hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. coming your way this hour, could this have been the next columbine? a teen had moll tov cocktails and drain cleaner bombs stashed under his floor. his mom is blaming an ocd disorder. he's about to face a judge and a murder charge. the bombing that sent shock waves, six weeks after the mayhem of the marathon. how far survivors have come as investigators search for links to other terrorists. and grab. toto and hang on tight. we're going to take you right into the middle of a kansas

tornado. we're also checking the radar for possible more twisters just in the hours ahead. playing out, though, right now in a sanford, florida, courtroom, the final sifting process of a blockbuster legal saga. the case against george zimmerman in the killing of trayvon martin. in the last few hours, if there are any indication at all, zimmerman has quite the uphill battle in defending himself in the second-degree murder charge. the judge just denied the defense's motion to delay this trial. it is set to go june 10th. the judge also ruled that the jury will not be leaving the courtroom on a go-see of the shooting scene. the best way for the jury to understand what happened that night back on february 26th of 2012 is to go there and see if for themselves. but the prosecution said it is impossible to recreate the exact conditions and that judge on your screen debra nelson agreed.

also potential jurors will not be sequestered, at least during the jury selection. but all that could change once they actually empanel a jury. they could sequester them. the judge is going to take that up at a later date. so many moving parts on this case. it was a busy morning in that courtroom. i want to go to victor blackwell who joins me live from sanford, florida. the first thing i want to get to is the defense's key argument about sequestering the potential jurors. if the last case we just came off of of jodi arias is that something that this defense is worried about? >> reporter: they are indeed. and they mentioned actually some of the other big high profile cases, the arias case, the casey anthony case, of jurors being swamped by reporters once they come out of the building after that decision is made. now his request, although he said we're speaking about mark

omar ra, the entire jury pool, 500 people, that they be sequestered during the jury selection process. imagine the hotel rooms and the logistics. that was dismissed out of hands. there will be a hearing on this friday to determine if the media will be able to photograph members of the jury or the potential jury. but this judge has determined they will stay anonymous. you can only refer to them as their number. i want to talk to you about one other thing. there will be another hearing before the start of jury selection on the tenth. the next thursday and friday, judge nelson scheduled two days of hearings to determine if the voice data will be used during the trial. that data was collected by experts for the state and one expert determined that the last words spoken before the shot fired was the word "stop" and it was more than likely it was trayvon martin. he said the voice was from the

younger person instead of the older person. the defense says there wasn't enough information to make that determination. he says it should be inadmissible. we'll see what happens on the 6th and 7th of june. >> victor, i have seen days when they have a the lot of motions to go through. this judge is firing through them so quickly. i have a full printout here two and a half pages full ink of all the things they had to go through. by my count, this is not going well for george zimmerman. i have seen all of the motions, i think, for the prosecution but one have been granted. i think all of the motions for zimmerman have been denied. is that wrong? >> reporter: well, you're very close, if not exactly on the number. we have to go through the important ones. there was the release of the pictures and the text messages from trayvon martin's phone suggesting that he used marijuana, that he was trying to sell a gun. had familiarity with guns and

marijuana. the judge granted the motion to keep out of courtroom meaning the jury will never see his past marijuana use. the school records, his history of fighting, social media postings, photos with gold teeth. any information about his familiarity with guns. i want to show this moment between mark o'mara and the judge in which during the questioning about the familiarity with guns, he says, this is just unfair. listen. >> the drugs and the history of his chronic use of drugs and his familiarity with fighting and to a certain extent his familiarity with guns is completely relevant to the theory of defense. so how could you keep us from arguing our theory of defense? >> because the rules of evidence keep you from doing it. >> reporter: you have to say that there was no guarantee. these were the words from mark o'mara. no guarantee he was going to introduce any of it. he wanted to show his hand to say if you go after the

character of george zimmerman, i'm going to introduce this so the jury know this is part of trayvon martin's history. >> and i'm correcting myself too. the gag order request, which is something the prosecution wanted, they were getting tired of seeing all the evidence come out on tv, that was denied. so it will keep coming out for now any way. victor, if you could standby for a moment. victor blackwell doing our live reporting. i want to bring in defense attorney danny so va lis. this was a pretty good deal for george zimmerman to be able to keep that gag order from stopping some of that material to get out. there's no jury yet. so anybody watching this right now knows about some of the background of the victim in this case. but it does look like this has been a tough day. is this an indication of what trial will be like? >> no, i don't think it is. the defense is going to file a number of different motions.

