survivors help catch the killer before he strikes again. jeremy hubbard, abc news, flint, michigan. the judge in rod blagojevich s corruption trial should know more from a deadlocked jury today. the jurors deliberating the former illinois governor s case sent a note to the judge saying they re deadlocked on some of the charges. blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to all 24 counts, including trying to sell president obama s senate seat. today is the jury s 12th day of deliberations. now to alaska where two incidents this week have placed a spotlight on air travel there. because of alaska s rugged terrain, flying really is the only transportation option there. abc s don guevara is covering a fatal plane crash and a chopper accident. reporter: rob and vinita, alaska is a state known for its natural beauty. but this week has shown us, experiencing it can be very dangerous. the bodies of the dead and those who survived have been removed from the remote alaskan mountainside where th
house. they say it is actually 11,000 years old. and it s something that could give us insight into how our ancestors lived. the bbc s jenny hill reports. reporter: carved by stone age man. it s 11,000 years since someone built this timber decking. this, it s thought, the earliest evidence of carpentry in europe. in 8500 b.c., this entire valley would have been under water. but there s plenty of evidence that human beings settled around its edges. it s that evidence which makes archaeologists say this site is as significant as stonehenge. there s two in that section. reporter: every hour here they turn up a new discovery. they ve only excavated a tiny fraction of the site. but every arrowhead, flint, and bone fragment is a vital clue about the people who live here. let s be honest, they were probably very much like you and me. they would have looked very much
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were summoned to court for the reading of the jury note. when the ex-governor arrived he said, i missed you guys. the note from the jury asks for guidance. it reads in part, in a situation where jurors cannot unanimously agree on given counts what should the next logical step be? we ve gone beyond reasonable attempts to reach verdicts. the judge sent a note back that said essentially, i need clarification whether you are unable to reach unanimous agreement on some or all of the counts. i think this jury, because they deliberated as long as they did, because they did it without rancor, without notes, i think they by and large came to agreement on most counts. we just don t know which way. the jury could easily have said, look, judge, there s no way in the world with any more time we can reach a verdict on any of these counts. and the judge would have felt the fahat n t they re not hopelesly deadlocked. reporter: rod blagojevich and his legal team did not comment on the substance o
few protesters chanted and one sign calling on rangel to resign. others have a right to say whatever they want. but this judging before the facts is in has become more and more prevalent in this society and it bothers me. reporter: others outside said tonight s event was just too ritzy for their blood. this is a party that the average person on the street cannot afford to come to. this is of the elite and the high rollers. and my message is that this reflects who charlie rangel is. reporter: a lot of people here said mayor bloomberg s decision a few days ago to go ahead and show up gave cover to virtually every politician in new york city to feel that it was safe to attend. the only significant no-show here was aretha franklin as the entertainment. she suffered a fall last week. dave evans for abc news, new york. white house press secretary robert gibbs is fighting off calls for his resignation, and those calls are actually coming from his own party. democrats are upset abo