reporter james flanigan has been in the report room at the oscar pistorius trial, and she joins us. incredibly stuff said in the core room just before they went on their lunch break. tell us a bit more about what was just said. mosthave to say the dramatic moment of the case so far, it took everyone in the court by surprise. who we havecounsel, all come to know well, requested a short adjournment, which printed sighs from everybody. sighs fromompted everybody. we adjourned, and oscar pistorius came back in the courtroom wearing just a pair of shorts and a long sleeve shirt. asked by his counsel to remove his prosthesis, which none of us expected. , after he hadked removed his prosthesis, to go stand near the bullet ridden front door, which was hung near the front of the court for much of this trial. , standing onng these rather withered stumps, looking rather forlorn. of course much shorter than we are normally used to seeing him, and in that moment it did matter what we had come to think of him. he was definitely a very pathetic sight, and you could not hear a pin drop in the court

to tell us more, let's bring in james flanigan. it has been another emotional day there.he court is adjourned a few times due to him crying again. >> yes, it has. we have been back and forth in the way that we were poor the start of the trial. oscar was very emotional. he has held it together the last few days. today, it was a bad day. i think because harry nell is turning the screws. he is winding up to the end of cross-examination and things are getting very tough for oscar pistorius. he has said i do not believe your crying and breaking down. you are crying and breaking down because you are making mistakes. whatnconsistencies between he says from one day to the next, even from one minute the next, are so obvious. you do not a legal mind to see them. he really is tying himself up in knots. harry started the day very confrontational he, saying that today is the day i will prove you cannot be true. these events cannot possibly be true. he really is circling him like a wounded animal. he is very emotional. his family is looking very bleak. i would not be surprised if we sa