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The sky is blue but you need to be cross-examined. >> peter: are we going to learn about zimmerman's character? >> his credibility comes into question. so if you find out he has been arrested. he's been arrested for vie lent actions or domestic violence acts, those are jurors to have listen to to believe this guy that is testifying to save his own back side, a legal term. >> peter: whose character is important. some characterization is not going to come in. >> from a defense perspective we want to know trayvon's character the defense has to prove that trayvon martin and not zimmerman was the a...

People would say you're crazy, you're this, you're that, and look what's happening to me now. i cannot say that anymore. >> key piece of evidence was presented today in court. a videotape which showed maldonado and her husband actually boarding the bus. rafael romo was in the courtroom, he saw the video. he joins us now tonight. so you were one of the few journalists who actually saw the security video from the checkpoint. what does it show? >> reporter: anderson, this was probably the most important and dramatic day for the defense. the video shows the maldonados, both gary and yanira, boardi...

Rafael romo was in the courtroom, he saw the video. he joins us now tonight. so you were one of the few journalists who actually saw the security video from the checkpoint. what does it show? >> reporter: anderson, this was probably the most important and dramatic day for the defense. the video shows the maldonados, both gary and yanira, boarding a bus. they're only carrying two blankets, two bottles of water and a purse. and the defense is saying that it is impossible that they would have been able to hide more than 12 pounds of marijuana and go unnoticed. so from the defense perspective, thi...

Oj simpson, do you remember ta case in. >> no, i for got about that completely. jon: what about the alcohol uses? there are other recordings of her that night about where she is weaving and not exactly all together upstairs. >> that factually hurts her. which ever she is saying afterwards is it alcohol-induced? what is going on. >> spin it the other way, she is so drunk that you can't rely on what she is saying. jon: it's going to be an interesting case for the jury to decide. >> he's always got the defense perspective when i'm right with the prosecution perspective. >> generally you have the ...

Chair in philadelphia. arthel: tom, what do you think when you heard? >> may have pulled the plug early because sitting through the trial going on for five months. >> exactly. >> it is, i'm not surprised. first of all it is ex-excruciatingly long trial. secondly, under the arizona death penalty statute, the only really aggravating circumstances is the manner in which the murder was committed. the fact that it was a heinous crime. you know, if you're defending this, from a defense perspective, one of the things you argue, look, what first-degree murder isn't heinous? what first-degree murder is...