how the school handled the last shooting >>back to our top story wgn's nancy loo is live in the ravenswood manor neighborhood with more on the sentence for rod blagojevich >>a couple is at home right now but neither have left the house today the impeached governor who has rebelled and public attention over the years is apparently trying to avoid it now >>today the blagojevich, has been quiet with glimpses of the former governor and his wife peering out the windows but there are plenty of reporters outside of the home awaiting anything he might have to say after a day of soaking and his sentence he was last seen making his way back into the home yesterday after hearing that he will soon be going to prison to serve a 14 year sentence still ardent supporters join the media frenzy one woman was in tears >>f i support you and your family i live not far from here god bless you hang in there don't give up hope >>the usually chatty blagojevich has done little talking this week after his long awaited apology in court and a statement he made after being sentenced >>this is the time to be strong and

absolute media mob scene at ravenswood manner rod blagojevich and wife face a crush of reporters. questions disgraced former governor wisely answers exactly zero of them safe in his words for tomorrow and the sentencing judge james zagel but does swap a couple of words with me like he used to do back when he was running the state >> >> on a scale from abraham lincoln to george ryan probably somewhere in the middle of >> shark not lost on his neighbors who wish him well if not too well >> i think he should have learned to keep his mouth shut all little bit >> he is the one that got caught >> legal and politica drama and political drama ravenswood looks bored to justice and tapping the neighborhood back >> frustrating glad to go home >> a very honest man clad when we all go home three years almost to the day since rod blagojevich was arrested here preparing for the big day tomorrow residents the same one glad when we go thoughts are very much with wife patty tonight the daughters any and amy. >> before you go you did say something to the x governor what did you say and what did he s

governor's defense team and for rod blagojevich himself was uncharacteristically quiet as he left his ravenswood manor home with wife patty this morning. his defense attorneys said that he received no tangible benefit from campaign requests not bribes >>prosecutors shot down that assertion ... it does not matter what you got or did not get its what you tried to do >>judge james zagel weighed in on the defense argument that it was the governor's staff that directed much of the legal activity and a sharply worded rebuke said that rod blagojevich promised his staff nothing in was only interested in his own personal gain ... >>we have terry sullivan our political analyst with us >>you have to think that the judge has already set things that are devastating and the effort of the blagojevich camp to get a leanermore lenient sentence >>the guidelines call for 30 years to life. the judge has just found that he agrees with that although he did say that it's not appropriate in this case ... but what has what he has said so far on the record has not been helpful to the defense >>the defense team said that

>>randi belisomo is live outside the blagojevich komen ravenswood manor with reaction people are used to seeing him as a family man here the proximity to the next governor makes people neighbors here more sympathetic. he was sentenced to 14 years and the time here that he has is growing slamim he leaves behind his wife who is out of a job. she will be relying on her father alderman dick mell for support. in this time of crisis after estrangement from her father they're coming together. the former gov. has had trouble selling the home here he had to cut the price by $72,000 to just under 1 million. the blagojevich family had been spotted at paws chicago looking for a new dog recently. he was joking with his daughter amy that the public might servea new puppy could serve as a daddy replacement ... >>or at least she can call the puppy daddy in his absence >>i feel that this is a harsh sentence ... i feel if all of our phone lines were tapped we would all be in trouble. i am a non-political person ... >>we will be standing by outside of the former governor's home here ... he has been away

it's located at the end of bay road near the ravenswood open space preserve. they will clean the topsoil of the property which theyed a submit contaminated with mercury, arsenal and other chemicals. after it's all clean and safe they will install a trail system that leads bay. this project has been years in the making. >> this was a pocket dump used by the county of san mato. we ereclaiming it and allowing our youth and families to understand what environmental stewardship is all about. >> the park could be open as early as next summer. it will expand east palo alto's parkland area by more than 70%. >> today president obama urged republicans to extend the payroll tax cuts that expire at end of this month. the cuts average $1,000 per family. over 160 million middle class families would qualify for these cuts. not extending the cuts would be a terrible mistake in a fragile economy. money from the extended cuts would come from a surtax on people making more than $1 million a year. because of the increased tax on the rich, experts say it's unlikely that republican