it could have been wind. it could have been 1,000 other things than somebody rolling on the ground, couldn't it? >> yes, sir. >> and for that matter you don't even know what get off means, whether that means somebody on top saying that the person underneath was saying get off or somebody was backing up and saying get off or -- >> objection, argumentative. >> let me hear the rest of the question. >> what may have been meant if in fact you even heard it? >> i did hear get off, sir. >> but you don't know what it meant because you didn't see any of this, correct? >> no, sir. >> and you don't know now how long that took from the point that you heard something hit somebody until you heard the wet

grass, until you heard the get off, until the phone disconnected? how long did that take? >> i don't know, sir. i was not timing it. >> well, in fact, i take it that you were in your house trying to fix up your hair? >> trust me, trust me, i had stopped. >> yesterday didn't you say that when this conversation was taking place you were fixing your hair? >> yes. as trey have been was waiting for the rain to slow down from the area, that's what i said. >> and at what point then if any in this conversation did you pay particular attention. >> when i had called back. >> whether he was sort of whispering in the low voice -- >> when i had called back, after he finished running.

>> all right. so were you still working on your hair or did you stop? >>s no. >> were you taking particular attention at this point? >> so were you on a handset or bluetooth. >> bluetooth. >> were you doing anything else other than listening intently to what was being said. >> yes, sir. >> what were you doing? >> listening to what's going on and saying trayvon because i had my bluetooth on. >> you were still at home. >> yes, sir. >> doing anything else? >> i was in the bathroom. >> was the water running? >> no, sir. >> why do i need the water on. >> i am just asking. >> i am trying to fix my hair. i don't need the water on. i put the hairy iron down after i called back and he answered and he told me he ran from the back. >> at that point you were still in the bathroom. >> yes, sir.

>> any background noise at all? >> no, sir. >> you had stopped fixing your hair and you were listening only to the phone call? >> yes, sir. i had called him back. >> right. that's when he had stopped running and that he was speaking in this lower, more like whispering voice? correct? >> no, sir. i told you, he sounded tired. i had told him to keep running. he said he would just walk faster and i said okay because it is sounded to me like he was tired. his voice had changed, sir. >> so the way this was after he had lost the man. >> yes, he ran from the back. >> and he was tired from running? >> yes, sir. >> is what you assumed? >> yes, sir. >> as if he had run a long way? >> yes, sir. >> and that you knew his voice

was lowered. >> yes, sir. >> as opposed to his normal talking voice? >> i did not say his voice was lower. >> you told mr. -- >> soupded like he was tired. that's what i told you. >> we'll come back to that in a moment. i don't want to lose track of what we're doing here. you were in the bathroom and because of what trayvon martin was saying, you were paying more attention at this moment than you had been previously? >> yes, sir. >> and that you knew at this point that he had run and that

he had lost the man, correct. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. >> and that his voice had changed. >> yes, sir. >> and you thought it was because he was tired from running? >> he sounded tired. >> you don't know how far he may have run. >> objection. >> overruled. it will not last time for that question. >> you don't know how far he had run. >> no, sir. >> and you have this conversation with him for a couple of minutes and then he says he sees the man again? >> yes, sir. >> and are you really paying attention now? >> i was really paying attention, sir. >> i am sorry? >> i had been paying attention, sir. been paying attention, sir. >> after you are talking to him on the phone, he seems out of breath for a couple of minutes. he says to you he sees the man

again, and you pay particular attention now. >> i had been paying attention, sir, when i had called him back. >> so the answer is yes you were focusing on this? >> yes, sir. >> and as he says he sees the man and as he confronts him and says why are you following me, you're really paying attention then? >> objection, mischaracterization in terms -- >> ask the question and let it be her words. >> he confronted him by saying why are you following me, didn't he? >> objection. >> listen to your answer. you may answer. >> he told me close to him. >> at that point he decided to approach this man and say why are you following me?

