zimmerman trial yet. who will mark o'mara calls a his last witness? that's all for us tonight. anderson cooper starts now. the trial was a sprint but tonight it became a marathon. trench warfare in the courtroom. good evening. welcome to another "ac 360" special report "self-defense or murder, the george zimmerman trial." first, a heated battle that just ended at 9:56 p.m. eastern time. the judge ordering a recess until tomorrow morning, wednesday. the defense asking the judge to permit several key items into evidence, text messages and photos that would seem to paint trayvon martin as aggressive in the eyes of the jury. the defense attorney don west tonight making his pitch. listen. >> there are two main issues. one relates to several conversations by mr. martin attempting to acquire a firearm. >> these are conversations that

are audio conversations or are they written? >> they are text messages that were obtained from his phone. the crux of the matter is the fighting issue, it's mr. martin's text messages about being in a fight, about the effects of that fight on him, that he got into a fight, that he lost the first round and won the third round, bloodied the guy's nose. wasn't done with him yet. a facebook post from mr. martin's half brother, dimitrius martin asking trayvon martin, when are you going to teach me how to night >> right before court recessed, tensions got high inside the courtroom. the prosecution counters mr.

west saying that there's no way to tell and actually the judge mentioned that there's no way to tell exactly when those text messages were sent or who may have sent them, who may have access to trayvon martin's cell phone. there's no evidence that it was trayvon martin himself, the judge said, sending those texts or pictures. the prosecution saying no evidence of exactly when those pictures of trayvon martin, when a picture of a gun was taken, exactly who was in the photograph. then the defense countered, saying that he was exhausted and he could not keep up this pace. earlier in these lengthy happens when the defense complained about the prosecution tactics, they fought about a computer animation of the struggle. the judge said she's going to

weigh the arguments tonight, rule tomorrow, the text, the photos, tomorrow and make her ruling. it's unclear whether tonight's hearing will derail defense plans to rest tomorrow. a lot to talk about tonight. sunny hostin and jeffrey toobin join me. on the defense table, danny savalos and mark geragos. and dr. lawrence kobalanski is here. mark, some dramatic moments just in the last couple of minutes. the defense saying that the prosecution -- that the state has basically lied and hid evidence from them, not given over evidence that they had in a timely manner. >> well, this has been their complaint all along. one of the reasons that mark o'mara was talking about that don west was so upset early on and had done the knock knock joke and everything else, they are bitterly complaining that

the prosecution has been playing hide the ball all along, that they had what's called a brady obligation to turn over evidence. and i think it's boiled over as you get -- and i've had judges toward the end of a trial, judges want to get that trial moving. they see the light at the end of the tunnel. if they can get this argued and to the jury by friday afternoon, that is what she wants to do. so she's going to keep them late and this is when tempers flare. >> i want to play something moments ago, don west complaining about the state to the judge. >> i'm not getting into this. court is in recess. ly give my ruling in the morning. >> your honor -- >> court is in recess. >> it is 9:56. no, court is in recess. thank you very much, with all due respect, we'll see you at 8:00 in the morning. at 8:00 in the morning, the

issue is mr. donally who may have violated the rule of sequestration. that's the second time today that i've heard that there's been a violation of the rule of sequestration by the witnesses. i don't want to take that up at 9:00 and have the jury sit out there and wait like they did today. we will be in recess until 8:00 in the morning. [ inaudible ] >> so have i. >> not being able to prepare for get my witnesses gathered tomorrow and i can't do it tonight. >> i'll see you at 8:00 in the morning. >> i'm not physically able to keep up with this case much longer. it's 10:00 at night. we've had full days every day. weekends, depositions at night. >> jeff, earlier than this, we'll show that shortly, the defense saying the prosecution lied, hid evidence from them. the prosecution then returning

saying that the defense should apologize to them. what do you make of what's going on there, jeff? >> you know, tensions are high in this courtroom. at the end of a long trial, especially one that's been so physically demanding with these long days, this is fairly common. look, the defense is doing very well here. they should be happy that this case is moving quickly. yes, it's exhausting. yes, they're tired. yes, it's frustrating to have the judge force them to keep up this pace. but the judge, i think fundamentally is doing the defense a favor by keeping this thing going, and remember, the judge is the jury's lawyer here. this jury is sequestered. they are stuck in a hotel room away from their family. the judge wants to get them back to their families. i think the judge is doing a great job. >> potentially explosive evidence about what may have been on a cell phone of trayvon

