YES. I RISE FIRST OF ALL TO ASK THE COURT TO INSTRUCT THE PEOPLE TO TELL THEIR WITNESSES TO STOP WATCHING TELEVISION. I HAD UNDERSTOOD -- IN FACT, I HEARD YOU SPECIFICALLY ISSUE AN ORDER -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY -- FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT RESPONDED, THEY WERE GOING TO ATTACH TO THEIR SUBPOENAS YOUR ORDER. THE FIRST WITNESS COMES IN HERE -- AND I WASN'T SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT ONLY TWO THINGS. HE SAID HE THINKS THAT JEEP IS DARK GREEN. THAT'S PABLO FENJVES AND THIS MAN. AND SO I ASK HIM HAD HE BEEN WATCHING TELEVISION. HE SAID YES. AND I KIND OF BACKED OFF. BUT HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ORDER. THEY HAD NOT DONE THEIR JOB. I THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. YOU MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO US, AND WE PLAN TO DO IT WHEN WE SUBPOENA OUR WITNESSES. AND I THINK AGAIN, IT'S YOUR ORDER, AND I WOULD ASK YOUR HONOR TO ENFORCE THAT. THE OTHER THING HAS TO DO -- AND I RISE FOR MR. SHAPIRO IN THIS CONNECTION. YESTERDAY, MISS CLARK, AS SHE IS WANT TO DO, MADE SOME MORE SPECIOUS CHARGES. SHE ACCUSED MR. SHAPIRO OF HAVING -- QUOTE:
"I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY OUR MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR THAT MR. SHAPIRO HAS BEEN TELLING REPORTERS THAT OUR FUTURE WITNESSES HAVE BEEN WATCHING TELEVISION." HOW PROPHETIC. NOW -- IT'S VERY PROPHETIC THE WAY IT TURNED OUT, WASN'T IT? HOWEVER, MR. SHAPIRO NEVER DID THAT. BUT HERE'S WHAT MARCIA CLARK HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT:
"THAT IS FALSE AND IT IS UNFAIR AND IT IS THE KIND OF SMEAR CAMPAIGN TACTICS THAT WE OBJECT TO STRENUOUSLY." THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID YESTERDAY UNTIL HER WITNESS GETS ON THE STAND AND TELLS US HE'S WATCHING TELEVISION.
"WE HAVE REFRAINED FROM THAT SORT OF THING. WE WOULD ASK THE COURT TO ORDER MR. SHAPIRO NOT TO MAKE THESE FALSE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN FURTHER SMEAR CAMPAIGN TACTICS.
"THE COURT: MR. SHAPIRO, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
"MR. SHAPIRO:" HE RESPONDED QUITE SUCCINCTLY, YOUR HONOR.
"YES. TOTAL LIE." AND HE GOES ON TO SAY:
"IT'S AN ABSOLUTE TOTAL LIE." HE THEN INVITED MISS CLARK AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE ALL THESE CHARGES, TO BRING SOME VIDEOTAPE WHERE HE WAS SAYING THAT. SO FAR, THEY'VE NOT DONE IT. MR. SHAPIRO HAS ASKED ME TO ASK YOU TO HAVE THEM BRING THE VIDEOTAPE IF THEY HAVE THAT WHEN THEY MAKE THESE KINDS OF CHARGES. THERE'S THAT, YOUR HONOR.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY MR. COCHRAN IS WASTING THE COURT'S TIME AND MY TIME BRINGING THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE COURT. WHATEVER WAS SAID ON THE RECORD AT SIDEBAR YESTERDAY, YOUR HONOR, IS BETWEEN THE -- YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MISS CLARK'S UNDERSTANDING. MR. SHAPIRO SAYS IT'S NOT TRUE. LET ME REFEREE THIS ONE FOR YOU, OKAY. WE APOLOGIZE, BOB.
WE APOLOGIZE. AND AS FOR MR. COCHRAN, WE DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL US HOW TO DO OUR JOB. WE ATTACH TO EVERY SUBPOENA THE COURT'S DIRECTIONS, OKAY. SO IF THE FELT HAPPENED TO FALL OFF THIS OFFICER SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, WE APOLOGIZE TO THE COURT FOR THAT. BUT THE COURT WILL RECALL THAT THE OFFICER SAID THAT HE SAW THE PRELIMINARY HEARING, AND THAT WAS WHAT, SIX MONTHS AGO? I DON'T THINK THE ORDER APPLIED TO OR WAS IN EFFECT SIX MONTHS AGO. BUT WE WILL BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THE WITNESSES ARE AWARE OF THE COURT'S ORDER.
THE FIRST WITNESS COMES IN HERE -- AND I WASN'T SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT ONLY TWO THINGS. HE SAID HE THINKS THAT JEEP IS DARK GREEN. THAT'S PABLO FENJVES AND THIS MAN. AND SO I ASK HIM HAD HE BEEN WATCHING TELEVISION. HE SAID YES.
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID YESTERDAY UNTIL HER WITNESS GETS ON THE STAND AND TELLS US HE'S WATCHING TELEVISION.
LET ME REFEREE THIS ONE FOR YOU, OKAY. WE APOLOGIZE, BOB.
WE DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL US HOW TO DO OUR JOB.