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>> late teens. something's wrong with him. i don't know what his deal is. >> okay. let me know. we got them on the way. let me know if he does anything else. >> okay. >> did you hear that in. >> yes, sir. >> did you hear that language? do you want me to play it back? >> your honor, i'll object. it's a mischaracterization of the evidence. >> sustained. >> you want me to play it back for you? >> did you hear that?
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>> yes, sir. >> would you agree that based on your experience in his voice thoo he's a little more excited than previously? >> no, sir. >> you think it's the same monotone? >> everybody has different tones to their voice as their speaking much like i am now. he's speaking to law enforcement and he's trying to give them information. >> okay. you had not heard that before? >> i hadn't heard that part before, no. >> you heard another part dealing with where he uses the words, some other derogatory words. you had not hard that before? >> i may have heard snippets of it, sir. i'm hearing everything pretty much fully today. >> okay. >> you try to become familiar with his voice. you were already familiar with
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his voice but trying to compare it to the 911 recording on saturday? >> yes, sir. >> you didn't listen to any other recordings? >> no. >> you didn't compare it to any other voices he married prior calls? >> no, sir. >> you already knew his voice? >> yes, sir. >> on that recording that you listened to, the 911 operator -- i'm sorry, the one mr. o'mara played for it. you know which one i'm talking about. the one you listened to saturday. >> yes, sir. >> it was similar to the one played in court, correct? >> yes. >> you heard the person, you believe is george zimmerman yelling help, help continuously? >> that was absolutely george zimmerman. >> no doubt in your mind you believe it's george zimmerman? >> there's not a single doubt in my mind. >> he have yelling over and over help, help? >> yes.
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i heard like other screams help but the screams in particular, i could tell, i knew that was george zimmerman. >> you heard other screams too that you weren't sure of? >> there was help. those particular emotional, obviously when someone is in dire straits whether be combat or anything else your voice obviously changes. i've heard 250 pound men sound like a little girl screaming, but before you get there you know who he is. >> you had -- you believe there were george zimmerman and others you can't make out? >> the voices i heard screaming and for help are george zimmerman. there's other voices on top of
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that in the tape. there's 911 operator. there's other stuff which oddly enough i'm familiar with because in the den of battle you have a loot of extraneous other noises going on at the same time. >> other people yelling or other people speaking? >> other people yelling. at the same time you have small arms, rockets. you have people screaming but you still have the ability to pick out the ones that you have to run to as a medic. >> the ones that you're familiar with. the other people if you weren't familiar, if some guy showed up and you never heard his voice you wouldn't be able to pick out his voice as easily as the person you're familiar with? >> that's correct, sir.
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the voices we've been together most of us for period of month months and we all knew each other's voice and who it was. >> right. my question is there had been a person who had shown up that day and there was a fire fight out there and a shooting, if you never heard his voice you wouldn't be able to pick up that person's voice? >> no, sir. after february we had a lot of new guys. >> okay. in this case the only voice you're able to pick out is george zimmerman's voice? >> the voice screaming on the tape george zimmerman, sir. >> thank you. i have a matter to bring up to the court.
