hours after his arrest, hernandez was released by the new england patriots. i want to bring in michael floria. mike, thanks for being up with us this morning. describe time line that officials say they put together on this case. >> well, it was a very detailed presentation of a minute by minute account of what happened at least, what prosecutors believe what happened on the night odin lloyd was killed. through the use of text messages sent by aaron hernandez, text messages sent by odin lloyd, surveillance cameras not only at

flood watches go from georgia up through new england.ential for some flooding but not catastrophic or epic or anything like that. just localized flooding concerns. middle of the country is calm but we'll warm it up and heat it up too. especially in the desert southwest all the way to texas. by the time we get to saturday new england will clear out and everyone will look for a pretty decent sunday out there. again andrea will be gone by saturday afternoon. >> thanks. time for entertainment. it will be an interesting mix at the box office this weekend as comedy goes up against horror. wedding crashers reunite as middle aged google trainees in the internship. all crime becomes legal in the violent thriller the purge. plus the highly-anticipated modern adaptation of shake disappear's much ado about nothing. >>> the ceo of aeg said he never consulted with doctors about michael jackson's health. jackson's son prince michael jackson has cancelled his trip to europe so he can be with his sister paris as she recovers. >>> jennifer lawrence is pla

a cold front is bringing rain in new england.ns will pick up when andrea arrives later today that's when the heavy rain adds up. up to three inches in areas of new england, boston province and an inch to two inches for the big city in philly, baltimore and d.c. that's pretty much the heavy rain threat during the day today. middle of the country you're looking pretty dry and nice. southeast isolated chance of a storm this afternoon but nothing like what you saw yesterday. as far as the weekend goes the heat is going to build from arizona through the inner mountain west, temperatures above 110 in some spots of arizona. typical showers and storms. if we get any severe weather over the weekend we'll watch the central plains saturday into sunday. >> thanks. time for entertainment. it will be an interesting mix at the box office this weekend as comedy goes up against horror. wedding crashers reunite as middle aged google trainees in the internship. all crime becomes legal in the violent thriller the purge. plus the highly-anticipated m

the rain is moving into central and northern new england.showers across boston and new england do have flood watches up throughout the day today. we are going to see the threat of possibly severe thunderstorms, anywhere from new england down into the gulf coast states. biggest threat would be for moderate hail and also damaging wind gusts with the isolated thunderstorms. we're also focusing on the heat. we are looking at dangerous heat in the southwest, all through the weekend. look at some of the high temperatures for today. palm springs, about 112. death valley will be up around 130 degrees this weekend. that's just, you know, jumping into an oven. that is hot for even them. >> can you cook an egg? >> i can cook an egg. >> you mean in that temperature? >> i'm glad you can. i mean -- >> we'll try it. >> maybe after the show, we can test your egg cooking skills. dylan, thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," governor rick perry on the offensive about state senator wendy davis' abortion stance and didn't ta

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the story broke in the "new york post" this week after robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots, made an appearance at a gala in new york and basically he was accepting the carnegie hall medal of excellence. during that acceptance speech, he essentially said that in 2005 he was visiting st. petersburg with business leaders. he meet with vld meadimir putin. he showed him at the time brand-new $25,000 diamond encrusted super bowl ring which had had his name engraved in it. when putin took a good look at it and said, according to kraft, he goes i could kill someone with with this ring. i put my hand out and he put it in his pocket and three kgb guys got around him and walked out. >> okay. >> so was it a gift? >> did he say, hey, i want my ring back! >> well, not exactly. apparently putin put it in his pocket, walked out. as you heard. ish sue this -- apparently, according to kraft and the "new york post," white house officials had told kraft at the time, listen, don't make a big deal out of it. say it was a gift. citing u.s.-soviet relations. at the time he went along with it. he e

