denmark wants people to go visit.a single mom who doesn't know the name of the father. >> she is an actress. we should point this out. that's not real and that is not her baby. bill: this is a script. you wouldn't know that pretty convincing. they think having a woman giving birth out of wedlock, not knowing the father is going to make people come to denmark. >> after a drunk one nightstand. bill: excellent. >> and they pull it if you think about it in this day and age. it's linked. bill: on youtube. >> it was linked to 83,000 web sites. bill: we have a problem in the united states. not looking at denmark, we have all kinds of crazy student violence going on. now, school has only been in for about a week in many places. look what happened on a school bus. roll the tape. >> [bleep] [chanting] [bleep] >> sit down! [ laughter ] bill: what was that all about? >> bellville, illinois, across mississippi from st. louis if people aren't familiar with the area. 17-year-old kid the one who is the victim there gets on the bus. s

the upper winfrey will also join the delegation in denmark. -- oprah with winfrey -- oprah winfrey will also join the delegation in denmark. >> a marine from maryland is killed in afghanistan during his second tour overseas. i'm jennifer franciotti. details are straight ahead. >> i am nikole killion in washington where the obama administration is considering some harsh sanctions for iran. details are coming up. >> it is a little brisk outside. i have your fall forecast coming up. >> we are still dealing with an accident on the j.f.x.. we will update you on that >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. >> thanks for joining us. we will get a check on weather and traffic together. it feels like all this morning. you walk out the door and there is a crisfield to it. >> it is nice. we will have a high in the upper 60 y

this year the ladders of all four finalist nations will be in denmark friday.his is a fight brazil's president said, predicting he'll return with a victory for rio de janeiro. the white house said obama has already done plenty of lobbying for chicago. >> he has been working the phones, the vice president has been working the phones. >> reporter: the strategy carries political risk if the president comes back empty handed. >> the real embarrassment would be for him not to go to copenhagen and for the games to be awarded to another nation. >> reporter: the odds for chicago's bid have improved slightly given the news from washington but the bookies still give rio a slight edge. the president leaves here thursday night. he'll be back on midday on friday, a quick turn around. and he gets back just about the time the international olympic committee announcest winner. david wright, abc news, washington. >> a little more on the star power heading to copenhagen. not only are the obamas going to make their pitch, so is the only chicago resident who might be as famous as

come on over to denmark. i have got to run. we are up against the clock. know you both think that's incredibly stupid and that is the dumbest thing that i have seen in quite some time. juliet, greg, thanks so much. >> thank you. bill: pinheads and patriots on deck tonight starring howard dean saying i am not a good human being. could k. that possibly be true? right back with p and p. . . . bill: time now for new england patriots. on the jay leno program there was a skit about acorn. >> when i ran for office in neff i found -- nevada i found myself 50,000 votes behind in the polls. but acorn helped me get the extra votes i needed. thank you, acorn. >> i'm a professional. in my line of work it doesn't come easy. sometimes it takes like 45 minutes. so like my customers i want to get the most bang for -- for my buck. acorn showed me how to save the most at tax time. thank you, i owe you one. call mement >> as an entrepreneur i bring in a lot of money, mostly cash. i thought i owed $200,000 in taxes. acorn said i owed nothing. thank you, acorn the oh, i got to

denmark, in december, hosting world climate change conference. the white house says no decision has been neighed whether the president will -- has been made whether the president will attend that danish event. bret: thank you, steve brown in chicago. >> some in congress want to slow things down a bit and actually take time to read the bills they are voting on before they become law, and in iraq, relief is coming too slowly to impact a devastating situation.@ bret: in news around the world, german chancellor angela merkel is vowing to have a new right center government in place by early november when the country celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. merkel won re-election sunday. the new center right government will replace her right/left so-called grand coalition n the czech republic, pope benedict told an open air mass of at least 40,000 people that the world needs god-fearing people prepared to follow the ethical principles of christianity. the post wrapped up a three-day visit to the country which has celebrated 2

