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>> shepard: our coverage the zimmerman trial continues the attorneys are getting after it here about whether zimmermansome's criminal justice studies should be allowed into evidence, and before the jury. the defense attorney said, we're not bringing in trayvon martin's school records. so it's a little back and forth. the jury is not in there. we'll get back with testimony. there's some very interesting side items and trace gallagher has been on them for us. zimmerman's best friend has described testifying against him? >> the best friend actually testifying for the prosecution, but not necessar...

You're in the state's pocket. like you are their key witness. you are there to help them get a conviction on this case. you're there to tell the truth. you want to ensure that justice is done, and it is amazing that he would come in and say in this case that he believed george zimmerman was telling the truth. >> all right, faith. i want to just cut you off real quickly and i would only do that, my good friend, to go right back into the live trial because testimony has resumed and bernie de la rionda, the prosecutor, is now questioning a man named mark osterman who is a friend, not only a frien...

Did you quote him as saying, in fact, i thought he might try to get up again, so as i was putting my gun in my holster, i jumped on top of him and pinned his wrists to the ground. >> are correct. >> was that accurate? >> as far as i remember that he holstered -- yeah, at that point now remembers, i remember that he was -- he holstered, pinned his hands down -- it's what i, i remembered him saying something like that. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. may mr. osterman be excused? >> [inaudible] your honor. >> okay, thank you. jenna: just a reminder, mark osterman, again, is the best friend of ge...

To prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. i'm joe reid in for alex wagner. we are listening to the george zimmerman trial. zimmerman's friend, mark osterman, is on the stand. let's listen in. >> my wife will te...

Testimony couldn't help zimmerman. >> i only heard the story twice, and whether it was grabbed the gun, grabbed for the gun, i just -- perhaps it was just the intent. but i believed he said he grabbed the gun. >> reporter: months before the trial, osterman, a federal air marshal, described to me in detail how he helped zimmerman weigh the pros and cons before he settled on buying a thin, lightweight .9 millimeters. it was easy to conceal, easy to carry. and acting on osterman's advice, zimmerman carried it everywhere. >> always. he carried it always. the one thing i did tell him, for the reaso...