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And, it was related to me that they just wanted an arrest. they didn't care if it got dismissed later. you don't do that. >> reporter: on the night of the shooting, february 26th, 2012, police took zimmerman into custody for questions, but later let him go. >> your lead investigator suggested manslaughter on that initial police report. >> um-hmm. >> why is it for 40-plus days george zimmerman walked as a free man? >> the laws of the state of florida and the constitution require you to have probable cause to arrest someone. the evidence and the testimony that we had didn't get us to probable ca...

...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. we're told the pilots will be speaking, explaining what happened. we should have live coverage. it should be dramatic. also inside the courtroom in the george zimmerman's second-degrees murder trial, the judge hearing arguments pro and con whether or not to allow one of the defense witnesses john donnelly, whether or not to allow his testimony to be used as part of this case because he violated what's called the

Zimmerman's story here. that could have been the time for the defense to rest, but they didn't. they brought this person on, it went on for hours, it had mixed statements about what he was able to determine, and you weren't insure what sort of expert witness was he? so i'm not sure that they gained a lot by putting him on the stand. i'm talking about the defense. >> all right. stand by, everyone. we're going to continue to monitor what's happening inside the courtroom. right now they're arguing whether or not some key testimony from earlier in the week should be allowed to remain testimony for...

I'm jake tapper. i turn you over to wolf blitzer, who will have more as well as a live coverage of the san francisco press conference with the flight crew from the asiana airlines flight. jake, thanks very much. happening now, george zimmerman's trial clearly crunch time. it's winding down. the defense has rested its kay after the judge pressed zimmerman to make a decision. a lot of drama in the courtroom today, with lawyers using a dummy to demonstrate the fatal fight from zimmerman and trayvon martin. the former sanford police chief tells cnn why he believes he was the fall guy. he's speak...

He wanted to tell the story. you know -- we give the doctors the scalpel for a reason. we look at, you know, and trust those. and i think he trusted us the way we looked at the case and the way things were. if, you know i think that's the way the decision went in his mind. [ indiscernible question ] >> the what, evidence, i'm sorry? that's, these things are a judgment call all along the way. i think that it was relevant evidence. i don't think that it would have been -- i agree with the judge's final ruling that it should be available to us should we decide to present it. and that's what the j...