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ç do you know or does any of your family know mark o'mara or have you tried cases against mark o'mara've never tried a case against mark o'mara. but he has a reputation of being a very good lawyer in central florida. i'm here in orlando and i do know him and i appreciate his professionalism thus far. >> what does it mean to you as a lawyer, now a friend of family and just as a person to hear the very first thing he said tonight, about an hour ago to brian williams was, he wanted to express his condolences to trayvon martin's family. how do you think that would be received by the family and what did it make you feel as an attorney to hear the other attorney say that? >> as an attorney, it made me feel very proud. this case is going to be handled professionally and with humanity and i think for the family, i haven't talked to them about his comments, but i will tell you, there is something that goes to be said and i think it's something that we all have to learn. and expressing condolences, saying i'm sorry, there's a human empathy that we all have to have with each other. even with the

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>> yes, mark o'mara. he's a preeminent lawyer in the central florida area and has an impeccable record. i just want to share that our team on this side, anderson, this is going to be -- you know, this is a new game, okay. they teed it up, they kicked the ball to us. we took the ball and with mark as our quarterback on this team, on our team, we're going to take that ball and we're going to find the end zone of innocence. >> you believe in the end he will be exonerated? >> yes. >> frank, appreciate it. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> frank taaffe, a friend of george zimmerman. joining me is an attorney for trayvon martin's family. mr. parks, thanks for being with us. we saw his parents at the news conference tonight. how are they holding up? >> anderson, today has been a tough day but i can tell you i was in the room with them when the special prosecutor called them just moments before she took the stage to make her announcement and they were overtaken by the news. it was humbling. it was finally that day

o'mara, is that true? >> yes, sir. >> that was george zimmerman in court today, charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. had little to say to the judge, but his attorney, mark o'mara, has a lot to say and is joining me now for a prime-time exclusive. mr. o'mara, thanks for joining me. i had some interviews with your predecessors. i had a fractionous interview with your predecessors, who i felt did themselves no great service. and i think there's a kind of sense of relief that george zimmerman at least now appears to have serious representation. what are your goals here? because you said that you're not being paid at the moment for this work. you've just, obviously, met george zimmerman for the first time. what is your goal? >> well, a couple of goals. one, we, of course, have a lot of information to find out. i'm far behind on finding out the information flow, so we need to do that. a real goal for the case is i truly want to try to bring down the level of anger, animosity, just fr

i think your questions to o'mara were really so good, anderson. i wonder sometimes if you don't have a law degree. >> stop trying to butter me up. >> i was going to say the same thing, but i didn't want to suck up to you. >> okay. all right. >> the bottom line is they can redact witness names. they can redact the information that is of great concern. so i would imagine that in looking at the standard, there's no doubt that a lot of this information will be made public but in a redacted form. >> mark, explain to people who -- you know, having no legal background, i'm always a little surprised by when a lawyer says i haven't asked my client at this point about what happened that night. mark o'mara says he's waiting for whatever evidence the prosecution has for him to look at to see what he's dealing with before he talked to his client about that. explain why that would be. i mean, my instinct would be instantly tell me what happened. why is that not a good idea? >> tell me everything. >> yeah. >> i tell that to clients when they come in. i say, look

>> reporter: well, i talked to mark o'mara, zimmerman's attorney, this afternoon. he believes it doesn't put him in special legal jeopardy, but he admits he was as taken off guard as anyone by the revelation that his client had at one point $204,000 in the online account, now it's about $155,000. remember, just a week ago today at his bond hearing, o'mara was telling the court his client was indigent, even with his family's help they'd have trouble scraping up the $ 15,000 in cash to make bond. he knows zimmerman at this that time knew about the bank account but didn't tell anybody. >> schieffer: well, this certainly raises questions about his credibility, doesn't it? >> reporter: no question about it and credibility can be at the heart of this case. o'mara said his client's credibility took a slap today and i talked to benjamin crump, the lawyer for trayvon martin's parents. he believed this revelation is part of a pattern of deceit, he called it, that shows us the real george zimmerman. the credibility of zimmerman because, remember, it's his version against nobo

o'mara? whi when do you go to court? >> there will be a bond motion tomorrow where a judge will hear some of the facts of the case and decide how and under what conditions to release mr. zirmmzir zimmerman. >> what do you expect after that, which i assume at some point is he'll enter a plea. >> well, he'll enter a plea of not guilty which any defendant would do at this point. then we go through discovery, which will give us a lot more information than we have now. >> do you have any kind of idea what kind of time schedule will be on for that? you obviously have a very steep learning curve at this point. >> absolutely. but i intend to get caught up to speed very quickly. the state has to get discovery the next fit15 days. we'll work through it. >> are you concerned at all about the degree of public attention this case has had and in particular areas like sanford where there have been marches in the street and rallies and people calling for justice? >> yes. any high-profile case adds a lot of extra elements to it and extra

