blagojevich faced 20 charges. the jird as 1 was dead locked on two of them. the most serious charges each carry a ten-year sentence. last is -- last august the jury was able to come to a decisionen 23 of 24 counts of blagojevich. but again, the breaking news, a jury has just convicted rod blagojevich of trying to sell president obama's senate seat. >>> the cable cars are back in business after six months of maintenance. this is video of ed lee and others welcoming back the cable

blagojevich is free still on bond.d ask that he put up his house and secure the bond and there's been some travel restrictions. he can't leave the northern district of illinois, meaning basically the chicago hour without permission from the judge. at this point, he is to stay within the chicagoland area until he is sentenced. but he is free on bond. so going home tonight. >> going home tonight, all right. ted rowlands, that's interesting. he was looking at the different jurors in the eyes and the jurors wouldn't look back. ted, thank you so much. blagojevich going away to prison for quite some time. >>> the field of republicans running for president just got a little bit bigger. no huge surprise. you saw it coming. we all saw it coming. we knew this moment was coming. ♪ there she is, michele bachmann. tom petty on the soundtrack. as of today, she is officially in the race for president. jessica yellin standing by for me in washington. we're going to talk with her here in just a moment. but first i want to go to jm jim

and this time, blagojevich took the stand in his own defense. but jurors didn't believe him. >> we felt that it was very clear that he was trying to make a trade for the senate seat. >> i mean, i've got this thing, and it's [ bleep ] golden. >> reporter: fbi recordings captured blagojevich talking about trying to sell the senate seat, in exchange for a high-paying job. >> there is no better evidence you could present to a jury than a defendant's own words. >> reporter: blagojevich testified he was only brainstorming. >> it's so important to still let the people know that i fought real hard for them. and what's really difficult is to think that maybe people might think i may have let them down. and i didn't. >> reporter: blagojevich faces up to 300 years in prison. alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. >>> president obama plunged into the stalled debt talks. he met with republican and democratic leaders yesterday. he insists the deficit reduction package includes both spending cuts and increased taxes. but republicans flatly rejected the idea

it seems that the rest of the country let blagojevich slide by. >> that's a good question. i'd say probably because, number one, this trial was streamlined. there were some of the so-called sexy allegations against rod blagojevich were not raised this time. and the government's attempt to streamline the case. for example a lot was made last year about how much the hundreds of thousands of dollars literally that rod blagojevich had spent on his wardrobe. this year the government went straight for the jugular. they streamlined things it was a much shorter case. the other thing is i think there was feeling here in chicago that there was a little bit of rod blagojevich fatigue. and... but i would say that even so when the jury announced its verdict of 17 guilty counts of the 20 it got everyone's attention. >> u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald said that the conduct would have made lincoln roll over in his grave. we should remind folks that he was found guilty of shaking down a children's hospital as well as attempting to fill his own covers, right? >> in the children's hospital c

blagojevich guilty on one count of lying to the fbi.there in the courthouse in chicago waiting for this verdict to be read. and we will bring that to you live in a few minutes. keep it here on cnn. >>> meanwhile, more now on the flooding causing big headaches in nebraska. two nuclear power plants sit right near the missouri river. the fort calhoun plant shut down since april for refueling is already dealing with two feet of water. the other plant, cooper nuclear station, sits on higher ground and continues to operate. our patrick ottman is live at the calhoun facility. any immediate danger there? >> reporter: no, randi. as you noted, this plant has been shut down. but even though it's been shut down, they were refuelling the plant and saw the floodwaters coming in and decided to take the plant offline. they still need to have power to this plant to keep the spent reactor fuel cooled down to make sure it doesn't get overheated and cause an event like we saw in japan after the tsunami there. yesterday the floodwaters rising got near trans

blagojevich faced 20 charges. the jird as 1 was dead locked on two of them. the most serious charges each carry a ten-year sentence. last is -- last august the jury was able to come to a decisionen 23 of 24 counts of blagojevich. but again, the breaking news, a jury has just convicted rod blagojevich of trying to sell president obama's senate seat. >>> the cable cars are back in business after six months of maintenance. this is video of ed lee and others welcoming back the cable car line. they sayis the perfect time for the line to start running again. on december 24th, the line closed for a $24 million upgrade. >>> there was a close call for our planet a couple of hours ago. we will tell you what almost hit us blast >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street, signs that a widespread european debt crisis could be averted sent is the stocks up -- sent the stocks up today. >>> a florida photographer took some once in a lifetime video while watching surfers, when suddenly a shark jumps um. the shark a is a spinner -- the shark is is a spinner known f

