just moments ago a request from one of the objectors to take a field trip up to rahm emanuel's ravenswood home to check the crawl space to look for the boxes. more on that in a moment. but also earlier today startling information regarding rob halpen. the man who rented emanuel's home. according to rahm's real estate agent, rob halpen's lawyer called him in september with a proposal. >> his client was difficult and hot headed. i remember that because i thought it was an unusual thing to say and he said he was talking to a lawyer names -- and talking to the press and worried he is in breach of his lisa agreement and suggested to me that mr. halpen was looking for $100,000 to leave the house early. >> paul leavy says he was the go between as rahm emanuel tried to negotiate an early exit for the people leasing his ravenswood home. leavy says he relayed to emanuel the request for $100,000 from halpen's lawyer to vacate the north side home early so emanuel's family could move back in. >> i called rahm. rahm said that's ridiculous. i'm not going to do that. and we discussed offering him $5,000

that was rahm emanuel today during nearly 12 hours of aggressive sometimes insulting questioning by lawyers and political activists and emanuel's opponents looking for a got you time that never came. >> one more question. >> can i seep it? can i touch it? >> reporter: it was one bizarre question or political statement or outright insult after another. and through it all, the former white house chief of staff quietly answered. his responses calm and brief. a small smile on his face as his legal team offered their objections to a seemingly endless stream of agenda driven political activists lined up for their shot at rahm. >> are you currently being blackmailed or bribed or are you blackmailing someone else in a way that prohibits you from giving correct testimony to the people of illinois today? yes or no? >> reporter: those who object to emanuel's residency and their attorneys took space in the center of the crowded board of elections hearing room directly in front of hearing officer joseph morris who himself showed infinite patience, even humor. over 90 stipulations agreed to yesterday wer

we know that as recently as september rahm emanuel was working for obama.e folks that are trying to knock him off of the ballot by questioning whether or not he is legally defind as a resident here, the point that rahm emanuel makes is that he never gave up the family home, that he paid his local taxes, that his intention was to serve for a period of time for the obama administration and courtroom back. basically this hearing officer will make an initial ruling as to how all of this is going to be playing out in terms of the eyes of law. jenna: we were seeing, apparently some live pictures there of rahm emanuel, a big stack of papers in front of him, and we hear that it might be maybe three days of being questioned over this, steve? how is that? >> reporter: the way the rules are written for these kinds of petition challenges, is that every person who submits a challenge, that can be a candidate, an attorney, a citizen of chicago, every person gets an opportunity to ask rahm emanuel questions. so there's 25 of these. it quite easily could go a length of tim

rahm emanuel is on the stand in a chicago courtroom.ring questions about his bid for chicago mayor. and here's the key question. he has lived in chicago for a year or hasn't he? because if the answer is, no, he hasn't lived in chicago for over a year, he can't run. in the city known for boisterous politics, this hearing could get interesting. jim warren is an msnbc contributor. give us the lay of the land here, jim. what is going to happen? >> well, little less momentum than the julian assange hearing. i never thought there would be a common denominator between ramm and julian assange. the fact is that even though the state municipal code says you have to have lived there for a year before the election and only gives you an exemption for military service, the much broader and i think more relevant legal matter happens to be the state election code, which gives a broad exemption for government service quote/unquote. he pays taxes here, he votes here, he owns a house here and, perhaps most important of all, the intent. past history sugges

but there's a question over rahm emanuel's name can appear on the ballot. ver rahm's residency and the house at the center of a fight. plus, teachers tie a 4-year-old's hands together with duct tape. why they think it was justified in today's gut check. and today dylan wraps up his steel on wheels tour with a live show from st. louis on board a river boat sailing down the mississippi. he'll talk about how he can adapt to solve the challenges we face today. that's at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. citracal. maybe it's because their department store makeup is so expensive. simply ageless with olay regenerist serum costs less and it won't glob up in lines and wrinkles. you'll look amazing and happy too. simply ageless, from olay and easy breezy beautiful covergirl. >>> rahm emanuel should find out if he can run for chicago. >>> the chilling surprise one iowa couple came home to, burr. plus getting rid of the earmarks. the govern

>> rahm emanuel on the hot seat answering questions about his eligibility to run for chicago mayor. more than 20 people have filed objections to his candidacy saying he does not meet the residency requirement. good afternoon, i'm steve sanders. >> i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewer who are watching us around the country on wgn america. >>> wgn's julian crews is live at the chicago board of elections with the latest on the hearing. >>> good afternoon. together with his team of lawyers there to represent his interests, rahm emanuel has already spent several hours fielding questions about his residency status and whether his stint in washington with the barack obama white house disqualifies him from running for mayor. >> this document states that you were a pasht time resident of illinois in 2009. that's basically what it says. what the document says. >> correct. that's what this document says. did you amend this return? >> yes. >> do you know when you amend the return? >> november 24. >> of 2010? >> yes. >> and why did you amend the return? >> the first one was inaccurate. >> la

. >> also, rahm emanuel says chicago is in his blood. but at an at times tense, and at times hilarious hearing today, he faced down more than two dozen challenges for his legal right to run for mayor. >> there's also a coat that my grandfather on my mother's side, who came to chicago in 1917, from the russian r/romania bord. >> a bit, we'll explain, or try to explain, anyway, just what that coat has to do with whether rahm can be on the ballot. >>> but we begin tonight with a riddle whose answer might make you wonder if anyone leading the congress remembers there was a pretty big election last month. here it is, it runs more than 1,900 pages, cost more than $1 trillion, and is loaded with earmarks. the answer, it's a massive spending bill pulled together by the senate democratic leaders as they try to exert power one last time before the end of the year. smart politics or pure arrogance? let's break down the spending plan and the politics behind it. joining us, cornell belcher, gloria borger, dana bash, and in new york, cnn contributor t

now rahm emanuel has maintained his residency should not be as issue. while working at the white house he owned his home here, paid property taxes and voted here. more than a dozen candidates are vying to replace daley, including danny davis, former senator carol moseley-braun, gary chico and james meeks. >> the fight to keep him off the ballot has garnered a lot of attention in the race. when he goes before the board commission tomorrow, he could face hours of questioning. muriel clair, wgn. >> thank you for that. >>> coming up what a lawmaker is suggesting to get to you pay up for past purchases. >>> a big change coming to school lunches, what kids will not see as part of a bill signed by the president today. >>> later, we have some elegant alternatives to the standard holiday fare. thank you for calling usa pmy name peggy. peggy, yes, i'd like to redeem my reward points for a gift card. tell points please? 250,000. calculating... ooh! answer: five fifty! 550 bucks?! 5 dollar, 50 cents. minus redeeming charge. leaving 50 cents. say what? happy time! w

scheduled to be at the white house today. >>> let's huddle around the water cooler to check in on rahm emanuel'sor mayor in chicago. a new poll, "chicago tribune" has rahm leading at this moment. the election is in february. he has 32% just ahead of undecided at 30%. but he is getting a challenge to his residency. some people saying he shouldn't be allowed to run because while he went to work in the white house, he effectively gave up his residency in chicago. laws there say you have to live there for a full year. he says he kept his house, still owned the house. the challengers say yeah, but you rented it out, didn't live here. a weird, strange, surreal basement hearing where people were shouting and heckling rahm emanuel. one of the attorneys for the challengers, looking at pictures inside emanuel's house to decide whether or not he lives there. >> mr. emanuel, i want to show you a petitioner's exhibit 2, document 6, and this is the -- the listing from the multiple listing for the rental of the property. that's your home, correct? >> correct. >> and that is -- >> in the left corner is the back

so that's a little bit of good news for rahm emanuel. is a different kind of christmas war. brooke, senators -- senators john kyle and jim demint have said, look, senate shouldn't go lake, go way into the holiday season arguing over this s.t.a.r.t. nuclear reduction treaty because it would be disrespectful to christians and sacrilegious because it's the christmas holiday. they are taking some heat for that. democratic harry reid, and now faith leaders are weighing in. they've sent in a press release calling it a misuse of the christian holiday saying that there's no better thing to do that is dedicated to peace on earth than to work towards the reduction of nuclear arms. it seems to be another war of christmas developing at this time in the u.s. senate. >> you never know what is going to happen. >> they just need to vote, vote, vote so they can get out of there in time. >> you are right. appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> it looks like a scene out of the office, you know the tv show, holding that christmas cubicle contest. i have not seen the

