i'm ashleigh banfield.re 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 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

i'm ashleigh banfield. a military coo in egypt. security forces arrested the muslim brotherhood's political party leader, not just him but the deputy leader all of this in hours of ousting the president, mohamed morsy. the president of the united states just issued a statement saying how concerned he is, deeply concerned by what is taking place in egypt. he is calling for the swift return to civilian government there. ivan watson has been watching the hundreds of thousands of protesters in the street. what is the latest on these arrests that is so disconcerting to our government here? >> reporter: well, i think there have been reports trickling out from a shrinking number of muslim brother officials warning about the closure of three pro muslim brotherhood tv stations in the last couple of hours including -- not including an al jazeera affiliate tv station here and the arrest of at least one of the tv stations of staff employees at that station. so that is providing in the background a bit of an ominous back drop to the enormous pa

. >>> i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live at the zimmerman trial in florida. the great seal on display to indicate to us mics are down. it doesn't mean the work has ended. if you missed some of this incredible testimony i have it for you. when you see it a second time you may catch something you didn't note before. this is the cross-examination of si b sybrina fulton. cross examining a griever mother who has lost her teenage son is a delicate dance to be certain. here is mark o'mara. you can see how the two of them almost, almost get into it. have a look. >> you certain hope as a mom, you certainly hope that your son, trayvon martin would not have done anything that would have led to his own death, correct? >> what i hope for is that this would have never happened and he would still be here. that's my hope. >> absolutely. now dealing with the reality that he's no longer here is certainly your hope as a mom, hold out hope as long as you can that trayvon martin was in no way responsible for his own death, correct? >> i don't believe he was. >> i know. that's the

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i'm ashleigh banfield reporting.ally during a trial, the jury instructions are the most boilerplate boring part of the litigation. not today. this is hard fought. the wording, even down to the commas. this judge has just suggested that a comma, if a comma ends up actually overturning a verdict it wouldn't be good and they fought over a comma. rich mantei and don west going at it. every single word, every phrase, every part of this jury instruction, they want to be so accurate because so much of this has come down to the words spoken and the words argued. let's continue to listen. >> it's clear the law allows it. the supreme court could have easily said at any point in time you can't give it. if you give it, it's error. they haven't done that. what they've done instead, what has happened since, if you will, is that if the court thinks it's appropriate in a given case because of the some what unique circumstances of that case, it is entirely proper to give the instruction. so, knowing that it is proper, in some cases,

i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live on the george zimmerman second-degree murder trial. the great seal of the state of florida. brief break inside this courtroom. it's been riveting testimony from the granddaddy of forensic pathology. he's been on the stand all morning point by point taking every piece of the prosecutors case and e vviserating it. here was a moment that stood out because a big part of this case is george zimmerman said he was trying to pin trayvon martin's hand's done after sustaining a big old beating and why was he found face down w his hands under his body after a gunshot to the heart. dr. vincent had quite the explanation for this. look how he put it to this jury. >> even if i reached across and put my hand through your chest, grabbed your heartnd ripped it out you could talk to me for 10 to 15 seconds or walk over to me because the thing that's controlling your movement and ability to speak is the brain. that has a reserve supply of 10 to 15 seconds. now that's minimum. that assumes no blood is going to the brain. >> from what i understand you to sa

ashleigh banfield, cnn, florida. >> our panel joins us again. danny savalos and mark geragos. sunny, what do you think the chances are that the jury will be instructed in an opt for lesser charges? >> i think there's no question the jury will be charged on second murder and manslaughter. that's a lesser included offense. the way i read the statute, it has to be done. and i suspect that the government is going to request it. there's evidence to support manslaughter. this jury will have a choice of what to convict george zimmerman on, if they're going to convict him at all. >> and that's how it goes, it's up to the jury, they can go for second degree murder or manslaughter. >> exactly. it's very, very common. manslaughter is what is called a lesser included offense within second degree murder and it's a very rare case when the manslaughter instruction is not given when you have a murder charge like this and the jury makes the call. >> but you think that in the summation by the prosecution that once they're allowed to give their version of events a

