rahm emanuel acts like an octopus.ey want him to or not. d daley is more hands off. rahm kept in close contact with members of congress, many of who don't have contact with the white house now under bill daley which they feel upset about. i think if you're going to criticize bill daley for anything, you need to look at the two things he was brought into the white house to do. number one, build relationships with republicans and number two, bring business onboard the obama agenda. the relationship with the republicans seems to be doing well, but the results aren't showing in policy and in the relationship with business, it just isn't coming across in things like the debt ceiling talks. >> ari shapiro of npr, thank you very much for joining usse tonight. >> you're welcome. >>> we have new information on the breaking news story we brought you earlier. a vintage plane crash near the grandstand at an air show in reno, nevada. the associated press is reporting 75 injured, at least 25 critically injured. joining me now is and

rahm emanuel joining us live in a few moments. >>> as we begin the jewish new year here is something to make your mile countersy of rick perry. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. born to run, chris christie is known as a straight shooter. but with an audience emexploring him to get in the 2012 race he could not seem to rule out a bid. >> i mean with this with all my heart we can't wait another four years to 2016. we need you. your country needs you to run for president. >> anybody who has an ego large enough to say oh, please, please, please stop asking me to be leader of the free world, it's such a burden. [ laughter ] if you could please just stop. my answer to you is just this. i thank you for what you're saying and i take it in and am listening to every word of it and feeling it too. >> he certainly is taking in every word of it. mark many youy joins us from the newsroom. what a performance. and i know that he is playing the game and saying that he's ruled it out before but he did not slam the door. how are you reading it? >> exactly. last night'svenue gave him an opportunit

. >> warner: from chicago public media, we have a profile of the city's new mayor, rahm emanuel. >> brown: with political editor david chalian, we update the showdown over disaster relief spending, and the prospects of a government shutdown. >> warner: judy woodruff talks to the authors of a new book that explores how a new generation is shaping america. >> they are also highly pragmatic. they work with one another to solve their own problems as a group but also the problems and concerns of society and the nation. >> brown: and from wgbh-boston, special correspondent jared bowen reports on a new interpretation of a great american opera, george gershwin's "porgy and bess." >> now again there's controversy, this time over changing a classic, for adding dialogue and altering themes to enhance the story. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy and improve schools. >>

emanuel, queer spoken word poetry. pbs's in the life. an online journal. he's the author of the year poetry. as well as his first spoken word. it's a recipient of the masha a gomez award. please welcome manual xavier. >> hello. okay. there we go. how are you doing? first of all, thank you so much. it's such a great pleasure to be back in san francisco. i love this city and it's always a pleasure to be here. i want to thank mishell t. one is new. it will give you a back story. a few years ago, i had been attacked on the streets of brooklyn. i am deaf in my left ear. >> sitting on the l, i was made a wear, my voice of louder. he didn't know about the hearing loss in one here. i remained silent. i didn't turn around to expose the scar on the back of my head. so that i wouldn't have to explain the origination. instead of business cards, i should explain, it would read as follows. my name is emaniel. i became a prostitute. i found my salvation? writing. i pushlished a book. i was recently attacked on the streets where i lived. >> the surgery left me deaf. i do

thank you, mike emanuel. jon: now this fox news alert.olding as palestinians push for statehood. hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the palestinian president is about to address the u.n. general assembly. a few moments ago president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for full u.n. membership. the security council will have to consider that now. after mahmoud abbas addresses the general assembly -- this is from a few minutes ago, there is president mahmoud abbas with ban ki-moon, and he is submitting that application as you see in that paperwork. israel's prime minister is likely to argue that only direct negotiations between the two sides can lead to a palestinian state, that you can't just do it with some kind of a u.n. vote. senior correspondent eric shawn is live for us at the u.n. right now. bring us up to date, eric. >> reporter: jon, it's been 64 years that's when the united nations petitioned palestine which lead to the creation of the state of israel. today the palestinians say it is our turn. mahmoud abbas offi

