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>> isn't that the key question? >> it's absolutely the key. you can't start a fight, start losing the fight, and then use deadly force. that's not the way it works. >> this is george zimmerman's own doctor. >> that's right. >> so he knew him. >> yep. >> when do you think we treated him? >> this is the morning after. it was shortly thereafter. the doctor in the records talked about the possibilities there will be black eyes because of the injuries, et cetera. it seems according to this doctor, there clearly were injuries that george zimmerman endured. but, again, i think there's still a lot of questions that are going to have to be answered in connection with this case. >> certainly a fascinating development on that. i'm sure there'll be others. now to the corruption trial of john edwards. the defense could rest as early as tomorrow. the former presidential candidate is accused of using campaign money to hide his mistress and their daughter. joe jones joins us. bring me up to speed where we are right now. >> call this follow the money day, if anything. this was a day where they put an fbi agent on the stand, the defense did. just sort of tracked that $1 million in hush money that went to cover up this affair. what we found was a lot more of that money ended up going to the handlers of the mistress as opposed to the mistress herself. but the real action probably was behind the scenes. the talk by the defense is they might throw in the kitchen sink at the end of the trial, put john edwards on the stand. possibly the mistress rielle hunter though we think that's less likely. at the end of the day it keeps the prosecution guessing and whether there's disagreement on the defense team about whether it'd be a good idea to put him on the stand or just to sort of shut this thing down. >> and what about his daughter cate? there is a growing sense she may testify tomorrow. is that likely, do we think? >> we do think that's likely. and for a couple of reasons. first, she could certainly humanize john edwards. he's had his reputation taken through the mud during the prosecution case. there's also the substantive piece of that. she could testify about what her late mother was saying about this relationship. whether her late mother was the one who was very concerned about keeping so much information about the affair moving from the tabloids into the mainstream media as has been suggested by some others. because at the end of the day, that takes to the question of whether the intent was with john edwards to maintain his political career or whether the intent was to protect her family. >> fascinating. going to be a gripping day tomorrow. joining me now is attorney gloria allred and still dan abrams. what is your reaction to this whole case now given everywhere we've gone with it? tomorrow obviously may be the day the defense rests. is it likely they're going to chuck a hail mary pass? >> there's no way. they can't do it. in effect john edwards is a scoundrel and a liar, but he's not a criminal. the notion they're going to call that scoundrel and liar to the witness stand to try to convince the jurors of something to me seems to be beyond a long shot. it's interesting because many of the facts in this case aren't in dispute. both sides seem to agree about where the money went, that it didn't go through the campaign coffers, who got it, who were the middle people, et cetera. the ultimate question was getting into his head. >> gloria, given everything seen to date, would you be confident of a conviction now? >> well, i would always appear confident whether or not i was confident. obviously there is room for doubt. there are substantial questions that are raised. the issue is what did he know and when did he know it. did he know there was a scheme. did he know that he was violating the law? i agree with dan. i think it's highly unlikely that he's going to testify. i think it's highly unlikely also that rielle hunter will testify. but i do think it will be a smart move to call his daughter cate. she has strong bonds and strong feelings about her dad as she did also for her mom. >> and the reason to do that is to try and humanize john edwards, presumably who has taken a hell of a shellacking in the media and getting his daughter on the stand, perhaps getting emotional support for the father who we know was a liar and a cheat but may not have been a crook could be fundamental in swaying opinion of that. >> i do think that that would be important. she also may have been privy to some conversations that she will testify to. but also, it may be that she's going to be able to get in. that john edwards was there for her mother as her mother was dying. and that they are a family. there's still two young children at home. 14 and i think 12. this would -- she won't say it, but it would be clear if she went to prison, it would be leaving these two young children without either parent to care for them. >> dan? >> kind of a no lutz situation to call cate. if she knows something she can only help here. when you ask most legal analysts about this case, they don't know what to tell you about the outcome, about which way the jury's going to go. it is a kind of complicated question as to will they be able