whether mr. obama is trying to save mayor daly's re-election, i don't know. if mr. obama had a higher motive that's broad-based olympic americaa, fine. but here's the deal. his failed five-hour whirlwind trip has hurt american interest and american prooej -- prestigious around the world. the risk of defeat was too weak. he's playing with the prestigious of the most powerful office in the world. that capital must be harbored and protected carefully. but he was not. neither he or his operatives understood the workings of international olympic committee. it was a huge mistake. but the ioc surely knew the polls showed half of chicago was against this. coming back empty handed this afternoon, president obama must face questions such as posed by our very good friend doug ghee cass. does this signaled the end of the american economic and financial hygemony. it's a high wire act of the greatest importance in protecting the security of the united states. mr. obama bungled this. now, it's not the end of the world, but it is an ill timed setback. coming uh, what does this humil

coming up next, mrs. obama. tracing her roots from slavery to the white house. >> finally tonight, barack obama made history when he became the first african american elected president. 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

so does increasing another city's chance of winning if mr. obama didn't make the trip. e winner will be announced just before noon central time. jeremy and vinita? >>> president obama has called nuclear talks with iran a constructive beginning. in geneva yesterday iran promised to allow international inspectors into a newly discovered uranium enrichment facility within two weeks. iranians agreed to ship some enriched uranium to russia. there will be more talks before the end of the month. >>> the senate has voted down a call for an in-person briefing by general stanley mcchrystal, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. mcchrystal is pushing for up to 40,000 additional troops. the head of central command, general david petraeus, says president obama should be allowed to settle on a new war strategy first. >> i think it is always appropriate to go back to, what's the mission? what is it that we want to accomplish? and that is what is being discussed right now. we're not yet at the point of talking about resources or numbers or what have you. in fact, i have not yet endorse

but a senior white house official says, mr. obama will make the decision based on his priority to defeat al qaeda in afghanistan. >>> meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton is talking to european allies about obama's afghanistan strategy. she left for a six-day trip to europe in russia yesterday. she'll also discuss what should be done about iran and north korea's nuclear programs. >>> the u.n. has started investigating the plane crash in haiti. a u.n. spokesman said 11 people died when a u.n. plane crashed into a mountainside yesterday. that plane carried military personnel who worked at a u.n. mission. >>> and finally, a very good week on wall street. the dow jones industrials jumped 78 points yesterday and closed just below the high for the year. the economic reports this week were better than expected. >>> that's a quick check of your saturday headlines. welcome back to hln. i'm holly firfer. an undercover operation has revealed just how easy it is to buy a gun at a gun show. no questions asked. it's a loophole in the law

and mr. obama may accept some taliban involvement in afghanistan's political future. >>> we're talking about making a move now. a big local employer set to shut its doors. >>> a new face in the redskins organization. a lot of buzz this week. what is the addition of an offensive consultant mean for head coach jim zorn's future. we are talking with the junkies from 106.7 the fan coming up.  >>> welcome back. this is a look at the beltway in the silver spring area where we had a couple of accidents happening on the inner loop. a pedestrian was struck there. a separate accident on the outer loop. traffic was shut down for quite a while. moving now but moving slowly. so there are lengthy backups on the beltway. we'll check in with julie in a few minutes to see how that is progressing. >> add to that a few wet roads because of the showers overnight. might be awe few trouble spots out there. >> i can tell that you today will be a decent day. it will be nice later this afternoon. we'll have temperatures

mr. obama and his wife urged the committee because of the humanity and the international spirit they said the city represents. >> it's 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. that's not just the american dream. that's the olympic spirit. the essence of the olympic spirit. that's why we see so much of ourselves in these games. that's why we want them in chicago. >> just hours later, chicago did not get enough votes to make it past the first round, turning an expected celebration in chicago's daily plaza into a wake. an hour after that came the final announce many from copenhagen. >> i have the honor to announce that the olympics are awarded to the city of -- rio de janeiro! >> unfortunately, kanye did not jump on stage and shout that chicago still had the greatest bid. there was none of that. just a celebration by the people in copenhagen and rio de janeiro. while everybody can celebrate the b

the international olympic committee was eliminated hours after mr. obama made a personal bid on the country's behalf t is unprecedented for an american president. not only the first president to personally lobby the ioc but also established the first-ever white house olympics office. in his pitch to the committee, president obama said awarding the summer games to chicago would make the world proud. >> the nation that has been shaped by people from around the world wants a chance to inspire it once more, to ignite the spirit of possibility at the heart of the olympic and paralympic movement n a new general railings, i urge to you choose america. and if you do, if we walk this path together, then i promise you this, the city of chicago and the united states of america will make the world proud. >> i never dreamed that the olympic flame might one daylight up live in my neighborhood. but today, i can dream. and i am dreaming of an olympic and paralympic games in chicago that will light up lives and neighborhoods all across america and all across the world. >>