blagojevich maintained his innocence.e stand, he's been on tv, radio, he wrote a book. how did that not taint your perception of him as a juror in this trial? >> i never really followed much of him. i'm not really into politics, itself. so i was just sticking to the facts of what i was hearing and what i was reading and -- >> so you were the perfect kind of juror that they wanted. what was john, the one piece of evidence that said to you, this guy's guilty? >> well, it's just, the wiretapping, when you're hearing things like, you know, this is fing golding and this is my type of thing -- >> referring to the vacant senate seat vacated by barack obama. that's what you're referring to? >> yes. it sounds like he should be getting something for all this. i mean, it's -- if they want this, give me that. and it's just the talking, the way i keep hearing the talking on the wiretaps. >> it's not hard to believe that it's supposed to be the opposite of what he really meant. >> they were arguing that it was nothing nefarious at all,

jurors explain why they decided to convict rod blagojevich. >> complete bay area news starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >> good evening. it is monday, june 27. i am gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> new reports show that the driver of a big rig had a series of traffic citations. one man was killed along with five passengers on mine the amtrak train. he received four tickets in 2008. witnesses say the truck ran through the crossing gate and hit the train broadside . records also show he received a license to drive a truck and nevada one month ago. >>> a video obtained by the website tmz is being analyzed. the 11 seconds of footage show a unidentified dodgers fans yelling at bryan stow. he yells at stow and the man is not giovanni ramirez. dave's roommate tells us the video appears to show what happened just before he received a text message saying stow was scared. >> i think it proves that bryan was the instigator in the attack. that he was just there to watch a game. >> witnesses say that to attach stow after a game. >>> have you seen the new bay br

diana alvear has the latest on rod blagojevich. >> frankly, stunned. left to say other than, we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them. and then, try to sort things out. >> reporter: the former illinois governor has a lot to explain. in his second corruption trial, jurors found him 17uilty on 17 counts. deadlocked on two others. not guilty on just a single count. prosecutors said blagojevich used the power of his office to shakedown associates for political favors and cash. even offering president obama's open senate seat to the highest bidder. he consistently denied any charges of corruption. it did not convince the jury. >> we felt it was clear that he was trying to make a trade for the senate seatat >> reporter: earlier that morning, when asked how he felt, blagojevich quoted his hero, elvis presley's song, "all shook up." >> my hands are shaking. r rorter: blagojevich may soon be singing a different tune, now that he's facing a lengthy prison sentence. >> and rod blagojevich is expected to ask for a mistria

i will not have to hug rod blagojevich. [cheering and applause] and here's why: >> in chicago today, the jury said guilty 17 times as the former illinois governor rod blagojevich was convicted of attempted distortion, bribery, conspiracy and fraud. >> jon: 17 felony convictions, or as that's known, a chicago dozen. [laughter] on his way to the kraus to hear the verdict, blah... [stumbles over name] was unusually circumspect >> my hands are shaky, my neems are week, i can't seem to stand on my own two feet. [laughter] >> jon: quoting elvis on your way to hear a criminal verdict and you go with "all shook up"? "jailhouse rock" doesn't come up in that? "suspicious minds"? ♪ i'm caught in a trap ♪ nothing. of course, that was on his way to the verdict being read. after words, blah... [stumbles over name] wanted people to know that he'd learned his lesson. >> among the many lessons i've learned from this whole experience is to try to speak a little bit less, so i'm going to keep my remarks kind of short. >> jon: you weren't conv

