>> while mark o'hara did good, he did a good job on his closing, john guy hit it out of the park. he did great. if people were calling him mcdreamy before, mark geragos, they're calling him mcbrilliant. it was one of the best closing rebuttal arguments i have seen. the jury did not take their eyes off of this man. what was so important about it, anderson, is that now i understand why the state was okay with having those six women on the jury, because he specifically sort of honed in on what every mother's nightmare is. a child walking alone in the dark, in the rain, being followed by a stranger and being afraid. that resonated with every single mother in the room and it was so effective. it was excellent. >> i got to go to mark geragos, because he's grinning like a cheshire cat. >> i predicted it last night, it's shocking that sunny thought that he was mcbrilliant and he was mcdreamy. didn't you tweet today, sunny, that he had them at hello? wasn't that yours? >> he did, he did, mark. >> you need to damp it out. you've got a schoolgirl crush on this guy. >> you didn't see an excell

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mark o'hara is going to be doing the close. our panel is here. sunny hostin, jeffrey toobin, mark geragos. mark, what is the most important thing he has to convey to the jury tomorrow? he's going to be using that animation. >> right. he's going to use the re-creation and the animation, but i don't think you're going to see him yelling at the jury. i don't think you're going to see him getting into or play on emotion. what he's going to try to do is try to emphasize this is what the facts are. this is the law. and in you follow the law and do what you're supposed to do, you will find mr. zimmerman not guilty. and i think he's going to passionately, at least for a large part of this, go through what is it to have reasonable doubt. i think he's going to detail exactly what the facts show and i think he's going to do what i was saying, the definition of reasonable doubt. if there's two reasonable interpretations, one that points towards guilt, the other that points towards innocence, you must find him not guilty. and in this case, i think that's what

we'll get allegations that mark o'hara made to martin savidge. he says this case never would have made it to court had it not been for what he called a racially loaded smear campaign by the martin legal campaign. >> reporter: defense attorney mark o'hara began by reminding jurors the prosecution had to prove its case against george zimmerman. and pointed out the prosecutor's own words lacked conviction. >> how many could have beens from the state in this case? how many what ifs? >> reporter: then mark o'hara said he would do what he was not obligated to do, prove his client innocent. what followed was a three-hour summation soft spoken matter of fact style. >> if i walked in today and just as an example, walked in, like this. just walked into the courtroom as a lawyer, you would have an impression, what is he doing with his sunglasses and who does he think he is? you might have an impression of george zimmerman. you might have an impression of him because he's sitting at the defense table, and that may be as we talked about, he's not just the acc

the defense attorney mark o'hara says the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. the state often returned to its tactic of using zimmerman's own words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that he's following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while the jury sat for much of the delivery, zimmerman's parents in court for the first time as spectators since the trial started, looked at times incredulous as the state concluded for the day, a rare reaction from george zimmerman himself. >> the man who is guilty of second degree murder. thank you. >> reporter: earlier the court heard arguments on lesser charges that could be presented to the jury. it was no surprise the state asked for the lesser charge of manslaughter. but the defense was stunned when it wanted to add third degree felony murder, arguing the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin at the hands of george zimmerman was, among other things, child abuse. >> obviously, the information alleges that the defendant shot and killed the victim, that the victim was under the age of 18. and chi

and martin savidge's interview with mark o'hara. and o'mara's racially smear campaign is why he said george zimmerman was arrested in the first place. follow me on twitte twitter @andersoncooper. we'll be right back. that goes to work in secondsf and freshens breath. tums freshers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ fast heartburn relief and minty fresh breath. [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast zimmerman was arrested in the you had heartburn. t ♪ tum tum tum tum tums to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. these chevys are moving fast. i'll take that malibu. ye

mark o'hara did a very good job very dispassionately without the fire and brimstone walking through where the state came up short and add monishing the jurors not to fill in those gaps, not jump in and fill in any gaps they forgot to fill in. >> up next, defense attorney mark o'mara beliefs that george zimmerman was charged due to what he calls a smear campaign. he blames that on ben crump, an attorney for trayvon martin's parents. we'll hear from mark o'hara about what he has to say and reaction from daryl parks, ben crump's law partner, who is also an attorney for the martin family. >>> now that the zimmerman trial that's guaranteed. so join the six million people who have already called about this insurance. whether you're getting new insurance or supplementing what you already have, call now and ask one of their representatives about a plan that meets your needs. so, what are you waiting for? go call now! we'll finish up here. >>> now that the zimmerman trial is winding down, defense attorney mark o'mara sat down for a wide-ranging interview with martin savidge who joins us now. you a

his attorney, mark o'hara, in a interview with abc news this afternoon. >> he'll never have the life that he had before this event. he is somewhat frustrated that that jury verdict is not being believed. >> reporter: that verdict prompting president obama late friday to make a surprise visit to the white house briefing room. >> trayvon martin could have been me, 35 years ago. there are very few african-american men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. that includes me. >> reporter: and tonight, the streets here are quiet. but those protesters sure want to know what that justice department investigation will find. david? >> gio benitez leading us off tonight. thank you. >>> now to that nightmare at the amusement park in texas, just outside of dallas. a family watching as a mother 14 stories high falls to her death. tonight, how could this happen? and what are the most dangerous rides in america? abc's clayton sandell is in arlington, texas. >> reporter: at six flags over texas the coasters are king. but today,

i still think the better thinking and again we've got to hear mark o'hara today. prosecution comes back, bill john guy after that and then judge nelson starts to do the instructions. >> bill: prosecution gets the last word. >> yeah. that's a big deal. >> bill: that is a big deal. >> they'll send in john guy to do it. he's excellent. >> bill: in their closing arguments, the prosecution of course challenged everything that the defense had tried to present. >> sure. >> bill: then this is one way i think this is john guy summing up george zimmerman. >> why does this defendant get out of the car if he thinks that trayvon martin is a threat to him? why? why? because he's got a gun! he's got the equalizer. he's going to take care of it! he's a wanna be cop. >> bill: gets out of the car when he was told not to with a gun. >> yeah. that was actually -- it was bernie and it leads up, crescendos to john guy who is going to handle this in the end. i have to tell you something when you've got a case like this, murder two bill, all you've got is what you've got. i'm not sure ye