because i'm looking at rahm emmanuel, for example. nobody will say he's a conservative.e minimum wage in his city. he's created a committee to discuss the pros and cons and people who are strongly behind this issue and not to mention the president is one of them are saying, you know, here is a guy who is a bull in a china shop when he wants to get something done he goes after it. why is there a committee. i don't want to make this just about rahm emmanuel, but what is the political calculation to this? >> raising the minimum wage is an insanely popular issue. republicans, democrats, independents, all of them support raising the minimum wage. you've seen seven states this year vote to raise the minimum wage and now cities like chicago and like seattle, like san francisco which might raise it it further, like new york which is trying to raise its minimum wage and isn't allowed to currently under state law. so there's a lot of activity and that is one, because our economy needs it and two, because politicians know this is a winning issue for them. >> rahm emmanuel is runnin

. >>> rahm emmanuel with suggesting stricter gun laws to prevent people from using fake i.d.s. har quaraishi is in chicago with more. >> reporter: in january a federal judge ruled an outright ban on gun sales inside the city limits was unconstitutional. since then police chief gary mccarthy and rahm emmanuel have been pushing for stricting gun laws. a new ordinance was introduced and could require install video corders and log all gun sales and require a 72 hour waiting period. >> the city of chicago does not have a problem of too few guns. there are way too plane guns, and our police officers take more guns off the street than new orleans and la. >> nearly 20% of all guns recovered from crime scenes from originally sold by just four local dealers. all of them were located outside of the city limits in neighboring suburbs and municipalities. the ordinance still has to pass a vote. >> about one in five households in new orleans are considered food insecure families who aren't sure how they will put enough food on the table. these areas are called food deserts where they don't ha

this is, the ram -- rahm emmanuel was very angry because the attorney general called the nation a bunch of kawrds. >> i think there's a lot of truth to it. federal jails incarcerate black men and give them 30% more of a number of years in prison for the same crime as a white man gets, there's something wrong with that. when you have schools in the inner cities used to have some white students in them, are now all black. when you have a zero tolerance programs for anything that goes wrong, it affects black children. there's still racism in america. it was not way it was before. we've made a long and determined road away from jim crow, but let's also keep in mind, she grew up in a middle class black family, and we're talking here about people who are in the inner city. i'm not sure condoleezza rice is the person i would necessarily turn to as a symbol for these people who live in the ghetto? >> really, bob, that's where you are going to go with this segment. >> that's exactly right. >> two things that you and eric holder said. i think he said zero tolerance disciplinary policies affect bl

. >> reporter: they would not discuss what or who was being tracked on camera, the only time rahm emmanuel discussed the cameras was when his motorcade was caught running red lights. there are no laws on governing cameras, who watches who, when and how only the workers inside this building know for sure. >> monday marks just one month from the world cup and an olympic organizers are denying british newspapers reports saying they were looking for a new host city to replace rio de janeiro. the vice president of the ioc denied that although this preparation is the worst he has ever seen. >> there is no plan for london. there is absolutely no plan b. we the ioc, the international federation and the organizing committee and three levels of government have to work together and are working together to deliver the games. >> meanwhile as brazil gamble to get ready another construction worker has died at one of the stadiums. the man was accidently electrocuted becoming the eighth person killed while working at one of the world cup construction sites. the games are scheduled to begin june 12th. >>> i

. >>> in chicago democratic mayor rahm emmanuel president obama's former chief of staff has apologizedfter red light cameras caught his motorcade breaking the law. over the past two years the mayor's motorcade had 20 20 violations, 17 tickets for running red lights, three citations for speeding. he has told his drivers to knock it off. easy for him to say. all the fines were dismissed. >>> finally to the republican primary in texas, if you saw the disney movie "frozen" or you like the song "let it go," you'll like this story. david dewhurst is trying to hold on to his seat but he's trailing dan patrick, once a radio deejay who once let ladies paint him. now he's facing this attack add. [♪ music ] ♪ won't let them see ♪ that i'm a phoney ♪ disjockey. ♪ why should they know ♪ why should they ♪ danny go ♪ danny go ♪ i can't lie to you ♪ any more ♪ that's my name ♪ danny go ♪ and i've got lies ♪ to answer for ♪ because danny don't care ♪ what you're going to say ♪ let my lies wage on ♪ it never bothered me ♪ any way >> hats off to the lieutenant governor for the song choice. considering th

rahm emmanuel announced he's naming a high school after me. it's humbling. rick perry is doing the same thing in texas. take a look. thank you, rick. it means a lot to me. and i intend to enjoy all of the free time i will have. george w. bush took up painting after he left office which inspired me to pick up my own artistic side. i'm sure we've got a shot of this. maybe not. the joke doesn't work without the slide. oh, well. assume it was funny. does this happen to you, joe? it does? okay. more serious note, tonight reminds us that we are lucky to live in a country where reporters get to give the head of state a hard time on a daily basis, then once a year give him or her the chance, at least to try to return the favor. but we know that not every journalist or photographer or crew member is so fortunate. because as we celebrate the free press tonight, our thoughts are with those in places around the like like ukraine, afghanistan, syria and egypt who risk everything and even give their lives to report the news and tonight reminds us the fight for full and fa

. >> mayor rahm emmanuel set a target of 55 million chicago visitors a year by 2020.total of 48.4 million last year, lucas' museum could help close the gap. >> there needs to be some real destination drivers. and of all the things that i've seen in my three-plus years in this job, this is truly one of those game changers. >> the proposed lucas cultural arts museum would be a $300 million showcase for lucas' personal collection of art and memorabilia featuring names like rockwell, am diala and vader -- amidala and vader. in chicago, a mayor oliver task force has recommended lake front property currently homes to the bears soldier field parking lot. chicago would lease this land for $1, a bargain for george lucas, but city officials hope that the force of the museum will attract visitors and revenue. the "star wars" empire has already earned $27 billion and with another movie in production and two more planned, there's no apparent end to the interest in the franchise or the man who started it. in san francisco where "star wars" was born, federal officials rejected lucas

. >> mayor rahm emmanuel set a target of $55 -- 55 million chicago visitors a year by 2020 with a total8 -- 48.4 million last year. the museum could help close the gap. >> there needs to be some real destination drivers and of all the things i've seen in my years on the job, this is truly one of those game changers. >> the proposed lucas cultural arts museum would be a $300 million showcase for lucas' personal collection of art and memorabilia, featuring names like rock well, am diala and vader. a vision is in place even if the location isn't quite yet. in chicago a task force has recommended 17 acres of lake front property currently home to the bears soldier field parking lot. chicago would lease this land for $1, a bargain for george lucas, but city officials hope that the force of the museum will attract visitors and revenue. the "star wars" empire has already earned $27 billion. and with another movie in production and two more planned, there's no apparent end to the interest in the franchise or the man who started it. in san francisco where "star wars" was born, federal officials r