team for the vancouver olympics. >>> lace up the sneaks. the annual running festival is this saturday. we're told 20,000 people signed up to compete. the event will feature five races, marathon, half marathon, four-person team relay, and kids fun run. there will be runners from 34 countries and every state in the united states. and there's a new environmentally friendly feature this year. >> a t-shirt that is 100% recycled. made from recycled materials, made from recycled plastic bottles. >> the running festle -- festival is that saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. it will finish up near m & t bank stadium. for more information go to abc2news.com. >>> another big race takes place this month. this one to help fight breast cancer. today baltimore county kicked off breast cancer awareness month and the race for the cure. it celebrated the partnership of susan g. komen with baltimore county. organizers also celebrated the accomplishments of breast cancer research since the survival rate has improved. county executive jim smith presented susan

the rhetoric is vancouver lost $1 billion when it had the olympics. enn beck said, vancouver lost, how much was it, they lost a billion dollars when they had the olympics. the white house says the reality is vancouver's olympics will not take place until 2010. vancouver will host the 2010 olympic games in february and march respectively. so they're picking apart what happens on cable news and what's wrong. glenn beck reacted. >> what i meant to say was calgary, but since the white house is so eager to point out something where i switched the wrong name there and they're talking about vancouver, let's talk about vancouver and what a raging success that is for the vancouver olympics. i mean, let's look at a couple of the facts on vancouver, shall we, white house, since you brought it up? vancouver olympics have budgeted $75 million for security. you're right. it hasn't even happened yet, and they're already $800 million over budget on that one. don't worry. they have an emergency fund. they're in vancouver. right, city? yes, vancouver, $66.8 million, whi

. >> president obama is helping to sway the international olympic committee. >> vancouver lost, how muchn when they had the olympics. how is the city of chicago and illinois that is broke going to benefit? >> the opening ceremonies for the vancouver olympics were on february 12, 2010. they can't or lost anything because it hasn't happen yet, biff. there are the additional pieces. the conference call to reporters yesterday. >> the goal should be creating not job opportunities seven years from now, but job opportunities today. if the priority is the olympics in seven years, tell the nation the priority and that's what we should be focused on. we will create jobs. we won't create that between now and 2016. >> you have jobs now building stuff for seven years from now, mike. they don't put up the olympic facilities overnight. and boehner picked up on the anti-olympic stupidity. >> he's the president of the united states. not the mayor of chicago. and the problems we have here at home affect all americans, that's where the attention ought to be. >> good. and professor of public policy in calif

. >> president obama is heading to denmark this week to help sway the international olympic committee. >> vancouvermuch was it they lost? they lost a billion dollars when they had the olympics. how is the city of chicago and illinois that is broke going to benefit? >> the opening ceremonies for the vancouver olympics are on february 12, 2010. they can't have lost our made anything because it hasn't happened yet, biff. and then there's the official republican mouthpieces, michael steele on a conference call with reporters yesterday. >> the goal should be creating, you know, not job opportunities seven years from now, but job opportunities today. and if the priority is the olympics in seven years, okay, then tell the nation that's the priority and that's what we should be focused on because we'll create jobs then and we won't worry about it between now and 2016. >> you have jobs now building stuff for seven years from now. they don't put up the olympics overnight like a circus tent. and mark boehner picked up on the anti-olympic stupidity. >> he's the president of the united states, not the mayor of

. >> vancouver olympics are on 2012, 2010. it hasn't happened yet, bif. additional pieces. the conference call to reporters yesterday. >> the goal should be create in not job opportunities seven years from now, but job opportunities today. if the priority is the olympics in seven years, tell the priority, that's what we focused on. we won't create that between now and 2016. >> you have jobs now building stuff for seven years from now, mike. they don't put up the olympic facilities overnight. and boehner picked up on the anti-olympic stupidity. >> he's the president of the united states. not the mayor of chicago. and the problems we have here at home affect all americans, that's where the attention ought to be. >> good. we know who's there. supercapitalism, now out in paperback. and professor of public policy in california from berkeley from which venue he joins us. thank you for your time, sir. >> good evening, keith. >> you want to explain the complex principal that the olympics start in 2016 only means that jobs start in 2016. >> what we know from previ

vancouver in february. >> which city will host the 2016 olympic games progress no one is watching as closely as those folks in chicago. j. gray is in copenhagen with the latest. >> president barack obama boarded air force one for an overnight flight to denmark. he will join a team already on ground in copenhagen led by the first lady. >> this is an opportunity for the united states to connect to the world. >> another key player for the delegation is the first lady of television, oprah winfrey. >> my message is about my love and my love for chicago. the spirit that we know the olympic games will bring. >> as the delegation gathers, a host of celebrities and dignitaries are making the final push for chicago. >> you know who is the difference maker. >> the president is apparently making a strong impression on the voting members. >> i will listen to him very carefully. ithis is maybe the most charismatic man on the planet. >> we are just hoping for the right answer. >> then answer that is now less than 24 hours away -- an answer that is now less than 24 hours away. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast w

