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

corruption trial it could be the first step toward an appeal for blagojevich who was convicted on 17 counts the chicago sun-times reports that defense attorneys are hoping to show that federal judge james zagel should have thrown out the jurors were biased against blagojevich but ended up on the jury panel. >>governor quinn says he is ready to go to court to defend his decision to deny raises for 30,000 state workers. he announced friday that workers would not be getting the 2 percent pay raises they're expecting the governor plans to lawmakers for not setting aside the money for those raises the american federation of state county and municipal employees has condemned the governor's actions mayor rahm emanuel said that he's committed to keep the taste of chicago celebration but it will be re-evaluated from a security standpoint it was a success but sales in attendance were down city officials deny release our numbers pates tenders weighed in on the disappointing outcome the chicago sun-times reports that several vendors lost money and that johnson's ribs sales alone were down 30-40%

rod blagojevich and his lawyers are being summoned to appear in court again when blagojevich was convicted on 17 corruption counts are this month his attorneys convinced a judge to allow me to go free on bond by putting his house and another building up as collateral but so far that property appraisal and other paperwork on the second building has not yet been filed with the court ... they have until friday to resolve the matter ... the chicago city council is getting ready to redraw ward maps and much as change that could affect the way the wards are reshaped white and african-american populations decreased in 10 years while the number of hispanics and asians increased ... based on the latest census experts say there should be about 16 black alderman 16 white 15 hispanic and three haitians the council has until december to approve a map under state statute ... mayor emanuel is getting 6 $9 new york city mayor michael bloomberg his foundation is awarding the grant to rahm emanuel to create an innovation team among the issues the team will look into our waste cut the time residents and busi

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. >> rod blagojevich claims he was unfairly convicted on corruption charges and deserves a new trial.is lawyers have filed a motion alleging judicial bias and trial errors and says blagojevich, quote, never stood a chance at a fair trial. jurors found blagojevich guilty on 17 of 20 corruption counts for trying to sell or trade barack obama's vacated illinois senate seat. >>> fans are ready, the players are getting there, the world championship green bay packers arriving at lambeau field after the nfl players and owners agreed to ten years of labor peace. michael vick was in the house for the eagles training camp opens for ten nfl teams today, including philadelphia, the first preseason games will be played on august 11th. as a guy who spends a lot of weekends in philadelphia i'm glad football is back. i don't know what we would have done with the eagle fans if they didn't have games to go to. driving around in philly without traffic jams and people dressed up. >> replays of the philly games. >> eagle fans, i mean this is in the most loving way, crazy. >> you don't have to tell me. i'm

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>> political cartoonist and blogger address a few conclusions about what the blagojevich's convictionillinois. maybe this is the culture of corruption in our state. probably not. but even with all of my sympathy and still hold out hope that we can do better, because you and i deserve it. but first we have to get into our heads that things like having nine body guards, or making a brazilian dollars off of city business when you are an elected city official is wrong for people who think like me in the u we are called to gogos here in illinois. but there's nothingyou know how i know that the people of illinois are ready for clean on this government? a couple weeks ago i started a cartoon caption contents and the chicago tribune it runs every wednesday if you have not seen it check it out or go to chicago tribune.com. you can enter your own captions, the responses have been overwhelming, thousands and thousands of submissions. clever funny, engaged. these are people who care. and these are people who deserve better than what we have got. and now more than ever is at the time to demand it.

a case of overwhelming bias against the defense in with it playing field was so unleveled that blagojevichr stood a chance at a fair chance. >> he never stood a chance because as we learned, do overs generally speaking, and this was a glaring example, benefit the government. they tailored their case down. they simplified it. >> that's where i'm going to respectfully disagree. >> shepard: i've got this thing and it is bleeping golden. there was more evidence in this case, according to many legal observers than blood from rocking hamm to -- rockingham to bundy. he tried to sell the president's senate seat. he shook down a children's hospital, stop it! >> and he refused to go to jail in a plea and he thought he was better and bigger. >> shepard: he will fight and . you know he can fly. [ talking over each other ] -- >> that's the thing -- [ talking over each other ] >> blago you can't be found guilty, there are no jails and you don't get sentenced to time. >> she did, on the retrial, -- shep, on the retrial, the defense gets to see all of the government's evidence for the first time.#Ñú espec

