. >> i want to get reaction from george zimmerman's attorney mark o'mara. i know you can't talk about for legal reasons about specification, but on a general level, what's your reaction to all this coming out now? >> well, we knew it was coming. it's several pieces of the puzzle that we now have to put together. i would only ask until everyone wait until we have all the pieces to put it all together. >> do you accept as one undeniable fact that if george zimmerman had stayed in his car then none of this would have happened? >> yes, as simply if trayvon martin hadn't been in the complex, none of this could have happened. but you're going back to circumstances that we look at now, and i don't think it's reality though. >> george zimmerman's ability through you to defend himself under florida's stand your ground law rests entirely on proving, i guess, that he was attacked by trayvon martin. is that really where we are with this case? >> i think that a lot of people believe that. i think the analysis of the law is a little bit different than that. but that's wh

neither zimmerman or his attorney mark o'mara have direct access to the funds.f the $240,000 raised and there has been more since they gave us the recent number, $150,000 has been moved to funds. we asked about tax implications when we first learned about the fund. mark o'mara told us about it on this show. zimmerman will have to pay taxes on the money raised. the donations are not tax deductible as a donor item. >>> 274 days since this country lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? one side effect of the weaker than expected jobs number was oil prices. fewer jobs, fewer people driving, bad for the economy, bad for oil prices, which i guess helps some people, because oil fell down to $98.48 a barrel helping everyone that buys gas at the pump. >>> new details tonight from the escort at the center of the secret service scandal. finally, an interview. an explosive interview on a colombian radio show. as you can see they videotaped it. you're looking at dania suarez who spilled all the details about her night with american secret service agent

mark o'mara, zimmerman's lawyer, has yet to get copies of all those texts. so you still will be looking for that? >> absolutely. >.>> reporter: and if there's there? >> we'll deal with it. i don't know the context of it. i don't know what it was in responsible. i'm sure that as every other part of this case there will be explanations on both sides, let's wait and see what we have. >> reporter: o'mara expects to get the rest of the prosecution's case in pieces over the next few weeks and, norah, some of the evidence now under seal may be made public only in court. >> o'donnell: all right, mark, thank you. turning now to politics and a new battle over defense spending. president obama and republican leaders had agreed to trim the pentagon budget, but today the house passed a bill that adds $8 billion in new spending. it includes funding for ships and aircraft that the military wants to retire. the president has threatened to veto it. the bitter climate in congress is holding up a measure on which both sides agree. democrats and republicans say they're in favor

defense attorney mark o'mara wasn't available to comment to us. the lawyer for trayvon martin's family says it doesn't add up. paul callan is a former prosecutor and mark najame is also here. george zimmerman said trayvon martin was circling his suv but here's what he said to the dispatcher. >> these [ bleep ], they always get away. this guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. something's wrong with him. yep, he's coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands. i don't know what his deal is. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> now, paul, i mean i don't know how much detail comes into these calls. he doesn't use the words circling his suv but he says he's coming over to him. is this an inconsistency between the 911 call and what he's now saying to the officials? >> inconsistencies are the building blocks of the prosecutor's case because there's a charge they use in criminal cases called false in uno, false in one thing, false in everything. the prosecutor is going to

. >>> also in sanford is george zimmerman's attorney, mark o'mara.d morning. >> good morning, sir, how are you? >> the police have said that this incident was ultimately avoidable. do you agree with that? >> very hard to say right now. we only have partial discovery out. they're entitled to their opinion. we need to look at what all the evidence says is one full picture. >> does it change your case? >> well, the evidence does begin my case. some is out. it helps focus me and my team once we get the rest of the evidence, we can wade through that, get discovery and depositions done and plan on what pretrial motions are appropriate. >> how would you characterize what this evidence means to your argument and your case? >> well, it's important that we all, not only my team but everybody wait until all the evidence is out. looking at it piecemeal is what has caused some problems in the past with the case. i'd rather not comment on partial evidence. we'll deal with it all once we have it and deal with it in the courtroom. >> the 911 call and who was calling

have to deal with what did happen and try to explain that away properly and in a courtroom. >> mark o'mara -- >> but he got out of the car. he didn't have to get out of the car. >> mr. crump, mr. o'mara, i thank you both for your time this morning. thank you very much. i know you're busy. let's go over now and get the rest of the top stories of the morning. natalie is over at the news desk with all the headlines. natalie, good morning to you. >> and good morning to you, matt. and good morning, everyone. the fate of john edwards will now be decided by a jury, which begins deliberations today. the former presidential candidate is accused of using nearly $1 million in campaign donations to comp up an affair with his pregnant mistress. >>> robert kennedy skwrr junior, the es changed husband of the late mary kennedy says every member of his family considered mary a kennedy. mary kennedy died thursday at the age of 52, with authorities confirming her death was caused by asphyxiation due to hanging. her husband filed for divorce in 2010 but tells "the new york times" the people had been living se

now his attorney, mark o'mara, was on this show, saying it's all an effort to provide the public with case. it's modern times, he's got to be a modern guy, and he's got to raise payment for what he says could be a $1 million case. what's the real motivation behind this move to defend zimmerman? what is the motivation? he shut down all of his client's social media presence and did it all in a very formal, specific way. >> it's a grand old media strategy of trying to influence the judge and the jury by moving public opinion. there was a case, i think the masters of this the were the people involved in the amanda knox case. you remember the american college student who was charged with murder in italy? they put up a website called injustice in perusia. you would click on it and it would take you to source materials in the case and then it would take you to a persuasive article about why, the amanda knox people, were right. you watch, they'll do the same thing on this website, and it's a spin effort to spin the press and to spin public opinion toward george zimmerman. and this can be a ve

