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>> are you okay this morning? >> yes. >> you seem so different than yesterday. im just checking. did someone talk with you last night about your demeanor in court yesterday? >> no, i went to sleep. >> reporter: a more subdued jeantel endured more than three hours of meticulous questioning from defense attorney don west who challenged the 19-year-olds account of what she heard when she was on the cell phone with trayvon martin a little more than a minute before the fatal shooting. >> trayvon got ...

>> reporter: implying that she said certain things in previous testimony, maybe in deposition, and she was saying something different when she got on the witness stand. sometimes it was the words she attributed to george zimmerman. sometimes she left out the racial remarks that trayvon martin made of zimmerman. it went back and forth like that. and other times it seemed like it became less about the testimony and more about a test of wills. take a listen. >> so the last thing you heard was some ...

Because he would have told you if he was going to confront the guy, he would call you back when it was over? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: then west went after what could be the most damaging part of her testimony for the defense. jeantel said over the phone she heard a bump and martin say get off get off to zimmerman. >> so the last thing you heard was a noise like something hitting somebody -- trayvon got hit. trayvon got hit. >> you dont know that, do you? >> no, sir. >> you dont know that trayvo...

>> no, sir. >> you dont know that trayvon got hit -- >> he -- >> you didnt know that trayvon at that moment take his fist and drive it in george zimmermans face, do you? >> please lower your voice. >> do you? >> no, sir. >> at mid afternoon as she left the witness stand, the judge reminded her that she could be called back. there may be many opinions about whether she helped or hurt the prosecution. in the end, the only ones that really matter are the six opinions in the jury box. >> martin join...

>> reporter: a more subdued jean tel got questions from don west who challenged the 19-year-olds account of what she heard on the cell phone with trayvon martin a minute before the fatal shooting. >> trayvon got hit. >> you dont know that, do you? >> no, sir. >> you dont know trayvon got hit. you dont know he didnt take his fist and drive it into george zimmermans face, do you? >> no, sir. >> reporter: moments later, when asked the same question during the grilling, the teen held firm to her acc...

In an el and the 1 last was able to question the credibility of some of the statements she has made >> reporter: implying that she said certain things in previous testimony, maybe in deposition, and she was saying something different when she got on the witness stand. sometimes it was the words she attributed to george zimmerman. sometimes she left out the racial remarks that trayvon martin made of zimmerman. it went back and forth like that. and other times it seemed like it became less about t...

Was some kind of noise like something hitting somebody? >> that trayvon got hit -- trayvon got hit. >> you dont know that, do you? >> no, sir. >> you dont know that trayvon got hit -- you didnt know at that minute that trayvon didnt take his fist and drive it into george zimmermans face, do you. >> please lower your voice. >> do you? >> no, sir. >> will rachel jeantels testimony be the key to the case and does the jury believe her? lets go to you, jane, if i may, straight away from a defense poi...

Against don west. they were going toe-to-toe. west was able to question the credibility of some of the statements she made implying she said certain things in testimony. she was saying something different when she got on the witness stand. sometimes it was the words she attributed to george zimmerman. sometimes she left out the racial remarks. it went back and forth like that. other times, it was less about the testimony and more about a test of wills. take a listen. >> so the last thing you hea...

>> he got close to trayvon, yes, sir. >> and you dont know whether the man was approaching trayvon at that point and getting closer or whether trayvon was approaching the man and getting closer? >> trayvon would have told me hell call me back, sir, if he was going to approach him, sir. >> so youre assuming that trayvon didnt approach the man because he would have told you if he was going to confront the guy, he would call you back when it was over? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: then west went after ...

>> says here trayvon. >> you dont know that, do you? >> no. >> you dont know that trayvon got hit. you dont know what trayvon didnt at that moment take his fist and drive it into george zimmermans face. >> she is the prosecutions star witness. rachel she was on the phone with him shortly before he was shot and killed. she admits on the stand she does not know who started the fatal fight between zimmerman and martin. her testimony leaving doubts about her credibility because she is changed her st...