remember the jury in this case is going o decide whether george zimmerman is guilty or the not guilty. this judge has a history of speeding through these motions. she disposes of them quickly. there have been days where the defense has won the day. this appears to be a day where the judge is going in favor of the prosecution. there are a couple other motions that should concern us. the expert motion is going to be a big one. if you read this expert's report, and i recommend that everybody does read this report, it is really questionle. the defense is essentially saying that it doesn't meet the standards of fry. it would be like, for example, if i tried to introduce astrology and said i studied it for 20 years. i may be an expert in astrology, but astrology isn't an accepted science that will tell us anything about the world. so those motions were not really reached today. >> and as you say that, it makes

me harken back to the casey anthony trial where evidence was brought in of what the trunk of k casey anthony smelled like. they captured the essence of a tube and preserved it for over a year or two and wanted to open the tube for the jurors to smell. it was called smell evidence. there was a fry hearing on that as well. is that sort of equate? >> absolutely. that's an even better example. any time you have a novel area, the smell evidence, although we are all familiar with smells, reducing smells to a science is something totally different. that's exactly what came up in casey anthony. whether it was an accepted area of science. not whether or not you're an expert on smells. we all arguably are an expert on smells. but whether smell science is a legitimate science. it's a similar motion. it's important to note the prosecution in zimmerman said this is about voice

identification and this has been an accepted science. but the defense is saying, no, not quite. this expert is talking about -- and you have to read this report of their proposed expert. the sounds that he heard and the voices he heard sounded like a religious statement. it sounded like he was making some kind of religious reference. that is not the language of voice identification. that's the language of reading tea leaves. that's like a psychic reading into what george zimmerman may or may not have been doing. >> it looks like they are wrapping right now. sorry to interrupt you. as you're talking, i wanted to make sure viewers wanted to know this is a live picture of the courtroom. i expected motion goss to go most of the day. i'm surprised they rifled through them. you can see mark o'mara greeting some of the members in the court. george zimmerman, though, wasn't there today. standby.

we're going to hit this topic again as we sift through what else has transpired. there's a lot to go through. we'll revisit this. standby if you would. danny live for us. i want to bring you up to speed on a couple other big stories we're watching. in new mexico really just bizarre. two homeless women are going to be in court today on murder charges. police have released a video of a high-speed chase that led to their arrest. take a look. you have seen high-speed chases before. when the police stopped the car, one of the women inside they were pulling out admitted there was a body in the trunk. the prosecutors say the women who are 20 and 18 years old killed a 51-year-old man so that they could steal his car. another juror in the jodi arias murder trial is speaking out to cnn and talking about why they ended up at such an impass unable to decide on life or death for jodi arias. here's what the juror told

anderson kocooper last night. >> i didn't belief what she had to say. i don't think she ever was truly honest with us. i know that for me, i didn't see any remorse or any issues with herself for what happened that day, for what travis went through. i didn't see any of that. >> she also said that the jury felt like they had let the system as well as travis alexander's family down when they couldn't decide on the death penalty. she says it ended up the way it it did partly because of the instructions that they were given. the dead lock means a brand new penalty phase and a brand new jury for jodi arias will be empanelled. if they don't come to an agreement, which so far doesn't look like there's any plan for that. the next phase gets underway on july 18th. an arizona woman will learn her fate today in a mexican court. she could face drug charges or be set free.

she is a mother of seven and she was driving become from a family funeral in mexico when she and her husband were stopped by mexican soldiers. the soldiers said they found 12 pounds of marijuana in the family's bus. her husband says he believes that the mexican troops wanted a bribe. heading out to oregon where moll tov cocktails found in a secret compartment of a teenage boy's bedroom. he's due many court today accused of a very adult attack, planning an attack, an attack deadlier than columbine. we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of tim and laura. it's amazing how appreciative people are when you tell them they could save a lot of money on their car insurance by switching to geico...they may even make you their best man.

