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. fire crews continue to battle in southern california the fire that s burned nearly 1300 acres and injured five firefighters. 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.
arguably obamacare is doing pretty well. when it comes to the racial angle which is so explosive i don t think there is any getting away from politically some people don t like this guy s race, call him a food stamp president. bill: thanks to both of you. we wanted to have this discussion and rockefeller said he would provide evidence yesterday and that did not happen. martha: o.j. simpson says he deserves a new trial. lawyers for the ex-nfl star have filed an appeal. they are saying the ruling that landed i amen in prison was tainted. bill: how easy would it be to go without a smartphone or social media for a day? could you do it for two days? some digital detox while honoring american heroes. are you up to the challenge?
others developed heart, lung and kidney problems as a result of this. no comment on the nfl. so far, they have said they haven t received the lawsuit yet. it will be an interesting issue. a new study says e-cigarettes really might work when it comes to helping smokers quit. the battery powered vaporizers can be more effective than other methods. 20% of users quit smoking as opposed to 10% that use nicotine gum. they talk about how they smoke them all day long at their desk. i don t know what that can do. there eels not a lot of studies on the independent effec effects. ahoy to fleet week. the annual celebration of the navy is back after a one year hiatus because of budget cuts. three navy ships and two coast
investors in london and germany will be able to use the service. they announced they would launch the service there and austria, belgium. they launched in 2012. you can see the countries where it first launched in red. europe has 50,000 more broadband houses than the united states. it s catching on in europe. netflix stock surged earlier this year and started sliding in march. we ll see if the news boosts their stock. norway is the new black. the new black. new details in how sterling may have tried to cover up the racist remarks that got him banned for life from the nba. plus, ex-nfl players accuseding thenfl for putting their lives in danger.
the right thing here. the nba accuses sterling of destroying evidence in that case. wedding bells will ring for many same-sex couples in pennsylvania now that a federal judge threw out the ban on same-sex wedding. the law belongs in history calling americans better people than the laws represent. the governor is considering an appeal. the attorney general says she will not challenge the ruling. jesting story. you have been reading and talking a lot about this one. the nfl is accused of putting profits ahead of player s health. this is in a new lawsuit. it was filed by a group of retired players. the league supplied them with powerful painkillers and drugs that kept them in the game and led to serious medical complications later in life. some never told they had broken bones and were given pills to mask the pain.