jonathan bloom is among the mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.ietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> jurors will return at 9:00 tomorrow morning to resume deciding the fate of george zimmerman. he is charged with the killing of trayvon martin but the jury can also consider manslaughter. >> tonight, zimmerman's fate is in the hands of a jury. six female jurors, five of them white, all of them one but mothers, last word in the trial was from the prosecution. >> to the living, we owe respect. but to the dead, we owe the truth. >> he mesmerized the jury. and whispering. >> not being able to ask martin to step forward stow i can put my hand on his shoulder. >> casting this as an historic choice. >> your verd

in stanford, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> the world is waiting.he birth of the future king or queen of great britain. prince william and his wife, kate, are due to become parents at anytime. as reported, the birth of the baby is not only going to have an impact on british royalty, but also on british revenue. >> they are calling it baby fever. proud brits counting down the days until a new monarch is born. in days the duchess is expected to deliver and more are staked out to capture the first images of the future condition or queen of england. the baby is due any day. that's welcome news on a number of fronts, not the least of which is financial. proceeds from tourism and product sales related to the birth are expected to pump nearly $400 million into the british economy. $90 million alone is expected to be spent on some $3 million bottles of champagne purchased to toast the new baby's birth. >> the new baby is absolutely good for the british economy. >> from the royal wedding to the wimbledon championship to andy murray to the queen's jubilee, an

as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains, they are about to drive all the way across australia, powered by nothing but the sun. >> turning left. >> left. >> it's not roomy or luxurious and it's got the smallest steering wheel you have ever seen. but it's not built for comfort, it's built to win. it's not just any race. a group of stanford undergrads put it together from scratch for a 2,000 mile journey in the australian outback, powered completely by the sun. >> these are the same ones you would put on your house, but just a higher efficiency. >> stanford has entered the solar challenge before. this time they have a bold, new design. every curve is made to balance sun exposure with arrow dynamics, every maneuver designed to conserve each drop of precious power. >> we go slower if it's sunny. if we know there's a cloudy patch ahead or behind. which go fast through the cloudy patch and slow through the sunny patch. so you get the same average speed, but collect more sunlight. >> all while keeping the driver safe. >> although it has all the transportation of a race car, it isn't mu

. >> fruit veil station the final day in the life of oscar grant jonathan bloom is among the first to see it. >> here is the latest on the shooting at the gift center. >> police say two women were killed inside a store inside of the building on brannan veet and found a man shot being treated at the hospital. >> police shot the suspect as he shot at them. officer dz not shoot back we'll have latest for >>> this is "world news." tonight, in their hands, the jury now deciding the truth about george zimmerman. after a final dramatic showdown in court, first the defense. >> give me a shred of evidence that he had any other option. >> and the prosecution coming roaring back. >> he shot him because he wanted to. >>> electrified. a standing ovation for a tiny girl with a defiant call of arms. >>> and wall of sand. a major dust storm swamping a major american city, tonight. >>> and good evening on this friday night. it's all in the hands of the jury. six people deciding the truth of

jonathan bloom joins us from that event in oakland. jonathan? >> family members invited us here fr a vigil. you can see they've gathered there on the corner holding up a web site address and some pictures of baby daphne missing about a week now. her father and mother both attending this vigil. her father was absent for the last one. but is he here. her father is a free the police took him into custody and released him after determining there was not enough tofdz keep him telling investigators he left her with his mom who is 87 and suffers from dementia. police conducted searches but turned up nothing. latest revelation has to do with daphne's mom admitted she'd consumed alcohol and vicodin before driving a car with daphn next the back seat. it's important to note police don't consider her a suspect in this case they say that she has not seen daphne about two weeks and abc 7 news can't find anyone who saw her during those weeks. and her family says the best thing to do is get together and hold hands and pray for daphne's safe return. >> thank you

jonathan bloom joins us from that event in oakland. jonathan?mily members invited us here fr a vigil. you can see they've gathered there on the corner holding up a web site address and some pictures of baby daphne missing about a week now. her father and mother both attending this vigil. her father was absent for the last one. but is he here. her father is a free the police took him into custody and released him after determining there was not enough tofdz keep him telling investigators he left her with his mom who is 87 and suffers from dementia. police conducted searches but turned up nothing. latest revelation has to do with daphne's mom admitted she'd consumed alcohol and vicodin before driving a car with daphn next the back seat. it's important to note police don't consider her a suspect in this case they say that she has not seen daphne about two weeks and abc 7 news can't find anyone who saw her during those weeks. and her family says the best thing to do is get together and hold hands and pray for daphne's safe return. >> thank you very