in addition, the new england patriot star aaron hernandez is now charged with murder and much more. we will have breaking news coverage right after this. >>> there is breaking news now on fox newschannel. a stunning collapse in the life and career of the football star, aaron hernandez. moments ago he made a first appearance in court on murder charges and weapons charges in the state of massachusetts. there he is in the white t-shirt. as he did his time as a new england patriot was already over. you can see police taking aaron hernandez out of his million dollar mansion in handcuffs this morning. remember last week a jogger found the body of 27-year-old odin lloyd not far from that home, southwest of boston. the victim's relatives say lloyd was dating the sister of aaron hernandez's fiancee. hernandez's fiancee and the dead man's sister -- or relatives and the two men were friends. the two men were friends. our station in boston reports that surveillance video shows aaron hernandez and two friends entering the house around the same time neighbors heard gunshots. this morning less than

slippery from new england to the southeast. >>> airport delays possible along the east coast in bostonelphia, washington wag, charlotte, and miami. >>> now to the hepatitis aout break linked to frozen berries sold at costco. >> some illnesses in southern california. john schriffen reports from los angeles. >> reporter: shoppers at costco were surprised to find it was linked to 30 cases of hepatitis a. >> it's shocking. >> it makes you wonder. >> reporter: costco pulled the berries from the shelves after people became sick in five western states. >> we just used it as a family breakfast a couple of weeks ago. we put it in muffins. >> reporter: anyone exposed should be vaccinated quickly. los angeles has set up seven clinics to screen victims. >> there's only a two-week period. every day there is a delay, they could miss the chance to prevent this. >> reporter: nine people have been hospitalized with hepatitis a, the symptoms include fever, and pain. it comes from food workers who don't properly wash their hands. >> reporter: seven of the cases are in california. where screenings began j

former new england patriot star executed the murder of lloyd june 17th and texting two friends to meet up with him the night before. hernandez denied bail and

you can see the moisture which has now moved toward southern new england. light showers through areas on the west side of new york here coming through southeast pooh pa with some of the heavier rains which dropped more than an inch in spots here overnight. to the south, though, here comes andrea. the circulation near charleston. look at the heavy rains coming south and north carolina cracking almost into southern virginia right now. that's what we're looking at for later today. when we look at the futurecast, we certainly see this showing up here as we go through the morning. by 9:00, the heaviest stuff in our southern suburbs approaching fredricksburg, down toward pax river. look how it overspreads us. the middle of the day, these could be torrential downpours. qee have a flood watch in effect till 10:00 tonight. with the concern being we could see several inches of rain in spots through the afternoon and early evening hours. you're really going to have to pay attention to any of the lower areas that tend to flood a lot easier than others. i'll be back with

nearly two dozen boy scouts in new england, recovering from a lightning strike. that strike in central new hampshire sent 3 adults and 23 scouts to the hospital, some as young as 13 years old. it happened during a major storm just outside of belmont. the lightning strike at camp bell. officials say no one was hit directly by the lightning because everyone was huddled under a shelter at the time. >> it could have hit the tent. it could have hit the ground and traveled through. the tent could have been anchored by a rope on to a tree. there's so many different ways when you get lightning strikes that things can travel. >> reporter: in all, 23 scouts and 3 adults were hospitalized. six of the scouts suffered burns to their chests. but officials say no one suffered life-threatening injuries. the severe weather also pounding the nation's midsection. in illinois, high winds and torrential rains triggered mudslides, downed trees and blew over vehicles on the interstate. heavy rain flooded parts of southwestern indiana. and hundreds of people are still cleaning up from fl

>>steve: a murder mystery hits the new england patriots. a star player under investigation after a body is found near his house. we have a live report straight ahead. >>brian: they make for some of the funniest videos on the internet but do you know how to use pepper spray the right way. we're learning. steve has volunteered to take it straight in the face. "fox & friends" starts right now.

