sanford, florida, cnn special coverage for the george zimmerman verdict watch. the jury deliberating for more than eight hours now. mark o'mara talked to cnn about the first concerns, taking on a client who could have been as hateful as some described him. >> was it a concern for you that he might have been a racist? >> when i saw the 12-year-old trayvon martin picture and the 270-pound george zimmerman picture, yes. no question. and strangely enough, i think that's why most of the people who believe george zimmerman is a racist today got their belief, when they saw those two pictures 16 months ago. and you can't not have that thought. you can't look at 12-year-old trayvon martin and the size of george zimmerman and say there's any reason why trayvon martin should have lost his life that night. when you look at the reality, it's completely different. >> whose fault is that, that