. >>> and, the intriguing story of michelle obama's family tree, >>> and, the intriguing story of michelle obama's family tree, and its roots in slavery. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. we normally begin this program with the news of the day, but tonight, we start with the reality of every day in a great american city. children in chicago terrified of going to school. there was a development today. the president send his top law enforcement officer and his education secretary to chicago to address that's city school violence. 34 students were killed there last year. 290 wounded. one recent death prompted washington's attention to the problem. chris bury reports tonight from chicago. >> reporter: today, as this city's children began their often treacherous trips to school -- >> have a good day. >> reporter: the president's men arrived to confront the crushing wave of kids killing kids. >> we simply cannot stand for an epidemic of violence that robs our youth of their childhood. >> this is a line in the sand we have to get dramatically better. >> reporter: what prompted thei

and now, some history has been uncovered about michelle obama and her ancestral roots to slavery. michelle miller has the story. >> reporter: so this is dolphus shields? >> yes, that's my daddy. >> reporter: as a young girl, 73-year-old bobby holt never imagined her foster dad, dolphus shields, would one day have a famous relative living in the white house. >> they're divvying up all the property. >> reporter: after 10 months of digging through countless documents, jeanologist megan smolenyak and the "new york times" made the discovery. >> it's a needle in a hay stack situation. >> reporter: mrs. obama's family tree has now been traced back five generations. her great-great-great grandmother melvinia shields was about eight in south carolina when listed in this 1852 property inventory. she was valued at $475. >> she's listed along with other household items. she's bequeathed as property, just the way you would bequeath a table or a house or a candlestick. >> reporter: melvinia had a son, dolphus, liste listed in ts 1870 census with an "m" for mulatto, a mix between white and black

michelle obama hoping to bring the summer olympics to chicago. mrs. a is in copenhagen along with other chicago dignitaries lobbying members of the olympic commit. president obama makes his pitch later this evening. check out the cover of the "chicago sun-times." the headline, oprah says if chicago gets the winning bid the party starts tomorrow. we'll have a live report in the next hour from copenhagen. senator max baucus says the health care bill could clear by the end of the week but it's not clear what we get. tempers are flaring and big amendments relating to the public option, abortion and illegal immigrants get shot down, that happened in recent days. the free choice act on deck and could be voted on today. we'll have a live report from capitol hill in our next hour. breaking news now on msnbc. a big boost in consumer spending, moments ago the commerce department reporting a 1.3% jump in consumer spending. that's the biggest in nearly eight years. spending got a jump start by the cash for clunkers program. on the job front, first time unemploymen

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president ever to enter into this kind of fray, and his wife, the first lady, michelle obama. it really was a yin yang approach and presentation. michelle obama really at times almost in tears, appealing emotional emotionally two of the ioc members saying how she remembers watching nadeo comenici. barack obama meanwhile appealing more to the head that america is a multiethnic society. that the state department and the white house and every organ of the united states would support back and deliver the best games ever if, in fact, chicago got that vote. but there's no sense at all at this point of course whether those two individuals even as persuasive as they are has swung the vote in chicago's favor. we won't know the answer until 1:00 p.m. eastern today. back to you, dan. >> all right, jim, thank you. well, if chicago beats the competition, the whole country could see an impact from hosting the games. the windy city, though, that would be center stage with a global spotlight. kristen dahlgren is live for a look at the city's push. the excitement has got to be building. >> rep

as you mentioned first lady michelle obama already over in copenhagen. she's been there about a day, shaking hands, meeting with people. she is joined by the queen of talk, oprah winfrey, along with a host of olympians over there, including names like nadia comen neech, nastia liukin, michael johnson, trying to tell the international olympic committee why chicago could win the games. the big gun gets there tonight, president obama is actually going to be there making a personal pitch. he'll only be on the ground about four hours but a lot of experts say that could put chicago over the top. of course, not everybody happy about the presidential involvement. republican lawmakers quick to criticize, but here in chicago they are excited, they are getting ready to watch that decision live as it happens tomorrow between 11:30 and noon central. christina. >> thanks so much. kristen dahlgren joining us live from chicago this morning. >>> there is celebration of extraordinary size and spectacle going on this morning in china, as the world's most populace country m

