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Prior to the jury entering the courtroom, the jurors are dressed for business. there are several of them wearing business suits. they are coming into court with a serious demeanor. the family of george zimmerman was escorted out of the courtroom because they will eventually be called as witnesses and the judge basically ruling that no family members will be allowed in the courtroom until after they have offered their own testimony because of the sequestration rules in effect. however, the parent...

The supreme court because the conservatives reached out for this case, and they couldnt deliver. >> professor greenhouse, im a politics guy. why dont i bring this back to the politics. the supreme court did say they would revisit this issue and look at the legality of ballot initiatives, specifically about affirmative action, whether those could move forward. from the ruling they had today, how do you read the possible following ruling on a ballot initiative moving forward? is that something tha...

They may also be called as witnesses. >> yeah, thats true. typically people who are going to be witnesses should not be in the courtroom. everyone understands that. i dont know if mr. crump has real testimony to offer in this case. at best he was part of the investigation process afterwards. i have seen this. it has happened to me before, where the other side would want the defense lawyer or the lawyer whos close to the family to be out of the courtroom. its more of a strategic ploy from their p...

Clearly, that one did not go over. >> on a serious note, the 911 tape, theyre allowing it but without context. is that essentially the judges way of saying draw your own conclusions about what you hear here? >> right. so the 911 tape is going to come in as is george zimmermans calls to the nonemergency police number. the experts that the prosecution wanted to bring in to testify about who was screaming, they cant testify. but the jury can hear for themselves. the jury can also hear, for example,...

Have said its really a he said, he said. unfortunately, one of the participants isnt here to provide his story. of course, george zimmerman doesnt have to testify himself. i think what that clip re-enforces is how forensics will be very much a part of this trial and they will be arguing and they will be disputing blood evidence, meaning position or lack thereof of the blood. the wounds that were sustained, et cetera, et cetera. there will be a lot of aspects of this case that wont be entered thr...

Now theyre having some problems. in the past, the chinese government has always bailed out the state-owned banks. now theyre sending the signal, theres a new guy in charge and saying, you know, we want to reform the system and one way to reform the system is to kind of let some of these financial institutions die and dry up. that is causing a certain amount of panic. >> dan, i want to talk about the invigorating thing that is quantitative easing and bring this back to the fed a little bit. "usa ...

Any other mother to have to experience what im going through now. >> so again, right now john guy continuing the opening statements. chris, he is also essentially made some promises to the jurors as well. the six women that you mentioned, five of them we should note have children. he has promised over the course of the next few days, couple of weeks, perhaps that they will hear a number of things from the prosecution. theyll see a number of things from the prosecution, some dna evidence. theyll ...

Since they are on the witness list. they are not allowed to hear other testimony, so theyre on site, but theyre not actually able to watch any of the prosecution of their son for second-degree murder, and a very emotional morning as the prosecution was delivering its opening statement. the parents of trayvon martin, tracy martin and sabrina fulton, multiple times wiping tears away as john guy gave a blunt, direct and attention-grabbing version of that night. >> [bleep] punks, these [bleep], they...

It. >> to put it mildly. >> i think that they were so taken aback by john guy and his opening. he wanted to get up and change the mood and change the tone in the courtroom. so he decides to tell a joke. and it backfired completely. >> lisa? >> yeah. this was a very, very insensitive comment. consider that trayvon martins parents are sitting right there, and this is the first day at trial. >> and you saw them wiping their eyes. >> and youre telling knock knock jokes? are you kidding me? im sure a...

Victim, of trayvon martin. they represent their son. and the jury every time they look over at those parents, theyre going to think of trayvon martin. so the prosecutor definitely wants that but we have to keep in mind the jury is going to do their best to base their verdict on the evidence in this case. and the fact that the parents are in the courtroom or not is going to be a minor role. but really the important stuff in this case is going to be evidence in the form of testimony and other evid...