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Tamron. as you know, chicago politics never dull. this is the decision, just from the appellate court. the issue is whether rahm emanuel meets the state law requirement that any candidate for mayor be a resident for a year before the election. the election scheduled for february 22nd. the board of elections, about a month ago, said yes, that even though rahm emanuel had moved his family to washington to serve as president obama's white house chief of staff he maintained his legal residence in chicago. now the state appeals court says no, he doesn't meet the qualifications and so he should not ...

Heels of a lot of speculation that the defense team will ask for complete change of venue and move this case out of the state. that's just one of the battles that we will go through throughout this trial. it's going to be a long and drawn-out process. >> nbc's jay gray live in phoenix. now to the latest on congresswoman gabrielle giffords' recovery. officials at the houston hospital, where the congresswoman is being treated, says she's improving but will remain in intensive care for now. this within doctors indicated congresswoman giffords had a set back, fluid building on the brain. physici...

Republican party but what's best for the whole country. and then the tragic shootings in tucson, no one would have wished for those things to lhappen, bu they dead help president obama to get president obama into a more presidential place where party doesn't matter and all that matters is the quality of the leadership. and the state of the union is going to be very much pitched in the same way, they want to put president obama apart and above both parties. that's what got him elected in 2008 and that's what they think will get him re-elected in 2012. >> of course he's got some very hard decisi...

Of course the state case against loughner, and the injuries to the -- they're waiting to see what happens here. so the proceeding today is likely going to go by the book. loughner is already in the courthouse. who's the defendant, does he understand the charges? and how does he plea. >> mike tiabbi, thank you very much in phoenix. the appellate court's decision has just thrown rahm emanuel off the ballot for mayor of chicago. john yang, live in chicago. john, surprising? this is clearly not the final word, but he is not only the front-runner in every wpoll, bu the front-runner in fundraising...

Joining me on the phone, david ha. thanks for joining us. >> how are you? >> i'm great. doing better than jay cutler. poor guy. i saw pictures, someone burning his jersey. what's the reaction in my former home of chicago? >> he's an easy target. he doesn't comport himself well a lot of times which invites criticism. leadership qualities have been critiqued all season long. and all of that sort of has created this unpopularity throughout the league. he's not the world's most popular player in the nfl but this is nonsense. it's ridiculous to suggest as players have that jay cutler could have gon...