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His narrative paused just once for a recess and was interrupted at another point for an objection. the defense attorney mark ohara says the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. the state often returned to its tactic of using zimmermans own words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that hes following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while the jury sat for much of the delivery, zimmermans parents in court for the first time as spectators since the trial started,...

And thats not alleged in the information that way. and i just dont think that the evidence supports that. >> reporter: the pressure, now on mark ohara to close out the defenses case friday before it heads to the jury. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> high stakes ruling, props, a power point presentation. even the prosecutor skipping around the room at one point. just about anything that can happen in the courtroom did happen today. plenty to talk about with our panel. sunny hostin and j...

His narrative paused just once for a recess and was interrupted at another point for an objection. the defense attorney mark ohara says the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. the state often returned to its tactic of using zimmermans own words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that hes following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while the jury sat for much of the delivery, zimmermans parents in court for the first time as spectators since the trial started,...

That george zimmerman reasonably apprehended for his life. >> correct. and this is all for summation. i think an interesting point that lisa brought up is underlying connotations about race. i think that you can bring this up on summation under fair comment. so the rule is, in your closing argument, youre allowed to make argument. you are allowed to fairly comment on the evidence. if there is a witness up there whos saying that 150-pound soaking wet trayvon martin is chuck norris and where is he...

That incident is why george zimmerman told police he decided to start the neighborhood watch. lets listen. >> -- the person or persons involved had not been caught, right? >> right. >> and you discussed that it was your belief -- i say yours collectively, you and him -- that that person responsible lived in retreat twin lakes, right? >> it was confirmed by the police. >> that they lived inside. >> yes. >> and you discussed that with the defendant. >> and other neighbors. >> and you discussed tha...

Be grant. >> okay. thank you. the court has sat here and listened to all the witnesses. i think i previously said how many witnesses have testified on behalf of the state and defense and listened to the argument both at the close of the states case and now at the close of the defense case. the courts decision is the same, that there is substantial evidence both direct and circumstantial to allow this charge to go to the jury. so we need to bring the jury back in. you need to rest in front of the...

Rather than family members. >> exactly. at this point everybody cancels each other out because someone has a bias on one side or the other. having an independent expert in this scientific technology would give the jury something to really hold their hat. >> so patrick, the jury is going to have to say who they think was yelling or screaming, dont you think? >> right. a jury has to make that decision. the experts have said that they didnt feel comfortable. because it wasnt such a long call, they ...

To do. how they articulate -- how the judge articulates the self-defense issue in this case is the lynch pin for the decision theyre going to make when they go back and start trying to decide this case. thats why you see this big fight that theyre preparing for in the middle of this trial that the judge is going to review and then i promise you, theres going to be a big fight on both sides about how the language is amended, if at all, and then how she instructs the jury. >> what were looking for...

I do want to talk to you quickly before i send it back. in terms of how the jury is responding to a lot of this -- you know, we spent a lot of time analyzing and parsing what the witnesses say. were trying to keep a really close eye on what the jurors -- how theyre reacting, if theyre reacting. the point today where the jury seemed to be most engaged was when they brought out the dummd. we saw john guy on the ground with the dummy at one point. then mark omara with the dummy. at one point all of...

Yeah, that was exactly what he was accusing him of. the apology did not happen. even before that, you know, judge nelson extended george zimmermans curfew. what ended up happening yesterday late into the night, these hearings that were supposed to take 30 minutes, an hour, they ended up spanning two, three, and four hours. don west at one point right before judge nelson left the courtroom, don west was complaining that the pace of the trial was essentially getting to be too much for him. the hea...