planet blago had an earthquake. it s. it possible the lawyers could be wrong. his lawyers admd he is guilty of a bunch of crimes. admitted guilt. that s a first. the former illinois governor rob blagojevich s wife asked the judge to please be merciful when he sentences her husband on multiple corruption convictions. prosecutors say our blago should serve between 15 and 20 years in the jail. and there are signs that the judge will not go easy on the disgraced lawmaker. at a pre-sentencing hearing today in chicago, the judge said it is clear the governor new what he was doing when he tried to sell president obama s former senate seat, among other things. poor blago. the judge referring to portions of the fbi wiretaps that helped seal our blago s fate. i m left with gridlock a [bleep] speaker. potential impeachment and a [bleep] president who is all take and no give.
from his hospital for one and that would look bad if he lived in the city where jfk was assassinated and only a short distance away from george w. bush. so it looks very likely that sometime in the future, john hinckley jr. will live on his own, shep. trace gallagher in l.a. trace, thank you. the war in afghanistan. guess what the cost is now. nearly a half trillion dollars. and now the military is reportedly paying up to $400 per gallon of gas. $400 a gallon. we will tell you why coming up. plus today on planet blago, have you got to be kidding me do you know what your lawyer said today? do you even know? financial advice is everywhere.
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
like eve single american airlines flight. orbitz doesn t have them. but you ll find all 3,400 of them at aa.com. every day. the frontline plus killing force is there annihilating fleas and ticks. visit completekiller.com and get a coupon for frontline plus. shepard: if only there were cameras in the courtroom on planet blago, that would truly be bleeping golden. our blago finally egg making good on his promise to testify at his trial on charges that
courthouse on planet blago tonight. mike, our blago got quite a reception on his way out of court today. you know, shepard, he was greeted like a champion of the people as he stepped out of the courthouse on to chicago s deer born street. [cheers] and the defense waste nod time pointing back at the prosecution accusing them of bringing a frivolous case. shepard: and you know, mike, now that the reality is we are going to go through this whole thing over again. the u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald waste nod time getting up in front of the cameras stone faced and serious they want to have a hearing next week. he wants to prove to the people who greeted him on a street like a champion that robert blagojevich although he is goofy at times is a serious criminal. shepard: mike tobin live for us on planet blago.