blagojevich. he was hoping for three to five. the judge siding with the prosecution. blagojevich just came down from the courtroom about ten minutes ago and addressed the media very briefly. he didn t take any questions. said he was going home to be with his two daughters, explain to them where they were going from here and said he will be, quote, fighting on. so expect an appeal in this case. one thing to note, he doesn t have to report until february 16th to the bureau of prisons. so he does have this time to spend with his family but the former governor of illinois will spend 14 years was sentenced to 14 years in prison. i m curious, since he does get to go home for those 90 days, to try to explain this to his kids, why is that? why does he get that 90-daybreak? well, it s up to the judge s discretion whether in a case that he allows the defendant to go away, to be out on bond typically an inmate is remanded into custody. in illinois, george ryan was sentenced in the
gingrich is now 15 points ahead of romney in a new gallup poll and mr. paul steinhauser joins us right now from washington. hello, paul. how does romney plan to handle what is shaping up to be a two-man race at this point? it really is shaping up. that was the national poll, don. take a look at this, state poll. iowa. two new polls in iowa. one of them, cbs/ new york times. you adjust showed the national poll. newt gingrich ahead by double digits. the frontrunner, we re less than four weeks away from the iowa caucuses. what is mitt romney doing about all this? romney was speaking to reporters yesterday on the campaign trail and said he would be more forceful in going after newt gingrich and pointing out the differences where they stand on certain things and he also said, you ll see more of me. more interviews and more time on the campaign trail. he says after about a week from now when he finishes up some fund-raising, you ll see a lot more of mitt romney. four weeks to go
the former illinois governor is going to have an opportunity to speak before the federal judge announces the sentence. prosecutors want blagojevich to get at least 15 years for his conviction on corruption charges. a 19-year-old man says that jerry sandusky gave him whiskey when he was 12, then sexually abused him. sandusky s latest accuser claims it happened once inside an office inside the penn state football building. the man says he was a member of the second mile. that is sandusky s charity for disadvantaged kids. sarah ganim broke the story. there s a lot of new things in this allegation. first of all, we ve never heard that sandusky gave one of his victims alcohol. in this situation this man alleges it was in an office in this building and he was given whiskey while jerry sandusky talked to him about his life and how he ended up with the second mile and then he was assaulted. so i m going to speak live with sara ganim in a few minutes. his preliminary hearing is
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what does mitt romney to turn the economy around because the failed president in the white house, mitt romney the president has been a failure and is not up to the job and he could turn it around. the fact he s been running for four years and we don t know is very telling. this is the second time around. the president wasn t there last time. this is your second time around and america doesn t know why you re running. that means he either doesn t have a reason or he doesn t know how to communicate the reason. the difference with gingrich? he needs to get on fox news. gingrich has been more effective than anybody running cain, trump, bachmann, all the people on the rise gingrich, what everyone has said about him, and reverend sharpton saw this, we both served with him, he is a smart guy. i mean, he is very calculating. he has a philosophy that he would like to see government operate by. i don t agree with it but i got to tell you he is good articulating and whether yo