with which george zimmerman is charged, was committed, and george zimmerman is the person who committed the crime. george zimmerman is not required to present evidence or prove anything. whenever the words reasonable doubt are used, you must consider the following. a reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary, or forced doubt. such a doubt should not influence you to return a verdict of not guilty if you have an abiding conviction of guilt. on the other hand, if after carefully considering, comparing, and weighing all of the evidence, there is not an abiding conviction of guilt or if having a conviction it is one which is not stable but one which waivers and vacillates, then the charge is not proved beyond every reasonable doubt, and you must find george zimmerman not guilty because the doubt is reasonable. it is to the evidence introduced in this trial and to it alone that you are to look for that proof. a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of george zimmerman may arise from the evidence, conflict in the evidence, or lack of the evidence. if you have a reason

with which george zimmerman has charged was committed and george zimmerman is the person who committed the crime. george zimmerman is not required to present evidence or prove anything. whenever the words reasonable doubt are used, you must consider the following. a reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary or forced doubt. such a doubt should not influence you to return a verdict of not guilty if you have an abiding conviction of guilt. on the other hand, if after carefully considering, comparing and weighing all of the evidence there is not an abiding conviction of guilt or if having a conviction, it is one which is not stable, but one which wavers and vase lacillates, then the ce is not proved beyond a reasonable doubt and you must find george zimmerman not guilty because the doubt is reasonable. it is to the evidence introduced in this trial and it alone that you are to look to that proof. a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of george zimmerman may arise from the evidence, conflict in the evidence, or the lack of evidence. if you have a reasonable doubt

george probably thought he did, because george was the one who knew that george was carrying a gun. >f that. >> you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin knew george zimmerman was carrying a gun? >> no. >> so you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin reached for that gun? >> right. but that doesn't make it right. there's not a right or a wrong. even if he did reach for the gun, it doesn't make 234i difference. >> how so zm. >> well, because george had a right to protect himself at that point. >> so you believe that george zimmerman really felt his life was in danger? >> i do. i really do. >> do you think trayvon martin threw the first punch? >> i think he did. >> what makes you think that? >> because of the evidence on the t on the sidewalk, where george says he was punched, there was evidence of his flashlight and keys there, and little further down, there was a flashlight that he was carrying. and i think that's where trayvon hit him. >> you think based on the testimony you heard, you believe that trayvon martin was the aggress aggressor? >> i think the roles c

i think that george's, george's proclivities were always in and around social justice. i know that he was raised catholic. so was i. 16 years of catholic school has made me the man i am today. [laughter] >> and harvey influenced by jewish culture, you know, i don't think it's ever been explored enough. but if you talk to every brit, you know that harvey was a very, very much impacted by the holocaust. you know, if you remember, it happened in the '40s. it's only 20 years or so since he came onto the scene. and i think he was able to transfer, you know, that tragedy and that oppression into what was happening with gay people. he was very scrappy. i wanted to acknowledge two people who were very supportive of harvey milk and george moscone, and both of them have left us and that's howard wallace and hank wilson. (applause) >> what i loved about them was, what i loved about them was they knocked back a few and really get into it with harvey about different issues. but the comic was always there. and i think that's the beauty of san francisco. i think that we were able to t

i think george probably thought that he did, because george was the one who knew that george was carrying a gun. and he was aware of that. >> you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin knew that george zimmerman was carrying a gun? >> no. >> so you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin reached for that gun? >> right. but that doesn't make it right. i mean, there's not a right or a wrong if even if he did reach for the gun, it doesn't make any difference. >> how so? >> well, because george had a right to protect himself at that point. >> so you believe that george zimmerman really felt his life was in danger? >> i do. i really do. >> do you think trayvon martin threw the first punch? >> i think he did. >> what makes you think that. >> because of the evidence, on the "t," or on the sidewalk, where george says he was punched, there was evidence of his flashlight and keys there, and then a little bit farther down, there was a flashlight that he was carrying. and i think that's where trayvon hit him. >> so you think, based on the testimony you heard, you believe that trayv