martin is whether or not he sent these texts or photos. >> there are several text message exchanges where mr. martin was either trying to purchase or sell a handgun. then there are several -- actually, there's two copies, two separate pictures, one of the handgun on a cable or something, and the other one where he slipped it off and it's in somebody's hand. >> there's more testimony about texts and fighting, a fight that trayvon martin apparently said he was in. sunny, he went on to detail the text messages were happening the week before trayvon martin was killed. do you think this should be allowed in? >> i don't think it's going to be allowed in, because the judge said, you know, these can't be properly authenticated. we don't know if trayvon martin sent them. she mentioned a 7-year-old can break into a phone and send

messages out. my 7-year-old changed the code on my phone. so i think in real life, trying to authenticate social media messages is very difficult. when you have the person whose phone it belonged to dead, how do you properly authenticate it? i don't think it's coming in own that basis. and even if it's relevant, it's so prejudicial. it's not probative of anything. i can't imagine that this kind of information is coming in. and i don't think that the defense should want it in. it's that trash the victim defense that is never successful. i agree with jeff. this defense is doing very well. they should rest and let this go to the jury. >> let me counter argue that to danny and get your opinion. what the defense is saying is well, look, the prosecution, you know, went to great lengths to get evidence of george zimmerman allegedly learning mixed martial arts and that was allowed in. so if there are, in fact, texts from trayvon martin where he's

talking about being in a three-round fight with somebody and that he won the fight and he wants to fight again, should that be allowed in, if george zimmerman mixed martial arts training was allowed in, danny. >> it's fascinating that you bring this up. for defense attorneys everywhere, including mr. geragos, when you see that text messaging expert, we've had so many clients that have been burned by what's on their cell phone. it's interesting to see it on the other side. but sunny is right, it must be authenticated. that's a preliminary issue. before we reach whether or not it's probative or too prejudicial, we have to examine whether or not -- this is a huge issue with digital evidence. in the old days when you took a quill and wrote something, it was clear that anderson authored it. nowadays, it's more difficult to authenticate who may have written something. a photograph, i mean, you may not know who took it or where it came from. >> mark, the defense is saying this stuff was kind of double

encrypted. >> right. anderson, what is so frustrating about this is that in courtrooms, all across this country, if a prosecutor wanted this evidence in, the mother of the judge has not been born that is not going to let this stuff in. i'm telling you, i've defended probably 100 cases where judges have let in stuff like this with 1,000% less authentication than was offered here. the idea that somehow they need more authentication or she concocts this idea that maybe my 7-year-old broke into it, the classic judicial response to that is oh, that goes to weight, not to admissibility. give me a break. she may be doing the defense a favor by not prolonging this and sunny, there may be a point

there in terms of you might not want to trash the victim, although that philosophy didn't work too well with robert blake's case. but in this case, they are so far ahead on points that they should probably -- and i think a lot of what's drive thing judge is she wants it over and she wants it over now and she wants it to that jury friday afternoon. >> jeff, i saw you shaking your head. >> well, i think mark -- i actually think mark is right about the first part. i don't think authenticity is much of an issue. they can cross examine whether there was any proof whether trayvon martin sent it. but the bigger issue is this material relevant? there is no evidence that george zimmerman knew that trayvon martin was looking to buy a gun or he knew he had been in a fight. that would have been relevant. if george zimmerman somehow knew that trayvon martin had a violent streak, if in fact he did. but there's no evidence that george zimmerman could have known of these text messages. so i don't see why it's relevant

at all. i don't think they should allow this in evidence. >> we have to take a quick break. when we come back, i want to play one more exchange that the witness had about some of the texts that related to this alleged fight that trayvon martin allegedly sent a text about, whether or not it was him. it was a big day before it went into overtime, including testimony from a leading pathologist that the defense hopes will undermine the testimony of the medical expert. we'll talk about that testimony. let us know what you think. follow me on twitter. we'll be right back. you deserve more than justo flexibility and convenience. so here are a few reasons to choose university of phoenix. our average class size is only 14 students. our financial tools help you make smart choices about how to pay for school. our faculty have, on average, over 16 years of field experience. we'll help you build a personal career plan. we build programs based on what employers are looking for. our football team is always undefeated. and leading companies are interested in our graduates. we'll even help you decorate your new office. ok. let's get to work.

