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Rick: fox news alert, want to take you back now to live testimony. the defense attorney in the george zimmerman murder trial cross-examining a friend of zimmerman's, mark osterman. let's take a listen. >> where no one could see him. >> and did you have any contact with him at that point? >> none. >> so then -- >> couldn't get anywhere close. >> okay. then at some point you went to sanford police department, correct? >> correct. i drove shelley over to the sanford police department, and we waited in their lobby til he was released. >> do you recall how many hours you were there? >> goodness, tw...

He was able to smack the hand away from the firearm, and that's when he drew the firearm and fired. >> reporter: osterman wrote about it in a book, quoting zimmerman -- "somehow, i broke his grip on the gun where the guy grabbed it between the rear site and the hammer. i got the gun in my hand, raised it toward the guy's chest and pulled the trigger." and this is where the problem lies for george zimmerman, because comments quoted by his friend, osterman, do not match what zimmerman told police. listen to what he says as he walks investigators through the crime scene. >> and he reached for it,...

Eight allegedly told an untruth about whether she was in the hospital so she wouldn't have to go to a funeral and see trayvon dead. george zimmerman allegedly told untruths about why he shot and killed trayvon martin, causing him to be bed. which one is more relevant? the jury will have to decide that, and i think once they think about those two things, it will be rather clear what's relevant and what's not. >> benjamin crump, always good to talk to you and thank you very much for taking the time. one of george zimmerman's best friends could complicate his defense. mark osterman came to zimm...

Aimed it at him and fired one shot. >> reporter: dna testing seems to agree. there was no trace of trayvon martin's dna on the gun's grip. prosecutors list osterman's book with zimmerman's conflicting account as potential evidence, possibly to challenge zimmerman's credibility. as for his connection to the gun zimmerman was carrying, osterman says it's hard to answer the question does he feel regret. >> so, i would wish it would have never happened. however, the reason why george had it, it was not for malice. he didn't have it to go out and commit a crime of hunting someone down and harming t...

The jury will have to decide that, and i think once they think about those two things, it will be rather clear what's relevant and what's not. >> benjamin crump, always good to talk to you and thank you very much for taking the time. one of george zimmerman's best friends could complicate his defense. mark osterman came to zimmerman's aid the night he shot and killed trayvon martin, and the account that he says zimmerman told him about what happened that night doesn't add up to some of zimmerman's later statements. david mattingly is "outfront" with the story. >> reporter: when george zimmer...