michelle obama has been pitching for chicago. most of the action has been away from the public view. our special correspondent is there. >> what is going on behind the scenes? someone who knows it is amy, the editor of the u.s. ompic web site. the amount of tattling must be intense? >> it is, it is a five ring circus right now with the board members trying to wheel and deal and get these last votes so they get their city and olympic games. >> it is not about this anymore, but it has changed? >> it has. after the scandal where there was bribery going on, they are no longer allowed to visit those cities. instead, the stars are coming to them. now, there is a parade of people who are coming, the who's who, michelle obama, the president of brazil. then it becomes a game in a different sort of way. >> was it wise for barack obama to be there personally tonight? >> i think it is. the takes the spotlight off the domestic issues and the international affairs. if chicago does not win, this could be brutal. people could say, you were tryin

aside from the president and michelle obama who were very good one-two punch, the rest of it fell, some people think, quite flat, as compared to rio's presentation which was uplifting, vibrant, colorful and positive. so, again, i wouldn't say anything was wrong or done wrong, it's just that chicago came up against someone better perhaps this year. >> jim maceda in copenhagen, thanks so much. >>> now, to the city that did lose the bid, chicago. john yang, let's talk about that contrast because i watched the two presentations here on foreign television and, frankly, the response of some of our colleagues here in europe was that chicago looked very american but that the other presentations looked global and we know that the ioc is trying to project that, that sense of it being the global games. do you think that that had some factor, played some role in it? >> there are factors that go there to it. it is hard to say until we hear from the ioc members what was going on. the rio delegation had been asking some of the members, you don't necessarily have to be with us all the way, but they did

i looked at michelle obama and you look in the crowd. what? 14 women, i think, out of about 106 voters? so this was not a necessarily a referendum on obama and all along, i just thought that rio was going to be the winner. madrid was probably a close second. remember the last time it had the most votes the first round against london. so i think for folks to beat up on obama for this failure, you can just as well say, hey, why didn't you show up two or three days earlier rather than just come for a couple hours and look like you were just dropping in real quickly and then scooting back home? >> i know david will ask a question. real quickly, just so peel know, in the first round of votes, madrid did have the lead. they were beating out rio by to votes by the time the second round happened, they had dropped to second. by the third round it was all over for rio. any way, david? >> i was going to ask, the polyis intriguing. we talk about it all the time. does this reinforce the idea? i suppose there might have been some question the president shoul

he travels to copenhagen late tonight, joining first lady michelle obama and oprah, from touchdown toe president will spend just four hours in denmark. the white house hopes that, that will be

michelle obama and oprah winfrey are in denmark to make a push for the 2016 olympic games. president obama is expected to arrive this afternoon. the international olympic committee will make its decision tomorrow. >>> medicine is on the way to samoa and american samoa. at least 149 people are confirmed dead after tsunami as washed away villages there. the indonesia, the death toll rises after the second quake hits sumatra overnight. officials think thousands more could be trapped under buildings and hillsides. >>> officials are reporting an earthquake hit central california. a 5.1 magnatude quake struck at 2: 2:00 a.m. this morning. you will hear more about that. stay with Ñ?Ñ? the world could use a little more space by moving 35,000 truckloads of freight each day csx trains give you more room on the highways because the world could use a little more space csx. how tomorrow moves. >>> president obama leaves today to lead an unprecedented push to win the olympicses for his hometown,