barack obama and eli gold 'the good wife" and the link is ari is emanuel's brother.evil axis. >> who's one left out? he doesn't have any tv show? >> i think that must be awful. >> your character is wonderful. >> or amazing. >> do you think he's inherently an evil person? >> no, not at all. he's got hisself and he has humor to him. >> hasn't he? wouldn't he in the end do anything for political gain? >> yes. he still has a chink in his armor . >> does he have a moral compass? >> yes. just slanted a little further. >> you will see his ex-wife. you get to see a whole different side of him, which is really exciting. >> you are fascinating. you have gotten an ex-wife. >> in real life. >> in real life you have gone through a civil partnership. >> i have a husband. >> that's unusual. talk to me about that. >> what would you like to know, piers? >> i don't know. whatever you think i should know. >> i saw them kissing at the emmy's. >> did you really? >> mfg. >> yes. >> he gave me a conciliatory -- >> you give wonderful interviews over the years, came out as a bisexual and sai

observation is that there seems to be l delay before the operator knows he is supposed to throw it to emanuel. and my experiences, the operators could not have been more professional explain to the passengers what was going on. again, i am glad to hear there is a proposal to address the computer system. in either instance, again, i think it is important that we communicate to the operators what is going on so that they can do them quickly. even if we are operating in manual, let's have the start sooner. and i will reiterate, when you experience something or you learned of something that is a significant problem, it is a good procedural vehicle for us to explain to the public. we have asked about it and we have tried to make a plan going forward. hopefully we won't have any more of those issues. >> i would like to bring up not these outages, but i think it was a power outage. they put a dollar up very quickly, and i had a couple people mention how helpful that was. sometimes these are avoidable and sometimes they are completely out of our control. i think we have a really good opportunity to w

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this is an e-mail exchange, august 31, the special assistant to the then-chief of staff rahm emanuel noted the vice president's announcement at solyndra, the vice president was planning to go for a trip and asked whether, quote, there is anything we can help speed along on the omb side. the chief of staff's office saying can we help speed the rocess up? how is that any different? i bet your office from time to time has called whether it's the small business administration or the veterans administration to help a constituent, the bureaucracy is gummed up, speed this up. >> when you're looking at $535 million, shouldn't someone be asking the question is this viable or not, particularly when the administration itself said, do you know what, if thing goes forward, they could be out of cash by september of 2011. that was two years -- a year and a half before september 2011 came about. their own -- own stuff that they had showed that this was not perhaps going to be a viable company. why then are they speeding forward? why are they change -- or going against what the law says in terms of r

and congressman emanuel cleaver took president obama to task on black unemployment this week. saying, "if bill clinton had been in the white house and failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the white house." well, tonight, two african-american scholars come on to defend the president's performance. and let me finish tonight with a moment of decision for president obama, and it's a big one. we start with the fight for florida. clarence page is a "chicago tribune" columnist and he starts off the discussions tonight. you know, you look at these numbers, clarence, and you and i have been through this a few rounds. here's the new quinnipiac florida poll, 57% disapprove of the president's performance, 39% approve. that's below 40. the worst score of any state the quinnipiac's been looking at. the poll shows that 53% of florida voters say president obama does not deserve to be re-elected. that's kind of a punch. >> oh, yeah. and we know, though, that florida has taken it on the chin for years, because of the housing market in particular. and their -- >> all

mike emanuel leading coverage on the hill. martha has more. martha: seems like yesterday but the last government shutdown was 16 years ago in december of 1995 through january of 1996. what a nice couple months it was. uncle sam closed up shop for 21 days. that is the longest shutdown in american history. 280,000 federal workers were placed on furlough. another 480,000 that were deemed essential personnel worked without pay. so would we like to go down that road again? that is one of the questions. a brand new poll reveals a staggering number of americans are fed up with all of this, basically, unhappy with government. 81% of americans, a record high, say they are dissatisfied with the way that the nation is being governed. boy that could cover a lot of people involved in the administration through congress. just 19% think that the u.s. lawmakers are doing a good job. and no surprise, experts say threats of another budget shutdown or showdown that might lead to a shutdown are is a growing element in all this. bill: in the meantime new reaction