. >> reporter: and from the glory of the gridiron to the jailhouse, former new england patriots star aaron hernan disis charged with first-degree murder. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 27th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 27th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, supporters of same-sex marriage say they have more work to do, but this morning they're celebrating two landmark supreme court decisions. in one the court ruled legally married same-sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits as straight couples. another court ruling paved the way for resumption of same-sex marriages in california. jan crawford begins our coverage. >> fighting for the wars says the 1996 marriage defensive act that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex couple had one purpose, one effect, to impose a disadvantage, a separate status and so a stigma to those made it lawful by the unquestioned authority of the states. it tells those couples and all the world that they're otherwise valid m

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. >>> coming up, he was taken in by police on murder charges and let go by the new england patriots. now aaron hernandez is in custody with two other men linked to the same crime. >>> and paula deen is in more hot water. if you ordered her new cookbook, you may never be able to get it. hower empire is unraveling after she admitted to making racial slurs. you are watching cnn "newsroom." the great outdoors, and a great deal. grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. perfect! yep, and no angry bears. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ there's a new way to fight litter box odor. introducing tidy cats with glade tough odor solutions. two trusted names, one amazing product. to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. ♪ ♪ [ male announc

>>steve: a murder mystery hits the new england patriots. a star player under investigation after a body is found near his house. we have a live report straight ahead. >>brian: they make for some of the funniest videos on the internet but do you know how to use pepper spray the right way. we're learning. steve has volunteered to take it straight in the face. "fox & friends" starts right now. >>steve: brian kilmeade comes back graduation of a daughter from school. >>brian: kirsten is now officially going into seventh grade. everything went well. she has three more days to pretend to go to school. why do you have graduation and three more days to sit there and have ice cream. >>steve: i would look for them to watch at least one harry potter movie, maybe little mermaid and

espn is reporting quarterback tim tebow will sign with new england anw֖ report for minicap tomorrow.ormer first round pick tebow mania took off two years ago when he led denver to the title but later traded to the jets and spent almost all of last season riding the benc bench. by signing with the patriots tebow is reunited with offensive coordinator josh mcdaniels who was the broncos head coach in 2011. >> well with fix 3 games scheduled for san antonio the spurs have good chance of taking control of the fba finals. san antonio was 35 and 6 at home during the regular season. defending champ miami even the series with great defense last tonight and balance offense. lebron jim's held to discuss 17 points but got a lot of help from his team mates. >> i think the support is why both teams are here. making impact all year long and they feel like they are supporting cast is better and wevl like ours is better but who goes out and do it every every nature to

of the newtown connecticut shooting and the boston marathon bombings by bringing the cup back to new england. >> i think that's what's hard right now for the players.

all that rain and wet weather from yesterday is now up into new england. still soaking from massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island northwards, upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire and maine, so still dreary in that area. not expecting any sunshine at least for the first half of today. yesterday we had about 1 to 2 inches of rain widespread, d.c. almost 3 inches of rain. that's why we had a lot of flash flooding down there. we could see a few storms there later today. as far as severe weather goes today, the area we'll watch is going to be nebraska and areas of south dakota. maybe a few tornadoes. hopefully, rural areas. and then this will dive as an overnight thunderstorm complex across iowa towards chicago with a threat of damaging winds. so, shouldn't to be bad, hopefully, but again, this time tomorrow morning, we'll be tracking more storms. and if you're from the middle of the country, pretty much south of that -- denver, chicago -- the heat is on. i mean, we're going to be near 100 today in many spots. >> how nice for them. a lot of people don't l

talk about your piece in the new england journal of medicine that he co-authored. >> thank you.he piece is, as she said, a call to the american physicians, especially military physicians at guantanamo, to stop force feeding hunger strikers. this has gone on long enough, almost since guantanamo opened. there have only been to the mass hunger strikes, one in 2006 that was broken in by bringing so- called restraint chairs that look like the old chairs that were used for executions, the electric chairs where you are strapped and with restraints and have a to manually inserted up your nose and down your esophagus and that is used to feed people while they're restrained for often as many as two hours. it had really been done until this mass hunger strike. something that has nothing to do with medicine, opposed by all medical groups that have taken a stance on the ethics of force feeding hunger strikes including the world medical association. even the american medical association, which is historically quite conservative. there is no real question that during this is wrong for a physic

today, tebow is getting ready for a medical exam with the new england patriots. if he passes he will be signed

