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Witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor -- i don't know his name. >> the doctor for the defense? >> yes. >> what about him? >> i thought he was awe-inspiring. the experiences he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling in like a terrible terror voice when he was just previously half hour ago playing cards with them. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, marks o'mara, don west, were able to turn prosecution witnesses to...

>> what about him? >> i thought he was awe-inspiring. the experiences he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling in like a terrible terror voice when he was just previously half hour ago playing cards with them. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, marks o'mara, don west, were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chris serino, the lead investigator for example, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did. but to me he just was doing his...

Long before the trial, marks o'mara was fighting for george zimmerman and he kept george zimmerman off the stand. me hush -- pushed for an all or nothing second degree charge. a big day for mach who i spoke with just a short time ago. mark, there seems to be confusion earlier in the afternoon when the judge asked mr. zimmerman whether he would testify or not. he said he needed more time to decide. what finally made him decide not to? i assume for most of this trial, you've known he's not going to testify. >> actually, that's not true. he was really considering testifying. he wanted to tell the...

Exaggeration. do you recall being asked about that? >> yes, sir. >> do you recall i think either you uttered it or mr. o'mara uttered it on behalf of the defendant, exaggeration, do you recall what that was about? >> pertaining to the defendant's statements. >> you felt he was exaggerating certain parts of it? >> among other things. >> you were asked specifically about exaggeration. did you feel he had exaggerated the manner in which he had been hit? >> yels. >> from what you've seen, do you think he was exaggerating? >> i don't. you have to put yourself in the moment. there's fistacuffs. ther...

Today, the judge instructed jurors to disregard part of the testimony serino gave yesterday. i want to get our panel's reaction. back with me is sunny hosten, jeffrey toobin, at the defense table, danny cevallos. and mark geragos. mark, you just heard marks o'mara say the fact that zimmerman's past is likely going to be brought up to open the door for the defense to bring up trayvon martin's past. but trayvon martin isn't on trial, is he? >> he isn't, but you have a self-defense case and the law is that he can bring that stuff up. having said that, i think mark was crossing his fingers behind ...