this is the drama. you have two people involved a fight that turns deadly. one of them is dead. this is the only version of an eye witness account theyre going to get from somebody who was hack tvly involved, but prosecutors con tend that this version is not the entire truth, and this is the third piece of police interview, whether audio or visual, that the jury has seen this afte...

Own words to prosecute him citing several inconsistencies in his version of events. in fact officer singleton there just testifying that when she asked george zimmerman to explain how this all went down and a young boy was shot and killed efpl said well i started a neighborhood watch, weve had a lot of crimes. she said well what made him suspicious? his answer in that first interview was, i had never seen him walking through here before. greg: for more on the latest testimony lets get to our leg...

>> not only that he was very detailed in his audio recording with the detective and then it matched almost moment for moment detail for detail his written statement which was also read out in open court. i want to bring in joey jackson. our legal analysts will help us. joey jackson anything you heard this morning that stood out to you as a moment that will stand out to the jurors? >> many. let me just say this. what we heard here is this. many have been asking will he testify. will george zimmer...

Moment of testimony thats so critical. i want to replay it for you. i want to listen carefully to what this detective and george zimmerman are discussing and the description of this moment in the fight. have a listen. >> he banged my head again i just pulled out my firearm arm and shot him. >> okay. >> then what happened? youre both on the ground? >> im on my back. hes mounted on top of me. i just shot him and he falls off and hes like you got it. you got it. >> does he fall to the side and he s...

. >> detective doris singleton on the stand, direct examination and her critical part of this story as she took george zimmermans statement, maybe even more critical, she didnt know what went on. she wasnt at the scene. shelves at the pd, the police department. she took his interrogation rooms and recorded it, list listen. >> so he can look at the phone. >> moan phone meaning mr. zimmermans phone? >> yes, his cell phone. >> leeland management, orlando the contact person is kent taylor? but he do...

>> yes, sir. >> so when we look at your interview, various interviews with mr. zimmerman, is it fair, then, for the jury to take it in context that you a lot of information to you at midnight that officer singleton did not have opinion -- >> well go right back live to the coverage after this. what makes the sleep number store different? what makes the sleep you walk into a conventional mattress

I know theres been so much in discovery in this case but when you hear it from his own mouth within an hour or two of the actual killing it does sound very profound. >> reporter: the thing that were looking for as reporters, is inconsistencies from looking at the different elements of discovery. when you look at the video, the video reenactment and compare that to the statement, the few inconsistency are the comments that trayvon martin made to him. you see them on the written statement. you don...

>> we werent even sure if this reenactment would be admitted. why is that, diane? >> because some things are just so one-sided that the judge decides its not allowed. im struck by the overall tone of today was, in my opinion, that george zimmerman after what happened happened was completely compliant with the police. he talked to them, he did not say i want a lawyer. he said whatever you need, check out my injuries, take my picture, put me in front of a video camera. he was completely compliant....

Weve been in the middle of testimony from detective chris serino, the lead investigator, the second investigator to take the stand today. earlier we heard from detective doris singleton. shes the police officer who read zimmerman his rights the night of the shooting and she interviewed him first. the jury today hearing and seeing george zimmerman describe that night in his own words. not on the stand but on an audiotape from the night of the shooting and a videotape reenactment on the day after....

We continue to hear testimony from detective doris singleton. right now shes looking at a photograph of the apartment complex where trayvon martin was shot and explaining george zimmermans version of what happened and that he believed someone had jumped out of the bushes. lets listen in. >> here. >> again, also further down in front of each unit, correct? >> yes. each unit has bushes around their air conditioners from what i can tell in that picture. >> of course, none of them had any lights of ...