>> let me do something unusual here for me, which is to defend rahm emanuel. are not all going to agree. i think he should be able to run for chicago mayor. as somebody who has worked on the hill and worked at the white house those people need to take that experience. they need to leave washington and apply it elsewhere and think of themselves as not part of that establishment in d.c.. >> sean: everybody wants an exception. if you want to chain the law, change the law. but it doesn't go back retroactive. >> he pays taxes, he has a tomorrow -- [ talking over each other ] >> you expect him to commute to chicago to sleep in a bed there? >> i'd like to know why he was a part-time resident there. look, he rented his house. he had nowhere to live. he moved his family, they rented their house. the requirement is that you live in chicago for a full year before running and he hasn't done it. >> one exception is service in the armed forces. unless they are gonna say he was there serving the commander in chief, i mean there may be some way -- >> you thought there was no

i think much more of a gaffe was rahm emanuel when he said you guys are to the left, you're being retarded. that's a gaffe. chris: you shouldn't use that word. this thing about the white house, let's get back to whether a gaffe, they want to stick to the left this hard? >> they absolutely do. i don't think there is any doubt that in order -- one of the thhegs tiny learned from watching chris: biden would never do this. >> the independents think that democrats and republicans are both done. >> robert gibbs was six months ahead of the times. >> he was trying to bait the left and it didn't work but it's worked now. chris: you think it's in the interest of the white house to say these nasty things about the left so the people from the democratic progressive wing -- >> the president was being attacked like he was the last week by the house democrats, really focusing their fire on the president, i think that raises his stature. chris: what is the future for people like gibbs? is there a big shuffle over there? >> we keep hearing that and keep waiting. i think at the end of the day, i think gibbs

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it's striking to see rahm emanuel taking all this. issue has been his 2009 tax returns where he and his wife amy ruled -- he has now acknowledged they should not have said they were part-time residents. >> that's right. they were clearly here in washington, their children were being educated. on the other hand, one has to have a certain sympathy. i don't feel like rahm emanuel ever stopped thinking of himself as a chicagoan. and, you know, by the sort of conventional standards of politics, he is very much was meets the requirements. he's not a carpetbagger in the true sense, where you do sometimes have that, somebody moving into a place where they haven't been a part of the civic life of someplace. that doesn't apply to rahm. there is anuthentic question of whether he meets the technical requirements. there's plenty of people in chicago that filed petitions that said no, he does not. >> the whole time he was here as chief of staff, the rap on him from some in washington was that he was too much of a chicagoan, not well integrated into

honestly, paul begala is very close to rahm emanuel, and when they look back on the whole rahm era, there's of sense of disruption, that the guy just didn't get it. you know, he achieved a lot, was brilliant and had that energy and enthusiasm for getting stuff done, but he didn't ever understand his boss. and i don't though that paul begala would fix that issue. i don't know that the inside/out is what they see as their fundament toal problem. dona don't be surprised to see james spellering picking up larry summers' job. >> you brought up rahm. >> i was going to say -- >> good segue. you've got to watch these clips of rahm emanuel yesterday under fire on his residency from chicago from average citizens. it's -- let's just say, it's quite the demotion from what he was doing in the west wing. let's watch. >> that's your home, correct? >> correct. >> of course, that room is the kitchen? >> yes, very good, mr. olson. u.s. history for 200. we bought a mercury mariner. >> mercury what? >> a mercury mariner. >> mariner. okay. >> hybrid. i'm a citizen of the united states. >> well, we all know the

