emanuel wanted a bill asap. >> they just ignored max in the end.they just felt they could ram this right through to heck with republicans, to heck with conservatives. >> i don't think that rahm emanuel ever worried much about bipartisanship. he was focused on winning. >> narrator: senate majority leader harry reid would take control of the bill. talk of a public option was back. the mandates the insurance industry had fought for were watered down. karen ignani didn't like what that might mean for the bottom line. >> i was concerned about what we were seeing from our actuaries, what we were seeing from our economists. we were very concerned about what was happening. >> and the insurance companies at that point decided, "we've got to fight back on this." >> america's health insurance plan said the finance bill could result in dramatically higher insurance premiums. >> the insurers are trying to scuttle the health care bill. >> white house officials today said they feel broadsided. these are the... >> narrator: at the white house, they decided a war w

rahm emanuel formally announced he's running for mayor of his hometown. cynthia bowers was there. >> reporter: at his invitation-only announcement ceremony... >> and that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for mayor. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: ...a man known for his sharp elbows made it official. he wants to lead the city with big shoulders. emanuel enters a race that's possible only because of the surprise departure of richard j. daley, the consummate politician who united this fractious city for more than two decades. >> this office doesn't come up very often. not very often. >> reporter: so it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, really. >> once in sometimes several lifetimes. >> reporter: while in congress, emanuel was credited with helping democrats win back the house in 2006, his "take no prisoners" style led barack obama to appoint him chief of staff two years later. but this month the house that rahm built came tumbling down. democrats were sent packing and emanuel's aura of invincibility was dimmed. now he's back home on the local sta

they say local jobs are not emanuel's priority.nuel is choosing to emphasize his washington connections as a way to get things done. >> the city is going to need an awful lot to get through difficult budgetary time. i think implicit in what he said was the fact he can pick up the phone and talk to the man in the president's chair. >> reporter: in echoing the president, emanuel is note offering a quick fix. he said it won't be easy, because the aspirations are so great. >> the challenges we are facing are daunting. the changes we seek are profound. there's nothing wrong in chicago that can't be solved with what's right in chicago. >> reporter: emanuel says he's planned three major speeches in the coming months, one in december on education, in january on crime, and in february on the city's budget. on monday, you can see the start of a one-week $750,000 tv ad campaign. on the north side, randy bellisoma wgntv news. >>> the mayor spent his day campaigning on the city's south side. the former chicago public school board president gath

should emanuel's residency be an issue in the mayoral election?ext yes or no to 97999 or go to wgntv.com. >>> after a long combative and expensetive political campaign, the first real effects of the november elections is only a few days away. >> rick pearson sat down with mark kirk who will become the new senator next week. >> reporter: mark kirk resigned today. the 90 minutes later vice president joe biden will swear in kirk as the new senator. kirk's victory was a big one for the gop picking up president obama's former senate seat but can democrats and republicans now work together? >> you start with small steps. i met with senator durbin and we laid out an agenda where we will work together. i want to ban all sewage dumping in the great lakes. he agrees and wants to work with me on that. i want to maintain for the modern o'hare project. >> reporter: but in the new congress with republicans ending the democrat's one party rule, the socially moderate kirk says the gop should avoid internal controversies on issues such as abortion. instead he says

rahm emanuel taking a tour of a turnaround school on the west side. then sitting down with us for an interview. he says education is a top priority giving parents report cards on the school and picking the right person to run cps. >> i don't want somebody who just knows policy and can't management. >> reporter: on balancing the city's budget. he says if he's elected mayor, he knows tough decisions are ahead. >> i think voters are ready for the sacrifices. >> what sacrifices? >> we'll have to talk about changes. >> reporter: an example: cutting cost is garbage collection by cutting competition. >> and the question is can we do it in more cost-efficient way and get a better bang for the buck for the taxpayers 37 >> would you consider rolling back the parking meter lease deal? >> i would love to but we already spent that money. okay? that's gone. >> reporter: he dismissed questions about whether he's lived in chicago long enough to be on the ballot. and chuckled at the report that the men who rented his home is mulling for mayor. he says he's staying foc