>> yes, sir. >> he could have just run home if he wasn't there. >> he was already by his house. he told me. >> of course you don't know if he was telling you the truth or not? >> why he need to lie about that, sir? >> maybe if he decided to assault george zimmerman he didn't want you to know about it. >> that's real retarded, sir. >> i am sorry? >> retarded to too that, sir, when you don't know a person. trayvon did not know him. >> you are paying attention to this. somebody or something hit somebody and in all of your statements before you said that's when the phone cut off and in your statement on april 2nd you're saying you heard a little get off get off and now today you're saying it sounded like somebody rolling on the ground, correct? >> objection,

mischaracterization as to the prior statements she made. >> i think that that response was because you asked her to describe what she meant by wet grass. objection sustained. you may ask the next question. >> and what i am focusing on now is how long did that take for you to hear all of that stuff going on before the phone cut off? >> i don't know, sir. i wasn't timing it, sir. >> your sense of it? i know you weren't timing it. you never said that before. how long do you think it took since you were so concentrating on that? >> objection. asked and answered. >> you may answer the question. >> i don't know, sir.

>> you knew something had just happened? >> yes, sir. >> and in the statement on april 2nd is when you said get off, get off, and it was kind of low, correct? >> yes, sir. >> kind of low for a couple of reasons, one because it wasn't set very loudly or because the headset was somewhere else? >> i don't know, sir. i wasn't there, sir. >> you don't really know who actually said that even if it were said, do you? >> yes, sir. >> it could have been trayvon is what you said, correct? >> yes, sir. >> so at the point, though, that all of that happened, you are saying now that you knew

something had taken place? >> yes, sir. >> but the reason you didn't do anything about it, tell anybody what you had heard, come forward to the police, is because in your mind it was just a fight? correct? >> yes, sir. >> and in fact just a fight that trayvon martin started, that's why you weren't worried and that's why you didn't do anything, it was because trayvon martin started the fight and you knew that. >> objection, compound question, badgering the witness. argumentative. >> you may answer. >> no, sir. i had told you before that i did not know this man was out -- i don't know what you're talking about. >> i will say it again.

after you were concentrating so closely on that last part of the conversation with mr. martin, where he is speaking in a lower voice, for a couple of minutes, and then he says i see the man again. >> i will object as a miss arktization as to the time that this witness heard mr. martin. >> please rephrase the question. >> after mr. martin ran, and you reconnected with him, you were talking with him for a couple of minutes before he told you he saw the man again, correct? >> yes, sir.

zp you started paying particular attention because he said to you he sees the man again or the man is following him? >> yes, sir. the wind, sir, you can hear the wind, sir. i could hear the wind. that's how i know trayvon was still walking, sir. >> as opposed to hiding? >> yes, sir. >> you think he was walking as opposed to hiding because you could hear wind on this headset? >> yes, sir. >> as if he couldn't be standing still and there could also be wind? >> yes, sir. >> at the point where he tells you he sees the man again or as he said the man is right there. >> yes, sir. >> he decides to approach the

man and say why are you following me for? >> objection, argumentative and misstatement of the facts. >> sustained. >> the objection has been sustained. wait for another question. thank you. >> there is no question in your mind that trayvon martin based upon what you said and what you -- what he said and what you heard that he approached the man and said why are you following me for? >> same objection, your honor, and a compound question. >> sustained. >> may we be heard at the bench? >> no. ask the question. >> you believe at that point that trayvon martin approached the man and said why are you following me for? >> no, sir.

>> do you want to explain that? >> trayvon told me the man was behind him. and kept being close by him. that told me a lot. >> pardon me. >> close. >> the man was behind trayvon, sir. >> so he told you that he could see the man again, the man was behind him? >> yes. >> correct. >> close. >> and if he were hiding somewhere and the man walked close to him, they would be close together, correct? >> argumentative.

>> in any event your sense was that they got close together at that point? >> he got close to trayvon, yes, sir. >> and you don't know whether the man was approaching trayvon at that point and getting closer or whether trayvon was approaching the man and getting closer? >> trayvon would have told me he will call me back, sir, if he was going to approach him, sir. >> so you are assuming that trayvon didn't approach the man because he would have told you if he was going to confront the guy he would call you back when it was over? >> yes, sir. >> in any event you knew something was going to happen i take it? >> no, sir. >> you knew he said to the man why are you following me for? >> yes, sir. >> and you knew in your mind

that it was going to be a fight? >> no, sir. maybe an argument. >> you thought trayvon martin would approach a man he had never seen in his life and -- >> did i say trayvon approached the man, sir. >> either way, either way, are you saying you thought trayvon would have a discussion with the guy he never met in his life, didn't know who he was, didn't know anything about him, this creepy cracker and have a just a gentlemanly conversation about why are you following me for? >> the dude was close. the man was close to him, sir. >> so trayvon decided instead of just running away to confront this guy? >> objection. argumentative. >> no, sir.

