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>> chris, there's not enough time in your show to go through all that. i think there are two reasons why probably race didn't come into the trial as prominently as i think a lot of people thought it would. it boils down to two rulings against the prosecution by judge nelson. one she said that the prosecution could not say in its opening argument that trayvon martin was racially profiled. she said that they could say he was profiled and people can make their own inferences from that. the other thing, the other ruling that she made against the prosecution was saying that all of the -- all of geo...

>> of course they overcharged. you are seeing the prosecution -- >> would it have made any difference if they would have just come in with a manslaughter charge as opposed to second-degree murder? would the outcome have been any different? >> absolutely. the outcome could have been different but they absolutely ruined their manslaughter case by trying to glibring in facts y could not prove and turned out to be unprovable. they had to switch their entire prosecution goal midway in the trial and finally acknowledging that it was in fact, george zimmerman who was on the bottom, which is not how t...

>> he sort of needed to break the ice so to speak or break the tension? >> break -- i think what he is saying is break the spell. he did deliver a powerful, concise, passionate opening argument on the part of the prosecution. it was a very different kind of lawyer. and he wanted to come out and did come out with a very methodical 3-hour break down of what the defense was going to do. it started off badly. there was a moment where he was immediately objected to from the start and i think that threw him off. he fumbled a bit and fell on the joke and the joke went flat. >> yeah, let's listen. >> ...

Martin got the upper hand that trafn martin was going to hurt george zimmerman. then george zimmerman under the florida statute has the right to use deadly force to save his own life. >> do you think the jury is going to understand that? >> i think that this mark o'mara, the defense attorney is extremely skilled. he is the best attorney in that courtroom. he will definitely -- >> bill: what about the wisdom of the prosecution today giving a three hour wrap? i mean, three hours? >> a fair question. a fair question. >> bill: come on. >> if, indeed, there was a narrative that continued uninterrup...

>> the prosecutors are trying to show the jury that zimmerman, the neighborhood watch activist, had a pentup frustration based on previous ebb counters with quote-unquote suspicious people walking in the neighborhood, and that is the ill will the prosecutors need to have the second-degree murder charge. live on the stand is adam polack. he owns the gym where george zimmerman was training. prosecutors hammered home the idea that zimmerman was taking mma style fighting listens, trying to give the impression zimmerman was not some helpless individual but actually had some fighting skills. however...