Cnn cameras are there with an exclusive look inside. Were live. Dramatic moments. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is thursday april 16th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Developing this morning, a steep plunge from grace for former nfl star Aaron Hernandez. Once under a 40 Million Contract with the patriots now convicted by a massachusetts jury in the 2013 murder of one time friend odin lloyd. What say you madam forperson, not guilty or guilty or guilty of murder in the second degree. Guilty of murder in the first degree. After hearing the verdict, judge susan garsh sentenced hernandez to life in prison without parole. Reporter christine and john, good morning. Aaron hernandez showed little emotion when the guilty verdict was read. He did lick his lips and rub his chin. Something he did during the trial. At this moment he turned to see his mother and fiancee in each others arms weeping. He appeared to mouth of words theyre wrong. We looked across the aisle to the mother of the victim odin lloyd. She pumped her fist in the air as if a sign of relief. Just before Aaron Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison she addressed the court and said she forgave the people responsible. Afterwards the jurors were asked why did they take seven days to reach a verdict. Was that a long time. They said not in their opinion. They took a long time because they were very careful about all of the evidence they had to consider. There was this from the jurors. They said that they only found out from the judge after the trial that Aaron Hernandez also faces a double murder case in boston that has yet to come. He is also facing an accusation that he shot someone in the face. Someone they heard testimony from during this trial. After the verdict was over and Aaron Hernandez was led from the courtroom to his prison a source tells me he told his jailors this he said i didnt do it. They got it wrong. Evidently, the jury disagreed. 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 lloyds 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 babys 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 sons murder. We are learning more about the man who flew a gyro copter on the u. S. Capitol lawn. This is not good people. This is not good people. 61yearold letter carrier doug hughes landed his aircraft right there in front of the capitol. I saw out of nowhere a machine that locked like something from Chitty Chitty bang bang. It flew and bounced once and landed on the grass. That is a good reference. Road warrior is more accurate. Hughes was promptly arrested. The gyro copter was examined by the bomb squad and carted away. Homeland Security Officials said hughes would have been shot down if he had come closer to the Capitol Building. The secret service interviewed hughes in 2013 on a tip concluding he did not pose a threat. The flight wednesday is not a surprise to everyone. He told the Tampa Bay Times about list plan and let the paper shoot the video, which admits it is a stunt. He said he is willing to risk his life to the corrupting power of money in politics. Im going to violate the nofly zone. Nonviolently. I intend for nobody to get hurt and i will land on the capitol mall in front of the Capitol Building. Ill have 535 letters strapped to the landing gear in boxes. Those letters will be addressed to every member of congress. Hughes has now been transferred to d. C. Central jail awaiting charges. It is a gyro copter. There are about 65 internal memos. A helicopter is powered by a top motor rotor. A john berman fact check. We have a whole department that distinguishes. Tensions are flaring between two allys in the middle east. Abadi criticized the saudis for the air strikes in yemen against the houthis. He says there is no logic. Saudi insist there is is no logic to the prime ministers comments. The United States is caught in the middle here supporting the saudi air strikes in yemen and iraqs struggle against isis. The president of iran is not pleased with the compromised reached by the white house and senate giving congress the right to block the lifting of sanctions against his country. President rouhani repeating his claim there will be no deal unless all sanctions are dropped until an agreement is signed. The compromise is hailed by intelligence officials. Iran is increasing the precision and frequency of its cyber attacks. At the same time it is involved in the nuclear talk was the United States and other parties. According to the Security Firm norse, if sanctions against iran are suspended, iran could use increased oil revenues to bolster cyber activities. U. S. Officials blame iran for a cyber attack that destroyed the Las Vegas Sands infrastructure last year. Isis on a rampage in Anbar Province. Overrunning three villages near the city of ramadi. This is 70 miles from baghdad. One official describing the situation as critical at this hour. I want to bring in correspondent arwa damon. She is there. She has an exclusive look in the new attacks. Arwa. Reporter hi christine. Actually Significant Developments in the last 24 hours. Early yesterday morning, isis advancing into ramadi from the east. They had already taken over portions of the northern part of the city. This advance into the east sent thousands of refugees ss fleeing that we saw according to the deputy Province Council. These were having to ride in metal carts and sobbing. We saw elderly, children belongings piled in the metal carts as the refugees tried to cross the privilege frombridge from Anbar Province. The situation growing more dire by the our. The deputy counsel said the iraqi troops in the city center could not hold off isis. Isis did advance into the city from multiple fronts overnight. He said if reinforcements do not arrive if air strike by the Iraqi Air Force and u. S. Led coalition do not take place, he said they would be forced to withdraw. They reached tikrit. A scary and strategic retaking of tikrit. There are concerns in tikrit that isis still has a foot hold there. They need to take mosul. They want advance and retake mosul. How big of a setback is this if they are able to take this town . Reporter it would be a big blow to the Iraqi Government that is feeling