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Welcome back. thats because were under cross-examination right now. there is this masterful cross-examiner. the prosecutor going after the defenses expert witness. a use of force expert. hes had a lot to say about the discharge of weapon, about the physicality of the two people involved in that fight that night trayvon died. and now hes been taken to task. have a listen. >> the evaluation of the case, just like the gentlemen said, i cant base it off somebody that may make self-serving statements...

Just a lower level on the force continuum thats evaluated by those being either using it or evaluating its use. so, myse certifications were th initial level. >> i want to ask you to explain force continuum. is that, explain to the jury what that is. >> its basically, a force continuum is a systematic approach to the escalation and de-escalation of force options. its basically looking at an event and saying that all events start, for example, with somebody being present. so, that would be one of...

Their extraordinary well wishes in the last days. teresa is doing better, under evaluation and we hope improvi improving. i want to thank everybody for the remarkable outpouring of good wishes. its been really very special. we are very, very humbled about it expressions of support. i think she is coming along. and i know when she is able to shell thank everybody herself. martha: obviously a very rough time. she is 74 years old. doctors are trying to determine exactly what her condition is. we wi...

To teach the basic course. that course involves proper deployment, target areas and so forth. a similar nature to what you do with the impact weapons. its just a lower level on the force continuous thats evaluated by those using them or evaluating its use. my instructors certifications while at the city of riviera beach were the initial instructor level courses. >> you had mentioned a term that i presume is going to come up in your future testimony here today so i want to ask you to explain it t...

Issues. >> do we need to follow up and get an evaluation done from mental health standpoint. >> you can but he is more behavioral. >> do one any way and see what you come up. >> staff members focus on his behavior in jail, edmonds, jr. says his thoughts are mostly what brought him here. she charged two counts of murder 0 to which he pled not guilty. >> i will put it like this. im facing the death penalty. fighting for my life. inmates in there trying to take my life. i have had a rough life grow...

Family loves him and wished that he was back with them. and of course, george zimmermans family believes that hes innocent and he didnt do this. so, theres a bias automatically attached to their perception. its a human characteristic, a human flaw or a human positive, we dont know, but they are human and thats going to impact and affect their testimony. so, with all that, i dont think that any of that is going to push the jury one way or another. i think other aspects of the case taken as a whol...

>> reporter: hes spent years ensuring that when possible, mentally ill people are taken to appropriate facilities for evaluation. instead of being arrested. he showed me the alternative here. ninth floor of the miami-dade detention center where the most acute cases end up. walking around here, ive never been to a place like this. this is an awful place. we cant argue with that. it used to be doubled the forgotten floor he told me. >> people forgot about the inmates with serious mental illness. >...

Bullets fired, no storming the building, rosario surrenders peacefully. hes taken to a treatment facility, not a jail. >> he was very sick, very, very sick, but he didnt break a law. they got to him before he did something terrible. >> reporter: it was miami-dade county judges staff that received the e-mail and alerted police. >> we wait until someone is so sick that they are getting arrested or hurting somebody, and its foolish, dangerous and very expensive. and its ruining families and lives a...

Listened to the tape the very first time. this is critical because there was a room of almost a dozen people. attorneys, the city manager, the mayor at one point, police officers, her ex-husband. there were a lot of people in the room as they played that tape for the very first time. theres been testimony up until now sometimes group listen is not the most effective listening. >> of course. its not an independent neutral evaluation. you get swept away by the emotion or what people expect you to ...

Wondering, why is it if george zimmerman has said he shot trayvon martin, why does it matter how the autopsy was handled? how the evidence including the hoodie trayvon was wearing was packaged? the medical examiner said it was put in a paper bag, thats routine. we heard in earlier testimony it was put in a plastic bag which may have contaminated it for later evaluation. another fact that came up, looking for defense wounds or injuries or evidence under the fingernails of trayvon martin, it was s...