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the courtroom ending just before we went on air over text messages, photos, a computer re-enactment of the zimmerman-martin struggle. at one point, defense attorney don west lashing out. listen. >> it's simply up fair for mr.

zimmerman not to be able to put on his defense because of the state's tactics. it was a strategy obviously, because they had it in january and kept it from us, made us spend 100 hours digging it out, playing games with us, lying to this court and now it's our fault? it's our fault? denying mr. zimmerman the right to present this information violate both the florida and united states constitution. thank you. >> the judge said look, let's not get into this, we're done for the day. there were more developments, including testimony from a high powered witness for the defense. details from marten savage. >> reporter: famed pathologist dr. vincent demayo said the bullet hole in trayvon martin's clothing and body, said it proved that martin was on top. he said he could tell martin was

on top, because even though zimmerman's gun was touching the hoody, the hoody was not touching martin's skin. >> in fact, we know that the clothing was two to four inches away is consistent with somebody leaning over the person doing the shooting and that the clothing is two to four inches away from the person firing. >> reporter: he also countered the medical examiner's testimony from the prosecution who said martin could have survived and suffered up to ten minutes. he said shot in the heart, martin would have unconscious in 10 to 15 seconds. >> he's going to be dead within one to three minutes after being shot in this case. >> reporter: final he, he testified that zimmerman's injuries indicate his head suffered at least six impacts

against a hard surface. >> is this injury consistent with mr. zimmerman's head having impacted a sidewalk? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution jumped on a key question that the defense expert couldn't answer. >> you're not testifying here as to who started what led up to the death of trayvon martin? >> that's correct, sir. >> and you're not saying as to who attacked who, whether it was george zimmerman who attacked trayvon martin or whether it was trayvon martin who attacked george zimmerman, you can't say, correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> in fact, you can't testify as to who threw the first punch. >> that's correct, sir. >> and you can't say whether it was trayvon martin defending himself or george zimmerman defending himself in terms of when this first started. >> when it first started, that's correct, sir. >> reporter: the prosecutor got the witness to admit the defense was paying demayo $400 an hour for his expertise.

but demayo said the case didn't require a lot of his time. >> up to yesterday, $2,400. this is not exactly a complicated case. >> reporter: the state was able to get the pathologist to say it's possible trayvon martin could have been trying to move away just before the shot was fired. >> at that point, you don't know if trayvon martin was backing up in terms of providing an angle or whether he was going forward, you can't say? >> all i said is it's consistent with mr. zimmerman's account, that's all. >> but it's also consistent with trayvon martin pulling back in terms of providing the same angle. >> i told you that, too. >> reporter: the last testimony of the day was from zimmerman's former neighbor, too ill to appear. he said she believed the voice screaming for help sounded like george zimmerman. >> based on the fact that i've

only heard george's voice and it's a white male voice, i would say that it's his. >> when you say you've heard him talk, tell us again about how long you have known him. >> by that time, it was 2 1/2 years. >> reporter: perhaps the most powerful statement made in court today didn't take place on the stand, but when mark o'mara said the defense planned to rest wednesday. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> that may depend on how the judge rules tomorrow morning. let's bring back in our panel. jeff, just -- we talked about this in the 8:00 hour. that last witness that martin savidge talked about that the defense brought in by video, the neighbor that testified that was george zimmerman's voice, does that have much credibility? how many neighbors know what you sound like when you're screaming? >> no, i can't imagine that will have any significant impact on

