roosevelt in one thousand nine hundred thirty six so to discuss all the economic challenges ahead for mr obama i'm delighted to be joined by financial advisor. patrick. so hello to you thank you for joining us today now as my american friends reliably informs me there's an age old saying that it's the economy should you put that's what people say meaning that the state of the economy decide on the president so what's happened here that why was obama reelected in this failing economy is it a case of better the devil you know i or what. i think to a certain degree it was better the devil you know even though obama is frankly fiscally illiterate the problem was that ultimately mitt romney was an incredibly lucky luster accountability had the incredible potential economic account of the sea but he didn't really show through and therefore people were simply uncertain at the end of the whole position there looked to be some doctor recently that was suggesting that the u.s. economy was improving slightly certainly there has been a buying soon the economy since the no idea of the first term of obama b

one more point, i am told the crew on air force one gave mr. obama a congratulatory cake. >> kristen welker, thank you, on the trail. >>> and now, in boston, after a sad night there, the question what went wrong in the romney campaign. peter alexander covering, there for us tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you here in boston, this is apparently the intersection of politics and the nor'easter, in the words of one top aide to the romney campaign tonight. the mood in the campaign is a lot like this weather, dreary, at the end of a six-year long quest for the white house. tonight, mitt romney is left asking himself what might have been. dressed in a business suit and surrounded by family and friends, and for a final few hours, a secret service team, mitt romney this morning left his boston hotel, quickly returning to life as a private citizen. on this november 7th, the day governor romney promised voters he would get to work, the only campaign work left to do, packing up, and tearing down. just before 9:00 this morning, a

the white house said mr. obama plans to meet burma's's president end opposition leader aung san suu kyi during his visit. it is the first time a -- american president plans to visit the country. and the bishop of shahram, just as well because my is said to be named to the next archbishop of canterbury. an announcement is expected by the british government on friday. the man who shot former congressman gabrielle giffords has been jailed for life. jared loughner shot her in head and killed six others. the jiabao came face to face for the first time today in a courtroom in arizona. -- the two came face-to-face for the first time today in the courtroom in arizona. "i will live and die in syria" was the defiant message from syrian president assad in an interview. this comes as a reaction after he was offered safe passage as a guarantee to end the civil war. the bbc's diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has the story. >> the syrian opposition groups have been under intense pressure to unify under a common leadership

mr. obama now with 167, mr. romney with 173. and again it takes 27020 win. he obama states are in blue. the white states are those where we do not have enough information to make a projection. the states in gray are the states where voters are still at the polls. now let's look at the battleground states. there were nine of them at the beginning of the evening. states that could go either way, states that will tip the balance for one candidate or the other. so far tonight cbs news has projected that new hampshire and wisconsin will go for president obama in the other states. we do not yet have enough information to make a projection. let's look at the vote count in the largest of the battleground states. that's the state of florida with 29 electoral votes. 87% of the vote has been counted. and have a look at that. 1%-- 1 percentage point separating the two. if president obama were to win florida at this point, the election would be over. he would go over 270 electoral votes. but it looks like florida is going to be a very close race indeed. the state of ohio

mr. obamato the israeli prime minister to get update on the situation. many analysts say unless there is a cease-fire in 48 hours it's uncertain there will be an escalation. shannon? >> shannon: david lee miller live in israel. thank you. we are going to look at the reasons that israel is striking back against gaza furiously right now. national security correspondent jennifer griffin puts the story in per speculative. >> the gaza conflict may be phase one as they prepare for strike against iran nuclear program. conventioconventional wisdom isy will strike back. >> our problem is not our border with gaza, but other country's boarder with gaza. access of the arms that come from iran through sudan. among rockets fired at us come directly from iran. we know the hamster rorrist trained with iranians. strong connection. >> they can reach tel aviv and jerusalem from gaza. in the past year, they smuggled components for the rocket through tunnels from each of the desert to gaza. >> they are iranian made

