tom: kevin rudd will be with us in the next hour. brendan: one last question. is this a one-off issue or is congress unstuck? peter: this is a one-off issue. you will not see paul ryan and mitch mcconnell working as hard on any other issue. this is republicans, the president, a handful of democrats and a lot of democrats -- powerful democrats -- standing in the way. tom: ready, set, lobby. bringing out the big guns to sell stories two senators of all stripe and color. how does your firm react to an announcement like this? >> there is a change that may be taking place in all of this. we are thinking that this packs will now go through and that is a very important thing for the country. tom: do you lobby for selected groups? >> no. tom: did they call you? >> we tend to look at this and think about what is best for the country. tom: what would you say to senator schumer this morning? he is a 1940's, 1970's mode whatever. >> it is global. that is the only way it has to work. we have to make these changes because we have to compete in the marketplace overall. brenda

texas senator ted kevin rudd is the only candidate to announce a run for the 2016 nomination. >>> in chicago voters go to the polls. ron emanuel is fighting to stay in office after being forced into a run-off election. one of the central issues the gun violence plaguing the city. >> this is pictures of him when he was a baby. >> reporter: a month after her son was shot and killed ebony martin is trying to stay strong. >> we are confused puzzled. no way a kid should have died the way he did. >> reporter: 17-year-old dentia was shot in the chest on his way home from the gym. >> it's like "he's outside." we walked up. >> reporter: tackling the gun violence in chicago that plagued the south and west side is a key issue in the race for mayor. >> chicago is one of the most joint cities in the country. why, broken promises. four years ago when ron emanuel ran four mayor, he said he'd hire 1,000 additional police officers. violent crime in 2014 dropped by 16% in 2013. the total number of homicides fell from 500 in 012 to 407. there has been a spike in homicides. in the first three months of

. >> we have kevin rudd coming up. we'll get to this break so we can get to him.oming up former australian prime minister is going to join us. he's no stranger to dealing with china. he has more than a few words of advice for washington. he's our special guest right after the break. i care deeply about the gulf. i grew up in louisiana. i went to school here. i've been with bp ever since. today, i lead a team that sets our global safety standards. after the spill we made two commitments. to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. we've worked hard to honor both. bp has spent nearly 28 billion dollars so far to help the gulf economy and environment. and five years of research shows that the gulf is coming back faster than predicted. we've toughened safety standards too. including enhanced training... and 24/7 on shore monitoring of our wells drilling in the gulf. and everyone has the power to stop a job at any time if they consider it unsafe. what happened here five years ago changed us. i'm proud of the progress we've made both in the gulf and inside bp.