the fema found stray dollars as mike emanuel reported. it wasn't like in the end the senate and the republicans in the house came to an agreement. but they began to compromise. senator reid had taken his number down to house speaker john boehner's number and he told his ranks last week you cannot vote against this again. so they turned around and voted for the same bill. there was the beginnings of a compromise. they still upon resolving this are continuing to blame each other. jon: how is it that, congress' chief responsibility is to figure out how to spend our money and they can't seem to be able to do it moreno than a month at a time. >> reporter: as mike mentioned we had a near shut down in april, the near default in august and now this one as well. and a partial shut down of the federal aviation administration in august. this is becoming routine. we can expect more of this brings man shi brinksmanship. we are looking at only a five or six week respite, there is a temporary funding for 2012. they have to come up with a huge funding bi

then ten minutes ago some assigning emanuel and then a cat wrapped up the scoring with the second goal in as many games. as gnomes instanced and see this one three. while another game is they still call five ten two first half penalties as lucky but if one thorn are asked to back an a or b. ball court struck after fourteen minutes to give confront a one nil win over the big spending angie. well i bring the english premier league wayne rooney scored his ninth goal of the season as munchkin nine one three want to chelsea spell two points clear at the top of the table for arsenal striker emmanuel adebayor all struck a second half brace is talking on one for alex time to nine one liverpool on charlie adam and martin special sent off to school was the long will fall and scored twice in the second half to come back from two goals down to two and matched the city and sunderland straight all their goals within the first fifty eight minutes as they thrashed out for nearly. two thousand and seven motor g.p. champion casey stoner as well as a repsol honda one of the arak in grand prix in spain to

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was over in the english premier league emanuel added by all struck a second fall races taught them try and formula time to nine manageable you had charlie out of the lot in scuttle sent off while the school was still one they'll full of scored twice in the second half to come from two goals down to draw two two it had to match the safety for sunderland hit all the way goals within the first fifty eight minutes as they thrashed out for nelson and in the big game were told trafford manchester united lead chelsea's three one. and over in holland prolific russian strike at the meaty billiken has opened his goal tally for i.x. as the dutch champions twice came from behind to draw two two at p.s.v. eindhoven in the end of the visit that game was marred by a bad head injury p.s.u. polish goalkeeper don't. have to he went off well i actually fell behind twice. rescued the draw can't see where you can sign the last month the city warning has been consistently a little bit in washington speak out because it's quite a sport and speaks a day long. as well last year. now two thousand and seven moto

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then with ten minutes ago some assigning emanuel and medicare wrapped up the scoring with the second goal in as many games there are some known assistants and see this one three. while another game is variously should call five time two first half penalties as lokomotiv one thorny are asked to back and gave the vote court scott after fourteen minutes to give could run a one they'll win over the big spending and she. swallowed bring the english premier league wayne rooney scored his ninth goal of the season as manchester united one three want to time's chelsea chipper and steer the top of the table for mass on strike on emmanuel added why all struck a second off braces talking and one for the eloquently nine one liverpool charlie adam and martin scuttle sent off love the sport was there along will follow and scored twice of the second half to come back from two goals down to two and watch the city and sunderland hit all their goals within the first fifty eight minutes as they thrashed four nil. now two thousand and seven major g.p. champion casey stoner has led a repsol hundred one so