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rahm emanuel of course had residence here in washington.e president. this is a serious challenge. hills legal team expects to surpass it and make the ballot. you should watch some of this hearing if you haven't had a chance because it's funny. >> a lot of the people bringing charges, some of them are running against him. there's a very heavy field of people who want to run for mayor of chicago. at some point it's legitimate there are rules people follow but generally the spirit of this thing is rahm emanuel was in chicago until he came to the white house to do a job for his nation. you would think that would carry some sway. >> that's what he hopes in the end. the critics are saying it wasn't just him but his family as well. his kids moved to go to school and leased a house. they said he went further. i think you're dead right and that's certainly rahm emanuel's position. you're exactly right saying some are opponents. some are people trying to get in the headlines. it's important political theater but some of the challenges are funny. >> l

come in next time around. >> we have other elections. >> yes, former white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel getting high profile help in his run for mayor of chicago. former president bill clinton will endorse and campaign for emanuel in january. he served in the clinton white house for five years before becoming a member of congress and then serving as obama's chief of staffer now he is pushing ahead with this mayoral campaign after a favourable ruling from the board of elections they said thursday he is still a chicago resident despite spending a lot of time in washington dc. >> could be a rough time for post christmas travelers. >> coming up a look at which airlines are canceling flights. >> christmas in san bruno. how people in the explosion ravaged neighbourhood are keeping their spirits up. >>> and will mother nature treat the bay area, how will it be for the rest of 2010. lawrence will bring it all home with his end of the year forecast coming up ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> what a beautiful day. welcome back to weekend early edition. two families in san bruno had a tragic experience t

. >>> a woman who rents rahm emanuel's chicago home is scheduled to testify today at a hearing to determinewhether emanuel should be on the mayoral ballot. emanuel endured 12 hours of questioning yesterday from attorneys and chicagoans who say he is not eligible to run for mayor. emanuel spent nearly two years in washington as president obama's chief of staff. some claim that took away his chicago residency. and emanuel says his focus is the mayor's race. >> most important thing and what i think is my takeaway is the city of chicago, its future is worth fighting for. >>> emanuel's tenant lori halpen is scheduled to testify today. halpen and her husband made headlines when they refused the request no break the lease on the house so emanuel could move back in. rob halpen was a candidate for mayor but with drew last week for legal and financial reasons. >>> getting back to hawm e-- rahm emanuel he isy head in the mayoral raid rice now. a new poll shows he has the support of 32% of voters. but 30% are still undecided. former chicago public schools chief gary chico has 9% and danny davis has. ja

but the question remains whether president obama's former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is egal resident of chicago, whether he's qualified to run for mayor. emanuel tried to convince the city's board of elections at a three-day hearing just wrapped up yesterday, that the board's decision that he is, in fact, a resident and a decision could come next week. joining me now is chicago columnist for the ""new york times"" and jim warren, nmsnbc contributor. it comes down to a house that he owns in chicago. because he owns it, makes him eligible to run for mayor. >> the answer is yes. i think there was good reason for him to be smiling in that video you just saw after they a. three-day three-day exercise and supposed municipal democracy, contessa, emanuel putting on a pretty impressive performance, keeping his cool, not being the washington character a chthe gof ball citizen objectors got up and asked him a thousand, mostly conspi conspirator argument. >> the illinois law says that candidates can maintain their residency in the city that they want to represent if they show an int

. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel could in the hot seat this afternoon. he testified for 12 hours yesterday. more than twdozen complained he has not lived in the city for a full year, which a candidate must to to be eligible. he did not forfeit by going to work in washington for two years. >>> once known for act delic excellence, dunbar was dpinch a windowless fa sass in the 1970s. but that's about to change. it will be built on the original dunbar site. the new glass wall building the house 1200 udents, 500 more than it can currently hold and shows the district's commitment to giving d.c. studen a state-of-the-art education. >> we wantur students and our teachers to be able to go to schools that are state-of-the-art. it sends a tremendous message to our students and our families when we're able to send them to buildings that befit the kind of education we think they deserve. >> district officials say the school should be ready by 2013. >> it is so long for hunter the punter. redskins cut 12-year veteran hunter smith yesterday, becoming the first victim o

president obama's former chief of staff rahm emanuel should find out today if his name will be allowedts in chicago. emanuel was running for mayor there and a chicago panel plans to decide if he does in fact meet residency requirements. >> a town in southern michigan hosts a candlelight vigil for three missing boys. the brothers were last seen on thanksgiving. their father's now being held on a $30 million bond. >>> and new labor department figures on unemployment are released later this morning along with last night's figures on new home sales. investors are looking for positive signs before the holiday. >>> finally, for years many americans have been looking for any sign of rebuilding at new york's ground zero. on wednesday, they got one. >> it wasn't a new building, it was something much smaller. but it's something with tremendous symbolism. wabc's tim fleischer was there. >> reporter: carefully being lowered into place, positioned just right, the survivor tree is returning to its roots here where ie stt thd tde certre dig mountains from the twin towers discover the pear tree, now s

