let's go back to fall river, massachusetts, and get the latest from susan candiotti. ore susan. tell us what you got. >> reporter: carol, i think this is one of the most dramatic verdicts that i have ever been able to witness. you could hear a pin drop in the room watching all of the faces and at that moment when the all guilty verdicts were read the mother of the victim in this case looked up looked down and fist pumped made a fist with her arms as though to say thank you. at that exact same moment the fiance and the mother of aaron hernandez were openly weeping in court holding onto each other. aaron hernandez looking back at them and mouthing the words be strong. it's okay at various intervals. himself listening to the jury being polled taking deep breaths and letting it out. and looking certainly the most serious i have ever seen him look during the course of this entire trial that began back in january. i will say this. one of the good friends of the victim in this case i remember said these words to me. even if we get justice, do we really win? i don't think so.

cnn's susan candiotti has more. reporter: good morning, over the last six days for more than 34 hour jurors have been deciding the fate of aaron hernandez. as they come and go from the courtroom each day, they do not look directly at the defendant. but then again, that's the same behavior that they had during the trial. they must decide whether aaron hernandez shot and killed odin lloyd. the defense attorneys are arguing it's his friends who are responsible. that aaron hernandez himself was planning his future and not a murder. we haven't had any notes from the jurors during this past day, the last note we have from the jury on monday when they asked to reschedule a regular smoking break. when the jury reconvenes this morning at 9:00 a.m., it will be their seventh day of deliberations. will they reach a verdict? >> our thanks to susan candiotti in massachusetts. >>> two college students have been arrested and others wanted in what police say was a spring break gang rape on the beach if panama city florida. ryan calh

john and christies. >> susan candiotti for us this morning. a may 28th start date for hernandez's trial on the double murder has been canceled. the trial expected to be rescheduled soon now the first case is over. members of the jury in that odin lloyd trial say when the judge told them that hernandez faces more charges they knew they delivered the right verdict. >> when you found out the things the double murder what was your reaction after going through all this and you hear that. >> that we made the right decision. that we did the right thing. >> absolutely. >> outside the courthouse odin lloyd's mother remembers him as the backbone of the family. the man of the house she will never forget. >> just like god has left his footprint in the sand -- >> take your time ursula take your time. >> -- my baby's footprints is in my heart forever. he was my strength. i love him dearly. >> now it is interesting. ursula ward was told by the judge during the trial not to show any emotion on the witness stand. now she can as any parent should be able to do.

bizarre. >> susan candiotti covering this life. yeah, something every day. so much, susan. we'll continue with the updates on that throughout the day. in the meantime, thanks so much for watching. brianna keilar will step in for wolf. and she starts right now. >>> hi, there. i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. 7:00 p.m. in dusseldorf and 8:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks so much for joining us. the fight to retake tikrit from isis appears to finally be over as iraqi forces take control of the city today clearing out the last pockets of resistance. tikrit is best known as saddam hussein's hometown, located north of baghdad. and isis overran the city in a key victory for the group early last june. then nearly a month ago, iraqi forces launched their latest offensive.

. >> susan candiotti is reporting hernandez was escorted from the courtroom when he made those remarks professing his innocence. he said hernandez was walking with a swagger he had before his conviction telling his escort in detail and i'm quoting, hey man i'll miss you guys they got it wrong i didn't do it. that same source said a few days ago he praised them i'll get out of here and when i do i'll get ahold of obama and tell them you should be doing security for the white house. he'll go to another maximum security facility to serve life without parole and he's still facing charges in two other killings. the jury took a long time to convict him more than a week. susan candiotti on the trial what may have helped jurors reach a decision. >> reporter: in a packed courtroom aaron hernandez stunned at the verdict sits down and shakes his head no. looking back at his mother and fiancee gasping at the news. despite his astonishment hernandez manages to mouth to them be strong and i'm okay. and the family of victim odin lloyd, no less emotional. openly weeping, shedding tears of relief. sent