come on over to denmark. i have got to run. we are up against the clock.ou both think that's incredibly stupid and that is the dumbest thing that i have seen in quite some time. juliet, greg, thanks so much. >> thank you. bill: pinheads and patriots on deck tonight starring howard dean saying i am not a good human being. could k. that possibly be true? right back with p and p. geatmagi reen f a.. coatofigf poulida.. ♪ ♪ mmm! ♪ and i would do anything for love ♪ a.1. makes meat loaf sing. a lot of other beef too. what heals me? girls' night out. and for damage from acid reflux disease, my nexium. announcer: for many, one prescription nexium pill a day can heal damage to the esophagus that acid reflux disease may cause over time. and nexium can provide 24-hour heartburn relief. headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain are possible side effects of nexium and other serious stomach conditions may still exist. announcer: ask your doctor about the healing purple pill. learn how you can save online. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to hel

he's slipped through their net in canada, germany, sweden, brazil, denmark, thailand, israel.twice in britain. now, they finally have him. >> there's a individual that wanted to get this case resolved for a long time. but on his terms. it's going to be on the terms of the l.a. county justice system. not his terms. >> reporter: well, not so fast. there could be more twists and turns. polanski is fighting extradition. >> she's strong. he's a survivor. he's going to get through this. he has important work to do. he needs to get home. >> reporter: i'm nick watt, in zurich. >>> well, former alaska governor, sarah palin, has wasted no ti, finishing her memoir. the book deal was announced four months ago. but palin is all done. the publisher says the release date has been moved up, just in time for holiday gift-giving. the 400-page book will be called "going rogue in american life." >>> hero pilot chesley sully sullenberger will return to a cockpit jet. he will take on a new role as part of the safe management team. back in january, sully ditched his airbus 320, into the hudson, afte

olympic delegation in denmark. he will lobby for chicago to be picked as the host of the 2016 summer games. but as samantha hayes reports some believe there is more important work to be done here at home. >> if chicago is chosen to host the 2016 summer olympic games, president obama will certainly receive some of the credit. the president has been a powerful voice for his adopted hometown. >> we want these games. we want them. >> reporter: mr. obama said he was too busy to go to denmark to lobby for the bid to host the games but now it seems the president has made room in his schedule. the white house say he will join first lady michelle obama in copenhagen to pitch the committee members who will make their decision on friday. >> it is a perfect place to hold the olympics. >> reporter: but with wars in iraq and afghanistan and an intense debate over health care at home, some republicans are questioning the president's priorities. >> he has a lot of responsibility but his number one responsibility as commander in ch

a star-studded delegation left for denmark last night pushing for the bid. on friday, president obama will join them. he'll appear before the international olympic committee. it will be the first time a u.s. president has lobbied the ioc this way. first lady michelle obama is leaving for copenhagen today. she will join a host of olympic stars doing their best to bring the games to the windy city. >> chicago 2016, if it would be here, i would absolutely be here, no question about it. competing i'm not quite sure but i'll definitely be here. >> just going to go there and show people that chicago is a fun city because not too many people in the world know too much about chicago even though it's a big city. and then we're going to have a great time. >> and oprah as well is making the trip to denmark. no word on whether halle berry's making it. chicago needs to beat madrid, rio de janeiro and tokyo to get the games. >> testimony continues in the case of two bahamians accused of trying to blackmail actor john travolta. one of the actor's long time friends took the

. >>> president obama heading to denmark later this week in a bid to help bring the 2016 olympics to his adopted home town of chicago. >>e's set to move closer on making a decision on afghanistan. today he will meet with military advisors at the white house as the pressure mounts for the president to adopt a new strategy. >> reporter: the white house is clear about one thing, despite this high level gathering today at the white house, the president is still on the fence when it comes to sending more troops. >> while the battles in afghanistan rage on, a big question looms. will president obama follow the advice of his top general there and send in as many as 40,000 additional troops? today, he will meet with secretary of defense robert gates and the secretary general of nato who previewed his blunt message. >> we cannot simply continue doing exactly what we are doing now. things are going to have to change. >> reporter: but the white house says the president will not be rushed. >> this isn't going to be finished in one meeting. it's not going to be finished in several meetings. >> re

