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>> may mr. osterman be excused? >> thank you very much, sir, you are excused. call your next witness, pleads. >> subject to recall. >> you are subject to being recalled, sir. >> the defense will call jerry russo, your honor. >> all right. we have wrapped up mark ostermans testimony. they are close friends of jrnlg zimmerman. mark osterman testifying about the weapon that george zimmerman used the weapon to shoot and kill trayvon martin. he is self-described as the best friend of george zimmerman...

Both functions are done in a double action capacity with those handguns. >> and as a cal tech 9 the type of firearm where it can only be double action. >> it makes the extra trigger squeeze even harder and its more of a firm squeeze, making it less likely to go off by accident. >> and is that one of the safety features of that gun. >> its its greatest safety feature. >> thank you. >> any cross? >> good morning, mr. osterman. >> good morning, sir. >> i think we briefly talked about the book last ...

George zimmerman trial, this is the first day of the defense putting on their case. on the stand now is leeanne benjamin whos well aware of zimmermans professional life. joining us now is lisa bloom and former criminal prosecutor keith jenkins. lets talk first about the significance of the witnesses we have had today, the fact that all of them, the ostermans, the self-described best friends of george zimmer mariman being on stand. they all say its george on the tape. >> we have heard from six wi...

M zimmerman and my question in this trial is whether trayvon martin would have been able to see it. and now theyre discussing the training that -- which is exactly how zimmerman had the gun on the day of the shooting. >> theyre excusing mr. osterman. the 911 call was played in court. questions about who was screaming for help that night. from what you have seen and heard so far, lisa, does anyone have a better argument than the other about whether it was george zimmerman or trayvon martin? >> i ...

Round or not. >> putting a round in the chamber and what is called topping off the magazine, because the magazine is where the bullets are. as you put that into an automatic handgun, you take that off and it goes into the chamber. i would recommend putting one more bullet into the magazine, its always better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. >> and that advice goes for regular citizens as for law enforcement, correct? >> my wife has a concealed permit and i instruct her th...

Without walking all over your budget. he didnt tell us it would do this. more saving. more doing. thats the power of the home depot. right now, get whole-home installation for just 37 bucks. . hi, everybody, good morning, im thomas roberts, topping our agenda, it is the first full day of zimmermans attorneys presenting their case. the trial began with sondra and then her husband mark osterman taking the witness stand. this couple calling themselves george zimmermans best friends. they wrote a ...

The defense is claiming this was -- in the words they used in opening -- a vicious beating. not a bit of dna in trayvon martins fingernails. as you also know, another part of the defense story is that trayvon martin was reaching for zimmermans gun. according to what osterman said about what zimmerman said, trayvon martin had grabbed the gun and zimmerman had to break the grip. not a bit of dna fingerprints of trayvon martin on the gun. thats another helpful factor for the prosecution. >> seema -...

Story that is a pretty good story. thats one of the things the prosecution needs to demonstrate, to penetrate, break up zimmermans account by showing that it is something that was essentially scripted and conceived so that george zimmerman could literally get away with murder. >> heres the other thing. his friend mark osterman, his best friend talked about the fact that george was going out to get his weeks worth of sandwiches or lunches or something like that and he was going to the local costc...

Happened the night he shot and killed trayvon martin, enough detail for osterman to write a book. >> you quoted him as saying he took my hand and covered my nose. what words did he other? >> he said, youre going to die. he used the mf term, again. im sorry, i dont like to curse in front of ladies. >> he used the word youre going to die -- >> that is correct. >> prosecutors say there is no proof that martin reached for the gun. the states fingerprint analyst examined it. >> did you find any print...

May have only received as little as three -- did you call -- what term did you use, smashings or slammings into cement. >> i didnt use the word slamming. i got that from the re-enactment. >> what word would you use? >> impact. >> so its your position there are at least three impacts between that head and cement? >> yes. concrete. >> reporter: earlier, zimmermans best friend took the stand, it was mark osterman convinced zimmerman to buy the gun. and he wrote a book about the case. >> you wrote a...