when mr. obama was the inseverable overachiever in the early political race his friends were infuriated but even those loyal to mr. obama say that his quest for excellence can bring him to cockiness and you overestimates his ability so what does one predicted a second term for barack obama particularly with these qualities of character? he most recently exhibited the combination of moving to the center while preaching of the class warfare targeting the wealthy with more taxes. the speaker of the house john boehner says that he backed away from an agreed compromise on raising the debt limit. an article in "the new york times" magazine tends to support that charge the reason he painted a picture of obama standing firm and the negotiations as the apparent requirement for the resolution of the legislation approaches the end as it appears that even more are being forecast for the next congress if it will take an unusually skillful second term president to deliver solutions to the financial problems facin

well it's a sign of the times isn't it mr obama certainly has not made a secret of the pivot of america and from a military source perspective to asia and look it's an opportunity i think the obama administration would say here is a state that has clearly made its own pivot toward the west and toward america and although mr obama might be criticized in some quarters by perhaps rewarding them too soon by actually going and paying them a visit i think mr obama wants to make sure that they get to the finish line the finish line in this case being come over to our corner you've been in china's corner for a long enough so how will china particularly bearing in mind it's got a new leadership how will they respond to that. well first of all i'm not so sure that the quote new leadership in china is all that news most of it is composed of very conservative elements who are not likely to change very much from from what was china of the past i think china's got a dilemma here because on one hand they could be antagonistic toward the pivot and make an enemy but i don't think that's likely to happen

. >> pelley: in a news conference, mr. obama confronts senators appointment,pointment, proposes proposes a way out of looming tax increases, and tells us what he thinks of his disgraced c.i.a. director. reports from bob orr, nancy cordes, and wyatt andrews. for the first time, we meet for the first time, we meet the owner of the pharmacy whose drugs are linked to the deaths of 32 patients. jim axelrod is on the case. israel finds a sworn enemy and takes a shot. it's the beginning of a major military operation. and doctor jon lapook with a pioneer surgeon who can turn a voice like this... >> ( whispers softly ) >> pelley: into something like this... >> ♪ we could have had it all rolling in the deep... ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, for the first time the president weighed in on the scandal that ended the career of his c.i.a. director and derailed his nominee to lead nato. president obama told a news conference no classified information was compromised in th

well that's a that's a very interesting question because i mean first of all i would argue that mr obama isn't a very popular man and he's been elected by about fifty three fifty four percent of the electorate and then reelected by fifty percent of it in his first term he was going to be the great amount of hope and she and should do all sorts of different things what we've seen in the last six or nine months has been an incredibly bitter campaign by somebody who's been very very keen to be divisive across america and really therefore what are we looking at in economic terms i think we're not going to see any great difference because actually mr of obama just dogs not get the economy he doesn't understand and he doesn't seem particularly interested in it and during the course of the next four years he's simply not going to have any degree of the economic power to move forward in the way that he would like which is essentially spending more government money away because. there isn't really any more government money to spend and second of all because anyway the republicans still control co

big house behind me or will he find his name added to the sorry list of one-term presidents. >> mr. obamaas argued furiously for his second term and seems now to hold a narrow lead in the polls but the challenger, mitt romney says he is confident he can snatch the presidency from obama and return america to a conservative road. >> to a quick look. the morning papers give you the sense of decision day. perhaps an element of slight relief if you can imagine the headlines written. decision day, "the wall street journal." >> decision day in america, and the "new york times," state-by-state, the battle for the president goes to the voters. i have absolutely lost count in the last 48 hours or so. of every pundit i have heard and spoken to that said above everything what they want is a decisive result one way or the other. it is the voters' turn to speak. >> and the huge amounts of early voting. we talked about polling day. they do allow early voting. in the states that do, we have seen quite a remarkable turnout. it is voting day. it is the scene in ohio, one of the closest states as we have be

romney mocked mr. obamafor this proposal he outlined earlier. >> i said i want to consolidate the government agencies, we should have one secretary of business, instead of nine different departments. >> we don't need the secretary of business to understand business. we need a president who understands business. and i do. >> reporter: this afternoon in richmond, mr. romney called on supporters to give to the red cross but was interrupted by protesters. >> that is what caused this monster storm. >> reporter: at the center of the response to the storm, new york city's mayor michael bloomberg said that climate change contributed to the storm, and endorsed mr. obama as the best candidate to tackle the climate change, saying he could still inspire the hope he did four years ago, despite what mr. bloomberg called a disappointing four year term. and brian, there is still one significant event, tomorrow, the last monthly unemployment report, before the election. >> peter alexander, in virginia, thank you. with the ro

