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Entering the 13th day of deliberations after a long weekend off. mike tobin is standing by live from the courthouse with the latest, and, mike what is the latest? >> reporter: well, the latest is members of the defense team are now back at the dirksen federal building hanging around, robert blagojevich and ron blagojevich are on call, 15 minutes away and can be called back at any time, because the defense team believes that on -- getting this from the lead counsel for robert blagojevich, michael ettinger and he believes we'll indeed hear from the jury today, tomorrow at the latest and what we'...

domestic and foreign desks and the media desk, bringing in all the videotape and live pictures, 24/7. >> we'll get to one of our top stories, today, more fallout from president obama's comments on the planned ground zero mosque. after talking about muslims' rights, to build a mosque close to the site, the president backing off those remarks, saying, he's not commenting on the controversy. his critics say, mr. obama handed republicans a very hot campaign issue for the fall election. and major garrett is live at the white house, with more, hi, major. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. i...

The dots and prove a crime spree was taking blaise as the government originally alleged and second up, michael ettinger, arguing for the brother, robert blagojevich and sam adam, jr. gets the familiar and expect the fireworks. bill: his attorney, didn't sam adam promise blagojevich would testify, and then backed out of that decision? the impact is what, mike. >> reporter: he told the jury you'll hear from the defendant himself not a chubby four-eyed lawyer and now has an 800 pound gorilla in the courtroom and has to explain to the jury why they are hearing it from the chubby four-idea lawyer a...

>> reporter: i'm in for her. the move is sparking anger from the pentagon to the white house. gym jones is calling it irresponsible sphao fox news has not confirmed the ahh then advertise a see of the reports but they are sending ripples throughout washington. some of the most damaging aspects of the leaked documents are what, mike. >> reporter: bill, juliet good morning. the most damaging aspect is pointing the finger at pakistan over its roll helping the taliban. the isi is accused of aiding and in some cases funding the inch insurgency against u.s. troops in afghanistan. in the 91...

Bribery. the jury couldn't reach guilty verdict on any of the charges. >> bret: okay, mike. he's found guilty on the one federal charge of lying to federal agents. as you said there, single charge of lying to federal agent. he could face up to five years in prison, $250,000 fine. what is the sense of the defense? have they spoken out about what they are feeling about this verdict? and the prospect that the government is going to try rod blagojevich and his brother again? >> the only part of the defense we heard the from thus far is rod blagojevich and his attorney michael ettinger. they took t...