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We have been tracking the story since sanford florida, and mooukle joins us now, whats the latest? >> the latest is that george zimmerman hired a new defense lawyer who is a former cop, prosecutor, a specialist in dna cases, so suggesting he is looking for somebody with a strong background in forensics, which is going to be crucial in this case, he clearly needed one. he had one lawyer that had never tried a homicide case. who had been representing him through all of this. what is extraordinary,...

now theres a new attorney joining george zimmermans case. >> about time. >> thats kind of interesting. he did have a representative at first buchlt now the two of them will jointly represent george zimmerman. his father also really sat down to talk about his sons version of events the night that trayvon martin was shot and killed. here is what he said. >> he was walking back to his vehicle. trayvon came from his left side, asked him, did he have -- did he have a problem? george said no...

Different races and political affiliations are divided on whether there has been so much news coverage of the case. 56% of republicans say there has been too much. and 43% of whites compared to 16% of african-americans. we have been tracking the story since sanford florida, and mooukle joins us now, whats the latest? >> the latest is that george zimmerman hired a new defense lawyer who is a former cop, prosecutor, a specialist in dna cases, so suggesting he is looking for somebody with a strong ...

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And some eyewitnesses have said. >> it is my conclusion to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty thats not the voice of george zimmerman. >> reporter: the case was so badly mishandled by police that the state prosecutors and the fbi have to go back over all of the evidence. the forensics, the dna, talking to eyewitnesses again. all of this ahead of a possible grand jury on april 10th. we learned that five weeks after trayvon martin was shot, his girlfriend on the phone with him that night ...

turning down a bailout and turning his business around. plus, only in america, strurk by lightning after buying his mega millions ticket. if it wasnt for bad luck, he would have no luck at all. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story, the death of trayvon martin. unanswered questions are piling up in this case. two audio experts say the screams on a 911 call do not seem to be the voice of george zimmerman. the surveillance video on zimmerman at the sanford police ...

turning his business around. plus, only in america, strurk by lightning after buying his mega millions ticket. if it wasnt for bad luck, he would have no luck at all. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story, the death of trayvon martin. unanswered questions are piling up in this case. two audio experts say the screams on a 911 call do not seem to be the voice of george zimmerman. the surveillance video on zimmerman at the sanford police department which an outside...

>> and it can. and it does. you and i have seen shows where were trying to find a kidnapped child, a kidnapped adult and were tracking the telephone. and police are in an emergency trying to get that. thats okay. law enforcement, fbi, police should be able to call up the telephone company and say, this is a life-threatening emergency, we need this information this second. well be down in two hours with a warrant and in a situation like that, we ought to be able to do it. but routinely, thomas, y...

Be able to convict the guy. he had motive, means, opportunity, enough to commit the murder. i think he would have been convicted what he saw. good knows what the forensic evidence. bill: bo, why did this happen? mayor of this town, west valley city, he says i stand behind the police department. different matter if youre in the legal community to have enough evidence to go for arrest. do you find some towns are not equipped for stories like these, for cases like these? is that where the case lead...

>> the case hit a certain threshold and the fbi has interest in it. what they are going to do is try to recreate what happened that evening. the problem is the forensics are gone. they have to rely on crime scene analysis conducted by the sanford police department and an autopsy report. >> when you say the forensics are gone, what does that mean? >> ill give you an example. for example, if we were to find out that trayvon was shot and the bullet was a through and through. in other words it enter...