supreme court. the justices just gave their blessing to same-sex marriage, and millions of lives have changed from this day forward. also, aaron hernandez just released by the new england patriots football team after being taken into custody like this. by plainclothes police. and graphic testimony. so graphic, in fact, crime scene photos so gruesome, that trayvon martin s mother had to turn away. his father had to leave the courtroom. so much to talk about. only three days into george zimmerman s murder trial. all of that coming up in just a moment. first off, though, today a historic moment when it comes to the rights of millions of americans. the supreme court said yes, yes to same-sex marriage this morning, repealing both doma, the defense of marriage act, and proposition 8 in the state of california. president obama, who is right now on air force one, on his way to his african tour, was quick to put out this tweet.
an incredible fall in the public eye from a tight end with one of the nfl s premier teams, to virtual rock bottom. because it doesn t get worse than this, folks, being led out of your home that s aaron hernandez, a football star in cuffs with plainclothes. not only that, he gets into a cruiser, and he gets out of a football team. because the new england patriots fired him. his arrest comes under all during a big murder investigation. a friend of his, odin lloyd, his body was discovered by a teenage jogger last week near hernandez s home. that s not far from boston. and odin lloyd s sister said the two were friends. her reaction to hernandez s arrest, god is great. it s the best news i ve had sense my brother was killed. hernandez is in the process, we think at this point, of being arraigned. it s going to happen at any moment, if not already. and when we learn of those charges, we re going to get them to you and let you know what they are.
sisters. and so, that is one thing that connects them. and so, occasionally, they also went out together. the body of odin lloyd was found less than a mile from aaron hernandez s house. it is a short distance from there. hernandez s house has been searched at least twice in connection with this. just a few days ago, we saw them bringing several bags out of the house with undisclosed items of evidence. ashleigh? susan, i m still curious, though. he hasn t been charged yet. we don t know what the charges are. we don t know if perhaps it s murder or obstruction or something else. and yet, the patriots saw fit right away to cut ties with the man they were prepared to pay for five years $40 million just last year. do they know something we don t know? reporter: that s right. well, that may be possible, of course. we ve been talking to them since the beginning of all of this, but they did release a statement. so here s how it reads. quote, a young man was murdered last week, and we exten