anne kornblut joins us now. i understand oprah is at the luncheon hosted by the danish side and we expect short lit first lady will arrive as well? we see the president walking across the south grounds. what are you expecting? >> well, and then he will take off, of course, tonight and fly to copenhagen and be there to make his remarks, make his final pitch to the committee. i think all eyes are going to be on that committee and the people who are choosing where the olympics will go and to see whether this last-minute effort by the president has an impact and whether chicago gets it. >> and we can see oprah today already at that luncheon meeting. first lady is going to be there. they certainly brought out all the stars with the president as the closer. the odds are -- the betting odds have been really improved by the fact that the president is going, anne. >> that's right. up to this point, even when it was just the first lady and valerie jarrett, the senior adviser who were going to represent the white house, th