emanuel says that's not an issue. in a sit down interview, emanuel says education will be a top priority if he is mayor. he says he wants chicago public schools to give parents a simple version of the report cards that principals get about their schools. he also wants to give parents power to force changes at schools that continue to fail. emanuel also told us what he wants in the next ceo of the school system. >> i don't want somebody that knows education policy but can't manage and don't want somebody who can manage but tone deaf to education policy. >>> emanuel says tough decisions are ahead for the budget. spending cuts would be what he calls a shared sacrifice. >>> gary chico says if he is elected mayor he will make drastic changes in the chicago public school system. chico wants to lengthen school day frts current six hours to eight hours. he wants lengthen the school year from 100 to 76 days to 200 days and make kindergarten a full day. chico plans to pay for these reforms by cutting central school administrati

emanuel a resident of the city of chicago one year prior to the election?t's the only issue in this case. >> reporter: so on this last day to file, the mayoral race is a free for all. there's a campaign to draft outgoing illinois senator roland burris. those are his petitions. there's a political newcomer in real estate broker tommy hansen and the last of 18 to get his signatures in today, perennial candidate bill dockwalls. >> he said the last person on the ballot has the advantage because you have voters who have gone through and eliminated all the candidates. >> reporter: and on this final day handing in her paperwork, sandi jackson, but not for mayor. she's filing for alderman and city clerk. >> and we're going to weigh both seats and pray. >> reporter: did you weigh and pray about mayor pretty heavily as well? >> i did. i waited very heavily because it's a very serious post as you know. >> serious post all right and did i say 18 candidates for mayor? yeah, i did. that according to the unofficial list from the board of elections, this is it as of mid-af

status of rahm emanuel is the big question, specifically his residency. julian crews is live now in pilsen with more on the story. >> good afternoon. this record field of 20 candidates is off and running. it's an all out sprint to the february election which is not that far away. but the spotlight now shifts to rahm emanuel and the all important residency issue that has the potential at least to derail his run for mayor. >> have i not seen anything that would suggest to me that he meet the requirement of the law. >> on the controversy surrounding rahm emanuel's residency status in chicago. davis saying the bottom line is the law has to be followed. critics say the law is crystal clear. a candidate to be mayor has to have lived here at least a full year before the election. emanuel who of course until recently was in washington in the barack obama white house owns a single family home on the north side but he has been renting it to this man, rob halpen, the businessman who in a i -- astonishing twist of fate to run for mayor. as tomorrow's hearing draws ne

the man rent iing rahm emanuel's house in chicago is reportedly now considering running against emanuelr. businessman rob halpin tells "chicago tribune" -- "this has nothing to do with rahm emanuel." when emanuel left his job as white house chief of staff he offered halpin compensation to break the lease. his refusal to vacate could lead to whether emanuel has residency and can even run for mayor. >>> a man was convicted of slappedering public -- slandering publish official for his reporting and it's example of the hostile media in the country. we return to the bad old days for journalists. >> reporter: four journalists were attacked in russia in the past week. reporter koshin of a national newspaper was beaten friday by two men outside his moscow apartment building. here is closed circuit footage of someone helped him to his feet. he suffered fractures to the skull and leg and a finger was partially severed. he had to be put in induced coma. monday, local reporter was beaten and police say they caught attackers who claimed that they were paid to do something, but something that is deni

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this week there may be no bigger issue than with if rahm emanuel should be on the ballot.oesn't look like he should. watching the flurry for the race to mayor, danny davis is far from intimidated. >> people walking in purchase a lottery ticket and they're kind of hoping that they're going to win this million-dollar jackpot. >> reporter: in his case he says it's less a shot at a jock pot than a chance to build on years of public service. first as alderman then seven terms as a congressman sent back to washington last time with about 80% of the vote. and today davis made it clear, very clear, former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel doesn't belong on this ballot. emanuel's residency expected to be challenged in court as early as tomorrow. >> as i see it, the law simply states you must be a resident of the city of chicago for a year. didn't have any caveats, didn't have any special considerations. it didn't say if you worked for the president. >> reporter: there are other opponents davis could have a beef with. but says he doesn't. he pledged to run only if he was the c

are not crazy about the idea of working with rahm emanuel. it is looking for someone who will be a threat to the exwhite house chief of staff. and alexi ginnaoulias said he was shown results of a poll that put him 6 or 7 points ahead of rahm emanuel. he will make the run official after several weeks on a listing tour. he will kick off his campaign on the north side. and danny davis will get into the race on sunday morning downtown. davis, who just won his eighth term in congress, is getting into the game late after a coalition of african-american leaders picked him as its consensus candidate. and sunday evening the head of the salem baptist on the south side, james meeks, will launch his campaign. one believes if you add alexi ginnaoulias to the mix, there will be a run-off in aperal. >> i think if he did run, it would make it more difficult for anybody to get into the runoff. it will be -- nobody would be a sinch as much as i think rahm emanuel is thought of in previously to running. that's the strategy i think. >> reporter: the election is