>>reporter: mr. obama has been under fire recently from many in the gay community. some believe he is not moving fast enough when it comes to the campaign promises he made to his gay and lesbian supporters. one big issues, gays serving in the military. the president tonight made a bold statement >>we are moving ahead on don't ask, don't tell. [cheering]. >>we should not -- we should not be punhing patriotic americans who have stepped forward to serve this country. we should be celebrating their willingness to show such courage and selflessness on behalf of their fellow citizens. >>reporter: he said he would continue to urge members of congress to appeal the defense of marriage act, and he wanted to extend all rights to gay and lesbian couple >>>i will not waiver in ending discrimination in all its forms. >>reporter: the president said although some issues may not be moving fast enough, as the community might like, he was quick to point out what he called a major success. a bill named after matthew shepherd who was killed during a gay bashing attack. the hate crime b

the nominating committee said mr. obama was chosen for his international diplomacy efforts, specifically mentioning his outregion to the muslim world and his work on climate change and nuclear disarmament. dan lothian from our sister network cnn explained how president obama heard the news. >> reporter: it was robert gibbs, the white house spokesman, who called the president this morning shortly before 6:00 a.m. and broke the news to him that he had won the noble peace prize. according to the senior administration official, the president was "humbled to be selected by the committee." clearly the white house was caught off guard. another administration official saying "we were quite surprised by the announcement". >> what a surprise he woke up to no doubt. president obama will get $1.4 million along with the peace prize. he's now the third sitting u.s. president to ever win it after teddy roosevelt and woodrow wilson decades earlier. >>> within the past half hour, two nasa spacecraft crashed into the moon on purpose into thi

the nominating committee said mr. obama was chosen for his, quote, extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy. they noted his research to the moslem world, his outreach to the moslem world in attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. >> only very rarely has a person to the same extent as obama captured the world's attention and given his people hope for a better future. his diplomacy is founded in the concept of those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population. >> president obama will get $1.4 million along with the peace prize. he's now the third sitting u.s. president to win it after teddy roosevelt and woodrow wilson. we'll be getting your comments on this all this morning as well as all of this breaking news again of president obama winning the nobel peace prize this morning. >>> now to two nasa spacecraft about to crash into the moon on purpose. it happens in about 90 minutes. the first one, that does the dirty work.

this as the president and mrs. obama to have denmark for a sales pitch to win the olympics for their hometown of chicago. >> we can make it, if we try, that's not just the american dream that is the olympic spirit the essence of the olympic spirit. that's why we see so much of ourselves in these games. that's why we want them in chicago. >> that presidential plea went nowhere. the international olympic committee those rio. we know the result was the press playing along? >> i think katie couric said it was oprah and the president were the dreamteam going on there i think they were drinking their own kool-aid and they've discovered that the rest of the world doesn't idol eyes president obama has much as the -- idolize president obama as much as the mainstream media. >> remember the king of spain, prime minister of spain, prime minister of japan, president of brazil they are all there. don't forget that tony blair played a key role for lone -- london and getting the olympics. >> and spain was a super power. >> what i'm sayi

i do not know why mr. obama was not aware of it. >> u.s. ambassadors say members of the united nations security council are studying options for more sanctions if iran does not prove its motives are peaceful. >>> checking your weekly planner now, the new supreme court term begins monday. issues for the session include gun control, child custody, and juvenile criminal sentences. tuesday, the man suspected of killing yale student anne le will be in court. raymond clark is being held on $3 million bail. and friday, nasa's lunar crater observer will crash into the moon at the area you see here. >>> many women overcome challenges in their lives and some use that to pass it on and inspire others. take suze orman. 30 years ago, the respected financial expert and award-winning tv host was struggling just to make ends meet. in our new series, breakthrough women, suze orman tells her story and encourages other women to take charge of their lives. >> reporter: she's known for her no-nonsense approach to money. >> stop, stop, stop. you cannot afford pit

