all of europe and, so, you know, plenty of people that argue that this is a good stimulus for south america and could end up being in the long term a good economic stimulus for the americas, plural, as its own, you know, when you look at this, when you're competing against an asia and a europe continent wise that it's good for america, south america is able to get more global. >> so, first argentina wins the men's u.s. open and i guess trumps obama. it has been a fascinating day and a setback for chicago, but it's still the olympic games. thank you so much, chuck todd. thanks. >>> when we come back, we will go to rio de janeiro, a live report and the latest on the david letterman situation with the report on the indictment and arraignment of that cbs producer today. >>> welcome back to "andrea mitchell reports." the news is rather strange on david letterman. peter alexander is at nbc headquarters. peter, tell us about what is going on with this indictment and the arraignment to come this afternoon on the cbs producer for allegedly, allegedly trying to blackmail david letterman. >> the word

never having been hosted by a country in south america. is that what people say pushed the ioc to pick the city? >> to be quite honest, alex why the ioc made the çódecision, they're just thrilled that it is coming here. as you mentioned, south america has been picked by the ioc several time in the past. rio had a bid in 2004 and 2012. they've had four bids in toll but they have lost. the folk here are glad the ioc has finally decide that had south america gets its turn. it is home to some 400 million people with a huge day for them here. and although they are, they had some concerns they were going to lose to north america again, they say they really aren't too concerned with how or why the ioc reached their decision. they're just thrilled the game are coming this way. >> with the bikini weather, it he might want to ask these questionsful are people dress that had way? >> reporter: i think in rio, it always seem to be bikini weather. when the game are here in the summer of 2016, it will be nice and warm. probably mid 70s now, a bit overcas

it has been a powerful player in south america.ees itself as a world power, and certainly these olympic games, as we have seen in the past, are attempting to put the bill on the world stage, a division itself. and moment of joy right now and rio de janeiro. jane: more reaction. peter, your reaction to the choice of rio? >> added is a great choice. -- i think it is a great choice. it is a great choice for the brazilians and for the whole continent of south america. in many cases, they were the favorite all along, and they want. but -- and they wonder. everyone came in second place. it is one continent that is developed and has incredible countries. not just developed brazil, but argentina, chilly, and other countries. they had the pan-am games, and in this case, they've won, surprisingly. jane: what about questions that were just raised about having prep work to do? there is a significant crime problem. there are security issues. >> olympic games -- you know, every olympic game gets tarred with the fact that they will have bad traff

it's blank over south america and that has been effective and that argument has resonated a lot with ioc delegates so it's probably a two-horse race and too close to call and we will know a winner around 1:00 p.m. your time and after that, the party is going to begin for some people in earnest. >> that argument is legitimate. when you look at it, we had atlanta in 1996 and los angeles 1984 and lake placid winter games and squaw valley winter games in the '60s and something to be taken into consideration. we are focusing so much on chicago. can you just give me an ecdotaly how many korns are there from madrid and rio and tokyo where they are blasting their story and their support to them for their home countries? >> i can tell you the media community, if you will, is probably about 1,500. of those i'd say maybe a couple hundred americans. you can see that these games are important for all of these four city states or four bidding cities, i should say. for pretty much the same reasons, the prestige, the money, the billions of dollars in investment, at least potentially speaking. yeah,

. >> it's all of south america. the single biggest reason they won in their very passionate layout of their plan. they did the most unbelievable job -- >>> meantime, the white house is dismissing republican complaints the president shouldn't have made the trip. david axelrod said the only thing the president missed was a good night's sleep. >> lester holt starting us off in chicago tonight, thanks. >>> now, a word about the winners, rio deja nar owe. the picture is more complicated. they mounted a huge effort and they won. you could almost hear the celebration from here. somehow miguel almaguer found his way. >> reporter: it's not blanketed the enthusiasm here in row owe. they are celebrating on the streets and beaches. today, the city made history. >> the games of the 31st olympia are awarded to the city of rio de janeiro. >> reporter: with that, rio erupted. the beach shook with excitement. frenzy of yellow and green sprinkled with bikini. in copenhagen, brazil soccer legend celebrated with hugs and cheers. luis m

the first time ever in south america, the first time for that country. they have seven years to plan. if only it would stop dancing. wendell is live in copenhagen with more. >> headed back to washington, robert gibson said that mr. and mrs. obama were proud of the presentations they made and glad they came to copenhagen to make the pitch. they only spent about an hour- and-a-half with the international olympic committee members. 14 hours in the air. the president aimed to trade on his own international popularity and to the decision to and what he considers the bush administration's unilateralism. >> there is nothing i would like more than to step in just a few blocks my family's home with michelle and our girls and welcomed the world back into our neighborhood. >> brazilian presidents luiz inacio lula da silva argued that it was rio's turn. there has never been an olympics in the southern hemisphere, and even opponents admit that it was probably their time. david axelrod says that the president does not see the loss of chicago as a rebuke or a decline o