three put in bids saying emanuel hasn't lived here two years. he was rooting for the bulls last night in l.a. claims his service as white house chief of staff doesn't disqualify him because he never thought to leave chicago permanently. >> he continued to vote chicago. he still has an illinois driver's license and an illinois car registration. he continually stated over the time that he has been absent that he intends to come back to chicago. >> emanuel is renting his home to a man who is now running against him. meantime, he lives in a condo on milwaukee avenue. >>> police still searching tonight for the person who killed one of their own this week. david blake off duty monday when he was shot to death in his suv. he was highly decorated and a member of the s.w.a.t. team. today colleagues remembered their friend. >> these few days have seemed to roll into each other. it's heart wrenching for all of us. >> we're a tight nit group. we support each other. we're not a bunch of individuals. we support each other and we're going to support dave. he w

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so i think you're looking at rahm emanuel, danny davis, james meek. people milling around. rahm has to feel pretty good about where he stands now. >> many pretty good shape. and i like your app much better than her app, so there you go. >> have a good weekend. >> have a great weekend. see you monday. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and monday joe scarborough joining us right here and joe looiber m leiberman. and follow the show online and on twitter. tamron hall has a look at what's coming up next on "news nation." >> i got my phone, i was looking for your app like the russian spy. >> not anywhere close. >> all right. thank you. i'm going to talk with the first person to officially announce he's challenging michael steele to be the next chairman of the republican party. he says the rnc needs to change how it's doing business. how may he make the change? >>> plus, we'll look at what president obama faces in washington as he returns from his trip to asia this weekend. what he is saying now about where he stands on the

and today emanuel didn't shock anyone when he announced what he plans to do next. >> because i love this city, the place my family came to, the place where i was born, i want to fight for a better future for all of the people of chicago and that's why today i am announcing my candidacy for mayor. [ applause ] >> emanuel is running to replace retiring mayor richard daly. the election is february 22nd. he represented the city's north side in congress before he went to the white house. >> don't ask, don't tell will remain in place for now. the supreme court will allow the military's ban on gays serving openly to continue while the federal appeals court considers the issue. the policy was lifted for eight days last month after federal judge ruled it was unconstitutional. the obama administration asked the appeals court to reinstate the ban until they could hear the arguments on the broader constitutional issues next year. >> well, senator john mccain fights a repeal to the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, his wife cindy is fighting for the other side. she is joining a slew of celebri

senator carol moseley braun accused emanuel of abandoning the obama administration during the pivotal congressional races. and at a swipe of emanuel, gary chico held his own hollywood fundraiser last night at the hollywood grill in whiker park. chico is trying to become chicago's first hispanic mayor. but experts say he risks splitting the hispanic vote with city clerk miguel del valle. he talks up endorsement of another prominent latino lawmaker, joe moreno. last month former alderman manny flores put his support to chico. >> changing a tire on the side of the road, indiana service truck driver is killed by a passing vehicle. 63-year-old phillip amsten had been called to help a semi with a flat tire last night on i-65 in northwest indiana. he was parked behind the semi. police say he was working between the two vehicles when an suv slammed into the back of his truck crushing amsten. the suv rolled over and injured that driver. >>> the power is back on at two large office buildings in the loop. and electrical fire broke out in a com ed vault before 5:00 this morning. the flames knocke

zeek emanuel came to my house one day -- >> rahm emanuel's brother. >> and he loved the cookies so mucht he called me the next day for the recipe and he served them at the white house. >> so nice. >> that was -- >> they are devoted jewish family this is your tenth cookbook. >> tenth cookbook. >> congratulations. >> i wish you all the best. thank you for sharing the history and this knowledge and information and delicious foods in thank you. thank you very much. >> have a wonderful holiday. quiche, cougle and couscous my search for jewish cooking in france is out now. for more information, check out our web page, wgntv.com/midday. i say buy the cookbook. get two or three. [ male announcer ] don't let aches and pains in the morning slow you down. introducing bayer am. its dual-action formula delivers extra strength pain relief, plus it fights fatigue. so get up and get going with new bayer am, the morning pain reliever. >>> right after those delicious appetizers we will start with our trivia question today. true cavier comes from which fish? sturgeon? mackerel, sword fish? the answer, ste

