former governor s actions that led to his impeachment. this is about an hour. [applause] well, hi. i m sure everybody can hear me, but i ll scoot closer. thanks very much for having us out. we appreciate the book stall bringing us in. most people don t realize it s actually the last bookstore in the northern suburbs of chicago. um, that s actually a joke. [laughter] but anyway, we re really happy to be here. this is, actually, our first signing event for this project, so it means a lot to have people out and, um, to hear about the work. so, um, and thanks for the introduction, sara. she s left. in the back, i think. so, basically, that s by way of background, that s where this begins for us is john was more on the political side with the paper since the late 90s, i was on the kind of a crime beat at first, and then i moved to 26th street which is the criminal courthouse in chicago and then from there to federal court. and our careers sort of merged, not surprisingly,
shepard: certainly guilty of potty mouth. today for the first time i mentioned the lawyers acknowledged that he did indeed was a crime but does not justify 20 years in prison. far from it. mike tobin is live with the news in chicago. it was certainly a change in defense tactics and they have quite a request. it was pretty interesting. they certainly changed tactics, the defense team telling the judge what blagojevich did was wrong. then they went after the heart strings. his attorney, aaron goldstein says blagojevich does not deserve mercy but his family does. he then read a letter that he said was written by blago s daughter. amy blagojevich. it says i will not be able to handle my father not being around that she needs him when she graduates high school and when her heart gets broken. now, patty blagojevich wiped tears from her face. she also wrote a letter. it said that the punishment blagojevich fears the most is not being around when his daughters grow up, shep. shepard: all
contraception controversy. should the government mapg make the morning after pill available to anyone. the push to have women order it before holiday parties just in case. tonight, debate over plan b. but, first from fox this tuesday night, newt gingrich skyrocketing in another key early voting state. he is already out in front in iowa. and now he is up by double digits in south carolina, home of the first in the south primary. newt gingrich soaring more than 30 points in september. in a new poll from winthrop university the former house speaker tops mitt romney by almost 20 points which is way out of the margin of area. rick perry and herman cain back in the single digits. the survey done mostly before herman cain suspended his campaign. yet another poll puts gingrich on top in the iowa caucuses. this one from the washington post and abc. the nation s first presidential contest four weeks from today. now, former governor romney is telling fox news we will be seeing a lot mo
we do not know what secretary geithner is saying in these meetings. is he dangling american cash as an incentive? shepard: tonight, the price of saving europe. contraception controversy. should the government mapg make the morning after pill available to anyone. the push to have women order it before holiday parties just in case. tonight, debate over plan b. but, first from fox this tuesday night, newt gingrich skyrocketing in another key early voting state. he is already out in front in iowa. and now he is up by double digits in south carolina, home of the first in the south primary. newt gingrich soaring more than 30 points in september. in a new poll from winthrop university the former house speaker tops mitt romney by almost 20 points which is way out of the margin of area. rick perry and herman cain back in the single digits. the survey done mostly before herman cain suspended his campaign. yet another poll puts gingrich on top in the iowa caucuses. this one from th
despite higher air fares and higher gas prices of course. 10 mi. outside of the city gas well above $4 a gallon, while not stop and illinois and vacationers from filling up hitting the highway for a memorial day road trip. more people will drive this weekend compared to memorial day 2010. 35 million people taking to the roads and air weighs up from everywhere last year also 88 percent of those traveling the weekend will be driving resurveyed intended travelers six out of tents and gas prices will not have any affect on their decision to travel. for people out of ted said it will cut back in other ways even know traveling for example mike smith family will be more cramped during their annual trip to iowa i am going to take this car because it gets better gas mileage, we have a bad i would have taken that in the past but i am not want to take it now art schalk found a good way to save money on gas ride in one of these board to take a weekend road trip? to park rid