. >>> in chicago, rahm emanuel will testify at a hearing determining if he's eligible to run for mayor. his candidacy has been challenged on the grounds he hasn't been a chicago resident for the last year. >>> and the nominees for the 68th annual golden globe awards will be announced in los angeles this morning. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. how you can look like fashionable princess to be kate middleton for less. and today carries the announcement of the golden globe nominations live as host ricky gervais breaks it down with matt and meredith. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is answering questions about his bid for chicago mayor. he was sworn in half an hour ago and the big question is if he lived in chicago long enough to run for mayor. he started off answering some very basic questions about jobs he's held, where he's lived since he was a child. he's been explaining how he moved back and forth between washington and chicago over the past couple of years. as white house chief of staff, we're going to continue to listen in and we will watch this hearing for you with rahm emanuel. >>> some new signs today it might be a green christmas for the nation's retailers this holiday shopping season. a new report out just this morning shows sales climbed nearly 1% in november and strong clothing sales helped lead the way. they rose nearly 3%. >>> and lock at what is happening right now on the markets. the dow is up 55 points and the s&p and nasdaq is in positive territory, as well. wall street having a little something to feel good about this morning. >>> well, two years after ruining thousands of lives in a massive pon

. >>> an election hearing officer in chicago has decided former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel should be allowed on the february ballot for chicago mayor. his candidacy has been challenged by opponents who say emanuel doesn't meet the one-year residency requirement. the election board meets later today. while the panel is expected to accept the officer's recommendation, the board's decision is almost sure to be challenged in the courts. >>> researchers have apparently found evidence of a previously unknown ancient cousin of humans. a 30,000-year-old finger bone and a tooth were discovered in siberia. scientists say the bone is very different from early neanderthals and modern humans and is from a previous unknown species now called the neesopian. >>> in london, a street crossing made famous by the beatles has been designated a protected heritage site by the english government. the crossing site appears on the beatles "abbey road" album cover. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,559 after gaining 26 points yesterday. the

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. >>> former white house chief of stam rahm emanuel one step closer to running for mayor of chicago. a hearing officer recommended this morning his name appear on the february ballot despite challenges of residency. he spent much of the last two years living in washington working for president obama. the chicago board of election commissioners needs to approve the ruling. >>> after a week of torrential rain, southern california is finally drying out. totals range from over 8 inches in los angeles to over 26 inches in san bernardino county. but the threat of more dangerous mud slides is not over yet. kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: after a week of torrential downpours, wednesday's major storm was too much for many waterways to handle. karen hernandez had to make a life-or-death decision as waters surrounded her home. the second floor window was her only way out. >> i started running. by the time i knew it, i didn't have no house. the rocks, the mud, everything came through. >> reporter: linda hess says she had moments to escape the gushing water and credits her visiting grandson s

i think that they missed rahm emanuel, he would have managed this commission in a much more hands-on way. it worries me that he is not going to do it. as i say, i think he could and he knows how important it is and that it could be actually a political winne hforim if he can get everyone to hold hands and jump off the cliff together. chris: will he show some leadership? >> i think he will. they have been inept. chris: who? >> the white house. chris: go for it. >> they have mismanaged the lame duck. why didn't they do this before the election, i don't know. they knew they were going to lose the house. so why didn't they go for it and try to get things -- why didn't they go for star and work this over the summer. >> there have been so many times -- >> he can show the leadership. he has it in him. >> let me just remind us, there is so many times that we have torn what is oeftf our hair out. he hangs back. he hangs back. chris: remember that movie -- >> i have all of the time in the world. he let hillary run away wihe tth primaries. he let her get new hampshire. he sits around and then h

