hearing in congress. no paper can deny anybody, even a charlie rangle, the opportunity for a fair and equitable and just hearing. shepard: no one can deny congressman rangle is birthday party. he situated with the biggest names in new york politics. james colby with a look at the big night. reporter: it was huge, it was glamorous and costly and the governor of new york, the mayor of new york city all there among the estimated 600 loyalist who rallied around the congressman who has one birthday wish, he wants a hearing. the mood inside almost defiant. this dam sure ain t no funeral, is it? you can always count on me for sure
racketeering. i ve got this thing, and it s [ bleep ] golden. and i am not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. i busted my [ bleep ] your grandmother a free [ bleep ] on a bus and only 13% of y all think i m doing a good job. a couple of blago s greatest history and a bleeping president who is all take and no give and the classic, i want to make money. mike tobin is live at the planet blago courthouse in chicago. are the jurors close to making decisions here? reporter: they re further away from making a decision than it appears at first glance. they told the judge that they have not even approached eleven of the charges. they re all of the wire fraud charges. that tells you they re hung up on the charges of ex about nine charges related to extortion and bribery and they can t do anything with the racketeering charge because wire fraud, extortion and bribery are components. leave it to blagojevich to take something as boring as jury deliberations and make it interestin