we are expecting to see mr. obamamerge from that door there which is on the right of your screen which we can see. somewhere behind that curtain is president obama. he should be emerging soon to make comments. this will be a brief statement about his meeting. she's described as the nelson mandela of asia. it's been a historic meeting in that house where she spent many years under house arrest. we'll continue to keep a close eye on the situation in myanmar. we'll take a short break. back soon. as station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in

but as mr. obama has found, offering whole scale change is a promise that's hard to live up to. >> well, for more on the job awaiting whoever wins the keys to the white house on tuesday, i spoke with don mcmanus, the washington columnist for "the los angeles times." that report is not easy to offer full-scale change in the system that america has. but it is right, isn't it, that the vision that mitt romney have and the vision that barack obama have is quite different. >> oh, it is different. it's a classic american debate between the idea of an expansive activist federal government -- that's obama, of course -- and a minimal, smaller, shrinking federal government, that's mitt romney. so for all the talk of bipartisanship we've heard in the last two weeks from both candidates, there's not a lot of bipartisanship out there. >> when you speak to republican voters, you've been out around the country a lot, there is a real sense that they are very angry with what's this president has done to the country in

romney and mr. obamabut he did win the popular vote as well as the electoral vote. >> and that was up for grabs for several hours. the popular vote was sitting with mr. romney. now the president has both. people across the bay area has been watching chosely as the results came in. we're with the republican party. but let's check in with joe vasquez who is with the democrats in san fransisco. are they partied out already? >> reporter: the crowd has diminished since obama's speech wound down. there were hundreds of people here and they had a war room as they were calling it around the country to drive out the vote. let me show you video of what happened just after the 8:00 hour just as the returns started coming in from the west, and it became apparent after california, oregon, and ohio started getting called, these folks were cheering, there were tears and hugs. i spoke to one lady who was crying who told me she was very proud obama had won. >> my disabled son and the issues that concern me about his life

we still can't project a winner the presidential contest in florida, but even without florida mr. obama has 303 electoral votes-- well over the 270 needed for victory. mitt romney ended up with 206.

mr. obama's executive action.ow, with the election over, some republicans are weighing if the time is right to attempt to pass this by the end. year. >> rubio says conservatives must better explain that they are for illegal immigration system that works. >> it's really hard to get people to listen to you on economic growth, on tax rates, on health care if they think you want to deport your grandmother. it's come mmon sense how you portray. >> with latinos voting in 2008 they're clearly becoming a more political force. >> i think what was encredibly encouraging was to say a significant increase in latino turnout. >> mitt romney received only 27% of the latino vote, the worst g.o.p. showing since 1996 prompting for some, a sense of urgency about outreach. >> it's only a matter of time where you can't win an election without the hispanic vote. i see good signs that conservatives are paying attention, that they need to speak to the hispanic community. >> congressional sources know that the congressional action was onl

itas mr. obama who delivered his final preelection speech. this year virginia had to make do. >> there is no quit in america and never has been. >> romney hits four states and just added two more on election day. ohio and pennsylvania. a last minute effort to broaden the battleground. romney's closing argument that his victory will bring real change from day 1. and president obama has failed to deliver. >> you hope president obama would live up to his promise to bring people together. he hasn't. i will. >> 9news now. >> in most of the national polls, the candidates are in nearly a dead heat. obama leads romney 48.8% to 48.1%. >> bruce johnson. four years ago when obama became the first african american to win the white house, the crowds on the street erupted and the celebrations went well into the night. >> also had to do with being able to exhale. we were done with bush. >> thousands will gather tomorrow in the restaurant to watch the results. >> i think we'll be prepared to make our toast at around 10:30, 11:00. >> other supporters are hope

abc news is predicting mr. obamalikely win we'll see fog pushing into north bay valleys so normal seasonal conditions will return overnight lows into low 50s so cooler overnight. then some of the overnight readings earlier in the week. here is what's happening in the atmosphere, high pressure is retreating now, moving away. this big cold air mass coming our way. the cold front could bring showers to us. we'll start at 5:00 thursday morning. it will be dry. by 10:00 thursday morning we'll see showers developing in the north bay. the front swings eastward and south ward. showers reaching other parts of the bay area, there is not a lot of moisture with this system. some showers could trail into friday morning before giving way to sunny skies and much cooler conditions. into the seera, winter weather advisory in effect from thursday morning until friday afternoon. snow levels will be down to 3500 feet. tomorrow here in the bay area, much cooler, pleasant. sunny skies, high temperatures from 60s up to low 70s into warmest