. >>> an olympic delegation arrived in denmark today with big hopes to win over the committee. chris clack am has more now. >> reporter: 16 months after chicago found out it's a finalist, the decision of the 2016 olympic hostity is only days away. delegations from the four candidate cities are in copenhagen in advance of the international olympic committee's decision on friday. chicago's team traveled with a pack of athletic all-stars to give the big some extra olympic flare. at flair. mayor daly promised to deliver for the ioc. >> we're glad you're here, and we know we can deliver a spectacular olympic and paralimpic games. >> what makes chicago so diffent is we're a city of immigrants, our past, our present, and yet many new immigrants arrive this year or next year or the following year. as the city is always changing. >> reporter: one of the bigs x factors for the vote will be president barack obama. after months of speculation, he announced monday he'll join the chicago team and his wife for the final presentation friday. >> whether it impacts the race, we don't know. he do

. >> a team from chicago is in denmark making a push to bring the olympics to the windy city in 2016. >>> we'll report on traffic near the u2 concert. >> and bob, how about our weather? >> doreen, we have some great concert weather, a bit cool, though. lindsay, what you got? >>> albert haynes worth leads a national poll. the wizards are happy to be healthy and a new hockey season is upon us, the cats try to capitalize on that you are success. >>> athletes and city officials from chicago were in denmark lobbying the international olympic committee to bring the games to the windy cy. the group arrived today. the cop. >> we're glad you're here, and we know we can deliver a spectacular president obama and his wife will join the team on friday, the same day they'll choose a host city. >>> one year ago today, the dow jones industrial average suffered its biggest one-day drop of all time. today there are signs every economic recoveries, including encouraging numbers of home prices, but that has not been enough to boost consumer confidence yet. leanne gregg has our report. >> reporter: septem

>> and the first lady is in denmark this morning beginning her campaign to get the 2016 olympics in 60. >>> stay with us. >>> a russian spacecraft launched off today. he joins a russian cosmonaut to the international space station. the founder of circus so lay paid $35 million to become the seventh space tourists. he plans to stage a performance which will be broadcast over the internet while there. >>> it was voted down in committee but the public option is not dead, and they are still pushing for government insurance choice in the battle over health care reform. the option would put private insurers out of business. meanwhile, senate finance chair max baucus hopes to push his middle of the road measure through the committee by the week's end. >>> mad as hell group made up of doctors will march to lafayette park this afternoon. >>> and the first lady touched down in denmark to lobby for chicago's bid for 2016. she is part of a star-studded delegation lobbying before the committee in copenhagen. and president obama will make a personal pitch himself on friday. this is the first time th

we will have a great time. >> if they were not enough, oprah is making the trip to denmark.chicago needs to beat out madrid, a rio de janeiro and tokyo to get the games. >> if the president can't do it, maybe oprah can. >> she has a lot of persuasion. >>> still ahead, director polanski filed a motion directing his release. >>> and a new doll on the market. she is homeless. >>> and conan o'brien gets a few laughs at his own expense after surviving a scary fall. >> first, here is a look at what is hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> it looks like sarah palin's highly anticipate memoir will hit shelves earlier than expected. she finished righter her book early so her publisher decided to move up the release date. it will appear on shelves by thanksgiving. and the most intriguing part is the title "going rogue" which was used in the campaign to mock her. >> we will look at the scary moment that sent the tonight host, conan o'brien to the hospital. he was racing a guest, teri hatcher, when he fell and slipped. o'brien struggled to get up and tried to go on the with the show. when he st

as you heard during that very kind introduction, i was prime minister of denmark for nearly eight years before taking up this post. and i cannot tell you. a lot of people ask me at the time why i wanted to give up that very special job to head up an organization some consider out of date, and which is struggling with a very difficult operation in afghanistan. my answer then was as clear as it was then now, because nato remains the gold standard when it comes to international security corporation. because i believe firmly in the benefits and the potential of the transatlantic partnership now as much as ever, because we must succeed, and i intended to help make that happen and, finally, because i want to help shape the new nato, not least three new strategic contract. these are the more specific reasons why i accepted their reasons for my new job. there is what called a more overall reason, and that became even more clear to me during the past weekend. i'd visited springfield, ill., and as you all know, that is the home town of abraham lincoln -- i visited springfield, ill., with the impr