. >>> also rod blagojevich asking a judge to grant him a third trial, his lawyers say his convictionas based on overwhelming bias. blagojevich was found guilty of attempted fraud or extortion. >>> and the hotel behind the sex assault made against dominique strauss-kahn is meeting with prosecutors. the maid recently spoke with the media challenging doubts, she insists the former head of the international monetary fund assaulted her. we'll keep you updated as we hear more. jon: right now house republicans are meeting behind closed doors trying to decide what happens to the boehner plan that would raise the debt ceiling but also lower the deficit. one man who remains optimistic some kind of a deal can be struck before the august 2nd deadline, arizona congressman david schweikert of the house financial services committee. congressman, you have said that you think the white house is being disingenuous when it talks about some of the things that will happen august 2nd if there isn't some kind of a deal. what do you mean by that? >> well, think of this, um, and think of some of the phone ca

. >> jamie: former illinois governor rod blagojevich is trying to sell his chicago home in order to raisey off his bond before he goes to prison. the u.s. district judge called blagojevich in court and ordered him to put up the house for the bond that is allowing him to stay out of prison until he is sentenced. he was convicted of trying to sell the senate seat left vacant by president obama and he could get close to a ten-year term in prison. >>> iowa's governor says he is pretty sure he knows what rick perry's presidential plans are. find out what they learned when the two governors had an important chat. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a living, breathing intelligence that's helping people rethink how they live. in he, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broaand experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. ♪ we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's a network of

. >> former illinois governor rod blagojevich. >> hands shaky, can't seem to stand on my own two feetnds are weak. >> recording elvis on your way here. a criminal verdict and you go with, "all shook up"? jailhouse rock didn't come up? >> 17 of the 20 corruption chorgs. extortion, water fraud, bribery and criminal abuse of styling moose. >> >> try to speak a little less. i'm going to keep my remarks short. >> you weren't convicted of not being concise. your words on the obama senate seat. i got this thing and it's [ bleep ] golden and i'm just not [ bleep ] it up for [ bleep ] nothing. that's quite succinct. >> yesterday republicans walked out of the meetings. the story, eric cantor got mad at john boehner because he went golfing with obama, and talked about stuff that cantor wasn't in on. and that's it for this week's episode of "real housewives of d. d.c." >> democrats say we have to raise thes 14ds trillion debt ceiling before august 2nd. >> you can cut spending or raise taxes. take one of the table completely you're not negotiating. it's like i will do anything for love, but i'm no

. >>> former illinois governor rob any rod blagojevich is asking for a new trial.last month on 17 of 20 corruption charges >>> make of of mcdonald happy meal. starting this september the fast-food giant will roll out a healthier version of its popular kids meal. apple slices are being added and french fry portions will shrink. the company has been under pressure from consumer group toss offer healthier food. sanjay, public health experts not entirely convinced given the fact there'll still be toys given out with these meals. but i mean, you're a parent. what do you think? >> i think it's a good move. mcdonald's actually is the largest buyer of apples in the world. the old saying an apple a day keeps a doctor away? i know i keep turning up in your life like a bad penny, don't sunny. >> we love you, sanjay. you can keep coming back. >> you're paid to say that. these are the dog days of summer, no doubt about it. severe heat across the country. we've all felt it. so tonight we give you gus the dog, the bulldog. we found him on youtube. gus loves his backyard swimming

in other disgraced politician news, former illllois governor rod blagojevich was convicted on 17 of the charges filed against him after he attempted to sell the senate sneet b seat barack obama became president. he was convicted of criminal abuse of styling mousse. [ applause ] some of the counts that he was convicted of carry 10 to 20-year essentisentenc sentences. he could be facing up to 300 years in prison. which is a long time. even for a leprechaun, that is a long time. the experts say he'll probably serve about ten of those years. which is still a lot. i don't know how he's going to do it in prison. that hair. i mean, first of all, how do you even do that hair? secondly, it's only a matter of time before some fellow prisoner makes him his blagojo-bitch, right? there's a big soccer game going on here. the gold cup final between mexico and the united states. our team -- the u.s. scored the first two goals. mexico came back to win it 4-2. did you go to thatatame, guillermo? >> no, jimmy. >> jimmy: you were watching it? >> yes. >> jimmy: who were you rooting for? >> i was rooting for

