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>> 48 people have been pulled out alive. 75 people dead. nighttime curfew has been stabbed in parts of christchurch considered too dangerous for the public right now. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel has been elected the next mayor of chicago, the nation's third largest city. he clobbered five challengers and capturing more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. he will replace richard daley who is retiring after 22 years. >> thank you, chicago, for this humbling victory. all i can say, you sure know how to make a guy feel at home. >> now emanuel is going to have a tough job a...

What did that phrase mean? do you have anything to say? >> excuse me, please. >> go ahead. >> thank you. >> i don't know. i think he is getting slaughtered. he is not talking. he and others face prison time if all of the accusations stick. a dominating win for rahm emanuel in chicago. he took 40 of the 50 wards on his way to becoming mayor. our political update is next. from knowing when my next job will be to what i'll actually be doing. so in the rest of my life i like control. especially in my finances. that's why i have slate with blueprint. i can make a plan to pay off everyday things a...

Day by day, it gets even more contentious. former white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel elected the next mayor of chicago. he clobbered five challengers, capturing more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff and replacing richard daley who is retiring after two decades. >> thank you, chicago, for this humbling victory. all i can say -- you sure know how to make a guy feel at home. [ applause ] >> well, emanuel has a tough job ahead. that city has a $654 million deficit and rising crime. the prospect of severe weather back in the forecast in the midwest while the pacific northwest bracin...

Governments around the world scrambling to get citizens out of libya. the u.s. is now chartering a ferry to take americans from libya to malta because libya wouldn't allow a chartered plane to land. photos of jar red loughner is grinning in a photo after taking down six people and wounding 13 others. police arrested a 16-year-old boy in the killing of is police officer. this is the fifth law enforcement offered killed in the city in less than a month. >> this video from inside one of mexico drug tunnels earlier this month, rafael romo was inside that tunnel. the obama administration is in ...

Convincing win for rahm emanuel and the chicago's mayor race. paul steinhauser has the big celebration for us. paul sgh. >> reporter: crunch numbers. he won 55% of the vote and double more than the second place winner. he won 40 of the city's 50 wards. he did extremely well in areas where white voters predominant and did strong among african-american voters. jerry chico came in second. rahm emanuel gets sworn in on may 16th. the turnout was lighter than expected, 41%. scott brown, the senator from massachusetts became a rock star last year among republican circles when he won the special elect...