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I am ashleigh banfield reporting live in sanford, florida. you're not missing any testimony. the great seal of the state of florida is what the camera is trained on in the courtroom. judge debra nelson decided they need a brief break and that maybe an understatement. this he have been at it since 9:00 this morning. so far it is hour upon hour of hard fought battling over the language of what this jury is going to hear in what is typically kind of boilerplate jury instructions, not this time around. every single word counts. every word matters. i will bring in a renowned criminal defense attorn...

Category, one offense. it was going to go in there. the defense tried to make an argument the state hasn't made any suggestion or shown any fact that would allow it to be justified. >> it is in. >> it is in. >> right now the jury is going to consider second degree murder against george zimmerman and manslaughter which by the way is in small joke when you have a gun involved in the crime here in florida. >> no, no, on the manslaughter it takes you from a second degree felony of 15 year mandatory minimum to excuse me a 15 year maximum to a 30 year, so now the exposure because the firearm would b...

I will take up the second degree murder argument and there after mr. de la rionda will be giving some moments but that would not only thing he has to plug into the closing argument and we'll start closing arguments for the state this afternoon. >> the third degree murder argument, urn. >> third degree, i am sorry. manslaughter will be given

>> no. we're good. that's fine. the only issue with that is we then have to repeat because the firearm findings for each of the murder counts are different than the firearm findings for manslaughter because of the 1020 life language. >> the 1020 life doesn't apply to third degree murder. >> it does. >> it does, too. it even applies to aggravated assault. >> yes. >> well, i will have to -- >> it does apply. you will just have to put it in a a that would make sense. the court's ruling will be the charges the first and then the special finding by the jury. before we recess for lunch, let me give ...