fund-raiser tony rezko learns how much time he will be spending in prison. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>muriel clair is live at the federal court with our top story >>after more than three year wait to learn his fate is over tony rezko is going to prison for 10 years 56 year-old tony rezko was a top adviser and fund-raiser for disgraced former gov. rod blagojevich he extorted millions of dollars from firms seeking to do business with the state prosecutors considered calling him to testify against rod blagojevich but he was never put on the stand his attorney asked that he be given a lesser sentence for time served and his willingness to testify but the prosecutors called him a malignant citizen not subject to public disclosure but in a position to profit off of taxpayer money ... in a statement before the judge he said he deeply regretted the situation and accepted full responsibility he said he abused his inside position of power ... the ju

players are rod blagojevich corruption case heading to present for merck blagojevich a fundraiser tony rezko district had a half years today by united states district judge convicted for extorting campaign cash from people hoping to earn state business prosecutors praised the harsh sentence defense attorneys were incredulous >> a very stiff and appropriate sentence we think it sends a message the judge indicated she wanted to send enough is enough with corruption and illinois message going to the community the message i think and the punishment should go to the public officials of using public trust >> tony rezko ready serve more than three and a half years that much will be taken off the pad and a half year sentence from today former gov. blagojevich set to be sentenced in a couple of weeks something to look at leading up to the blagojevich case >> it could be something that we should watch i do not think the governor wants to look at this as something that is going to predict his sentence of course a different judge >> rod blagojevich sentenced december 6th and seventh. the antioch high sc

that news agency covered barack obama's campaign troubles stuff like reverend wright, bill ayers, tony rezkous have bernie goldberg. headline from news busters six days cnn ran more stories about herman cain than they did in the entire presidential campaign with wright, rezko, and ayers. >> right. >> bill: look, i must say that i have no beef against cnn at all. none. you know, when breaking news happens, i think they do an excellent job. but this is disturbing. i think it's disturbing. >> you know, look, let me start out with the obvious. i don't know what herman cain did or didn't do, and i'm willing to accept that at some point this may, in fact, be a legitimate, serious story. but i also thought that barack obama's relationship with a former domestic terrorist was a legit, important story. i also thought that his relationship with a racist minister for 20 years who was also his spiritual advisor was an important, legitimate story. but the media were late to those two stories and they can't get enough of the her han cain story. i think, bill, i think the reason is fairly obvious and fairl