initially the president said he was not going to denmark because he was too busy pressing for healthcare reform. the white house says that situation has improved? really? but the polls show his support for healthcare at an all-time low, and iran, which has met mr. obama's engage with nose thumbing and missile tests says he won't even discuss the uncovered nuclear plant when he meets with the ahmadinejad and others later this week, and because of a trip to promote a sports event. bret: if he does succeed? >> it would help. it would be a win, and it would be president obama engaging with the rest of the world and getting something for it. even if he does, though, there are going to be people who will us always suspect that he was on a political errand for mayor daley of chicago, who has taken a lot of prestige on landing the olympics and a lot of people will not ever get over that idea. bret: we'll cover it. brit, thanks. >> you bet, bret. bret: some in congress would like to throw you in jail if you don't buy health insurance and up next, the president of georgia talks with me about the w

president obama is joining the team traveling to denmark to make the push for it.ore on the olympic dreams for chicago. >> reporter: president obama is setting his sights on gold as he gets set to lobby the international olympic committee to host the 2016 olympic games? earlier this month the president made the argument. >> chicago is ready, the american people are ready. we want these games, we want them. >> reporter: first lad michelle obama, several cabinet secretaries, oprah and others will join the president overseas to personally push for the city of chicago. this marks the first time a u.s. president has actually appeared in person before the committee for an olympic event. >> the country that the olympics are in, there is a tangible economic benefit to the games being here. and the president wants to help out america's bid. >> reporter: some critics ask why the president is leaving the country with pressing issues like iran, afghanistan and health care. >> i think the president believes health care is in better shape. i believe he felt strongly and personal

he will travel too denmark on thursday.ike has more on the president's support for his adopted hometown's olympic dreams. >> president obama is setting his sights on gold as he gets set to lobby the international olympic committee to host the olympic games. earlier this month the president made his argue argue. >> chicago is ready. the american people are ready. we want these games. we want them [ applause ] >> first lady michelle obama, oprah and olympic athletes will join the president in copenhagen to push for the city of chicago. this marks the first time a u.s. president has actually appeared in person before the ioc for an olympic event. >> in the olympics, it showcases the country that those olympics are in and there's tangible economic benefit to those games being here and the president wants to help out america's bid. >> reporter: some critics ask why the president is leaving the country with pressing irish issues like iran, afghanistan and health care. >> i think the president believes health care is in better sha

o>> there are more troops coming from his native denmark. i think that he is also saying to president obama, albeit very politely, it is make up your mind the time. leadership is vital in nato, but not entirely. i think that he will be urging obama to get off of the fence and stop listening to so many different voices. something must be done because the war is going against them. >> the president's view seems to be that our commitment is huge, we need a new strategy and i need to believe in it. >> sorry to be more uncharitable, but when he came from his presidential campaign saying that afghanistan was going to be his war of necessity, he is backing off of that very hard. ghosts of vietnam. this is no idle figure of speech. started his career over the vietnam quagmire. we know that obama is reading the placard of lyndon johnson, who broke his great presidency on the vietnam commitment. he said he would not declare troop numbers, but his boss is saying to do it now. >> interested in what you were saying about nato allies and the way that the

. >>> president obama facing tough decisions with iran and afghanistan and a trip to denmark to bringe olympic games in 2016. inning us peter and jim. thank you or joining us as always. happy to see you. starting with iran. crucial week here. we have had the discovery of this new nuclear that silty. -- nuclear facility. how is the president handling the iranian threat at this point, peter? >> i think he's handling it very well. he brought in the british and the germans and consult with the chinese who are obviously key to it. the important thing is first of all to allow the u.s. inspects back in there to provide all the information. not just the walk through business after they have cleaned everything up. we want to see the designs of this, purpose of it, why did you hide it for song? it seems pretty clear it was not for domestic use, and then the questions if they don't coop rate. you need the russians of the chinese to do serious sanctions and then lay down the law be the ram. >> peter is right. i think we can skip the first part because the iranians have been shutting us down for a

