wgn's julie unruh reports. so the case that brought attention for the last 2 1/2 years will be in the cans of a jury for the second time. did he tell two separate witnesses that if road workers didn't perform in fun race for him at them. a total denial by the defendant. he said i would not screw some one politically because the woods on raid story. also in getting jesse jackson jr. to fill the senate seat in 2008. the topic of jesse jackson jr. it up so much of the day that $1.5 million in campaign contributions allegedly offered to rod blagojevich to make him the next candidate. . >> when asked if such as generic yet constitute a bride rod blagojevich refused to answered a question. he said of riot but i'm afraid to answer that you saw my law school grades. what ever was it was not illegal. . >> he said he read injected the law firm offer at least three times. after they finished questioning the defendant. he tried to shake the prosecutors hand but it was rejected. we are a day from a closing argument and the

wgn's julie unruh has the story from the day in court. . >> from school shakedowns of the alleged sales of the u.s. senate seat and then some duro he kept his cool too. . >> he held up. he certainly still had a bit of a sense of humor. he still had sensibility to answer the question. and he still knew when to go around a yes or no answers. . >> as for prosecutors they had a job to do. . >> week reinforced to the jury the difference at times that they allege that rod blagojevich was lying. . >> he tested the defendant to memory and when it came to each crime charge he went straight to the same that he would not do one for the other. . he also said it was true when it came to the chicago tribune bedewed editorial awards. he told me was not happy with the bad press he was getting in the newspaper back in 2008. he considered having the company with the state loan would be repealed. . >> and our recommendation is to fire all those people and get them out of there appeared to give them some editorial support. rod blagojevich will be back on the stand wednesday morning. . >> the current govern