BERMAN: You're looking at live pictures right now from Fall River, Massachusetts. Opening statements in the murder trial of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, they are about to get under way. Right now the judge is giving some instructions. There was a two-hour delay this morning because of an unexplained issue with one of the jurors. We're going to find out more about what happened there exactly. Now, it is no small irony that this is all getting under way today as his former team, the New England Patriots, get ready to play in the Super Bowl. Hernandez was cut from that team immediately after his arrest back in June of 2013.</s>ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR, "AC 360": Aaron Hernandez is held without bail, charged with first-degree murder.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The evidence would suggest presence, knowledge and an intent to see this thing through.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's no eyewitness testimony. There were no inculpatory admissions. There has been no indication of any direct evidence.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The prosecution'll come out blazing.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now this is a circumstantial case.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But there's a video right after this murder, showing him with a gun.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The last time the New England Patriots played in the Super Bowl in 2012, Aaron Hernandez was on the field. This time he's sidelined.
Brief Trial Delay as New Juror Seated in Aaron Hernandez Murder Trial