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Phone with trayvon martin at the time of the shooting. her testimony, obviously, will be one of many, but this one, i think, will have people glued and the jury glued to hear her every word. >> youre right. because all of the run up to this altercation is documented by phone calls. trayvon martin on the phone with his friend or girlfriend. george zimmerman on the phone on the nonemergency police line for much of that time. we expect this young woman, rachel, to talk about trayvon martin followin...

A dramatic opening this morning to the second degree murder trial of george zimmerman. accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty claiming self-defense. the prosecution gave its opening statement first with assistant state prosecutor john guy going right at zimmermans motivation. >> [ bleep ] punks. these [ bleep ] punks. they always get away. those were the word in that grown mans mouth as he followed in the dark a 17-year-old boy who he didnt know....

Those ladies on the jury looking at a mother having to go through this? >> there is no doubt those jurors see trayvon martins parents sitting in that courtroom, and they know about the emotional impact that that can have. five of six of these jurors are mothers. it is going to resonate with them when they hear that a 17-year-old kid with nothing but candy and a phone was killed while walking home from a store. so it is going to have an emotional impact. but the prosecutor knows that what they ha...

it was less than three weeks ago that we told those sweet parents we would get answers to all of their questions no matter where our quest for the truth led us. it is the search for justice for trayvon that has brought us to this moment. the team here with me has worked tirelessly. i want to introduce bernie delirionda and john guy, my top homicide prosecutors that will lead this investigation. with us also is jim madon from the florida department of law enforcement, dominic pate, one ...

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