oprah went fri and michelle obama arrived in copenhagen to boost her hometown in a tight competition with rio, tokyo and madrid. >> in the city to most recently host the olympics, beijing, china, there were hassive celebrations marking their 60s birthday. >> reporter: nobody with would argue with them lighting the emtire state building green for st. patrick's day or pink to bring attention to breast cancers but honoring china with its checkered history of human rights abuses and oppression? well, chinese americans say that ain't right. there were protests all over the city today of china and the repression of that communist nation's government but also of the decision by the manager of the empire state building to honor china >> it kind of goes against what we stand for as a city. >> reporter: but no one was smiling on the streets tonight nor sell bratting the founding of communist china. >> i don't think that new york city wants to pay tribute to the 60th anniversary of china. they're an oppressive regime, one that doesn't share our values. there's plenty of opportunities for diplom

the world rejected michelle obama. the world rejected the oprah. day of his presidency. this is the guy who is going to talk iran into giving up its nukes, barack hussein obama. greta: the university of florida just removed a link on their website, saying how they would respond to an outbreak of the u n-dead. -- the un-dead. school officials say that they joke zombie link did not belong on the website, though they will change their minds when the zombies arrive. tiger woods. the winner of the 2009 fedex cup, and you can add another title to him. billionaire. according to "forbes," tiger took home $10 million, and according to "forbes," that pushed him over the mark. there are also endorsements. and, by the way, tiger? he is under 35 years old. and check this out. a tall puppet is roaming in europe. there are two, and they are part of a ceremony celebrating the anniversary of the reunification of germany, and they will meet up at the brandenburg wall. conan o'brien is striking back. we have shown you every battle in the war between conan o'brien and

he was introduced by michelle obama, who perhaps not surprisingly was wearing gold today to send out a certain olympic message. it was ai yin and yang express n expression. barack obama was speaking as the u.s. president, saying that he could bring -- he could guarantee from the white house to the state department across the country the best games ever. here is a little taste of what he had to say today. >> it's a buffling metropolis with the warmth of a small town, where the world already comes together every day to live and work, and reach for a dream. that's not just the american dream, that's the olympic spirit. it's the essence of the olympic spirit. and that's why we see so much of ourselves in these games. that's why we want them in chicago. >> reporter: it seems to be coming down to a two-horse race, dylan, between chicago and rio. anything can happen. chicago, i should say, is still the betting favorite, but rio has a lot going for it, too. the copacabana beach, and the passionate president, and the romantic plus, and it would be the first south american city to ever host the

first lady michelle obama is already there. and so is abc's june yunji de n who joins us live from copenhagen. good morning, yunji. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it is crunch time. the first lady is spending the entire day behind closed doors. meeting one-on-one, with ioc members. she has 24 hours to secure the key votes. michelle obama began the day meeting a very important president. not her husband. but the president of the international olympic committee. the first lady is heading chicago's olympic dream team, with star athletes by her side, and some very high-powered help. >> i'm sort of an ambassador. am i not, mayor? i'm kind of a -- i've appointed myself my own ambassador for chicago. >> reporter: an ambassador with her own brand. and a single task. >> really, just ask that i show up and be friendly. so, that's not very hard for me. >> every, single city who is bidding, wishes they had oprah on their team. and we have her and we are grateful that she is part of this endeavor. >> reporter: that endeavor is not withou

delegation including michelle obama and oprah winfrey is in copenhagen to make a final push for the games. kristin has the latest from chicago. >> reporter: in the city of copenhagen it's the sprint to the finish, so chicago is rolling out a dream team to try to win the summer olympics in 2016. first lady michelle obama has been there for the past day, selling her hometown hard. >> this is an opportunity for the united states to connect to the world in a really important way, at a very critical time. >> reporter: she is joined by the queen of talk, oprah. >> for us to be able to host the 2016 olympics and paraolympic games would be what my grand mother would call our crown in glory. >> reporter: an all-out effort to put chicago atop the other finalist cities, tokyo, madrid, and rio de janeiro, trying to win south america's first olympics ever. but chicago hopes its golden ticket is in a presidential pitch. >> i'll sleep on the plane, i'll land, i'll speak, and then fly back. >> reporter: experts say he could make all the difference. >> chicago's chances are significantly, and i mean signi

