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Of marijuana in his body when he died. some believe that the information is irrelevant to determining whether zimmerman had a right to kill martin. the defense decision is a head-scratcher, because the defense had argued strenuously and successfully on yesterday to be allowed to introduce the information into the trial. listen. >> we know that there is a positive level for thc in mr. martin's system. we know from george zimmerman's non-emergency call that he said trayvon martin, the person he didn't know that he later found out was who he was describing looks like he is on drugs or something. ...

It never, ever changes. we're not required to do anything. >> is there anything to be gained by zimmerman taking the stand, given the amount of material from his own mouth that we have already heard? >> yes. >> what is that? >> the jury can see him, look him in the eye and that's the best way to make a determination if you are believing that person was actually in fear for his life. >> how much could the defense decision on this process and in george zimmerman's rest potentially on trayvon's family taking the snand that could be a very powerful moment. it could be the moment when the balance, ...

Paul manafort actually committed bank fraud, for example. but another key piece of this, andrea, is this is coming after a 2 1/2 hour recess, another time when the judge met privately with the jury and we don't know what he said. we don't know if there are issues with the jury that could send this entire thing into a mistrial and to make this conversation i'm having you a moot point. >> daniel goldman, former assistant district attorney for the southern district of new york who is at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia. also nbc white house correspondent geoff bennett, reporter ashley parke...