the jury. but boy, that expert who testified that trayvon martin was on top, that's a powerful witness. and at this point, i think it's going to be hard for the prosecution to argue that any way that george zimmerman was on top. there's really almost no argument left. and you saw that in the cross-examination that basically they were saying even if he's on top, he might still be -- zimmerman might have thrown the first punch. but i think the defense has really proved that trayvon martin was on top here. i think it's almost settled. >> and the interesting thing about that is look at what the prosecutor is saying. he's asking him, isn't it consistent that he should have -- trayvon martin could have been pulling away. and the doctor says, and all i said is it was consistent that he was leaning in. the definition of reasonable doubt is if you have two

theories but one is consistent with guilt and one for innocence, boom, you must adopt the one that goes to innocence and find the defendant not guilty. that's the definition of reasonable doubt. >> you were impressed with the testimony, especially when you compare it to the other medical examiner for the state. >> it was quite different. dr. baio gave a very amateurish presentation, flip-flopping on certain facts. i think all these questions were cleared up by what i call textbook testimony today by dr. demayo. he covered everything by both medical examiners, not only the distance between the muzzle of the gun and the clothing and the body. he also talked about time of death, consciousness and touched upon all the issues involving the trauma to the head. >> you mention this and i want to play this for the viewers who may not have seen the testimony.

george zimmerman said all along that trayvon martin spoke even after he was shot. is that each possible? there was testimony about that today, even if your heart has been ripped out. let's listen. >> if you pulled my heart out now i could keep talking and talking and talking? and just talking and talking without a heart? >> that's right. >> 15 seconds or so? >> right. it's between 10 and 15 seconds, it's dependent on oxygen supply to the head that's why some of the s.w.a.t. people will prefer shooting somebody in the head if it's situation where the person has a gun on somebody else. >> even though my heart is gone, i would feel some pain or would i not? >> oh, well, yeah, you would still feel pain. >> it's interesting. the reason that's important, more important for the defense

is it does seem to continue to make george zimmerman's story plausible that trayvon martin spoke. >> i think all of the physical evidence that we heard about from dr. demayo is consistent with the story that george zimmerman told. one of the things that medical examiners do is try to reconstruct the events and his determination of distance between muzzle and hoody, the hoody garment and the body is -- and the fact that the -- trayvon martin was carrying this juice can in the pocket of the hoody, you put that all together and it's very consistent with trayvon martin straddling over george zimmerman and george zimmerman shooting with his right hand with the bullet entering slightly to the left of midline and moving toward trayvon martin's right side. all very consistent with what

george zimmerman has told. >> and danny, the defense argued strenuously to get the toxicology report in, but them it didn't come up. >> that was fascinating to me, because they fought hard to get that in, and even now today we've been talking about text messages. it's a spectrum of different pieces of evidence that the defense wanted to get in. on one end is probably the marijuana, because it goes to someone's state of mind at the time this happened. on the other end, you get into the text messages. what we look at is what was in george zimmerman's mind at the time of, not just general history about trayvon martin. of course, on the silly end is the fact that he had gold teeth. but stuff that goes to his state of mind, marijuana, tends to be more probative. but then we move out to text messages, and things we know that zimmerman was not aware of, and we move from probative and probably way more prejudicial. >> we have to take a quick

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day 12 of the trial will begin first thing in the morning, with a ruling on that computer reenactment the defense wants to put forward. the sophistication is pretty remarkable as our randi kaye shows in this behind the scenes look. >> reporter: this someone picture of what might have

happened in the moments before trayvon martin was killed. this 3-d computer animation of the confrontation between trayvon martin and george zimmerman. the reenactment video comes from daniel shoemaker, a witness for the defense. his company claims to be the only company in the united states with wireless motion capture technology for crime scene and accident reconstruction. he uses a motion capture suit to track the movements. on the company's youtube channel, we found this re-enactment from another case. he reconstructed a poor quality security camera video showing a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. see how his suit records the person's movement at every location? he uses 16 excelerometers. he used to use a tape measure, hen lacers. now he creates points in a