that's mark o'mara. on the phone testifying is glad gladys zimmerman. >> and you are george's mother? >> yes, sir. >> you know he's being charged with second gldegree murder and we're asking the court to let him out on bond? >> yes, sir. >> a couple of questions. what type of contact have you had with george over the past few years? >> hello? >> yes. let me ask it. do you have pretty frequent contact with your son george and his wife? >> yes, sir. >> and do you know where he lives? >> yes, sir. >> there will is a -- do you have any concern for george's safety upon release? >> yes, i do. i do because we have received a lot of threats. >> based upon those threats or concerns, are you asking the court maintain secrecy or confidentiality over where george be released and where he's allowed to go? >> absolutely. >> i had asked your husband some of these questions, so i'll go through them quickly. but one condition the court has to consider is financial ability to pay bond. and if i might, your husband testifi

one of the names was mark o'mara, who they ended up hiring.ssigned it got assigned to jason's wife jessica. we had full transparency, let everybody know and let the professionals file the appropriate paperwork. >> it sounds like you didn't have any inside conversations with the judge's husband so i would be safe in assuming you don't think the judge is a conflict of interest? >> well, that's not the issue. the issue is whether there's an appearance of impropriety. and i think that's presumably where mark o'mara -- i have not seen the motion, but it's pretty obvious that because of my relationship with him and my commenting on a critical person in a case could in fact potentially be considered by some to influence or affect it, it's better, at least what mr. o'mara apparently argues, it would give an appearance of impropriety to the public and we want to avoid that in a courtroom and to the public at all costs. being ethical lawyers, which she is and i am and my partner is, mr. o'mara as well as. other side. i know lawyers particularly well on

mark o'mara. he has his attorney. now it is all established in record of where this will go forward. we just heard him say he is in the process of trying to sort a lot of this out. he may be representing george zimmerman but he doesn't have access to a lot of information. like any good defense attorney, he is there saying what he can say, suggesting that, you know, they will put on a vigorous defense here. but not getting into the specifics and locking himself up. and perhaps the one thing that i think that was most striking is that he was very sensitive to what sybrina fulton said on the "today" show when she used the word accident concerning the shooting. that statement from him goes to show i guess a little of the personality of who this attorney is representing george zimmerman. >> okay. thank you very much. the first court appearance, it is only of course the beginning of what could be a long legal process. the next step is an arraignment where zimmerman is expected to plead not guilty. he will then be entitled t

. >> he's standing with his attorney, mark o'mara.ial prosecutor, waiting for the judge to impanel. let's listen in. >> there he is. i see him now. sorry. i didn't recognizes him next to you there. all right. mr. zimmerman you're appearing for first appearance of charge in the murder of second doug and you're represented by mr mr. o'mara, is that true? remember your right to remain silent. all the other rights he's told you about, have you to say nothing and we'll go forward here on some procedural matters only at this time. after reviewing the short affidavit for probable cause. now seeing there's an information that was filed as of last -- yesterday at 4 p.m., all other matters at this point will be handled by the circuit court under the felony case number, that includes the further -- any further motions, bond hearings, anything like that now will go forward. all i can do is tell you at this time is that you will be set for formal arraignment with judge rex idler on or before -- not before, but on may 29th, is 1:30, courtroom 1-a.

money that his lawyer, mark o'mara, revealed on this program last night. how much money, specifically, to your knowledge, has been raised by george zimmerman and his supporters? >> well, my understanding, there were two accounts, one with about 700, and one with about 2,000 by some friends of his. and talking to george, after i was trying to shut down his whole internet presence, because of some impersonators and other problems with twitter and facebook, he asked me what to do with his paypal accounts. i asked him what he was talking about, and he said, those are the accounts that had the money from the website that he had and there was about $204,000 that had come in to date. >> and o'mara told me that he only learned about the money two days ago. because you remember at zimmerman's bond hearing last week, his lawyer, o'mara, told the judge his client didn't have much money at all. so bail was set at $150,000. zimmerman posted $15,000, 10% or so, as required. and was released from custody. well, today the judge said he needs more information before ruling