. >>> and rod blagojevich will file a motion for a retrial. >>> and it may be tougher to mail out a package, 3600 post offices are under review to be closed. there is a place to replace them with so-called village post offices which are locations like general stores which would contract for postal services. >>> and the major league soccer all-star game is tomorrow in new jersey as the manchester united will take on the all-stars. today, a guinness world record was set for penalty kicks. david beckham joined alex morgan and other youth soccer players to break the record. with 700 kicks to break the previous record of 525. it benefitted the hope and heroes children's cancer fund. >> too bad they could not do that against the japan team. >> yes, i guess they were off a little by. >> and amy winehouse laid to rest in a tragedy that really didn't need to happen. stay with us. so, what are we going to do with this? i don't know. the usual? [ blower whirring ] sometimes it pays to switch things up. my - what, my hair? no. car insurance. i switched to progressive and they gave me discounts for the

rod blagojevich wants another retrial.ment in court yesterday citing instances of alleged judicial bias and error. he was convicted on corruption charge last month. mcdonald's is making its happy meals healthier. it will include a half order of apples and a half order of fries. the fast food restaurant plans to cut calories, too. >>> 4,000 faa workers are on furlough right now because congress hasn't been able to reach an agreement on the budget. the dispute is over $16 million for small airports. nbc has confirmed that an oregon congressman will resign over a growing sex scandal involving a teenage girl. democratic leader nancy pelosi had called for an ethics investigation into representative david wu. a newspaper reported late last week wu had a quote unwanted and aggressive sexual encounter with the 18-year-old daughter of a family friend. so far that young woman has not pressed charges over the nv incident. karen is an msnbc political analyst. this is just the latest in a number of high lig publicized events plaguing h

. >> the prosecution of rob blagojevich came to a head as i former illinois governor was convicted onny lessons i've learned from the whole experience is to try to speak a little less. >> his trademark, irrational optimism continued up to the morning of the verdict. >> my knees are weak, can't seem to stand on my own two feet. >> blagojevich joins the live of other revolutionaries to whom he often compares himself. put behind bars by society that was not ready for him. >> then i thought mandela and dr. king and gandhi. >> whatever this is, we try not to judge of the customs of other religions but this is pushing it. the devil's jump is a centuries old tradition in spain where sweet helpless babies are laid down on mattresses and a dude in a yellow devil's costume leaps over them. it is believed to save the baby's soul or something. the devil's jump moved this week into second place on the list of world's most dangerous babely-related religious ceremony. indian baby tossing kept alive its top spot. >>> the number one story of the week. >> are you a flake? >> that would be insulting. >>

rick and i served with rod blagojevich and howard dean. [laughter] we also shared something in common. it has already been alluded to. when i was running that first time in a close election, i would not have been elected as governor of colorado. as the lieutenant manchin, i am a native of texas, born and mentioned, i am a native of texas, born and raised in texas. three texans were serving as governors of three different states. rick perry it myself and a man by the name of jeb bush. rick and i do have one important difference. i was accepted into the university of texas. he had to go to texas a&m. [laughter] rick perry has built a strong and consistent record as a conservative during his 11 years as governor of texas. he is a leader in emphasizing the role of states in our federal system. he has frequently taken on the federal government also overreaching into our areas of state primacy. a strong fiscal conservative. he vetoed more than $3 billion in budgeted items and cut taxes tax rates for everybody. whether it is taking on the trial l