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>>terry this did not go well for blagojevich ... >>his lawyers are trying to rehabilitate him and his testimony ... it's a question of whether or not the jury will believe ... it is complicated for them to get through this whole scenario with the senate seat ... >>the prosecutor wanted him to say that the indian money coming forward from jesse jackson jr. was a bribe the end blagojevich would not take that verbal bait ... >>this is it dangerous for the jury when they go back to deliberations this tripping up on a legal definition of what is a bribe ... >>to the prosecution successfully map out this scenario of the charade with the this the senate appointment making washington people nervous ... >>is if the jury doesn't believe any of this blagojevich can be getting into real trouble ... >>of all the different things we heard talked about whether it be the towaway thing hospital shakedown or the senate seats ... from the prosecutor's point of view it really seems like this is the most convincing this seemed clear the jesse jackson th

it was a somber rod blagojevich who spoke to the press. >> i frankly am stunned.s not much left to say other than, we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them. and then try to sort things out. >> reporter: the former illinois governor has a lot to explain. in his second corruption trial, jurors found him guilty on 17 counts.ç deadlocked on two others. not guilty on just a single count. prosecutors said blagojevich used the power of his office to shake down associates for political favors and cash. even offering president obama's open senate seat to the highest bidder. unlike his first trial, where jurors deadlocked on all but one count, this time around blagojevich took the stand. while he acknowledged his use of profanity, saying "when i hear myself saying that on tape i'm an f'ing jerk and i apologize." he consistently denied any charges of corruption. it did not convince the jury. >> we had to put aside the fact that whether we liked him or didn't like him and just go by the evidence that was presented to us. >> we felt t

governor blagojevich did not get that message. >> reporter: and, scott, the f.b.i.'s chief investigator said that with today's conviction, perhaps illinois's long national embarrassment is finally at an end. >> pelley: thanks, dean. federal prosecutors said today in a court filing that former boston mob leader james "whitey" bulger is talking-- a lot. and proudly filling in details of 16 years on the lam. bulger, who was arrested last week in california, said he made several trips to las vegas to play the slots. he also went to tijuana, mexico, to buy prescription drugs and even returned to boston heavily armed to "take care of some unfinished business." there is news in politics tonight, seven months before the iowa caucuses, michele bachmann announced she's a candidate for the republican presidential nomination. bachmann, a tea party favorite, is a 55-year-old former tax attorney serving her third term as a congresswoman from minnesota. she's mother of five and, over the years, foster mother to 23. jan crawford has day one of the bachmann campaign. >> reporter: mic

>> reporter: well, it's been a long, tough morning, thomas, for rod blagojevich.s fielding prosecutor's questions, having to acknowledge his words on tape that makes it seem he's cooking up an illegal swap, trading an poum to the u.s. senate for a new job for himself. now, prosecutors zeroed in about a dozen conversations this morning in which blagojevich talks with aides about that senate appointment that he controlled, even before barack obama's elected president leading to that senate vacancy. blagojevich is talking about the poum he says now we should get something for that, couldn't i? and an aide answers yes. he thought he had leverage because he knew the president-elect wanted his aide valerie jarrett appointed to his cabinet. even the idea of having rich obama supporters fund an advocacy group on health care. and over and over blagojevich is telling jurors he was just discussing his options, that he hadn't decided anything yet, and that he never acted to bring any of these ideas to fruition. thomas, he is a lot calmer than he was on the stand last week but

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but blagojevich wasn't quoting that other elvis song, "jailhouse rock." chris bury, abc news, chicago. >>> and another lightning bolt from the legal world tonight. here is the headline out of the supreme court today. children do have the right to buy violent video games. abc's "nightline" anchor terry moran covers the court for us and tells us how, by 7 to 2, the justices came to their verdict. good evening, terry. so how did it happen? >> reporter: diane, it was a strong free speech ruling, no question about it. even though many of the justices were clearly disturbed by these games. we're talking about games like grand theft auto, vice city, postal 2, duke nuke 'em. mortal combat. children who play these games can kill, shoot, maim, dismember, shoot john f. kennedy in the head, re-enact columbine. and california wanted to ban their sales to minors. the court said no way. that restricts free speech. justice scalia said in his opinion government might be able to restrict sexual materials but not violent and other materials. he said state power does not inc