. >> susan candiotti, thank you so much. >>> that does it for me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> we now know who filmed the video of the officer shooting that man in the back in south carolina. we will hear what he says the video did not show. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >>> the national lead. he says he was just walking to work when he saw a struggle and he had the presence of mind to turn his cell phone camera on. the man who filmed officer michael slager gunning down walter scott as scott sprinted for his life says he never saw the victim grab the officer's taser. >>> also in national news for many in law enforcement, dzhokhar tsarnaev was found guilty but this is not case closed. why some investigators wonder whether he and his brother had accomplices who may still be out there. >>> plus it's looking pretty apocolyptic in the midwest right now. baseball size hail ten reported tornadoes, a woman swept away by flood waters and killed in her car and now the entire chicago metro area is under tornado watch. >>> good after

susan candiotti. think of the family dynamic in the courtroom. aaron hernandez and odin lloyd the man he's accused of killing they were dating sisters. those two sisters in court every day sitting on opposite sides. both of them reacted. tell us about it. >> yeah. it was particularly poignant to watch this play out in court, this particular aspect of it. looking and i kept looking at the fiancee, shayanna whose always sat on the opposite side of the courtroom from her own sister who always sat next to the mother of the victim. she, as you said, they were dating each -- she was dating odin lloyd and shayanna the fiancee of hernandez. and so barely looking at each other, never saw them talk to each other, not once. and that is how it has been since the a arrest of aaron hernandez. when shaneah realized he was being accused of the murder. going back to her testimony, a chilling moment when she was on the stand, shaneah, she said that within hours after the murder and she was at the home, that aaron hernandez came over to her at his house and put his

let's bring back in susan candiotti who was in the courtroom throughout this trial and mel robins, cnnanalyst. susan, let me begin with you. i know you've been covering this from the beginning from far before the trial began. you sat there yesterday as the jury read its verdict. and you stared at aaron hernandez. take us to that moment. and also tell us what you've learned from the police officers and those that were escorting him after he was handcuffed. >> reporter: you know sitting in the courtroom just a mere feet away from him. of course watching him for his every movement when that verdict was read. and as soon as it happened again, little emotion showing on his face but he immediately turns and looks to whom? to his fiancee and mother who are then openly weeping in each other's arms. what struck me is he just kept turning and looking at them and at one time appearing to mouth the words be strong. so that was as terrible to watch as it was to look over perhaps more so where the victim's mother was seated when she lifted her arms up in the air and pumped her arms as if in great re

cnn national correspondent susan candiotti is in fall river. what happened here susan? it's not how we expected to start this trial day. the jury was not in the room when this happened but then there was a sidebar called and you can't hear what's going on but we see two jurors coming in. it winds up being this. the jurors say that yesterday when they left court and got into their cars, kneltthey felt as though they were being followed by a car. one of the jurors took a snapshot with their cell phone of the license plate. the court ran the tag and it came back to this unmarked car, to a news television station in boston which is a cnn affiliate. so the judge wound up bringing the photojournalist before her and said what were you doing, you're not supposed to be following jurors. he said that he was told by the station that he should try to find out where the jurors are, in essence, where they park their car. but he decided on his own to follow the bus that they're escorted to their cars at the end of each day. from there it gets a little murky but suffice it to say that'

. >> susan candiotti. thanks. >>> a may 28th start date for the next trial for hernandez, the double murder trial, has been canceled. that is expected to be rescheduled soon now the first case is over. members of the jury in the odin lloyd case said when the judge told them hernandez faces more serious charges, they knew they delivered the right verdict. >> when you found out about the double murder what was your reaction? >> we made the right decision. that we did the right thing. >> absolutely. >> outside the courthouse odin lloyd's mother remembers him as the backbone of the family. the man of the house that she will never forget. >> just like god has left his footprint in the sand -- >> take your time. >> -- my baby's footprints is in my heart forever. he was my strength. i love him dearly. >> her impact statement to the court was just so compelling and so -- to hear the words from her. she told reporters that heaven forgives all those who had a hand in certify sonnin her son's murder. >>> we are learn

