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The prosecution was methodical, systemic, they used a power point presentation walking the jury through the evidence. the defense, sam adams jr., was emotional. he told jokes. at one point the judge said it was more like a show than a closing argument. and the argument can be destilled by the morning chicago sun-times page. he's too stupid to be corrupt. in which they have blagojevich saying the comeback campaign has a slogan. >> well, you know, that isn't the first time defense lawyers have tried the my client is too stupid defense. it usually doesn't work that well, but we'll see. john yang ...

Judge struck down the existing moratorium set in place in the wake of the drilling disaster. and a ban on campfires goes into effect today in arizona as crews try to gain ground on a 14,000-acre wildfire near flagstaff. some 1,000 residents forced to evacuate will also find out today whether it is safe to go back to their homes. president actually called arizona governor jan brewer yesterday and talked about and saw what kind of federal help -- asked her what kind of federalship needed to fight the wildfires. in the gulf, a rare piece of encouraging news. the driflg those two relief wells ...

Stop people long before they ever get there. >> there are so many ways people come across the border from canada. that it would almost be impossible. evan coleman, thank you so much. nice to see you. still ahead, the implications of the drilling disaster in the gulf of mexico. we'll bring in "the wall street journal" peg begin noonan. and we'll also bring in fred crupp. this is "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted.

Nuts. there was a sound bite after the game, he sang an interesting cast of characters. >> i want to thank my hood, my wife, my family, my kids, everybody. i definitely want to thank my god, my psychiatrist, he really helped me relax a lot. thank you so much. >> shouting out his shrink, savannah, after winning the nba championship. you've got to love it. >> willie, should we thank our shrinks? everyone should do it. >> i didn't know we were going public with that, but i might as well. dr. feinberg, thank you. >> i would ask you to follow up, but we all know i don't know anything about this. th...

Little better from ruining a whole coastline because they'll probably walk away from it in much better shape than we all will. >> reporter: 60 people laid off. wrap your mind around that one. 60 people without jobs. 60 people who have to make rental payments, 60 people that feed families. it's a horrible thing to see. and the thing is, kyra, it's not like they can go across and street and work at a different business because everyone is shut down across much of the coast. it's a very tough thing. if they want to work and sta in this business, they have to go to the east coast or the west coast...