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>> before we get into what they did right or wrong i want to go into what they just reported on. the idea that the naacp and the rainbow push coalition on the same accord urging the justice department to pursue civil rights charges against george zimmerman. legally how far might that efforts go? >> pretty tough because it is either a 1983 action, a civil rights action or it would be some type of hate crime and the threshold for both are very, very high. so if in fact the pressure is being put on, and if it happens and i think as in this case you have to look at the political influence, these -...

Vulnerable. do you mean when i walk outside the studio, just the fact that i walk outside means that any civilian can stop me and start following me and i have no recourse? if i do, that self-defense, they can kill me? is that what we're saying now? >> lisa bloom has been covering this throughout. you've been very critical of the case the prosecution put on. what did you make of the press conference that we just saw of the prosecutors? >> right. i was not critical of the evidence in the case. i was critical about the disparity between the evidence, as i continued to follow the case, as i looke...

She's the best witness that the prosecution put on. she had a steely resolve and a poise about her. even when she disagreed with the defense attorney, she did it with a certain dignity. she didn't sass back. she didn't give him a hard time. she just stayed very centered in her testimony. it's not about hope. it's about what she remembers. she knows this was her son on that call. she's not going to waiver from that in any way. there's no question he could ask her that would get her to waiver from that. and he had no inconsistent statements on this witness, unlike so many others. so i think by f...

>> walking the dog. >> every day. >> just to be extra safe. and in the end, still murdered at his home over the weekend. >> we mention the judge. he is bruce wood. he is a judge in compton county, texas. worked with both men. judge, good morning. let me just begin with mike mclelland. i know you've talked to him just last week. what was your conversation like? how did he seem? >> well, we are a relatively small courthouse. we have a -- we're a small county. we're growing, but i did talk with mike several times over the last few weeks and what you saw on television with mike was very much his p...

Listen to this. >> i it talk with mike several times over the last few weeks and what you saw on television with mike was very much his persona. that was not a put-on, halves his every day lifestyle. he was a very outgoing person and very dedicated to finding the killer of mark hasse. >> i understand when he would walk his dog, he would carry his gun, even taking have a care because of what happened to the assistant district attorney in your neck of the woods two months ago, that he took caution. he was also tough talking man. and well liked it seemed temperature did you know him? what was he ...