. >> susan candiotti is live at the courthouse and joey jackson is here with me. t to ask you a very simple question as they get into the weeds on who was on drugs and who was acting strange and those other two guys that are going to be tried at a different time. i want to know if aaron hernandez would dare or there's any suggestion that that man is going to walk up in front of that entire courtroom and explain everything to the court, take the stand. what are the chances? >> reporter: no chance at all. in fact the final of three witnesses is on the stand right now. so unless something drastic happens, ashleigh, it's not going to happen. >> so is this it then, the parade of all of the witnesses? that's sort of coming to a very close end? and still we have so many questions about this awful behavior. >> reporter: that's right. and the last witnesses we're hearing from include this pcp expert. and he's important to the defense because they've been hinting and hinting throughout this case that it was earnest wallace, the defendants being tried separately who were high

susan candiotti, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> ahead at this hour, walter scott was unarmed and shot five times in the back, his death at the hands of a police officer has pushed a critical question back into the questions. when is an officer justified using deadly force against a suspect who is running away? the answer is crucial in the murder case against officer michael slager. >> what about hifs family? they're speaking out, desperate for answers. we'll speak to his brother about that individual oerks how he got his hands on it so early. when you're living with diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. i'm a bull rider make it part of your daily diabetes plan. so you stay steady ahead. ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners... were just as simple? thanks to angie's list, now it is. start shopping online... ...from a list of top rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. and

let's bring in cnn national correspondent susan candiotti. she's in fall river, massachusetts. >> reporter: hi carol. good morning to you. as you said the jurors are now into their 16th hour of deliberations. this is day four trying to decide whether to convict aaron hernandez of murder the murder of odin lloyd who was dating his fiance's sister. speaking of his fiance today is the first day she has returned to court since closing arguments on tuesday. he has had no family members here since then. when he entered the courtroom this morning when cameras were not rolling and the jury was not there, he briefly appeared to mouth love you to shayanna jenkins, his fiance. she had a very serious look on her face and so did he. on the opposite side of the courtroom is the victim's mother ursula. some people might wonder why haven't we had a verdict by now? it's not hard to really question if you think about how long this trial has been underway since last january. there are more than 430 exhibits to consider so there's a lot of work to be done. and, carol, kind of winding things up her

susan candiotti joins me from outside the courthouse in fall river, massachusetts, and back with me in new york paul callen and cnn commentator mel robbins. susan, i'm going to start with you here. does hernandez's celebrity status do you think seem to have an impact on the jury? >> hi, pamela. it's certainly hard to say. i will tell you as i watched the jurors come in and out of the courtroom, during deliberations, they don't look at aaron hernandez. but then again, they have done the very same thing, not look at him, when they come in and out of the courtroom during trial testimony. so you can read into that what you will, but as the court officers are formally addressing them, i do see some jurors glancing over at him and the the victim's family as well sitting on the opposite side of the courtroom. i will say this, the defense attorneys have made a point of saying, this is a young man who had everything to -- going for him in his life, making a lot of money, fiancee, baby, rising career, he was planning a future and to the a murder. but prosecutors have said, oh, he thought he coul

susan candiotti, thank you for that.y is it taking this long and is there an actual measurement for the number of trial days and the number of hours? you might be surprised. that's next. ♪ ah, ♪ h it. ♪ push it. ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. i'm pushing. i'm pushing it real good! getting older shouldn't mean giving up all the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. oh, that smells so good. aw, and it tastes good, too. we can provide the right care, right at home. >>> any minute now, we could be getting a verdict in the aaron hernandez murder trial. the jurors are really hard at work, tr

let's go first to susan candiotti, who has been all over the story since it broke back in 2013.she's been in that courtroom every single day. you were there in fall river this morning when the verdict was read. walk me through what you saw, who you saw today. >> brooke what a moment. the first thing was the jury walking into the room before they issued their verdict. they did not look at aaron hernandez. that didn't seem like it would bode well for him. and it did not. at the moment when aaron hernandez was read the verdict, his legs were shackled but the moment that the jury said guilty to first-degree murder the court officers walk over and put the handcuffs on him and surrounded him. his lawyers putting their hand on his back. he looked stunned. and at that moment i immediately looked over to the victim's mother who has been in this courtroom day in and day out. she put her arms up into the air and looked up to the sky saying thank god. and that family broke down in tears of relief. while on opposite end of the aisle, you saw terry hernandez, aaron's mother and his fiance cry

for now, thank you, susan candiotti, in fall river, massachusetts. do not miss susan's special tonight inside the case against aaron hernandez. it airs at 9:00 eastern and pacific. >>> next, our legal panel talks about the jury and why this took so long. 35 1/2 hours, seven days to figure this one out. also nancy grace weighs in. she'll talk about what will happen to aaron hernandez behind bars. also on the brink, isis right now closing in on a major iraqi town. hundreds of people on the run. we have a cnn crew on the ground. they join me live straight ahead. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ... stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara®... ...your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase y