blagojevich ran the gauntlet of reporters as he left the courthouse after being found guilty of 17 out of 20 corruption charges. this was the second trial for the two-term governor. the first trial was declared a mistrial after the jury deadlock. the courtroom erupted in boos when the verdict was read. >> among the many lessons i've learn sudden to speak less. i'm going to -- learned is to speak less. i'm going to keep my remarks short. patti and i are disappointed in the outcome. i am stunned. >> don't like to see senate seats sold. a united states senate seat should not be put up for sale. you shouldn't let it happen. i think we would have kicked ourselves and other should have rightly kicked fuss we sat around and watched the senate seat be sold. >> blagojevich was told not to leave the state while he awaits sentencing. he could be sentenced to a decade in prison. >>> turning now to decision 2012. it is official, minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann is seeking next year's republican presidential nomination. bachmann formally launched her bid today in the birthplace of waterl wat

y recuerdan al ex gobernador de illino illinois, blago blagojevich que intentó vender la vacante de unaron culpafie en 17 de los cargos por fraude electrónico, y la fiscalía pudo comprobar que el ex gobernador intentó sacar provecho al intentar vender el puesto del senado. el ex gobernador se mantuvo sereno. no antes sin decir que era momento para avisarle a sus hijas y pasar tiempo con la familia, pidió una pronpta audiencia para el juicio de sentencia, y cada uno de los cargos tienen 20 años de prisión, blagojevich fue obligado a dejar su cargo en enero del 2009. y ahora no tiene permiso para viajar y el fbi está vigilando su casa hasta que el juez decida una fecha. en chicago, telemundo. >>> y la primera pausa por hoy. y al regresar, algunos son rescatados de los otros se desconoce su destino. expresión o libertad, peligro para los más pequeños, la polémica que genera una decisión de la corte. y qué impacto puede tener el triunfo de l ♪ ♪ sin límites es mejor. y gracias a sprint puedes hablar, textear e interactuar con tus redes sociales todo lo que quieras sin costo adicional. así

. >>> the jury convicted rod blagojevich of trying to pedal president obama's old senate seat. they also found him guilty of extortion. the jury cleared rod blagojevich of one charge. >> anne and i are obviously very disappointed in the outcome. i certainly am stunned. there's not much left to say other than we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them. >> reporter: rod blagojevich now faces up to 300 years in prison and five years for his earlier conviction of lying to the fbi. but legal experts have predicted that the jury will sentence him to something more like 10 years. the judge ordered rod blagojevich not to travel without permission. >>> just in time for the summer travel season gas prices are coming down. the price at the pump has dropped about eight cents a gallon in the last week. the average price of regular price is $3.56 a gallon. that is down eight scents from a week before but still about 8- cents higher than a week ago. in california gas is $3.83. that's down 7-cents from last year but it is up 70-cents from last year. and in the bay area, gas price

blagojevich will become the fourth illinois governor in recent memory to go to jail. his predecessor george ryan is still in federal prison, also for corruption. >>> now we turn to the supreme court and to paraphrase one court observer today, thomas jefferson didn't have an x-box, but when it comes to violent video games, no matter how graphic, the government cannot ban their sale to kids because, of course, what jefferson stood for also protects video games. it may not have been the ruling some parents had hoped for, so what the rationale here? justice correspondent pete williams is at the court for us tonight. >> reporter: the court said banning the sale of violent video games to children violates the constitution's guarantee of free expression. by a vote of 7-2, it struck down a 2005 california law signed by then-governor arnold schwarzenegger that made it a crime to sell or rent video games depicting violence to anyone under 18. advocates of ban called them all try violents. saying their graphic nature justified keeping them away from young children. >> in the pas

and blagojevich admitted, yes, i did say that.o they have been moving along, getting him to admit also in absence of getting that cabinet position, that he would try to get a private sector job, make a lot of money from it. he also admitted that he was, felt people were passing him by while he was stuck as governor of illinois and he wanted to get the f out of illinois using all that flowery language we've come to know from blagojevich. seems to be a day which the prosecution toward some points in front of the jury. jenna: come to depend on, mike, for a bit of comic relief in this case. we also heard a little bit as you mentioned from the u.s. attorney's office at their tactics, you've been going over what the prosecutor has been doing. what about the defense? what kind of strategy are they forming and have they put that out there about what they're going to do? >> reporter: well, it's pretty interesting. we know the defense sat blagojevich down over the weekend to restrategize and rehash what happened particularly in that last ho