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george probably thought he did, because george was the one who knew that george was carrying a gun. >nd he was aware of that. >> you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin knew george zimmerman was carrying a gun? >> no. >> so you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin reached for that gun? >> right. but that doesn't make it right. there's not a right or a wrong. even if he did reach for the gun, it doesn't make any difference. >> how so? >> well, because george had a right to protect himself at that point. >> so you believe that george zimmerman really felt his life was in danger? >> i do. i really do. >> do you think trayvon martin threw the first punch? >> i think he did. >> what makes you think that? >> because of the evidence on the t on the sidewalk, where george says he was punched, there was evidence of his flashlight and keys there, and little further down, there was a flashlight that he was carrying. and i think that's where trayvon hit him. >> you think based on the testimony you heard, you believe that trayvon martin was the aggressor? >> i think the ro

that george zimmerman was lucky.would say what comes to her mind, murderer. i can understand that. >> i don't understand that. she's a prosecutor. she's got a certain -- supposed to have some ethics, which obviously she doesn't. supposed to be competent. you heard the juror say they played over and over the reenactment by george zimmerman. jeff, i think she will back me up but for these incompetent prosecutors putting it in there. >> big mistake by the prosecutors to put all those tapes in. they thought, oh, they'll show all these inconsistencies. >> they rewatched that. >> i agreed with her on that. >> that does it for this special edition of "360." join us tomorrow night. we'll have more of my interview with job b-37. also 10:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, a special edition "race and justice in america," it an "ac360" town hall. you don't want to miss it, tomorrow night 10:00 eastern right here on cnn. [ female announcer ] last day, deb. checking out of the hilton shouldn't be a pity party. your next trip is calling. sa

>> my son, george. >> are you certain of that? >> because he's my son. >> what was the manner of death, sir? >> the manner of death is home. he was killed by another person. he was still alive, and he was killed. he was suffering. >> objection. not a relevant issue. >> just a second. your objection is relevance? overruled. >> there's only one reason to squeeze the trigger at someone's heart and that's because you mean to kill them, there is no question of that. shooting someone in the heart is by itself on its face evidence of ill will. >> not exactly sure what the state's case is yet. we don't know yet who was screaming. this would be the textbook case. wouldn't make it to a textbook, because the inference of nonguilt is much stronger than any suggested inference of guilt. >> hello, welcome to "on the record." i'm kimberly guilfoyle in for greta, who has the night off. dramatic testimony in the george zimmerman murder trial. trayvon martin survived 1 to 10 minutes after being shot by george zimmerman. trayvon's mother also testif

i said, that is george. and i stood up and i looked at the tv and i didn't see anything else but it was just the recording playing at that time. >> this wasn't a situation where somebody played it for you to ask you to identify the voice? >> no, sir. it was not. >> was this just coincidental that it happened to come on tv? >> no, sir. it was not even coincidental. like i said, i was just working on the computer doing exactly i cannot really but that voice hit me and i heard that and the moment i heard that i felt it inside of my heart. i said, that is george. >> did you even know the tv was addressing your nephew's case? >> no, i did not. >> did your wife tell you about the fact that it was on tv? >> as a matter of fact she did not. >> then -- and i think you mentioned it, what was it that brought you're attention to the tv? >> his voice. the reason why his voice, i have george play with my sons. it is unique the way you recognize your family members when they laugh or when they cry and this was the moment t

>> yes, i do. >> from your conversation with george about this night and other nights george zimmerman knows those phone calls are recorded? >> yes. >> tell me then again he's explaining to you that trayvon martin is walking up and near his vehicle at some point? >> correct. >> came walking from between the town homes down to the sidewalk or the road area was. >> are you taking any notes or just listening to him? >> i'm driving. >> at some point it became apparent to you that mr. zimmerman had stopped his car by the clubhouse, correct? >> yes, he did. >> and trayvon martin came up towards his car and looked in a window or walked partially around it? >> very close. walked around it. they made eye contact several more times. very aware of each other's presence. >> during this second eye contact did george zimmerman relate to you in any way he was angry or anything about trayvon martin or this person who was there has? >> no, not at all. >> he further told you he was still on the phone with non-emergency? >> he remained on. >> then we move forward to i think you said that george zimmerman

