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>> reporter: in that book, he says zimmerman said martin tried to reach for the weapon on his hip, actually touching the gun. >> the defendant is claiming that the victim actually grabbed the gun, grabbed the -- >> that was my understanding, that he grabbed the gun. >> reporter: but a latent print technician found no trace of martin's prints but conceded rain could have washed it away. >> so fingerprints may have exited on an item that you have lift a latent from and there be no latents whatsoever, correct? >> correct. >> even though it's been handled by two or three people? >> that's correct....

What i think stood out is jurors were asked to ignore a statement he made the day before about zimmerman telling the truth. he also testified that he didn't believe that zimmerman's cuts and bruises were all that bad either. what stood out yesterday is we actually heard three different accounts of what george zimmerman said happened that day, but not via his testimony. we heard of course an interview with sean hannity that went national. we heard from mark osterman, zimmerman's best friend. he recounted what zimmerman told him. a tape was played with an interview that zimmerman did with police...

Correct. >> reporter: in that book, osterman said zimmerman tried to reach for the weapon on his hip, actually touching the gun. >> the defendant is claiming that the victim actually grabbed the gun, grabbed the -- >> that was my understanding, that he grabbed the gun. >> reporter: but a latent print technician found no trace of martin's prints but conceded rain or other factors could have washed prints away. >> so that fingerprints may have existed on an item that you have a list from a latent from and there be no latents whatsoever, correct? >> correct. >> even though it's been handled by tw...

Introduce evidence that would speak to the contrary. so judge nelson gave the attorneys some time to introduce some case law. we expect that she may rule on that tomorrow. but we just -- we know at this point that attorneys will continue those arguments at 8:30 before the jury is brought back in after. >> that's great reporting. thanks, craig. we'll be back to you again and again. joining me now is veteran prosecutor and former san francisco da paul henderson, there he is, and defense attorney karen de soto, both of you. let's take a look at trial testimony before we get into this general co...

Talking about how george zimmerman was telling the truth and what a good person he was and maybe you got some inconsistency out of it but they didn't strike me as major inconsistency. >> apparently what mark osterman said, what he had been told by george zimmerman is that trayvon martin actually got his hand on the gun and then he managed to get it out of his hand, whereas in his own testimony george zimmerman never said that trayvon martin got his hand on the gun. >> exactly. those are the inconsistencies that you're going to have, the state has to put together to put together a case. you're ...