michelle obama pulled out all the stops to bring the olympics to chicago. we'll expose a little white lie she told to the international olympic committee in 90 short seconds. also coming up next, is there a rift between president obama and the top u.s. commander in afghanistan? when we come back, newt gingrich is weigh in on that, health care and much more. (announcer) we understand. you need to save money. (sfwhen you own a business,g we undesaving sounds good. so hear this: regions makes it simple to save money and time with lifegreen checking and savings for business, free convenient e-services and regions quick deposit, so you can deposit checks right from your desk. so switch to regions and start saving. plus, get a business financial review through a regions cashcor analysis. it's how business gets into the rhythm of saving. regions - it's time to expect more. sean: looks like michelle obama has been caught stretching the truth in her pitch to bring the olympics to chicago. let's take a look. >> some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, lo

michele obama met with the international committee -- international olympicommittee president. oprah winfrey and many star athletes are also working the rope line there. president obama ross tomorrow and will be here for the final presentation. -- president obama khan arrives tomorrow. >>> general motors decided to shut down the saturn plant after a plan with penske fell apart. 350 dealerships will be affected by this. >>> the heroes of the hudson are at the helm today of the same flight that splash landed last january. this is the first time the pilots have been teamed up. here is lindsay davis. >> the capt. is back in the cockpit again. >> i felt an obligation to my profession to come back. it is my profession. the u.s. airways family is mine family. >> they are piloting a flight to north carolina today. >> it has been a lot of fun being good at something that is difficult to do well. >> passengers who flew with him had no idea how the men who had saved 155 lines in january would be at the controls of their flight. >> i did not have anything to worry about, because you are al

the passion came from michele obama herself, the first lady and the president. not much within the team itself snoop you're not the first one to say that. thank you so much for joining us. >> coming up next, is the retail sector ready to give a season joal boost to the economy? we just talked about how next thursday's retail numbers will be. >> on the heels of today's job numbers we'll look at seasonal hiring? is it a trick or treat or a big turkey or lump of coal. we talk to ceos and job applicants after the break. esess >>> market is fighting it's way back. the market sank quite a bit. at one point they fought their way back to positive territory. right now down 18 on the session. >> believe it or not we're eight weeks away from black friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season. as this economy continues to go down some are looking to the retail sector for a seasonal boost in job creation. we go to california with the holiday jobs forecast. >> this is not looking like christmas but there are some bright spots. last year when things were so bad, s

they talk show queen took the microphone to introduce first lady michelle obama at copenhagen. they are trying to get the 2016 olympic games in chicago. >> every city bidding wishes that they had oprah on their team. we have her. we are grateful for her. >> i love this city. this city gave birth and life to me. my greatest successes came from this city because of its diversity. >> the first lady and oprah " lobbyin will continue their lobr the city. >> it will be a chilly start to the month of october tomorrow. the low for the day on our almanac for today is the current temperature at the airport, 51 degrees. a couple of sprinkles moved through as a surgical air swept through. 73 and 61 are the normal temperatures. these guys have cleared out. the last of these rebels have moved off to the mid atlantic coast. some fall chilly air. it is down to 48 in frederick. temperatures around the bay are milder. chilly temperatures on tap. light winds and the clear sky could show some frost in the baltimore area. sunrise is at 7:03. a high-pressure back in the northern lakes. a front is mo