. >> mr. obama is in the middle of a major decision as you know on -- and we'll probably end up increasing troop levels in afghanistan. how does the committee feel about that? >> at this time, the conflict in afghanistan concerns us all and we do hope that the improvement of the international climate and the emphasis on the negotiations could help result that i do not claim that it must help or will help, but we could hope that this could help to resolve that conflict. >> do you have an opinion on raising the troop levels? >> the president himself says he was humbled by the recognition. >> i am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the nobel committee. let me be clear, i do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of american leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nation. to be honest, i do not feel that i deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures that have been honored by this prize. men and wo

. >> president and mrs. obama decided their first dinner will be for the prime minister of india. he will receive the honor a few days before thanksgiving. sarah palin has been moved up from spring to november 17. the book is no. 1 at amazon. it is 2.5 years to the iowa caucuses, but republicans are starting to raise money and hire staff in hopes of knocking off president obama. mitt romney never stopped running. he is having a big fund-raiser later this month. and the vice president's son that will turn the delaware after deployment in iraq. he is 41 and is the state attorney general. he seems to have the family bug. he will be expected to run for u.s. senate next year. >>> the wealthiest people in america have actually lost money over the last year. the collected net worth will drop by $300 bilon. despite losing $7,000,000,000.11 months, bill gates still tops the list, worth of -- lostin $7 billionn in 11 months, bill gates still tops the list, worth $50 billion. there are too many zeros for me. >>> we have some numbers that we can understand and keep track of. >> very comfortab

i do not know why mr. obama was not aware of it. >> meanwhile, u.n. experts says iran has all the information it needs to design and build a nuclear bomb. a confidential analysis was published yesterday in the "new york times." the same experts say they need more evidence to be sure about the extent of iran's nuclear knowledge. their report says iran got know-how from rogue nuclear scientists and did a lot of research and testing on its own. this if this report is accurate, iran know s more about making bombs than we anticipated. >>> family and friends in chicago said good-bye to a teen beaten to death. derrion albert was attacked by other teens on his way to catch the bus. during his funeral yesterday, some people said, we've had enough. here's wls. >> reporter: they quietly filed into the funeral derrion albert to call for the violence that claimed him to stop. >> a lot of people this young that are just dead, it's -- there's no purpose. >> reporter: standing room only at this morning's service inside the greater mt. heeb ron church which drew many

. >> mr. obama is in the middle of a major decision as you know on -- and we'll probably end up increasing troop levels in afghanistan. how does the committee feel the about that? >> at this time, the conflict in afghanistan is -- and we do hope that the improvement of the international climate and the emphasis on the negotiations could help result that i do not claim that it must help or will help, but we could hope that this could help. open the regional. presidents himself says he was humbled by the recognition. >> i am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the nobel committee. let me be clear, i do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of american leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people. men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace. but i also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women and all americans want to build, a world that gi

mr. obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before that award but a lot of nobel watch are thoughtrd the president. the same analyst had predicted the commit committee would move back toward the original intent of the prize which is to recognize a person was work is ongoing and whose actions can make a big difference in the world. >> let's check in with tucker barnes with a look at your forecast. >> temperatures right now are on the mild side. it will be a nice day. i mean temperature-wise. it won't be beautiful if the way of sunshine. the rain will hold off until tonight. then cooler weather for the weekend. >> okay. >> are you ready for that? >> sure, i am. >> there is your satellite- radar. a couple of showers out there earlier today. most of the activity is now north of the city if you are watching out towards west munster, up towards frederick. you might be getting a light shower. that is about it here in washington. you can see that the main event is out to the west. that is a cold front that won't get in here until tonight. up ahead of that, you will have winds from out of t

there is pressure on mr. obama. the longer general mcchrystal's request for more troops goes unanswered, the more doubt there will be about the president's vision as commander and chief. after all, he has no experience fighting a war. and equivocation always translates into a weak profile. that being said, it's smart for the president to make a decision that will help the u.s. military in a very complicated theater. but time is growing short and mr. obama needs to make a call soon. talking points believes the nato investment in afghanistan is worthwhile. and would send the additional 40,000 troops with a timetable for increased stability if the situation doesn't improve by next spring, for example, then plan b should be impose. what is plan b? i don't know. i have no idea. any pullback though from afghanistan will be spun as a victory for al qaeda and the taliban. that doesn't mean we stay there if the chaos cannot be contained. but it does mean that all measures should be taken before we change tactics, mcchrystal

