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Testimony here this morning from zimmermans best friend who saw him the night trayvon martin was shot. want you to listen how this man by the name of mark osterman describes george zimmermans dmeenor. >> he had a stoned lounned look face. >> when you say stunned. >> wide eyed. kind of a little bit detached perhaps from -- maybe not realizing he had just gone through a traumatic event. >> how would you describe it? >> very difficult to describe it. >> important to remember he is not jusz george z...

Hear it but the thunder claps are going overhead in florida. its a very rainy and thundery day and its more humid than its been in the past. i only bring that up because i think you were watching. that last witness was sweating profusely in the courtroom. im told in the courtroom that temperatures are similar. >> reporter: one point and it could very well be nerves. we know weve spoken to mr. osterman. he was sweating in that situation. perhaps it could be nerves or it could be the temperature i...

Side. and i grabbed it and i grabbed my firearm and i shot him one time. >> in multiple recorded interviews zimmerman never tells police that trayvon martin ever touched his gun. dna testing seems to agree, there was no trace of trayvon mart martins dna on the guns grip. cutors list osstermans book with zimmermans conflicting account as potential evidence possibly to challenge zimmermans credibility. as for his connection to the gun zimmerman was carrying, osterman says its hard to answer the qu...

George zimmerman after the shooting as stunned and detached. his description or his retelling of the night, according to what zimmerman told him, is crucial to this case. but theres a big question about why the prosecution chose george zimmermans best friend to to the stand at this time d to take the stand at this time. its a question our legal panels going to be taking up. but lets go ahead and listen back in. again, mark osterman, the best friend of george zimmerman, answering questions from t...

Injuries could be consistent with one shot. >> correct. >> and now i think you may have said it could be consistent with two shots. >> if the way its depicted like you have depicted, yes. >> just so were clear, you dont know how mr. zimmerman was hit by mr. martin, correct? >> correct. >> so its consistent with one, correct? >> yes. >> and its also consistent with two, correct? >> with the way its portrayed, yes. >> so could you just say is it consistent with two as well? >> it could be, yes. >>...

>> shepard: our coverage the zimmerman trial continues the attorneys are getting after it here about whether zimmermansomes criminal justice studies should be allowed into evidence, and before the jury. the defense attorney said, were not bringing in trayvon martins school records. so its a little back and forth. the jury is not in there. well get back with testimony. theres some very interesting side items and trace gallagher has been on them for us. zimmermans best friend has described testify...

Youre in the states pocket. like you are their key witness. you are there to help them get a conviction on this case. youre there to tell the truth. you want to ensure that justice is done, and it is amazing that he would come in and say in this case that he believed george zimmerman was telling the truth. >> all right, faith. i want to just cut you off real quickly and i would only do that, my good friend, to go right back into the live trial because testimony has resumed and bernie de la riond...

Did you quote him as saying, in fact, i thought he might try to get up again, so as i was putting my gun in my holster, i jumped on top of him and pinned his wrists to the ground. >> are correct. >> was that accurate? >> as far as i remember that he holstered -- yeah, at that point now remembers, i remember that he was -- he holstered, pinned his hands down -- its what i, i remembered him saying something like that. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. may mr. osterman be excused? >> [inaudible] you...

To prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, hes agreed to give it up. thats today? [ male announcer ] well be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now ive got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. im joe reid in for alex wagner. we are listening to the george zimmerman...

Testimony couldnt help zimmerman. >> i only heard the story twice, and whether it was grabbed the gun, grabbed for the gun, i just -- perhaps it was just the intent. but i believed he said he grabbed the gun. >> reporter: months before the trial, osterman, a federal air marshal, described to me in detail how he helped zimmerman weigh the pros and cons before he settled on buying a thin, lightweight .9 millimeters. it was easy to conceal, easy to carry. and acting on ostermans advice, zimmerman c...