it is chicago that president obama and first lady michell obama are hoping to put on the map. >> this morning, they are in denmark bbying to make their adopted hometown the host city for the 2016 summer olympic games. right now, rio is giving its presenting a to the international olympic committee. the obamas made their case earlier this morning with heartfelt speeches to the ioc. >> it is a bustling metropolis with the warmth of a small town where the world already comes together every day to live and work and reach for a drink. >> i'm asking to you choose chicago. i'm asking to you choose america. >> the challenging cities have been making their cases to the ioc for more than a year. many members said they wouldn't make a final decision until these final presenting as. >>> the labor department is set to release the latest unemployment numbers this morning. unemployment rate is expected to rise to 9.8% nationwide. those number as a big reason for why stocks took a tumble yesterday. dow plummeted 203 points. the nasdaq down 64 points n tokyo today, the nikkei closed down 246 points. >

first lady michelle obama is already there chatting up the international olympic committee on behalf of her hometown. chicago competes against tokyto madrid and rio de janeiro. there will be three or four ballots. they eliminate one city on each ballot. organizers estimate the games will cost at least $3.8 billion. is all of this worth it? is it okay for the president to make this unusual, unprecedented pitch? is america helped or put at risk by this? let's go to calls. should chicago host the games and is the president doing the right thing? jean is on the line in chicago. what do you think? >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to say neither my husband nor i want the olympic games in chicago. we live here. it's not a political decision. we don't belong to any of the protest groups. we voted for president obama. we voted for mayor daley. what it comes down to is the money. we don't feel that no matter how much it generates in jobs and hotel stays and everything that chicago is going to be able to afford it because we're already so far behind in the way the transit sy

burgers, all favorites of first lady michelle obama. how does she do it? how does she look so good? she shares her secrets to living a healthy and happy lifestyle in "p "prevention" magazine. overall, what was your impression of the first lady? >> i found her to be warm, engagin engaging, as wonderful and approachable as you would imagine. she talked a lot about what it is like to be 40 and approach health and fitness. i thought it was really interesting. >> what do you think are her personal attitudes? did she share her personal attitudes about health and happiness? >> she did talk about when you're 40 it is a lot more difficult than when you are 30. before you could eat whatever you wanted and just exercise. i asked her if she had an ah-ha moment or was she always healthy. she said when malia was 4 months old and barack's exercise routine hadn't changed a bit. she looked around and said what am i going to do. she decided to wake up at 4:30 and go to the gym. she said that's when it clicked for her. >> health care has been front and center for the administration. did she talk about

michelle obama pulled out all the stops to bring the olympics to chicago. we'll expose a little white lie she told to the international olympic committee in 90 short seconds. also coming up next, is there a rift between president obama and the top u.s. commander in afghanistan? when we come back, newt gingrich is here and he'll weigh in on that, health care and much more. (announcer) we understand. you need to save money. sean: looks like michelle obama has been caught stretching the truth in her pitch to bring the olympics to chicago. let's take a look. >> some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, looking at elga, carl lewis and others at their brilliance and perfection. she would have been 20 when carl lewis debuted in 1984. oops. honest mistake. man: when we want. man: when we're in the mood. woman: it's our choice. announcer: today, guys with erectile dysfunction can be ready with another dosing option from cialis. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right.

. >> michelle obama and oprah winfrey both arrived in cop copenhagen for a bid that looked more lik red carpet at times. they're hoping for the olympic officials to choose chicago as the host city for the olympic games. president obama is expected to arrive in copen hagen just in time for the u.s. presentation to the olympic committee. >>> the economy has been tough on just about everybody, even those on the forbes list of the 400 richest americans but we'll understand if you don't feel sorry about them. the rankings came out today, bill gates topping the list, $50 billion net worth, down from last year about 7 bill. and warren buffet. 9 out of the top 10 lost money last year, four

first lady michelle obama and april pray are already there. >>> the news edge on virginia. police are hoping you might recognize a credit card thief. take a look at this photo. police say this guy used stolen cards for a shopping spree at cvs then hit starbucks on somebody else's dime, too. they are stolen from a number of vehicles in the west springfield area recently. >>> hospitals are bracing for the second round of swine flu. a new report claims if a third of people wind up catching the virus, 15 states including maryland and virginia could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks. hoping to stop the spread, the first orders of swine flu vaccine should start arriving tuesday. those who got orders in early will be the first to get them. the vaccine is arrivingearlr than anticipated but the cdc is confident in its safety. >> safety is a top priority to us. what i want people to know is that no corners have been cut at all. the h1n1 vaccine is being produced exactly the sae way that the seasonal flu vaccines are produced with the same careful oversight.