this as the president and mrs. obama jetted to have denmark for a sales pitch to win the olympics for their hometown of chicago. >> we can make it, if we try, that's not just the american dream that is the olympic spirit the essence of the olympic spirit. that's why we see so much of ourselves in these games. that's why we want them in chicago. >> that presidential plea went nowhere. the international olympic committee those rio. we know the result was the press playing along? >> i think katie couric said it was oprah and the president were the dreamteam going on there i think they were drinking their own kool-aid and they've discovered that the rest of the world doesn't idol eyes president obama has much as the -- idolize president obama as much as the mainstream media. >> remember the king of spain, prime minister of spain, prime minister of japan, president of brazil they are all there. don't forget that tony blair played a key role for lone -- london and getting the olympics. >> and spain was a super power. >> what i

the rug that mr. obama has bought is iran's right to continue to enrich uranium >> paul: your conclusion would be that iranian leaders have no intense of giving up their nuclear weapons program? >> absolutely not. to be honest they say themselves openly again and again, only you don't want to hear it in the united states. they say cat gorelick that iran -- categorically that iran will not stop its nuclear project period. let's talk about palestinian, global warming, trade about the form of united nations. they are giving a package in which everything is mentioned, sadly not [ inaudible ] >> paul: put yourself in the head of the iranian leaders. if that's their intention what do they hope to achieve from these talks? the president says the goal is to get them to cease and desist with the military program. >> in achieve three things. first some legitimacy at the time that ahmadinejad has lost quite a bit of his legitimacy because of recent elections and continued unrest in the country. his opponents say his p

general stanley mcchrystal talked with the president for 25 minutes, as mr. obama weighs whether to send more troops into the conflict. a video released today gave the first proof an israeli soldier captured by hamas more than three years ago is still alive. sergeant gilad shalit is seen holding an arabic language newspaper published in mid- september. the 23-year-old said he'd been treated well, but appealed for his release. the video was handed over to israel by hamas in exchange for 19 female palestinian prisoners. after they were freed, they met with palestinian president abbas in ramallah. leaders from both sides expressed encouragement from today's swap. >> even though the path to the release remains long and full of difficulties, the information that he is well and healthy is encouraging to us all. we see that what happened was a small step in the hard process we are going throughment but it brings hope to achieve a good deal between the palestinian resistence and the israeli occupation. >> lehrer: israel will release one more female palestinian prisoner as

>> on the campaign trail, they called mrs. obama the closer, because she could lock down last-minute votes. now she and some high-profile friends -- are trying to do it again for vote 2009. >> really, just ask that i show up and be friendly, so that's not very hard foe me. >> oprah is not the only one on the first lady's dream team. star athletes also working the rope line. >> it would be an incredible honor for the united states to be able to host those games. >> so they're telling ioc members their stories, hoping to secure those undecided voters like um chang. >> what are you looking for? out can someone convince you? [not understandable] >> the president will take a red-eye flight tonight from washington to arrive here in copenhagen in the morning, in time for the final presentation. he's on the ground for just a few hours, but they're hoping it's enough time for him to seal the deal. >>> we're taking a second helping tonight, back by popular demand the landsdowne inn where you can fill your belly, get your fortune told, meet yo

i do not know why mr. obama was not aware of it. >> meanwhile, u.n. experts say iran has all the information it needs to design and build a nuclear bomb. a confidential analysis was published yesterday in the "new york times." those same experts say they need more evidence to be sure about the extent of iran's nuclear knowledge, but their report says iran got some snow-how from rogue nuclear scientists and did a lot of research and testing on its own. if this report is accurate, iran knows more about making a bomb than the u.s. publicly estimated. >>> 45-mile-per-hour winds are driving a wildfire in southern california. it's only 5% contained and has bunned 1500 acres. three homes have already been destroyed and dozens of others are threatened right now. people have been takingor horses and pets with them as they evacuate. the fire started saturday afternoon and authorities are trying to find out what caused it. >>> a fire set on purpose to get rid of forest undergrowth is now out of control. it happened 120 miles north of phoenix here. about 1,000 ac