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...and we inspected his brakes for free. the attack was supposed to be more deadly than columbine with more powerful bombs to ratchet up the death toll. that's what prosecutors say a teen in oregon was planning just before the police foiled an elaborate plan to attack his school. his name is grant allen accord and he's about to face a judge this afternoon charged with some very serious adult crimes. cnn's miguel marquez is live this morning. what do we know about the suspect and about the plot and

how far it got? >> reporter: yeah, it sounds like it was fairly far along. police are taking it very seriously. he was 17 years old. he had hidden in a secret compartment in the floor boards of his mother's house some six bombs including the pipe bombs, bombs with drano and molotov cocktails. they got on to this by a tipster who let them know he was talking about this. they are darn lucky they did. it makes one's blood runs cold to think of the chance of this thing happening again. he will be arraigned here at the courthouse in corvallis later today. the high school that he was planning this attack on has opened back up for business today. police searched it again. they have extra staff on duty today. they also want to talk to students there because this kid had talked to some of his friends before and said things about bombs, talked about building bombs, but nobody took

him seriously. he was a very quiet kid. some called him a little strange, but nothing he said to them at school at least caused them to believe he would hatch a plot like this. but police believe he was planning it and would have pulled it it off if they hadn't arrested him. >> that's very distressing. miguel, thank you so much. here is exactly what this young man is facing. one count of aggravated attempted murder, six counts of manufacturing a destructive device, six counts of possession of a destructive device, six counts of possession of a weapon with intent to use it against another person. danny ze lal loss is back with me again. danny just to you, to see a list like that with one count of attempted aggravated murder and the other lists of six, can you make that make sense for the person out there that sees a school as a whole lot more than one or six people? >> well, the aggravated murder

just means it's a murder with aggravating circumstances. in this case, it's using an exemployees i havive device or the plan -- using an explosive device. the real question here is at what point did he make that step beyond just thinking about it it, maybe preparing for it it. it's interesting to note even though he's 17, every state allowed for juveniles to be charged as adults when there are certain enumerated crimes. you can't do it if it's a small amount of marijuana, but this is as egregious as crimes again. it's likely that the oregon statute allows him to be, what they call direct file. he's a juvenile, he's 17, but he's going to be charged as an adult. and hopefully for the juvenile at least he's going to do everything he can to get back into juvenile court because the punishments there are nothing like they are in adult court, which obviously is prison and very long-term.

so that's what this juvenile defense is going to be oriented around. getting him back into juvenile court and fighting those charges. >> so monica, his mother has said that this young man suffers from a very rare form of ocd. when you're talking about a defense, if he's going to be in adult court he's going to face it like everyone else. what kind of defense can you mount if you suffer from something like this and how much evidence would you have to show about that suffering? >> that's a great question. you need to focus on what's affecting him. she said it's pandas, which is a rare form of ocd brought on by the body's reaction to the strep virus. and it it can cause mental illness issues or a brain injury. so you have to look at is that going to affect his ability to understand right and wrong or to know what he was doing was right or wrong. and i know that sounds like an

insanity, but they kind of go hand in hand. they have to look the at it to see if is he able to understand what charges are against him. is he able to help his attorneys defend him. so as they are looking at trying to get this back into juvenile court and the prosecutor is keeping it in adult court, how does that mental issue come into play here and can we prosecute him. >> so i get kpe tans. everybody has to be able to assist in his or her defense and assist the attorneys and understand the charges. but if you're going to add ocd and the fact that he's young and perhaps immature, doesn't that speak directly to competence? can't that boost him back to juvenile court? how can a kid who can't cope help his attorneys? >> you're absolutely right. that's something that the court is going to have to look at. one reason why they are going to order the competency test and the mental evaluation to

determine was he able, even though he's 17 and this was a grave, grave crime allegedly, is he going to be able to understand what is going on. and does he have the capability to understand what he was doing was wrong. so you're right on, it comes down to competency. >> we have a lot more coming in this case. he will be facing the judge this afternoon. thank you to you both. we'll be talking a little later on in this hour as well. stay put. also following more than a dozen tornadoes reported in the united states yesterday including one in kansas, it's unbelievable in that you're looking at it from within the tornado. not to mention there's a severe threat for this today. chad meyers is standing by with that coming at you right after the break. ♪

