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More than you have that they did not trust to you give the on money they had until four days later when they did. megyn: should zimmerman spend the next year in jail as his lawyer admits he was from the truthful with the court at the first bond hearing? >> putting him back in jail was for punishment purposes. the judge made the point. and because this almost -- this turned out to be another bond whrearg we got the hear moree more evidence of how innocent zimmerman may be. if he's not going to get convicted of murder at the end of the day, why should he rot in jail while's defending himself? me...

I don't think there is anything he could have done today to rehabilitate himself. i think bringing on this expert makes a mockery of this court system. it's common sense. where is common sense in the courtroom. >> reporter: the prosecution was merciless talking about the misleading testimony that his wife offered about their absence of finances. here is a bit of that testimony. >> a lady who was married to and wanted to mislead the court in terms of the amount of money they had. they applied to the court. they told the court they were indigent when they had $130,000. i would request that the c...

at the "fast and furious" matter. moments amo, jay carney said the criminal contempt resolution to not go anywhere because historically, when the president cites executive privilege, the justice department does not enforce the criminal contempt citation. the civil contempt resolution is the one that seems to be the one that is the more likely scenario for house republicans to get information related to the "fast and furious" investigation. darrell issa, the chairman of the house oversight committee, says he has been authorized by the house to hire attorneys and what they will do, if ...

and is believed to be linked to the death of hundreds of mexico mexicans, not to mention one american border patrol agent. mr. holder was held tens of thousands of the documents. president obama issued an executive order placing them under wraps. the house yesterday voted to hold mr. holder in contempt of congress. some democrats staging a walkout in protest of the vote. house minority leader nancy pelosi leading the way. she and others have said the contempt vote has nothing to do it fast and furious. they believe that have to do with an attempt to distract mr. holder from his effor...

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