oprah winfrey, michelle obama, and president obama himself. >> even with all the star power, it was not enough to help chicago get the 2016 olympic games, eliminated in the first round. more on the big disappointment and how the selection is making history. >> the decision was with and severe. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least amount of votes, will not. as a pig in the next round. about a dream turned into a nightmare -- it will not participate in the next round. >> the dream turned into a nightmare. thousands had gathered for the announcement. the celebration shifted into group therapy. >> for to be over that quickly and fast, it is heartbreaking. >> i just do not feel good about it. >> it is a devastating and to a push for approximately three years that included stars and dignitaries and athletes. that included with an 11th-hour appeal from barack obama who made an overnight trip to denmark, where he spent four hours lobbying ioc voters. the president learned about the vote on his return flight. the white house says he is disappointed about the decision but proud of ch

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. >>> first lady michelle obama was on the jay leno show last night. leno peppered her with questions about her husband, specifically what she finds most annoying about him. her answer? he is always beating her at tennis. and there is also a question about his beloved baseball team, the chicago white sox. >> your husband just won the nobel peace prize, and would he rather have world peace or have the white sox win the world series? >> that's a tough one. i think if you would ask him, he would say he probably would prefer world peace, but he wouldn't mind the world series bit, too. but i think he would choose world peace. >> the first lady also refused to divulge her daughter's halloween costumes saying leno would need a security clearance for that. >>> the man says he was desperate when he held up a loan office. he dropped to his knees as his victim preyed for him and hugged him. he said he was desperate from keeping his family from being evicted from their home and has been unable to find a job for more than a year. >> a lot of people had the thought

. >>> michele obama is in copenhagen meeting with the members of the international olympic committee. she's hoping to help chicago win the bid for the 2016 games. oprah winfrey also there talking up her town. the windy city is cop peating against madrid, tokyo and rio de janeiro. >>> gary is here to explain why if your favorite man in your life is acting strangely. >> at 6:00 we started with a picture from the u2 concert of the moon. tonight still gorgeous pictures of the moon thanks to craig little out there earlier. he's one of our photographs. -- photographers. watch this shot coming up n. is gorgeous, too. >> that's beautiful. >> on a wednesday night. temperatures cooling down out there. it's great, too, because with the skies clearing, it's not full but it's getting closer. we have clear skies out there tonight so it's big and bright out there in that sky. if you've noticed, too, the bright light down to the right of the moon, lower right is jupiter this evening. so just in case you've been wondering about that. temperature for reagan national, 70 degrees with some sunshine. very

. >> reporter: but for michelle obama's team chicago, right now, it's not about money.ut votes. they have less than 48 hours to bring home the gold. yunji de nies, abc news, copenhagen. >>> china is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its communist revolution. officials rolled out the red carpet, literally, for a huge, two-hour celebration of china's transition from starvation to major industrial power. president hu jintao called the anniversary an occasion to celebrate the rerival of china as a great nation. >>> in new york, the empire state building was lit in red and yellow to salute the anniversary and the relationship between china and the u.s. but not everyone was in the mood to celebrate. human rights protesters were calling it approval for a toll tall taryn government. and some members of congress agree. >>> also here in new york, a little boy is alive this morning, thanks to a brave, good samaritan. a firefighter handed the boy to an store owner. the store owner stopped on a landing, gave the boy cpr. and had him awake and breathing, clearly within seconds. he