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president obama is back on the jersey shore today to survey the recovery efforts after hurricane sandy. he actually just landed. he and the governor chris christie are expected to tour the coastline throughout hour. he's expected to speak at asbury

park about 2:00 eastern. we'll monitor that for you. also in the news firefighters struggling. it is a rough one. they are trying to get the upper hand on a huge wildfire in southern california. it is fast moving and forced the evacuation of 6,000 people. it's from white rock campground. very popular. it's very popular the end of memorial day weekend. so this was quite an emergency to move them all out. it's already charred about a thousand acres and the forest service says the fire is about 5% contained. the widow of a kentucky police officer killed in an apparent ambush held back tears as she talked about her husband and this happening just minutes ago. officer jason ellis was shot to death early saturday morning while he was simply clearing debris off of a road. police say that they think somebody put the debris there on purpose. then lay in wait and shot ellis when he got out of his car. today his wife thanked everyone

for their support. >> it it just means a lot. i can't say how much that it has meant to us just to see the honor that has been shown to him and the support of our family. he was an amazing man. i want everybody to know what an amazing man that he was. he was a dedicated family man. he loved our family, he loved our boys, he loved me. >> that was from kentucky. so far no arrests have been made in that officer's killing. former new york city police commissioner bernard ke risk getting out of prison today. that's according to local news reports. he spent the last three years in a federal prison in maryland. that's because he was convicted of tax fraud and for lying to the federal government. remember he was also in line to be president george w. bush's homeland security chief and then

corruption allegations put a big stop to that. there you go. bernard kerik getting out of prison. a terrifying rescue to show you in china. what you're seeing here are doctors cutting away a ceramic sewer pipe because there's a newborn baby lodged inside. apparently the neighbors were hearing cries from an apartment toil e et and called the fire department. they couldn't get the baby out. look at the pictures. absolutely incredible. the fireman just grabbed the pipe. they rushed the actual pipe to the hospital with the baby still inside and they did get that child out. here's something even more remarkable. after all of this, the baby is said to be stabilized. no one has come forward to claim that baby. storm chasers with some really remarkable video from right inside the eye of a big tornado in kansas. you are the beneficiaries of the video. look at this.

very few people can say they have ever seen this sight before. the road just disappears into the swirl of rain and filth and dirt. then the swirling debris you can see overhead. the guys who shot the video say the wind speeds were upwards of 150 miles an hour. how did they get it? good question. that is how they got it it. it's called a tornado intercept vehicle. in case you're wondering, it weighs 14,000 pounds and has big spikes that dig in more than three feet into the ground to try to anchor it in place. our meteorologist chad meyers got to check this out when it came to the cnn center a few years ago. chad is in the weather center to explain this to me. if a tornado, chad, can completely blend a two-story brick building, why isn't that

aton ka toy despite the big stick things in the ground. >> i thought the question was would you ever get in and the answer is no. the size, there are skirts that go down to the ground to stop air from getting under the car, or the vehicle. and then the spikes go into the ground to anchor it to the ground. they put this thing in the way. they know where the tornado is headed. they drive to the exact location on the same road that it's going to go over. they want to be inside. the wind speed up on top was 150 only because at 150 that's when the instruments got. torn off the truck. so it was an ugly day in the plains yesterday. more tornados today. we're going to talk to these guys later on today. i can't believe they survived 150 miles per hour. >> you said the oklahoma area, are they getting hit again? >> they will and again tomorrow. there's a slight risk of severe weather for a lot of people. 48 million people in the path of this severe weather today.

some tornadoes, lots of hail. all the way from nebraska, texas, all the way to buffalo, new york, is where the slight risk is today. 48 million people live in this area today. we'll keep you advised this afternoon if we get any tornadoes on the ground. >> they need it the least, as if anyone needs it, but they need it the least. thank you. as chad mentioned, very important to remember the 1:00 eastern hour, the people who actually braved that vehicle, the storm chasers who just got inside the eye of a tornado with their big darth vader-like vehicle is going to talk to us what it was like and whether they would do it again. we're going to take you back to boston. the marathon bombings, we'll see where this case stands and where the story stands and if, if there's a possibility anyone else was involved. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule.

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marathon runners this memorial day weekend was extra special because they got to finish that race that was so tragically disrupted by the deadly bombings last month. and they did it in a spectacular way in front of a lot of people at the indianapolis motor speedway. it's a group of 35. they ran from turn four to the f finish line just before the start of the indy 500 race. the other survivors of the attack that killed three people and wounded 275 are making good recoveries too from their wounds. two of the survivors, brothers, who both lost a leg, each lost a leg in the bombings on saturday they were honored at a bruins playoff hockey game. flags flying all throughout the stands too. they are among those speaking out about their recovery. >> those are tiny bits of metal that are still in your fingers. >> yeah. >> last week i had a bb come out right here. and hen you can see this one is