>> at the end of all of this after you heard something hitting somebody what you thought -- >> a bump, sir. a bump. >> we played it right at the beginning of this recording. he said the last thing you heard was something something hitting somebody and you said yes. >> objection. improper impeachment. i will be glad to clarify. >> you may answer the question. >> i don't remember saying that, sir. >> given all of that, whatever it was, a bump, somebody hitting somebody, i thought in fact you said it could have been for all you know trayvon martin smashing george zimmerman in the face is what you actually heard? >> what?

>> just earlier today. >> by who? >> by you. >> you ain't get that from me. >> after all of that that happened, you decided not to do anything because you thought it was just a fight and that you didn't need to come to trayvon martin's aid, did you? >> what? repeat your question again, sir. >> whatever that was that was happening that you were paying particular attention to, you decided that you didn't need to call anybody, call the police, report anything, because you thought it was just a fight. >> i did call him back, sir. >> of course, but you didn't get an answer. didn't that make you more worried? >> i called back again, sir. >> i assume that would heighten. >> and i texted, sir. >> still no answer. >> no, sir. >> a couple calls, a text, and no answer. >> no, sir. >> and the reason you didn't do anything was because you thought it was just a fight?

>> i thought his father was around there. >> you thought it was just a fight because it was one you knew that trayvon martin was planning to start. >> no, he would have told me, told me to call him back or he will call me back, sir. >> so you figure, then, that if trayvon martin was getting ready to sucker punch somebody and get in a fight, that he would have told you let me take care of this and i will call you right back. >> argumentative. >> sustained. >> is that what you are saying that you are saying that if trayvon martin was getting ready to assault this man that he would have said hang on a minute and i will call you back? >> same objection, argumentative. >> just one second. overruled. >> no, sir, he would not leave me on the phone. >> no, sir, he would not -- >> allow me on the phone with

him if he was about to have a fight. sir. >> say that again. what about he would have told you if he was getting ready to have a fight? >> if he was going to confront the man he would have told me to see what he wants and he did not tell me that, sir, he just told me he tried to get home, sir, but the man was still following me, following him, sir. >> so you are assuming that if trayvon martin were planning to confront this man and assault him that he would have given you a heads up? >> objection, mischaracterization of this witness. >> the witnesses answer is what it is. >> has he ever told you that before, he was going to assault someone and would call you back. >> objection. improper questioning.

i just want to make an objection, your honor, we've had this objection before. >> counsel, please approach. >> i am suzanne malveaux. >> we have been watching testimony in the george zimmerman trial. >> it is fascinating and riveting and we'll take a quick break and right back to it after this quick break and obviously a star witness on the stand critical to this case.

mplgts we have been watching round 2 of riveting testimony from the young woman on the phone with trayvon martin. this is just moments before he was shot dead by george zimmerman. >> her name is rachel gentile, 19 years old and make it is clear in her words and body language she doesn't want to be there. >> george howell is outside the courthouse. tell us first of all this has been going on for quite some

time. they were supposed to take a lunch break. why has this gone past the lunch break session and this critical time? >> it is a very critical moment for the defense and keep in mind rachel has now been questioned for more than three hours today alone. yesterday more than an hour. what you find now, they're going through everything. ashleigh banfield just an hour ago said i am an angry mom and when i hear these things. >> sorry to interrupt there. we'll get back. >> in your mind it was just a fight. >> i did, sir.

>> in the conversation that you had with mr. de la rhonda on april 2nd, he asked you some questions about whether trayvon martin had told you the man had gotten out of the car. do you remember those questions?

>> no, sir. >> let me take a minute and find the reference.

>> mr. de la rhonda said to you in a question i could reads it exactly or paraphrase it, but the conversation was that mr. de la rionda asked you -- >> may i see it, sir? may i see it, sir? >> let me set the stage. mr. de la rionda said did he ever say the guy got out of the car? >> i don't remember, sir. >> you don't remember that -- >> what are you talking about? >> here is what i am talking about, that mr. de la rionda asked you did he ever say the guy got out of the car and your

response to him was you want that, too, do you remember that? >> i don't remember that. >> let's play it. >> if you can please give her a copy.

