fred. >> thanks so much, susan candiotti. appreciate that.one of the witnesses who will testify before the grand jury says hernandez shot him in a separate incident earlier this year. alexander bradley is suing hernandez over the allegations and he has been called to testify on july 17th. the "newsroom" continues at the top of the hour. we'll hear more dramatic stories and accounts coming to us from san francisco. passengers who were on board that boeing 777 are still talking about their ordeal. and they can't get away from those memories. right after this. >>> hello, i'm fredericka whitfield. a look at our top stories. investigators are on the scene in san francisco trying to figure out why a plane crashed less than 24 hours ago. they have a few big clues. the flight recorders. next. >>> stunning moments after the crash. how they crawled out of the plane to safety think

susan candiotti is on the case for us in boston. >> reporter: compelling action inside the courtroom and a stunning development outside as the case of reputed crime boss whitey bulger wiped up the fifth week of testimony. setting their eyes on each other, ex-crime partners didn't hide their feelings. phlegmy mouthing an expletive at bulger beginning with the word "mother." >> they had their mouths washed out with soap. it sounds more like a locker room than a courtroom. at the end of the day they're all thugs and this is how thugs talk. they don't have the imagination to use anything that doesn't start with a "f" and end with a you. >> reporter: he called the relationship with bulger strictly criminal. he also detailed their work as fbi informants and some of the 19 murders included in bulger's case. one of those murders, deborah davis, his own girlfriend. he says bulger strangled her right in front of him. prosecutor, what did you do? phlegmy, nothing. why not? that was the plan. the victim's brother watched in horror. >> i've heard it before. it brings tears to my eyes but i'm lear

susan candiotti is joining us with the latest. susan, a double-murder, what do we know about that?er: we know a grand jury is looking into this, and they're especially interested in a silver suv. we told you about this before. authorities believe it was linked to the double shooting and it was seen in the area after the shooting happened. police discovered this suv a few weeks ago parked in the garage of aaron hernandez' uncle and had an inch of dust on it. authorities are keeping a big secret, what they found in that. a judge ruling he's not going to let anyone know about it, because prosecutors are very concerned that if the word gets out, it could jeopardize their investigation into this double shooting. there are informants involved, other witnesses involved, and evidence. we'll hear more about this when the grand jury work is done. >> susan, you were in court today. hernandez's lawyers seem frustrated, that the murder he is currently charged with isn't moving more quickly. what are they saying? >> reporter: they're saying that they fully believe that aaron hernandez will be fu

susan candiotti has more. >> reporter: organized crime, grewen mob hits, all kinds of compelling testimony that also now has everyone buzzing. a day after learns he was dropped from the prosecution witness lisstephen railings is found dead, about 30 miles from his home. a shock at the height of the trial of boston's notorious crime boss. 59-year-old rakes was a regular at bulger's trial. for years he contended that bulger and his gang stole his south boston liquor store and took it over as a mob headquarters, and said it again last week. >> my liquor store was never for sale, never, never, never. >> reporter: during a nearly 20-year reign of terror from the '70s to the '90s, bulger ruled the streets of south boston. testimony shows he was also an fbi informant working with a corrupt fbi agent. a 32-count indictment against him includes 19 murders. one of those murders was stephen davis' sister. he saw rakes tuesday after he was dropped from the witness list. >> this here seems like reflecting back to the late '70s, early '80s when people were getting killed, a rat was going to testify or d

susan candiotti, cnn, boston. >>> earlier i talked to a man who knows both james "whitey" bulger andotential prosecution witness who was found dead last week. i want you to listen to this. >> stevie is the nail in the coffin for whitey bulger. he was his partner, he was there for everything, don. he was there for all the meetings with the fbi. he was there for 90% of the killings. and everything that whitey did, he knew about, whether he was there or he wasn't there. he was well informed. they were partners. but in the end, we know who the real boss was, because, hey, what guy would let a man, okay, kill his own girlfriend? someone that he loved so much. whether he had dropped, you know, a little word to her saying that they were associated with an fbi agent and had to meet him and stuff like that doesn't make -- doesn't matter. >> whitey bulger's 19-count murder trial continues tomorrow. the prosecution may rest its case this week. >>> on the road and out of control. amazing video of two crashes you don't want to miss, next. >>> but first, it's become a sweet comeback story. here's