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glenn: president obama is heading to den denmark to help persuade the international olympic committees hometown of chicago for the 2016 olympics. this would be great for chicago, sure, but will it benefit anyone else? let me show you this. this is a new book that is out "arguing with idiots." it has been out for a week now. this is -- "common sense" the book i wrote last summer was the problem, but this is the cure for it. it is the facts of everything. here is barack obama. these are the people he has surrounded himself with, just with the seiu, the unions, acorn, special interests are running this country r read about it in "arguing with the idiots." we have now pat ga dell with us, a former senior advisor to president carter, a democrat and a proud democrat, not a democrat that agrees with the crazy revoluntionaries that seemed to have hijacked his party. pat, i'm trying to figure this one out. vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the olympics. how is the city of chicago in illinois that is broke going to benefit from having the olympics? >> we

he and the first ladywill head to denmark to convince the international olympic committee to award the 2016 summer olympics to chicago. tokyo, madrid, and rio de janeiro is vying for the games. there is precedence for world leaders courting olympic committee members and they say personal presentations may help as well. >> some of them are swayed at the last moment. that is why it makes a difference to make a great performance at the last session. >> the obamas face fierce competition as the leaders from japan and spain are also attending the meeting. >>> the death toll rising from flooding in the northern philippines. at least 284 dead and missing and 2 million homes flooded. extra police have been deployed to prevent looting. and new storms are brewing in the pacific that threatened to complicate those relief efforts. >>> attorneys for director roman polanski plan to file a motion asking for his release from a swiss prison. now some hollywood stars are coming to his defense as he fights extradition to california. >> organizers of the zurich film festival for promoting their lifetime a

. >>> firstly did is in denmark this afternoon. she arrived there today to help to lobby the international olympic committee on behalf of the city of chicago. president obama will arrive in cope hagueen on friday to spear head the presentation to the ioc, rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid are also in the running to host the games. >>> advocates for the sligo creek golf course can breathe easier. it will remain open. in a 7-2 vote the council couldn't voted to keep it open until june 30th of next year. it was scheduled to close tomorrow but the council decided to spend the money to keep it open until the end of the fiscal year. a task force will be established to consider ways to make the course self sustaining. >>> investigators are combing through the rubble of a burned out house in annandale, vas virginia. they are trying to determine whether there are any victims in the house whose first floor collapsed in to the basement. aelectron seen owe has been following the story since it broke this morning. >> reporter: this home did not

in 2016 president obama will go to denmark. >> appeal to the international olympic committee to chooseago. john will show us what is at stake. >> reporter: if chicago isn't home to the olympics in 2016 it will be hard to blame president obama. that despite a full agenda at home he flies to copenhagen thursday joining first lady and chicago native michelle. >> appeals will be different. first ladies will be personal and the president's will be personal but speaking about how important this is to our country. >> reporter: the first sitting president to personally lobby the international olympic committee. chicago's other best known export joining the line up. >> isn't this the most fabulous city in the world. >> reporter: oprah winfrey. >> if you have president and michelle obama and oprah winfrey, that is the murders row of selling. >> reporter: a whose who to hope they will bring home gold. >> it is nice that we have this shining star joining us but at the end to have day chicago has to win it on the merits of the bid. >> reporter: the president faces heads of state of the other three

i chair the congressional friends of denmark caucus along with my friend, howard coble. and i meet frequently with visiting danish leaders whose inquisitive and analytical approach in meetings is always very notable. though sven is gone, i know that the progress he made for his country and the friendship he helped sustain with ours will be among his lasting legacies. i also know that he lived a full, committed, and creative life. as sven said when he announced his decision to continue serving despite his cancer, and i quote, the amount of time you have left to live be it short or long is life itself. and you shouldn't squander it. sven did not squander his life. i believe that sven died secure in the knowledge that he made everything he could of the time he was given and there is no better end than that. i pay respect to a friend, a colleague, a great danish leader, a greature peaian leader, a great international citizen. sven, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested fo

. >>> president obama heading to denmark hoping to bring home the gold, silver and bronze.hicago is his adopted hometown and wants to be home of the summer olympics. so much so he will take a day off from health care to go with his first lady michelle and go over on thursday and make sure they are going to give a double dose of charm to the international olympic committee hoping to win a nod for the windy city. >> american people ared with. we want these games. >>> now the president is the first sitting president to make an olympic pitch in person. the first american city to host the summer games since atlanta did it in 1996. competition is fierce, madrid, tokyo rio are all in the running. >>> a facebook poll is causing a lot of controversy. the poll asked respondents should obama be killed. choices no, maybe, yes and yes, if he cuts my health care. the poll was taken off the social networking site shortly after being posted. the question was created by an independent person using an add on application suspended from the site. >> sarah palin finished her memoir. four months

