. >> for the last two years, ron emmanuel has been one of the controversial figures in the obama administration. as well as his ruthless deal making, the man responsible for running the white house is also famed for his foul temper and equally foul mouth, prompting remarks from the president himself on the night before mother's day. >> this is a tough holiday for ron emmanuel because he is not used -- for rahm emanuel because he is not used to saying the word "day" after "mother." >> house speaker nancy pelosi wish him well. >> he enjoys a great reputation and affection among his former colleagues in the house of representatives. he can do anything he sets his mind to, and we all wish him much success. >> but others, even in his own party, will not be sad to see him go. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington. >> live in washington now as jake sharman, who covers congress for politico.com -- clocks that as the package brilliantly integrated, ron emmanuel is a difficult figure in what -- romains anrahm and annual is known for this kind of tough the hitter. he was one of the orchestras of the democrat

. >>> less than two days after leaving the white house, ron emmanuel is making an osha official -- making it officials appeared >> as i prepare to run for -- making it official. >> as i prepare to run for mayor, i will be stopping by your neighborhood. i am calling this the "tell it like it is" to work. >> he has launched a new website for his mayoral run. he must gather 12,000 signatures by the end of november to be placed on the ballot. >>> the supreme court begins the new term to march. they attended the annual mass at st. matthew's cathedral in northwest. this is the 57th year for the mass. it was started by the jan -- by the john carroll society. coming up next, paying tribute to the rutgers university student who took his own life. >>> i scare pawn and flight where two passengers are examined for hand, foot, and mouth disease. examined for hand, foot, and mouth disease. >>> and more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more value! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds. (play-by-play announcer) it's up and it is... good! more than a snack. with the most locatio

. >>> well today former white house chief of staff ron emmanuel hit the streets to kick off his litany tour in the run for the mayor of chicago. he listened to people at an l stop who made an unscheduled stop. his resignation was announced by president barack obama on friday. >>> well green energy is on the agenda at the hinton hotel in downtown baltimore, there is a clear energy summit today, city and state lawmakers along with environmentalists are discussing ways to make maryland more environmentally friendly and create more jobs. >> clean energy is important right now. we can create and keep johns right here in america. by investing in green energy we can become energy secure and not have to rely on countries who disagree with our way of life for oil and we can also help our environment. >> the summit ends tonight after a reception and an awards banquet. >>> a rutgers university is remembering a student who committed suicide after a sexual encounter with a male in his dorm room was broadcast on his webcam. new at 5:30 tonight, a sightseeing adventure near the american/mexican borde

i suspect you were expecting a smack down between ron emmanuel and john bolton [laughter] -- between rahman and an animal and john bolton. -- between rahm emanuel and john bolton. [laughter] is civility possible? it is, but only if the incentives in our political discourse change. the discourse has become course, as you say, bob. the administration that i came in with with president bush, he governed in texas as a genuine new niter -- genuine united. his closest ally was bobbleheads -- genuine uniter. his closest ally was all the bob bullock. the environment has become such that it has become so course that stability is very difficult to achieve alongside political success. in my judgment, bob, yes, civility is possible in washington. it should be possible. it has been possible in our history. it has to be possible in our future. but it will only become possible when the incentives in the political system change. my own instinct is that programs like this is part of changing a culture so that the incentives for politicians to change. >> do you think that neither side really wants civ

. >> tomorrow, the president is expected to pick pete rouse to replace ron emmanuel -- rahm emanuel. >> rahm enjoys a great reputation and even affection among his former colleagues in the house of representatives. we all wish him much success. i extended those keys to him when i saw him this morning at the white house. the only thing that matters is does the chief of staff have the competency of the president of the united states. we salute him and offer cooperation with him. >> would you endorse him, madam speaker? [laughter] >> thank you. ough>> in a few moments, meg whitman talks with reporters about allegations that she knowingly hired an undocumented worker. after that, house minority john boehner on what his agenda would be if republicans win a majority of house seats. later, we will reappear the news conference with house speaker nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, jamie court on his book. joseph henchman with the tax foundation looks at how raising taxes has affected state budgets. we will be joined by sidney friedberg. he wro

in many ways, it is the same group of people-ron emmanuel -- minus rahm emmanual.e has some stylistic differences. he was involved in every one of those meetings, every discussion. we continue to be very focused on many of the things we had in front of us on friday with rahm and are continuing to do so with pete. i cannot stay awake that late. i watched "saturday night live" today. i cannot speak to the accuracy, but it was quite entertaining. thank you, guys. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> l. little later, we will have more campaign 2010 coverage with a debate between candidates hoping to take over for the retiring senator. that is live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. our coverage of campaign 2010 continues at 8:00 p.m. eastern with three debates. first, the race to be the next congressman from new hampshire's first district. one hour later we focus on the race for governor in oregon. after that, the race for the senate in -- center in connecticut replacing retiring chris dodd. in

emmanuel, they know it is not a slamdunk. they know because you are power envelope washington doesn't mean you are going to be core ron nated.ing to follow it waiting for that announcement, possibly in the 11:00 eastern hour. ed, thanks so much. >>> also hearing with rahm being out that pete rouse is in. he is actually poised to take over as interim white house chief of staff today. unlike the man who came before him, rouse has kept quiet, mostly avoiding the spotlight. not a lot of people outside the beltway really know his name. so here is a pete rouse primer for you. he is 64 years old, white house senior adviser, known as a problem solver and he has helped put out political fires over gitmo and top-level appointments. he has also served as obama's senate chief of staff. and before that he was a powerful aide to senator tom daschle. again, president obama scheduled to make personnel announcement from the east room of the white house in about an hour. that is 11:05 eastern time. we will bring it to you live as soon as it happens. >>> all right. let's check in our severe weather. we are talking about the east coast.if you a