>> susan candiotti, thank you very much. that case taking a whole new bizarre turn. >>> a major admission by the obama administration today. the deputy secretary of defense, ashton carter, has admitted -- he admitted, there he is on the left there -- major mistakes by the government made it possible for edward snowden to access top secret information. snowden, of course, has exposed some of the nsa's most classified programs. he shed light on a secret court that lets the government do some of its most controversial work. joe johns has this out front investigation. >> reporter: it is one the most secretive places in america. a federal court that allows the government to conduct surveillance on you. it's work unseen for decades after this classified order revealed last month by self-proclaimed leaker edward snowden. it shows the mission of the intelligence community has morphed, giving them more data collecting authority, all with the blessing of this court. >> the laws have been secretly interpreted in a way that now allows t

susan candiotti is in attleboro, massachusetts. what's the purpose of today's hearing? >> reporter: first of all, you know, this is accused murderer aaron hernandez will be breaking the monotony of sitting in his jail cell to attend today's probable cause hearing. at a probable cause hearing prosecutors put more evidence into the record to prove the strength of their case. however, oftentimes they ask for more time or continue wants and that's probably what's going to happen here today and here is why. we know and reported and according to the sources a grand jury has been meeting to consider evidence in this case. and charges are likely within the next week or two. since that is the case, it is very likely that the prosecutors need to ask for more time and judges generally granted it. in effect, there may be a very shall very brief hearing today and they -- probably will not be hearing any more evidence but, of course, we will wait and see. >> we sure will. prosecutors may be preparing for charge against hernandez in the killings of two immigrants. do we know what the

susan candiotti has the story. >> reporter: the red-rorng jail jumpsuit is gone.is third court appearance, football star aaron hernandez again wearing street clothes. a blazer and open-collared shirt, his tattoos no longer quite so visible. as expected, prosecutors want to delay for putting on more evidence relating to the murder charges against him. while a grand jury considers indictments that would move his case to a higher court. his defense team unhappy with the delays. >> given the facts of the case as we know them, we are confident that aaron is going to be exonerated and that -- when witnesses have to testify, that a jury of aaron's peers will find she not guilty. in fact, had no part in the killing of odin lloyd. >> what do you expect them to say at this point? >> reporter: that's not all. a separate grand jurly good boston is examining mounting evidence that may link the former football player to an unsolved double murder drive-by shooting last summer. a law enforcement source telling cnn grand jurors have been looking at the case for two weeks. key piec

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susan candiotti is live with latest. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, chris. you know, so far police have sidestepped exactly who pulled the trigger the inside that odin lloyd was killed, shooting him five times execution-style. now, according to a new police affidavit, a man who is there is now fingering the tarnished football star aaron hernandez as the only alleged shooter. in a blockbuster revelation, police tell cnn carlos ortiz said ernest wallace also in the car the night of odin lloyd's murder told them ex-new england patriot aaron hernandez admitted shooting lloyd. until now police have only said hernandez orchestrated the murder adding, quote, the department stood over him and delivered the fatal shots. the defendant has pleaded not guilty. for now, wallace is charged with accessory to murder after the fact. ortiz is being held without bail on a weapons charge. there were even more eye-popping disclosures 0 on tuesday. more than 450 pages of search warrant material unsealed after a media organization fought for their release. example, detectives were

susan candiotti is all over this. susan, what are you learning?for the first time saying that aaron hernandez allegedly killed odin lloyd just last month, and the body was dumped about a mile away from hernandez's home, after odin lloyd, according to the prosecutor, allegedly got information linking aaron hernandez allegedly to an unsolved double murder drive-by shooting in boston just last summer about a year ago. now, again, this is being reported as a possible motive, coming from a prosecutor, about what led to a double murder in boston back in 2012. remember you've got two investigations going on here. one into the death of odin lloyd and a separate grand jury investigation in boston looking into solving that double murder in boston last july. so this is an important new development that we're hearing from prosecutor in the case, brooke. >> and we know bill belichick, he was caught, we know, hernandez was cut from the new england patriots the second hernandez was arrested. susan candiotti. >> reporter: if i may, hernandez has pleaded not guilt

susan candiotti is in boston following it all. ning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we do expect sparks to fly here this day. stephen flemmi, if he's not the star witness, he's certainly one of the star witnesses, and this will be the first time that he's expected to face whitey bulger in at least two decades. okay. why is this such an important with the j witness? we've been hearing his name. it's come up time and time again. a big hitman. the government calls him the worst of the worst. even a defense attorney is calling flemmi, quote, a psychopath without a conscious. as you said, who is he? his nickname "the rifleman. "he earned that nickname in the korean war because of his precise marksmanship. let's see. in this case, he's known for the government to tell it, killing with precision. he was a partner, as you mentioned of whitey bulger. he was a former fbi informant. he has killed a ton of people. now he's expected to call whitey bulger, an informant, a rat. and that is what whitey bulger does not like to be called i

