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December, this is just a logistical necessity. three days, you're going to get it done. are you going to get it done? >> oh, yes, absolutely. this is just a procedural mandate, actually, that makes it mandatory we extend for a few days. just for the processes primarily of the senate. once we send the budget appropriation bill over to them, but there's strong bipartisan support for this bill. it's a bill that i don't want to crow about, because nobody's happy about it. as you mentioned, conservatives think we're spending too much. a lot of democrats think we're still ignoring important investme...

Welcome back live in sanford, florida, everyone. a live shot of the courtroom. we'll show you front and center for the first time since this trial began, robert zimmerman sitting beside his wife, gladys zimmerman. they are the parents of george zimmerman. why for the first time are they now seated in the gallery? because the rules of witness sequestration dictate that you may not be in the courtroom if you're going to be a witness in the case. and both of them were. and they remained under the sequestration rules until the end of the testimony. so now they can finally sit behind their son and ...

Substantive violation. and there's been no finding of that, there's been no evidence or suggestion of that, and in reality, we know what his testimony was, because it was quite limited, limited to testimony that he created, if you will, on saturday -- mark o'mara, the defense attorney for george zimmerman making the case while the testimony of john donnelly on behalf of george zimmerman should remain as evidence -- should be allowed for the juries to consider, even though the state, the prosecution is arguing that mr. donnelly violated the so-called sequestration rules by watching the trial,...

>> he said why you are following me. then i madder -- >> reporter: the judge asking the jurors if they followed her sequestration rules. bill: we'll see how the prosecution rehabilitates her or takes her. the you're did hear some of zimmerman's previous phone calls that he made in the weeks or months prior about suspicious people in his neighborhood. how does that turn out, phil? >> reporter: that was a big victory for the prosecution who finally played those five zimmerman phone calls for the jury to hear. for prosecutors they argued it showed zimmerman's state of mind when he saw trayvon mar...

Prior to the jury entering the courtroom, the jurors are dressed for business. there are several of them wearing business suits. they are coming into court with a serious demeanor. the family of george zimmerman was escorted out of the courtroom because they will eventually be called as witnesses and the judge basically ruling that no family members will be allowed in the courtroom until after they have offered their own testimony because of the sequestration rules in effect. however, the parent of trayvon martin are allowed to be there because legal doctrine does allow family members of the v...