susan candiotti now looks at the case and his reaction to the verdict. >> reporter: they got it wrongs words during his transfer to a state prison wednesday. that prison close to the stadium where he once played as a new england patriot. a law enforcement source saying hernandez telling his jailers, "i didn't do it." hours after being sentenced to life without parole. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: hernandez grim faced as he heard the verdict with his mother and fiancee in tears and just feet away from the family of victim olin lloyd, no less emotional. hernandez appearing to mouth the words, you're wrong and then telling his family, be strong and i'm okay. watching them weep. a jury finding hernandez guilty of the 2013 execution-style murder of olin lloyd shot six times. central to the case, surveillance videos that show the victim on the night of his death, getting into a rented altima with hernandez and two other men. other videos showing the same car at the industrial park where lloyd's body was found. and minutes later that car back in hernandez's driveway.

cnn's susan candiotti picks up the story. >> reporter: a day of passionate closing arguments by both prosecutors and defense in the case of aaron hernandez. prosecutors for the very first time identifying hernandez as the trigger man in the shooting death of odin lloyd. and defense attorneys for the first time saying that aaron hernandez was, in fact at the crime scene, saying this. calling him a 23-year-old kid who in their words witnesses something committed by somebody he knew. indicating that they are trying to shift the blame on the two other people who were in the car that night. now, the jury spent about an hour and a half deliberating and will have their first full day of deliberations beginning in the morning at 9:00 a.m. christine and john? >> our thanks to susan for that. >>> rand paul is hitting the ground running today. his first full day as a declared presidential candidate. the kentucky senator will hold a rally in new hampshire, of course home of the nation's first primary following the nation's first caucuses in iowa. the republican senator came out swinging on monda

susan candiotti is live outside the courthouse in fall river, massachusetts with more.d it's day five. what does this say to you about a possible verdict, guilty verdict? >> well, you know, pamela, good morning. it could mean so many things. as you pointed out, there is so much for this jury to consider. they've seen so many exhibits, vid videos, heard from so many witnesses. they could simply be taking their time and looking at everything they have after receiving so much information over the past ten weeks. of course, like i said, it's impossible to know for sure. >> they have a lot to consider here. if he is found guilty, susan, how do they decide first or second degree? >> you know, that is it. they have to decide if it is first-degree murder, there are two other things they must answer. and that is, was it premeditated and/or was oden lloyd murdered with six shots, was that extreme cruelty or atrocity. if they reject the idea that aaron hernandez orchestrated and fully participated in a plot, he still could be found guilty of second-degree murder, which eliminates

cnn's susan candiotti was in court as this all unfolded. susan, not a lot of reaction from hernandez but a very emotional day for others involved. >> reporter: absolutely. absolutely. yes, the bravado, the smile, the winks that we would see from him throughout this trial as he would come and go from the courtroom, all gone. as he stood there appearing stunned, perhaps, as he heard a verdict from the jury, guilty of first-degree murder. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: two mothers, both sobbing in court. the lives of each of their sons forever changed in different ways as a jury finds former patriots tight end aaron hernandez guilty of murdering odin lloyd. >> my heart stop beating. >> reporter: lloyd's mother ursula ward saying she's forgiven those involved in her son's mother his body found in a pit in an industrial park. >> i pray and hope that someday everyone out there will forgive my son's murderers. >> reporter: terry hernandez weeping. hernandez's fiancee, shayanna jenkins, is the sister of the victim's girlfriend

susan candiotti was there. >> what say you, madam foreperson?endant not guilty guilty of murder in the first degree or guilty of murder in the second from they. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: a grim-faced aaron hernandez on the final day of his long fall. in stark contrast to the man seen laughing and winking during the trial, today with his mother and fiance in tears, he shows almost no emotion. except when he appears to mouth the words "you're wrong." a short time later -- >> you're committed to the nci cedar junction for the term of your natural life without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: at issue whether hernandez was guilty of the 2013 execution-style murder of odin lloyd, shot six times. central to the case surveillance videos that show the victim on the night of his death getting into a rented nissan altima with hernandez and two other men. ernest wallace and carlos ortiz. they've pleaded not guilty and will be tried separately. other videos show the same car driving to this industrial park in the early hou