his name, she said, was emanuel.s a homeless man the family hired to do work on their house about a year before the kidnapping. the police were skeptical of the little girl's sudden memory. frustrated, the smarts contacted john walsh from "america's most wanted." in february 2003, the program showed composite sketches of the man who called himself emanuel. guess who was watching? the sister of the man who called himself emanuel. she gave pictures to "america's most wanted" his real name she said was brian david mitchell. what nobody knew was that elizabeth had recognized her kidnapper within hours of being taken. she knew him as emanuel, too. the same man her sister had remembered. in march 2003, the trio surfaced in sandy, utah, about 25 miles south of salt lake city. not far from elizabeth's home. police received two 911 calls from witnesses claiming they'd spotted mitchell. >> he's walking towards town so he's walking north. and he's with two ladies. >> reporter: an officer on the scene questioned the girl with mi

so they held a press conference, releasing a sketch of emanuel. a crucial tip came in.d mitchell. ed called the only person he knew could help. his new friend, john walsh. >> he said john, police want to close this case. they say richard ricci killed elizabeth, her body is buried in the desert somewhere. i don't believe that. i believe she's alive. i walked in the smarts' shoes. i knew they needed help and i knew elizabeth was rapidly becoming a poster. >> walsh put photos of mitchell on "america's most wanted," hoping to get leads from the audience. >> brian david mitchell's ex-wife calls "america's most wanted" saying he doesn't look clean cut. he's a pedophile. i'll give you a tip. he looks like bin laden, like the taliban. he's a creeped out street preacher. that's the guy you should be looking for. >> they focused on that. >> columnist and author lee benson says mitchell was a fixture on salt lake streets, a religious zealot who considered himself a prophet. >> somewhere along the way he became this delusional person. he progressively became the jesus man, and he s

>> bret: mike emanuel live on the north lawn. thank you. retail sales increase by 1.2% in october. double what was expected and the largest amount of seven months. stocks began the week mixed. the s&p gave back 1-1/2. nasdaq dropped 4-1/3. money is at the root of the house ethics hearing for veteran new york congressman charles rangel. from filing taxes late to using house stationery for fundraising, rangel admits the facts but denies intent. correspondent molly henneberg reports today's hearing got underway with money taking center stage. >> embattled new york democratic congressman rangel told the house ethics committee today he wasn't staying for his trial. >> with all due respect, since i don't have counsel to advise me, i'm going to have to excuse myself from these proceedings. >> with that, he left. telling the committee his former legal team dropped him this fall, doubtful he'd be able to pay his future legal bills and insisted he hasn't had time to raise money to get a new lawyer. he asked the committee to delay his trial. >> all i'm doing is something for the opportunity t

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with campaign cash, going up against five other candidates, including presumed front runner, rahm emanuel, who has millions of dollars in the bank. >> we don't run from problems, we face them. that is the chicago spirit and that's what sustains us. ours is a spirit that money cannot buy. >> reporter: shawn lewis, wgn. >>> >> 21-year-old marine killed in action in afghanistan has been laid to rest. funeral services were held in his home community. a rifleman with the third battalion was killed in afghanistan. his survivor include his parents, his wife, one-year-old daughter, a sister and grandparents. he was buried at memory garden cemetery in arlington heights. >> it's a federal program that is trading citizenship for community investment and it's keeping up controversy in mchenry county. next, inside of the proposed plan. >> four more years in afghanistan for international forces. nato creates an outline for a major transition, jim? >> bob, another cold day in chicago, today, but would you believe that tomorrow, we could well be 20 degrees warmer? i'll have details and the full forecast,

and last i reported on rahm emanuel, he was running very much as a contender. since then, all three of the stronger candidates have dropped out for various reasons to be with family, and -- chris: the mayor's race. >> luis gutierrez, all real strong. dart's not running. now rahm is the strongest guy in the field. chris: the next mayor of optimistic? >> there is a mysterious group that's backing rob halpin. who is he? that's rahm's tenant in his apartment back in chicago who refuses to move. and now this question -- >> the rent is too high. >> but there is an ordinance that says the candidate has to be a resident. chris: this is like christian gillibrand. gets into the race and nobody gets in there with her. and a hint at combat troops may be in afghanistan strongly until 2014. so will the democratic base stay with the president? be right back. chris: welcome back. this week the president's national security team said in what some called a coordinated effort that withdraw of combat troops from afghanistan will take at least until 2014. the president himself hint

