this man, damon darling. prosecutors say he started it, he had the ak-47 that took the life of the 9-year-old. more live testimony today as "in session" takes you "courtside." good thursday morning to all of you. i'm jack ford. welcome to "courtside" where you get to hear both sides of every case. they're getting ready to start more live testimony in this courtroom in miami, florida. it gives us a chance to check in with beth karas who is covering the trial for us live. first question to you, originally the plan was to get started about an hour ago. this morning apparently that didn't happen. any idea why? >> yes. the assistant state attorney monica gordo informed the court that their next witness sam brown isn't around. they're out looking for him. he does have some health problems. they do think it is health related rather than another witness being recalcitrant or threatened. and he witnessed parts of the shooting and says there were actually three people shooting. so hopefully they have until 2:00 to loca

damon darling's mother right behind me in the second row. it was a darling supporter who was ejected forever from this trial because of making a -- a nasty comment to the prosecutor in the hallway. so it's that side of the courtroom that's kind of fired up. and it appears that this witness yesterday -- who knows the darling family. she lives in that neighborhood. she knows who the defendant is -- is really scared of them. and while she expressed a fear of the camera, it appears that her fear was really to people who were staring her down in the courtroom from the public gallery. we do not have information that there were specific threats, but something happened in the last week and a half until trial time. and she would not come out and say what she has said before. she is the witness who was locked up in the past earlier this year for 30 days because of fear for her own safety and her family's safety. she has seven children. and she was with her husband and her children in this apartment, a two-story apartment in pork 'n' beans, close to whe

more live coverage of florida versus damon darling. i'm jami floyd.you so much for watching, and have a great afternoon.