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains the film is drawing strong emotional reactions from people watching it there. what is going on? >> based on a tragic true story. now just miles from where it happened grand lake theater is one of three to start showing the film "fruit veil station". -- fruitvale station but it packs a punch. >> i was like damn that is, i mean it was just -- speechless. >> people were like crying in the movie theater and you can feel like that could have been you. you know? >> the story of a struggling young father finds himself on the wrong end of a police officer gun hits close to home. >> i'm experiencing it right now. >> a few years ago one of my friends got shot and killed by a cop. gary. and the cops didn't go to jail or anything. it's like -- just brought me back to that day. >> reviews like that made for sold out shows. the movie uses real location autos it had an authentic feel. i grew up here this, is my home. i love this place. and i thought it captured well what it's like to be here. >> an emotional task said one assistant who worked on the film. >

and today one of them sat down with abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom to talk about what it's like too back to runway 28 left to see the wreckage of the flight. they were summoned here, only when arrived survivors were told they'd have the chance to go back. >> why did you decide to go? >> i wanted to take a look at the crash site again. it's experience you won't forget. >> he says he learned national transportation safety board organized the bus trip at the request two of the families whose daugtders were killed. they were given an hour by themselves. stepping on to the runway he says it was the first time he understood the damage. >> looking it's like wow. how did we get out? >> it's what he saw next that left him as a also for word autos there were two flags where the girls were found. and that is just like... kind of, i don't know. like, i can't believe, like, one of them was just right where i exited the plane. >> he says he was one of the first off the plane and wasn't hurt. others who survived with injuries were coming and going from the crohn plaza two still in wheelchairs. se

jonathan bloom spoke with the astronauts on the international space station about the photos they'veove the earth. for astronauts it's just another day in micro gravity. >> you can be superman but playing with objects, with refraction of light and water. >> light engineer took this photo of a giant drop of water. photography is a big hoby. up there lenses weigh nudging and scenery is limitless. >> we never get tired of looking out of the window. we talk among ourselves earth is always perfect and always different. constantly changing. >> they've taken pictures of a wildfire in colorado. a russian cosmonaut used this lens to catch a glimpse of the albert einstein vehicle. >> we have a wall of lenses and camera bodies to use at any given time. it's usually in the evenings that we have personal time to take pictures. >> italian astronaut sometimes shoots with his ipod floating nearby. >> first, my favorite way to look down on serge when i was outside using this camera. and chris would agree there is nothing to beat that. >> on a space walk he felt water leaking into his helmet. >> feels

as abc news reporter jonathan bloom found out koit have advantages when it comes to fighting crime. don't adjust your set. these are the quietest motorcycles you've seen. the only noise is this one. for police, they may be the best tool yet for curving crime on campus. >> it's smaller. it's more maneuverable and quiet. so we can approach people. >> this captain was hired to start a motor unit. could have gone with a sheet but went with these zero motorcycles made up the road. this model goes up to 75 miles per hour gets more than enough range for a 12 hour shift. officers aren't complaining. >> they move like any other motorcycle. especially downtown. we can get through traffic quickly and can get up and going when we need to. >> the bike as tract a lot of attention. police say it's the kind of attention they're looking for. everywhere they go... someone has a question about their knew nu rides. >> my favorite thing is answering questions when people come up and they're in disbelief there is a electric motorcycle. most people have not seen one. >> criminals may in the see one until