by the way, imagine -- you miss rod blagojevich, don't you? was a nice target. >> we miss donald trump, too. >> he got it going quite a bit. that tells us something. three statements we're fact checking. mitt romney from his announcement speech. here's what he said. >> did you know that government, federal, state and local has grown to consume almost 40% of our economy? we're only inches away from ceasing to be a free economy. okay. that's what you fact check here. what say you? >> pants on fire for that one. >> wow. >> it's just ridiculously false. what was he trying to claim? >> he was trying to claim that the verb have done so much that it's no longer a free economy, but that's ridiculously false. the biggest measurement for us came from all places the heritage foundation, which ranks cunning on economic freedom, and the u.s. ranks 9th out of 179 considered mostly free. so it's just -- >> what about in the long term? how much is government a part of our economy now as opposed to the past? >> no question the government's role has grown some.

>> rod blagojevich walked in a few moments ago and will be taking the stand.e training when he had a pick for senate vacancy. prosecutors contend that he was wheeling and dealing for personal gain. on the stand last week, he had an arrest on n 2008 and he was about to squeeze a deal with the bulk of legislative agenda using the leverage that the senate pick had given him. prosecutors told jurors of a tape on that evening in which blagojevich talked about putting off the decision for another month. why? he wanted to hold open the option of avoiding himself. possible impeachment. just in case i have to throw myself in there. he quoted as saying, we are like likely to hear that, one of many tapes he will be confronted with as prosecutors confronted with his own words. it is hard to say how long this cross-examination is going to last. prosecutors said it's up to blagojevich and that turns his answers into organizationments and speeches. >> i'm betting on that examination. >> know what's moving your money and the heart of housing. more than 20% of homeowners natio

blagojevich is 54 years old. if you look at the charges that he has been found guilty on, wire fraud, 20 years, extortion 20 years, extortion/conspiracy 20 years, solicitation of a bribe, five years, this is in addition to lying to the fbi, he was found guilty the first time around here, another five years, he clearly is looking at spending a considerable amount of the rest of his life behind bars. >> and that's the question, right? they're still determining that. is there any chance this could run concurrent and he could be out or is he looking at dying in prison? >> well, i doubt -- no, he wouldn't be dying in prison but referenced he has two little girls, a 7 and 13-year-old. he is going to be missing an extended portion of their lives as they grow up. even the lowest minimum guidelines and he serves concurrently, he's looking, you know, unless this judge departs from the federal guidelines, he's looking at probably 15, 20 years. >> all right. i was hearing they were saying he could technically spend up -- he

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blagojevich you are a convicted liar correct? was posed. he responded yes. >>the questioning focused around the lisa madigan and jesse jackson jr. speculation of whether or not blagojevich would use either to replace senator brock obama and this involved his trading campaign favors and funding. >>tony rest go is also cooperating with the federal government. >>there was also talk about what he wanted to trade with the new administration at the white house to place the valerie jarrett in the senate seat perhaps the appointment to health and human services secretary. >>this is his first full day undergoing questioning by the prosecution this is expected to take at least one day. >>prosecutors have rested their case against the chicago businessman accused of helping to plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in mumbai india defense attorneys for tahawwar rana had begun presenting their case the government accuses him of using his immigration business to provide a cover for david headley admitted terrorist to travel to mumbai to scout locations for the attacks hea

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nearing a verdict in the blagojevich retrial.g halt on the supreme court. kids allergies may be even worse than we thought, and the internet is about to change. time to play reporter roulette on this monday. ted rowlands, want to begin with you in chir. you're here covering the second corruption trial of illinois governor rod blagojevich. he's accused of trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. what was the case against the governor this go around? >> reporter: last time, brooke, the jury came up with one conviction out of 24 charges, and afterwards they talked to the prosecutors and the defense, and the jury said it was just too complicated for them on all of those other charges. this time around, the prosecution made a concerted effort to dumb things down a bit, if you will, especially in their close. the prosecutors took their time in laying out the groundwork with what they believe is a clear case against blagojevich. they dropped a few of the charges. he's now facing 20 charges. that said, it is still very compli

