bob urlik's campaign hired julius henson to send out a robocall to 112,000 voters. those calls went to democrats suggesting there was no reason to vote because the democrat was already winning. prosecutors say that amounted to a misleading robocall. they si it -- they say it was description and should have been -- deception and should have been punished. we spoke with julius henson just a few moments ago that talked to us about this 20 month or deal an he talked to us about what the campaign of governor bob urlik knew. >> probably some other senior people in the campaign office knew that day. i'm not sure what he knows. i don't think the state was interested in that. the state was interested in julius henson only. they didn't get -- bother to get their phones or raid their houses or do anything. from day one they decided it's julius, let's do him. >> reporter: of course bob urlik's campaign manager was convicted on these exact same charges. the skrur -- jury found him guilty of all four of those control charges. he does face possible criminal punishment, up to a yea

henson remains con confident a jury will clear him of any wrong doing he wrote and sent on behalf of bob urlik. >> vend indication is a great thing. i would say that i'm fort fied by tens of thousands of people praying all over this country and we'll be victorious. >> the state prosecutor built his case trying to convince jurors that they conspired together to trick african american voters into staying home on election night. they're robocall sounded like it was coming from democrats saying they were already winning, even though the polls hadn't closed. >> relax, everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch on tv tonight. >> henson maintains the call for a reverse psychology tactic meant to inspire votes for urlik. he said he was doing what the client wanted when he left off the legally required tag line. >> reporter: henson faces four criminal charges, two charges because that call did not say it was paid for by the urlik campaign and two charges that had to do with attempting to influence a voter's decision to go to the polls through fraud. we will keep you posted. >> thank you. those

because the call did not carry the legally required authority line identifying it was paid for by bob urlik's campaign. he said he was just a consultant doing what his client wanted. >> the auto call tag that's in question was not my responsibility. as a matter of fact, i advised the campaign to use the authority line, they choose not to. >> reporter: i expect henson will spend the rest of the day on the stand testifying. it's possible his testimony could even carry into tomorrow. we're live at the courthouse. witness eyewitness news. >> we will bring updates later today. >>> three children remains hospitalized after they're recued from a fire. firefighters say they found three children, ageing 7, 11 and 16 trapped inside. they suffered smoke inla -- inhalation. >> >>> it is a gray -- >>> this is a gray monday outside. taking a live look outside right now. the sun is nowhere to be found. half a hour ago there were rain drops. marty bass is in the out back. good afternoon bernadette. >> good afternoon. a cupouple sprinkle -- couple sprinkles move by. a warm front passed by to the north of us.

while a jury considers the election night robocall he wrote and sent to 112,000 democrats to help bob urlikvernor. >> i'm calling to let everyone know that gov o'malley and president obama have been successful. we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to batch on tv tonight -- watch on tv tonight. >> the state prosecutor said that was election fraud, a scheme by henson and urlik's campaign manager to sur press the african -- suppress the african american vote. glsz it's a dirty strike and it's illegal. >> a separate jury found urlik guilty. >> the call was meant to get people to go vote. >> he said the call was reverse psychology and believes it's protected by the first amendment. his attorney called the state's case a bunch of honky. >> it was never about evidence. it was all political. it was about, i think, how do you punish a guy who is not in the club and doesn't want to be in the club. that's basically it. >> the jury deliberated for an hour and half on wednesday before the judge sent them home for the day. they will be back to resume their deliberations thursday

act because they never contained the legally required disclosure that the calls were coming from bob urlikurlik. >> the judgement for $1 million. what do you make of that? >> wow. basically that is unfair. >> henson maintains the law he's charged with violates free speech and says the judge's ruling is unfair. >> no trial, no evidence, nothing and you come with this amount of money, $1 million for a phone call. that's ridiculous. >> if a consultant gets hit with a $1 million charge, the next person is going to think long and hard before they do something like that again. >> henson promises to take his appeals all the way to the supreme court if necessary. >> henson faces sentencing in his criminal conviction two weeks from today. >>> a spring of break-ins -- string of break-ins is under investigation. someone broke into 11 restaurants and stores. they took cash. the majority of the burglaries in shopping centers. police say there looks to be a connection. >>> it's going to cost more to aattend college in the state -- aattend college in the state of maryland. all state universities are ing