olympics. >> i'm trying to figure this out. vancouver lost how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the olympics. >> well, actually the olympics there aren't until 2010. this is going to be an economic shot in the arm. but it continues from the hard right. this is house leader john boehner ripping into the president for this move as well. here it is. >> while the president is in copenhagen tomorrow, the american people are going to wake up and find out that hundreds of thousands more americans have lost their jobs. the administration's trillion dollar stimulus plan clearly is not working. >> why are the republicans going so hard on this, stephen a.? >> it's a little bit of desperation. in 1984, they made money from the olympics in los angeles. in 1996, they made money in atlanta, georgia. in 2002, they made money from the winter olympics in salt lake city. when you consider the fact that it's expected to be a $13.7 billion benefit to the city of chicago, particularly the state of illinois as well, that the olympics are there, there's no quest

nbc has done every summer olympics back to 1988, and we've done all the winter games from salt lake city to torino and we're about to do vancouverwe obviously have the olympics in the blood. we'll go kick the tires and we'll let you know in a little while. i think the big story here today is obviously rio, but the secondary story is chicago had an exceptional bid. the president and first lady both did a very, very good job here today. i think what's going on here, because new york in a five-city finale in the first round only got 19 votes. here today chicago only got 18. i think the ioc, which is heavily euro centric, just under half the voters are european, and they are very, very disappointed in the relationship that they have with the united states olympic committee. they find it hard to believe that the united states olympic committee takes almost 13% of all the television money off the top, and they take 20% of the sponsorship money. they don't think in this era with the rest of the world paying rightful shares, which they weren't doing 20 or 30 years ago, they're the only country taking money off the top, and the vast majo

the next olympic games will be this winter in vancouver followed by london in 2012. >>> of virginia, maryland, and d.c. have announced their plans for distributing the swine flu vaccine. maryland will all get the first doses on tuesday, and health care workers will be the first to get immunized. virginia will get next week. priority will be given to emergency staff and a health care workers. d.c. will be administering the vaccine on october 19 with public schools coming november 1. it could be a busy floozies and for the nation's hospitals. -- a busy flu season. if that happens, the nonprofit trust for america's health has hospitals in 15 states, including maryland and virginia , expect to be overwhelmed. >>> it is all part of a larger investigation involving the chief of staff to a powerful city council member. sam ford is live with the story. >> dozens of people are going to be arraigned in d.c. superior court for allegedly trying to bribe the head of d.c.'s taxicab commission. he was saying nothing, but according to court papers, he worked with the fbi for two years to net a group

olympic flame has made its way to canada. it will crisscross the country until it reaches its destination, that being vancouver, of course, the the 2010 winter olympics. the torch was lit at a ceremony in victoria, that is the capital of british columbia. it was held by a pair of canadian gold medal winners. and here's a tribute for you. this will be the longest domestic relay in olympic history with 12,000 torch bearers passing through more than 1,000 communities before arriving at the opening ceremony february 12th. >>> stocks took a tumble today bringing an end to a very volatile week on wall street. allison with a wrap up of the day of trading. >> it was a scary halloween eve session for investors. stocks plunged dragged down by disappointing numbers. spending fell in september, the last time spending fell that much it was december of last year when the recession was at its worst. we said it many times, the consumer is the driving force behind the economy. so today's reports spooking investors. the dow industrials tumbling 249 points closing at 9,712, the nasdaq lost 2.5% and the broader s&p declined about 3%. today's los

if you look at past olympics, previous olympics have gone incredibly over-budget, left with buildings they can't use. vancouvernd they were told it doesn't cost them a dime in taxpayer money and now they're on the hook for $6 million. i don't think that's a chance chicago can take. if we're going to build trains and improve schools, we should put that money directly into those things and not take a chance on the olympics, only proven to be a disaster for host cities. >> ten different ways to go with this. should the president be in copenhagen? is pitching for the olympics a way to create economic development even a rational argument? should we be talking about it on msnbc at all? >> yes to all three, dylan. the fact is that he is the president of the united states. he didn't forget his home base. he was a senator in chicago. that's the reality. never forget home. you always have to take care of your home base. that's what he's doing. it's politically ex-peedient for representative boehner to talk about he's the president of the united states. they're all fond of saying you can chew gum and walk at the same tim