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We'll keep fighting on. and see you soon. >> blagojevich is the second consecutive illinois governor to be sentenced to prison on corruption charges. george ryan currently serving six and a half years. blagojevich getting 14 years. in the state of illinois, a sex offender gets a sentence of nine years in jail. still ahead on "way too early," a new jersey man at a town hall meeting accusing chris christy of planting questions at his events. we'll show you his response in a moment. plus who knew? steven colbert can plea ya? [ male announcer ] what can you do with plain white rice?

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 y...

Time of a death sentence to an execution. they have over 700 people on the row. it costs -- and these are government estimates $184 million extra to have them on death row than in general population. it's going to cost another $400 million to built a new death row, so by everyone's estimation, the system is totally broken, and it needs to be repealed. we have the votes, and if we get the money together, we can tell from the public opinion polls we have support from gil garcetti, for many former proponents of capital punishment in california, this can happen, reverend sharpton. and if californi...

Viable candidate? >> it's very late. jon meacham, look at the process. of course, barack obama announced by this time. there is a delay but i think part of the delay we mentioned it before, is the fact that some republicans think barack obama will be difficult to beat. >> yes. i think a lot of it for all hue and cry is, except on some spending questions, there's not a whole lot that people can articulate right now that they would do differently than obama would. i know heads will explode when you say that. >> obama has come to the center, where the president accepted the extension of the bush ...

Nonstarter. not that he would necessarily defer, but depends on whether or not he wants to avoid a fight. >> you certainly want to know the ground you're fighting on. >> of course, leading this will be among the other people close to the president, not just the white house council, but rahm emanuel. rahm emanuel raised a few eyebrows. this is what he had to say to charlie rose about his own future. we alluded to this earlier. >> is there any other job in government you'd like to have? >> in government? >> in government? >> yeah. >> it's no secret. >> you want to be speaker of house. >> that's ...