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.
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.
and is it to degrade and deter assad? well, if you do that, it has to be more than a pinprick within so some way. how persuadable will they be? very fluid. you can t count votes on this one yet. it s just too up in the air. gloria borger, thank you very much. let me switch gears and talk aaron hernandez. happening right now, former new england patriots star here is moments away from being arraigned on first-degree murder here. he is expected to formally plead not guilty to killing his friend, 27-year-old odin lloyd who was dating the sister of hernandez s girlfriend. police say hernandez orchestrated the shooting of lloyd at that industrial park. that was back in june. lloyd s body was found guys, are these live pictures? here we go. yeah. these are live pictures. so here he is being walked into court, presumably. handcuffs around his hands. as we watch this together, let
shepard: president obama argued it s standard for intelligence agencies around the world to keep an eye on their friends as well as their enemies. accused murderer and now former new england patriot aaron hernandez got into a bar fight with a bouncer back in 2007 and according to the gainsville, florida police records it was hernandez s college teammate tim tebow who broke it it up. both aaron hernandez and tim tebow were playing for the university of florida at the time. police say hernandez slugged the bouncer, busted his eardrum after a distribute over a bill. the school reportedly reached a settlement with that bouncer, getting hernandez off the hook. meanwhile, since his arrest, aaron patriot s jerseys are seeing for hundreds, even thousands of dollars on ebay. a spokeswoman for ebay tells fox news that current listings do not violate company policies but it could be a different story if hernandez is convicted. what brought down twa flight 800? the government report is clear.
found in the neighborhood where the victim lives. police say hernandez and two other men picked up the victim and the rental car was caught at the site of the murder. bill: thank you, molly. heather: prosecutors say a digital trail of surveillance linked hernandez to the shooting. joe winel is from the boston heard. what do you know about this digital trail and surveillance video. it comes all the way from where the victim lives down to the major highway in north attleboro. up the street to the instrumental park where