the president's spokesman says this is not a decision mr. obamais likely to make quickly. >> i think there's obviously in each of these an agenda where we're going through, again, as we've talked about, understanding and enunciating clearly the goal, the strategy to accomplish the goal, and ultimately we'll get to discussion/decisions about resources needed in order to implement a strategy to meet that goal. >> according to a recent "usa today"/gallup poll, america is split almost down the middle on whether to send more u.s. troops to afghanistan. 48% say yes, 45% say no. an associated press poll also finds public support for the afghan war dropped four percentage point nz july. >>> meantime, the violence against u.s. soldiers is increasing in afghanistan. roadside bombs killed three coalition troops yesterday including one u.s. service member. 865 u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan since operation enduring freedom began. >>> while he mulls over a course of action in afghanistan, the president also has a little basking to do after winning

they give you some caviar, tea, i little rug, they will kiss you on both cheeks but the rug that mr. obama has bought is iran's right to continue to enrich uranium. >> paul: your conclusion would be that iranian leaders have no intention of giving up nuclear weapons program? >> absolutely not. to be honest they say themselves openly again and again, only you don't want to hear it in united states. they say categoricalally that iran will not stop its nuclear project, period. now, let's talk about other things. about palestinian, about global warming, about trade, about [ inaudible ] they are given a package in which everything is mentioned, [ inaudible ] >> paul: put your self in the head of the iranian leaders. if that's their intention what do they hope to achieve from these talks? president obama says the ultimate goal is to get them to sees and desist with the military -- to cease and desist with the military program. >> three things, first of all some legitimacy at the time that ahmadinejad has lost quite of his legitimacy because of the recent elections and continued unrest in the cou

mr. obama met with him aboard air force one friday in copenhagen after making his olympic page. the says is weighing his options and will make a decision in the matter of weeks. >> in the coming weeks we will have vigorous debates. there will be alternative views presented. and we will come up with -- i'm quite sure we'll come up with the right solution. >> in the meantime jones says he doesn't foresee any major risks. >> i don't foresee the return of the taliban. i want to be very clear that afghanistan is not in danger -- imminent danger of falling. >> but general jones' tone differs sharply from that of general mcchrystal who says the situation in afghanistan is serious and warned in a speech last week that success against the taliban shouldn't be taken for granted. >> what doles we know about that attack over the weekend? >> ironically this all happened at a pair of small combat outposts that were set to close down. this was all part of the strategy to try to move u.s. troops into more populated areas so only about 50 u.s. soldiers were stationed there. the taliban is claimi

mrs. obama's maternal great, great, great grandmother. a 6-year-old slave girl.n the will, her master decides it will be his descendants that inherit the use of her. the value set at $475. >> she was treated like a piece of property in a will, and when she was only 8, she was sent across the south. >> reporter: she was moved to a new farm in georgia, and it was there that she met the white man who would father her first child. that child was named dolphus shields, michelle obama's great great grandfather, and he would become a carpenter in birmingham. by 1900, he owned this house. by 1911, he had his own business. his family part of the middle class. >> you get the sense of him pulling himself up, step by step into economic stability, which is all the more amazing considering he was born a slave. >> reporter: and one of his sons, robert lee shields, married a seam stress named annie. they had a sun who would move to chicago. he and his wife had several children, including a daughter named marion. and it was marion who would marry a man named fraser robinson, and

mr. obamaid not have much choice, as they noted that the winners of the 2012 and 2014 games, london and russia respectively, sent their heads of government. but there are people who said that president obama should not come here and make a personal pitch, especially in light of the fact that some people in chicago did not want to have the games. in the end, the u.s. presentation may not have been as strong as some of the political measures used both by the two of finalists, brazil and spain. chicago felt it had the best venues in terms of competition, but president does silva of brazil made an emotional appeal. he noted that there have been 30 olympics in europe, a dozen in north america, but none in south america at all. he said it is time to address this imbalance. for others, the 2016 games would just be a game, but for brazil and south america, it would be an unparalleled achievement. meanwhile, many people on the olympic committee -- an emotional appeal was made as well by it the president