the russian premier league table after an impressive forty why when i cross nadar summer signing emanuel and me and then they got to go in as many games as well up the heart an hour and just five minutes later arjun just doubled the lead for the former russia under twenty one for his first to the rebound after a scrappy corner. however to the home side only minutes followed go back again we should see this left blaring the start oh my i'm finished with it but still in the first off on the field it does it is through the red white he got advantage in any case that crossed so free want to start i got the stage beats incompleted his brace the present out blasting high left foot as soon after the restart any ray of hope for the ice seeing the reach of it to the penalty midway through the second half so i forty just yesterday finished elsewhere listening to the lord i got there when i fell down presley's good band they beat one nil six win in seven games will now kick this example of consecutive defeat for always eleventh goal of the season. i'll swear i'm rostov one one minute i'm caught in

emanuel cleaver, chairman of the congressional black caucus told a wonderful story in our caucus the said there was a little by boy and his dad and his dad was reading the paper and the little boy scratched his hand and as he did so, it obviously hurt and he went in front of his dad, shaking his hand, shaking his hand, he walked to and from his father and his father kept reading the paper. and finally his father put down the paper and said, son, i know you scratched your hand. but there's nothing i can do about it. and the little boy looked at his dad and said, you can say ouch. you can understand the pain i'm experiencing. you can understand the pain that losing a job is causing me. you can understand the pain of a home that is lost because the mortgage cannot be paid. you can understand the pain of a family living in a home who has seen the value of that most important asset of theirs dwindle and be reduced. so that the mortgage payment they're paying is more than the value of the home in which they live. the congressional black caucus did two things. it said, we hear and we say "o

time you know he'll send his chief of staff to call them and excuse the word here's the word rahm emanuel use call liberals retarded kill insult his base all the time he'll slap labor in the face he'll defeat a democratic proposals like organs to make sure that drug companies get even bigger profits so he's going to do that from time to time to his own side but he has republicans the idea that they're scared of it inconceivable nobody scared of him they know that they can push him around all they like and i'll get almost one hundred percent of what they want and i'm being kind by saying almost so yeah i mean he's only relevant as far as how much he will agree with the republicans is there any chance that they're going to pass any progressive priorities going forward. zero percent chance the republicans say no ball no game and when they say that obama has no go zones are proposing what would you like i'll give you twice as much oh yeah he's i think there's he's like there's a chance that it is your chance i'll pass anything out of anything and as congress and you say there's no no that's a

more people will spend less time wondering while they are waiting this morning mayor emanuel and cta president were proud to check out the 400 signs going up under bus shelters across the city that lists the arrival times of the next four buses along that line served ... the bus trecker system is already getting tapped into by commuters by a smart phone and computers ... after testing another 250 signs will go up and be placed based on research and overall writer ship on the routes throughout the system we have made a coordinated effort to focus on the end user who are the commuters of the city of chicago who rely on these modes of transportation i think it's pretty awesome i don't have to reach into my pocket to check my phone anymore >>money for the $3.7 million initiative comes from the cta the r t a and federal funding and some grant money and eventually there will be customer alerts like route changes and an emergency announcements >>one customer told me she would rather have more bus service and more signs and information >> if you are happy and you know it sent a twitter messa

if you get some action -- >> your character is apparently based on rahm emanuel, the former white housetaff of barack obama. and the link is that it's -- it's a horrible, evil little axis. your character is wonderful in this show. do you think he's inherently an evil person? >> no, not at all. because he's got -- >> wouldn't he do anything for political gain? >> yes, but he's still got a chink in his armor. >> does he have a memorial compass? >> yes, it's just slanted a little further. >> also this season, parker posey plays his ex-wife and you see a whole different side of him. >> you have got an ex-wife. >> in real life. >> and in real life you've also gone through a civil partnership. >> i have a husband. >> so that's unusual. talk to me about that. >> what would you like to know, piers? >> whatever you think i should know. >> well, just -- >> at the emmys they were sitting together. >> you've always given wonderful interviews over the years and came out as a bisexual and said i like women and men. are you sure you're on the right side of the fence? >> i am. up my marriage for either