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this year, the leaders of al four finalist nations will be in denmark friday. "this is a fight," brazil's president lula da silva said today, predicting he'll return with a victory for rio di janeira. the white house says obama has already done plenty of lobbying for chicago, even buttonholing world leaders last week's g-20 summit. >> he has been working the phones. the vice president is working the phones today. >> reporter: the strategy carries political risk, if obama comes back empty-handed. but the chief executive of the salt lake city games ss the president is doingng the right t thing. >> the rl embarrassment would be for him not to go and for the games to be awarded to another nation. >> reporter: the odds for chicago's bibid improved slight today on the news from washington. but the bookies still gigive ria slight edge. the president is set to leave here thursday night. he's back midday on friday. charlie, that's about the time the international olympic committee announces a winner. >>> the president goes to copenhagen. the first lady goes. and another

president obama is flying to denmark to make the pitch late on thursday night.if he is going to be successful. martha: what if they do not win? he went all the way there. 20,000 cases of swine flu on u.s. campuses. more than 700 were at one place, the university of yellow light was hit very hard. they had 30 to 40 new cases every day. school officials are trying to manage students that have this virus. >> the first step is to convince the students that you are sick and you need to come the health center and get help. once you get those students through the door, there is an immediate sign that says if -- asks if you have a cough. if you have one college you are put into a mask and put in a separate area -- if you have one you are put into a mask and put into a separate area. if the students are diagnosed they get a hydration pack. there is sprite, a gatorade, chicken noodle soup, tea, and sanitize our, kleenex, and even a disposable thermometers. they are given this pact until a family member can pick them up for a student is put into a separate isolation room u

first lady michelle obama landed today in denmark where olympic officials are meeting.ht she got to meet one of her childhood heroes, gold medal gymnast nadia comaneci, one of the former olympians helping to sell the windy city. the team captain, meanwhile, president obama, arrives friday ahead of the final vote. national correspondent deal reynolds has more tonight on the battle for chicago. >> reporter: with nearly three million residents, chicago is a bustling, big-shouldered city where it's felt the summer olympics would be right at home. >> we have an opportunity to really showcase chicago. we know we can deliver a spectacular olympic and paraolympic games. >> reporter: chicago has a lot going for it. the president of the united states its chief cheerleader, lake michigan is its breathtaking backdrop, and many olympic venues leer already built. no wonder boosters argue that the games and chicago will be good for each other. >> we're talking about creating jobs, we're talking about all sorts of opportunities for local residents. now's exactly time to want to do some

she'll be traveling to denmark to convince the ioc to let chicago host the olympics. they're in the running against madrid and tokyo and rio de janeiro. >>> a murder investigation is taking a bizarre twist. a d.c. police officer who took his own life may be linked to the brutal crime. plus yet another baggage fee put into place. what you need to know before you fly. >>> gary, things may be clearing up a bit. >> a little bit. it's been a rough week. we don't want many weeks like this. very little sunshine and some rain today. how is thweatekend? is it going to cooperate? things get better? we'll have a forecast coming up. >>> a couple of stories we're working on on the news edge on this friday. we finally made it. stick around. about 22 minutes left. we're back in 2. the washington post calls bob mcdonnell a "culture warrior." and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn

go denmark, right? wozniacki. the oudin return called out. the judges agree.n, 43 unforced errors. still in the second set. oudin off the top of the net. wozniacki just 20 errors in the match. then match point, oudin going wide. the run for the georgia native is over. she would hang her hat on the fact she made it to the grand slam quarterfinal in her fourth main tournament appearance. wozniacki made it at least to the third round in all four grand slams this year. the story of the tournament the 17-year-old american. >> thank you so much for cheering for me. you pulled me through so many matches. i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today -- i know that many of you wanted her to win, but hopefully, i won many of your guys' hearts and you will be cheering for me in my next match. >> this has been a great experience for me. good luck to caroline in her next match and i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> it will be a battle of 19-year-olds as wozniacki moves on to the semis where she will take an unseeded pla