to demonstrate what was in edwards' head. >> gloria, the stakes are very high here. john edwards faces six criminal charges. if he's convicted on all six, he could get up to 30 years in prison and a heavy fine. it's the prison sentence. this was a man who was potentially going to be president now facing a very lengthy, possibly life-ending prison sentence. this couldn't be higher stakes for john edwards, could it? >> couldn't be higher stakes unless of course the death penalty were involved which of course it's not involved in this case. the question is did he violate the law. and that is a significant question. it's interesting the judge didn't think it was a complicated issue of law although the defense argues with that and argued that it would be reversible for the expert not to be able to get all of the testimony about the law and that the fec did not find it was a campaign contribution. and in fact there are other cases in which they also found that a payment to a mistress was not a campaign contribution. so it's going to be interesting. he does have a lot at stake. >> bottom line, this is a really unusual use of the law. it's almost never been used in this way as it's being used against john edwards. >> hence the unpredictability. >> yes. and hence, in a way, john edwards' best argument was i never should have been prosecuted at all. but once it gets into the jury's hands, that's why it's tough to know. because once you start saying that private donations can be considered campaign contributions, even if they didn't go through the john edwards for president fund, where does the line get drawn? >> yeah. >> when do you start -- when do you stop that process? this is what makes this such a tough case, such a unique case. and i think so frustrating to the edwards defense team. >> gloria, in terms of edwards himself and how he's come over by his presence in court, there's always been a sense of him appearing to be an arrogant man. they would have read the headlines before regardless of what they say, they have an impression of him. how will that count against him? i mean, you know juries better than most people. do they get swayed heavily by a man's misdemeanor? >> i think absolutely. jurors watch every movement of a defendant while he is in court. they even look at what he's wearing as well as what the attorneys are wearing. and is he smiling? is he appropriate in his demeanor as witnesses are testifying? is he making notes? is he not making notes? they look at everything. and who he's relating to. sometimes it's important to them as well. so i know that he as an experienced trial attorney is aware of what jurors may be thinking. even if they should not be taking certain things into account, they will be. and so that's always going to be a factor as far as john edwards is concerned. >> he probably wants to testify too. he probably -- as an experienced trial lawyer the way he is, you can imagine he's thinking to himself i've got to get up there and tell this story myself. but he's also got to know how dangerous that would be and all the reasons why it doesn't make sense for him to do it. >> they may even as we speak be locked in a room deciding. >> i don't believe that. if they're locked in a room they locked edwards in a room and said you cannot testify, you cannot leave. if you're his lawyer -- if he's insisting on testifying, lock him in that room. do not let him testify. in my view. >> i agree. i'm sure that abby lowell knows better than to let edwards testify. >> yes. keep john edwards quiet. thank you very much. going to be a gripping day tomorrow. next, i don't know what you know about jane lynch or what you think you know about her. i discovered a lot i find surprising. hey dad. see how the carrots i grow make that new stouffer's steam meal so tasty. actually, the milk from my farm makes it so creamy, right dad. dad can see... boys! don't you think stouffer's steam perfect bag should get some credit? 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>> it is. >> doesn't mean i'm good, just means the set is wonderful. >> i think you're very good. >> tell me about the big story at the moment that's very relevant to your life. the whole issue of gay marriage. president obama coming out last week to endorse same-sex marriage. almost as significantly today jay-z has today done the same thing to an audience that perhaps wouldn't be overly receptive to that, his fan base. what do you think of what's going on with this whole issue right now? >> well, this is the first time i've taken it personally. i kind of view it as the issue. and when my president stood up and said that he believes that i and my family should have the same rights, it blew me away. >> where were you when you knew he'd done it? >> i was in the car and my wife texted me. she said he did it. wow. it was a visceral thing. >> emotional? >> a very emotional moment. nothing's going to happen because he said this, really. most politics are calculus anyway. but just the fact that he said it and there was a risk in his saying it -- i don't know. it's just -- it's just nice to hear that the guy who's sitting in the big chair in the big white house believes -- supports me and my family. >> there are various critics of this. there are the -- let's be