. >> and mr. obama says he is withholding any judgment on why he didn't learn about that investigation sooner. >> the president also commended patraeus on his service to the country. >> he has agreed to testify about the attack on libya and the pentagon's investigating e-mail communications who apparently is not too happy with all the new found fame. >> there's a whole bunch of people blocking my alley and can't drive into my own driveway. >> about how many people are out there? >> 10 at least. >> i'm a consulate general. i have involuntary ubl uability. they should not be able to cross my property. >> kelley does not have any diplomatic protection. paula broadwell still at her brother's. >> it's been a game of cat and mouse. this morning when she went for an early morning run, she slipped by five photographers. >> it's crazy. it's like a small big town. >> the stake out at paula's brother's home includes about a dozen photo journalists. >> i thought it was a movie set going on. >> some are on the sidew

aides and friends sng f so in intervito mr obama's own words of praise and the russians sng f it best. he is a perpetual acatiring overachiever. as he faces off with mitt romney, mumi obamas. and fear of losing is in over3 ive. he is craficing for debate against an opponent, called ineto frantic pace to narrow the gap with mr. romney and embracing do anything it takes of an increasingly contentious campai a . even by the standarmpl of political worlds mr. obama's obsession with virtuosity, proving hiublielf the best, are remarkable. those close to him say -- critics call it arrogance -- when mr. obama was derided as an overachiever in an eao ny political race his friends were infuriated. even those lbutal to onne iobam say his quest for excellence can lead into cockiness and he tenml to overestimate his capability. so what should one predict a ort a second term for baracversobam? particularly with these qualities of character? he most recently exhibited a combination of moving to the center while some hnove detecte his class warfare, targeting the weast of the house john boehner state

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most of the bay area went for mr. obama.re was one county in southern california if i can get this to shrink here, boy show it to you. san bernardino county, i promise this is going to work. okay? right here... well, numbers don'ts come up. technology not working for us here. san bernardino county goes for republican candidates. in this case, even san bernardino county went for mr. obama. it, all just goes to show how unpredictable this can be on election night. >> we're glad that that worked smoothly last night. >> the viral video you just can't touch. the president chanlz mchl c hammer racking up hits. we'll have more of this video up next. >> i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. over on twitter at m finney i'll answer questions here live in just a little bit. >> looking towards angel island, we're seeing clouds and sunshine. clouds about to become predominant feature, i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> taking a look at traffic right now on the san nayo bridge. you can see sun peeking out

mr. obamaas 78 electoral votes, mitt romney 82 electoral votes at this early stage on the way to 270 needed to win. anthony mason has been looking at some of the swing states where we don't have enough information yet to make a projection but you can tell us which way the wind is blowing in some of them. >> yes and the win has shifted somewhat of the five battle ground states where polls have closed we're now moving the first one off the toss up board, it's the state of ohio. we have our election desk has it leading to president obama. that means our election desk sees a slight advantage for president obama in ohio. let me caution you in these leaning states they could still possibly lean back as the night goes on. we also wanted to take a look at the state of north carolina and its 15 electoral votes which you were talking about a little while ago. we asked voters in north carolina when did they decide when they were going to volt, -- vote and fully 83% fold us they decided -- fold us they dec

a smiling mr. obamas home in chicago. >> and over on the left coast, the "l.a. times" says "obama again. the swing states stealing the second term." a nice little thumbs-up from the president there. >> absolutely. and this one here from "the washington post," a simple headline, which simply says, "obama wins." so you see it right there. they did a bunch of local interviews and asked him, were you really emotional and/or was it just cold? he kind of said it was a mix of both. he was in iowa giving a speech. so it was a mix of emotions and cold winds blowing in his face a little bit, but clearly he's a little emotional tonight. >> and leave it to "the new york post" for this one. "barack for more." back for more, get it? >> they did not endorse him. that was interesting. that's the front page of "the post" this morning. it's the talk of the country. it will be for the next few days as america kind of settles in and gets past an eternal and very divisive campaign. hopefully all of that chatter about biparti