trying to force its way out. this one in my elbow is starting to force its way out. >> amazing the shrapnel is just making its way out of the victims. things have returned pretty much to normal along boylston street where the twin bombings went off near the finish line of the marathon. there are two big questions that remain paramount in the investigation, which is ongoing even though you may not hear the headlin headlines. katherine russell, is she going to be charged with anything? this widow of tamerlan tsarnaev, the bombing suspect who was killed in the gun battle with the police, so what's her update? and also what more do we know about what it was that launched tamerlan tsarnaev and his younger brother dzhokhar with such a destructive path that ultimately resulted in these bombings. jason carol is covering the case. we're not going to let this go. let's start with question one. that is katherine. she's not been in the headlines,

but that doesn't mean she isn't meeting often and early with investigators. >> reporter: absolutely. and i spoke to her attorney who made it it very clear that she continues to cooperate with investigators, but i have to tell you based on what he's telling me, that may be taking its toll on her. the questioning is ongoing and it's frequent. he told me that she understands why the government wants to question her and why the government wants information, even information that she may not think is important but may be important to them. so why the questioning continues. one of the things he said is it's been very difficult for her. she's trying to bring up a baby without a husband. she realizes the magnitude of what's happened and it's beginning to take its toll. at this point, she continues to cooperate. the question we keep getting is there any possibility that she might be charged with something and at this point it's unclear. >> it's been a long time now,

five weeks, so we'll keep watching that one. in the meantime, i know there's a lot going on that we're not being told about. especially over in dagestan. investigators went there. a lot of people are still trying to figure out if there was that connection, if there are other radicals involved in this, if there's a larger conspiracy that we need to be concerned about. but what do we know about what ultimately drove tamerlan tsarnaev and allegedly his brother dzhokhar tsarnaev to just completely snap from reality and do this? everyone said they were fairly normal people. >> reporter: let's start from the beginning on that. at this point, investigators are still telling us they believe these brothers acted as s so-called lone wolves. in other words, they came up with this idea to detonate these bombs at the marathon on their own. investigators are trying to determine did they get any help at all along the way in terms of just learning how to create those bombs. and we do know that the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, did

spend six months last year in dagestan in an area that is heavily infiltrated with muslim extremists. in fact, he attended a mosque that was also attended by another young man. that's a key figure because nadal was heavily infiltrated in the militant community. he eventually joined a militant group and was killed by russian forces. what investigators are trying to determine is did tsarnaev and nadal have a connection? did they meet at this mosque? tamerlan tsarnaev would have stuck out like a sore thumb. he would have looked like a werner. he would have attracted attention. did he attract nadal? did they have a connection? did he introduce him to others in the community? these are things that investigators are trying to determine. >> i want to have a quick peek behind you. i'm looking at the people on boylston street and at the memorial behind you. there's as much material being

left behind, remembrances, fresh flowers behind you, that hasn't waned, has it? >> reporter: it really hasn't. you were out here. you were here at this scene at this memorial. what's interesting to see some of the things that have changed and have not changed. boylston street when we were out there yesterday, it's amazing to see the people coming out to the street. what has not changed is the memorial. you still see cards coming in, letters coming in and that's going to be good news to some of the victims like the mothers we talked to. some who are struggling financially. >> it's nice to see the fresh flowers as well. jason, nice to see you. thank you for the update. it's good to keep on tab on that story. good stuff. jason carol reporting live. want to take you back to the lead story. george zimmerman going on trial in a couple weeks for the killing of trayvon martin. just within the hour, wrapping up hearings.

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want to take you back to sanford, florida, now. a big battle ahead for george zimmerman. his attorneys just got out of court a couple minutes ago. the judge has denied a lot of the requests they were making this morning. a big one, of course, the delay they wanted in the trial. they wanted six more weeks to prepare and get discovery because they were worried they weren't getti inting discovery

timely fashion. before that, though, there will be a few more hearings. one is friday afternoon. it's about whether the media is going to be able to shoot video or photos of the jury. that's a tough question. just minutes ago the lawyer for trayvon martin's family had a chance to speak to the media assembled outside of the courtroom. benjamin krump was speaking. >> trayvon martin did not get out of the car to chase anybody. trayvon martin did not shoot and kill anybody. trayvon martin is not on trial. the judge went through about 22 motions that she denied primarily based on all that information that the defense lawyers put out. you all called it it evidence. we told you it was not evidence. it was information that the

