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Weight and thats about it. anything else he knows about trayvon martin he heard in the media. he just mentioned that. that led to the side bar because hes not supposed to be basing his opinion on things you hear in the media. sometimes the media gets things wrong and an expert witness is supposed to base his opinion only on what comes into evidence. >> how do you think that the prosecutions been doing at going ahead and poking some holes in this expert witness for the defense? >> i think theyre ...

So were two days into this week, likely possibly the last week of testimony in this case. we could be wrapping this thing up by the end of the week, if you can believe it. or maybe you can, because youve been gavel-to-gavel on this, and that means youll know what this picture is. its side bar. mics are off, the courtroom hears static at this time. but on tv, you get to at least get a little perspective on whats been going on and whats coming. faith jenkins and danny cevallos are those two expert...

>> absolutely, especially since that evidence is coming from a state witness and the jury will remember that. so this is putting them into george zimmermans shoes and that is critical in a self-defense case. >> all right. stand by, guys. theyre having a little sidebar with judge debra nelson. we expect the jurors to be coming back into the courtroom momentarily for the defense to start calling for the first time witnesses. once the testimony resumes in this zimmerman murder trial, well have live...

>> that didnt take long. we are in a side bar before we get the witness up and running. the damage that was done this morning throughout the course of just a couple of hours to the prosecutions case cannot be understated. the lawyers who are litigating this case are powerful and strong and smart but that was a very tough cross to undergo because that witness that we had all morning is an excellent expert witness. yes we had the questions you have been paid and you do this sometimes for a living....

He came across that way on the witness stand. i was in the courtroom. the jurors were really engaged and they were staring at him and i think it sort of goes to counter this perception that may have been in front of this jury that trayvon martin was some sort of thug who beat down george zimmerman, who used racial epithets. well, now you have his brother who he grew up with on the witness stand appear to be the very antithesis of that. >> i want to get into george zimmermans uncle who also came ...

And i apologize to an exten. we will bring you back to that. with that as a premise, if you would explain to the jury what the normal day is in the life of a combat medic in vehicle. >> well, apparently, if you will give me a little patience here, when you are in the army, you are with 60 other men, you eat, sleep, shower, with them on a daily basis, a lot of times you are sharing your bunks with them. i got in vehicle if december of with 67 and through december. >> i apologize, sir,ly object to...

The key point is that he is a friend of george zimmerman. this would make the fifth friend to get up on the stand, presumably mark omara is about to say, i want to play a tape for you, ask you who the voice is on that tape. while they are in sidebar, we will fit in a quick break and be right back after this.

Divorced, but they have been side by side throughout this trial. and i dare say really for the last year and a half, they have been united in their efforts to get to the bottom of what happened to their 17-year-old unarmed child the night he died back in february of 2012. they were just at sidebar, but theyve got the personal trainer, the guy who knows a lot about mixed martial arts on the stand to talk about just how good a student or athlete george zimmerman is/was. lets listen in. >> as far a...

Full day of the defense continuing their case. theyre actually at a side bar discussing with the judge at this moment. im joined now by msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom. lisa, we have just seen tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin, on the stand. and i think this is what the defense have been building up to today, isnt it, by presenting all of these witnesses, who are claiming that the voice they heard screaming out on that so-called lauer 911 tape was actually george zimmerman. >> well, tha...

Deposed which means they give a lengthy statement before trial. so there probably arent a lot of surprises for either side once the trial gets under way. >> and, craig, there was a lot of emotion on friday when you ended up hearing from both mothers. that type of emotion there today or a little more clinical? >> based on what were hearing from mark omara, it probably is not going to be that emotional today. like you just said, both of the mothers have already testified. we heard from george zimm...