we are where we are as a family and george is where he is as george. going to have the right conversation that we need to have going forward. trayvon is the victim of many things. he's certainly not. our system has found he is not the victim of a murder. he is not the victim of a manslaughter. as much as you want to talk about skittles or trash george on your program or any other cnn program, is he an innocent man. >> it'set not about trashing him. it turned out to be a fact after george pulled that trigger and killed trayvon martin that trayvon had been unarmed and just had i an bag of skittals. >> he was armed with the sidewalk with his nose breaking fists and whatever aggression he brought to that moment. you know bag of skittles or bag of whatever you want. >> let's have a short break. we'll talk more about this. i want to get what you want to say to trayvon martin's family, and also what life will be like for george. he's put on lots of weight. under deep stress. he's got this moment of freedom. how you and the family intend to help him celebrate

george, on hearing that.ask you the difficult questions here, many people have reactsed with fury tonight. you know, many people have reacted that thinking it's a right decision, many have said it's an outrage, nobody has been made accountable for the death on of trayvon martin. what do you say to those people? >> we do not make people accountable for death as it were because there's a death. death is unfortunate. death is a bi-product of the law prescribes, as returning appropriate force. the jury found he acted appropriately in defending his life in accordance with the law. we respect the rule of laul and respecting this verdict as we called for it before the verdict was in, is the only appropriate thing to do as americans. this is our system, this is what we have. it's the best in the world. and i think that conjecture and speculation and emotional reaction to what people think may or may not have happened is dominating the discussion for a long time. people called for an arrest, and called for his day in

>> we're depositing it into our savings for george after. >> you keep saying george, george zimmerman that we're talking about, the defendant, correct? >> that's correct. >> and i believe you've known mr. zimmerman for how long? >> since 2006. >> and you met him through work? >> that's correct. >> you ended up marrying he and his wife? >> that's correct. >> he is left-handed, correct? >> yes. >> now, regarding the recording that was played for you, you had heard it two or three times you said, four times? >> a few times. >> did it take you a while to figure out who was actually yelling? >> absolutely not. >> you from the first time you heard it, you knew? >> the very first time i knew it was george. >> why did you have to listen to it more than once? >> because it's played on the news all the time. >> okay. the first time you heard it was on the news? >> yes. >> so on the news it was dealing with this case, george zimmerman, correct? >> yes. >> you are aware that the recording was dealing with george zimmerman? >> yes. >> and that in no way influenced you in raising your opinion that

>> george. >> all right, george, what's your last name? >> zimmerman. >> and george, what's the phone number you're calling from? >> 407-435-2400. >> all right, george, we have them on the way, do you want to meet with the officer when they get out there? >> yeah. >> all right, where are you going to be? >> there's a -- as you come in through the gate, tell them to go straight past the clubhouse. and then straight past the clubhouse and then make a left and then you go past the mailboxes, there's my truck. >> what address are you parked in front of? >> i don't know. it's a cut through, so i don't know the address. >> okay, do you live in the area? >> yeah. >> what's your apartment number? >> it's a home. it's 1950. oh, crap, i don't want to give it out. >> do you want to meet with them right by the mailboxes then? >> yeah, that's fine. >> all right, george, i'll let you know when they're out there. >> could you have them call me and i'll tell them where i'm at? >> yes, no problem. >> do you want my number? >> yeah, i got it. >> i'll let th

and according to george, george had walked -- george was down to my left. he had made his phone call to the police. and he intended to go this direction and go towards the clubhouse which was down there. and between the last second that george zimmerman, phone records show, between the last time he hung up with the police, and the time a 911 call was put by a citizen that there was something going on, about a minute and 24 seconds, so presumably, something happened right about here and it will be the jury's job to decide who was the aggressor, whether george was defending himself or not. and of course that's a task we give the jury and the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt its case and the defense has to prove absolutely nothing. >>> now the jury has spoken, but as in many trials, questions still linger as to what really happened on that dark night, especially during those four crucial minutes. defense attorney ted williams joins us, welcome, ted. you and i went out to the scene, you were there with me when we walked back there. and there w

i think george probably thought that he did because george was the one who knew that george was carrying a gun. and he was aware of that. >> you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin knew that george zimmerman was carrying a gun? >> no. >> you can't say for sure whether or not trayvon martin reached for that gun? >> right. but that doesn't make it right. there's not a right or a wrong. even if he did reach for the gun, it doesn't make any difference. >> how so? >> well, because george had a right to protect himself at that point. >> so you believe that george zimmerman really felt his life was in danger? >> i do. i really do. >> do you think trayvon martin threw the first punch? >> i think he did. >> what makes you think that? >> because of the evidence of on the "t," on the sidewalk, where george says he was punched, there was evidence of his flashlight and keys there. and then a little bit farther down, there was a flashlight that he was carrying. and i think that's where trayvon hit him. >> so you think based on the testimony you heard, you believe that trayvon martin was t

