himself to the seat. so that he could go to afghanistan and hunt down usama bin laden. man, he is good. mike tobin with the news live in chicago. the government gave our blago a verbal beating. how did he hold up? well, you know, shep, you would have been proud of your boy to. put it all in a boxing metaphor since he fought when he was young. blago took that first punch from reed sharier when he said you are a convicted liar. he took that shot and countered with a line of his own. that s what appellate courts are for. every time read shard came after him he would counter with a request of his own. request for documents or explanation. the government really was not able to control the fight at all. if the government scored any points, it was that jab in the opening line i can t point to another one, shep. shepard: what about blago s plan to hunt down usama bin laden? you know, that was part of a taped conversation that the government successfully prevented from being entered into
birthdays. as you can see the crafts people include a lot of detail. the minimes range in size from 3 inches to 8 inches tall. we re told the business accepts internet orders. the cost said to range from 60 bucks to about $85. that s a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. shepard: bleeping chaos on plant blago. it s the exgovernor s fifth day of testimony on serious corruption charges. prosecutors finally got their chance to grill him. we told it got heated. the first question for our blago, quote: you are a convicted liar, correct? defense lawyers objected. the judge overruled. our blago finally answered yes. then another round of aggressive, according to the observers there questioning, more objections and tempers reportedly flaring on both sides. on the stand earlier our blago talked about the charge that he tried to sell president obama s senate seat. he told the jurors he was just brainstorming. and even considered appointing
disaster victims. it s part of a bill to help the federal emergency management agency deal with the recent floods and tornadoes that have devastated towns in the south and midwest and now in the northeast. we re told the money will be available this year so the victims will not have to wait until next year. doctors say they are dealing with an outbreak like nothing they have ever dealt with, ever ever. now why this spread of ee.coli is more dangerous than previous outbreaks and what you need to know to keep safe. former illinois governor rod blagojevich seems to be confused about the united states senate. his plans to become a senator so he could track down usama bin laden. our blago is coming up. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed great opportunity dodged bullet there.
could go to afghanistan and hunt down bin laden. the defense snuck that into the testimony today with the intention of proving that he was running every crazy idea he could up the flag pole. they weren t necessarily credible ideas or actionable ideas, shep. shepard: mike tobin live on planet blago tonight. thanks very much. jurors in the casey anthony murder trial in central florida today heard some of the accused child killer s jail house conversations. including this one with her brother, lee. recorded more than a week after casey s family reported little caylee missing. my concern is caylee. that s all i want. no one has once said anything for me, voiced that i love my daughter. shepard: we ll bring you more of those recordings in a live update from the courthouse. that s coming up.
jon: and our blago will be going it alone this time. today the feds dropping the charges against his brother, robert blagojevich. mike tobin live on planet blago in chicago. any reaction from our blago tonight? well, jon, remember how blago said there was no way he would miss his chance to testify in his trial? well, this time around, his team says there is no way he is going to cop a plea. i have never discussed a possible plea with the governor. i never have. we never have discussed that. and you do not intend to. i will discuss anything but i m just telling you up to this moment nothing has been discussed. now the government is hitting blagojevich with each of the remaining 23 counts on his indictment. his legal team of eight lawyers is going to be paired down to two. that s because now that blagojevich is broken, the public is funding his defense, the judge says he only gets two lawyers on the payroll, any more