the leader of the team dream who ended up with a nightmare verdict, joel brodsky joins me now from chicago joel? >> can doing okay. >> judge jeanine: when you spoke to drew peterson after the verdict what did he tell you guys? >> he wanted to tell the team he was satisfied and happy with our service. he felt we did a great job. he said that he is going to be holding his head up and walking out of the court with his head up because he knows that he is an innocent man and we should do the same because he knows we did good work. >> judge jeanine: the decision to call harry smith is one that people referred to as a colossal blunder. he was the one person in the trial who was able to say that wife number four said that drew said that he actually killed wife number three. why did you guys put him on the stand? >> this was a decision of i would say the entire team that we debated it and there were dissenters but clearly there was a consensus. but he was put on and this is the problem with hearsay. we had to show that stacy had a reason to fabricate, a motive to fabricate and people lie this divor

joel brodsky is addressing the media at this moment he said earlier that if this goes three or four days he believes it might be a hung jury there's no verdict at and no sign of what the jury is thinking they have not requested any thing and have no questions today drew peterson ran now is being held in a holding cell in the basement of the court house here during the deliberations we will bring you any late breaking developments us and as they happen the attorney who represented kevin fox... the man wrongfully convicted of murdering his daughter riley... believes the jury will deliver a guilty verdict in the drew peterson trial. i think when you look at the autopsy photographs they might get past the homeless are question quickly it's just a question of who had motive or intent and its creditors over whelming evidence of drew peterson desire to have a woman dead and make it look like an accident and it did look like an accident ... kathleen zellner points out there are a number of things wrong with the scene of the alleged crime, such as: there were no bath mats or towels... the bathroo

drew peterson's attorney joel brodsky, says peterson's sons are hurt and broken-up over the conviction, and mad at the savio family. drew's and kathleen savio's oldest son, tom peterson posted a message on his facebook page: "i'm extremely disappointed." ...who do i have left? who do my siblings have left? ...the pastor, the lawyer my aunts, and all of my mom's friends who listened to my mother's pleas and didn't do anything about it. now she is dead, and you went forth to break the constitution to blame my dad." right after the verdict drew had his attorney pass on this message to his kids: >>they should keep doing well ... if they are we doing well and being successful drew peterson can take what ever comes his way and will be fine as long as his children are fine it's the most important thing to him ... the will county sheriff's office confirms several jurors in the drew peterson case will address the media this afternoon around 1 o'clock ... we will bring that to you live here on wgn tv as well as cltv, and stream on our website wgn tv dot com. police believe a bus picking up stude

attorney joel brodsky says arguments with other defense lawyers have prevented him from finishing a motion for a re- trial. he wants the judge to push back sentencing to december or january. chicago teachers vote on their new contract on tuesday-- and when it's ratified, it will put an end to some legal battles. in the contract, both the teachers union and the school board agree to drop lawsuits regarding layoffs and pay raises. yesterday, the cps board held its first meeting since the contract agreement. a teachers union official urged the board to release its reported plans to close dozens of under-enrolled and low performing schools. the board says while there is a need to reduce student capacity in the system, there is no list of schools targetted for closing. another school district in the chicago area may be faced with a teacher strike. teachers in evergreen park school distict 124 voted to reject what the school board said was its final offer. the teachers union says the school board now wants to link teacher bonuses to student test scores, even though that wasn't discussed before.

joel brodsy is playing down the team's latest loss... but did write a facebook post about "fighters and quitters." this is the second member of the team to leave. steve greenberg... who openly criticized brodsky during the trial... was fired right after the guilty verdict. there are still four lawyers working on peterson's appeal. he is set to be sentenced on november 26th... but attorneys have until october 12th file a motion requesting to delay the sentencing. peterson faces up to 60-years in prison for murdering his third wife, kathleen savio. he remains the prime suspect in the 2007 disappearnace of his four wife, stacy. the supreme court could announce today whether it will take two same-sex marriage and gay rights cases in its next session. one case involves a new york woman who sued... saying federal law unfairly treats same-sex couples who are lawfully married in their own states. she says she had to pay federal taxes on her wife's estate after she died. at the time, new york didn't recognize their out-of-state marriage. a case in california centers on the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. if the cases are taken, a ruling wouldn't happen until next year. the u.s. army c