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Thank you so much for being with me, im carol costello. a building in london now one of the most watched tourist attractions in the world. inside catherine duchess of cambridge and the baby that could some day sit on the british throne. overnight kate middleton went into labor and now waiting for news of the royal birth. cnn royal correspondent max foster is at st. marys hospital in london and at buckingham palace we have erin mclaughlin and katie nickel. max, lets begin with you, any word? >> n...

Of terrace, british columbia. so in this trail, the defense is trying to create a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury and the big question tonight is if george zimmerman will take the stand. should he? with me again martin savidge from sanford and joining us mark lamont hill. mark, lets begin with you. let me talk about something weve spoken about before, that being race. you know, trayvon martins family maintains this is not a case about race. would you say this trial is a representatio...

>> maybe if he decided to assault george zimmerman he didnt want you to know about it. >> thats really retarded, sir. >> im sorry. >> thats really retarded to do that, sir. if you dont know the person. >> in an article about "what whiteeople dont understand about rachel jeantel," they wont understand her especially not her defensive nature and this will unfortunately work against her. with me to talk about that is jason johnson, professor of political science and chief political correspondent fo...

Officer who was on site after the shots were fired. lets go straight to sanford outside the courthouse where we have martin savidge standing by. martin, lets begin with this testimony from this police officer. tell me what he told the court. >> yeah. very graphic and very grim basic testimony that was coming from one of these officers. he was the first responder, one of the first responders on scene. and he talks about first and foremost seeing the body of trayvon martin. this is the first time ...

The jurors, obviously what you believe to be true as the prosecutor, is he doing that? >> well, i think hes doing a very good job. he started out with sort of dramatic surprising words, but he wanted to define george zimmerman first and membly before anything else happened in this trial. what he went from there was picking apart george zimmermans story with a lot of inconsistencies because if the jury believes that george zimmerman was lying about things, then lying can equate to guilt. he also ...

Murder trial, charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. joining me is two attorneys. good to see you both. >> you, too. >> we have opening statements. all-female jury an highly anticipated case. theres a ruling on the 911 expert testimony of those calls. mo, lets begin with opening statements tomorrow. what can be the expectations? i mean, its a lot for the jurors to hear all about once but knowing the jury is all female, are these attorneys now trying to craft a differen...

David mattingly, thank you. i want to continue the conversation because todays rulings welcomed news to the family of trayvon martin and their attorney benjamin crump. here they were. >> we told you it was not evidence. it was information that the defense lawyers put up. we have to respect the rule of law. we have to respect the rules of evidence. we have to be responsible, all of us. and when people put something out there, we have to challenge it. >> but how will the rulings ultimately impact ...

We have to respect the rule of law. we have to respect the rules of evidence. we have to be responsible, all of us. and when people put something out there, we have to challenge it. >> but how will the rulings ultimately impact the case against george zimmerman? joining me now paul cowan and sunny hostin. and martin najime for us in florida. welcome to all of you. paul, lets begin with you because these rulings would seem to hurt george zimmermans case when it comes to backing up his claims of s...

Out of the car to chase anybody. trayvon martin did not shoot and kill anybody. trayvon martin is not on trial. none of the information released last week by the defense lawyers were relevant. >> george zimmerman who is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin, was not in court today. though his brother made a desperate plea to the state. >> i am calling on the state of florida to do the right thing, the only just thing, which should have been done long ago, i believe the...

Against george zimmerman? joining me now paul cowan and sunny hostin. and martin najime for us in florida. welcome to all of you. paul, lets begin with you because these rulings would seem to hurt george zimmermans case when it comes to backing up his claims of self defense. do you agree with that? >> no. i totally disagree. i have to take a contrarian view on this. i think it was an enormous victory for the defense in court today and ill tell you why and a stra steenlgic brunder by the prosecut...