>> let me direct your attention to this paragraph, ask you to read that. it is my note here underneath is what i thought i heard your answer was, so i want you to see if you remember that and if that was your answer and i will ask you that.

>> no, sir. >> you say no. >> that's want what i said. >> you can't hear you. >> that's not what i said. that's your opinion, sir. >> all right. >> that's what you thought i said. >> on the paragraph where mr. de la rionda asked you did he ever say the guy got out of the car. >> keep reading it, sir. >> and i said -- and the transcript says that you said you want that, too, and you're saying you didn't say that?

>> no, sir. >> do you remember what you said instead? >> no, sir, but i did not say that. >> you do specifically remember that when mr. de la rionda asked you did he ever say the guy got out of the car, that you did not say in response you want that, too? >> no, sir. i did not even say do you want that, too, no, i did not say that, sir. >> okay. can we play that portion, please? >> thank you. >> let's just play -- >> i will object to the rest of it. i apologize. >> let's play that part first. >> for the impeachment in the manner in which it is being played in my objection. >> what is the purpose for it being played, sir. >> the jury can hear for

themselves whether or not ms. jeantell gave the answer she denied giving. >> she said those were your notes, not hears. i don't know what transcript both sides have. i have somebody's transcript, and there is supposedly a difference in the transcripts. >> mr. de la rionda's transcript has the witnesses response, the same way that i do. >> could you show me what page it is on because i don't know whose i am looking at. >> let's let the jury hear -- >> i asked a question. could you tell me first of all whose transcript do i have? >> i gave it to you. it is ours. it does not have an answer on it

because it was added in earlier. what you have as asterisks. >> can you tell me what page? >> 1,015, your honor. may i approach? >> i want to bring in our legal analyst sunny hostin watching this and i imagine this is important the transcription and the tape because they're going to the heart of fact whether or not she is credible or contradicting herself, correct? >> well, i think it is most important because her testimony is so important. she has been very consistent, suzanne, in saying that from her vantage point, from her ear witness testimony she believes that george zimmerman was following trayvon martin and approached. now, george zimmerman is saying this is self defense, i shot trayvon martin in self-defense, but under florida law if george

zimmerman in fact was the initial aggressor, the person that followed, pursued, approached, then the self-defense claim he has is weakened so tremendously, perhaps just takes it off the table, that is why this defense is going at her in the manner that they are going after her. i have to tell you, i just stepped out of the courtroom to come and speak with you, suzanne, and this courtroom is with her at this point, yes. yesterday she was combative and seemed to be very ill at ease. it doesn't seem that way in the courtroom now. the jurors are leaning forward in their seats. they're hanging on her every word. they seem to be understanding what she is saying, and she again has been very consistent today in terms of what she believed happened. >> real quick before we take a break here, anything that she said that in the moments before he was shot dead in her testimony here that makes it sound like there is a question in terms of who started the fight and whether he was the

aggressor? >> yes, sure. the defense is saying that because of the way that she speaks she isn't the most eloquent person, i think we can all agree on that, that it is unclear as to whether or not she is saying that trayvon said get off, get off, and so again that goes to who was the initial aggressor, so the defense thinks that this transcript will say something else and again she is on the witness stand and saying huh-uh, that's not what i said. i said it was trayvon martin. >> and, sunny, contrast her demeanor today to yesterday for those who didn't catch it. >> it is so very different. yesterday she was very combative. she seemed sort of like a petulant teenager for the viewers that have teenagers at home. she seemed like that, very difficult, a bit rude, combative. today she is different, so different that this defense attorney asked her, wow, you seem so different today, what is it? did you speak to someone because

i think the notion is perhaps she spoke to the government. perhaps she spoke to an attorney who said, hey, rachel, pull it back. be a little more respectful. her response to all of that was, no, i just got some sleep. >> thanks so much. we'll check back with you later as we continue to monitor this dramatic testimony in the zimmerman case. we'll take a short break and be right back. having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all.

