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I dont watch the trial daily. i get a daily update through my twitter feed and other news sources. >> any preconceived opinions on it? >> on the outcome of the trial? >> yeah. on the situation? i mean, you just heard. >> the process. >> you just heard juan say that it disturbs him that the whole thing was in motion thatten a unarmed black man who just out for a soda and candy winds up dead. >> um-huh. >> those are the kind of perceptions that can cause angst if a verdict comes in that is an acqu...

I dont watch the trial daily. i get a daily update through my twitter feed and other news sources. >> any preconceived opinions on it? >> on the outcome of the trial? >> yeah. on the situation? i mean, you just heard. >> the process. >> you just heard juan say that it disturbs him that the whole thing was in motion thatten a unarmed black man who just out for a soda and candy winds up dead. >> um-huh. >> those are the kind of perceptions that can cause angst if a verdict comes in that is an acqu...

Perhaps trayvon martin thought he was creepy because he was paranoid because of his drug use. maybe his perceptions were off. also, george zimmerman said this guy looks like hes on drugs. he told that to the non-emergency call operator. its unfortunate for the prosecution because the police department didnt take any blood from george zimmerman on that night there. are no toxicology reports on george zimmermans blood. there have been some reports on the fact that he was taking some kind of medica...

Investigator serino talked about whether or not he believed george zimmerman was truthful was credible is off balance. that is not something that a witness should do. you never have a witness bolstering the credibility of another witness or giving an opinion as to the credibility of another witness, especially when its a police officer. police officers usually just talk about the facts. they talk about the facts of the case, they certainly talk about the interviews, they talk about their percept...

Was much thinner and he was in an actual dogfight with trayvon martin, as opposed to being able to roll over and crush him, i think you want to get rid of that confusion that may be there. but i think all of this is much ado about nothing. but if i had to go one way or the other, i would much rather have him thinner. >> its interesting how per -- perceptions -- it was later on that you started to see trayvon martin as a 17-year-old, as a young man. you know, im not sure how that played or impact...

Confusion thats already there, and if it benefits him that he was much thinner and he was in an actual dogfight with trayvon martin, as opposed to being able to roll over and crush him, i think you want to get rid of that confusion that may be there. but i think all of this is much ado about nothing. but if i had to go one way or the other, i would much rather have him thinner. >> its interesting, though, how perceptions of peoples physical appearance can impact things. i mean early on, trayvon ...

Perceptions -- it was later on that you started to see trayvon martin as a 17-year-old, as a young man. you know, im not sure how that played or impact it had. i dont know if that was conscious on their part. but mark, physical appearance does matter? >> absolutely. jurors are -- they are focused like a laser on the defendant. everything is all about the defendant. one of the reasons you rarely put your client on the stand is because jurors will inevitably, all they care about after the defendan...

Conference. not understanding that the world at large processes this information very quickly. almost instantaneously and almost on auto pilot with all these high-frequency traders. what bernanke was trying to do last week was telegraph that at some point in the future, its note that were going to stop bying bonds, were going to buy less of them. they probably thought, okay, the market will adjust to this over a period of two or three months. the market adjusted in a period of about two hours. i...

Mark, do you believe this poll? some people are questioning this poll. its a very comprehensive poll. do you think this is the first one of a whole bunch that are going to show these scandals have had an effect? >> it certainly could. if you look at the period that covers, its really the first poll that covers the entire run of bad news thats sort of clumped into about ten days about a month ago or three days ago or so. this administration has gotten pretty good of riding the wave of ebbs and gl...

Would be lame to blame a lack of intervention in syria and said "if you refuse to act and you cause a calamity, the one thing you cannot say when all the eggs have been broken youd look like a total wuss and you would be. thats pretty tough talk from president clinton towards president obama. >> its a bit of a school kid taunt. hes seen as like the cool kid on the schoolyard. hes not somebody who you want going out there and shaping perceptions. people look to him for his opinions. hes not someo...