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Me away from my home and kids, arrest me. early morning in the night, patty and me in our bedroom and annie in bed with us, sitting governor, the prosecutor said he was stopping a crime spree before it happened. this jury showed you not withstanding the government, power and resources they bring to bear, the jury shows you that not withstand the fact that the government threw everything but the kitchen sink at me, on every count except for one and every charge except for one, they could not prov...

>> im vinita nair. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is facing another trial this morning. jurors in chicago convicted him of just one charge, lying to federal agents. >> a single juror held out so there was no verdict on the other charges. diana alvear has the latest now from chicago. good morning, diana. >> reporter: it really did seem deliberations were going to continue to drag on until jurors sent a note to the judge asking how to fill out the paperwork when theyve reached a verdic...

The maximum penalty for lying to the f.b.i. is five years for each individual act. the government said they would lump the two together. we have always heard from the government they will not move directly to sentencing. what they will do as per the judges order is move to mistrial. that is because the jury hung on the other 23 counts. the government wants to bring a new trial. certainly against rod blagojevich and possibly against robert blagojevich who spoke a new moments ago. robert blagojevi...

Scene in the big apple. >> no one decked you, did they? >> the makeup covers it. i made it out, barely. >> were excited to continue to see this series, the big easy comes to the big apple. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. im vinita nair. >> im rob nelson. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is savoring a court victory this morning. he was found guilty of just one count, and that was lying to a federal agent. >> jurors were deadlocked on the other charges, as chris bury report...

Was going to be hopeless. >> the people that said not guilty were adamant, and i respect their decision. because i think it was based on how they looked at the evidence. >> reporter: matsumoto looked at the evidence the way prosecutors had hoped every juror would. >> i thought the government proved its case. >> reporter: matsumoto said some jurors could not get past the lack of a smoking gun. matsumoto said in his opinion, the governments strongest evidence was the sale of the senate seat. despi...

Deadlocked on. essentially declaring a mistrial. what about all of this? bring in the panel. jonah goldberg, from national review online. kirsten powers from "new york post." syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. well, as promised, blagojevich at a microphone. charles? >> as we saw, thats why we love the guy. hell of a speech. i thought he was going to declare his candidacy for the governorship of illinois and start all over again. where he talked about the larger than me, its about the free...

Arrows and wouldnt take questions, saying only that blagojevich round two is coming. >> we have a court date set for next week, next thursday, to set a trial date. so for all practical purposes, we are in the mode of being close to jury selection for a retrial. >> patty and i are going to continue the fight because this fight is a lot bigger than just me and my family. this is a fight for the very freedoms we as americans enjoy. >> reporter: the one count that resulted in a guilty verdict accuse...

Kids, arrest me. early morning in the night, patty and me in our bedroom and annie in bed with us, sitting governor, the prosecutor said he was stopping a crime spree before it happened. this jury showed you not withstanding the government, power and resources they bring to bear, the jury shows you that not withstand the fact that the government threw everything but the kitchen sink at me, on every count except for one and every charge except for one, they could not prove that i did anything wro...

Deadlocked on. essentially declaring a mistrial. what about all of this? bring in the panel. jonah goldberg, from national review online. kirsten powers from "new york post." syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. well, as promised, blagojevich at a microphone. charles? >> as we saw, thats why we love the guy. hell of a speech. i thought he was going to declare his candidacy for the governorship of illinois and start all over again. where he talked about the larger than me, its about the free...

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