mike emanuel live in d.c. thank you.new york voters are heading to the polls today to decide who will fill anthony weiner's former seat in congress. it is a surprisingly tight race according to the polls. what would it mean for this white house if a republican wins in a district that has been democratic for decades? also, a desperate search for a severely autistic boy. he ran away from his elementary school. we have the latest on the search. >> our whole life has evolved around him. we've never been away from him the whole 8 and a half years he's been with us, and hopefully it's going to be nine and 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 and beyond. jon: right now rescue crews are scouring a california mountain community looking for a severely autistic boy who ran away from his elementary school. rick it on it. >> reporter: there is still no sign of 8-year-old joshua robb. his parents say he's severely autistic, and is disturbed by loud noises. that may have been what prompted him to runaway from the schoolyard during morning recess. t

jon: mike emanuel there in washington, d.c., thanks mike >> reporter: thank you.n on the run since 1970, and after breaking out of jail he hijacked a plane, got a million dollars ransom, and flew off to another continent. how a convicted killer eluded capture in a secret villa and how he was finally captured. we first told you about this story when it broke yesterday. we have more just coming up. >>> also, tens of thousands of shoulder-fired missiles, the kinds terrorists have used in the past to take down jets, well, they're missing. we'll tell you where and what's next, just ahead. jenna: you've seen these commercials, i know you have, expensive sneaker as way to firm yourself up, you walk and get a workout, isn't that great? well, the government is taking issue with one pair of those shoes in particular. rick, you're not wearing those shoes, are you today? >> >> reporter: not today! these are shoes, jenna, that reebok has claimed provide extra strength and tone to your legs and buttock muscles. i wasn't sure i was going to say that word but i guess i did. the f

jenna: thank you, mike emanuel in d.c. today. jon: if they can't come to some kind of solution to the budget problems, one of the biggest concerns that is the toll that it could take on our military budget and our armed forces. nearly $500 billion will be cut from the military budgets, making for the smallest army and marine force necessary more than a decade. and the smallest independent tactical air force since 1947. jennifer griffin has been crunching the numbers, live at the pentagon with the latest. >> house armed service committee republicans have prepared a memo about just how devastating they say the defense cuts would be if the supercommittee fails by the thanksgiving and then december deadline. they say that nearly 200,000 soldiers and marines would be cut, expect at least 25 percent of the civilian work force to be furloughed, at least 200,000 jobs, large impacts will be felt in virginia, texas and california, the national unemployment rate is already 9 percent, unemployment rate for iraq and afghanistan is now at 22 p

jenna: mike emanuel down in washington, d.c. for us today.nk you so much for breaking it down for us and teasing our next guest, lindsey graham is going to join us in just a few minutes. he sits on the budget and appropriations committee, and he'll be talking to jon right around 12: eastern time. you do not want to miss that interview. ♪ jon: we are tracking republican presidential candidates as they campaign across the country. in florida herman cain is making several stops. he has a new opinion piece today on foxnews.com you can check out. in it, mr. cain says if you mess with israel, you're messing with the usa. on the campaign trail in iowa, newt gingrich holding a town hall today in sioux city giving a preview of his new contract with america. also in iowa, ron paul fresh off a straw poll of presidential preference in california where he took 45% of the vote. in new hampshire former new mexico governor gary johnson with a full schedule, campaigning on a platform of low taxes and limited government. and here in new york city texas governo

megyn: mike emanuel, thank you.l, the obama administration is now tossing a lifeline to the struggling u.s. postal service. among the biggest changes for consumers, say good-bye to saturday mail delivery, folks. the agency says weekend mail traffic is just too light to support the service. other big changes include a massive restructuring of the retirement fund aimed at saving the agency more than $20 billion over the next few years. we'll tell our kids, you know, someday we'll say we were alive when they used to deliver mail on saturdays, and our kids will say, what's mail? >>> fox news alert now, defense secretary leon panetta and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, holding a briefing at the pentagon on the end of don't ask, don't tell in the military. at 12:01 on tuesday gays were officially allowed to serve openly in the u.s. military after nearly a two-year process. the pentagon says 97% of the military has been trained in what the law means, and that will be an ongoing effort in the wee