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part a cornerstone of their case, and i think that they have troubles any time the state has a witness who seems to lack this measure of credibility. remember, she is an acknowledged liar. she admitted she has been less than truthful on several occasions and now she is asking everybody to believe her. one has to ask themselves very simply is this a witness who you can believe beyond and to the exclusion of every every reasonable doubt to sustain a conviction? i think that's a challenge and i think the state needs to moderate if i their strategy a bit and go in a slightly different direction so that when they eventually tell the jury that they want a conviction they're not going to rely on her as much as they initially hoped to. >> mark, you say she admitted lying in the past and says why do i need to lie about that, sir, earlier today. has she lied about the kinds of serious things that would call into question her credibility or small things? >> we don't know that, do we? she says she lied about her age.

we know she slide under oath about where she was and concerning income a hospital. and now we have got different statements laid upon each other which are suggesting there is real discrepancies there. we don't really know. the issue is does she have a real clear memory of this? is she able to tell a story with a beginning, middle and end and sunny is in the courtroom and observing the jurors and i think it means a lot because i go back to the casey anthony jury and most of us really believe she was going to be convicted and watching the jurors and their faces and expressions and how they're following t does make a big difference f they're more engaged today, maybe they are believing or simply blocked out and now listening to her and recognize her testimony is all not that credible. i don't think anybody could see she is a strong witness. i think that the state hopes the best they can do is salvage her and make her a somewhat credible witness.

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other news now that's just coming into us. we have a source in new york from our new york bureau telling us former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez is now being investigated in connection with a double murder in boston's south end. this taking place in july of last year allegedly. the source is telling us that boston police department has located and impounded a silver suv that was policed at the scene of the murders and lina cho is following this as well. they're linking this vehicle with hernandez. this is completely separate to the other murder charge. >> michael, we are just getting

this information right now and you detailed much of it. to reiterate for the people joining us, cnn has just learned from a law enforcement source that in addition to the murder charge levelled against him in the death of 27-year-old oden lloyd in the massachusetts area near his home, cnn has learned that he is now being investigated for a double murder that happened in boston's south end in july of 2012. now, again, we're just getting in the details. here is the best way to explain what we know at this point. apparently police have located a silver suv placed it he scene of this double murder and they have been looking for this car for nearly a year. they found the car and it turns out according to police that hernandez was renting this car

at the time. let me tell you what's happening now. we're at the fall river courthouse about 15 minutes from the county jail where hernandez is staying in about an hour's time there will be a bail hearing here. this will be the second hearing in two days, essentially an appeal to the judge's decision yesterday to n grant hernandez bail and defense attorneys will argue as they did yesterday that he is not a flight risk, that there has been so much media attention surrounding this case that there is no way hernandez could go anywhere frankly without everyone following him. defense attorneys will also likely argue that he has a fiance and an eight month old baby and most of all that he has no criminal record and that he has never been accused of a violent crime. that bail hearing is expected to start in been an hour. >> this is suzanne and i wanted to ask the question, you think about the timing of all of this

and discovering this vehicle now, about a year they were looking for this vehicle. can we make the assumption that they found this because this comes out of the investigation, the murder investigation into oden lloyd? >> i suppose it is entirely possible, suzanne. clearly investigators are fanning out all across the area. we're hearing reports of raids and searches being conducted in all parts of massachusetts and the connecticut area for that matter, so it is entirely possible because there is a spotlight on aaron hernandez and everything he has been doing over the past several years that it was found as a result of that. it is also could be coincidental. we don't know. it is too early as we are just getting this information now. >> breaking news obviously. >> unbelievable>> craw, this coming from a source close to that investigation and more to come on that and we'll keep an eye on that and let you know.

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so sourt africa where officials are releasing new information about nelson mandela's health. they say mandela has improved. he is now in critical but stable

condition they are saying. >> still critical and better than they're going the other way. late yesterday we did learn that the former south african president was on life support. he still is we're told. outside the hospital crowds turning out in bigger numbers. they have been coming almost hourly to honor a man considered a hero of democracy and civil rights around the world. >> supporters there are bringing balloons. you see them laying flowers and tribute memorials and mandela's family and they are concerned and also expressed some hope. listen to this. >> we still have hope because when we talk to him, he is trying to open his eyes and will open his eyes and when you touch him, he still responds, and i think for us as long as that he is still responding when we talk

to him, when we touch him, i think that gives us hope. >> hope there. president obama is in senegal right now. like many people around the world his thoughts and prayers also with nelson mandela. >> a news conference with the president of senegal, the president reflecting on what mandela means to society in general and also to him personally. >> he is a personal hero, but i don't think i am unique in that regard. i think he is a hero for the world. if and when he passes from this place, one thing i think we will all know is that his legacy is one that will linger on throughout the ages. >> all right. jessica yellin traveling with the president in senegal. jessica, the president i think