susan candiotti is tracking the story. >> good morning, organized crime, gruesome mob hits, all kindselling testimony during the trial of whitie bulger, but it's what happened outside the courtroom that has -- >> a day after learn he was dropped from the prosecution witness list, he's found dead. a jogger discovering his body by the side of the road about 30 miles from his home. rakes mysterious death, a shock at the height of the trial of james "whitey" bulger. nicknamed stiffo was a regular at his trial. for years he contended bulger and his gang stole his south boston liquor store and took it over as a mob headquarters, and said it again last week. >> my liquor store was never for sail. >> reporter: during a nearly 20-year reign of terror, bulger ruled the streets of south boston. testimony shows he was an fbi informant, working with a corrupt fbi agent. a 32-count indictment against him includes 19 murders. one of those murders was stephen davis' sister. he last saw rakes tuesday after he was dropped from the government witness list. this seems like reflecting back to the late '70

susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >>> former new york governor eliot spitzer is in the run to be the topancial official. he submitted 27,000 signatures to the board of elections. it's seven times the number to get on the ballot. he told he he's optimistic the public will hear the case as he tries to return to public office. >> as i would never predict a jury verdict, i have never predicted elections. i don't want to predict what the public will do. i want to serve. it's more than i can ask for. i hope i make a persuasive case based on my record. >> he resigned in 2008. he's leading the democratic challenger to be new york city's comptroller. there are some on wall street that have a renewed interest in a city election. he does not have a lot of friends on wall street after aggressively pursuing different cases in years. >> there might be a lot of money in that case. >>> san diego's may or is apologizing. he admitted he had a problem and needed to change. >> i have reached into my heart and soul and realized i must and will change my behavior. as someone who spent a lifetime fighting for

susan candiotti has his story. >> reporter: carlos ortiz, very rattled and scared in court.o way back. same hometown, bristol, connecticut. same schools, but unlike hernandez, ortiz was in and out of jail mainly for drugs and theft. and when hernandez hit the big time, people who know ortiz say he'd often talk about hanging out with aaron hernandez. when his famous friend would call, ortiz would go running, like the night prosecutors say hernandez texted ortiz to come to his home with another bristol buddy, earnest wallace, on the night odin lloyd was murdered. minutes after he was gunned down hernandez returns home. prosecutors believe that's ortiz in the dark jacket, hernandez in the white shirt. in another photo prosecutors say the former football player appears to have a gun in one hand. according to court papers, ortiz allegedly told police wallace told him hernandez was the one who shot lloyd. days later in this video obtained by cnn wallace turns himself in in florida. for now ortiz faces only a weapons charge and he pleaded not guilty, but as a repeat offender, a con

our susan candiotti explains. >> reporter: potentially damaging images taken from former new englandron hernandez's security system, it's hard to make out in the blurry photocopies but just before 1:00 a.m., a few hours before odin lloyd is murdered, prosecutors say hernandez is in his living room allegedly holding what appears to be a firearm. 2:32 a.m., prosecutors say hernandez and two other men pick up the victim at his home 30 miles away. about an hour later, lloyd is shot five times execution style. his body is found less than a mile from hernandez's home. a few minutes later, 3:32 a.m., cnn has obtained this color photo of hernandez still wearing a white shirt back home. allegedly with carlos ortiz and ernest wallace. a second later, hernandez is at his basement door. authorities say the time stamped system is 12 hours off. court documents state he appears to have a gun in his left hand. the next three black and white images immediately follow with hernandez still apparently holding a gun. no murder weapon has been found. and hernandez has pleaded not guilty. his lawyers have

susan candiotti has more for you. >> reporter: carol, we're in front of aaron hernandez's home wherehose surveillance photos were taken. photos you're able to see for the very first time after the judge ordered their release to the public following a request from cnn and other media organizations. potentially damaging images taken from former new england patriot aaron hernandez's home security system. it's hard to make out in these blurry photo copies, but just before 1:00 a.m., a few hours before olin lloyd is murdered, prosecutors say he was in his living room apparently holding what appears to be a firearm. 2:32 a.m. hernandez and two other men pick up the victim at his home 30 miles away. about an hour later, lloyd is shot five times execution style. his body is found less than a mile from hernandez's home. a few minutes later 3:32 a.m. cnn obtained this photo of hernandez still wearing a white shirt back home with ortiz and wallace. a second later, hernandez is at his basement door. authorities say the time stamped system is 12 hours off. court documents state he appears to have