defense lawyers put out. we have to respect the rule of law. we have to respect the evid we have to be responsible, all of us. when people put something out there, we have to challenge it it. we just can't accept it. this is a relevant issue. none of the information released last week by the defense lawyers were relevant. >> so that was the attorney for the family of trayvon martin. we're turning tape as fast as we can because there were a couple simultaneous press conferences and another was by robert zimmerman, who is george zimmerman's brother. i'm going to paraphrase a couple things. he spoke about the rule of law. we're not a wealthy family. we have been joined by many people who believe in the rule of law. we assure our you trust in george is well placed. i'm calling on the state of florida to withdraw the charge of second-degree murder. george was viciously attacked by

a nose-breaking attack. it is now high time to withdraw this improper charge. these are the words from george zimmerman's brother just outside of the courthouse. you want to bring in defense attorney danny ze vel loss. just for starters, there's not going to be a continuous. the defense was worried they made a charge that the prosecution wasn't turning over discovery in a timely fashion, which means they don't feel they could prepare for the start of trial just around the bend. does that mean you just get what you get? >> when it comes to asking for continuances, you like to think a court is going to grant it. it doesn't seem like this case has been around all that long. it is a murder case. i was surprised that the judge doesn't grant that motion for a

continuance. however, once you find out the judge has ruled the way she has, it means you have a lot less time to go forward to trial. this happens all the time in a trial calendar. things move around and get moved up. you have to be a good improvist and put your nose to the grindstone. >> it's not an appellate issue? >> it should be an appellate issue. it's something that later on could really go to the effective assistance of counsel whether or not counsel was able to prepare for trial. the other issue is what we call a brady giglio issue whether they turned over evidence in a timely manner. >> so no gag order. this was something that the prosecutors were rather concerned about. they had stated that the defense attorneys for george zimmerman were putting a lot of material out there once discovery got to their desks they were releasing it it to the media. as a defense attorney if you go

through some of the motions you were denied today, a lot of the material from the cell phone they can't use that maybe show him to be not as innocent as the media has depicted him to be. if you can't do that at trial, does that mean you do it now because there's no gag order? you get it out to the jury pool. so they see it. >> you know, it really depends on the ethical rules. each jurisdiction has ethical rules that the attorneys have to follow. some jurisdictions allow the defense attorneys in criminal cases to go out there and basically put out that character information and anything else as long as it's mnot in violation f a court order. other jurisdictions say, no, you can only say things that will protect your client in the eyes of the jury pool. you can't just put anything out there. so depending on what ethical rules they are bound by, they might have to walk a very fine line. something else that you need to think about is even though the

judge said that some of these things won't be coming in, basically saying this character evidence of trayvon martin, what he was like, did he have gold teeth or not, what did his text messages saying, something about the marijuana. whether these things come into trial, right now she's said no. but america, remember, if the prosecution opens the door to some of those issues, the judge will likely allow the defense to bring those issues in. but he -- >> that happens a lot. i see those mistakes made all the time. a big door and the wind comes rushing through. we're back right after this. head & shoulders and old spice are now together in one bottle. so we're always 100% flake free... ...while smelling 100% handsome. [ josh ] and with a double dose of confidence like that...

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right back to florida where our stories have been breaking over the hearings this morning in the george zimmerman second-degree murder case. a busy morning. i can't bring them all to you. jean casarez was in court for all of them. break it down for me. you don't have to go list by list, break down in essence what you saw transpire in the courtroom, jean. >> i saw motion after motion be granted for the prosecution or denied for the defense. this was clearly a day of wins for the prosecution. and i think the point of this judge is that this is not going to be a trial where trayvon martin is on trial in his

character is assuasged in court. the judge can defer rulings, he can say you're not going to mention drug use in the opening statement, you're not going to mention that marijuana was found in his system or mention he was suspend ford school and that's why he was in sanford, florida. this judge made ruling after ruling. the only door she opened, ashleigh, in regard to any of that, is in regard to fighting. if the defense can show foundation, and it is not hearsay, some aspects of fighting or propensity to fight could come into the trial on the part of trayvon martin. >> so if there's additional evidence coming into discovery which they don't know about yet, maybe that could lead them, i'll give you last ten seconds on this, jean. >> right. i mean, trial is very fluid. you never know what is going to come in. the defense will continue to

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