. >> i want to bring in ashleigh banfield. so significant, wasn't it, the testimony of this man, dr. vincent di maio. >> reporter: of course. the lights on behind me, this is a see quested jury so they are getting as much done as fast as they can and accomplished so much with the witness you just talked about. dr. vincent di maio. heard of him? probably. he's like the grand dad of pathology, he was the medical examiner in beaux county in texas and made incredible arguments, so many points the prosecution made. listen to the first part, he goes after what the prosecution said. first of all, if george zimmerman tried to put out trayvon von martin's hands after she hot him, why were the hands under the body f. george zimmerman said trayvon mapp martin said you got me, how is that possible after being shot in the heart? listen to his explanation. >> even if i, right now, reached across, put my hand through your chest, grabbed your heart and ripped it out, you could stand there and talk to me for 10 to 15 seconds or walk over to me

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.

i'm ashleigh banfield reporting on the george zimmerman murder trial.n a brief break in that courtroom. the minute they pop back up and the live mics are fired up again. some other news, after 11 weeks of sitting in a prison cell boston bombing suspect will be in a courtroom today facing many of those injured. the families of those that he allegedly killed as well as his brother allegedly killed when they allegedly bombed that marathon on april 15th. he's to be arraigned on 30 dh j charges. the charges are killing and maiming people. deadly bombing of a public place and use of a firearm causing death. those are federal charges and this is a federal process. this must have been a pretty emotional day to start with knowing that this was going to be the first face-to-face for these families and for this suspect. >> reporter: there's no question about that. in 17 of the counts you referred to, 17 of them are eligible for the death penalty and that's what his lawyers are trying to fight. an hour ago a caravan came with massachusetts state police. u.s. marsha

>>> back live in sanford, florida, i'm ashleigh banfield reporting from the seminole county criminal center. here's the reality of a trial. sometimes it's slow. and this is one of those times. there's no witness on the witness stand right now. they came right back from recess. and there you have five guys and i think they're all pretty much navy suits up with the female judge, and they're conferring about something. we don't know what because we don't know what the next witness is going to be or where this is going to go. i can tell you this. where we've been, here's the day in a nutshell. you ready? sandra, mark, jerry, leeann, john, chris, doris and adam. so why is that significant? because the whole morning was spent by the defense laying out witnesses who all swear under oath, hand up, that that was george zimmerman screaming for his life on the 911 call. and then you had police officers taking the stand in the afternoon. swearing under oath when i spoke to trayvon martin's father, he was pretty certain that it was not his son screaming on that 911 call. but then you had that 311

live in sanford, florida, i'm ashleigh banfield.na evidence in the spotlight yesterday at the george zimmerman second-degree murder trial. it's the csi part of this trial where the mystery goes down to the molecule. trayvon martin's fingernails, as well as the sweatshirt he was wearing the night he was killed and that gun zimmerman used to kill him, all featured heavily in the courtroom yesterday. and all of them tested in the effort to get to the bottom of what exactly happened in the scuffle between those two people that night. joining me to figure out what mattered and what really didn't in all of that very arcane information is defense attorney midwin charles, jean jecasarez,o one knows more about this trial than jean, and defense attorney jeff gould, who's also able to weigh in on critical aspects of this case. jean, i want to start with you, because i need you to boil down the biggest thing, if there was one, that those jurors might be stewing over today, because they have to sit and think. they can't be with their families at