jonathan bloom has the story tonight of a man who came back from the brink of despair by creating hisng others to to do the same. >> tech shop they use new tools and learn new skills. he is making logos. outside you find a man sleeping on the pavement next to a shopping carted. these two have something in common. >> rob was an out of work software developer whose life had gone in a tail spin. >> i was completely out of money. >> he heard two shelter mates talking about tech shop. one brought back a flyer for it. >> it was the exact amount of money i had on me. i bought a would monday mo membership and rest is pretty much history. >> he found out he has a knack for laser cutting. he started making parts for other people's projects. now, he has own laser cutter and does small scale manufacturing. >> i have done pretty well. >> but he didn't want to stop there. back when he was on general assistance he would pass by this lot once a week and this would be a great place to start something. >> one of the things i noticed more than anything, was abundance of potential. >> he set out to creat

as abc news reporter jonathan bloom found out koit have advantages when it comes to fighting crime. don't adjust your set. these are the quietest motorcycles you've seen. the only noise is this one. for police, they may be the best tool yet for curving crime on campus. >> it's smaller. it's more maneuverable and quiet. so we can approach people. >> this captain was hired to start a motor unit. could have gone with a sheet but went with these zero motorcycles made up the road. this model goes up to 75 miles per hour gets more than enough range for a 12 hour shift. officers aren't complaining. >> they move like any other motorcycle. especially downtown. we can get through traffic quickly and can get up and going when we need to. >> the bike as tract a lot of attention. police say it's the kind of attention they're looking for. everywhere they go... someone has a question about their knew nu rides. >> my favorite thing is answering questions when people come up and they're in disbelief there is a electric motorcycle. most people have not seen one. e one until it's too late. >> we do fr

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom tells bus a man coming back from the brink of despair creating hisob. now, helping others to do the same. >> tech shop is where crafts people come to learn new skills. you'll find mark roth making logos for his new business. outside you'll find a man sleeping on a pavement next to a shopping cart. turns out they have something in common. >> he was an out of work software developer. >> i was out of money. i was -- started to get sick he heard a shelter mate talking about tech shop. >> they had a christmas special. so i bought a one month membership came with two classes took two classes and the rest is pretty much history he found out he has a knack for laser cutting. he began teaching glass class now he makes a living doing small scale manufacturing. >> i have done pretty well in the past year and a half he didn't want to stop there. back on general assistance you he used to have to pass by this lot thinking would it be a great class plais to start something. >> one thing i noticed inside of the shelter was potential. >> he set out to create what he

and today one of them sat down with abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom to talk about what it's like toback to runway 28 left to see the wreckage of the flight. they were summoned here, only when arrived survivors were told they'd have the chance to go back. >> why did you decide to go? >> i wanted to take a look at the crash site again. it's experience you won't forget. >> he says he learned national transportation safety board organized the bus trip at the request two of the families whose daugtders were killed. they were given an hour by themselves. stepping on to the runway he says it was the first time he understood the damage. >> looking it's like wow. how did we get out >> it's what he saw next that left him as a also for word autos there were two flags where the girls were found. and that is just like... kind of, i don't know. like, i can't believe, like, one of them was just right where i exited the plane. >> he says he was one of the first off the plane and wasn't hurt. others who survived with injuries were coming and going from the crohn plaza two still in wheelchairs. secur

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains the film is drawing strong emotional reactions from peopleatching it there. what is going on? >> based on a tragic true story. now just miles from where it happened grand lake theater is one of three to start showing the film "fruit veil station". -- fruitvale station but it like damn that i mean it was just -- speechless. >> people were like crying in the movie theater and you can feel like that could have been you. you know? >> the story of a struggling young father finds himself on the wrong end of a police officer gun hits close to home. >> i'm experiencing it right now. >> a few years ago one of my friends got shot and killed by a cop. gary. and the cops didn't go to jail or anything. it's like -- just brought me back to that day. >> reviews like that made for sold out shows. the movie uses real location autos it had an authentic feel. i grew up here this, is my home. i love this place. and i thought it captured well what it's like to be here. >> an emotional task said one assistant who worked on the film. >> the mood was somber. we were

