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Analysts sonny hostin, mark najim, and jeffrey toobin. sonny, i want you to weigh in on what we just heard. what did you think of day seven in this dramatic testimony? >> in my view, wolf, day seven was a win for the prosecution. i mean, they came out of the box swinging certainly by getting serinos statements that he felt that george zimmerman was truthful. getting that stricken from the record. getting instructions to the jury they were to disregard it. then they went on and on and on getting ...

>> my question is on behalf the defendant, defense counsel, asked you questions about anger and disdain and anger and ill will. do you remember him asking you questions about that? >> somewhat, yes, sir. >> ill first play the nonemergency call the defendant made. >> [ bleep ] they always get away. >> is that something you would use in reference to somebody that youre going to invite over for dinner? would you call them these [ bleep ]s? >> no, sir, i would not. >> does that seem to you like a fr...

Trayvon martin but what he said instead was well i was just going in the same direction and so when you look at that, i think that it was a good day for the prosecution in terms of just trying to corroborate what rachel jeantel said trayvon martin was being pursued by george zimmerman. >> sunny the prosecution focused on inconsistencies yesterday. the defense used the cross-examination with the police officers to kind of work towards their strategy trying to prove that george zimmerman didnt hav...

>> this is brillian the. its so new answered. what mark omeara is doing is reading out of the statute. the statute defines -- the state has the burden of proof. they have to prove three separate things, one of those is ill will, evil hatred, thats where those questions come from. hes literally getting his closing argument prepared by asking about that evil or ill will. so now hes establishing that at least one witness is going to negate that ill will, if you negate one, this is a giant jenga gam...

The courts have said such things liking if -- you cant form that kind of evil ill will in an instant. usually these are people ho know each otherer who have formulated this hatred. it just isnt there. forget even if you dont believe. >> really? >> if you disbelieve the self-defense. >> how about these fing punks always get away? >> thats a good point. >> how is that not ill will. >> because that kind of ill will is not sufficient. it may sound like ill will to you. but whats important is the law...

The language and the way hes using these words, why does that matter? >> its a nuance which is part of the second degree murder. the prosecution is trying to bring out this idea that george zimmerman had this hatred, ill will and spite. theyre trying to make the point of us hes using these words with hatred and ang grer. then you heard detective serino mention it there on the cross. what hes trying to do is soften it. if you soften t inma hes just commenting on the situation. it becomes a little...

Forget even if you dont believe. >> really? >> if you disbelieve the self-defense. >> how about these fing punks always get away? >> thats a good point. >> how is that not ill will. >> because that kind of ill will is not sufficient. it may sound like ill will to you. but whats important is the law. florida courts have held the kind you have evil hatred is more than just saying hey, i dont like whats going on in my neighborhood. if you read case law, its full of cases with much more nasty langua...

They called the homicide detectives and the other officer who testified today, to testify about the interviews and the interrogation of george zimmerman, there are inconsistencies in there, there are minimal inconsistencies when youre looking at them from the standpoint of the elements that have to be proven. did he jump out of the bushes or come out of the darkness. did he circle the car completely or not circle the car completely? the prosecution has to prove he acted out of ill will, hate, sp...

Will happen getting on the defense side of the case. >> bill: when good was cross-examined. did he -- did they make any inroads to his credibility? >> they did. they made a few inroads because he was not favorable clearly not somebody who likes lawyers lets put it that way. difficult witness for the prosecution and the defense. didnt want to give an inch. what that has resulted in is the defense has now put the theory of self-defense in front of the jury and florida law, once you present the the...

Will and hatred, you remember him asking you questions about that. >> somewhat. >> heed about your under view with the defendant, you reviewed it and investigator singletons interview, whether there was hatred, spite, ill will. do you recall questions like that? >> somewhat, yes. >> i want to may something for you, sir. if i can figure out how to do this. martha: we are going to take a quick break here. but we are going to come back to the zimmerman trial where there has been. >> very interestin...