you're going to be safe. >> reporter: today mr. obama was back in campaign mode deriding governor romney's promise to bring change to washington. >> another $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy isn't change. turning medicare into a voucher is change, but we don't want that change. >> reporter: the president's schedule over the next five days tells you a lot about his strategy. he'll be spending a great deal of time in ohio and wisconsin trying to build a midwest firewall to prevent governor romney from reaching 270 electoral votes. >> we really can't have four more years like the last four years. i know that the obama folks are chanting four more years. our chant is five more days. >> reporter: at a rally in virginia a campaign cheer was also a reminder of how little time is left. >> five more days. five more days. >> reporter: before the hurricane romney had momentum. the race was in a dead heat and he was tied or within striking distance. but the storm knocked him off the front pages at a crucial time in the race. on monday and

mr. obama brings up the clinton years at every rally. >> we tried our ideas, they worked. middle class grew, america prospered, deficits became surpluses. we tried their ideas, incomes went down, deficit blew up. >> reporter: obama officials revealed this weekend that campaign workers have registered 1.8 million new voters in key battleground states. double the number they registered before the '08 election. they say those new voters plus apparent early voting leads in ohio, florida, iowa and nevada will put them over the top. mr. obama told a crowd of 23,000 in hollywood, florida, it's all up to them now. >> you know what i believe, you know where i stand. and you know that no matter what happens, i'll fight for you and your family every single day as hard as i know how. >> reporter: president obama will spend the last day of his last campaign in three midwest states, iowa, ohio and wisconsin. he said today that at this stage in the race he is merely a prop. and that the real stars of this dra

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mr. obama won a second term in office defeating mitt romney following an often nasty and costly election. democrats have retained control of the senate, republicans continue to control the house. president obama won a decisive victory over mitt romney racking up wins in at least 7 of 9 battleground states. the president won in wisconsin and iowa's six electoral votes, a state that launched his first campaign and the key western state of nevada. but it was ohio that pushed the president over the 270 electoral votes needed to win. it was a commanding win for the president in the electoral college, but the popular vote was neck and neck. in his victory speech, mr. obama promised better days ahead. >> while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> the president watched the returns in his hometown of chicago. bigad shaban is there. >>

president, mr. obama pledged that the u.s. will be friends with any nation that respects its people's rights and international law. nbc political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president. chuck, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. the president was only here on the ground for 12 hours, the first american president to visit myanmar, the country formerly known as burma. he was greeted by a sea of locals. some of it was spontaneous, some very organized. school-aged children in school uniforms waved the american flag and the myanmar flag. the president met with the official leadership here, played tourist, visiting a famous buddhist attraction here, a 2,000-year-old temple. he also went to aung san suu kyi's house, democracy activist who was under house arrest here in this country for years. the president went to her house, had a few words with her. but the centerpiece of his visit was a speech at yangon university where he laid out the case for why he's here, wh

woman at the president's first event ripped romney in the opening prayer and suggested mr. obama god on his side. >> a time when 47% of our population we're not surgically excised out of the heart of the country because they were retired or sick or poor. stand tall, mr. president. god is with you. we are with you. >> asked how the president is feeling, david axelrod just told reporters here he has never seen mr. obama more accelerated, adding right now the stump speech is coming from the president's loins. bret? >> bret: from his loins? okay. ed, thank you. >> yes. >> bret: okay. stocks ended the week on a down note. the dow lost 139.5. the s&p 500 dropped 13. the nasdaq fell 38. mitt romney has begun his final push hitting as many of the major tossup states as possible. chief political correspondent carl cameron is along for the ride with the romney campaign. >> in wisconsin, four days before the election, mitt romney made his official closing argument of the campaign. >> if you believe america should be in a better course, if you are tired of being tired. then i ask you to vote

. >> reporter: mr. obama signed legislation extending the bush- era tax cuts two years ago, including those affecting the wealthy, but he said today things are different this time. >> well, two years ago, the economy was in a different situation. we were still very much in the early parts of recovering from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. but what i said at the time is what i meant, which is this was a one-time proposition. and you know, what i have told leaders privately as well as publicly is that we cannot afford to extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. what we can do is make sure that middle-class taxes don't go up. mandate, i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help middle-class families and families that are working hard to try to get into the middle class. that's my mandate. that's what the american people said. they said, "work really hard to help us." that's my mandate. i don't presume that because i won an election, that everybody suddenly agrees with me on any... eve