so while mrs. obama is grabbing a hula hoop to promote exercise for kids, mr. is grabbing his imaginary mop. >> you're not holding the mop the right way. >> reporter: and while critics call it stupid and they wish it would kick the bucket, the president is holding on to the metaphor like a dog with a mop. >> come on! >> that was cnn's jeanne moos for "showbiz tonight." and that clip you just saw of michelle obama hula hooping, a.j., here's a fun fact. she was able to get a whopping 142 swivels in before the hula hoop hit the ground. >> 142, holy moly. all right, brooke, the "showbiz on call" phone lines have been slammed. a lot of people calling in about jon gosselin going to a synagogue looking for parenting advice. >> we got a call from carol in ohio. she says the whole thing was just another ploy to get some time on camera. >> caller: he never misses a chance to get out there and get publicity. if he really wants spiritual support to raise his kids, he would be out praying with them instead of going out and galavanting around. >> we also heard from latrice ca

do i not know why mr. obama was not aware of it. >> meanwhile, unexperts say it has all the information it needs to design and build a nuclear bomb. a confidential animalysis was published yesterday. the same experts say they need more evidence to be sure about the extent of iran's nuclear knowledge. but the report says iran got some know how from rogue nuclear scientist and did a lot of research and testing on its own. if this report is accurate, then iran knows more about making a him into thant u.s. publicly estimated. >>> family and friends in chicago said good-bye to a teen beaten to death in wrood daylight. video footage showed derrion albert being attacked by other teenses on his way to kacht bus. during his funeral, some people said we've had enough. here's our affiliate wls. >> reporter: they quietly filed in on to the funeral to honor his life and call if the violence that abruptly claimed him to stop. it was standing room only at this morning's service inside the greater mount hebron church which not

just as tony blair's visit to the ioc gave them a final push ahead of paris, mr. obama is extremely popular abroad. i don't know if you've seen or heard this. there are shots of committee members taking cell phone pictures with him after his speech. chicago's massive parks, waterfront space along lake michigan an extensive mass transit system play in the city's favor. i think chicago will be the host. >> especially with president obama being so popular around the whole entire world, you wonder if it will be. thank you so much. >>> john travolta's lawyer testified two accused extortionists planned, two people accused of demanding $25 million from travolta. otherwise they would go to the press with the story that he was somehow responsible for his son's deadly seizure? the bahamas. both have pleaded not guilty. >>> next week people in samoa will say good-bye to more than 100 friends and family killed in tuesday's tsunami. on american samoa some people will follow tradition by burying their loved ones in the yards. one of them say they'll bury their daughter with her backp

and mrs. obama were proud of the presentations they made and glad they came to copenhagen to make the pitch. they only spent about an hour- and-a-half with the international olympic committee members. 14 hours in the air. the president aimed to trade on his own international popularity and to the decision to and what he considers the bush administration's unilateralism. >> there is nothing i would like more than to step in just a few blocks my family's home with michelle and our girls and welcomed the world back into our neighborhood. >> brazilian presidents luiz inacio lula da silva argued that it was rio's turn. there has never been an olympics in the southern hemisphere, and even opponents admit that it was probably their time. david axelrod says that the president does not see the loss of chicago as a rebuke or a decline of u.s. influence, but the white house is likely to face criticism over both the cost of the trip and the president might come under fire for a chicago resident who never wanted

mr. obama was cheered a several times, but it appeared not everyone who cheered for him was willing to vote for his city. trace: any idea what might have swayed the final tally? >> you had really emotional appeals from madrid and from rio -- different kind of emotional appeals, particularly in the case of the brazilian president, who noted that the olympiad has been held 30 times in europe, a dozen times in north america, seven times in asia, never in south america. he says it is time to correct this imbalance. he said for any other city in the competition, the olympics in 2016 would be just another game. for brazil, he said, and the rest of south america, it would be an unparalleled achievement. it is going to cost brazil, experts figure, $10 billion more than it would have cost the people of chicago to put on the olympics. there will have to put much of that money into roads and other parts of the infrastructure, and they will get less coverage from the tv networks, will provide the main sour

