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Once again in case you're just joining us, a jury in philadelphia now has reached a verdict on all 258 counts involving this abortion doctor owned and operated this clinic in west philadelphia for three decades. so as i speak they are reading these 19 charges inside this philadelphia courthouse. again this man, according to the prosecutor said that he routinely performed these illegal third-term abortions. one as late as eight months according to the grand jury findings but the defense says that is absolutely false. paul callan one of our cnn legal analysts joining us now. we have sonny hostin...

He politically is in a box. you know the president has to act when that audit does come out and we expect it later this week. >> okay. jessica, appreciate it. again back to your breaking news. we have alearned out of philadelphia that the abortion doctor, now this jury in this trial has reached a verdict on all 263 counts. again it is he and his staff are accused of murdering hundreds of babies facings four counts of first beg murder. that's just a start. so we have to wait and hear. there's 19 charges to be read shortly inside the philadelphia courthouse. we'll take you there after this break...

That's not the reality of what was going on here. >> in the fallout of this case seven staffers from the department of health an department of state have sense left their job or been fired for allege mishandling of this case. they've overhauled their investigating procedures so this never can happen again. suzanne malveaux >> you heard some of the gruesome allegations that have been outlined in this garage report. again right now inside the philadelphia courthouse these 19 charges are being read aloud at this very moment. as soon as we hear we will bring it to you live here on cnn. we will be ...

The jury was polled when the jury came back with their very extensive verdict. it was only after the jury left and i had the opportunity to look at him. that's why i actually -- i waited to get his reaction. he was just shaking his head no almost as in a disbelief. >> wow. so you made eye contact, so you stuck around to see this man, this man who now as we've learned has been convicted on three of four capital accounts counts, the capital murder. he could face the death penalty. sonny i want to hear more about the atmosphere inside the courtroom. you say the prosecutor was sobbing. >> the pros...

>> absolutely. and we are, you know, i debated this twice months ago. and he lied to me about several things. they would never tell us where the money came from. they still haven't told us to this day where the 1.85 million in cash came from. he will not denounce hamas as a terrorist organization. we have tied him to three unindicted coconspirators in the '08 terrorism trial that sent $12 million to hamas. >> tim, apologies for giving you the short shift, i've just been told there's a verdict in the trial of former jill governor rod blagojevich. the former governor is at the u courthouse. now ...