scene, all in 3-d space. he says it's the most accurate reconstruction tool on the market. >> the laser follows me around, so it only takes one person to operate. >> reporter: in court, he told the judge how he created the model in this case and whether or not it matched the same conditions as the name zimmerman killed martin. >> talk to me about the conditions which that was filmed. i assume it was filmed in the daytime. >> correct. >> i assume it wasn't raining. >> correct. >> the glass wasn't slick. >> correct. >> there weren't these other items of physical evidence out there. >> correct. >> reporter: he said he created the animation of the confrontation by simply re-creating the witness statements that are not in dispute. >> the scenarios that can be created are consistent with testimony, witnesses and

evidence at the scene. >> reporter: still, the prosecution argued against showing the animation to the jury, claiming it's an inaccurate depiction of the confrontation. >> the suit that i have, it was used in avatar, "x-men" and they use it for creating movement of characters in the movies and it's used in gaming. >> reporter: as we wait for the judge to rule whether the animation can be shop to the jury, shoemaker says if it is rejected, it be the first time in 13 years in doing this that his re-creations were not allowed to be used. >> with me again, sunny hostin. jeffrey toobin.

danny savalos and mark geragos. sunny, the argument was fascinating. it went close to like five hours in court today. there's no other point of contention that's lasted this long. where are both sides so dug in on this? >> this is a movie about the defense's theory of the case. of course they want it in, anderson. juries love animation. they love demonstrations. this would be a bonanza for the defense. but this isn't coming in. this is a criminal trial, the standard is very high for this type of evidence to come in. i mean, this is not a movie. this is not "avatar." the judge doesn't care that this type of suit was used in hollywood. this is seminole county. this is sanford, florida. this is not going to happen. i was in the courtroom watching it. it was like watching a movie. but this is not coming in.

>> danny, it's only as good as the data points used to make it. and those are all in dispute. >> exactly. the technology is fascinating. the cgi element of it, relating it to "ironman," these are similar movies but it's only as good as the data you feed into it. and the prosecution's motion, they identified several problems. he's reconstructing where people were based on such things as where a spent shell casing was found. you can see from the animation itself that it shows an initial punch. i don't know that's undisputed showing trayvon martin throw the first punch. so when it comes to demonstrative evidence, there's less of a burden. but florida courts are clear, it must be a fair and accurate representation and the data must be of the kind reasonably relied upon. that's the problem. the technology is fascinating. the data fed in, probably not.

>> jeff, you don't believe it's going to get let in, do you? >> i don't understand why the judge took so long. i think it's crazy to think this could be relevant evidence. this is a high-tech cartoon. and the idea, like we're going to show you a movie that says our client is innocent. that's ridiculous. you can't do that. this is their version of the facts, which is what should argue to the jury. but they can't put this cartoon on and say that people -- like this is somehow evidence. it's just all made up. >> mark, you've used re-creations like this before. do you find them effective? >> look, i'm going to tell you what cracks me up about this, and i could be speculating, but the reason that this judge took so long is because if this had been the prosecution wanting to get in something like this, she probably would have allowed it. because there are a lot of -- >> come on, mark. >> i've had real murder cases,

sunny, where prosecutors have put on tapes of somebody in their backyard throwing watermelons as if that's evidence. >> but an avatar-like cartoon movie? >> you were representing somebody in a case with a water melon? >> that the watermelon was the person that was thrown. killing a watermelon is still not a crime in california. the problem with this is, and what she may end up ruling is, okay, you can't bring it in as jeff calls it, substantive evidence for the jury to hear before they've rested. but she may end up saying if you want to show this in the closing, that's fine. it's argumentative. you want to use it instead of a power point, the jury may see it, be cautioned that it's not evidence. but i can see where this gets let in and the jury sees it in the closing argument.

>> that's very different. that sounds fair to me. >> let it -- what sounds fair to you, jeff? >> well, that let him use it in closing arguments, because that's an argument. this is other version of the facts, this is what we think that happened. but not that it's some scientific re-creation. >> you said this has been used in the past and backfired. >> the fbi has a graphics unit that creates things of this sort to be used in the courtroom. the point is a picture is worth 1,000 words. if this were to be used in closing arguments, it would be one of the last things the jury sees and it would have tremendous impact. so i think it might be strategically better for the defense if it were presented at closing arguments. just ahead, we'll examine the charge against george zimmerman. he's charged with second degree murder, but even if he gets convicted of a lesser charge, it still put him behind bars for decades.