>> mr. obamaas been in office less than a year, so many still blame the circumstances more than him f things don't get better, that could change among voters an even in the media. in washington, jim angle, fox news. bret: florida democratic congressman alan grayson says he regrets his use of words to likening people who die without health insurance to victims of the holocaust. grayson says that he did not mean to minimize the holocaust. grayson still has not apologized for another comment on the house floor earlier this week when he said that the g.o.p. healthcare reform plan is, quote, die quickly. president obama met today on air force i with his top commander on the ground in afghanistan. we will talk about the effort to fund a new strategy for the war, when the fox all-stars join me after the break. f >> you have to navigate from where you are, not from where you wish you were. a strategy that does not leave afghanistan in a stable position is probably a shortsighted strategy. >> it's ok with

. >> reporter: mr. obama becomes just the fourth u.s. president to bin the prize. the committee offered gleaming praise. only very rarely has a person to the same extent as obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. >> together, we can build a world where people are protected, prosperity is enlarged, our our power truly serves progress. and it's all in your hands. >> reporter: but with critics arguing that mr. obama's accomplishments have yet to rival those of previous winners, the chairman of the committee found himself on the defensive. >> to president obama, who is contributing to improve the international climate. >> reporter: the nomination process is kept a secret for 50 years. so, it will be a very long time before we know who nominated president obama. the prize itself is worth $1.4 million. it's given out in oslo, on december 10th. diane? >> okay, thanks to you, yunji. >>> let's bring in george stephanopoulos, chief washington correspondent, host of "this week." george, we heard the call. it came to the president a l

the first of four finalists eliminated for the 2016 olympic games, that despite the president, mrs. obama, and oprah winfrey making the case for their hometown. this is the first time a sitting president has gone to make this kind of appeal. he flew to denmark for less than five hours so that he and our first lady could take part in the olympics presentation. >> i am dreaming of an olympic games in chicago that will light up lives and neighborhoods all across the neighborhood -- all across america and the world. >> if we walked this path together, i promise you this. the city of chicago and america will make the world proud. shepard: it was not enough to convince the olympic committee. it would have been seen as a huge victory at the white house, no doubt, and tonight, it is the critics who are applauding. there are politics and everything, including disk, and it was a gamble, one that did not pay off. tony blair helped london get the 2012 games. vladimir putin helped get the 2014 olympics. but this time, but try failed, and critics of the president insists that he -- insist that he faile

the president's spokesman says this is not a decision that mr. obama is likely to make quickly. >> i think there is obviously in each of these an agenda where we are going through again as we have talked about, understanding and enunciating clearly the goal, the strategy to accomplish the goal, and ultimately we will get to discussion and decisions about resources needed in order to implement a strategy to meet that goal. >> according to a recent usa today gallop poll, america is split on whether to send more troops to afghanistan. public support for the afghan war dropped four perpercentage opponents in july. >>> roadside bombs killed three yesterday including one u.s. service member. 865 troops have been killed since operation enduring freedom began. >>> while he mulls over a course of action, the president has a little basking to do after winning the nobel peace price. he was stunned to get it. we tell you more about the committee's decision and what the award could mean for the presidency. >> good morning. >> yes he can win the peace prize on the s

. >> mr. obamatedly helped tod train acorn organizers and represented acorn in a voters registration lawsuit. he served on the board of a charitable organization that paid acorn 190,000 . he told an acorn audience. i have been fighting along side on acorn on issues you care about in my entire career. still the president down place the relationship with acorn. >> you know president obama? >> no, i think i was in a line at a unimeeting and may have shaken his hand but not met him in a sense of like we are. you and i are good friends compared to president obama. >> you think his presidency is good for acorn. >> thus far, the jury is out. >> but perhaps not for long. there is also a down side to having friends in high places. acorn is scutinized like never before. coming up. wade raife's brother embezzelted money and he talks about that for the first time on camera after the break. it's endless shrimp at red lobster. indulge in endless choices of your favorite shrimp. including new wood-grilled shrimp w

. >> likely after mr. obama meets with china's president next month, according to one asian analyst who says it irks the chinese when foreign leaders receive the dolly lamb mavment. >> any head of state that meets with the dalai lama is encouraging separatism of tibet from china. >> still, u.s. presidents have met with the tibetan leader, both republicans and democrats, usually in private. president george w. bush met with him publicly and presented him with the congressional gold medal. >> he felt it sent an important signal to the chinese to keep your hands off of tibet and don't engage in thor tearian crackdowns and respect the tibetan people. >> nancy pelosi noted some white house advisors have spent time with the tibetan leader. >> president obama recently appointed a special envoy to tibet, the undersecretary of state, who is with us today as well. she just visited with valerie jarrett who just visited his holiness in india. >> the obama administration needs china's support on north korea's nuclear develop

