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It is a chess game in politics. and both sides play it. >> kelly, thank you. president obama is on his way back to washington after some fund-raisers in chicago. last nights events, whos who of chicagos political elite including obamas former chief of staff rahm emanuel, now chicagos mayor-elect. here is the president firing up that crowd. >> i want to make sure were putting the campaign in your hands. in the same hands, the same organizers, the same volunteers who proved the last time that to...

Hes had since october, you are a resident, youre not a resident, you are a resident, and now, youre the mayor-elect. >> reporter: and think about for the president as well, rahm emanuel hasnt been here since then, you had the shellacking, now all the unrest in the middle east, and by the way, the budget stalemate on the hill. the thing that rahm emanuel used to love being in the middle. oh, to be a fly on the wall in that oval office when the president and the mayor-elect got together. >> he wil...

Turn against governor walker. you have him, dug in on his side, not willing to compromise, and youve got 14 democrats who have been away from the state for two weeks, who are dug in, they dont want to compromise either, both in their philosophical camps, and im not sure how this will end. >> how does this? we dont know how the stand-off is going to end but some point somethings got to give. these 14 cannot stay in chicago, or wherever they are indefinitely. >> i think governor walker, some of th...

To $98 a barrel. saudi arabia hoping to alleviate concerns about the oil prices. its oil minute ser they have the impact to increase production in the case of an emergency. dow plunging more than 200 points during the final hour of trading and able to recover a portion of that and ended up closing down 178 points. the biggest drop we have seen in three months for the dow. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also closed down. he said it was his dream job and appears he is getting it now. rahm emanuel has ...

Demonstrators who have been throwing rocks at those police. this is happening all in athens. thousands of people marching towards the parliament building. theres been a nationwide worker strike. people there are upset with the government over an austerity program put in place. salaries, pensions have been cut over the past year. tax increases have been put in place, as well. greece, as you know, has been dealing with a debt crisis there. turn back here to the u.s. with the former obama chief of ...

His hard nosed take no prisoners approach is all smiles today. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel going by a different name these days. mayor-elect. he took a majority 55% of the vote avoiding a runoff to become chicagos 55th mayor. he succeeds incumbent richard m. daley who will step down after leading the nations largest city for 22 years. >> thank you, chicago. for this humbling victory. all i can say, you sure know how to make a guy feel at home. >> the victory follows a hard-fou...

Mayor-elect of new orleans, mitch landrieu the brother of senator mary landrieu overwhelmingly elected. hair harry scherrer tweeting last night, with mitch landrieu winning mayor and saints winning super bowl, symbolism plain. new orleans has now ended the post-katrina era. mr. shearer will be here to expand on that. first, have the late night wars turned the corner during the super bowl? david lettermans executive producer telling bill carter of the "new york times" that last nights late show p...

Please continue your prayers for our santa fe community. >> i will turn it over to the mayor-elect. >> thank you for being here. well work with school officials and law enforcement to offer resources to those in mourning. our unified goal is to give a santa fe families solace and comfort during these times. we will never leave your side. we are hurt but not broken. our strength comes through our resiliency. we are santa fe strong. please pray for our city. ill turn it to patty hansert. >> thank ...

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