live in sanford, florida, i am ashleigh banfield.ttorneys to continue to the courtroom battling out what this jury is going to hear before they actually have to take this case and deliberate. what they're going to hear in terms of instructions as to the law in the state of florida and as to how it applies to this particular case. kwhiel they're in a brief break and you aren't missing any of the arguments, this a great opportunity to introduce you more, deep dive into who this no nonsense by the book judge is. you have been watching her. you know it already. the george zimmerman judge in this murder trial has been described by a lot of people, in fact lawyers in her courtroom, people who have watched her work, she has been described as one tough cookie essentially. i want to give you a quick look. she is 59 years old. she is a graduate of south texas college of law and began her career in broward county in florida. she was appointed a judge in 1999 by then governor jeb bush. she has a reputation for being hard working and also has a r

so i know how important that is. >>> back live here in sanford, florida, i'm ashleigh banfield.ou've not missing a moment of testimony in the zimmerman trial because they're on a very brief break. you're going to resume watching it live as it happens. in the meantime there's big other news developing across the world in fact. the protests that you've been watching just develop and grow in egypt could be about to hit a major breaking point, and it could happen at any moment now. they have been threatening to storm the presidential palace. today in fact. all because they want mohamed morsi, their president, to step down. this is the second ultimatum that that president has been facing. the first one from the protesters and the second one from egypt's military. it's been a combative relationship between the military and president morsi. our ian lee is live overlooking what you are seeing, the throngs and throngs of protesters. so far, ian, it looks like it is somewhat, and i only say somewhat stable because things can change on a dime. but what does it feel like there? >> reporter:

on ashleigh banfield.n the right-hand side of your screen the very talented mark o'mara and a legal assistant trying to figure out the technicality of bringing in their next witness who remains a mystery. it is very perry mason esc. whoever the next witness is will be interviewed in a unique way. met with the judge about it. that is what the recess was about. since you are not missing testimony this is a great opportunity to go to one of our colleagues. ryan smyth, the anchor for "after dark" you are gavel to gavel and work late at night. give me your read on the day. >> it has been a great day for the defense. it is a great day when you can use science to back the story. that is essentially what they did with vincent di maio. the fact that george zimmerman sustained multiple injuries and might have had a concussion and different wounds that weren't identified by the physician's assistant. all of this for the jury could add that george zimmerman was in fear for his life. >> so i want to show this moment th

>>> had ello, everyone, i'm john berman in for ashleigh banfield. we start in florida. the blast shot 20-gallon propane tanks into the air. one nearby resident said it felt like there were bombs going on. adriana hauser is live for us. do officials now how it all started? >> reporter: they're starting to have an idea what could have possibly caused this massive fire that began with a series of explosions here in tavares, florida. we know there were no fatalities as a result of had explosion. authorities are calling this a miracle and a blessen, given the huge fire and the series of explosions that took place here last night around 11:00 p.m. authorities say the focus now is the investigation. there is no conclusion yet, but they're starting to believe, john, the cause could have been equipment failure or human error. we won't know for sure until the investigation is concluded, but that is what authorities hear are starting to believe. let's take a listen. we had an opportunity to listen to the fire chief of tavares. >> we don't think that there was any act of sabotage o

i want to go back to ashleigh banfield. this is historic news up folding.ews we're following as well. >>> a story that's transfixed this country. in sanford, florida george zimmerman is in week 2 the great seal of the state of florida is focused right now because there's a brief break in this courtroom. our viewers aren't missing any coverage. there's opinion some significant testimony this morning. we've got our expert legal analysts lined up. you can make your mind up. we're back after this break. (guy) we should totally do that. (girl ) yeah, right. (guy) i wannna catch a falcon! (girl) we should do that. (guy) i caught a falcon. (guy) you could eat a bug. let's do that. (guy) you know you're eating a bug. (girl) because of the legs. (guy vo) we got a subaru to take us new places. (girl) yeah, it's a hot spring. (guy) we should do that. (guy vo) it did. (man) how's that feel? (guy) fine. (girl) we shouldn't have done that. (guy) no. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ♪ and i'll never desert you ♪ ♪ i'll stand by you yeaaaah! yeah. so t

