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Examiner valerie rao sees it. >> are the injuries in the back of his head consistent with having been repeatedly slammed into a concrete surface? >> no. >> reporter: after examining dozens of pictures, rao testified the injuries are not life threatening, consistent with being punched once. during cross-examination, rao admitted when pressed by attorney mark o'mara he could have been hit multiple times. the jury also heard from a man who calls himself george zimmerman's best friend. mark osterman said zimmerman even gave him the play by play of what happened the night he shot and killed trayvon...

The program, george zimmerman's best friend took the stand today, testifying as a prosecution witness. mark osterman. he's worked in law enforcement for two decades and convinced zimmerman to purchase a gun. here's part of his testimony. >> it was actually you who assisted him when he decided that he needed a firearm, correct? >> that is correct. >> and did he tell you the reason why he wanted to get a firearm? >> he -- he asked what would -- whether he should or shouldn't to start with. i recommended that he should. anybody that's not a convicted felon should carry a firearm. >> that's sort o...

Him where is your exact location because the officer was getting close. so as the police officer gets closer and closer to the actual scene, the dispatch likes to tell them exact street house and street numbers so you can find your place exactly. >> we played the wrong sound bite. that wasn't about the gun. but the importance of that sound bite is the prosecution is trying to establish inconsistencies in george zimmerman's story. earlier, there had been reports of zimmerman trying to get out of the vehicle in order to check a building number. now he's saying he was traveling martin or lost sig...

Are many people that are not concealed carry people. they don't have a weapon or a firearm. to them the question is, what was this guy doing running around carrying a gun? it's not something that is in my world. now consider what osterman offers. he's in law enforcement and he considers george zimmerman to be his best friend, that humanizes george zimmerman. why does george zimmerman carry a gun? this gentleman who has been in law enforcement since 1992 told him unequivocally you could be carrying a gun. he validates and answers that question for a lot of us. >> he said everybody that is not a...

That we saw on george zimmerman's head, was he truly in danger of being killed himself? images of george zimmerman bloodied and beaten up. important visuals for his defense, trying to show that zimmzim erman's head was slammed against the sidewalk and he had to fire his gun to save his own life. that is not the way jacksonville-based medical examiner sees it. >> are the injuries consistent with having been repeatedly slammed into a concrete surface? >> no. >> after examining dozens of pictures rao testified that the injuries were not life threatening, consistent with being punched or hitting a...