emanuel needs to collect 12,000 signatures by the 22nd to be on the ballot. >>> lawmakers in iraq have broken eight months of gridlock and have reached a deal to form a new government there. the agreement keeps prime minister nuri al maliki in the post for another four years. the other top government posts will be spread among iraq's maker parties. >>> there's no sign in the economic downturn in the new york art world. the auction season cost $632 million worth of artwork being sold. that included a record-shattering $42 million for this roy lickin' steen last night. it has been put up for sale by steve winn. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the country. rain from seattle to portland. windy in the los angeles area. several inches of snow in the rockies and northern plains. afternoon showers west of chicago into st. louis, kansas, wichita and oklahoma city. summer-like in parts of the south. >> 81 in miami. 77 in new orleans. and 73 in atlanta. mostly 50s from boston to baltimore. still warm in the midwest. minneapolis climbed to 71. chicago, 64. detroit is 60 degrees. 50

rahm emanuel * running for mayor.eporter vai levine was not keen on william kelly's doingedness. watch this. >> how much -- i do a show on wind. what are you talking about. you have to go away. what are you talking about? >> they want a basic change in direction and a fresh beginning and a new start. >> how are you a fresh beginning if you are president obama's chief of staff? >> are you his press secretary? whoa, whoa, excuse me. did you just threaten me? >> back off, man. >> no, i work for wind radio. megyn: levine was charged with misdemeanor assault an was just found not guilty and some conservatives including kelly are fuming. do they have a point? kelly was none too pleased with that threat within went in and filed a complaint and levine went on trial and was just acquitted. was it the right result? >> absolutely. the on thing he's guilty of is using a dated phrase, i'm going to deck. you take you down to chinatown, a little bit better. he didn't commit an assault. this alleged victim is getting his 15 minutes h

a spokesperson for emanuel says we expect him to show up on the petition.t be filed by the end of next week. >>> president obama making a return today to one of his former hometowns. the president made a quick trip to jakarta, indonesia. the president spent a lot of time recounting his experiences there but also touched on the economy. >> chining with prosperous and secure is a positive. and we're not interested in containing that process. we want china to continue to achieve its development goals. >> well, the president did also take a shot at china saying some countries run up big surpluses to maintain their advantage. >>> former president bush sets off on a media tour for his memoir. he is promoting the 500 page book called decision point. he talks about water boarding terror suspects. he takes responsibility for approving the technique. he talked to lawyers saying it was legal saying it provided information about al qaeda. >>> keith olbermann is back on the air for msnbc. >> i'd like to thank the columnists and gave their support or a fair hearing and t

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and last i reported on rahm emanuel, he was running very much as a contender.hen all three of the stronger candidates have dropped out for various reasons to be with family and -- chris: the mayor's race. >> luis gutierrez, all real strong. dart's not running. now rahm is the strongest guy in the field. chris: the next mayor of optimistic? >> there is a mysterious group that's backing rob halpin. who is he? that's rahm's tenant in his apartment back in chicago who refuses to move. and now this question -- >> the rent is too high. >> but there is an ordinance that says the candidate has to be a resident. chris: this is like christian gillibrand. gets into the race and nobody gets in there with her. and a hint at combat troops may be in afghanistan strongly until 2014. so will the democratic base stay with the president? be right back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou.com, where you can find a doctor based on criteria important to you. and because it's sutter health you can choose a doctor from some o

. >> they rahm emanuel has an idea for fighting crime in chicago. he wants to use some of the controversial tax increments, so-called tip funds to hire more police in blighted areas. >> i want part of unused tip dollars, which would be $25 million to be used to hire 250 police officers for the tactical response unit to go to high crimes areas. >> rahm emanuel said those additional officers would create neighborhoods that become centers for economic growth. he would need to get approval to use the funds force more police hyers. >> kicking off another day of campaigning by meeting voters and eating breakfasts. at a famous cafeteria, a favorite of president obama in hyde park. he has september the past several weekends going for voters across the state. >> with the holiday season fast approaching, an inside look at what is going to be hot. >> from caterers to cakes to goodwill, how a weekend bridal exbow is helping out after a fire in a south suburban bridal shop. >> how a local woman ended up with more than 1,000 messages of support for her daughter.