. >> under questioning from zimmerman's attorney mark o'mara at a bond hearing last month the lead investigatored for zimmerman's medical records prior to his being charged with second degree murder. >> have you ever had your nose fractured or broken. >> no. >> you know that was an injury that mr. zimmerman sustained, correct? >> i know that that is an injury that is reported to have been sustained. i haven't seen any medical records to indicate that. >> have you asked him for them? >> have i asked him for them? no. >> the state does have the medical report which was included in a large trove of evidence that o'mara received from prosecutors this week including witness statements, 911 calls, photos, video, and more, all part of a routine exchange of information between prosecutors and defense attorneys that typically occurs before trials. a summary of that evidence was released to the public on tuesday containing a list of possible witnesses including trayvon martin's parents and brother and george zimmerman's father and 18 sanford police officers. in addition, the evidence includes new surveil

attorney mark o'mara started a facebook page and twitter account. he wants to dispute misinformation. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he maintains he shot martin in self-defense. the shooting ignited protests around the world from people who believe it was racially motivated. the web site, gzlegalcase.com, allows the public to ask questions. it the soon accept donations for zimmerman's defense. he is currently out of jail on bail. >>> it is 5:21. tom kierein with a look at the soggy forecast so far. >> you will need the umbrella before you leave home this morning. right now, getting rain moving across northern virginia, into maryland. moving from west to east and it's going to be with us here for another couple of hours. right now getting some moderate showers around college park to laurel, northern prince george's county. that's moving off east. and in western howard county, getting moderate downpours. the areas in yellow where it's coming down harder, coming down harder now near mclean to

. >> reporter: mark o'mara, zimmerman's lawyer, says prosecutors have only seen the entire case. >> i'vealf, no more than half. the public has gotten well less than half. >> reporter: o'mara will now depose dozens of his own witnesses preparing for a pretrial hearing later this summer. >> joining us from orlando is been gentlem benjamin crump, attorney for trayvon martin's parents. >> good morning. >> will we ever know who threw the first punch? >> we don't think that's completely relevant when you think about the fact we know who pursued in this matter. we know it was george zimmerman who got out of his car on that rainy night and profiled, pursued and confronted trayvon martin. and the police concluded, if he simply would have stood down and not disregarded the police instructions, none of this would have happened. he wouldn't be in jail and trayvon martin would be living. >> and yet you have these reports from the hospital about the bruises, the cuts on trayvon martin's hands and then the eyewitness accounts of a mixed martial arts type beating that ensued. is that going to make it ha

. >> reporter: zimmerman's defense attorney, mark o'mara, will not speak out on the information contained in the leaked report but says that 67 cds filled with investigative notes are shaping his defense. >> if the evidence supports it, certainly we'll look into filing stand your ground and whatever other motions may be appropriate. >> reporter: while both the defense and prosecution said they wanted these reports sealed to protect all of the witnesses' names, many legal observers say it appears these leaks are simply strategic. matt? >> all right, kerry sanders in florida this morning. kerry, thank you very much. >>> let's get a check of the morning's top stories. natalie is over at the news desk with those. natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, every. world leaders arrive in the washington area today ahead of the g-8 summit of economic powers being hosted by president obama at camp david. after two days of talks, they'll head to the nato summit in chicago focusing on the role of troops in afghanistan. >>> meantime, protesters marched through the streets of chicago on wednesday.

. >> reporter: george zimmerman's attorney, mark o'mara. >> one thing you have is security of the witnessesmake sure we get their testimony straight and true and not impacted by any concerns they have over publicity. >> this is not a new complaint in florida. back in the 1970s, during serial killer ted bundy's trial prosecutors complained about the same thing. but when lawmakers passed this law back in 1967 they said it had one goal, fair justice for everyone, including the accused. savannah? >> all right, kerry sanders in miami. thank you. >>> and finally, a rare annular solar eclipse had millions of people from asia to the western united states looking at the sky. the so-called ring of fire eclipse was last seen here in the u.s. back in 1994, and don't worry if you missed it. there will be another one in 11 years. ann, lester and al back to you. >> not that long a wait. >> but you know, through the miracle of television and pictures it's pretty remarkable to look at, isn't it? >> the best place to see it was in japan. we got to see -- >> all right. so mr. roker tell us about the weather t

. >> reporter: under questioning from zimmerman's attorney mark o'mara at a bond hearing last month the state's lead investigator admitted he never asked for zimmerman's medical records prior to his being charged with second degree murder. >> you know that that was an injury that mr. zimmerman sustained, correct? >> i know that that is an injury that is reported to have sustained. i haven't seen any medical records to indicate that. >> have you asked him for them? >> have i asked him for them? no. >> reporter: the state does have the medical report, which was included in a large trove of evidence that o'mara received from prosecutors this week, including witness statements, 911 calls, photos, video, and more. all part of a routine exchange of information between prosecutors and defense attorneys that typically occurs before trial. a summary of that evidence was released to the public on tuesday, containing a list of possible witnesses, including trayvon martin's parents and brother. george zimmerman's father, and 18 sanford police officers. in addition, the evidence includes new surveil