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Special session thats only called when we are in a state of emergency. what we found when was verdict was delivered is we are, indeed, in a state of emergency. you know, if a young black woman like me has no instruction on how to defend myself if, you know, a george zimmerman might happen upon me, then what exactly is it that i do? so what were proposing here is not, you know, not to repeal stand your ground. its not to pass laws for us, but its to open a session so we can be at the table and st...

The response that went back to the jury was vague. it was basically like, we cant guide you, but if you have any specific questions let us know. and now were hearing from the specific juror that she did not understand that specific instruction. in fact, her own statements were, shes saying it had to be intentional. thats incorrect. its 100% incorrect. the manslaughter instruction says an intentional act that procured the death of another individual. so the fact that he intentionally shot the gun...

Guide you, but if you have any specific questions, let us know. and now were hearing from the specific juror that she did not understand that specific instruction. in fact, her own statements were she saying it had to be intentional. thats incorrect. it 100% completely incorrect. the manslaughter instruction says an intentional act that procured the death of another individual. so the fact that he intentionally shot the gun, that is the act that caused the death of trayvon martin. so, you know, ...

Things about the prosecution. >> lets jose weigh in on this, as well. go ahead. sltz i any what were getting is a window to what actually happened in the deliberation room. the jury asked for a clarification on the manslaughter instruction at the 11th hour. we have a good idea who was the juror specifically asking for this, and whats even worse was the response that went back to the jury was vague. it was basically like, we cant guide you, but if you have any specific questions let us know. and ...

And the charge in the self-defense case has been changed. you see now the buzz words stand your ground being used in these charges, even though that defense is not being put forth at trial. >> and he had the words "stand your ground" was in the instruction." >> thats right. those key words were used. and the duty to retreat was not read to the jury. in fact, they heard there was no duty to retreat. because of the implementation of the law, the duty to retreat language not being read, which means...

And if trayvon martin then continued to fight back, that might be a different story. but in order to have stand your ground be at all relevant, they have to find first that trayvon martin was the initial aggressor. >> and there was no evidence that i can recall that said that, because clearly there was contrary evidence. lisa, when the stand your ground wasnt invoked in the trial as part of the trial per se, but the law still had affected the jury instructions, in fact, in the jury instructions,...

Accident. george zimmerman has concede all along that he intentionally took the gun from the holster, pointed it at trayvon martin and intentionally pulled the trigger. and yet there was an instruction about that in there. this is such an odd situation where the defense explicitly said before the trial stand your ground is not going to be part of this case. and thats because their defense was that george zimmerman was pinned down. >> right. >> unable to escape, even if he wanted. to and yet ther...

Might have happened in that jury room and what did and didnt happen in that court during instruction and summation? >> well, clearly that juror who gave her first name as maddy has such conflicting feelings about this verdict. and she didnt have the strength or the wherewithal or the support in the jury room to stand by the verdict that she wanted. what im seeing emerge is a real conversation between maddy and sybrina fulton, who they presumably have not ever spoken directly to each other, but v...

Emerged that because the defense itself did not pursue a stand your ground defense that it was irrelevant but it was absolutely not. it was part of the position of the judge as she gave instructions to this jury and clearly, this one juror felt very constrained by that. >> when the jury asked during deliberations on that saturday afternoon going into the evening, they asked for further explanation of misdemeanor, and then before -- she sent them back to start talking about it rather than giving ...

Aviation administration had them go out and check all the landing gear. sometimes its a problem with design manufacture and sometimes its just wear and tear on the plane. >> despite high utilization rate, theyve only lost one person. >> they tell us they did get an instruction to check their seat belts and your neighbors seat belt. do you think this was an indication that something was happening? >> there were indications they knew they had a problem with the plane. in the one i was in, we got t...