also, emanuel just got hit with this news.n, that's a businessman who is renting emanuel's house and refusing to let him move back in until the lease is up. he now says he's seriously thinking about running against rahm emanuel for mayor. >> friends say he smokes cigars. i have no idea. i can tell you what the report is. >> sure. meanwhile, country's biggest stars gathered in nashville last night for the 44th annual cma awards. fox news correspondent courtney friel is there and up early with all the highlights. hello there, courtney. >> good morning, guys. it was country music's biggest night and a great birthday for miranda lambert, the big winner of the night taking home four awards. she won best female vocalist of the year, best song, best album, and best video. and her fiance, blake shelton. they are so cute together. he took home best male vocalist of the year. people are calling them mr. and mrs. cma. get to more highlights for you after you take a look at some of the clips of the show in case you missed it. >> ♪ nashvil

his chief of staff rahm emanuel has gone off to run as of chicago.david axelrod is moving to chicago to start plan for the next campaign. i think yes, indeed. i think they're going to bring in some new folks and i think probably they need to bring there some. >> couric: gentlemen, thank you as always. up next, election day may have been great for the tea party but it was not so good for the happy meal. mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. she starts at dawn and so does her back pain.om. that's two pills for a four hour drive. the drive is done. so it's a day of games and two more pills. the games are over, her pain is back, that's two more pills. and when she's finally home, but hang on, just two aleve can keep back pain away all day with fewer pills

the the emanuel campaign is arguing that intent is what a judge will look at. loser will go to a court, appellate, could go to the illinois supreme court. his people argue he never intended to moouch to washington permanently and never established a permanent residence, and that can be proven easily enough because there was a six-month lease on the house that was left. while this is a ripe legal question, as you point out, he's trying to frame the politics as an attempt to prevent people from chicago having a choice. it's a bit of politics in chicagos. >> it could have a major impact on the mayor election. here's what he said in chicago. he says he's going to challenge this. ramm admits he lived in washington with his family. his children were in school there. the bottom line he hasn't lived in chicago. he could cite all the photos we have in our own library and show him at the white house all throughout 2009. in one of the months he was disqualified he was on my old program "state of the union." that was one of the months where the election board sent a letter

emanuel resigned from the white house in early october. the election for chicago's next mayor will be held in february. >>> former president george bush drew more than 3,000 people to a book signing in central florida yesterday. bush spoke and signed his new memoir decision point. a large resort commuty near orlando. he said during the visit he does not miss being president but does miss some of the perks like flying on air force one and never getting sck in traffic. >>> d.c. is full of vibrant history and culture. >> and now one party of the city has a trail that will take you back in time. the heritage trail officially opened yesterday in northwest. you can learn all about the neighborhood thanks to new signs that lead you on a self-guided tour. historic landmarks including reno center -- reno city, american university and even our own nbc 4 studios here. it was in our building where nic nixon and kennedy took part in the first ever televised debate and kermit the frog made his debut re, too. >> this is the highest point in the city, and

team fox coverage now mike emanuel tracking the tax cut debate. molly henneberg on the start of the ethics trial for congressman charlie rangel. first to carl cameron on this challenge to nancy pelosi. the thinking was steny hoyer might step up and run against her when he didn't enter heath shuler. >> this is about the division of the democratic party. nancy pelosi being for democrats a real albatross. so many ads targeting nancy pelosi and linking them to her. by blue dog democrats. the fiscally moderate democrats and even socially conservative democrats that nancy pelosi and her liberalism from san francisco was toxic for them and bad for the future of the democratic party. heath shuler had said on the campaign trail that he was going to run against nancy pelosi if reelected and didn't think she should be speaker. the last several days he has been keeping the door open and not closing it and not making a decision. it has caused a tremendous amount of speculation and we caught up with him just a few minutes ago and he confirmed it this is a very

elizabeth emanuel knows all too well the intense pressure the designer will face. >> this is a good one. >> reporter: she and her then-husband, david, designed princess diana's gown in 1981, arguably the most famous wedding gown of the 20th century. >> we had people who were renting the offices opposite us with long-range cameras and telescopes and going through our rubbish bins. >> reporter: so intense was the scrutiny, that the emanuels actually stored diana's dress in a huge safe between fittings. watched over by two guards. and had a second wedding gown ready to go. >> there was no way we were going to let the identity of that dress come out. we had another dress. we could have finished it in 24 hours if we had to. had long sleeves. a v-neck. still the big skirt but different. >> reporter: diana's dress design officially surprised the 750 million who watched the festivities with its 25-foot-long train. will kate go for an even longer train? judging from her penchant for sleek, figure-fitting fashions, don't bet on it. and for many british women, who can't wait for the big day, that'