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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 prove that i did anything wrong, that i did break any laws, except for one nebulous charge from five yea...

>> i'm 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 they've reached a verdict. after seven weeks a chicago jury was only able to agree on one count in the rod blagojevich tri...

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 judge's 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 blagojevich looked at the hung jury as a vindication. he declared the process a slow bleed that took away hi...

Scene in the big apple. >> no one decked you, did they? >> the makeup covers it. i made it out, barely. >> we're excited to continue to see this series, the big easy comes to the big apple. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm 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 reports. prosecutors want a quick retrial. >> reporter: as he left his home, the ousted governor asked ...

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 government's strongest evidence was the sale of the senate seat. despite a disappointing outcome matsumoto has great respect for his jury. >> to give credit to the entir...