mrs. obamathe next two days crucial to winning a sports event that feels more like a political campaign. jim maceda, nbc news, copenhagen. >> you know what's interesting, mika, "chicago tribune" poll found at last half of chicagoans don't want the olympics. >> they're the same as new york. nobody wants it. >> heads the committee of dead fish. >> listen, we need the jobs. coming up next, a look at what's making headlines in papers from around the country. plus why hollywood is defending film director roman polanski, accused of a sex crime. i believe he admitted to it. keep it right here on "morning joe." excellence is right on time. it's gmc truck month. shop sierra 1500 slt with the 403 horsepower 6.2 liter v8. it's the most powerful half ton v8 in its class. step up to the best. it's gmc truck month. get 0% apr for 60 months on 2009 gmc sierra or get $6,000 total cash back on select 09 sierra 1500 extended and crew cabs in stock. see your gmc dealer today. >>> isn't that a pretty shot from chop

the president and mrs. obamafirst wedding anniversary since moving into the white house. they celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary. they married in 1992 in chicago. now let's get a check of the forecast with dave. good morning, dave. >> good morning. it is a magnificent morning here in the nation's capital. here is a live shot from our tower. take you out to maryland. 56 degrees. we were in the 40's. things are improving. yesterday we made it up to 77 at reagan national airport. today high pressure is building in. we should be right where we should be. seasonal average is 73. keep in mind it will be breezy out there, winds out of the west 10-15-mile-per-hour. looking ahead to the week, what a perfect october week we have. temperatures around the 70-degree mark. lots of sunshine today and tomorrow. late tuesday, rain coming our way. clouds on wednesday and high pressure thursday and friday and by saturday a little bit of rain coming and temperatures dropping down into the 60's. with the cooler temperatures, t

mr. obama will get slammed on this today in all the political pundits. but i don't like it from the standpoint of the united states prestige. we never had our president go over and make a direct pitch and we lost. it's not good. that's all i'll say. it's not good. this country is a great country. what just happened is not good. there may be hundreds of reasons for it. i understand politics, ioc, chicago, corruption, it's not good. that's the only point i want to make. >> let's see what the reaction is. it's out there. let's see what the reaction is if it's on obama or not. it has become standard and yes it's the first time a u.s. president has showed up but, king carlos was there, president of brazil was there. you know, i just think that the united states felt like they had to do this because when you're talking about the u.s., there's been city support. basically a city. and it seems like every other country that's involved is about the country. when you look around chicago there's very little besides o'hare airport let friendship shine which is their

she, mrs. obama, used the personal singular time, 64 times. it was all about them. the danger is, an adjective sooner or later attaches to presidents. honest abe. all kind of adjectives. the danger to the president is that vain is going to attach to him. >> i mean, he was going for chicago. i just thought of this. the truth is, he should have used chicago smarts before he went. you don't go into an election that you don't know the outcome of in chicago. and the idea that he would, as the president of the united states, go to copenhagen without states, go to copenhagen without states, go to copenhagen without states, go to copenhagen without knowing that the ioc he did not have the votes the fewest votes of anybody. that's a bad political, terrible political judgment to make. >> they would have blamed president obama if he hadn't gone. three cpoints, one, i think this -- the olympics have come draft in corruption. chicagoans were opposed to the olympics coming to their city. i think in the end, obama's lucky. if chicago got the election, every scandal, every sign of

obama administration. and the program. you just heard him mr. carafano say that was bad policing.hat could be like a cop who was acting outside of his authority. that's not what this brahm is about. >> but it happens every day because they are instilled with this authority. that's what i'm trying to say. i have witnessed every single week somebody getting pulled into this web of local police officer meddling -- no one is saying immigration can't go and identify illegals and arrest them. i'm not suggesting that what i'm suggesting is that the local police need to be dealing with local crimes. not with immigration issues. immigration has vast vast resources. there is no reason why they can't handle the job that they have been assigned to in the constitution of the united states. juan: mr. carafano what you just heard from ms. church is you have got a lot of rogue cops out there who aren't obeying what is the intent of 287, which is the bill alliances and coalitions that you are talking about. cops using this in a vindictive manner. >> you know, i would really love to seat list of ca