. >> illinois governor rob blagojevich speaking after he was found guilty on 17 of 20 charges in his corruption trial. he was convicted of all eleven charges related to his attempt to sell or trade president obama's vacated senate seat. jurors deadlocked on two charges. rod blagojevich faces up to 300 years in prison, but legal experts say he will probably get anywhere from six to fifteen years. >>> a danville pilot survives a plane crash in oregon. how she was found and her local performance that might not happen now. >>> more concern over radiation exposure near japan's damaged nuclear plant. the group of people the government is now focusing on. >>> welcome back to the morning news. we are taking a look at north dakota's river. it is starting to slowly recede this morning, but we understand it could be at least a week before it drops down from record levels. now that river crested sunday at nearly 13 feet over flood stage. breaking the record set back in 1881. thousands of homes are now under water. about 12,000 people had to be evacuated. >>> the japanese government has decided t

a jury has just convicted former illinois governor rod blagojevich in his corruption trial.ey found him guilty of trying to sell or trade then senator barack obama's senate seat. as well as other corruption charges. and blagojevich faces up to five years in prison for a previous conviction of lying to the fbi. >>> well, another reason to turn off the tv in the evening unless you're watching cbs 5 of course. a new study says kids between ages three and five have more sleep problems if they watch television after 7:00 at night. researchers tracked more than 600 kids and found that in addition to nighttime viewing, shows with a lot of violence at any time of the day also caused some problems which the results appear online today in "pediatrics." >>> a bit of music history that sold for big bucks. a texas man paid $1.8 million for the jacket worn by michael jackson in his thriller video. the jacket will go on tour to raise money for children's charities. and some of the auction proceeds will go to a sanctuary that houses two tigers jackson once owned. >>> and if you're in the ma

bill: a dramatic day for rod blagojevich.s to talk, we know, but he may not enjoy what is expected to be blistering cross-examination. mike tobin is live, covering the trial in chicago, now, how intense is it expected to get today, mike? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, very intense, keep in mind the prosecutors waited two-and-a-half years to get at blagojevich and, some of the chicago columnists wrote that he took a beating on the witness stand on thursday, in the first hour of government cross-examination. and, that is because the lead prosecutor opened with the stinging line, you are a convicted liar, aren't you, to which blagojevich had to respond, yes. and they also worked in the information that blagojevich had floated bad information to chicago gossip columnist and, keep in mind blagojevich was able to explain all of that away as far as his conviction on lying to the fbi, he said that is what appellate courts are for and, floating information in the gossip columnists he said that is how politics is played, like

. >>> jury deliberations in the corruption retrial of rod blagojevich begins.ed of trying to sell president obama's vacated u.s. senate seat. >>> and after losing two straight, my vancouver canucks take on the boston bruins at home in game five of the nhl finals and they better win it! i don't want to see this go to game seven. my heart can't take it. >> that was a bummer, eh? >> yeah. >> that was a bummer. >> thanks, eh. >>> and a stunning similarity in guys who have successfully gotten themselves into a lot of trouble. >> yeah, all the problems, well we know who are usually involved when men get themselves in trouble, let's say. john berman on what some guys share. >> reporter: what do anthony weiner, bill clinton, tiger woods, eliot spitzer and brett favre have in common? >> i have exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. >> indeed i did have a relationship with ms. lewinsky that was not appropriate. >> i was unfaithful. i had affairs. i cheated. >> reporter: sure there is the sex stuff. but the trul

blagojevich said he was stunned by the verdict. >>> buried alive at the beach. a danville teen was digging a sand tunnel when it suddenly collapsed on him. leaving him underground for at least 15 minutes. len ramirez reports a community is praying for his recovery tonight. len? >> reporter: that's right. we're hearing about a dramatic frantic rescue to find these two young men who were buried under the sand here at sunset state beach. very difficult situation according to witnesses who say that people were on their knees digging with their hands to try to find these young men. fortunately they did find them underneath the sand but one of them is still in critical condition. facebook postings say 17-year- old ryan buchanan had been singing and playing guitar with about 50 friends on a trip to sunset beach. minutes later he was struggling for his life after being buried alive in the sand. >> the kids got to digging holes. >> reporter: supervising park ranger bill walcott says buchanan and a friend dug deep into the sand, 6 feet down. >> the couple of holes right t

