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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 night's events, who's who of chicago's political elite including obama's former chief of staff rahm emanuel, now chicago's mayor-elect. here is the president firing up that crowd. >> i want to make sure we're putting the campaign in your hands. in the same hands, the same organizers, the same volunteers who proved the last time that together ordinary folks can do extraordinary things. that's what this campaign's about. >> abdan...

He's had since october, you are a resident, you're not a resident, you are a resident, and now, you're the mayor-elect. >> reporter: and think about for the president as well, rahm emanuel hasn't 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 will not be without controversy in politics in chicago, let me tell you. ed henry, thank you very m...

Turn against governor walker. you have him, dug in on his side, not willing to compromise, and you've got 14 democrats who have been away from the state for two weeks, who are dug in, they don't want to compromise either, both in their philosophical camps, and i'm not sure how this will end. >> how does this? we don't know how the stand-off is going to end but some point something's got to give. these 14 cannot stay in chicago, or wherever they are indefinitely. >> i think governor walker, some of the things he could do is issue arrest warrants and forcibly bring them back to the state. but yo...

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 been elected mayor of chicago. first new mayor they have had there since 1989. marry da mayor daley ...

Demonstrators who have been throwing rocks at those police. this is happening all in athens. thousands of people marching towards the parliament building. there's 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 staff rahm emanuel will be chicago's next mayor. what he said was his dream job. he easily beat his...