doesn't have the personal relationship joe has or as agenda weine rut it, he brings everything that rahm emanuel brings but the major difference is everyone likes joe biden. president obama has had republicans over, bill clinton over, now he'll call in business leaders to repair some damage there. in an effort to win support for economic policies, the president reaching out to the country's corporate chief executive. on wednesday the president will host a summit of 20 business lead is at the white house to discuss tax, trade and the nation's deficit. among those invited executives from google, cisco systems, american express, dow chemical and pepsi. during the meeting the administration will try to convince the companies to invest some of the $2 trillion in cash and other assets that have been kept on the sidelines during the economic uncertainty. the white house hopes that money will be used for job creation and to boost the economic recovery. >>> politico is reporting in an conference call this evening republican national committee chairman michael steele will reveal that he is not going to se

it's actually cheaper. >> they're making rahm emanuel look sympathetic which i thought wub difficult rter: challengers pointed to his tax returns where a d.c. address was changed to a chicago one. emanuel adds he kept his home and many possessions in chicago because he always intended to return. >> okay. that was kevin tibbles reporting. >> he's from chicago. he's going to win the mayoral deal. he'll be way, way ahead in the polls. she's a terrific -- chicago likes a guy like rahm emanuel. believe me. >>> up next, former secretary of defense for president clinton, william cohen joins the conversation. boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficulties. boss: uh...what about this? gecko: what's this one do? gecko: um...maybe that one. ♪ dance music boss: ok, let's keep rolling. we're on motorcycle insurance. vo: take fifteen minutes to see how much you can save on motorcycle, rv, and camper insura

now, what rahm emanuel says is that he owns a house there, even though he rents it out.taxes there and, of course, he votes there. and then he told them one more thing which is that his wife's wedding dress is still in the house. so how can you not really live there when you leave your wedding dress behind, right, brook? >> sorry. i'm getting a little information in my ear. quick reminder, another political ticker update in about half an hour. hop online at cnnpolitics.com. >>> hello once again. i'm brooke baldwin. a lot of news right now. i want to begin with breaking news out of panama city. a man with a gun took hostages at the bay county school board meeting. again, this happening in panama city. our affiliate wmvb is reporting that the man used a can of red spray paint, painted a circle and a v, let women and children out of a room, took the men hostage. forgive me. i'm getting information as i'm get giving it to you. we're trying to figure out what is happening. it's unclear right now if this particular gunman was shot by police or if she he shot himself. all this

secretary robert gates, senior white house adviser david axelrod and the president's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, who has already left to run for chicago mayor. but the white house says the president is not completely cleaning house, like president clinton did after his mid-term losses in 1994. >> i would be survived if we had dramatic, out of the box shifts of wholesale moving of people out of the administration. i think it's going to be more of a slow walk than a dramatic facelift. >> reporter: and aides point out that the halfway mark is a typical time for this kind of change. >> it is the natural course of the way this town works and that administrations work. >> reporter: white house aides say the changes will be more of a course correction, but they do signal a shift. the president has said one of his major shortcomings has been his inability to communicate with the american people and that will be one of the first things he aims to change. david? >> all right, change to come. many people envious of your backdrop there, yunji. >>> one more headline from the white house tonight. following t

rahm emanuel is back on the stand today after being grilled for 12 hours at a hearing to determine if he's eligible to run for mayor of chicago. opponents are angry because he filed his 2009 taxes in a different city. san jose, california. now the largest city -- i'm sorry, that's so funny. i thought rahm emanuel filed in san jose, california. >> next stop california. >> i just kept reading. sorry. >> love it there. >> ok, now, san jose, california is the largest city in the u.s. to ban plastic carry out bags so the new laws meant to protect the environment. if you want paper, you have to pay for it. >> great. >> we've heard a lot about the president moving to the middle on the tax cut compromise just like bill clinton in 1994, but dick morris, former clinton aide said obama is not moving. he's just losing. we're back with dick morris. dick, you just think it was a bad move overall and you don't like this trend, why not? >> well, when bill clinton moved to the middle, he did it in triumph. he defeated the republicans and the government shutdown and then he went with the balanced budge

