knocking on doors and trying to get him votes, there was an opportunity to run for office in rod blagojevich. >> mel could see a guy that eventually, if he does it right, i could sort of pass the mantle toward. >> rod was an immediate hit with illinois voters, who sent him first to the state house in 1992 and then to the u.s. congress in 1996. >> dick. mel says, i can see you being governor. and i got to be honest, i'm sure if i'm looking at it from dick mel's position, he's saying, man, if i can elect this guy governor, i can run the whole state. >> andy anderson, take a seat. look at this. you're wet, disheveled. there's debris hitting you. >> why do you have that on your phone? >> i watch it all the time. hey, listen, we need to be ready for new year's eve. there could be an ice storm or a hurricane and obviously, confetti maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve, live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn and streaming live on max. >> harlem has everything, but i couldn't find pilates anywhere, so i started my own studio and with the right help, i can make this place

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rod blagojevich, former illinois governor convicted of corruption for trying to sell barack obama's vacated.s. senate seat. lil wayne, rapper convicted on firearms charges, and it goes on from there. here is perry in bellflower, california, republican. caller: good morning. i lost faith in the justice system when a president was allowed to willingly and with forethought send semiautomatic weapons directly into the hands of mexican cartels with the sole purpose of creating murder and mayhem in a failed attempt to undermine the second amendment, only caught because whistleblowers can forward. never forget those whistleblowers lives were destroyed for coming forward. it is funny how whistleblowers, depending on what president party is are either heroes or their destroyed. thank you. host: anthony, georgia, democrat. caller: i agree, good morning. thank you for my call. i agree with the last guy from california about the whistleblowers and the gun and the trade down in mexico. [indiscernible] seeing what is taking place in the justice system, there is so much injustice that has been pretrade up