susan candiotti. >> and the question is how does someone like that affect you, the jury. here is part two of my conversation with the hernandez jury. >> i notice you have called him aaron. and i think people who haven't been on a jury don't understand the intimacy that exists in a courtroom where somebody is sitting, you know a couple of feet away from you, and -- >> for three months every day. >> that is right. >> yeah. >> did you look at him a lot. did he look at you? >> oh, yeah. one time we made contact and he nodded to me at one time. and it is hard. you come in that room every day and you see this person. and it's hard to come to that decision at the end because three months with them it is almost like you -- they're part of you and now all of a sudden you have to make that decision to either put them away or let them go. it is very hard. >> we learned yesterday that he said to his guards that he didn't do it. that you all were wrong. when you hear that what do you think? >> my first thought is if we were wrong and he had something else to say, he maybe should have

susan candiotti has been following it since the beginning, and she joins us now.een in the courtroom for weeks now. you have been watching aaron hernandez in court now for weeks, does the jury see the same aaron hernandez that you do? >> he is very attentive in court, and listens to the evidence, and witnesses, and he takes notes throughout, and very serious, but when the cameras are not rolling, and the jury is not in the courtroom we see him walk in and out of the courtroom with quite an air of confidence and he smiles and laughs and jokes with the lawyers, and in particular even flirts with his fiancee, smiling and laughing quite a bit, and that is again, something that the jury does not see, and it is quite remarkable to watch, don. >> i want you to watch this, susan, the viewers, because today, the last day of the trial, the defense told the jury something new. listen. >> so what are you to make of aaron's conduct? did he make all of the right decisions decisions? no. did he make all of the right choices? no. he was a 23-year-old kid. he had witnessed somethi

susan candiotti joins us for clues on why did may be taking longer.. >> over the course of five days this jury has sent out 7 notes, including one today where they were asking for scheduled smoke breaks. truth be told, this jury has taken two days to actually get a verdict form, a complete exhibit list, and really get rolling, and they asked to only work a half day on friday, and they're not sequestered or working on the weekends. so it seems as though it's taking time to really get rolling, anderson. >> why does it take them so long to get forms and things like that? >> that's a good question. we were asking that same thing too. i can't give you an answer to it, that's just the way it's worked out, but now hopefully they'll be in a rhythm, a full week of deliberations we'll see how it goes. >> all right, susan candiotti, thanks. >> there's a lot more happening tonight. amara walker has a 360 news and business bulletin. >> an arizona judge has sentenced jodi arias to life in prison without parole after two juries deadlocked on whether to give her the

susan candiotti is live for us. no witnesses, no weapon. does the prosecution have a chance here?>> reporter: hi, jake. well the prosecutors would argue that they do have a chance. here's why. they believe that they have been able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that aaron hernandez is the one who put the plot together orchestrated it called the victim the night of the murder, picked him up at his house and drove him -- on video you see this -- into an industrial park. when aaron hernandez drove home odin lloyd was no longer alive. authorities also say that they think they have proven the fact this he had a gun in his hand before he left his house and again after odin lloyd is murdered. now, the defense will say, you didn't prove it at all. in fact, you haven't even proven a solid motive. for the first time the defense acknowledged that aaron hernandez was at the crime scene but this time they said this, he just witnessed a crime that he had no idea was going to happen. and you can't charge him with anything that happened after that because he's only charged with murder. he was

susan candiotti has been covering the case from the beginning and in the courtroom as the verdict was read. she was in the courtroom for the sentencing in those powerful victim impact statements. susan, give us a sense of what it was like? >> when just before the verdict was read, and the jurors walked in, that's something you always look for. their reaction. are they looking at the defendant. and in this case, the jury, none of the jurors, looked at aaron hernandez as they walked inside the courtroom. that was a sign to me that this was not going to go well for him. you could hear a pin drop in the room and it certainly was the highest moment of drama during this entire trial. . on one side of the courtroom you had the victim's family, let's not forget them and mention them first, odin lloyd's mother, his uncle, his girlfriend, his relatives who have been there each and every day literally holding on to each other as they waited to hear the verdict. and on the other side of the courtroom, aaron hernandez's mother and fiancee clutching each other as well. their bodies twitching as the