i'm pamela brown in for ashleigh banfield on this tuesday morning. the career of the cop who released graphic photos of the bomber is on the line this hour. shawn murphy, acting without permission, handed out these pictures of dzhokhar tsarnaev. his face is smeared with blood, and according to boston magazine, murphy took the action, because he felt this action was an insult to the bombing victims. now a three-person panel is determining whether to impose further punishment. let's getting right to it. migwin charles and danny cevallis. there's clearly growing support for savannah guthrie murphy. more than 60,000 likes at this hour. certainly it does, but more than just the general public support, you have to believe there's a lot of support within the police department, whether it's articulated in the open or not. this is a police officer who acted through -- probably a heroic kind of way. so while officially they must view it as a violation of internal rules, i have to believe whatever panel members are on this particular panel, they may have some l

i'm ashleigh banfield in florida and what can only be described as the hottest and muggiest day.feel like i'm in the central amazon. if the jurors are on a lunch break they're not coming outside. it's thundering. it's raining. it's been like this most midday throughout this hot, muggy july trial. what's critical here is the lightning inside that courtroom. i want to do a whip around to my group who is watching this gavel to gavel. for starters, danny, i'm going to ask you if you look ahead to the next hour, what's the next shazam moment? what's going to hit he over the head? >> since we don't know who the witnesses are, i don't know if we'll get into forensics yet. i think we're going to see the prosecution try to put on a little more fact evidence. at this point it's hard to say. for some reason they have kept us in the dark. i'll be curious to see who they call next. the prosecution has to be coming close to the end. >> faith jenkins, what's the moment? >> they have to put on forensics here. they have to put on an examiner to testify about what dna blood, in any, that was on tr

i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live on the george zimmerman murder trial. witness number one in front of the jury, anyway, is dr. vincent di maio. he's on the stand and this guy wrote the book about csi and forensic pathology. let's see where he gets and how far he gets. let's go live. >> followed by the bullet and then followed by the soot or the burning powder behind it. >> right. and that's why blanks, people think blank cartridges are dangerous -- are not dangerous. you can kill yourself with them. if you take a gun with a blank cartridge and put it against your chest, the gas formed will just tear right through your skin and muscle into your lung. and people, you know, kid around and will put it to their head. they could die. it goes right in -- you don't need the bullet to kill you with contact wounds. >> let's continue, though, with some of your experience and some of your writings. have you written any articles about head trauma, in particular? >> yes, i wrote one peer-reviewed article and then i've written a chapter in my book on forensic pathology

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield live in sanford, florida. what a busy show we have ahead here. tragedy amid the arizona wildfire, a western heat wave that could be breaking records, okay, where i am live the george zimmerman second-degree murder trial continuing with evidence, people may not have expected they would hear. all of those stories coming your way, we are continuing our gavel to gavel coverage here. i want to beam you over to arizona right away, woo where an elite team of firefighters were caught, 19 of them, all of them members of the so-called hot shot crew died tragically. this is a remark around stowe. what are his team members saying? >> reporter: if you talk to the firefighters here, they can't talk. the pio, when you ask a couple questions, he's overwhelmed, you have to realize, in this town, they lost twevent% of the firefighters in an instant. the firefighters are known as the hot shots. they are the ones you send to the hottest part of the fire the mane section. they dig the barrier between the wildfire and homes and peo

i'm john berman in for ashleigh banfield. the fbi just broke up a major child traffic ring arresting more than dozen and dozen of pimps. joe johns is joining us. it sounds like a very, very big operation. >> that's true. it's called operation cross country. it's done by the federal bureau of investigation in cooperation with a number of state and local law enforcement authorities. we're told it's the largest child exploitation and child prostitution sweep of its kind ever. about 105 children nationwide rescued, according to law enforcement officials. more than 50 pimps have been arrested. dozens of searches across the country. they looked into activities going on at racetracks, truck stops, social media stops. the ages of the children involved, we're told, range from between 13 and 17. the victims, of course, have been removed and relocated, we're told. this all went on over the weekend and we're looking for more information now. a news conference is going on at the fbi here in washington, d.c., as we speak, john. >> joe, you