jonathan bloom spoke with the astronauts on the international space station about the photos they'vestronauts it's just another day in micro gravity. >> you can be superman but playing with objects, with refraction of light and water. >> light engineer took this photo of a giant drop of water. photography is a big hoby. up there lenses weigh nudging and scenery is limitless. >> we never get tired of looking out of the window. we talk among ourselves earth is always perfect and always different. constantly changing. >> they've taken pictures of a wildfire in colorado. a russian cosmonaut used this lens to catch a glimpse of the albert einstein vehicle. >> we have a wall of lenses and camera bodies to use at any given time. it's usually in the evenings that we have personal time to take pictures. >> italian astronaut sometimes shoots with his ipod floating nearby. >> first, my favorite way to look down on serge when i was outside using this camera. and chris would agree there is nothing to beat that. >> on a space walk he felt water leaking into his helmet. >> feels like a lot of water

we see watson going is it's going to be a great heppner a lot of do main nishtion mount view, jonathan bloomeporter: tvl abc 7 news. >> of one last check of the weather with spencer. >> okay. clear sky live doppler 7 hd and the answer guy standing in front out of. question is who told you we would have cheer skies for the fireworks tonight? yes. let's look back at the high pressure across the state today. hot here in the bay area and across the state. red bluff 112 degrees. sacramento 110 degrees. monterey 79 degrees. these all tied record high for this date in those locations and we had one record here in the bay area san rafael had a high of actually 87 toda today. 89 that tied the record for this day total. notice how much cooler it is. inland location high in the low mid 80's. today temperatures in triple digit around the bay. high in the 70's to. here's 7 day forecast. no more triple digit for awhile. we are in the seasonal range of 80's inland. 70's around the bay 60's on the coast for the next 7 days. lacking and feeling good. >> thanks spencer. >> now to retiered grandmother who at 7

jonathan bloom has the story of a man who came back from the brink of despair by creating his own job and now he's helping others do the same. >> tech shop is place inventors and crafts people come to learn new skills and use few tools. inside you find this man working on a laser cutter and outside a man is sleeping on the pavement next to the shopping cart. but it turns out they have something in common. >> in 2011 was the first night i spent in a homeless shelter. >> mike was a out of work person who went into a spin but he heard two talking about tech shop. >> it so happened they had a christmas special with the exact amount of money i had on me so i bought a one month membership that came with two classes, took the two classes and the rest is history. >> he finds out he has a knack for laser cutting. he started out making parts for other people's projects, then he began teaching classes on t now he has his own laser cut are he and makes a living with it. >> i've done pretty well the last year and a half. >> he didn't want to stop there. that's when he was on general assistance. an

in san jose, jonathan bloom abc 7 news. >> american red cross is making an emergency plea for blood donation in the bay area. organization is appealing for donor of all blood type especially those with o neglect tivshtion b negative and need for platelet donor as well. for information about upcoming blood drive go to our web site and click on see it on t v. federal wild life officials come up with unusual plan for protect ago threaten owl species. they want to send in hunters to shoot and kill another species of owl the bard owl sought northern california spotted owl can reclaim the territory. northern spotted owl has been driven out of its nesting area in oregon, washington the and northern california over the past 50 years. the bard owl listed as number three 2 threat second to habitat of logging and wildfir wildfire. it's hope to kill more than 3000 bard owl but will take a special exemption under the migration bird act that prohibit the killing of any non-gaming bird. >> more evidence that dolphins use names to call each other just like people do. scientist in scotland say dolphins use s

jonathan bloom tracked him down through the tweet to tag along. >> would you for give interruption?an throw poll gist in san francisco enter have you gone people. >> so go the life of xwrant but today is different. he just published a book on social experiment but he decided to become one. >> this is from the east coast. i thought i'll turn myself over turn my day over to other people. i'll just do whatever they tell me to did on twitter. that is what i'm doing all day. >> head over to the city light lights. >> local student as guide he began navigating the streets and shelves of the city. >> yes. it would be straight back. top floor. >> conduct interview at every step. >> most important work. >> it's an induring poem. >> i know i'm okay. >> as the tweet kept rolling in. >> china town. >> little figure that are capped. >> perfect. >> i challenge you to plank whatever is unusual. >> how about the tent. >> this is pretty spectacular. >> somebody send me a challenge. wanted me to plank. >> for the record this is plan planking. stayed long enough for photo but the tweet kept coming. >>

