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Zimmerman to find him suspicious in the first place? what is it that makes him get out of the car, to follow with the gun? those questions are central to understanding how the encounter happens in the first place, and that encounter is what is at the heart of this case. you know, the big facts are not ever going to change, you know. george zimmerman gets out of a car and follows trayvon at some point during that evening. and they encounter each other and trayvon ends up with a hole in his chest and he dies. those facts won't change. what does -- what this whole trial hinges on is what is it, w...

Called it to get out of town. >> he should be treated like any other defendant. if he's not a risk of flight, if the equities are in his favor, he has no prior record, he has a stable family situation, he's a member of the community, he has a solid employment situation. >> there's every reason to think that the case against him is strong, that he would be looking at -- that he would flee the commonwealth and potentially flee the country. >> despite the fact that he has a fiancee and a baby and is a homer, he also has a bracelet. >> the judge said that she was convinced that the prosecution see...

President obama today is down playing efforts to take the nsa leaker edward snowden into custody on felony charges, even as the case strains some foreign relations. our correspondent is following the latest from the state department. >> reporter: nsa leaker edward snowden is cooling his heels for another day at moscow's airport. but is that the plan or is he stuck? obama administration officials are lobbying hard for countries around the world to stop him and send him back, but president barack obama says he's not going to do any wheeling and dealing and trading on other issues in order to get...

Closely, that trayvon said why are you following me? and that really described george zimmerman as the initial aggressor, as the pursuer. that is crucial, crucial to the state's case because, after all, george zimmerman is claiming self-defense. if he is found to have been the first aggressor, if the jury believes rachel, then i think self-defense is almost off the table here. >> jeffrey, the defense, they have a tough job walking that very, very thin line. they want to undermine her credibility, but if they go too far, that could undermine their defense of george zimmerman. how do you think t...

Article for cnn.com, said it's all about race. and for us to deny that i think doesn't get us a step further than where we were yesterday. >> do you think, charles, there's a real consensus in the african-american community about this case? >> well, i do believe that people understand the idea of racial profiling and that they believe in this case that something about trayvon triggered that response in george zimmerman, and they believe that that has something to do with racial profiling. because you know, it's really hard to understand apart from that, because you know, there's a kid who's wa...