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>> shall we finish the examination. >> any re-direct? >> please, your honor. just to clear. as you listened to the 911 tape, i thought you were saying that some of the screams were -- >> objection as to leading. >> sustained. >> were all the screams you heard, those that same help and screaming, was that all from george zimmerman? >> yes, sir. >> there were other voices like the 911 operator and others. the background noise, who was -- was it one person or more than one person? >> that was one person. it was easy for me just based on my past experiences, very easy for me. that was george zimmerman. >> okay. did you ever discuss with your
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wife this nonemergency call? >> no, sir. >> okay. you had listened to this tape on saturday, two days ago? >> yes, sir. >> when did you contact me? >> i believe i called you saturday afternoon. >> right after you had done this? >> yes, sir. >> is that the first time that we talked about your testifying regarding the 911 call? >> yes, sir. >> was that a difficult decision for you to make? >> extremely. >> was it an emotional conversation that you and i had regarding having to deal with this issue? >> yes, sir. >> are you coloring or changing your testimony at all simply to help mr. zimmerman in what you
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perceive to be a time of need? >> not at all, sir. this courtroom is about truth. at some point in time even though this is personally very hard for me this is the place truth is supposed to come out. >> is that why you decided to deal whatever demons existed from 45 years ago and still testify concerning these events here today? >> yes. >> nothing further. >> whose idea was it to listen to the recording s ining saturd? >> it was my own, sir. >> thank you. >> may he be excused. >> yes. >> you're excused. counsel approach the bench. ♪ hey! ♪ ♪ let's go! ♪ [ male announcer ] you can choose to blend in. ♪
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i'm ashleigh banfield. while the attorneys are discussing it's been a remarkable day of witness after witness getting up on that stand and identifying a 311 call and a 911 call. the defense asked them to identify the screaming on the 911 call and the prosecutors cross examine by playing a 311 call filled with profanity, f'ing punks and asking them to identify. it's been a remarkable battle of the tapes. the judge is on the bench. let's listen as she will dismiss us for lunch. >> no television or newspaper reports about the case. do not use an electronic device to get on the internet to do independent research about the place, people, places or things of terminology. do not create any e-mails, twitters, tweets or blogs or social networking about the case. do i have your assurances you'll
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abide by these instructions? >> yes. >> if you'll put your note pad down and follow the deputy back into the jury room. >> as he does every day george zimmerman is watching the jury file out of this courtroom. the entire courtroom stands for the justify. not everybody does. every jurisdiction is different. that jury has now been sequestered for over two weeks. they are going into the third week. their holiday, july 4th was spent sequestered. the just has recessed. let's listen to see if they'll do any motions. >> thank you. court is in recess. >> no they are not. everyby needs a lunch break. they have been hard at work since 9:00 this morning.
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this judge continues to ask the jury do you need a break or do you want to power right on through. almost every single time the jury says power on through, judge. i've watched them in the courtroom before. as she looks over i often think and i got to be honest, when i first saw this jury of nine people, one man and eight women, it almost looks like an airport lounge where some are looking at the monitor, come are looking down. some are paying attention to one person but they all seem to be looking at different places at different times. this is a very focused jury. many listen intently. they always watch the monitor. while the focus is on the great seal of the state of florida. we'll squeeze in a quick break. you'll hear from the witnesses testifying to the sounds on tape. you'll hear them in a moment. [ male announcer ] this is george.
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welcome back to our live coverage of the george zimmerman second-degree murder trial. i'm ashleigh banfield coming to you live. you're not missing a moment of this testimony. we're going to get you right back into that courtroom live once the testimony resumes. the cameras go to the great seal for a reason. the mics are dead and it gives us great opportunity to recap what's happened this morning. our george howell, cnn espondent gavel to gavel coverage standing by live. sum it up for me. what have we seen and how powerful has it been? >> reporter: what a busy morning. three ho, veifferent witnesses. all of them testifying to that 311 audio that's being played by the defense and then the 911 audio. all are testifying pretty much on george zimmerman's behalf.
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first of all we heard from sondra osterman. mark osterman said he's the best friend. next we have a co-worker who works at digital risk. they considered themselves friends. lee ann donated money and clothes and wanted to do whatever she could and her husband john donnelly. he's the combat medic who gave emotional testimony about what it's like to be in a combat situation to listen to screams and in his belief the scream he heard just last saturday, he believes it was george zimmerman. i want you to hear the witnesses about what they said about the 911 and 311 audio. >> help! >> you think he's yelling help?
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>> yes. >> do you know whose voice that is in the background screaming? >> yes definitely. it was george. >> i thought it was george. >> when i heard the tape my immediate reaction is that's george screaming for help? >> whose voice is it? >> george zimmerman's voice. >> do you have an opinion as to whose voice that is screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> based upon your knowledge of your conversation with george zimmerman and the life experience that you've now brought to the jury, whose voice do you believe that to be screaming for help? >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that it's george zimmerman. i wish to god i did not have that ability to understand that. >> reporter: that last person
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there drawing on his experience as a combat medic remembering what it was like to hear screaming, to hear people yelling for a medic. he says that when he played that audio tape he knew right off the start that was george zimmerman. all of this goes back to what we heard from the audio analyst. that audio analyst just last week when he said that a person could identify that voice if it was a family member, a close friend but that person would also have had to heard the voice in a similar circumstance, a similar scenario. in this particular case where you have a combat medic testifying, he says without a doubt that the voice was george zimmerman. >> then george, my gosh, a combat medic in vietnam gets up on the stand. he's the first person to wipe his eyes and show some tears when identifying that voice. we've had two mothers saying it was their sons and yet no tears which has been really remarkable. stand by. after the break we'll find out
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if the more important question, how did the jury react to that. jean is racing outside from the courthouse to give us all the reaction. she watched the panel as they took in all that testimony. she'll tell it to you in just a moment. teaching tools for success, and fostering creativity. these programs are empowering people to lead positive change, and helping them discover how great a little balance can feel. through initiatives like these, our goal is to inspire more than three million people to rediscover the joy of being active this summer. see the difference all of us can make, together. does your dog food have? 18 percent? 20?
