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The brain death right now. there are a lot of republican who are very worried about this who think this is the wrong direction for the party who don't like senator cruz grandstanding but none seem to have the guts to stand up and say we need a more middle of the road course. that's a shame. we all benefit from a more vigorous two-party system. >> the republican establishment is worried about things like this. i don't think you'll talk to anyone at the rnc who says we hope ted cruz is the nominee. there are republicans they point to, marco rubio, chris christie who they think represent a more a...

I just didn't quite follow what he was talking about. first of all, the heart can stop but of course can you resuscitate a person and live. so there's a physiological death when the heart stops but there's also brain death, which is the legal understanding of death. at that point there are no longer any brain waves, it's irreversible. and the way it happens is usually four or five minutes without oxygen to the entire brain starts the cells dying. and in a few more minutes, there's brain death. the issue of whether trayvon martin felt pain or not has to do with consciousness. how long was he co...

Resuscitate a person and live. so there's a physiological death when the heart stops but there's also brain death, which is the legal understanding of death. at that point there are no longer any brain waves, it's irreversible. and the way it happens is usually four or five minutes without oxygen to the entire brain starts the cells dying. and in a few more minutes, there's brain death. the issue of whether trayvon martin felt pain or not has to do with consciousness. how long was he conscious and feeling pain. so there's a lot of confusion here. the testimony was just awful. you could go unco...

This was a fatal shot, is that correct? >> there is two holes on the right ventricle of the heart. there is no chance he can survive. no chance, zero. >> are you saying his brain is still technically alive, in other words? >> yes. >> that's what you mean by in terms of conscious, his brain is still live? >> yes. >> he can still feel pain in other words? >> yes. >> didn't he originally say trayvon martin was alive for one to three minutes? and now he said one to ten. >> he did, he did. that's correct. this testimony gave me agina. i just didn't quite follow what he was talking about. first of a...

And the way it happens is usually four or five minutes without oxygen to the entire brain starts the cells dying. and in a few more minutes, there's brain death. the issue of whether trayvon martin felt pain or not has to do with consciousness. how long was he conscious and feeling pain. so there's a lot of confusion here. the testimony was just awful. you could go unconscious in a minute or two, remain alive theoretically because there's still electrical activity in the brain. >> mark, what did you make of this witness? he was reading from his notes, which i haven't seen any other witness do ...