first lady michelle obama and oprah wirey are part of that contingent. and the president barack obama will leave tonight. he'll join them there. the first lady says the athletes may be the ones competing in the on hlympics but the whole count could be a big winner if the windy city hosts the big games. >>> rio dah ja narrow, tokyo and madrid are the other cities competing for the games. the winner will be announced tomorrow. >> a senior u.s. official says washington would did are one-on-one talks with iran. diplomats from the u.s. and five other nations are meeting with iran right now in geneva, switzerland, to discuss its nuclear program. the anonymous u.s. official was optimistic heading into today's talks. this comes nearly a week after it was revealed that iran was building a secret uranium enrichment facility. >> now to a developing story out of indonesia where a second powerful earthquake has struck the island of sumatra. today's 6.8 magnitude temblor hit about 150 miles south of padang where the death toll is rising after yesterday's 7.6 magnitude

. >>> first lady michelle obama has wasted no time getting to work for her hometown. she's in copenhagenen having a one-on-one vip meetings and dineing with dignitaries and stars. she's of course pitching chicago for the 2016 olympics. on friday she and her husband, the president, will both be part of chicago's final presentation to the olympic committee members. >>> lunch and a movie didn't work out yesterday. the orioles went out and lost their 13th straight game last night. let's go to tampa where if the orioles lose tonight they will have an 0-10 road trip. that is a franchise worst. they need to go out and win three out of the next four to avoid a 100-loss season. only the 198 -- the 1954 and 1988 clubs did worse. >>> the video of the day -- check this out. this man was just trying to take a picture of these two kids when they started fighting. at yankee stadium! >> he's down. >> so the one boy clobbered the other on the head. the friend wasn't taking it so he's going to hit him right back. they went back and forth. this is the first fight at the new yankee stadi

michelle obama is already there, and the decision will come tomorrow. from copenhagen, here's sheila macvicar. >> reporter: the first lady of the united states and the first lady of talk tv are just two of the megawatt stars supporting chicago's high-stakes olympics bid. there are 101 delegates who will vote, and four cities to choose from-- chicago, rio de janeiro, tokyo, and madrid, with chicago and rio the favorites. in rio's favor, there's never been an olympic game south of mexico city. ♪ it's my kind of town ♪ >> reporter: in chicago's, there's the potential for a spectacular venue on the lakefront. >> everything about this bid speaks to what the city has to offer. >> reporter: this is a race where the winner may be decided by only a vote or two, so every vote is being wooed. the days of olympic corruption and bribery are gone. in their place, the celebrity lobbyists. so tonight in koppen hangen, the 101 delegates are being courted by presidents and prime ministers, a king and queen, the first lady, of course, and tomorrow, president obama himself

a french delegate called michelle obama, "the woman of the day."ut a dane found the president, "too business-like." and a german said, "i, for myself, made up my mind before they came." once chicago and tokyo were knocked out, madrid, the surprise finalist, could not compete with rio's vivid display showing that south america had never held an olympic games. >> brazil is ready. rio is ready. >> reporter: brazil's president said voting for them would send a powerful message to the world. rio's time had come. tears of joy for rio. and sadness for chicago. >> that's the way it goes. some days you win, some days you don't. it wasn't our day to win. >> reporter: still, a crushing blow for chicago, a city that had counted on the winner of that last big election to make the difference. in this one. and now, very disappointed mayor daley clearly very sad about what happened, has said that it will be many years before chicago bids on another olympics. charlie. >> all right, chris bury in chicago, thanks to you. christine brennan, a columnist for "usa today"

michelle obama is already there, meeting with the head of the international olympic committee. but the competition is stiff. so, what are the olds chicago wins? here's miguel marquez. >> reporter: chi-town, it's the odds on favorite. so the bets are coming thick, hot and heavy for chicago? absolutely. >> there's only one city in town the moment to win it and that's chicago to win the olympics. >> reporter: chicago looks good but that doesn't mean jackpot. >> you might think that but the olympics have a strange history of throwing up a surprise. >> reporter: for the 2012 games, bettors were putting their money down on paris all the way along but where are the olympics coming? london. same was true for beijing in '96. atlanta won. bookmakers say chicago's olds went up because of one person. and they're not talking about oprah. chicago has been favored all along, but just by a hair. 5 to 6. when president obama announced he would make the case in person, the odds skyrocketed -- 8 to 15. that is, for every 15 pounds you bet, the winner gets another eight pounds back. safer bet, poo