next story. >>> talking about tim tebow, apparently to the new england patriots. the patriots. word is that the controversial new york jet will have a medical exam with new england today. if all goes well, he'll be signed by the team. he won't be the starting quarterback, that's tom brady's job, but the patriots' coach has a hisry of giving opportunities to players a second chance. he sells a lot of jerseys. he can play a bit. he's no tom brady, but, heck, he can play. >>> while we're talking sports, how about unique perspective of wnba game. from over the weekend. >> this came from the referee wearing head cam. irts a -- it's a head mounted video camera. the players and coaching got a kick out of this. >> it did offer some floor-level shots we've never seen before. the company that made it said the idea is simple, to get viewers as close to the action as possible. that's cool, ref cam. >> it brings you down to where the action is. >> use it sparingly. that's what i think. >> it's okay. >>> coming up -- charging your cell phone without having to plug it in. finally

vladimir putin firing back tonight after the owner of the new england patriots said putin stole their super bowl ring. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin with the severe weather, with a hold on much of this country tonight, from the floods to the fires. this evening, the scope of the historic fires in colorado, just now coming into focus. this image showing the devastation, the homes and cars there now ash. the black forest fire tonight a little more than half contained. today, a remarkable scene. neighbors lining up, sol holding american flags there to cheer on the firefighters after a long and brutal shift. and a touching and personal thank you. a cake from one colorado springs resident after those firefighters did what they could to save homes. and to the other extreme tonight, the flash flooding across much of the heartland. these images coming in from missouri this evening. streets turning into raging rivers. look at this soccer field tonight, turned into a lake. we have it all covered, beginning with the families returning home in colorado, hoping they have a h

. >>> and it is tebow time in new england. it looks like the patriots will sign tim tebow, but it's not as if tom brady's shaking in his boots. one of the best rivalries in sports takes yet another turn. this is "way too early" on a tuesday. ♪ >>> it's like a bizarro day. jon stewart's done from "the daily show," and tim tebow's on the patriots. good morning, everybody. i'm brian shactman. it is june 11th. all right, so, he is going to be a part of patriot nation, right? a lot of people say -- i am not saying it -- a lot of people say he's one of the most overrated athletes of all time. it's a pretty bold claim, but it made us think about overrated, what it means, who is it? so, we want to know, who's more overrated out there than tebow? we're talking sports, politics, business, news anchoring. be nice, though, folks out there. use #waytooearly. we'll put the best responses on the air later in the show. >>> now to our top story this morning. later today, members of the house will hear directly from the fbi, the justice departm

. >>> former new england patriot aaron hernandez is facing some serious, new allegations. charged with the murder of a friend and denied bail for a second time yesterday. now abc news has learned he is being investigated for possible involvement in a shooting incident that killed two men in boston last year. also, massachusetts police are searching for another man, ernest wallace. he is wanted in connection with the murder hernandez is charged with. >>> boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has been indicted on 30 counts, including one which potentially carries the death penalty. at the same time investigators have learned about a possible motive. here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: as dzhokhar tsarnaev lie bleeding and near death in a boat just before his capture, authorities release for the first time what they believe amounts to a confession. his alleged motive, anger that the u.s. is killing muslims abroad. "stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." the indictment lays out that the boston marathon attack was developed online. including the bomb's des

the new england patriots said tim, you think you will play with tom brady?have another thing coming, but we will see what happens. the new england patriots have signed tim tebow. he is a quarter back and number 45. johnson is being reprimanded in court. >> do you have any questions? do you have questions for him? mr. johnson i don't know if you are taking this seriously slapping your attorney on the back side. everybody in the courtroom was laughing. . >> so they had a plea bargain. this stemmed from a domestic violence against his former wife. the judge all of a sudden said no, you will get 30 days for not taking it seriously. pam, that's why you need cameras out of the courtroom. i am not a judge, but we don't think chad will serve the full 30. if you are out there, chad, pam and i are on your side. you tell me the judge, she knew she was on camera. >> i don't know. >> you act this way on camera. >>> tiger woods and sergio have shaken hands. i think tiger said i will beat your rear end. he made a stupid statement to tiger about serving fried chicken. the w