honest, the homophobes. then there are the critics that i have sympathy with. i was born a catholic like you. intds people who have strong religious beliefs and have been taught a certain way, they feel uneasy. and the president himself said he'd been on a journey about this. we'll get to your own experience. but what do you say to the people who aren't bigots but who have been brought up to believe in a religious matter this is fundamentally not what the bible says is right. >> well, i don't -- i personally don't look to the bible as an authority document. it's a flawed document and it's also an inspired beautiful document. i think that if your dogma, and i call it dogma if it's getting in the way of the golden rule. treat others the way you want to be treated. and i think when you get to know more gay people and you're sitting in the presence of them and you realize there's really -- if there's anything wrong with me, it has nothing to do with my orientation. i have a lot of flaws but being gay isn't one of them. it's not a flaw. >> how much of bigotry is basically ignorance, do you think? >> there are a lot of smart people that are bigoted. but you can be really smart in areas. if you hang on to a religious belief or a dogma and start separating people because of that dogma, i think it's a waste of time. it doesn't help anybody. >> people say why does it matter so much to you to have the same rights with marriage as a straight couple, what would you say to people who say that? >> why shouldn't i, i would ask the question back to them. why should i be different? i used to not care about marriage until i fell in love and wanted to get married. i said that's for straight people. also my own internalized homophobia. saying that's for the straight people, not nor me. i have a strong wife saying no it's for us too. we have a child and if we're going to enter into this with a child, i want a piece of paper. and that made sense to me. >> in the book you talk about your life. i was fascinated by -- one of the arguments i've had about this issue, and i have strong feelings about it very in line with what you've been saying. was i accept there are various levels of tolerance i have for the critics for the reasons i discussed with you. -- different and you were probably gay. tell me about that emotional experience. >> the first time i heard the word gay and what it meant, two of my friends were twins and they were talking about how they go to south florida and sometimes guys walk on the beach holding hands and their gay. they say they're gay together. immediately my stomach dropped. i said i have that. i have the girl version of that. i felt like i was given the diagnosis of a disease. and then i go on to find that indeed in psychiatric manuals at that time, it was considered a mental and emotional affliction. that made me feel different, broken. i didn't know -- >> like you were sick? >> like i was sick. and i couldn't tell anybody because there was so much shame around it. i didn't know anybody else who was gay. and this was all through high school. nobody talked about it. no one would admit to it. so i felt completely alone in it. so i really understand kids who don't live in los angeles or chicago or new york who feel so alone in their own shame and can't say anything about it. i feel for them. >> and the moment this came to you with your parents, you were in your early 20s? >> i was in my 30s. i was 32. >> you waited a long time. >> yes. i sent the later. my mom read it to the dad and said jany's gay. and he said is that bad? no. they loved each other very much and they never talked about this, but they both said later on after the smoke cleared that they both suspected but they never talked about it. they were afraid for me. they were afraid for the choices i would have, the life i would have to live. one of the things i say in the book is living a normal life was up there with food and shelter for my mother. you want to live a normal life. like when i found out i was deaf in one ear and i heard her whisper to the doctor, will she lead a normal life? i always had that in my mind. >> one thing parents of that generation would do is worry about my daughter can never get marry or have children. you have both. >> i have both. >> that's another great reason, i believe, this debate is wonderful. it removes that fear from parents parents' lives. they don't have to worry about their children being deprived. >> who wants their kid to grow up in a world where they're not accepted for who they are? that's a horrible thing to be worried about for your kids. and i think that that was the biggest thing for my parents. you know, when they finally realized that they were afraid for me. at this point i was 32 years old and i was living a wonderful life. i had a nice little career going. they weren't so worried about it. had i come out at 18, different story. >> let's take a short break. i want to come back and talk about "glee" and talk about best in show which is one of my all time favorite movies. i loved that film. >> oh, good. >> it was brilliantly dark. >> dark. good. you saw the dark. you got the undertones. >> love the darkside. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? 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