. >> first lady michelle obama has been there for the past day selling her home town park. >> this is the opportunity for the united states to connect with the world in a really important way at a very critical time. >> she is joined by oprah. >> for us to be able to host the 2016 olympic games would be what my grandmother used to say is our crowning glory. >> an all-out effort to put chicago above the other final serious in six cities like tokyo, madrid, and rio de janeiro. chicago holds its golden ticket is in a presidential pitch. >> i will land, speak, and fly right back. >> experts say he could make all of the difference. >> chicago is enhanced by the fact that the president will be on hand here. >> but everybody agrees with the president's participation. >> he is the president of the united states, not the mayor of chicago. >> some in chicago say they do not want the games, even staging protests over the next couple of days. but excitement is building for some. many in chicago get ready to put on a full-court press. >> the next day will have the final presentations to the ifc. t

president obama and michelle obama urged olympic leaders in denmark to choose chicago for the 2016 summerames. officials are now hearing from the other contenders, how are you de janeiro, tokyo, and madrid. >> a stern warning to iran. the country has two weeks to let inspectors into it recently revealed nuclear plant or face more pressure. more talks are scheduled for later this month. >> elizabeth smart said she was raped repeatedly each day after she was abducted from her bedroom seven years ago. she is testifying for the first time about the 2002 kidnapping as part of a hearing to determine if for alleged abductor is competent to stand trial. >>> the swine flu vaccine is expected to reach the public next week >> the first doses will be in the form of a nasal spray. pregnant women will receive an injection. >> through late august, we can report that about 100 women in the united states have required intensive care unit hospitalizations for h1n1 flu. >> 28 pregnant woman in the u.s. have died from the swine flu. health care workers also top the priority list for getting the vaccine. >>>

. >> michelle obama arrived in denmark to yesterday to make a pitch for chicago. other finalists include madrid, tokyo, and rio de janeiro. >> i am so excited to be here. we have a lot of work to do. i will go talk to se voters. >> other noteworthy americans are there including oprah winfrey and chicago mayor richard daley. president obama is expected to barrive tomorrow. he will fly nine hours each way to make great 45-minute presentation. >> and then back to work. >>> 5:47. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. it is the first day of october and it feels like it. >> unseasonably cool. temperatures are about 10 degrees cooler this morning. we have a few upper 30's. bridgewater, 39. chantilly, 44. frederick, 50. in manassas, 43. oxon hill, 50. it is a few degrees warmer in some locations. 50 downtown. 53 at nationals park. pretty cool across thboard. front royal, up 43. here is a wide view of what is happening. parts of tomorrow and we will of pleasant conditions. this storm system will continue to push our way. a lot of action, if showers and thunde

first lady michelle obama, president barack obama, and oprah winfrey. but that star power was not enough to bring the 2016 olympic games to chicago. we have more on the big disappointment for the state. >> the city of chicago having obtained the least amount of votes not participate in the next round. >> their olympic dream turned into a nightmare. >> it is shocking that they went out in the first round. >> thousands gathered for an announcement and the celebration shifted to group therapy. >> for it to be over that quickly, it is a very fast. it is heartbreaking. >> i just do not feel good about it. >> it is a devastating end to almost three years of work. many celebrities and dignitaries pushed for it to come to chicago. >> i urge you to choose america. >> president barack obama made an overnight trip to denmark to lobby the voters for four hours. the white house says he is disappointed in thethe decision but is proud of chicago. >> our athletes and this nation is excited to compete in 2016. >> a stunned silence seemed to linger over chicago in hours.

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