we are still tracking the storm system moving into sections of new england. that's where the heaviest rain is concentrated early this morning. we are talking 2-3 inches of areas across maine and up state new york and southern parts of new england. another storm system in the midwest and plains states we are lacking at more storm potential. 90s across the plains 92 in new orleans. heating up further east. >> i like the 66 up there. >> in a few hours jury selection will continue in george zimmerman's trial. security was tight as supporters showed up for trayvon part tin. they feel threatened. >> we live at a secluded place. nobody knows where we live. we have death threats directed at us for being george's family. >> lawyers for both sides are trying to narrow down the jury pool to 6. >> george zimmerman sat in court with his wife sitting a few feet away on day one mark omira told the judge they need more time. >> we are not fully ready we need more time. >> despite omara saying the prosecution was holding back information, it was denied. >> we aren't showing th

they are dumping rain on new england. but the heavy rain hit the east coast pretty hard. here's what it looked like in wrightsville beach, north carolina. and, of course, we saw plenty of rain right here in the new york area. nbc meteorologist dillon drier is here with all the details. good morning. >> good morning. yesterday in central park it was the second wettest june day on record. we picked up nearly 5 inches of rain in central park, parts of north carolina picked up to 8 inches of rain and parts of florida more than a foot of rainfall out of this system. all tropical storm warnings have been discontinued now that this has become an extra tropical low. see the bulk of the rain is only up in the maine and parts of northern new england. this whole storm system is a fast mover, although it did dump a lot of rain in parts of the east coast. basically the whole i-95 corridor. you can see the heaviest of the rain is falling through central and southeastern maine, even southern new england is already starting to clear out right now, and it's going to turn into a pretty nice

>> southern portions of new england through the northeast. it's windy too. it's an ugly friday in the northeast. the other story is the heat. it was 94 in denver yesterday. today's forecast is going to be in the 90s once again, near 100 in pueblo. the firefighters still have their work cut out for them there. as far as the forecast goes as we go through the weekend we don't have nasty storms. the midwest will see thunderstorm action. looks like even into father's day. for the east coast, saturday is like top ten beautiful especially in new england. >> nice. >> and sunday looks pretty nice too. >> we're due for at least one nice day. >> that's what we're averaging, right? like one nice day, versus three rainy days. >> thanks so much bill. >>> coming up the british government issues a worldwide alert. leaker edward snowden is not welcome. and the world's richest man gets linkedin. check out a car kit developed for kids as young as 10 years old. and the heat evens the score in the lone star state. "first look" is back in three. so you can use ink for all busine

in massachusetts confirming new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez is under arrest. l be arraigned later today. there will be developments on this coming up this hour. a brand-new hour starts right now. i'm bill hemmer. heather: i'm heather childress. hernandez taken from his house and placed in the back seat of a police cruiser. bill: he is at the of an investigation into the murder of a semi pro player, his body found 9 days ago 3/4 mile away from hernandez' home. what are rehearing about the arrest, molly? >> reporter: we are get something information this morning. it's unusual to not get information about the charges. but they are not releasing that at this point in time. the massachusetts state police released a series of tweets informing the media what is going on. he was taken out of his home shortly after 9:00 this morning. he was put in the back of a north attleboro police cruiser. later on today he's expected to be in the district court in attleboro. no word on what those charges actually are according to the massachusetts state police. that will be presente