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there's been a lot to talk about whether george zimmerman was overcharged when the decision came he would face second degree murder charges. but because of a statute in florida, even with a lesser charge, he still could face decades in jail. ashleigh banfield explains. >> we're on the record. state versus george zimmerman. >> reporter: the prosecution wants to see george zimmerman behind bars for the rest of his life. but to do so, they need to get a second degree murder conviction. and to do that, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable

doubt that zimmerman intended to kill trayvon martin out of hatred. >> trayvon martin was murdered. in the back of two sets of town homes, there's no street lighting back there. there's no pole lights. there were one or two porch lights on. >> george zimmerman is not guilty of murder. he shot trayvon martin in self-defense after being viciously attacked. >> reporter: but if the prosecutors see their case slipping away, there is another option that could still put zimmerman behind bars for years. if requested, and allowed by the judge, the prosecutors can ask the jury to consider lesser charges, like aggravated assault, which still carries the potential for decades in prison, due to a florida state statute called the 10-20 life law. it's dubbed the "use a gun and you're done" law after a popular

pfa campaign that governor jeb bush championed and signed into law back in 1999. it means that with certain crimes in the state of florida, if you use a gun, you'll face enhanced time in prison or mandatory minimum sentences. like ten years for showing a gun. 20 years for firing it and 25 to life if you injure or kill someone. california is the only other state to have this specific law. but a lot of other states have something called gun enhancement laws. they bump up the maximum time that you might spend in prison. the critics say the rules just don't leave room for interpretation and argue that a judge is better equipped to use his or her discretion when assigning prison time than say a legislature is. >> you would expect the blood in the sweatshirt, correct? >> reporter: many legal experts say the prosecutors may have to include those lesser charges for

the jury to consider. maybe like manslaughter, which in this case carries a maximum sentence of 15 years. unless, of course, a gun is used. and then that time is doubled. in the end, the prosecution's level of confidence will likely determine just what charges they'll go after. ashleigh banfield, cnn, florida. >> with me again, our panel. sunny, i think you may be right now would argue that the state has proved second degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt. but if you were prosecuting this case, would you still request for the jury to be able to consider a lesser charge? >> oh, no question about it. you want the jury to have options, because it's something that prosecutors do, anderson, all the time. and so i can tell you that they're going to ask for the lesser included and they're going to get it from the judge. because they have evidence that

could support a manslaughter conviction. i think the judge agrees with me. the judge ruled there was enough evidence of second degree murder to go to the jury. what you have to consider is the prosecution has this case in pieces of a puzzle, almost without the benefit of having the box cover to the puzzle. in closing argument, they'll put those pieces together for the jury and make the picture very evident. we're saying now, there's no evidence of second degree murder. that's just not true. i know mark geragos is over there giggling, because i can hear him in my ear. but it's true. >> sunny, what i was giggling about is this idea -- >> yes, mark geragos? >> that the judge agreed with you that there was enough to go to the jury. >> she did. >> the only standard for getting past a motion for acquittal is the defendant breathing. how often have you ever seen a judge grant a motion for

acquittal? maybe five times in 30 years i've seen it. so give me a break. that's not happening. as far as the prosecutor asking for a lesser, if you're a prosecutor and you honestly believe that you will have a second degree and you proved it, and you're going to be honest about it, why are you going to ask for a lesser? >> come on, mark, you always ask for a lesser. >> why, why would you ask for a lesser? just because prosecutors always overcharge doesn't mean that that's right or that's just. if you bring a charge, you're supposed to -- isn't the definition or a prosecutor to be that you brought the charge because you thought you could bring it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> that's right. >> jeff, as a former prosecutor, don't prosecutors do this all the time in order to maybe get the person to the bargaining table? >> sometimes they do. i think mark, as usual, as

somewhat a cynical view of what prosecutors do. the evidence here really does support a manslaughter charge. you know, this -- it's always seemed better to me as a manslaughter case than a murder case. and i think prosecutors are completely within their rights to say this is an option presented to the jury. i think it's somewhat awkward making the argument to the jury, to argue in the alternative. but just in the interest of justice, i think this is an option that should be available to the jump because the evidence is potentially supportive of that. >> this brings up another controversial issue. remember, this jury, when they go to deliberate, they're only going to be asked to determine whether or not manslaughter or second degree murder exists. they will not consider punishment. they do not consider sentencing. they're not involved in sentencing. that's compelling. because with these mandatory minimums, the jury may not be