a boost in morale after this victory in tikrit. Tikrit has always been something of if one can say this simple battle when it comes to the areas that isis controls. Isis did not necessarily want to maintain a firm grip on tikrit. It was a luxury for them to have control over it. When it comes to Anbar Province and mosul, mosul is the capital of the islam caliphate. You have the civilian population which a majority has not fled. It will be a more complicated battle in ramadi. That is the key issue. These are not battles that will be happening anytime soon. It will take months if not longer, to begin strategizeing and getting force in place to undertake the fighting to uproot isis from anbar. And not to mention the broader war against isis where having a strategy to defeat them and iraq needs an element of defeating them in syria. Arwa damon, thank you. Time for an early start on your money this thursday morning. U. S. Stock futures lower. Dow up 75 yesterday. Nasdaq closed 5,000. Markets very close to record highs. The dow about 1 away from the record. The nasdaq and s p 500 less than that. A good rally away from records. The big winner is energy stocks. U. S. Crude oil surged 6 . Closing above 50 a barrel for the first time this year. For wall street it is about expectations. U. S. Supply did not grow as much as expected. You had people buying oil shares. Big players like citigroup report later today. Earnings expected to fall 3 this quarter. That would be the first profit decline since 2009. Interesting to see how much money they made and where they think the rest of the year. I bet goldmans will do okay. Jpmorgan chase had a nice quarter. Although jamie dimon said his bank was under assault. Very good there. 13 minutes after the hour. Breaking overnight, explosive allegations of the deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man on camera. The tulsa world is reporting that robert bates did not earn his job on the force. Sources tell the paper that supervisors in the Sheriffs Office were ordered to falsify bates Training Records giving him the certification he never earned. Cnn is not able to verify the claims. The reporters who broke the story will be on new day at 6 00 a. M. This is a Big Development in that case. This auxiliary deputy. Was he trained the way he should have been. 14 minutes past the hour. Hillary clinton up close and personal in iowa revealing issues on controversy issues as potential rival Chris Christie is speaking out. The latest next. 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When she walked into the iowa statehouse on wednesday afternoon for a closeddoor meeting, people lined up to see her. The Clinton Campaign believes this trip was a squesuccessful one. She is expected to travel to New Hampshire next week. Of course unlike iowa she won that state during her first president ial campaign. As she begins to layout the principles of her candidacy, she does so through crowds. The real test is when she takes tough questions from voters in both states. John and christine. Thanks jeff. The Clinton Foundation is announcing plans to change its policy on accepting foreign donations. A spokesperson says the foundation will accept large donations from a limited number of foreign governments. Great britain and norway. The Family Foundation has been criticized for the vast Donor Network which includes some countries include hostile or complicated with u. S. Interests, like saudi arabia. Hillary clinton resigned from the board of directors. He is not a candidate, not yet at least, but Chris Christie is crossing New Hampshire for the fourday tell it like it is town hall tour which continues today. The event in londondberry yesterday, he spoke. When anybody is asked about high office whether governor of new jersey or bigger job. Issues will change and move over time. What you need to know is who is that person. Jeb bush and rick perry also undeclared make stops today. The boston jury that convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will resume next week to see if he will get death or not. Members of tsarnaevs family telling Time Magazine that the trial tore them apart. They still hope to convince Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to fire his legal team and seek to overturn that verdict on appeal. Russian president Vladimir Putin fielding questions from the public live on television. It will just be a few minutes. Nearly 2 million questions submitted. He will answer them all. We are live in moscow next. 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The relationship with the United States and west in general over the issue of ukraine. Sanctions, the plunging russian economy, various other issues. The kremlin says it is a brisk and interesting 12 months. That is why there is so much interest in what putin will have to say to his country over the course of the next hour. It starts an hour and a half from now. There is a possibility of a surprise. Last year you may remember the nsa leaker Edward Snowden made an appearance asking putin a question. We dont know who will pop up this time. The price of oil has plunged in the past year. The government runs the country on the price of oil. Its really hard right now for average russians. Will there be critical questions or are these vetted . Reporter both. I think the questions will be more critical than you expect. It is not just about a love fest for putin. Questions have been released ahead of time. Why are salaries not going up but prices in the shops going up. Questions that russians care about. They are carefully vetted. There are more than 2 million questions submitted so far up until the lines close. The kremlin will sift through those and make sure putin is prepared to answer every one of those he is given. We are not expecting to catch putin on the back foot. Thanks Matthew Chance. I like the idea there could be special guest stars. Who will it be there year . Edward snowden last year. Betty white this year. As always. 26 minutes after the hour. The rise and fall of nfl star Aaron Hernandez. Guilty of murder. Life in prison without parole. Guess what . Troubles dont stop there. The very latest next. Logy gives y trol and now Technology Gives you Home Security