george howell was in that courtroom. was there any information to portray what the jurors might have been thinking as they will get their instructions and probably start deliberating. >> reporter: fair to say they were paying close attention to everything brought in this courtroom. you have to consider that o'mara brought in charts and that video reenactment. he showed people in there, the people watching television, people in that courtroom showed th that the charts would explain what it would take the find a person guilty or not guilty. he went through the process of showing the reenactment giving the jurors zimmerman's account of what happened. that will be an image as they take back into the jury room. they took a lot of notes. you see them taking notes. they pay close attention to the props. they pay close attention. here is the other thing. he involved the jury. he involved everyone in the courtroom when he took that four minutes of silence and that's four minutes of silence between the last time rachel jenteal tal

george bush, george bush, george bush, george steinbrenner, george costanza. king george, king george, king george, and king george. george look cause, george stephanopoul stephanopoulos, george takei, babe ruth or should we say george furman, george brett, george c. scott, george foreman, george patten, george orwell. s. >> i have money and property. >> and finally curious george. sow that's not even mentioning -- what is the point of this exercise, you ask? well, nothing but to suggest the -- naughty little monkey, power hitter, who is strong with the force. so now -- let's turn to experts to tell us about the real actual significance accusing the name george. we have some guests who know a lot about this. kate is standing outside buckingham palace. and the daughter of queen elizabeth's former press secretary. okay, george alexander louis, none of those names really surprised -- explain where they all came from. >> george, of course, is the patron saint of england, as you mentioned in a rundown, there have been six previous georges since 1714. fuls the name

>> my son, george. >> are you certain of that? >> because he's my son. >> what was the manner of death, sir? >> the manner of death is home. he was killed by another person. he was still alive, and he was killed. he was suffering. >> objection. not a relevant issue. >> just a second. your objection is relevance? overruled. >> there's only one reason to squeeze the trigger at someone's heart and that's because you mean to kill them, there is no question of that. shooting someone in the heart is by itself on its face evidence of ill will. >> not exactly sure what the state's case is yet. we don't know yet who was screaming. this would be the textbook case. wouldn't make it to a textbook, because the inference of nonguilt is much stronger than any suggested inference of guilt. >> hello, welcome to "on the record." i'm kimberly guilfoyle in for greta, who has the night off. dramatic testimony in the george zimmerman murder trial. trayvon martin survived 1 to 10 minutes after being shot by george zimmerman. trayvon's mother also testif

. >> george zimmerman has been silent.was mark o'mara, his lawyer, that spoke out. >> we are ecstatic with tehe results, george zimmerman was never guilty. i am glad the jury saw it that way. >> and this is really not the end for george zimmerman as we have been talking about this on the panel the last hour. there could be other charges against zimmerman? >> yes, that is absolutely right. there has been a request by the naacp that there be an investigation into the possibility of civil rights violation, the breaking of civil rights, trayvon martin, due to george zimmerman's actions. the department of justice says they have been investigating and will continue to look into that. and they want people to be sure that they're looking into that, that is ongoing. meanwhile, president obama has weighed in. remember, he spoke just weeks after this incident. and the latest statement coming from the president goes like this. and he says the death of trayvon martin was a tragedy, not just for his family or for any one community but f

state of florida versus george zimmerman. we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. everybody to this special edition of new day. that was the moment we have all been waiting for. the reading of the verdict in the george zimmerman murder trial. jury's decision, you heard it, not guilty. some people expected it. many did not. thanks for joining us. i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate baldwin. it's 8:00 in the east on this sunday july 14th. thank you for joining us for "new day." it was inevitable after the verdict came down that one side would be happy and one side would express relief, declare justice -- they would also declare that justice had been done and they would want to move on. listen here. >> your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cutoff when you exit the courtroom over here and you have no further business with the court. >> thank you, your honor. >> but we knew from the beginning if trayvon martin was allowed to be killed and the man that did it to not go to jail there would be outrage and there is. civil rights leaders want the justice department t