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testimony. they're in a brief break in that courtroom. in the meantime it's a perfect opportunity to get you up to speed not only on what's happened but what it all means. i want to bring in my colleagues working hard not only to watch every moment of this testimony but break it down in legal terms. what it means for the outcome of this case. jean casarez is live. mark nejame is also live with me. he's been providing an enormous amount of insight and also legal defense attorney and cnn analyst. first things first. jean, i know you spent the better part of the morning in court. i know you've had to step in and out but you're the best gauge of how this jury is digesting this information especially when the
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ids of who is screaming. how has it been going? >> reporter: that 911 emergency call was played more times than i can count this morning before the jury. i watched them so closely. every single time it was played witness after witness i would see them going like this. i would see them going like this. i mean just listening so intently to see if they would hear something. we heard the prosecutor inject with a question was that a continuous scream or did it stop and start. it was obvious the prosecution wants it to be a continuous scream. the defense countered that with having it stop and start. as it kept being played you listen to that. don't forget the nonemergency 911 call was played for the jury too and then the defense asked becau based on the rule of completeness for the whole tape to be played. the focal point was been the jury listening and relistening to every piece of audio tape.
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>> it's been the battle of the tapes. i was to bring this mark nejame. let's play that moment when john donnelly who said i recognize screams because i did a lot of that. i had to recognize the screams of colleagues. then he had to listen to the 911 call with the screams and identify it. let's play that. i want to tell you why in particular i'm focusing on that one. >> do you have an opinion as to whose voice that is scream ng the background? >> yes, sir. >> based upon your knowledge of your conversations with george zimmerman and the life experience that you've now brought to the jury, whose voice do you believe that to be screaming for help? >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that is george zimmerman. i wish to god i did not have that ability to understand that.
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>> i wish to god i didn't have that ability to recognize that. he wipes his eyes. very emotional. there's a strategy playing out. he wants one witness after the other to identify that's george zimmerman and the prosecutors want to counter with the 311 tape which they continue to play over and over. why? >> you heard them, them being the prosecution saying was it a continuous noise or did it break up. >> the 311 call is george zimmerman's voice on the tape to the dispatch and what are they trying to prove with this? >> they want to show the ill-will, malace. >> wear words. >> notice the prosecutor saying it over and over. when the jury gets charged with the jury instruction you have to
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show depraved mind. they want to show he's a foul mouth person with an intent to get somebody. this person was a bad person and going to get him. >> paul, score for score, pretty done clever. if you're going to cross examine someone who is iding over and over again this is george zimmerman's voice why not bring another tape up that's filled with expletives and nasty language which our audience was not allowed to hear. they are germane to the case. do you think this worked? >> it adds another item to the reasonable doubt pile that the defense is hoping they're establishing. in my view the two most important witnesses are the two johns. john good close to the scene said the guy on the bottom was screaming for help. that would have been zimmerman and this last witness donnelly
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was compelling telling the story about vietnam. with the mothers testifying or the fathers or the relatives, i think the juries will discount that. i think they will say they are all trying to help their own person. they're going to look for quasi independent people. there's only one truly independent one, jonathan good and this john donnelly has a bit of experience. i think that's how things will play out. >> after the break i'll get you in. in the meantime we have a lot of other news we'll get to you after the break. some exclusive video that cnn has of that plane crash that landed in san francisco at the airport. you can see the remnants on your screen but what happened moments before that 777 ended up like that. you're going to see it as it happened. maybe you can witness something that perhaps the ntsb will also
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saving time by booking an appointment online, even smarter. online scheduling. available now at meineke.com. we're live in sanford, florida. we're following big stories. one in particular that deadly plane crash in san francisco. the developments keep flowing into our office including this exclusive video as the crash happened of the 777 on saturday. really harrowing to see this and hear this because two teenagers died as a result of the crash you're seeing play out on your scre screen. amazingly more than 300 people survived. today we're learning more about the pilot and the problems in