i'm in for ashleigh banfield in the newsroom. it was cooking oil stored in a contaminated container that caused the death of 23 school children in india. authorities said today they have evidence the cooking oil used to prewas stored in ankaer previously used to store pesticides or insect crieds. >>> that's the -- right now on capitol hill. it comes in the wake of reports of thousands of men and women in the armed services being victims of sexual attacks. today's hearing is focusing on safety, care and treatment for victims. >>> and the city of detroit has filed for bankruptcy, making it the largest city in u.s. history to do so. michigan's governor will join us live to talk about that this hour. >>> the director of the nsa says the government has solid proof that terrorists are using the information leaked by snowden. snowden remains holed up in the moscow airport and has applied for temporary asylum in russia. >>> massive layoffs? the chicago public school system being called a bloodbath. the city's teachers union announced mor

i'm ashleigh banfield. something big just happened in the courtroom.y not seem like it but what you're seeing on your screen is the medical examiner who performed the autopsy and is referring to some notes. the notes are in question because they were notes taken during autopsy and notes written at another time, his personal private notes. he brought them into a court of law. if you bring them into a court of law and you start referring to them, guess who guess to looks at them, everybody. this is massive strategy. there was a giant grim on the face of the defense attorney. what could possibly be in those notes that could serve to either impeach this witness or damage his testimony. >> you can tell by looking at it he's very nervous. that's the examiner. >> he didn't want anyone taking them. he protested three times. >> here's the issue. you can bring them in but once you're on the stand and refer to your notes it's only appropriate the attorneys are able to look at that. that's what they did. a critical mistake. if the state did not know this ahead of

i'm ashleigh banfield live in sanford, florida, at the seminole county criminal justice center whereny moment the attorneys, the gallery, the jury and the judge will all be taking their seats once again for the continuation of these riveting closing arguments in george zimmerm zimmerman's second degree murder trial. this is the end of the road before the jurors get to make their voices heard. silently and then very loudly. if opening statements are the framework into which all these pieces of the puzzle are going to fit in, then closing arguments are the narrative. they are the live story telling, the two-hour documentary of everything you just heard in a story that makes more sense than the legalese and the arcane arguments that are as much for the jury as they are for the record. so it's very easy to understand them. it's very easy to remember them. i want to bring in our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeff, i've been watching this. bernie de la rionda is a masterful attorney. he is one of the better ones i've watched live in action. i am trying to determine by listening to w

i'm pamela brown in for ashleigh banfield. it looks like it might be the royal baby's birthday today, july 22. the duchess of cambridge went into labor earlier this morning. we are waiting for word as to whether it is a prince or a princess. max, i can imagine it is quite a circus out there. it has been more than ten mourz since she arrived at the hospital. set the scene for us. what is it like? >> that is really the forefront of everyone's mind. she is pretty much into this process of labor. of course it is different for everyone. if we have an announcement today the only sign we will have is someone coming out of that. palace official will recognize them and will have a piece of paperer sent to buckingham palace. we know the queen is in resident at the buckingham palace. she is there ready to see this notice delivered where the world will hear about it. certainly there is a big crowd with the public really gathering. the media literally from all over the world. we have all the german, french, polish networks are all here. th

