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Too. >> definitely building. we are actually -- you could call it the midpoint between buckingham palace and where you are at westminster abbey. you can see the preparations. the final preparations are under way. what will happen when the carriage or the cars from buckingham palace come through, they'll go to the horse guards road and parade and then through the guard's arch and come around here. moments ago we saw them laying down the sand on the road so that when the carriages and the horse comes through, the horses don't slip and there's no skidding. so we can see all of that happening righ...

Because there is a federal statute in place that prevents federal funds from being used to provide abortion services. what we're havingç a fight ove here is even a second point, which is ensuring that no federal funds go to make it possible for millions of women to access health care, cancer screening and other health services through an organization that with private funds does provide abortion services. i thought this was a spending bill. i thought we were here to focus on creating jobs and reducing our deficit. in my view, the folks who are negotiating from the senate democratic caucus ha...

Presidents but of democratic presidents like franklin roosevelt and john kennedy of trying to spread freedom of democracy and the world and standing up against totalitarian forces. and within months, after he left office, that berlin wall came down as he asked it to do out there in the brandenberg gate and the soviet union soon ceased to exist. communism lost its hold on eastern europe. so that was a very low blood shed triumph for the united states and for freedom of democracy. that's a pretty strong record. >> eric: at the sameat the samee had unemployment rate 1982 was bigger than today was...

He will value every minute of it. >> reporter: bill is the man launching obama 2.0 at the midpoint of his first term. >> a devoted patriot, my friend, bill david, to serve as my chief of staff. >> reporter: daley's first priority to get focused on jobs. >> i think he will help bring real focus to the economy, the issue for the next two years. i think the president has to focus on that. >> reporter: top aides say the theme is creating jobs and promoting american come pettiveness, the point her hammered again and again during chinese president's hu jintao's president. >> we want to sell you all ...

>> as the president's new chief of staff, bill daley has a monumental task, to help fix the economy, end two wars and help republicans from tearing down key accomplishments like health care reform. just minutes before president obama was sworn into office two years ago this month, outgoing president george w. bush pulled a top obama confidant aside. >> president bush said, axelrod you need to enjoy this. this is going to be the ride of your life. it will go by quicker than you imagine. i think bill knows that, he understands that. i think he'll value every minute of it and so he comes in with ...