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the cockpit. dan sims liv with the latest. >> reporter: the focus of the investigation seems to be on the actions that the flight crew took as well as the experience level of the pilot. this pilot had only limited experience in a boeing 777. he only had 23 hours flying this type of aircraft and never landed this type of aircraft at the san francisco international airport. we know he had experience in other kinds of planes but not in a triple 7. we know the information coming out of the cockpit seems to show there was not enough speed to land this airplane appropriately. at seven seconds prior to the impact the pilot calls for an increase of speed. not enough time to rev those engines up and get the plane in the appropriate direction. at four sekconds before the impact a stall warning sounded
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meaning it was in danger of stalling. a second and a half before the crash the pilots tried to abort the landing. listen to what a ntsb chairwoman said. >> we're looking at the crew and how they operated and how they were trained. we're looking at the aircraft. we're looking to see if the crew was using automation or flying on auto pilot. there's a lot of things we need to look at and information we need to corroborate. >> reporter: we're hearing that one of the two teens who died after the crash may have been run over by a first responders vehicle. that information is coming from the county coroner's office who said he was alerted by the fire department that one of emergency vehicles may have run over one of the teenager girls. they have to perform an autopsy to figure out whether she died from the crash or may have died
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from a quote, unquote secondary incident. we know a news conference is scheduled in about 20 minutes from now with some of the first responders who are plannin to talk about the actions they took after the crash. >> that is very, very distressing if that does bear out. dan simon from san francisco. go a couple other top stories. federal investigators are on their way to small remote town in alaska after an air taxi single engine plane crashed and burst into flames. ten people on board, all of them dead. officials don't know if this plane was landing or taking off at this early time. also in egypt this morning, an alleged massacre of people loyal to the ousted president morsi. at least 51 people killed.
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egyptian security forces opened fire on pro-morsi demonstrators. they were responding to an attack by what they call an armed terrorist group. the search continues for 40 people who are missing after saturday's run away train disaster in canada. at least five people were killed when a train that was carrying crude oil derailed and set off that massive explosion on your screen. unbelievable. it levelled the downtown in quebec. police say the death toll is expected to rise in that disaster. search and rescue efforts are hampered by lgering fires and risk of more explosion. also happening this morning, teresa hikerry taken to a bosto hospital. a source says she was rushed to the hospital after she exhibited
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symptoms of some kind of seizure. she's 74 years old and she has been treated for breast cancer just a few years ago. we are live in sanford, florida where there's a brief break in the zimmerman murder trial. we're continuing to watch that courtroom. we'll bring you not only the live action as soon as it resumes but we're going to show you some of the things you may have missed and tell you why they may be so critical as itde this case. we're back after this.
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county justice center. i'm ashleigh banfield. the brief breaks means that's the shot you get, the great seal of the state of florida. i want to play a moment in court which was really significant. what we've been watchingll morning is back and forth between two tapes. number one the defense witnesses get up on the stand and identify the voice in the 911 call. the young man screaming in the background. they all identify him as george zimmerman. on cross-examination the prosecutor stands up and plays another tape, the 311 tape. the tape george zimmerman calls in and swearing and saying nasty words about the guy he is chasing and starts asking the same witnesses just what kind of words those are and what kind of person would use those words. case in point sondra osterman. she's gotten up and identified that screamer on the 911 call is george zimmerman.
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under cross-examination watch what happens. >> was there anything in george's voice that gave you the impression that he was angry or acting with ill-will, spite or hatred on that phone call? >> no. >> okay. little confusing but bear with me because there's so much direct, cross, redirect, re, reand re-re. what she was saying was that when she heard those words and i'm sorry i can't say them and we can't play them. they were used to bring out what kind of person this was. what kind of intent this was that was chasing after whoever he thought was in that hoodie. the defense attorney used those specific words, hatred, ill-will, evil intent and asked that witness if that's what she heard and she said no.
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all right. dan danny, i want you to come in here with your expert criminal mind. this is a strategy. this defense attorney has to bring up the words and characterize them, doesn't he in. >> absolutely. here's why. it's been said before. the jury instructions require that the prosecution must prove they have the burden to show that ill-will, that hatred. the prosecution is trying to get witnesses to say this sounds like ill-will. the defense is trying to illicit system that says i know george zimmerman and this doesn't sound like hatred. what does that mean? it's up to each individual juror. the florida courts have said when it comes to ill-will and hatred usually people know the person.