online video from mobile devices to tv and debuted the gadget yesterday in san francisco and jonathan bloom attended the unveiling. a product manager said since people love their phones and tablets and listen taps you should allow them to all work with the tv and costs $35. >> and watch abc live stream is available in the bay area and as the first local station and abc is the first broadcast network to bring you a live stream of local news and all of your favorite abc tv shows. now you never have to mit a minute of the news and shows you love. you can bring abc along with you wherever you want to be a special new benefit brought to you by abc, come cat, charter communications and at&t at in additional cost. interior tv provider account information to log in and get the live stream or certain watch abc to download. >> mike is here and we have been watching the low clouds and fog linger. >> mainly around the city and at the coast trying to push to the east. as you can see across the bay bridge, want out in oakland and berkeley you could get that will set coming your way but it is a localized

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom has a steer of a man who came back from the brink. despair by creating his own job. now he's doing that for others. >> tech shop is place inventors and crafts people come to learn new skills and use few tools. inside you find this man working on a laser cutter and outside a man is sleeping on the pavement next to the shopping cart. but it turns out they have something in common. >> december 1, 2011 was the first night i spent in a homeless shelter. >> he was a out of work person who went into a spin but he heard two talking about tech shop. >> but he heard two of the shelter mates talking about tech shop. one brought back a flyer for it. >> it so happened they had a christmas special with the exact amount of money i had on me so i bought a one month membership that came with two classes, took the two classes and the rest is history. >> he finds out he has a knack for laser cutting. he started out making parts for other people's projects, then he began teaching classes on it. now he has his own laser cut are -- cutter and makes a livin

as jonathan bloom explains taxi drivers stage angry protest today. >> flooding the streets around cityl taxi drivers created a colorful ear splitting traffic jam. demanding an end to smart phone base ride sharing purposes likeide car hoover x and lift with the pink mustang. they insist the draivrs steel the fair. >> cheer from everyone who has a family to feed. these illegal taxi are making it impossible for law abiding cab drivers like you and i to pay our bills keep a roof over our head and feed our family. >>reporter: cab put criticism on mayor lee who support the services alongside taxi. >> company like lift and others creating jobs in the city and new jobs and also fulfilling needs. that customers didn't lake them they wouldn't have to use them and i also think that we are helping taxi with additional medallion at the same time. >> they see the mayor as enemy and temper flare at the driver who showed up. >> i got threatened by 2 cab draivrments i'm just here to give a voice to side car. >> judge was about to issue the long awaited ruling on the service and blocking traffic as they

in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> new revelation today in the anthony weiner sexting scandal he's traded racey messages with as many as 3 women since he resigned from congress two years ago. that's not all. gossip site had lewd photo of weiner he sent to woman last year. new revelation forced him to spend another day on damage control. >> i would say that anyone under the end of the they may chooseÑi for them so bring them out in the open. i refuse. i don't think it's fair. >> house minority leader pe lowest says the behavior of weiner and san diego mayor filner accused of sexual harassment is reprehensible and disrespectful of women. >> what is stunning about it they don't even realize it. they don't have a clue. and it is really if clueless get a clue. if they need therapy, do it in private. >> so far weiner is are everything to bow out race for new york mayor. new poll out today shows he has lost his lead. stomach bug nowu! sicken 300 people in 11 states although so far not in california. cyclist is parasite typically found in the tropic. center for disease control prevent

at sfo, jonathan bloom abc 7 news. >> well a lot of passengers are asking whether they have to pay for the inconvenience caused by the asian crash. on 7 news at 4 today, tl michael was asked what happened to the day of airline honoring each other tichblingts i was flying to san francisco this weekend and my flight was rebooked much later. other carrier had space but would not honor my ticket. here's what michael has to say about that. >> they don't want to do it any more expensive for them. however that said, they sometimes do it. so you should always take your ticket. head over to the other guy and say will you accept it. here's the key. this is what will really help you. you have the star alliance one of them. look for an airline part of that alliance. then if they have a matching code very fortunate they might, then you will get and out of there. they will sometimes go for it. >> makeal on the news at 4 today. one more note on all of this. when disaster or bad weather closes an airport, seats are doled out based on customer status on the airline. not how far they have come or how lo

