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That was trayvon martins last emotion. >> want to bring in the contributing writer for new yorker.com, written extensively about the case. also joining me here in sanford, ron mott, covering this extensively as well for nbc news. let me start in new york, this column you wrote yesterday, we have been pouring over it here, thoroughly enjoyed t you wrote essentially that without a racial element this trial would not have happened. i want to play something for you that i am sure you heard several t...

Picture because that is where the strength is in the case. >> and craig melvin, you have been in sanford, florida, i practiced law in california. i talked to a different kind of jury and audience, maybe these prosecutors have been very, very successful. bernie did e la rionda, i think said is 148 out of 149 cases. how do you think it will play out? >> well have a guy who has been in the courtroom just about every day. ive been in the courtroom a few times. but the jury, by and large, especially ...

>> thats cement. that is the sidewalk. that is not an unarmed teenager with nothing but skittles trying to get home. >> prosecutor john guy attacked zimmermans account and the four minutes. >> four minutes is not the amount of time that trayvon martin had to run home. four minutes is the amount of time that trayvon martin had left on this earth. >> he closed with the question to the jury. what if the roles were reversed? >> if it was trayvon martin who had shot and killed george zimmerman, what ...

Acknowledging the racial undertones in this case. and it is like john guy just said. if the roles were reversed. if a 28-year-old african-american man got out of his car with a gun and pursued an unarmed teenager, nobody in america would say that is a complicated case, and it wouldnt be second degree murder, it would be first degree murder. >> how do you think this plays out? the jury, they asked for the evidence today. they left a little early. a lot of folks trying to read the tea leaves now. ...

Political reporter for the "los angeles times" and amy holmes, anchor at the the blaze. good to see you. thank you follow cobb in on saturday. >> thank you for having us. >> esther, let me start with you. i want to pick up where tr e main left off and also where brenda left off to a certain extent. is this a trial that is about race or is this a trial that is about race and lots of other things? >> it is absolutely a trial about race. period. i think the manner in which the discussion has been h...

Kyle, what did the jury look like when they got the case today? >> reverend al, i would say anxious and maybe a little stoic as they left the courtroom this afternoon. this is a group that whenever judge debra nelson has asked them for breaks, for water, to stretch out a little bit, they always denied her. but today they took her up on an offer right before lunch to take a break before she gave them their official instructions. they seemed very stoic and anxious as they left the courtroom today....

She prosecuted an african-american woman who shot over the head of her boyfriend, her husband, who was known to be abusive to her. but what she said in that case was there were two children there. there were two children in the vicinity when that shot rang out and she stood hard and fast by her victims, as she said, in that case. so shes a tough boss, a tough prosecutor, who goes all out for victims and was physically with the victims family all through the trial. >> were going to take a break a...

A stranger in the dark. and shoots him through his heart. what is that? is that nothing? thats not anything? is that where we are? thats nothing? well thats not his call and thats not my call. thats your call. and i submit to you the oath you took requires it. trayvon martin is entitled to it and that defendant deserves it. >> at the end of the prosecutions rebuttal, guy addressed what was the elephant in the room for the entire trial. the influence of race. this is what he said. >> this case is...

Manslaughter at least at a minimum. >> this case began so much about race. then we heard a lot less about stand your ground and whether stand your ground laws are a good idea or a bad idea. then stand your ground went away because mark omara didnt do the pretrial hearing he could have done and said this is a stand your ground case, get the whole thing thrown out. i dont think stand your ground particularly applies here because the defense theory is zimmerman is down, hes pinned, cant get away so...

The cardboard cutaway, let me show exactly how he used that, and then how john guy for the prosecution responded. >> you know how tall he is. take a look at him compared to my eye height. >> maybe about the fact that the city attorneys office decided to charge him, he has to have done something wrong. maybe thats the impression you have. >> he was responsible for this state, not being able to ask trayvon martin to step forward so i could put my hand on his shoulder -- id love to do that. who is ...