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Zimmerman? his own words walking investigators through the incident less than 24 hours after killing trayvon martin. its this statement that could become critical new evidence in the case. if judge debra nelson allows it the jury could exam his demeanor. prosecutors are expected to call on more witnesses this week including the lead investigator from the sanford police department, chris serino and doris singleton who found that george zimmerman acted in self-defense. jurors ended the week on day...

Has not. >> the first witness is about to take the stand. this is a doctor. hes testified as a defense voice analyst expert for the fbi during a separate hearing. dont know exactly what hes going to testify about but we suspect we do. lets listen. >> my name is hirotak. last name is nakasone. currently im assigned to the operational technology division of the fbi. and performs variety of duties as a senior scientists. i conduct research and development activities for the development of speaker r...

Perspective, sonny hostin is in sanford, florida and page pate and jason jackson. welcome to all of you. thanks for coming back. lets head back to sanford and check in with sonny about this video reenactment. prosecutors want that out. defense attorneys want it in. do you know what went down in court this morning in regards to that reenactment? >> im not so sure the prosecutors want to keep it out. we have limited information about what was going to happen this morning. there was supposed to be ...

Manslaughter. there was a bunch of controversy about that. well take you live to the courtroom. we have a team of reporters a andisand analysts breaking down the testimony. george howell is outside the courthouse. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there was supposed to be hearing at 8:30 this morning to decide about the statements. were talking about that video rea reenactment. we understand that attorneys have reached a decision about their concerns with that statement. still unclear whe...

>> by you. >> you didnt get that from me. >> reporter: week 2 picks up. live pictures here. you see the attorneys having a hearing there in front of the judge. we expect to have audio soon. we do expect that we could hear from several important witnesses. obviously chris serino and do s doris, the two lead detectives who decided he acted in self-defense. we could also hear from a ballistics experts. prosecutors will make this point that the gun was loaded and ready to be fired and also from the ...

Well, the george zimmerman trial opened in sanford, florida today. he is the man accused of murdering unarmed teenager trayvon martin last year. zimmerman says it was self defense, but prosecutors believe martin was racially profiled. jury selection started today. judge debra nelson hasnt decided whether to allow testimony of voice recognition experts who say they might be able to identify whos screaming on a 911 call during the confrontation with martin. >> 911. do you need police, fire or medi...

Underlying science in the case. this is called a fry hearing in florida. whether the evidence is generally accepted in the scientific community. when it comes to voice identification technology, courts differ on this technology. proponents say its a hard and fast science and detractors will say there are courts that found it to be unreliable, or generally accepted in the scientific community. however, as we said before, the call is still going to come in, and there is nothing to prevent lay witn...