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Passionate, so direct going to that state of mind of george zimmerman, and then segued right into the defense opening statement and that was shocking too. but i think with the defense, they moved on, and they were meticulous in trying to show the defense point of view here. the time line of the nonemergency 911 call, it's going to become critical. either there was time for george zimmerman to continue to follow trayvon martin or as the defense says, bit by bit, he did not follow him after that initial nine seconds. >> mark, there was a moment when the 911 call was going to be replayed where tr...

Seek when it presented all this evidence that went before the jury today. >> now, lisa, something interesting. you kept saying last night it's got to be about the evidence. it has to be about what we see with the forensic evidence and the other evidence. >> yes. >> not just emotion. >> yes. >> we heard today, though, that they had done all they could at the scene to preserve any of the evidence and all that happened. if that is so, then how will the defense explain there was no blood even under the nails of trayvon martin, or any bruises when the technician said they tried to protect the integ...

Combination of what they're prepared to say and what they want -- now want to say in response to the prosecution's opening. openingings are important, but i think in this case what the prosecution has is a finite universe of evidence. rather than go on and on i think they emphasize in a very crisp fashion their best ammunition and so i think it was an effective opening. i think it is the best case they can state under the circumstances. and i think they were wise not to go on because again, they have a limited amount of good evidence to work with here. >> kendall, lisa, thanks to both of you. ...

Cases and all of the victims for this reason, because the defense is starting to make the case that all of the victims got together and created this mass conspiracy to come up with a virtual lies against jerry sandusky, all to file civil suits. mike mcqueary is an independent witness who saw these sexual contact and sexual abilities taking place in the shower. the fact that he is there and able and willing to testify that he saw these events occur, independent of any of the other witnesses' testimony, even without victim number two goes to the credibility of the witness and to the prosecution'...

Authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sandusky's abuse of kids continued for another seven years. >> michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: thank you. >> kathleen cain is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is last former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them run known, one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary incident, for lack of a better description. as you know, the defense opening statement today spent a...