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mr. o'mara, there is going to be testimony that he -- that mr. -- the special prosecutor of the state, lied -- as the court said. that's relevant. nobody is going to say that trayvon martin lied in the court. nobody is going to say he gave out a material falsehood. i think that's important to this case. >> mark o'mara and benjamin crump, thank you both very much. >> thank you, anderson. >>> let's dig deeper on this dramatic day in court. mark geragos and sunny hostin. as a criminal defense attorney, mark, i'm curious to get your take on what happened. has zimmerman done real damage to his case? if you hear benjamin crump he said this is the most important ruling because it totally destroys zimmerman's credibility about the night of the shooting. >> i think -- i don't think that it totally damages his credibility. is it bad? yes. there's no sugarcoating of it. i think you might remember, anderson, we talked about this, the night you led off. i think you reported first about the money that was in that account and i said at the time i know a lot of judges that would have remanded him into cust
mr. o'mara, there is going to be testimony that he -- that mr. -- the special prosecutor of the state, lied -- as the court said. that's relevant. nobody is going to say that trayvon martin lied in the court. nobody is going to say he gave out a material falsehood. i think that's important to this case. >> mark o'mara and benjamin crump, thank you both very much. >> thank you, anderson. >>> let's dig deeper on this dramatic day in court. mark geragos and sunny hostin. as a...
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mr. o'mara. mr. o'mara is trying his best.ge and he looks like a moron with this client who is speaking in code to his wife and now the wife is facing prosecution. >> i have to ask, do you think this is intentional? or do you think he just doesn't get it? george zimmerman does not understand what is being asked of him. >> i think shelly is smarter than george zimmerman. i'll tell you that. and i think she's behind a lot of this. so i think it is both. >> it is interesting. seema, and alexis, thanks. >>> in today's then and now, we go back 35 years, june 3rd, 1977 in london, a ceremony of pomp and pageantry, the u.s. ambassador to the united kingdom following protocol by presenting his credentials to the queen. the same queen elizabeth ii. nbc's garrett ackley was there. >> it was there today that quarterback elizabeth receive pld brewsteres as is customary in private. while the guard was being changed outside, the queen and the new ambassador exchanged the diplomatic small talk fitting for such occasions. less than an hour lat
mr. o'mara. mr. o'mara is trying his best.ge and he looks like a moron with this client who is speaking in code to his wife and now the wife is facing prosecution. >> i have to ask, do you think this is intentional? or do you think he just doesn't get it? george zimmerman does not understand what is being asked of him. >> i think shelly is smarter than george zimmerman. i'll tell you that. and i think she's behind a lot of this. so i think it is both. >> it is interesting....
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mr. o'mara, good morning to you. >> good morning, sir. how are you? >> thanks for joining us. i'm doing well. this bond hearing really did surprise a lot of people, as that expert had just told us, usually it's the prosecutors on the offensive. thyme it was you. you called four witnesses, introduced evidence, including a 911 call. do you think it worked portraying your client as the victim? do you think he'll be released? >> well, i think we had to respond to the judge's order in that way. the judge had suggested in a previous order that the evidence was strong against my client. we obviously disagree with that. and because the judge has said that, we had to respond to show at least some of the evidence that shows the weakness of the state's case. >> you actually, you sort of had a unique tactic with the judge. you asked him, i will call my client to the stand, george zimmerman, up, if you question him yourself, but i don't want him to be cross-examined by the prosecution. the judge said no and i think you understand why he did at a news conference later. but why not let prose
mr. o'mara, good morning to you. >> good morning, sir. how are you? >> thanks for joining us. i'm doing well. this bond hearing really did surprise a lot of people, as that expert had just told us, usually it's the prosecutors on the offensive. thyme it was you. you called four witnesses, introduced evidence, including a 911 call. do you think it worked portraying your client as the victim? do you think he'll be released? >> well, i think we had to respond to the judge's order...
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mr. zimmerman's statement and why the state's case is so extraordinarily weak. >> o'mara is asking for bonde state is asking for $1 million or no bond at all. the judge will decide sometime next week. >> the defense argument really seems to ignite the prosecutor. >> quite visibly so. the first april 20 bond hearing, many legal experts felt that o' mara outplayed them. so today the state was fired up. at one time, the prosecutor raised his voice, essentially summarizing in detail the state's case against zimmerma zimmerman. >> he was trying to act like a police officer but he wasn't obviously authorized to act as a police officer. the call, the nonemergency call, told him to get back. he runs after this person. he takes him down. our contention is he is the aggressor. the person who actually had the self-defense is the victim trayvon martin. >> for now zimmerman remains locked up in solitary. no bond. if the bond is set at $1 million his attorney says it will almost certain he won't be able to leave jail for up to a year waiting for trial. >> phil keating, sanford, florida. thank you. >>> eg
mr. zimmerman's statement and why the state's case is so extraordinarily weak. >> o'mara is asking for bonde state is asking for $1 million or no bond at all. the judge will decide sometime next week. >> the defense argument really seems to ignite the prosecutor. >> quite visibly so. the first april 20 bond hearing, many legal experts felt that o' mara outplayed them. so today the state was fired up. at one time, the prosecutor raised his voice, essentially summarizing in...
