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Starting right now. good morning, we want to welcome our viewers. im wolf blitzer in for carol costello. this is a special edition of "newsroom." lots of news happening right now. stakes huge. tempers are hot in the george zimmerman murder trial. attorneys argued until late last night over what could be key pieces of evidence. listen to this rather testy exchange between prosecutors and zimmermans defense lawyers. >> its simply unfair for mr. zimmerman not to put on his defense because of the ...

Their ck, somebody in a mount position striking, throwing, pushing, whatever the case may be, driving the person down, underneath, what would their perception be at that time? i have to look at it at that time and say my perception, what would the perception be given the dark environment, the continual attack. then i have to leave there and figure out what would be a response. >> so youve identified a couple of environmental -- >> all right. were getting more background on why dennis root, this ...

Im not clear on that because i couldnt hear everything the judge was saying. >> what is the difference between demonstrative and substantive? >> demonstrative means you get to use it in closing arguments and it helps you explain the evidence. substantive evidence means you get to consider it as true, substance, as evidence of what happened that evening. theres a very big distinction in the law and so even if the defense can use it as demonstrative evidence. its just an a aid. an aid to help the ...

Their weapon or any other person. >> your objection is? >> relevance. >> i have to sustain on that one. >> okay. >> anything in the discharge of his firearm, from your view, evidence to you that mr. zimmerman acted in some additional form or fashion of ill will, spite or hatred realizing that of course the discharge of a firearm at somebody is an event that can cause death. >> im going to object based on improper based on our limited motion. >> please approach. >> all right. lets take another qu...

Or text messages from trayvon martins cell phone were available. >> well, you know, early on, wolf, in this case, you heard the defense team raise this issue about discovery violations. there were several other issues that they had with the prosecution and this is one of them. to my understanding, the judge will rule on this and others later, but theyve been raising this issue all along and this particular situation with the information on trayvon martins phone, not really new when it comes to w...

>> ill review whats marked as exhibit rr and identify that. >> thats my curriculum vite. >> you prepared that in connection with other cases. >> yes. >> i think theres no objection. >> no objection? >> correct. >> okay. defense exhibit rr will come into evidence as defense exhibit 24. and regarding your motion and testimony -- concerning your testimony with the grand jury weve had a discussion about what you will and will not testify here today, correct? >> yes. >> farce your focus of the zimmer...

Like that that could have undermined trayvon martins credibility, if you will. >> authentication was apparently a problem with those text messages, but i dont think that was the only problem. there was also an issue to relevancy. right now its clear that the defense wanted to get those messages in and perhaps not so much for what was in the text but more, again, to show potential bad character. he was purchasing a firearm or looking to purchase a firearm. that is the kind of evidence that the de...

State and federal authorities. they say they know of no specific plans for violence, but they fear any protests could quickly get out of hand. lets hope that doesnt occur. other enews were following right now. new details emerging about the asiana crash 214 as investigators wrap up interviews with the crew. the pilot sitting next to him was serving as an instructor pilot for the first time. and it was the planes main landing gear that hit the sea wall at the edge of the runway in san francisco...

Same fireworks today that we saw the other day. so far it looked so good, wolf, you know, people seem to be smiling and hopefully they got some rest and hopefully a smooth wednesday. we do know that court will start up here. within a few minutes well have a hearing without the jury present and then the jury will return around 10:00 a.m. eastern time and thats when we expect to get start would testimony, again. >> the judges rulings on these two issues over the next hour could really be significa...

Judge will -- >> that was the judges ruling. the judge specifically said that shes not going to allow it in as substantive evidence but come in as a demonstrative aid if the judge wants to use it. the jury is still going to see this animation. the defense can use it, perhaps, with a witness. but more importantly in closing argument when they try to tie together all their pieces of evidence and try to let the jury see what george zimmerman saw that day and it is going to be real effective in a cl...