>> george zimmerman's friend, mark osterman testified that george zimmerman told him that trayvon martin straddled zimmerman by his arm pits. de la rionda used a mannequin, once again, using the mannequin to show the jury once again what it would look like. >> he is showing the arm pits, how did he get the gun out? arm pits, how does he get the gun out? >> a few months after the incident, george zimmerman told sean hannity that he had no regrets about what happened that night. but today, he must have had regrets about talking to sean hannity. >> i feel like it was all god's plan, and for me to second guess it or judge it. >> is there anything you might do differently in retrospect, after time has passed? >> no, sir. >> i don't know whether i need to comment about that. it speaks for itself. >> joining me now, msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom, former criminal prosecutor, faith jenkins and former prosecutor marcia clark, who is also the author of the new novel, "killer ambition." they want to lodge at least one central question at least in the jury's mind that leads to the answer of guilty.

george zimmerman found not guilty. >> the verdict, we, the jury, find george zimmerman not guilty. >>this morning george zimmerman is a free man acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. we break down the case with our team of legal experts straight ahead. >> and was it all about politics from the beginning? did the prosecution even have a case? we take a harsh look at how we got to where we are. >> then as the verdict was announced, people took their opinions to the streets. what ari

george zimmerman's response, oh, thank god. thank god somebody -- i was hoping it would be videotaped. then the investigator says in response, in my experience, someone who sticks to their story after being told there's a videotape is either a pathological liar or they're telling the truth. that, for me, was the turning point. having seen investigators, police investigation for as long as i have, which isn't as long as the other panelists, but i will say i know that if they believe -- they're paid to be suspicious when there's nothing to be suspicious about. if they believe there's nothing to be suspicious about, that's a lot. that means a lot to me. >> jeff, as a prosecutor you were saying -- >> i've never seen a cop do that. i've never seen a cop go to bat for a defendant in the case in which he's testifying like that. >> it almost seemed like a hijack. it almost seemed like a payback move. >> there was some internal politics going on there where this cop was pissed at these prosecutors. he could have answered those questions

did you truly believe that george zimmerman was in danger? >> i think those death threats came from a very extreme periphery. so was he in active fear? since we don't know where that periphery lives or when they're going to show nup in sanford or orlando, you have to take those threats for real. i don't know if it was his mother taking threats on an internet chatroom, or if it was someone down the street finding out where he lives. so death threats you have to take seriously, and he does, because he's been in hiding for six months. >> what about you? you have a wife, you have other people working on your staff. were you afraid for them? >> i'm concerned. i think i've handled myself in this case in a way that evidences sensitivities that should be there for the martin family and the events that have happened. but again, there is that periphery out there who just may decide they don't like the fact that i helped george zimmerman get acquitted. i don't know how you live any other way than to just continue living your life with it, because i'm no

george, on hearing that. let me ask you the difficult questions here, many people have reactsed with fury tonight. you know, many people have reacted that thinking it's a right decision, many have said it's an outrage, nobody has been made accountable for the death on of trayvon martin. what do you say to those people? >> we do not make people accountable for death as it were because there's a death. death is unfortunate. death is a bi-product of the law prescribes, as returning appropriate force. the jury found he acted appropriately in defending his life in accordance with the law. we respect the rule of laul and respecting this verdict as we called for it before the verdict was in, is the only appropriate thing to do as americans. this is our system, this is what we have. it's the best in the world. and i think that conjecture and speculation and emotional reaction to what people think may or may not have happened is dominating the discussion for a long time. people called for an arrest, and called for his

will george zimmerman take the stand?o'mara had said that george wanted to take the stand. >> right. >> but under the advice of counsel he did not take the stand in the end. what did george want to say? >> the truth. the same truth that he told the police from the beginning. the same truth that he told sean hannity. the same truth that he told his family. when this first happened, george reached out to each family member individually to tell them what had happened. it was important to him that the truth came from him to his brother, his mother, his father, his sister, whomever, that it didn't come from some other source. >> if he didn't think that was being represented or he thinks he really wanted to have his say in court, why didn't he? the judge, debra nelson, made it very clear that she wanted it to be his decision and no one else's. >> right. which is what the law, you know, suggests. >> right. >> that that is our right as defendants. i think i would be kind of the same way as george. i think that when you don't have