>> ashleigh banfield, thank you very much, indeed. >>> outside the courtroom, watching every moment of this case, jane, they are still in there late at night in the courtroom. what is going on, do you think? >> well, this is an epic battle and at it's heart is whether or not they will put the dead, young, man the victim on trial here and the defense wants to take text messages and facebook posts that make trayvon martin look bad and maybe talking about fighting and firearms and introduce that before the jury to try to basically smear the victim. i certainly think that that's not really what this case is about but the defense often tries to do that. they try to essentially put the victim on trial, and that's what they are arguing about right now. >> we also heard evidence today from george zimmerman's neighbor took the stand via video because she wasn't feeling well. how significant do you think was her testimony? >> reporter: well, she's an african american lady who testified via skype and i think the unspoken message from the defense was look, george zimmerman has an african american

i'm pamela brown in for ashleigh banfield. mounting legal problems for former nfl star aaron hernandez. ex-new england patriots tight end is due back in court today in the shooting death of his friend odin llyod. "the boston globe" reports a grand jury is hearing evidence that could tie hernandez to two other deaths. susan candiotti is in attleboro, massachusetts. what's the purpose of today's hearing? >> reporter: first of all, you know, this is accused murderer aaron hernandez will be breaking the monotony of sitting in his jail cell to attend today's probable cause hearing. at a probable cause hearing prosecutors put more evidence into the record to prove the strength of their case. however, oftentimes they ask for more time or continue wants and that's probably what's going to happen here today and here is why. we know and reported and according to the sources a grand jury has been meeting to consider evidence in this case. and charges are likely within the next week or two. since that is the case, it is very likely that t

. >>> i'm ashleigh banfield live in sanford, florida. thanks so much for watching our coverage and we have more coverage of the zimmerman trial and the breaking news that is coming to us live out of egypt and it starts right now with "ac and it starts right now with "ac 360. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> vital testimony in the zimmerman trial about whose testimony was where and the prosecution gets ready to call it's final witnesses, including possibly zimmerman's mother but we begin with breaking news. the muslim brotherhood said mohamed morsy is being held under house arrest right now after being forced out by the military today after one year in office. tonight the country is a powder keg, the situation extremely fluid. the images extraordinary. pro and anti-morsy. a travel warning was issued for americans. egypt media said security forces arrested the political party leader and his department tip and say an operation is underway to arrest 300 members of the muslim brother hood and 800 killed and 300 injump in clashes acro

i'm in for ashleigh banfield this week. a couple of quick headlines to get you started this hour. first the search of a north korean cargo ship suspected of carrying drugs turned up something far more alarming. panamanian officials seized the ship that you see here as it approached the panama canal from cuba, discovered hidden behind, get this, a large container of brown sugar, guess what they found. undeclared weapons including apparent missile parts. we're going to have more details for you coming up later in the program. >>> one of mexico's most feared drig lords is in custody. this man mexican authorities captured him, miguel angel trevino morales early monday in a pickup truck near the u.s. border. he was known as z-40, head of the ultra violent mexican drug gang called los zetas. >>> and in cairo a night of deadly clashes between police and supporters of ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi. the health ministry reports at least seven people were killed. some 261 injured. the muslim brotherhood blamed police, saying they fired on morsi supporters during ramadan prayers. ag

i'm ashleigh banfield, bringing you live coverage of the george zimmerman second degree murder trial.an i tell you, there are moments in a courtroom that live in posterity forever. they make themselves known on subsequent trials because they are full of drama, emotion and sometimes the picture's a little too crazy for words. when we went to break, that happened. and so i'm not going to put you back into live testimony. what i'm going to do is play to you what happened when we went to commercial break. because let me just put it this way, sometimes you get demonstrative aides, sometimes you get evidentiary aides and sometimes a dummy, i mean a real dummy. john guy, who is no dummy brought out a dummy because so much of this case focuses on who was on the top, who was hitting whom. and this is what john guy want to get out of this expert who's on the stand right now. his name is dennis root, a use of force expert. he's been testifying because of the interviews he did and the evidence that he looked at and the analysis that he did. not because he was there. and it's been critical to see