susan candiotti is watching this investigation. >> not much is known about carlos ortiz, but what wenow is intriguing. the district attorney identifies ortiz as one of two men in the car with accused aaron hernandez the night odin lloyd was gunned down execution. >> there was a conversation in the car when he gets into an argument with the victim. >> how might investigators know what about what went on? ortiz is cooperating with authorities, but won't go further. >> if ortiz isn't cooperating, that's a big, big break. >> right now, he faces an illegal weapons charge. ortiz pleaded not guilty to the gun charge. his attorney declined comment to cnn. according to a search warrant, ortiz told police the day after lloyd's murder, he and hernandez drove to this two bedroom apartment. police call it a flop house. documents show the football player leased it almost 20 miles from his luxury home. no explanation why. >> no suspicious activity, no girl, nothing other than just typical guy stuff. a little bit loud. little bit of cigarette smoke. maybe pot, but nothing that you wouldn't expect fr

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susan candiotti has more on this. >> victor and pamela, as incriminating evidence mounts against new england patriot aaron hernandez, new questions arise about a man that may be playing a key role in the investigation. >> reporter: not much is known about carlos ortiz but what we know is intriguing. the district attorney identifies ortiz as one of two men in a car with accused murderer aaron hernandez the night odin lloyd was gunned down execution style. >> it was a conversation that occurred in the car when he gets into an argument with the victim. >> reporter: how might investigators know about what went on in the car? a law enforcement source tells cnn ortiz is cooperating with authorities but won't go further. >> if ortiz is a cooperating witness, that's a big, big break for prosecutors. >> reporter: ortiz for now faces only an illegal weapons charge for allegedly telling police he was carrying a gun the day lloyd was murdered. ortiz pleaded not guilty to the gun charge. his attorney declined comment to cnn. according to a search warrant, ortiz told police the day after lloyd's m

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susan candiotti is in attleboro, massachusetts. what's the purpose of today's hearing?aking the monotony of sitting in his jail cell to attend today's probable cause hearing. at a probable cause hearing prosecutors put more evidence into the record to prove the strength of their case. however, oftentimes they ask for more time or

our national correspondent, susan candiotti is in boston. she's been following the story for us. n rakes didn't come up in court today, but it was all that anyone was talking about. rakes had been dropped from the government's witness list on tuesday and today we found out that a jogger found his body about 30 miles away from his home, alongside a roadway. and everyone, of course, is wondering, is this a hit? did he die of natural causes? was suicide involved? well, a huge investigation, of course, is underway, and the preliminary autopsy shows that there were no obvious signs of trauma, so they're waiting for toxicology results right now. rakes, as you indicated, was prepared to testify for the government that he was the victim of extortion, that whitey bulger forced him to sell his liquor store. however, they had earlier testimony from another star government witness, that might have contradicted that. if, in fact, rakes had testified, it might have undermined the government's case. we don't know for sure, but certainly a very interesting twist today. and yet there was another.

susan candiotti is live in boston. quite a twist, susan. >> reporter: hi, good morning to you.ed crime, gruesome mob hits, all types of compelling testimony during the trial of whitey bulger. now what happened outside the courtroom has everyone buzzing. day after learning he was dropped from the prosecution witness list steven rakes is found dead. jogger finding him 30 miles from home. 59-year-old rakes was a regular at bulger's trial for years he contended bulger and his gang sold his south boston liquor store and said it last week. >> my liquor store was never for sale. >> reporter: from the '70s to the '90s bulger ruled south boston. 32-count against him including 19 murders, one was steven davis'ist isser. he last saw rakes tuesday after rakes was dropped from the government witness list. >> seems reflecting back to the late '70s action early '80s, people getting killed, someone going to testify and they find up getting killed or disappear. >> reporter: investigators say there are no signs of obvious's drama in rakes' death. is there any any this could be suicide? >> 110% n

susan candiotti is in in attleborough, massachusetts this morning. >> reporter: we're able to see photosafter meeting with several other organizations. the pictures taken by aaron hernandez's home security system. before 1:00 p.m. a few hours before oden is murdered hernandez is in his living room reportedly holding a firearm. 2:32 he and two other women pick him up at his home. about an our later his body is found less than a mile from hernandez's home 3:32 a.m. cnn obtained this color photo of hernandez still wearing a white shirt back home with carlos ortiz and authorities say the time stamp system is 12 hours off. he appears to have a gun in his next hand. the next three videos follow with hernandez toting a gun. hernandez has pleaded not guilty. his lawyers have not responded to cnn requesting comment but defended their clients wednesday. >> given the fact of the case as we know them that aaron will be exonerated. >> reporter: prosecutors suspect this possible motive, hernandez was angry at oden connecting him to two people killed in boston. tom brady talked about the arrest of his

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