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Sequestration rule that calls for witnesses to avoid watching the trial and talking about the case until they had been excused from the trial. he had not yet been excused. this is important, because he had made the point that it was george zimmermans voice on that 911 auld yeo tape that was crying out for help. hes a vietnam combat medic, who has heard people crying out for help many sometimes. tanned by. well go back into the courtroom shortly. meantime earlier, a dummy had a cameo role earli...

The vantage point movie connection that mr. ruth said is perfect. what we have is a lot of different people, hearing, seeing a lot of different things. i want to present them in one cohesive form to the jury. i think they probably get it. but we have -- >> what is your clients state of mind knowing his fate will be decided in a couple of days? >> he is very worried. he is happy with the way the evidence has gotten out. happy to have his lawyers present his case for him. but we still have a case ...

V -- compromised verdict. the jury get evidence they should get. didnt get evidence they shouldnt get. they will follow the law. apply the law. i dont want compromised verdicts or jury pardons. [ indiscernible question ] >> does that give some indication he may not have been as confident that the case was strong enough? >> i think he was confident enough in the talk to the jury. not the lack of confidence in the way the case was presented. [ indiscernible question ] >> my understanding, manslaug...

Substantive violation. and theres been no finding of that, theres been no evidence or suggestion of that, and in reality, we know what his testimony was, because it was quite limited, limited to testimony that he created, if you will, on saturday -- mark omara, the defense attorney for george zimmerman making the case while the testimony of john donnelly on behalf of george zimmerman should remain as evidence -- should be allowed for the juries to consider, even though the state, the prosecuti...

Testy and dramatic day of testimony in this second-degree murder trial. were standing by for a news conference by the defense after the court resists for the day. they have not done that yet. zimmerman did not take the stand to personally explain his claim that he shot trayvon martin in self-defense. the judge reminded him several times that he had a right to do so. >> did you now have sufficient time to discuss with your attorneys whether or not you are to testify in this case? >> yes, your hon...

And, it was related to me that they just wanted an arrest. they didnt care if it got dismissed later. you dont do that. >> reporter: on the night of the shooting, february 26th, 2012, police took zimmerman into custody for questions, but later let him go. >> your lead investigator suggested manslaughter on that initial police report. >> um-hmm. >> why is it for 40-plus days george zimmerman walked as a free man? >> the laws of the state of florida and the constitution require you to have probabl...

...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. were told the pilots will be speaking, explaining what happened. we should have live coverage. it should be dramatic. also inside the courtroom in the george zimmermans second-degrees murder trial, the judge hearing arguments pro and con whether or not to allow one of the defense witnesses john donnelly, whether or not to allow his testimony to be used...

Zimmermans story here. that could have been the time for the defense to rest, but they didnt. they brought this person on, it went on for hours, it had mixed statements about what he was able to determine, and you werent insure what sort of expert witness was he? so im not sure that they gained a lot by putting him on the stand. im talking about the defense. >> all right. stand by, everyone. were going to continue to monitor whats happening inside the courtroom. right now theyre arguing whether ...

Im jake tapper. i turn you over to wolf blitzer, who will have more as well as a live coverage of the san francisco press conference with the flight crew from the asiana airlines flight. jake, thanks very much. happening now, george zimmermans trial clearly crunch time. its winding down. the defense has rested its kay after the judge pressed zimmerman to make a decision. a lot of drama in the courtroom today, with lawyers using a dummy to demonstrate the fatal fight from zimmerman and trayvon ...

He wanted to tell the story. you know -- we give the doctors the scalpel for a reason. we look at, you know, and trust those. and i think he trusted us the way we looked at the case and the way things were. if, you know i think thats the way the decision went in his mind. [ indiscernible question ] >> the what, evidence, im sorry? thats, these things are a judgment call all along the way. i think that it was relevant evidence. i dont think that it would have been -- i agree with the judges final...