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His corruption trial. he was questioned for two hours today where he defended himself from accusations that he tried to shake down a racetrack executive. this time the judge interrupted him far less than yesterday. nbc's nick bogart is joining me now live from chicago. nick, what are the highlights from what you've seen? >> reporter: well, richard, first highlight is jurors have now gone home for the long holiday weekend. they're going to return on tuesday. when they do, rod blagojevich will still be on the stand facing friendly questioning from his lawyers. today the ex-governor brought his o...

Unquote, stop a crime spree before it happened. >> there's believed to be hundreds of hours of wiretap tape. blagojevich is accused of trying to raffle barack obama's senate seat for profit. the itf join and raised in hemet, california, looking for people responsible on attacks on local police. 23 people are under arrest, but no one has been charged. local reports say white supremacists are responsible for the attacks on police. rigging a gun to fire when a police fence of opened. this morning a new start for a south florida teenager who was brutally attacked. you might remember michael br...