presentada en una corte en contra de la recién aprobada reforma de salud.el ex asesor presidencial rahm emanuelé de cristiano ronaldo el xefrn estuvo en el público un partido de real madrid, como ven el niño al parecer va seguir los pasos de su padre por lo menos heredó la expresión qué bello está. >>> bueno, hablando de deportes, fernando fío wre re ya está con nosotros cuéntanos. >>> parece que no paran lak fifa cuan no es una es otra, bueno por si faltara polémica sobre la elección de qatar para ser la sede 2022, grupos de homosexuales piden al presidente de la fifa, que se disculpe y es que recomendó a los aficionados gay que se abstengan de tener sexo en ese mundial y que en qatar esto se castiga con latigazos y cárcel algo que no cayó bien en la comunidad gay. y esto pasa en la república deportiva. arrancamos con fútbol muy méxico, el portero guillermo ochoa se queda en américa y está dolido por no concretar su paso al fullham inglés dijo que esto es un tropiezo en su crecimiento profesional, siguiendo con las águilas nicolás olivera el primer re fuero co confirmado jugó 4 temporadas con

rahm emanuel maintains he still owned his home, but just rented it out.a basement, an odd scene yesterday. people showed up barking at him, lobbing questions at him. one of the attorneys for this group of challengers took rahm through slides of the home to try to make the argument it was empty and he doesn't live here. let's listen. >> mr. emanuel, i want to show you petition's exhibit 2 which is document six, and this is the listing from the multiple listing for the rental of the property. that's your home, correct? >> correct. >> and it is -- >> in the left corner is the back of the house. main shot is the front of the house. >> of course that, room is the kitchen. >> yes. very good, mr. earlson, yes. u.s. history for $200. >> very good, he says to the attorney. you're a brilliant man. you can identify a kitchen when you see it. well done. i think rahm is going to make him through this. >> that's ridiculous. >> putting him through the paces. >> okay. >> securitiwise, they don't know -- >> one more for you. remember we had the horse in the car. >> right.

. >>> the residency hearing of rahm emanuel continued over what he and his family left in the basement before moving to washington. tom negovan at day three of the hearings that wrapped up a short time ago joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: the end of another very long day. bit of drama in it although very short lived. that conflicting testimony over what was left in emanuel's north side home had his challengers thinking briefly that they'd found their smoking gun. today's focus of the emanuel residency hearings, his house and the question what is in rahm's basement? >> the only reason i left the city of chicago was to take an position at the request of the president of the united states as chief of staff. >> reporter: the former chief of staff testified during a marathon 11 hour session tomorrow with boxes of the family's prized possessions were stored here already evidence of their chance to return. that cricketed today by the tenant. who said if the boxes are there, she hasn't seen them. >> the two places i told you -- the one i can't get to because shelves are built in fron

. >>> well, before he can convince voters he should be mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel has something to of chicago. but first, take a look at these pretty incredible pictures from voyager i. it reached a new milestone. scientists believe it finally reached the edge of the solar system. it's been more than 30 years since voyager was launched. the probe's initial goal was to get a look at the planets like saturn, neptune, but voyager wrapped up that in 1989. now it's making the move to deep space and the center of the milky way. >>> rahm emanuel may be leading the the polls in the run for chicago mayor. but he has a huge question to answer today. paul steinhauser has that story for us from the cnn.com desk. >> there's a new law that says if you're running for mayor, you have to be a resident of the city in the year leading up to the election. he was the chief of staff to president barack obama. right now, we have live pictures in chicago, chicago board of elections. he is testifying and trying to prove that, yeah, he is a resident. he said, listen, while i was in washington, i continued t

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rahm emanuel talk about compromise. the tea party people are now expected republicans to produce. if the republicans don't, if they break their word a second time, i think the tea party could in fact split off and i think the republicans could be back out on their ear very quickly. that would result in a different fate for the tea party going forward. >> we were talking before about the new members arrived in washington this week. the tea party members who are coming here are full of idealism from winning their elections and have lots of enthusiasm. what do you see as the potential for their reaction to the gop leadership in the house? what are the promises and pitfalls if you are a tea party newly of that crop -- elected member of congress? >> you have to be a realist about what can get done. i think you have to make sure that the people at home understand they are only one body. they are only the house. the rack -- their reaction to the leadership is kind of like the reaction of the people to them. their view is that leadership is on probation like the nation views the whole rep