aware that manslaughter is a lesser included offense. economists have said that these mandatory minimums may be the only way of stopping gun violence. it's not more restrictive gun laws, it's these mandatory minimums. but it takes discretion away from judges in formulating sentencing and the jury, of course, will have no idea that that's what will happen. >> regardless of what the charge is, the prosecution needs to prove every element in their scenario. i think at this point, there are still gaping holes. i think there will have to be an acquittal regardless of a manslaughter charge. >> stick around. up next, final thoughts what we can expect tomorrow. will the defense rest tomorrow? we'll be right back. you really couldn't have come at a better time. these chevys are moving fast. i'll take that malibu. yeah excuse me, the equinox in atlantis blue is mine! i was here first, it's mine. i called about that one, it's mine.

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some quick final thoughts from the panel now about what we can expect tomorrow. mark geragos? >> i think the judge is going to tell them that they can put use of video in the closing, and i think she's going to allow in some of the material, but not all of the material that came from the various things, the phones and the social media. but i think the jury will see this video in the closing argument. >> sunny hostin, what are you expecting tomorrow? >> i think mark geragos is dreaming. none of it is coming in. there is every indication she had a problem with the authenticity. >> jeff to been? >> she should exclude the video and the text messages. but she's been very receptive to

arguments about relevance. she may let in both. >> danny, what do you think? do you think the defense will rest tomorrow? >> i don't think so. with the delay today and just because things never happen on schedule, i doubt it. some of the evidence comes in. and here's a tease. we've got to deal with donally, the sequestered witness who may or may not have been in the courtroom. witnesses aren't supposed to be in the courtroom at the same time. >> what happens? >> you can either tell the jury to disregard that witness' testimony. one of the most drastic remedies, the dreaded m, mistrial. >> jeff, you wanted to mention the oath, as well? >> right, the oath. >> jeff, do you think the defense is going to rest tomorrow? do you think this is ending tomorrow? >> i do. i think the judge has had it.

they're going to start at 8:00 in the morning, which means it's going to be a long trial day. this judge is desperate to get this case to the jury and let them return to their normal lives. i think it's over tonight. >> all right. thank you. randi kaye has a "360" bulletin. investigators have questioned the four pilots aboard the asiana airways jet that crashed in san francisco. they were said to be cooperative and realized the jet speed was too close. they were not tested for drugs or alcohol. now to canada. a criminal investigation is under way into the runway train that crashed and burned over the weekend. police has evidence the train was tampered with. 15 people were killed. 35 people are still missing. osama bin laden liked to wear a cowboy hat while working in his garden in pakistan to avoid being detected by satellite. these details are listed in a

pakistani commission. the three cleveland women abducted and held captive for years are now speaking publicly for the very first time since their release. in a youtube video, the three offered thanks to everyone who had supported them. >> first and foremost, i want everyone to know how happy i am to be home with my family and friends. it's been unbelievable. i want to thank ever who has helped me and my family through this entire ordeal. everyone who has been there to support us, it's been a blessing to have an outpouring of love and kindness. i'm getting stronger each day. i ask that everyone continue to respect our privacy and give us time to have a normal life. >> they were kidnapped and abused allegedly at the hands of

ariel castro who faces 329 counts. great news for lovers of twinkies. they're back in stores beginning monday with a shelf life of 45 days. production ceased in november when the company went out of business. but the company has been bought by some new owners. i know you're excited about that. >> i don't know how they extended the shelf life. >> i don't know. magic. deep science. they're really looking into this. >> dr. kobalanski, any ideas? >> preservatives. >> they're going to love that. randi, thank you. that does it for this special edition of "360." join us tomorrow night. and stick around, we'll have another edition of "ac 360" with all the day's top stories. the zimmerman trial and more from the three young women in cleveland who were held captive by ariel castro for so long.

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