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defense attorney mark o'mara admits it may be difficult to persuade the judge to set bail again. >> it's a credibility question with mr. zimmerman, and now that credibility has been attacked or tarnished. now he's going to have to rehabilitate it. >> reporter: because of the credibility issue, zimmerman's attorney isn't even sure the judge will agree to a new bond hearing. still, he will apply for one on monday. zimmerman's attorney says his client has been in hiding because of threats against his life. >> he's worried about himself. he's worried about his wife. he's worried about his family. he's worried about everybody, has to be in hiding because of the enormous anger and frustration and hatred that has stirred from this case. >> reporter: because of the high-profile nature of the case, zimmerman will be housed in his own cell, away from other inmates at seminole county jail. >>> some progress this morning by firefighters battling the largest wildfire in new mexico history. as of last night the fire was 17% contained. an official says it's no longer spreading. evacuated residents are being allowed to return home. t
defense attorney mark o'mara admits it may be difficult to persuade the judge to set bail again. >> it's a credibility question with mr. zimmerman, and now that credibility has been attacked or tarnished. now he's going to have to rehabilitate it. >> reporter: because of the credibility issue, zimmerman's attorney isn't even sure the judge will agree to a new bond hearing. still, he will apply for one on monday. zimmerman's attorney says his client has been in hiding because of...
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o'mara says the judge may not even agree to a new bail hearing. >> it a credibility question with mr. zimmerman and now that credibility has been attacked or tarnished. and now he's going to have to rehabilitate it, and that's up to him. >> reporter: it's uncertain when zimmerman will be back in court. his lawyer says he plans to file for a new bond hearing tomorrow. jeff? >> glor: randall, thank you. election officials in wisconsin are predicting a near record turnout for tuesday's recall election which could remove republican governor scott walker from office mid term. the race pits walker against democratic milwaukee mayor tom barrett. the man walker beat less than two years ago. dean reynolds has more on that. >> reporter: democrats snicker that governor scott walker is a poster boy for the tea party. ♪ exercise your vote but it's a charge the republican does little to discourage. after all, he needs all the help can get to keep his job. howard kaloogian is a tea party leader. >> the reforms that we need in this country occurred here in wisconsin. >> reporter: those reforms includ
o'mara says the judge may not even agree to a new bail hearing. >> it a credibility question with mr. zimmerman and now that credibility has been attacked or tarnished. and now he's going to have to rehabilitate it, and that's up to him. >> reporter: it's uncertain when zimmerman will be back in court. his lawyer says he plans to file for a new bond hearing tomorrow. jeff? >> glor: randall, thank you. election officials in wisconsin are predicting a near record turnout for...
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o'mara is zimmerman's lawyer. >> it's a credibility question with mr. zimmerman.ility has been attacked or tarnished. and now he has to rehabilitate it. that's up to him. >> reporter: if judge lester grants the motion for another bond hearing, zimmerman could have explaining to do. he'll be asking for the benefit of the doubt from a judge who already feels lied to. >> thank you. if the judge refuses a new bail request, zimmerman could stay in jail until he goes on trial. that trial is not expected to begin until next year. we speak with his attorney, mark o'mara. good morning. >> good morning. >> there seems to be in the way you express that some tension between you and your client. is there? >> no, there's no tension. certainly there was some frustrations with realizing that what was i truly believe an oversight, or at least a mistake that they made, has now truly come to bear on mr. zimmerman directly with his inkarps rags. >> come to bear not only the fact he has to go back to jail but also his credibility as -- in terms of what he says? >> absolutely. i think
o'mara is zimmerman's lawyer. >> it's a credibility question with mr. zimmerman.ility has been attacked or tarnished. and now he has to rehabilitate it. that's up to him. >> reporter: if judge lester grants the motion for another bond hearing, zimmerman could have explaining to do. he'll be asking for the benefit of the doubt from a judge who already feels lied to. >> thank you. if the judge refuses a new bail request, zimmerman could stay in jail until he goes on trial. that...