there you go. >>> also former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is testifying today in his bid icago's next mayor. more than 30 final fired legal challenges against emanuel saying he violated residency standards by renting out his home during the obama white house. local law states a mayoral candidate must have lived in the city for the year leading up to the election. >>> tea party favorite joe miller's alaska senate seat challenge is heading the the supreme court. he's challenging murkowski who challenged him as a write-in candidate. murkowski has already claimed victory in this race t. fight continues. >>> it's last call, people, for the first salable chevy volt. minutes from now an online auction for the car will end. the price tag is around $41,000. but bidding, get this, has more than quadrupled that. the volt is eligible for the $7,500 tax credit for plug-in cars. not that that's helping. proceeds from the auction will help the detroit public schools. >> maybe you're donating the the public schools. >> should i outbid you, kate? >> you should outbid me. >> we'll stick wit

. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel cld be in the hot seat this afternoon. he testified for 12 hours yesterday during a residency challenge to his chicago mayoral bid. more than two dozen complained he has not lived in the city for a full year, which a candidate must to to be eligible. he and his lawyers contend he did not forfeit his residencyy going to work in washington for two years. >>> once known for academic excellence, dunbar was given an ugly windless facade back in the 1970s. but that's about to change. mayor fenty and mayor-elect gray announced a new campus for the school. it ll be built on the original dunbar site. the new glass wall building the house 1,200 students, 500 more than it can currently hold and shows the district's commitment to giving d.c. students a state-of-the-art education. >> we want our students and our teachers to be able to go to schools that are state-of-the-art. it sds a tremendous message to our students and our families when we're able to send them to buildings that befit the kind of education that we think they deserve.

. >>> and rahm emanuel will have to wait until next week before a decision is made on his mayoral candidacy. his residency hearings ended yesterday after three days of debates. the law requires candidates to live in chicago for one year before running, but emanuel's attorney argues his move was temporary. >> he clearly intended to keep his residence in chicago. >> the law requires two things, it requires physical presence and intent. if you don't have physical presence, you don't get to intent. >> the board of election also make a decision on his candidacy on december 23. the losing party is likely to repeal the decision. >>> and education was again the topic of debate last night at a forum for the mayoral candidates. the chicago teachers' union hoes its own forum to tackle school issues. the candidate -- the candidates participated, and here is what they each said about taking the -- being the next ceo of the chicago public schools. >> i appreciate the calls for a national search. i think we have talent here in chicago to run the chicago public schools. >> and you have educators in this sy

. >>> former chief of staff rahm emanuel with stood 11 hours of questioning about his eligibility for chicago mayor. the most serious requirement is that one must live in the district for one year before the election to qualify. >>> president obama is meeting with ceos of major corporations to discuss ways to boost the economy and to create jobs. berkeley, california has now tabled a resolution that would name jailed private bradley manning a hero. manning is awaiting trial on charges of releasing thousands of sensitive documents to wikileaks. the mayor says the city council of berkeley is now unsure whether manning is a hero or a traitor. >>> the rock and roll hall of fame has named the class of 2011, they include neil diamond and the alice cooper band. >>> it is cold outside, especially if you're having a baby in a snow bound vehicle. mom and dad were stuck on a snowed out michigan highway so dad pulled over and helped deliver the 8 pound blizzard baby right there in the passenger seat. mom and baby boy are doing just fine this morning. it's now six minutes past the hour, now back t

look at what we saw in chicago yesterday with the bizarre thing that rahm emanuel had to sit through. maybe that is what american politics has turned into, lots of theaters of the absurd. >> judd gregg was on the daily rundown with you and savannah. this is what he had to say on december 7th when he indicated to me on our show he was supporting the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. today he seems to have backed on and is with jon kyl. let's watch. >> i think we should bring it up. s.t.a.r.t. is an important issue. i'm leaning towards supporting it. i think the administration is on the right track, but i think jon kyl has very legitimate concerns and need to be aired in a responsible way. to do this before christmas i think might, unfortunately, and inappropriately contract the debate. >> that is a big loss for the white house. judd gregg, there is about a handful of the retiring republican senators they were counting on as part of this group to work with dick lugar, the ranking republican on foreign relations the lone republican champion on this for now. you hear this from a lot of republican senato