Images of Zimmerman In Handcuffs
BALDWIN: All right, let's get your this new perspective on what happened in the moments after the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. So take a look with me. This is the surveillance tape of the admitted shooter here. You see George Zimmerman in custody of Sanford Florida Police. He is in handcuffs. There he is in red. And police. You see them checking him all over. This is video obtained by CNN. And I know it's darker, it's kind of grainy, but there doesn't appear to be any visible injuries to Zimmerman. I want to play another piece of the video that you can see a little bit better. The lighting's a little bit better. And here we've spotlighted his head. So this is Zimmerman being led into a room for questioning. And police would ultimately decide, as you now know, not to arrest him. I want to bring in David Mattingly. He's standing by for us there in Sanford, Florida. And we know that Zimmerman, David, he claimed that Trayvon Martin was attacking him and he fired his gun in self-defense to save his own life. But his appearance in the videos, it's raising questions about that, is it not?</s>DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Like so many things that come out in this case, it is raising more questions than providing answers about what happened that night. In that video, as you acknowledge, it's not the best quality video. It's not the best angle. It's not a close-up shot of George Zimmerman. But we do not see any visible injuries on his face or on the back of his head. He told police that he was attacked by Trayvon Martin, who punched him, knocked him down, and then jumped on top of him, hit his head against the concrete on the ground and also hit him in the face. We do not see any evidence of that in this poor quality video. But we also know -- and I have spoken to an eyewitness who witnessed the wrestling as this witness described between two men. It was dark. The witness could not describe exactly who was fighting whom that night. But that witness said that police said that night that George Zimmerman did indeed sustain injuries and that he had been beaten and that he had some scratches that he had to deal with there at the scene.</s>BALDWIN: Yes, I have the police report here. It describes, from this officer, you know, observing, his back appeared to be wet, covered in grass, perhaps lying on his back on the ground. But here's the part I want to highlight. Zimmerman was also bleeding from the nose and back of his head. So this is from the report. But it also says, David, that he, you know, received first aid at the scene as well and -- I mean it's possible that could have minimized his wounds.</s>MATTINGLY: Well, here's the problem with that bit of information that we have. It's not telling a complete story. We don't know the extent of his injuries. We don't know how bad these wounds, these scratches, whatever they might have been, how bad they were. We do know from people speaking on his behalf, and their message has been very consistent over the last couple of weeks, that he did receive medical treatment, attention, there at the scene. He also had his -- he was cleaned up there at the scene before he was taken to the police department. So, again, we don't know how severe these injuries were that he might have sustained in this altercation.</s>BALDWIN: Here's what we do know from Zimmerman. He's still not talking. His father is. What did he say to WOFL TV?</s>MATTINGLY: Well, something important is that his father is talking about how his son felt like that he was acting in self defense. And as you listen to a bit of this interview that we're going to play for you know, you will hear a father defending his son who says that George Zimmerman was acting in self defense. So listen to what he has to say.</s>ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S FATHER (voice-over): After nearly a minute of being beaten, George is trying to get his head off of the concrete. Trying to move with Trayvon on him into the grass. In doing so, his firearm was shown. Trayvon Martin said something to the effect of, you're going to die now or you're going to die tonight. Something to that effect. He continued to beat George and at some point George pulled his pistol and did what he did.</s>MATTINGLY: At this point, Brooke, the problem again with what the father is saying here, that the only person who can back that up is George Zimmerman himself. He is the only one who survived that confrontation. The only one at this point who's able to tell police exactly what happened. The witnesses that have come forward that we know of have not actually seen or -- were not actually able to hear what was being said between the two combatants that night. In fact, it was dark. Witnesses that have come forward and witnesses that have talked to us can't even say for sure who was on top of whom or who was hitting whom that night. So, again, the conversation that took place, that is information from George Zimmerman and George Zimmerman only.</s>BALDWIN: Right. That's all we know so far of Zimmerman's account, vis- a-vis his father. David Mattingly, thank you. And also his brother, listen to this, George Zimmerman's brother is going to join Piers Morgan live tonight. Folks, this is a huge deal. This is a huge interview. This is the first time we're hearing from him. So, set your DVR, turn on your</s>TV, 9: 00 p.m. tonight Eastern Time right here on CNN. Now this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Daddy, where's mom? What's she stopping for?</s>BALDWIN: Listen to that little voice. Flames begin to close in. A family's dramatic escape all caught on video. You're about to see this entire video unfolding and hear from the family. Stay right with me.