former white house chief of staff rahm emmanuel is back in the race. yesterday, the illinois supreme court unanimously restored him to the ballot in a blistering opinion in which most of the justices accused the state appeals court of brushing aside four previous cases dealing with residency issues when ruling against emanuel. emanuel took a congratulatory call from president obama after the ruling. early voting in the race starts on monday. >>> nasa observed the annual day of remembrance yesterday honoring astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of american space exploration. flags flew at half-staff. three astronauts who died aport nasa's apollo 1 mission were among those honored along with the seven-member crew of the 1986 shuttle "challenger" disaster which happened 25 years ago today. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in kentucky, video of a dramatic crash as a car raced past a red light and tore down power lines before slamming into the front of a fast food stop. the crash injured three people. incl

politics in chicago tonight, a reprieve for mayoral candidate, former white house chief of staff, rahm emmanuelthe state supreme court said his name will remain on the ballot while it considers his residency case. he was kicked off by an appeals court just yesterday, which ruled he wasn't legible to run because he lived in washington last year, while working at the white house. ballots are being printed with his name on them. the election now less than a month away. >>> when we come back here tonight, a fast food customer is raising a question from the '80s, where's the beef? >>> the big, bad winter weather just keeps coming. and a new major storm warning is already in effect tonight for southern new england and the boston area. 6 to 10 inches of snow expected in boston. this beginning tomorrow afternoon, 4 to 8 in new york. and snow here in the area of the nation's capital, where they don't always deal with it well. if you live in the following places or have ever driven through them, this might surprise you. but there are new stats out tonight from the feds saying the safest roads to drive on

. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel's name is staying on the ballot for mayor of chicago. the illinois state supreme court will hear emmanuel'sequest to overturn a decision ruling that he doesn't need the residency requirement to run. the court says it will hear the case quickly. >>> straight ahead your wednesday morning weather. and in sports a comeback win for one of the nba's top teams. can getting enough vegetables make you feel good? oh, yeah. v8 juice gives you 3 of your 5 daily servings of vegetables. v8. what's your number? lose those lines for up to a year! juvÉderm® xc is the gel filler your doctor uses to instantly smooth out lines right here. temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps, or risk of infection. ask your doctor about juvÉderm® xc. >> man: delivering a 200-pound ice sculpture means i don't have any margin for error. one wrong turn, and i could end up unloading a puddle of water. >> gps: turn right ahead. >> man: so i make sure i have the right guidance to get me exactly where i need to be. it's the same with taxes. turbotax has a unique gps feature that guides me step-by-ste

rahm emanuel gets back on the ballot. does this open up the race a little more. >> absolutely. there is political damage that the emmanuel campaign has to worry about even if legally they prevail and they're on the ballot. what has happened is that rahm emanuel has run a very good campaign with his millions he's well funded. he has run a mini-presidential campaign focusing on 50 wards instead of 50 states. he's just overwhelmed his op igs. he's outorganized them and been very message driven, very much like a mini-presidential campaign. now everyone in chicago might know rahm and they know the other rivals, but there is a certain amount of fluidity in the race. this is a great chance for some of the candidates because what you want to do now in the race is at least come in number two on february 22. why they call it a primary in illinois, ray, it's non-partisan. if no one has more than 50% of the vote come february 22 the top two finishers face off april 5. so it's very much a race for second place and to keep rahm below 50%. >> suarez: what happens now? you say there's going to be an expedited appeal. i guess that paperw

emmanuel. he shouldn't have gone for a purse. if it focused on the economy, got people back to work and created some real momentum, maybe rahm emanuelht. >> he was totally wrong. i'm usually in a position on defending him on some of these things worries hit. [inaudible] >> then the whole thing is about how many seat for democrats. how to get something done. but this supposed to be about something. he didn't get things done. well now you're saying no objective should be to protect democrats and not do something that might cause them to lose seats. the economy, you'd like to create jobs in the would have done it. it wasn't an either/or situation. we were going to be exactly where we were on the economy. his site was distracted. he's distracted by health care. if only he had spent more time on the economy, then we wouldn't have 9.6% unemployment. he would've gotten another stimulus to repeat and on health care? i don't think so. he did what was possible on the economy. he made a number of tactical mistakes on the health care bill, which we can getting the sheets on if you want. i agree with you on some things he needs to stand and figh

-- the top four candidates for mayor, ron emmanuel, and jerry chico, miguel de gaulle -- the top four candidates for mayor, seated in no particular order rahmmanuel, gery chico, miguel del vall, carol moseley braun. welcome, everyone. the format we have all agreed to is quite casual. there are no time limits. bruce and i will cut you off if needed so everyone has time to be heard on the topic. we encourage you to question and respond to each other. it should keep the evening quite likely. the debate is just under one hour. we will start with some big issues are city is facing. bruce has the first question. >> just a couple of hours ago the illinois supreme court ruled that mr. emanuel would it remain on the ballot. is that the right ruling? >> i am a lawyer and a former prosecutor. i do not question the ruling of the courts. the ruling stands. the fact is that the field has not changed. we are still in this and are trying to get our message out. i want to talk about job creation in chicago, getting our schools fixed -- i am talking about the issues that affect real chicagoans. >> mr. chico, is this a distraction to the campaign? >> no. i am

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