i'm pamela brown in for ashleigh banfield. we start this morning with the deadliest train accident in spain in years. this new incredible video right here shows a terrifying moment when a high-speed train jumped the tracks and just before arriving at station in northwestern spain. at least 80 people were killed. 178 were injured. drug at least five americans. cnn's karl penhaul joins us now from spain where the incident happened. karl, tell us. just looking at that video sin credible. we see that first car making it around the tight curve there and the rest of the train just topples over. al goodman is joining us now. al, tell us what happened with the crash. what are we learning? >> pamela, well, that video that you are just referring to from the railway video, no sound on that video. we see the moment of impact with the lead smoke motive coming past this area behind me and basically going off the track as well as the first passenger car. but something happened a little bit further back on the train. little bit of a puff or s

i'm ashleigh banfield in for erin burnett tonight. i'm coming to you live from sanford, florida. this, of course, the site of george zimmerman's second-degree murder trial. and "outfront" tonight, quite the pivotal day, because of crucial testimony from the medical examiner. is it the kind of testimony, though, that could damage george zimmerman's claims that trayvon martin slammed his head repeatedly into the sidewalk over and over and over again the night that he shot him dead? >> are any injuries in this photograph life threatening? >> no. >> are any of those abrasions life threatening? >> no. >> and how would you classify the abrasions depicted in state's 73? >> very insignificant. >> could those abrasions be depicted in that photograph have come from a single blow? >> single, in fact, yes. >> cnn's martin savidge is here with me in sanford, florida. he's been reporting live on this trial from the very beginning, in fact, since the entire case began. so let's talk about that moment and whether in cross-examination george zimmerman's attorney was able to clean up some of that

i'm in your ashleigh banfield. we start with a plane crash in maryland.e want to show you the live pictures. we're going to show you the wreckage after it plowed into a mobile home. we're told this is 20 miles northeast of the d.c. no word yet of any injuries. we don't know if there are people inside that home or in that mobile home park. you can see firefighters are on scene now. first responders are there. we don't know who the plane belongs to either. once we get more information, we'll try to pass that along to you. >>> also something we're watching a massive wildfire burning in the california mountains that is nowhere under control. in the idyllwild area, 100 miles outside of palm springs. officials have ordered 6,000 residents to evacuate. 4,000 homes at risk. coming up this hour, live on cnn, president obama is expected to speak about his affordable care act also known as obama care. we're going to bring you the president live as soon as he speaks. >>> and if you happen to be in the northeast, we don't need to tell you this. it is hot. it is so ver

i'm michaela pereira in for ashleigh banfield. there is a loud cry for justice coming from thousands of protesters in cities across the u.s. as they come to grips with the not guilty verdict in george zimmerman's murder trial. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> you can see here demonstrators in new york, from across the racial spectrum. they marched from union square up 6th avenue to times square. and protests like that, many peaceful, others not, are happening all across the nation. alina machado is live in sanford, florida this morning to give us an idea of what's happening there. alina. >> reporter: well, michaela, protests here in sanford, florida have been very small and peaceful, unlike what we've seen in some other parts of the country. overnight in new york city, in times square, there were thousands of people marching. in harlem we heard of a scuffle between police and protesters, a scuffle that resulted in some arrests. and in los angeles we heard of a march that turned violent after protesters started throwing bat

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield live in sanford, florida.busy show we have ahead here. tragedy amid the arizona wildfire, a western heat wave that could be breaking records, okay, where i am live the george zimmerman second-degree murder trial continuing with evidence, people may not have expected they would hear. all of those stories coming your way, we are continuing our gavel to gavel coverage here. i want to beam you over to arizona right away, woo where an elite team of firefighters wer

i'm john berman in for ashleigh banfield.or child traffic ring arresting more than dozen and dozen of pimps. joe johns is joining us. it sounds like a very, very big operation. >> that's true. it's called operation cross country. it's done by the federal bureau of investigation in cooperation with a number of state and local law enforcement authorities. we're told it's the largest child exploitation and child prostitution sweep of its kind ever. about 105 children nationwide rescued, according to law enforcement officials. more than 50 pimps have been arrested. dozens of searches across the country. th