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Aired February 08, 2014 - 18:00   ET

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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Top of the hour, everyone. I'm Don Lemon in the CNN NEWSROOM and thank you so much for joining us.

We will begin with those tense moments from inside of a Florida courtroom today. It is the murder trial of Michael Dunn, the admitted shooter of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. The teen was shot and killed in 2012, allegedly during over a dispute over loud music at a gas station parking lot. In day three of the testimony, the defendant's fiance took the stand called as a witness by the prosecution.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When the defendant pulled into the parking space, could you hear any music coming from the red SUV?

RHONDA ROUER, MICHAEL DUNN'S PARTNER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You could tell it was coming from that car?

ROUER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: From where you were sitting inside of the car, could you hear any of the lyrics of the music?

ROUER: No, I could not make out the lyrics.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Could you tell what kind of music it was?

ROUER: Yes s, I could.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Could you hear the bass?

ROUER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now, from inside of the car, was anything in the car rattling from the bass?

ROUER: No.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did the defendant say anything about the music when he parked the car next to the red car?

ROUER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What did the defendant say?

ROUER: I hate that thug music.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And what was your response to defendant?

ROUER: I said, yes, I know.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And as you were walking to the register, did you hear anything unusual?

ROUER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What did you hear?

ROUER: I heard, pop, pop, pop.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And when you heard those noises, did you know what they were?

ROUER: No, I didn't.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did you know with where they were coming from?

ROUER: No, I didn't.

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LEMON: And I want to bring in now CNN's Tory Dunnan live outside the courtroom of the courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida.