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Up these different scenarios. what would you do if someone poked you? what would you do if someone punched you in the nose? is this relevant at this point? >> he's trying to prove his defense case through this witness. he's arguing that trayvon martin punched george zimmerman in the face. that's the defense position, that he did so unreasonably that george zimmerman simply walked up to him, made a comment, and trayvon martin just burst out with a punch. this is way inappropriate for this witness. >> let's listen in as he's cross-examining. >> a gunshot comes from one person and one person only...

Judges are really low to let in this kind of, i guess, reenactment when it almost encroaches on what the jury should be deciding which is what really happened that night. the jury should be the ones listening to the evidence, listening to the witnesses deciding credibility and deciding whose version of events they believe. not through the prism of someone else's reenactment. >> and it could be powerful for the defense because it would basically back up what the defense position as far as george zimmerman and trayvon martin. mark, i want you to watch. just a little while ago, they did show the ...

Being intoxicated and in that sense even though i think the evidence should come in i see the prosecution's argument in this case because there is that argument that it may not have affected trayvon martin at all. however, isn't it interesting that if we were talking about a dui case the government almost always says any amount of marijuana means that you are intoxicated but in the case here, they've flipped their approach. >> but rageful? that's a very different thing. yesterday it all came down to the scream. we know how important it is to establish who started this altercation, matters for ...

Defense attorney says no, zimmerman was screaming and he stops when the gunshot goes off because the threat is eliminated. the problem with that, zimmerman did not think the let it was eliminated. he said he thought trayvon martin was still alive. in fact, that's why he turned him over, spread his arms out. so that's something i can see developed further in close arguments. i think the bottom line is the jurors will say, we can't tell who was screaming so we will just cast that aside. >> doesn't that explain why zimmerman was stalking trayvon martin in the first place? >> sure they do. the non...

Exchange? >> i agree, you have a victim or somebody related to the victim, you don't want them to be on the stand for a very long time because it leaves room for things like emotion and the exchange between the two to happen. it can weaken the defense position when you leave somebody on and you ask questions you don't know the answer to. in this case less would have been more. you don't want to inflame the jurors passion. to ask openhanded questions was not necessarily the best idea. rick: with every reason to believe this could be the last witness the prosecution will call. if they end with t...