this plan was in detail. it seems the capitol police had some advance information. you even see the man quoted as saying no sane person would do what i m doing. his own friend saying it was insane. i have a feeling we ll get lots of details. there were 300-some letters 500-some letters. thankfully the newspaper has already published the letter in full. it s all about campaign finance reform. michael shanahan a friend of this pilot. thank you for calling in. dan, former secret service. brian, keep working it for us. thank you very very much. let s move along. the fall from grace of aaron hernandez is complete. his murder trial over. the ex-nfl star shook his head after a jury convicted him today. there was no murder weapon.
with the new england patriots. he continued to surround himself with low lifes, with violent, aggressive people. i think the nfl, the nba, the baseball league they need to put quality people around these young kids. they re taking these kids from tough socioeconomic positions in life and handing them millions of dollars. these players need people around them. you look at a team like the miami heat. riley surrounds these kids with mentors. these kids need mentors. you can t hand them all this money and expect them to live life differently than they did prior to when they became a star. we have to focus in on that. he s a bad guy, hernandez. he s a killer. it s in his dna. his lifestyle from the beginning of a young age to today is a
the man who was once under a $40 million nfl contract will now be under a prison guard s watch for the rest of his life. a mandatory sentence. you re charged with the crime of murder. the jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree. in consideration of the crime for which you now stand committed, you are sentenced by order of the court as follows. you re committed to the nci cedar junction for the term of your natural life without the possibility of parole. it was june of 2013 that a jogger found odin lloyd s body in an industrial park shot six times. cnn s susan candiotti has been reporting every single detail of this case since june of 2013. she s been in the courtroom throughout this whole ordeal. we saw the video, but you were in there. you saw it. you felt it. tell me everything. well i ll tell you, brooke what a stunning turnaround and fall from grace for this once-risings football star for the new england patriots. and consider this.
investigated to show that he has a pattern and practice of engaging in a maniacal behavior like this. that will be an important set of facts to look at. thanks so much for your insight. next, a jury is deciding the fate of ex-nfl star aaron hernandez. it s a decision that may come very soon. trouble is brewing in the courthouse though. two jurors say they were harassed by a member of the media. the judge took that issue up today. we are live in massachusetts next.
hey there, everyone, i m alex witt. here s what s happening, author, poet, professor maya angelou has died. she passed away this morning in her home in north carolina. angelou was 86 years old. and ex-nfl player aaron hernandez has pleaded not guilty to killing two men in a 2012 drive-by shooting. police say hernandez shot the men after an altercation in a nightclub. i m alex witt, back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. well, the tragic killings near santa barbara, california, again sharpened the nation s focus on gun violence and where it intersects with mental illness, the old nra slogan, guns don t kill people, people kill people, so who are the people getting guns? here s who.