was responding for a question from you actually when he talked about nelson mandela. tell us a little about the influence that mandela had on him. >> hi, michael. the president recalled that the very first political rally he ever attended was an antiapartheid event when president mandela was still in jail and president obama was then only 19 years old. he said that he has personally always been struck by mandela's embrace of his own captors after his release and inspired by nelson mandela throughout his own career. he actually wrote about him in his own book "dreams from my father," and i think that the family while in senegal visiting glory island, an historic place and many presidents go and i covered president clinton. it is an emotional experience when you go there. tell us the significance of the site. >> well, suzanne, it is the locks of the site that held many

africans before they were forced onto ships and sent overseas into slavery. the president and his family just visited there now, and i want to tell you what he said. unusual for him. he said that as an african-american president, he said, it was exceptionally, quote, powerful to be there, and he said that it offers, quote, even greater motivation in terms of working for human rights around the world and also gave him more intimate understanding of what it was like essentially to be a slave, so clearly a remarkable experience for him and apparently he stood in that door of no return where you look out at the sea with just endless horizon for quite some time and there will be video coming in of that, suzanne. >> historic place for sure. jessica, of course you can go overseas and you can't escape the domestic news. he was weighing in also on developments back home. about edward snowden, and he talked about the supreme court rulings on same sex marriage. >> yes, and i asked him about

this. the president said the ruling on same sex marriage, both the rulings were a victory for american democracy and basic fairness, and he said that he believes gay couples who live in the 37 state in the u.s. that do not recognize same sex marriage should also get federal benefits. here is what the president said. >> it is my personal belief but i am speaking now as a president, as opposed to as a lawyer, that if you have been married in massachusetts and you move some place else, are you still married, and that under federal law you should be able to obtain the benefits of any lawfully married couple. >> there are hundreds of laws on the federal level that deal with marriage and all of this still has to be resolved by the lawyers, so he says he has his

people working on it. michael, suzanne. >> jess, thanks. we appreciate it. we'll be back to you for a trip. a triple dose, bad news for paula deen today, more companies dropping endorsement deals with the celebrity chef. we'll talk about where does this leave her empire? an give yoursef a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle.

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the queen of southern cooking taking a new fall today. >> more companies cutting ties with the celebrity chef paula deen after she admitted to using the n word and also tolerating racial jokes at work. >> pamela brown joins us from new york with new details what are we learning now? >> there seems to be a domino effect taking praise here on the heels of being dropped by the food network as well as smithfield foods and walmart, now we're learning three more companies are giving the embattled chef the boot. target says it will phase out paula deen inventory and home depot is announcing the kitchen and cookware items will no longer be sold online and now the diabetes drug maker that deen promoted announced today it will also be spending its partnership with deen. in a statement they say they have mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now while she takes time to focus her attention where it is

needed. >> what is left for her now? >> that's a good question a lot of weem are wondering, is this the end for paula deen. you look at other celebrity examples, and this, martha stewart and others, that have been able to repair and rehab their i believe, we learned that paula deen hired someone, an image consultant, a crisis management consultant by the name of judy smith, and in fact you know the tv show scandal on abc, smith is the woman that show is based on. we learned deen has hired her and trying to repair her image and she sent out a tweet i want to express how deeply your kind words have moved me the last few days. thank you, everyone, and love to all. also want to mention her cookbook by the way just shot up to number one on amazon.com. it won't be released until october. it was ranked in the 1500s recently and now shot up to number one.

i think that is a reflection that paula deen has a loyal fan base despite losing all of these big endorsement from all of these companies >> yet to shake out and see how she ends up doing. some people coming to her aid and others just leaving her in throes. with very to leave it there. "cnn newsroom" starts oof this break. this is "cnn newsroom." i am wolf blitzer reporting from washington. we begin with breaking news. the news that we learned just a few minutes ago that the former new england patriots tightend aaron hernandez already charged with murder in one case is now being investigated in a separate double murder case. in about an hour hernandez will appear in a massachusetts courtroom for a bail hearing. alina cho is joining us now from attleboro, massachusetts. what more do we know about this