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. >>> a year after signing him to a five-year, $40 million contract, the new england patriots cut aaron but it happened after he was charged with murder. so we have another tale, planned in scandal. hernandez was denied bail. and now prosecutors have to prove why and how he could execute a friend after a night on the town. in massachusetts. >> reporter: aaron hernandez seemed to be living the dream. a trip to the super bowl. big-time endorsements, a million dollar home. but that all came crashing down today when hernandez was arrested without bail, charged with the murder of his friend, pro football player, 27-year-old odin lloyd. a promising player, he had attention from tom brady. now, hernandez may be wearing a different uniform. the arrest ends more than a week of speculation that hernandez was involved in the execution-style murder. lloyd was found dead in an industrial park less than a mile from hernandez's home, in attleboro, massachusetts, in court, the prosecutors outlined an elaborate plot at a boston nightclub called "rumor." prosecutors say the plan happened sunday night, as

which today the new england patriots aaron hernandez was. or with the dramatic and confusing testimony of the prosecution's star witness in the most watched murder trial in this nation, which came today in central florida. or with the greatest living civil rights leader in the world, on life support, which tonight nelson mandela is. and we'll get to all of that, but the history books will remember this day for landmark supreme court rulings on civil rights. as the president put it, in america, discrimination is no longer enshrined in law. >> the federal government can no longer discriminate against the marriages of gay and lesbian americans. [cheers] >> shepard: the decisions triggering eruptions of joy outside the supreme court. but not everybody is celebrating. >> we are disappointed but we're not going anywhere. this debate is going to continue it. >> shepard: tonight, we'll look at the rulings and their impact on a historic day in america. >> shepard: the supreme court wrapping up its term with two victories for marriage equality. the ju

. >>> and caught on tape, the brutal murder, the authorities wonder if a new england patriot is involved. >>> is a destroyed home surveillance system a key to the case? >>> and a group of mail carriers in china earn super hero status in tonight's feed frenzy. keep it right >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with bill weir. >> good evening, and happy friday, and thank you for joining us tonight. you remember free willy, the killer whale, and a little boy who saves him. a group of filmmakers are behind a new documentary called blackfish, they argue that these killer whales may be driven to the wild. >> reporter: the scene seems so joyful, the video of dawn brancheau, with tilikum, playing with him in shallow water, and then something goes very wrong. tilikum, the 12,000-pound killer whale kills the 40-year-old trainer, starting a controversy still playing out today. >> i didn't understand why a killer whale would essentially bite the hand that feeds it. she was his trainer. >> reporter: she is a filmmaker whose latest documentary, "blackfish," examines just how dawn and tilikum ar

the report is up coming. >> the file segment a murder mystery in new england involving a star footballlayer and a new jury in the zimmerman murder trial. here is megyn kelly. aaron hernandez a tight end, a very, very good player and now rumors are and may happen while we are on the air that he will be arrested in a murder case. 23 years old and out at a bar with three associates and one of them are dead. they will not confirm when they were in the bar and when the guy died. they say that man was dating, hernandez has a girlfriend and the girlfriends were friends. and that is a connection. abc new system reporting, and we knew that the police went to hernandez' house and now they are reporting that they have recovered his home security system smashed. it was intentionally smashed and a cell phone used was handed over in pieces by his attorneys and they say a team of house cleaners was hired on monday to scrub his mansion none of which bodes well for him. >> he's in trouble for a shooting in miami. >> he's sued in a sufficiently lawsuit by a guy who said hernandez shot him in the arm and

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>> did russian president vladimir putin steal a superbowl bowl ring from new england patriots owner robert kraft? (audience reacts). >> john: no, no, no, no. it's definitely not that because that's the stupidest thing i have that ever heard. (laughter) i mean, it would be amazing if that hypothetically happened, if the russian president stole a super bowl ring from the new england patriots. but how would that even happen? >> at a high-profile business conference eight years ago in russia, kraft did hand the ring over and putin never handed it back. >> john: oh, oh, let's be fair. let's be fair. how can you be absolutely sure that it was vladimir putin. >> "i took out the ring and showed it to putin and he put it on and goes i can kill someone with this ring." (audience reacts). >> john: yeah, that was him. okay, it was definitely him. that story emphatically checks out. (laughter) so let's recap this amazing incident. putin says he likes the ring, says he can kill someone with it then what happens? >> he put in the his pocket and three k.g.b. guys got around him and walked out. (laughter).