o'mara tonight, though he's not saying too much. what do you know about the surrender of george zimmerman and where he may be tonight? >> i have been talking to mr. o'mara throughout the day. it was arranged ahead of time. like ms. corey had basically intimated that they were in constant contact with mr. zimmerman and they knew where he was. when it was imminent that charges would be brought, apparently his surrender was already -- theheels had already started. mr. o'mara ended up communicating with mr. zimmerman. knowing that mr. zimmerman would be in the custody of the fdle and a very civilized, peaceful arrest occurred and now he's in fact going to be transported to -- to sanford. excuse me, where he'll appear for a first appearance apparently tomorrow morning. >> so there was the toughest charge that the state attorney could file without a grand jury. were you surprised by it? >> i think that's a stretch, but, we don't know. we don't have all the information. we hear that from a lot of people. we don't know exactly what ms. core

they referred him no mark o'mara who filed the recusal file today. he joins me now. thanks for joining me. earlier this afternoon you filed the motion to recuse the judge. are you confident it is going to be granted? >> yes, i do. the way their rule is set up is once the presentation is made by verified motion, the court should grant it. she could have an inquiry if she wanted to. i don't think she will. i think she will grant it and move it on to another judge. >> are you surprised she didn't recuse herself? when the judge reviews it, he does or she does, what we call an author inquiry. dids keep the information flow concentrated within the court system. better handled there and again, it information like this, which names on it gets out, my concern is they will be spoken to. they will be questions, four or five at the statements from one what business, let's say, then we have to sit through all of that to get to what is the truth. >> elephant are you in communication with on a daily basis. least a couple of times a day, and again, he is doing well. he is doing well

they referred him no mark o'mara who filed the recusal file today. he joins me now. you filed the motion to recuse the judge. are you confident it is going to be granted? >> yes, i do. the way their rule is set up is once the presentation is made by verified motion, the court should grant it. she could have an inquiry if she wanted to. i don't think she will. i think she will grant it and move it on to another judge zbrp. >> are you surprised she didn't recuse herself? she brought this up the other day. whether or not there was conflict of interest, someone could argue there is a conflict of interest. >> exactly. and there is an opportunity for the judge to do that. however, also in the rules provided it's the attorneys that present the motion to the judge. if it's reasonably well founded it could be granted. it could be by the judge initially but us doing it through motion is just as well. >> today cnn along with other news organizations petitioned the court for sealing court records. an order you requested last week. why do you feel the records should be seal snd.

they referred him no mark o'mara who filed the recusal file today. he joins me now. thanks for joining me. earlier this afternoon you filed the motion to recuse the judge. are you confident it is going to be granted? >> yes, i do. the way their rule is set up is once the presentation is made by verified motion, the court should grant it. she could have an inquiry if she wanted to. i don't think she will. i think she will grant it and move it on to another judge. >> are you surprised she didn't recuse herself? >>> we begin tonight with breaking news. >> certainly, could be. >> cnn along with a number of other organizations petitioned the court to reverse an order sealing court records, in an order you requested last week. why do you feel the records should be sealed? >> well, my initial concern is that i knew there was going to be information flowing into the court file that included witnesses' names, telephone numbers, addresses, information about trayvon martin in there as well. my concern is with the publicity this case has gotten so far and with the interest with

o'mara filed paperwork requesting that judge recksiedler step down.opier last night. >> earlier this afternoon you filed this motion to recuse the judge. your confident your request will be granted? >> yes, i do. the way the rule is set up is that once the presentation is made by a verified motion, the court should grant it. she could have an inquiry if she wanted to. i don't think she will. i think she's going to go ahead and grant it and move the case on to another judge. >> a very interesting legal twist. what do we know about judge recksiedler and who might replace her? >> there are three potential judges. obviously, what people are concerned about is the potential conflict of interest, right? the association between nejame and recksiedler and whether that could become problematic. first a little bit about the judge. she only found out last thursday if you can believe it, that she had been chosen at random to hear the case. and here's what we know about her. she's 39 years old. relatively new to the bench. elected in november of 2010. but we shoul

o'mara, appreciate your time. thank you. >> sure thing. >> last night trayvon martin's brother broke his silence and talked about the brother he lost. he talks about the below he knew and whether he was capable of attack george zimmerman. that's next. >>> last night on the program we spoke with trayvon martin's mom and the first time, his older brother, a soft-spoken young man and he's going through a lot and that much was clear. he has a lot to say softly and quietly about what his younger brother meant to him. what kind of person he was and whether he was capable of doing that what george zimmerman claims. that story now with sunny hostin. >> to jahvaris, trayvon martin was the little brother that shared his room growing up. a little brother that loved to make jokes, was good at sports and wanted to follow his older brother to college. >> he was smart. he was in, you know, honor's classes. you know? he wanted to go off to college like i did. and i think it was my sophomore year he came up with me on his spring b