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each attorney will try to come up with evidence supporting their theory of the case. the prosecution has the burden and it's beyond a reasonable doubt. >> ill-will, hatred, spite or evil intent. those are written in the florida s statute when it comes to second-degree. that's why mark o'mara keeps bringing up on that 311 ptape. when you hear f'ing punks, does that equate with ill-will. the prosecutor got back up and requestioned sondra osterman about what she's thinking. have a listen to how that went. >> you were asked in terms of your impressions of whether it
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was ill-will hatred, somebody talking to somebody else in that manner you think they are saying come over and let's talk and go out to dinner? >> i don't think it was angry. >> you don't think he was angry? >> not at all. >> you were there that night? >> i only have you you listening to. >> you're speculating on those two terms? >> i guess we both are. >> oops. that's what you call a bit of a backfire or is it. i think i might have said barry. jean you see this play out. there's lawyer who stands up and is friendly in the questioning. it's a bit of a backwards because often times mark o'mara has that friendly folksy manner. in this case you could tell these prosecutors were getting
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tough on these witnesses. >> reporter: they were because they wanted to try to get information to the jury via these witnesses. what's so interesting is all of these witnesses are very good friends of george zimmerman. they started calling him georgie. when bernie was the one that introduced that 911 call to show the may tread i would have been shocked if i heard one of them say that's hatred, ill-will or spite. this is what the jury is listening to. they can hear for themselves the inconsistencies with other bits and pieces of the prosecution's case. >> i want to play another moment from the courtroom on the stand this morning. lee ann benjamin took the stand.
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she's not only a friend but she's john donnelly's wife. of course, they all have a bias. they are friends of the defendant. they are all asked about that bias as well. in what you're about to hear once again und cross-examination, bernie wants to get out of that 311 call when you hear him say those words, characterize me. >> do you believe it's an observation? >> i think it was a comment he was making. >> about the individual he was following or chasing, correct? >> i don't know how to answer that. i'm thinking he's making an observation at the beginning. he may have had a comment to
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make. i don't think he was in an extremely excited state. >> i want to bring in mark nejame on this. she seems like such a sweet witness as many of the witnesses have been. under cross-examination did she hold that sweetness or did she get rattled? >> i think she did very well. what's most important about george zimmerman's witnesses is the jury can relate to them. there's two women on this jury who are in their 60s. i think that when they are seeing like witnesses who might be in their circle or somebody they understand and can relate to that makes a difference. >> here is the other thing. a good prosecutor under cross-examination is going to stay you're close, aren't you? you're friends. you have a bias? often times under cross-examination you will see a witness try to mitigate and shed some of thatrelationship. do you think these witnesses did that? >> i think we're seeing the
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opposite. we're talking about it an observing it. i think they are coming out full force and saying this is my friend. i've helped him. you can't trip them up. they are out right to say it. they're right out. if the jurors say that's too much of a bias then they do. >> is it strange irony of someone giving full admission he's like a son and clearly that's not going to play well. it does show that you have that strong connection, that strong attachment and that strong bias or does that say i'm not going to lie on the stand? >> it's true. the irony is the only kind of person that would recognize his voice and the scream would be somebody very close to him. i wanted to inject an ailment of
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common sense in this whole crazy situation going on in florida. this idea that there's something criminal about calling a criminal a punk or about using a swear word if you think you're pursuing a criminal. we know trayvon martin was not a criminal that night. we know that from the evidence, but zimmerman thought he was. is florida saying you're supposed to say nice things about people you think are trying to break into your condo, steal and hurt people you love. what do you think the cops call criminals back at the precinct? what do you think bernie de larionda call drug dealers back at the d.a. office? i remember what my colleagues used to call criminal defendants and very similar, not me, of course, but very similar language to what's being claimed in this case. to cut to the quick, you have to
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prove in this case it's not -- the use of this language wouldn't prove murder. they have to prove he murdered because they -- he had this ill-will or spite. the defense said he killed in self-defense. self-defense will trump those words. that's what ultimately the defense will argue. this is all irrelevant. >> i hear you high pressure ill-will, hate, spite or evil intent. those are written in stone in the great state of florida. it's okay to dislike criminals but trayvon martin was no criminal. everyone who is in that courtroom that supports the trayvon martin side of this litigation is livid that anybody would consider this young man who has skittles and a hoodie in the dark a criminal. that's where so much of this case has fallen. i have to take a quick break. we're not finished.
