[Banfield:] Welcome back everyone. Live in Sanford, Florida, I'm Ashleigh Banfield, reporting on the George Zimmerman murder trial. You're not missing any testimony. They're in a brief break in that courtroom. And the minute they pop back up onto those cameras and the live mikes are fired up again, you will go right back in live again as well. In the meantime, some other news, after 11 weeks of sitting in a prison cell, Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is going to be in a courtroom today, facing many of those who were injured in the Boston marathon bombing, and the families of those that he allegedly killed as well as his brother allegedly killed when they allegedly bombed that marathon on April 15th. He's to be arraigned on 30 charges. Those charges are killing four people, maiming and wounding others, the use of a weapon of mass destruction, deadly bombing of a public place and use of a firearm causing death. Those are federal charges, folks, and this is a federal process. Our national correspondent Deb Feyerick is live from Boston. This must have been a pretty emotional day to start with, knowing that this was going to be the first face-to-face for these families and for this suspect.
[Deborah Feyerick, Cnn National Correspondent:] You know, there's no question about that, Ashleigh. In 17 of the counts that you referred to in that 30 count indictment, well, 17 of them are eligible for the death penalty, and that's what his lawyers are going to be trying or trying to fight. About an hour ago, a caravan came with Massachusetts state police and U.S. marshals, a white van followed by an armored vehicle. That was about 11:30 this morning. We believe that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in that caravan. This entire place was on an extreme state of lockdown, and now it's a little bit easier here. You still have a lot of security, but the mood has shifted dramatically after that caravan and went into the side entrance. But a lot of mystery about him, you know, Ashleigh, it's always difficult to reconcile the two parts, the image of somebody you've seen so much on television, in the newspapers, in images online, with the man himself. He's 19. He's going to be 20 this month. He's going to walk into that courtroom, and it will be interesting to see how he conducts himself, how he carries himself, likely be wearing prison garb, and the court has made very clear that any of the victims or their families who want to come can be in that courtroom to sort of face him. And, you know, Ashleigh, I've been in courtrooms when now-convicted terrorists entered, and it's important for some of the families to sort of to see them, to make it even that much more tangible. So that's going to happen at 3:30, the arraignment. He'll enter a plea, Ashleigh.
[Banfield:] I remember, Deb, and you'll have to correct me if I'm wrong on this. It's been 11 weeks, but those initial photographs that came out in the week of the manhunt and then the arrest had Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with very long curly hair. And then the reports that came in said that he had actually cut his hair very short, perhaps was trying to elude capture and change his appearance. So this is likely that the person that these families are going to face in court and we won't be able to see this. There won't be cameras in this federal courtroom.
[Feyerick:] Correct. There are never cameras in federal court. That's always one of the challenges of covering these kinds of cases because you get such an in-depth and personal, intimate look at these alleged criminals, and the only thing you can do is sort of describe what they look like as opposed to clearly looking at a state court in a state case as you're doing now. But he is likely to look different. One of his roommates said that he had changed his appearance. He cut his hair short. This is one of his friends. And so, you know, it'll be interesting. Also, keep in mind there's always something that changes about a person's pallor, a person's demeanor, when they walk into the courtroom. Sometimes they are shackled as is likely he will be shackled. Sometimes they're not. But again, they call it sort of the prison pallor because he's not exposed to a lot of sun. He's at the Devens prison facility about 50 miles from here, and he himself had to recover from wounds he sustained during the gunfight and also when he went on the run and was found hiding in that boat. So a lot of loose ends, and it will be interesting to just see how he carries himself and how he pleads. Ashleigh?
[Banfield:] Well, let's hope those courtroom sketches are accurate because I think a lot of people want to see what he looks like now, what condition he is in, whether he can move around, like you said, whether he's maimed or limping from his injuries from that arrest night. But Deb Feyerick is on it for us. Deb, let us know as well if you hear whether the prosecutors finally make public whether they plan to seek the death penalty in this because these are eligible charges, but they have to let that be known. So, Deb is on the job for us. Thanks so much. Do appreciate it, Deb. Coming up, we have been waiting for someone to make an appearance in this courtroom down here in Sanford, Florida because he's not been allowed in throughout the last two-and-a-half weeks. It's the father of George Zimmerman. You've seen the parents of Trayvon Martin, but why not the father of George Zimmerman. He's a potential witness and he's barred from being in the courtroom. So when might he actually show up as a witness? We'll talk about that in a moment.