, and now it is at the capitol. -- it was unveiled by mrs. obama. to attend the ceremony and see rt by a blackl a woman was transforming. and that could that have happened if president obama was not an office. tavis: it has been in news and a lot lately, but in the news a lot lately, the hazing incident where the band leader was killed. the president of the university has resigned, but even what america has heard about this story. you were once on the board of trustees? tell me what is happening there and how you feel about this beloved institution? >> first of all, they graduate and% of all african-americans in the country, more than the pac- 10 and ivy league put together. secondly, i am on search committee for the new band director. this institution is powerful. it was named the no. one school in america by a "time" and " princeton review" back in 1987. it is unfortunate we had this institute, but the florida a&m band has been employing many years. we are not throwing away that institution because of this tragic incident. penn state did not stop

the media has totally bailed on this and totally favoring mr. obama on this, clearly fema didn't do the job right, but okay if they stay at $300 a night hotels pennies with what we spent altogether and if they need more money, they need more money, but clearly they were not up to the job. they had quite a bit of warning about this, they didn't stock pile supplies, they didn't stock pile fooled. there is something drastically wrong-- >> why are they staying in manhattan. >> because it's the cool place to stay. >> that's what i'm saying, lower manhattan and-- the damage. >> that doesn't mean they didn't have any room. sounds like they didn't have any room at the inn kind of deal, but didn't have any room at staten island. >> and there's a borough called queens and another one called the bronx that you might be able to stay in. i guarantee there's hotels there. and this is why it just, it reeks. and listen, for all i know they checked every hotel in the bronx, in yonkers, in the surrounding, in the surrounding areas and they found that they were sold out

he asked mr. obama about himself and then ask mitt romney what he asked about himself and then to mr. obama, he likened politics to o sports. let's begin with mr. romney. >> this campaign process goes on a couple of years, lots of flights, lots of trips and what i found that surprised me is the more events i did, the more energy i seemed to get. >> in sports, it's about winning championships. interesting, in politics, it's not winning elections. it's making sure that you're delivering for the folks who sent you. >> later the president predicted a super bowl win for his chicago bears and governor romney jokingly took credit for two new england patriots super bowl victories. little bit of fun there too. countries around the world pay more attention to the american presidential election than you might think. nbc's michelle kosinski is live in london for morton that. good morning. >> the u.s. election is a top story today outside the u.s. with coverage all over television, newspapers and websites. extremely

a smiling mr. obamain one of the campaign offices near his home in chicago. >> on the left coast, "the l.a. times" says obama again. the swing states stealing the election again. nice thumbs-up from the president. >> and this here from "the washington post," a simple headline, which simply says, obama wins. so, you see it right there. they did a bunch of local interviews and asked him, were you really emotional? and/or was it just cold? it was a mix of emotion and cold wind in his face a little bit. >> and leave it to "the new york post" for this one. barack for more. back for more, get it? >> they did not endorse him. that was interesting. that's the front page of "the post" this morning. it will be the talk of the country for the next few days as america settles in and gets past an eternal and divisive campaign. hopefully all of that chatter about bipartisanship materializes. we move forward and move on and hope we make progress as a country. >> how many millions did we spend on retaining the status qu

. >> reporter: mr. obama seemed to recognize the renewed urgency for bipartisanship. >> i am looking to reach out and work with both parties to reach the challenges we can only solve together. >> reporter: he promised to accomplish this things this time around that he was not able to accomplish first time around. >> reducing our deficit, re-forming our tax code, freeing ourselves from foreign oil, we have more work to do. >> reporter: and mr. obama tried to bury the hatchet with his one-time foe. >> and i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney, to talk about ways to move the country forward. >> reporter: he posted this photo, which quickly became the most liked ever on facebook. just one more image of barack obama's groundbreaking journey, now the president attempted to show he is serious about bipartisanship. and right down the street, brian, the work has already begun on the work. i am told the crew on air force one gave president obama a congratulateory cake on the way home. >>> now to all