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is he charged with murder today and shortly after of course fired by the new england patriots.hat do we know? >> well, very serious indeed. it's a circumstantial evidence. and some lawyers will tell that you circumstantial evidence not a great case for the prosecution. but sometimes it's a stronger case. but the million-dollar question is i haven't heard any evidence that actually they have got circumstantial evidence. they have got this gum. they have got the casings. they are trying to make their case stick. but do they have any direct, whatsoever evidence at all that he is the trigger man or that he was involved or that he did anything? they have got some coverup, you know, sometimes coverup is worse than the crime getting rid of some tapes allegedly, but what do they really have? we'll have to see. >> laura: anna signature go, the relationship between the victim and hernandez comes through the fiancee and girlfriend of the two men, but we don't know much more than that at this point, do we? >> no. we just heard some reports that during the arraignment when the prosecutor wa

. >>> and when new england patriots owner visited russia in 2005, he came home without one of his mostessions. a nfl super bowl ring. the ring is now on display inside the kremlin. but kraft says he never intended to let russia have it. cnn's alino cho explains what happened. >> reporter: it was the theft heard around the world. or was it? the real story's still a mystery. did russian president vladimir putin steal a super bowl ring from new england patriots owner robert craft? craft says, yes. >> i'm humbled by the great honor. >> reporter: this is kraft at an event in new york last week accepting the medal of excellence and bringing up the story which first surfaced in 2005. that's when kraft met with putin in st. petersburg. kraft says he showed him the shiny new $25,000 diamond encrusted super bowl ring engraved with his name on it when putin said according to kraft at the gala, quote, he goes, i can kill someone with this ring. i put my hand out and he put it in his pocket and three kgb guys got around him and walked out. putin swiped it? not according to one aid who says he was a

officially joined the new england patriots party. giants jettison pablo sandoval to the dl. >>> nba finals game 3, lebron james only 15 points. san antonio on miami! 2nd half, spurs pay the heat back for the game-2 blowout. danny green way beyond the arc. >>> major league debut for the pirates. and man, was it something! scutaro, injured, more on that tomorrow. >>> a's all over the yankees. final of 6-4. and then a world cup qualifier. >> the world cup, folk, just right around the corner. >> very competitive this time around. >> it'll be great. >> maybe this year. >> i got to have a winner or loser. i don't like those ties. [ laughter ] >> we could get into it. i know how you love soccer. >> football! [ laughter ] you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call

. >>> and the murder mystery entangled a new england patriots football player. we will take you there live. >>> good morning, everyone, and welcome to weekends with alex whitt. we have new developments to share this morning on the nsa leak. federal prosecutors have unsealed the charges against edward snowden. he's been charged with two counts of espionage and theft of government property. joining me now is kristin welker. good morning. >> alex, good morning to you. legal analysts say these charges were a long time coming. they were filed in a federal court in alexandria, virginia and unsealed friday night. snowden faces three charges, including theft of government property, as well as violating two espionage laws which make it a crime to reveal classified information to anyone not authorized to receive that information. each charge carries a maximum of 10 year prison sentence. pete williams, part of the reason why this took so long is because officials were going back and forth with officials in hong kong where it is believed snowden is hiding out to make sure th

instead of a mansion in boston suburbs former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez wakes upell facing murder charges. arrested yesterday. accused of shooting a friend who prosecutors say, hernandez was angered with a few days before he was killed. hernandez pleaded not guilty. released by the patriots two hours after he was arrested. >>> the state of texas hit a grim milestone. executing its 500th inmate since it resumed capital punishment more than 30 years ago. kimberly mccarthy, the first woman put to death in the u.s. in three years. convicted in the brutal murder of and robbery of her 71-year-old neighbor. happened near dallas in 1997, when mccarthy was addicted to crack. >>> and a crazy legal story from south florida for you here. a man is blowing the whistle on the guy he calls his neighbor from hell. francisco torres produced surveillance video from his south miami home that he says shows his neighbor doing yard work and other activities when he should have been in court. the neighbor is facing charges stemming from several domestic incidents including allegedly eggi