the president joins the first lady in denmark on friday, but she's gotten things going on her own. abc's yunji de nies is in copenhagen. >> reporter: from the moment her feet touched the ground, the first lady was in campaign mode. >> we're so happy to be here. i am so excited, we've got a lot of work to do. so, we're not taking anything for granted, so i'm going to talk to some voters. >> reporter: on her team, chicago's mayor. >> this is a very tough campaign, these are very competitive cities. tokyo, rio, madrid, they're fantastic cities. >> reporter: brazil's president lula da silva brought soccer star pele to woo the voters, but chicago does have glamour of its own. >> hi, everybody. it really is a campaign, not even of sorts, it is. i don't think people are as mean and ugly. >> reporter: most of the campaigning is happening behind the scenes. the first lady is meeting one-on-one with ioc members. there are more than 100 members and she's reaching out to every single one. >> there's nothing like making the pitch in person. >> it will be an athletes paradise. >> reporter: this

obama had said he was to too busy to go to denmark to lobby for the games. now it seems that the president has made room if his schedule. the white house says he will join the first lady michelle to pitch it to the copenhagen. >> it's an important place. >> reporter: with the wars in iraq and afganistan, and an intense debate healthcare at home some of the are questioning the president's priorities. >> he has a lot of responsibilities, but his number one responsibility is command n chief to keep our country save. >> reporter: they say the trip is important for the country. >> he will be there in the morning for the presentation. he will be right back. everybody knows that air force one is equipped in whatever you need in the form of communication. i think it's important not just for chicago but for our country. it's another step the president is making to show the world how welcoming our country is. >> reporter: chicago is up against madrid, tokyo and rio chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. better backed than f-150. at a value f-150 can't touch

he warned of the consequences if negotiators fail to reach a new global pact this december in denmark. >> failure to reach broad agreement in copenhagen would be morally inexcusable, economically short-sighted, and politically unwise. we cannot go down this road. ( applause ) >> reporter: with the stage set, president obama addressed the gathering. he outlined the steps his administration's taken to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and boost investment in renewable energy, and he noted the house had passed a climate change bill in june. >> the united states has done more to promote clean energy and reduce carbon pollution in the last eight months than at any other time in our history. >> reporter: the president still faces an uphill push to get a climate change bill through the senate before the copenhagen summit, however, and he acknowledged the difficulty. >> all of us will face doubts and difficulties in our own capitals as we try to reach a lasting solution to the climate challenge. but i'm here today to say that difficulty is no excuse for complacency. unease is no excuse for in

oprah winfrey will also be at the delegation in denmark. a decision will be made on friday.eating oil prices have dropped dramatically. analysts say while they rise this winter, it is not close to any kind of spiking costs. natural gas and propane users can expect a drop in price as well. in a shrinking housing market, home builders are scaling back. the trend in new house construction is going more towards smaller living spaces as home prices have dropped. many are looking for simple starter homes. some are looking at 800 square feet aimed at singles. investors are taking the pulse of the housing industry. the bloomberg business report is next. >> good morning. home prices are the focus today. property values in metro areas increase in demand due to the government tax credit for first- time homebuyers. consumer confidence rising this month compared to last. there are some signs that the recession is easing. if you are waiting for a better deal on a new car, you may be disappointed. incentives on some gm, ford, and chrysler cars are changing. costs are rising. stocks were ra

president obama is taking that to heart and a change of plans today, the president decided he will go to denmarko try to win the 200 -- 2016 summer games for his hometown. more from chief white house correspondent chip reid. >> reporter: as president he's been one of chicago's biggest boosters, wearing his beloved white sox gear every chance he gets. >> i've called chicago home for nearly 25 years. >> reporter: that's why there was so much disappointment in the windy city when the president recently said he was too busy to make a final pitch for bringing the 2016 summer olympics to chicago. >> i would make the case in copenhagen personally if i weren't so firmly committed to making real the promise of quality affordable health care. >> reporter: but today he changed his mind. he will join the first lady and oprah winfrey to lobby the international olympic committee friday before the final vote. so what changed? >> i think the president believes health care is in better shape. >> reporter: but even if this is right and the polls are mixed what about the brewing crises in afghanistan and iran? the