. >>> and rob blagojevich wants a new trial.cused of trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. >>> and warren jeffs is charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child, and one count of bigamy. authorities removed more than 400 children from the ranch because they feared they were being sexually abused. sun sunny hostin here. give us a little background about how this evolved. >> this has been going on for quite sometime. what has taken so long, suzanne, is so many people have an opinion on the flds because it has been a highly publicized case. it took quite sometime to pick the jury. there was 700 potential jurors, and 280 went forward without any bias that was identified. they picked a jury last night at 9:00. they have two alternates, one women and one man. they are expecting this case to start not today, probably on another day, because there's a motion to suppress evidence, and that should start at 2:00 p.m. today. warren jeffs is now on his third attorney. he keeps on dismissing his attorney, and his current

in illinois, rod blagojevich is it going off to jail unless he wins his appeal. clearly, fraud is something that goes with politics and government. hopefully, we can cut it to the most extent possible. you also said something about the trade agreements. here in the united states, we did not impose any import restrictions on products from the central american free-trade agreement countries. and no import quotas or tariffs. at that agreement, those countries to lower their taxes or any restrictions they had on u.s. products. it was a total win for the united states. the same thing for the columbia free trade agreement. we have no import taxes. this trade agreement would make it easier for u.s. products to be shipped. host: jimmy on twitter asks -- guest: well, i think tim pawlenty got it right when he said we should have a goal in the 45% growth. i do not think we can make their goal every year but it is a good goal to have. let's have everyone come up with the best ideas we can to get our economy growing as fast as we can. what was the second part of the question?

in illinois, rod blagojevich is it going off to jail unless he wins his appeal. clearly, fraud is something that goes with politics and government. hopefully, we can cut it to the most extent possible. you also said something about the trade agreements. here in the united states, we did not impose any import restrictions on products from the central american free-trade agreement countries. and no import quotas or tariffs. at that agreement, those countries to lower their taxes or any restrictions they had on u.s. products. it was a total win for the united states. the same thing for the columbia free trade agreement. we have no import taxes. this trade agreement would make it easier for u.s. products to be shipped. host: jimmy on twitter asks -- guest: well, i think tim pawlenty got it right when he said we should have a goal in the 45% growth. i do not think we can make their goal every year but it is a good goal to have. let's have everyone come up with the best ideas we can to get our economy growing as fast as we can. what was the second part of the question?

in illinois, rod blagojevich is it going off to jail unless he wins his appeal. clearly, fraud is something that goes with politics and government. hopefully, we can cut it to the most extent possible. you also said something about the trade agreements. here in the united states, we did not impose any import restrictions on products from the central american free-trade agreement countries. and no import quotas or tariffs. at that agreement, those countries to lower their taxes or any restrictions they had on u.s. products. it was a total win for the united states. the same thing for the columbia free trade agreement. we have no import taxes. this trade agreement would make it easier for u.s. products to be shipped. host: jimmy on twitter asks -- guest: well, i think tim pawlenty got it right when he said we should have a goal in the 45% growth. i do not think we can make their goal every year but it is a good goal to have. let's have everyone come up with the best ideas we can to get our economy growing as fast as we can. what was the second part of the question?

given that rick and i serve with, for example, rod blagojevich and howard dean. [laughter] had my colleagues know that 1 m's first running, i would not have been elected, and i, too, as the lieutenant mentioned, am a native of texas. born and raised in fort worth, which is a little larger than rick perry's home town. not a lot of people know this. there were a number of years were three native texans were serving at one time as governors of three different states. rick perry, myself, and a gentleman named jeb bush of of florida. this means texas truly is an expansive state. one difference -- i was accepted into the university of texas. he had to go to texas a&m. [laughter] rick perry has built a strong and consistent record as a conservative during his 11 years as governor of texas. he is a leader in emphasizing the role of states in our federal system. rick has frequently taken on the federal government cozy over reaching into our areas of state primacy. strong fiscal conservative. used his line-item veto to veto more than $3 billion of budgeted items. [applause

in illinois, rod blagojevich is it going off to jail unless he wins his appeal. clearly, fraud is something that goes with politics and government. hopefully, we can cut it to the most extent possible. you also said something about the trade agreements. here in the united states, we did not impose any import restriions on products from the central american free-trade agreement countries. and no import quotas or tariffs. at that agreement, those countries to lower their taxes or any restrictions they had on u.s. products. it was a total win for the united states. the same thing for the cumbia free trade agreement. we have no import taxes. this trade agreement would make itasier for u.s. products to be shipped. host: jimmy on twitter asks -- guest: well, i think tim pawlenty got it right when he said we should have a goal in the 45% growth. i do not think we can make their goal every year but it is a good goal to have. let's have everyone come up with the best ideas we can to get our economy growing a fast as we can. what was the second part of the question? host: