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life. and then, suddenly, one day, she was gone. poisoned by carbon monoxide. >> he's like, i couldn't get a pulse! i couldn't get a pulse! i couldn't get a pulse! >> her husband blamed of faulty water heater. police blamed him. >> you don't think this is an accident. >> no. >> there was just one problem. and it was a big one. no one could figure out exactly how he might have done it. >> he's an expert at gases. >> murder or accident? >> did you kill your wife? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to dateline. hundreds of americans die every year from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning...

>> reporter: in this race, his message was about creating jobs and closing the deficit by negotiating with unions, not attacking them like some republican governors. >> in chicago, we're going to chart a different course. we are not going to chart a course that wisconsin set. >> because? >> because i'm going to work it out with them. >> reporter: some emanuel observers wonder if he could be the nation's first jewish president. but those closest to him say, no, mayor of chicago is what he always wanted, that or speaker of the u.s. house, but that job's taken for now. >> well, with appreciate ou...

Need backbone, facing a $600 million budget deficit and a massive shortfall in the city's pensions. those pensions need reform, but unlike some republican governorseses, he won't fight the unions. >> in chicago we're going to chart a different course. not the course that wisconsin set. >> because? >> well, because i'm going to work it out with them. they're partners. this is chicago. we're going to do it different than wisconsin. as wisconsin governor said, it's my way or the highway. >> the opponents include the former school board head, gary chico. the attacks have gotten personal. >> rahm h...

>> reporter: what you're not saying is a cut. >> no. what we will do is we'll work together through this issue. now, what happens, that mean -- i understand you guys are all from cnn, very interested in the national story -- in chicago we're chartering a different course. we're not chartering a course that wisconsin set. >> reporter: because? >> because i'm going to work it out with them. they're partners. >> reporter: feisty. >> a little bit. >> reporter: he'll do things a little different from wisconsin. >> not surprised, not at all. something not a lot of people realize about chicago, chica...