, speaking about those phone calls, the 911 calls, and i'm joined now by jonathan capehart of "the washington post" and lisa bloom, who is our msnbc expert. and jonathan actually asked you, lisa, just before mr. trayvon took the stand, whether mr. martin, sorry, took the stand, whether you thought it would be a good idea for the defense to call him. and your reaction was no. >> that's right. and that's still my answer. i agree with the answer they gave before. you know, i don't think that was particularly helpful, to the defense. you know, i think it's kind of overkill at this point. and this is a very, very sympathetic man. i think any of us can understand, if your son has been killed, unexpectedly, at a young age, and you're at the police station and you're answering questions, you're going to be beyond dazed and confused. >> absolutely. lisa, we are going back to the proceedings, so thank you, but please stay with us. >> -- and on february 26th, 2012, what was your occupation? >> i was the chief of police for the city of sanford. >> no longer in that position? >> no, sir. >> when did that end? >> june 22nd, 20

with me today for it all, jonathan capehart, steve kornacki, lisa bloom, and patrick murphy, seema ayer, and paul henderson. of course, we have kerry sanders live in florida. let's start down there. kerry, riveting stuff in the defense's final arguments and the prosecution's rebuttal. you were inside the court for it all. how did it play out in the courtroom, kerry? >> reporter: well, it was fascinating to watch it unfold. you know, it's a different view than when you see it on those cameras. perhaps the most interesting thing was to look at the jurors. i could concentrate on them. i found them to be somewhat stone faced. it's not as if you can read where they are. they're looking both at the defense attorney mark o'mara and looking at john guy, who did the rebuttal for the state with the same intensity. taking few notes. in fact, during john guy's rebuttal, i only saw one juror jot down twice for less than 25 seconds twice. so it appeared they had heard what they needed to hear. as you know, what those closing arguments are all about is sort of the summation of all of the evidence. the

lisa bloom, goldie taylor, jonathan capehart. i am struck, lisa, by the extent to which mark o'mara as i said sad earlier, does seem to be setting up a case for not having to have george zimmerman testify and to try to turn what many are saying is some inconsistent testimony to serino both in the police station and during that walk-through, turn it in the defense's favor. >> look, both sides want it both ways. with their witnesses when he their witnesses are inconsistent, well, people can't remember everything perfectly. we're not robots. we tell the same story over and over, of course, there are going to be some minor differences. when they're going after a witness on the other side, you've got inconsistencies. therefore you're a liar. we should throw out your testimony. you can't be believed. we've seen both the defense and prosecution do that essentially. >> are you surprised there doesn't seem to be at this point anything to impeach anything serino has said that may be damaging to the defense's case? >> it's just all about tr

let's bring in mans analyst lisa bloom and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart and managing editor ofee,.com. >> lisa, give me your assessments. >> it's fascinating to see a defense attorney say i'm going to take on the burden of proving innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. i don't have to do it but i'm going to do that and we have seen that in another high profile case, the case of michael jackson in 2005 when he was accused of abusing a little boy. he he was acquitted this nthat case. his attorney did the same thing. a lot written in the legal journal about that risky thing that he. my view really not all that risky because no matter what the defense attorney says in court the prosecution has the burden of proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt and the jury will be instructed on that. >> and you don't think they did that yesterday? >> i don't think they did what yesterday? >> that they proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt necessarily? >> i don't think the prosecution put it away. i think the strongest think that mark o'mara has said so this is this is a baro case how many

msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom and "the washington post" jonathan capehart rejoin us.isa, i want -- we know now that george zimmerman has explained to the judge that he will not be testifying. but earlier today there was an altercation between his attorneys, his defense attorneys, and the judge. let's listen to that. >> have you made a decision, sir, as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> your honor, i object to the question. >> overruled. have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in the case? >> i object to that question. i think that's -- >> overruled. the court is entitled to inquire of mr. zimmerman's determination as to whether or not he wants to testify. mr. zimmerman, have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> no, not at this time there okay. when is it -- how long do you think you need before you make that decision? >> your honor, may we have an opportunity to speak? the case isn't concluded yet. >> i understand that. and i've asked mr. zimmerman if he needed more time to talk to

we want to get right to our msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom, nbc's kerry sanders who is live in sanford, florida. and msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart, an editorial writer for "the washington post." lisa, over the course of last couple hours we heard some of the audio recordings being played from the conversations zimmerman had with one of the investigators that spoke to him, this doris singleton. he describes in a lot of specific detail what happened there, including referring to trayvon martin as "the suspect." kind of cop talk, as it were. what did we learn from that and what did that sort of specificity teach us? >> well, first of all, overall, he is extraordinarily calm throughout had this entire conversation. consider that he has just shot and killed an unarmed 17-year-old boy. and when neighbors called 911 to report it, they were in hysterics over it. yet he remained very, very cool and collected in this conversation. you are right, he goes through it point by point, answering every question the investigators put to him. although the prosecution's going to point out inconsistencies in his story. he says three times,

jonathan capehart is going to help me out here. >> i'm going to pull a robbery from my friend lisa bloom and that is this, lisa said before she felt there was no theory of the case. and that's how i feel. there's no road map. there's no rhythm here. he's going on all the facts, he's telling a story but, again, you don't have that cinching everything together. that pattern, that rhythm. something to remember. >> patrick, throughout this whole thing, people have been saying the prosecution is not doing a good job. do you agree with that? >> well, i think overall, it's an okay close. but you're right in there has to be recency. the theme of his case is a correct one. that's why i said it's an okay or good one because he's saying there's a teenage boy that was profiled and killed based on false assumptions. which goes to the underlying theme and theory of the case. now to get to the point, let's get to the nitty-gritty. let's make sure to put there and let the jurors know and be confident as a prosecutor saying, listen, why is it that this 150-pound skinny teenager was able to do that to a guy who may have overweighed him by 100 pound

lisa bloom, joy-at-bat reid and melissa harris perry back with us. i'll sure we'll get a lot of analysis. jonathanend to all of us and frequently seen on msnbc turned something out very quickly. he said before all this happened, we have to remember that it was a fight to get charges against george zimmerman. that he said benjamin crump said to him, we can live with a jury verdict. this is what he wrote tonight. tonight we have to live with that verdict. that's our justice system. we don't have to like the jury's decision but we must respect it. and we are seeing the people out in the streets peacefully protesting. respecting that decision. but your final thoughts, lisa bloom, after covering this for so many hours? >> well, he's right. that's a good positive spin to put on it. let's be honest. this is not a good night for civil rights in america. this is not been a good month for civil rights in america. first the voting rights act was gutted. what i say to my children on days like this, our work is not done. we need you. we need more civic engagement. please help us. please join us in solving thes

lisa bloom, joy ann reed and melissa harris-perry back with us. i'm sure we'll get a lot of analysis. jonathanto all of us and frequently seen on msnbc, turned something out very quickly. he said before all this happened, we have to remember that it was a fight to get charges against george zimmerman. that he said benjamin crump said to him, we can live with a jury verdict. this is what he wrote tonight. tonight we have to live with that verdict. that's our justice system. we don't have to like the jury's decision but we must respect it. and we are seeing the people out in the streets peacefully protesting, respecting that decision. but your final thoughts, lisa bloom, after covering this for so many hours? >> well, he's right. that's a good, positive spin to put on it. let's be honest. this is not a good night for civil rights in america. this has not been a good month for civil rights in america. first the voting rights act was gutted. what i say to my children on days like this, our work is not done. we need you. we need more civic engagement. our generation has not solved all of the proble