susan candiotti has more. >> reporter: the jury in the case against aaron hernandez has not yet reachedverdict. considering they have more than 430 exhibits to look over and testimony from 135 witnesses it is easy to understand why jurors are taking their time. there was another development in the case two jurors thought they were followed by an unmarked car. they reported it to the court and the car belonged to a boston television station. the judge banned that television station's photographer in particular from covering the trial anymore. however, the jurors were asked whether they thought this incident would affect their ability to deliberate. they said no. the trial will go on. deliberations will continue this day on friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. john and christine. >> thanks, susan. >>> big question is there a new breakthrough for u.s. and cuba relations? this morning, could president obama be meeting with president raul castro? we will have the latest next. rs were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your

susan candiotti picks up the story. >> reporter: after deliberating for more than 15 hours over three, the jury in the case against aaron hernandez still has not reached a verdict. now considering they have more than 438 exhibits to look over and testimony from 135 witnesses, it is easy to understand why jurors are taking their time. now there was another development in the case two jurors thought they were followed by an unmarked car. when they reported it to the court, the car belonged to a boston television station. now the judge has banned that television station's photographer in particular from covering the trial anymore. however, the jurors were asked if they thought the incident would affect their ability to deliberate. they said no. the trial will go on. the deliberations will continue. this day on friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. john and christine. >>> thanks susan. >> tiger woods came in to the masters. he was hoping to get his game back on track after two months off. how did he do and who set that place on storm? amazing performances at augusta in day one. andy scholes

susan candiotti is following that. >> aaron hernandez wakes up this morning in a prison a few miles away from the place where he was once a rising star for the new england patriots. gillette stadium. and not only is he convicted of first-degree murder but talk about what he threw away. he had a five-year $40 million contract with the patriots, and now he is in prison where the wage is 50 cents an hour. they got it wrong. aaron hernandez' words during his transfer to a state prison on wednesday. that prison close to the stadium where he once played as a new england paytriot. he said, i didn't do it hours after being sentenced to life without patrol. hernandez grim-faced as he heard the verdict with his mother and fiance in tears, and just feet away from the family of victim oden lloyd, no less emotional. hernandez appearing to mouth the words, you are wrong, and telling his family i'm strong. i'll be okay, and he watched them weep. he was found guilty of the murder of oden lloyd shot six times, and surveillance videos show the victim on the night of his death getting into a rented altima

susan candiotti was there inside of the courthouse.. >> an derderson, you are correct, that for the first time the $40 million contract player for the new england patriots deskribcribe in their words a 23-year-old kid who witnesses something committed by somebody that he knew, and that tortured language implying that he is blameing it on the two other people with him at the crime scene that night. but we also heard something for the very first time from the pros ku prosecutors in the case going so far as to say that aaron hernandez was actual lily the trigger man, and now it is up to the jury to sift through ten weeks of evidence. >> reporter: each day, a traditional call to order. after 135 witnesses stretching over nearly 11 weeks, a jury will now decide the fate of former new england star aaron hernandez. >> the commonwealth is going to prove to you that the defendant committed the crime of murder. >> reporter: but a hard fought defense contends that hernandez would never kill his good friend odin lloyd who was dating shania jenkins

sue susan candiotti outside of the courthouse. you were there for closing arguments. what happened?: i tell you, anderson you're right. for the very first time we hear from the defense that the $40 million contract player for the new england patriots they describe now this is their words, a 23-year-old kid who witnesses something committed by somebody he knew. that tortured language implying he's blaming it on the two other people who were with him that night at the crime scene. but we also heard something for the very first time from the prosecutors in this case. going so far as to say that aaron hernandez was actually the trigger man. now it's up to the jury to sift through ten weeks of evidence. >> hear ye. hear ye. >> reporter: each day, a traditional call to order after 135 witnesses stretching over nearly 11 weeks, a jury will now decide the fate of former new england patriots star aaron hernandez. >> the commonwealth is going to prove to you that the defendant committed the crime of murder. >> reporter: but a hard fought defense contends hernandez would never kill his good fr