then try to sort things out. >> this was the second time blagojevich was tried on the charges.he first trial ended with the jury deadlocked on all but one count. lying to the f.b.i. yesterday, the jury convicted blagojevich on a wide range of corruption charges including trying to sell barack obama's vacated senate seat. >> you can tell the 2012 presidential race is heating up because it'sed youed in iowa today. newly announced candidate michele bachmann and speculative candidate sarah palin are both there, along with president obama. abc's john hendren has more. >> reporter: for michele bachmann, the path to the white house cuts through iowa. >> i stand here in the midst of many friends and family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: bachmann's day was yesterday. today belongs to her tea party rival sarah palin in pela, iowa for debut of "undefeated." documentary of her career that some call a feature-length campaign ad. >> tea party americans, you're winning. >> reporter: yet bachmann is being taken seriously and in iowa s

rod blagojevich will be back on the stand wednesday morning. . >> the current governor says thousands of jobs are state in springfield. he's calling that lawmakers to take action on his job recovery bill. legislators failed to approve funding for the bill in the latest action. the bill provides money for a wide variety of construction projects across the street. this last thing we want to do an illinois to have middle-class people laid off due to the inaction of the legislation to address this issue. but some senate republicans say that there's already money available to pay for these products and quinn is using the special session to game budget leverage. . >> big promises from chicagos new school chief. next when ito parents a letter. . >> and later bring the produce section to the people. [ mom ] can a little bowl of cereal change your life? i think it can. one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. then we discovered chex cereals. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor and that's amazing t

. >> after seven days on the stand rod blagojevich the trial is over in the corruption retrial. and that means the case will be soon in the hands of the jury. 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 sha

all the corruption charges against him after two trials and 24 total days of deliberation, rod blagojevichonvicted on 17 of 20 counts including trying to sell or trade president obama's old senate seat. he testified for seven days and denied any wrongdoing. >> i'm going to keep my remarks short. i frankly am stunned. >> i don't like to see senate seats sold. i mean, a united states senate seat should not be put up for sale. you shouldn't let the sale happen. i think we would have kicked ourselves and others should have rightly kicked us if we sat around and watched a senate seat be sold. >> reporter: he faces up to 300 years in prison. he becomes the fourth illinois governor since the 1970s to do jail time. so many illinois politicos have served time that local newspapers interviewed them about how they think blagojevich will fare in lockup. their advice, talk less, listen more. >>> two famous falcons shot out of the sky in oakland. the first falcon was shot on june 1st. her 3-month-old daughter was found shot nearby on june 10th. the birds live at the fruitville avenue draw bridge. both a

. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich faces up to 300 years in prison.he jury found him guilty on 17 of the 20 charges in his corruption child. now, they include attempting to sell or trade that senate seat vacated by president obama. blagojevich was found not guilty of bribery and jurors deadlocked on two charges of extortion. however, legal experts believe he may only get about 10 to 15 years. >>> 4:50 now. >>> president barack obama heads to iowa today to talk about jobs. his visit comes one day after minnesota congresswoman and tea party favorite michele bachmann launched her run for the white house from the city where she was born. >> i am here today in waterloo, iowa, to announce we can win in 2012 and we will win! [ applause and cheers ] >> we can't be about big government as usual because then america will lose. >> bachmann says president obama has not lived up to his promises and, quote, leads from behind. also in iowa today, sarah palin. she is scheduled to attend tonight's premier of a documentary about her. so there you go. >>> standing ovati

then what blagojevich will have happen is the sentencing.e a status conference on august 1st. what is going to be interesting is if he comes in and addresses the court during the sentencing hearing, if he talks to the judge, if he admits guilt, it will give the judge an excuse, if you will, to go on the lower end of the sentencing guidelines. if he comes in and think he is railroaded like he actually is shocked that he was found guilty, if he has that attitude, it's not going to give the judge an excuse to publicly say, well, i'll give you the lower end of the sentencing. what is he looking at? probably between 6 and probably 20 years on the top end. 54-year-old man. bottom line is he is going to be incarcerated for an extended period of time. then there is the appeal. a lot of people do think that he has grounds for appeal and they will zero in likely his defense attorneys on one thing and that is a judge's decision to limit the amount of recordings that the jury heard. they only heard what the prosecution wanted them to hear. blagojevich's