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It airs sunday morning. george zimmerman getting a break this holiday as court is in recess but jurors will be back friday for emotional testimony from trayvon martin's mother and brother. yesterday the jury saw what's become a symbol of the tragic story of martin and george zimmerman -- the hoodie. jurors got to see the gray hoodie worn by testimony on the night he died with his tattered hole created by a single bullet. firearms analyst amy seaward saying just how close george zimmerman's gun came to the teenager's body. >> when you conducted the distance tests with the kel tec pistol and t...

Zimmerman was in class when the topic was discussed. neighborhood watch volunteer says he shot and killed the 17-year-old because he was beating him badly and feared for his life. carter talked how the law might be used in this case. >> the fact that there were injuries have a tendency to show or support that that person had a reasonable apprehension of fear. >> reporter: the prosecution tried to paint zimmerman as a wannabe cop who couldn't make the force. >> does the person indicate whether or not they have a reason for wanting to go on the ride-alongs? >> yes, sir. >> what is that reason? >...

And the fact that george said he was being beaten. if there's no dna on martin's fingernails and none on the cuffs of the hoodie, so it might make jurors wonder. i want more analysis from chaney mason, jeffrey toobin, and today prosecutors have showed martin as hoodie, the famous hoodie, with the bullet hole in it. we want to show you that moment in court as the firearms analyst describes what tests she did. >> explain to the jury first what this is, and then what you did. >> this was -- evidence that i examined for distance determination, and what i did was i was looking at the surrounding ...

Still on trial. rezza, keep an eye on things if you would, please, for us, live in cairo. i want to get us back live into the testimony in sanford, nevada. on the stand is a florida department of law enforcement crime lab analyst. the reason you are seeing a box on the stand, inside na box is a gun. it is the gun in question and she is a firearms analyst. >> and what type of fire. a is it -- firearm is it? >> it is a .9 mill mit ter cal tech semi automatic pistol. >> what do you mean by sigh automatic? >> in very basic terms, semi automatic means a pull of the trigger is required for each shot...