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for more information including cost support options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. welcome back. it's a fairly nice day here. in case you were wondering what the defense was up against as it continues to forge ahead in its case, 38 witnesses and nine days of testimony. that's what the prosecutors brought. now the defense needs to bring it. some people say the defense doesn't need to bring much. the defense doesn't need to put on case, but it did. it's putting on a big one even though it might last three days or so, it's putting on that case. as one after the other, so far five witnesses took the stand. all of them identifying that voice screaming on the 911 call
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as that of george zimmerman. jerry russo is a co-worker of george zimmerman. she took the stand this morning to talk about that tape. they played it in court. for the control room this is kind of our inside speak here but this is s-10. if we could get that to play out. i want you to hear as jeri russo identifies that tape this court. >> whose voice is that? we know we hear someone in the fore ground. the person talking to the 911 operator. could you hear the noise in the background? >> yes. >> could you identify that? >> george's. >> how do you know that? >> i recognized his voice. i've heard him speak many times. i have no doubt that's his voice. >> there you have it.
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mark nejame, it's such a critical element when they have to do these ids one after the other. so far we have five. i don't know how many more people will come up and identify that voice in this defense case. why do we only hear two in the prosecutor's case. why was it only trayvon martin's mother and brother. the brother said he wasn't so sure at the beginning. where was his father? where were the friends? where were the colleagues? where were the aunts, uncles, anybody else to say that's our kid? >> that observation you make will simply not go unnoticed by the jury. that's why the defense is putting on as many people as they are putting on right now. they are putting on friends, co-workers -- >> why didn't the prosecutors do this? trayvon martin has been sitting in the courtroom all this time. >> the state opine not to put
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him on because his initial statement is he said it was not his son. he said it was not trayvon martin's voice that he heard and only later after he had counsel did he come back and say he listened to it again. that could be such strong impeachment for the defense. >> i disagree. danny, jump in here. couldn't a good lawyer say tracy, you must have been devastated upon hearing it. were you more crystal clear after hearing it. why couldn't that happen? >> i'm neither a mom nor a dad. it's absolutely true that tracy martin's prior inconsistent statement would have been de devastating to his credibility. now upon further review and the motive behind identifying it, it
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would have made him look disasterous on the stand. the state must have believed they had enough with the mother on the stand to establish that the voice believed to trayvon martin. it's true that the defense is doing a terrific job of calling very competent witnesses to rebut that initial evidence and overwhelm it with very valid, credible people, vietnam vets, combat medics. they're almost character witnesses. >> last comment. rachel jenteel said it could be -- there was a lot of question about what she said but her contention was that was my friend trayvon. >> let me give you walmart moment. >> make it a quick one. >> take your kids into walmart and have one of them yell out mom and see how many people turn around. point is every mother says i could recognize my kid's voice
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from any place. you know something, when you hear that mom, everybody turns. i think as much as we love our mothers, this a voice identification stuff, the only one i'm listening to is john good. he didn't have any dog in the race. he was just sort of right there at the time. i think that's what the jury will listen to. >> i have to cut it off there. we have a ntsb press conference live. we want to get our audience to that. they'll update the information out of san francisco on the crash. in the meantime thank you for joining us here. live in sanford, florida. that testimony will resume shortly. do not go anywhere. live update from san francisco. i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live in florida. and i know the results will be fantastic! find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. [ all ] who's new in the fridge!
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testify about screaming heard on that 911 tape. his second-degree murder trial entering week 3. we'll go liv to the courtroom when the coverage resumes. they're talking a brief lunch break. what caused a plane to clip the end of the runway and crash land in san francisco. you see the animation. investigators are focusing on the crew but also on the aircraft as well. we also expect to hear from first responders live in a couple of minutes. they are calling this bloody monday. security forces and supporters of egypt's ousted president are fighting it out in the streets of cairo.
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a run away train in canada carrying crude oil smalls into a town and exploded. we're learning more about the pilot, that's the asiana plane that crash landed. this was in san francisco over the weekend. new questions about what killed one of those two teens. we have this from ntsb. this is video from inside the plane. it shows mangled rows of seat. you can see the debris. this is scattered along the runway, including a part of a wing. the plane was coming in too low and too slow. the back end struck the seawall. that's at the end of the runway severing the tail. sent the plane skidding on its belly. dan simon is at the san
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