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. of the key priorities as congress returns to work? >> reporter: well, jenna, we've heard both republicans and democrats, and they realize the jobs prom in america is -- problem in america is a key issue. they heard a lot from their constituents over the august recess, but the question remains where do they find common ground in terms of addressing the jobs problem? last friday's jobs report, zero job creation. you better believe that causes lawmakers to come back with a sense of urgency. but will they agree? we expect to hear plenty of buzz here on capitol hill over the next couple of days leading up to the president's big speech on thursday night. but, clearly, putting americans back to work is first and foremost, and then there are other issues like funding the goth, paying -- the government, paying for the damage from hurricane irene and those wildfires in texas. so we expect it to be busy, not so busy today, but in the coming days. jenna: yeah, absolutely. speaking of buzz, we tal

mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us. what do some of the leading republicans think of what they heard so far ahead of the president's speech? >> reporter: jon, they are not impressed. they say it sounds a lot like some of the stimulus spending that the administration has already done which republicans say has not worked. here is senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >> the president's so-called jobs plan is to try those very same policies again and then accuse anyone who doesn't support them this time around of being political or overly partisan, of not doing what's needed in this moment of crisis. this isn't a jobs plan. it is a re-election plan. >> reporter: of course the president has yet to give his speech. so some details of the plan have yet to be fully unveiled but mcconnell and a lot of his colleagues will obviously be in the chamber tonight to hear the president first-hand, jon. jon: what do we know about what republicans say they want to do? >> reporter: there are two different groups out today talking abou

emanuel cleaver said if bill clinton had been in the white house and failed to address this problem weolatile reaction because nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people who hate the president. james carville. mark penn. senate democrats saying no to the so-called jobs bills. it seems like defections are en masse. >> instead of them arguing what is not working now they are going to play the race card that's a racist comment if that was a white house conservative in the white house -- >> sean: or democrat for saying bill clinton. >> absolutely. they would be screaming racism because they are doing policies tar harming black americans. >> sean: why didn't the president when the congressman andre carson, when he said tea party members want black people hanging from trees in america. why didn't the president say stop it. instead his answer was we are not going to be the speech police. >> why didn't he. you didn't hear anything from jesse jackson, al sharpton, not that you would. you didn't hear from the black caucus members ear, only representative west. for obama not to mak

e-mails from the vice president's staff an aide to rahm emanuel. flagging this for the department of energy. office of management and budget asking where it stood. one interesting strain said vice president biden wants to announce this is a done deal, can we make it happen? what we do to urge this along? e-mails back saying this is too fast. we have to make sure this goes through the proper checks. this may not be ready for primetime. one said we looked at a credit rating agency and said this firm is going to go bankrupt in september 2011. they went bankrupt a couple weeks ago. growth this cost us 535 million dollars because -- >> greta: this cost us 535 million dollars. there's a billionaire steps in line in front us who is that? >> kaiser a fundraiser for president obama -- >> greta: he gets money before us. >> the taxpayers are last in line to get any of this money back. this was something that the other end is that vice president biden, president obama held solyndra up as an example of what stimulus could do talking about thousands of new jobs

rahm emanuel boasts the city is the first to implement this kind of program. deputy mayor mark engleson joins us today. so, what made this administration decide to do this? >> fredricka, first of all, thank you for having me. second, this is something on which the mayor campaigned. and something with -- about which he spoke with jorge ramirez, the head of the chicago federation of labor in his very first conversation with him as mayor-elect. this is something that has come actually from the labor movement in chicago. they have been talking about it. >> but why? what has been the problem? >> it is very simple. we have an opportunity to offer all of the employees of the city of chicago and their spouses and to the extent that they want their children healthier lifestyles, longer lives, better lives. it is also a good business decision. we have a budget crisis and this will save us some money. but it is about healthier lives and saving lives. >> okay, so what does it mean to sign up for this wellness program? what am i getting myself into if i'm a city employee a