south america have had none. that is going to change now. they never need much of an excuse for a party in rio, this one as well underway. the 2016 olympics will be in reio. >> disasters have produced astonishing stories of survival. it is now suspected that 2000 people are trapped under buildings collapsed by powerful are >> . the indonesian government is desperate to find those missing. -- it is not suspected that 2000 people a trapped under buildings collapsed by a powerful earthquake. >> a camera captured the chaos that immediately followed. emerging from a crashed sports hall, the first survival of a trapped class. then, her classmates foowed. one by one, injured but alive. and today, two days later, they are still pulling people from the rubble. is one woman is an exception, she is alive. hospital recovering from an accident and then the ceiling caved in on him. he has a brain hemorrhage. his mother says there is little chance of him surviving. one little boy suffering in a city where thousand families are grieving and thousands more h

it is the first time the games will be held in south america, but there was deep disappointment in chicagorest of north america, losing a bid that brought out all the big guns. the battle to host the game is an intense one. peter vidmar is the highest scoring american gymnast in a living history. great to have you with us. >> it is great to be on, and unfortunately, for chicago, it is a disappointment. alisyn: tell us how you felt when rio you when -- when you heard that rio had one and chicago have lost? >> what was shocking was that chicago went out in the first round. it would be a great city to host the games. we just have to go back to the drawing board. alisyn: your team won the gold in 1984 in los angeles. how does the host city affect the athletes? >> it makes a difference. i competed in my home country and my home town in my home court. gymnastics or house in the arena at ucla where i went to college, so i could not have asked for a better environment to compete in, and that is what we were hoping for our athletes, to have that comfortable familiar environment to compete in. >> al

because the games had never been at south america. if you look at the map, you look at all and put pins on the map to represent all the games, there have been 30 in europe, 12 in north america, so many in asia, australia, none in south america. wasn't it time to rectify what to them seemed like an obvious injus it tis and the members of the ioc were like, okay, that's it. . >> the 2016 summer games will be the first olympics held in south america. so does the president blame his friends in chicago for not putting forth a winning effort? for more now on the political fallout from chicago's failed olympic bid i'm joined live from the white house by nbc's mike vick kara. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> personal appeal from the president, oprah winfrey, first lady as well. what do you think went wrong here or is this as much about rio deserving it and that's really part of the equation as well? >> well, certainly over the next coming days, we're going to be sifting through the wreckage trying to do the forensics on what went wron

brazil will host the very first olympic games to be held in south america. rio's victory is chicago's defeat, a personal pitch from president obama himself was met with indifference. the president's hometown was the first city to get the boot. >>> and republicans quickly using new job numbers to knock the president for his olympic lobbying trip. america's unemployment level rising to its highest level since 1983. >>> and the "new york times" has new information on an affair involving senator john ensign, which suggests the senator may have gone too far to get his lover's husband a new job. >> i have a little story that i would like to tell you and the home viewers as well. do you feel like a story? >> yikes. and the story he is telling is no joke. david letterman revealing a real-life tail of sex, extortion and finally, arrest, of fellow cbs employee busted of trying to blackmail the talk show host over affairs with some of his female staff memberses. i'm norah o'donnell, nbc's chief washington correspondent. >> i'm john harwood of cnbc and the "new york tim

the 2016 games will be heading to south america for the first time. nbc nbc's miguel almaguer is in rio. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. >> tell us what the mood is like there. >> reporter: there was quite the celebration, as you were able to see yesterday on the beach of cocoa cabana. some 100,000 people were estimated to be down there. a wild celebration on the beach that lasted all night, spilled into this morning. rio does have a lot of work to do in the next couple years. they have some $14 billion of infrastructure that they still need to build and to offset some of that they plan on planting 24 million trees to cross cancel that carbon dioxide. there's also a lot of problems here in the city of rio. the slums here are really infamous as you drive along the highways leading from the airports, you can see them on both sides of the streets. the poverty will really be on display here. of course there's some infrastructure. and one of the big knocks on rio is the crime. still last nigh there was a huge celebration here, and we saw pi

and they showed all of south america on that same map with no olympics ever.he ioc loves to do big things when they went to korea, when they went to mexico, and when they went to china. i think today was their kay for rio. >> did this work against chicago, having president obama, and oprah. >> this always was going to come down to rio and chicago. the big second story other than rio winning is chicago going out on the first round. i think that that stunned everybody in the room from what i'm told. we weren't allowed in the room after the presentations, so we didn't see it, but from friends who are ioc members, they said they all looked at each other in shock. >> so now what about rio? what do you expect for the rio games and what about the tv rights? >> well, the rio -- first of l all, both rio and chicago allow for 100% live olympics. rio is an hour ahead of new york, so when it's 8:00 at night in new york, it's 9:00 in new york. they're a late night city. i'm sure all the major events, track and field, swimming, gymnasti gymnastics, basketball, they'll all b

the city of rio can boast it is the jewel of south america becoming this continent's first host of an olympics. a selection of city leaders believe it will propel the city into the global mainstream from now into 2016 and beyond. meanwhile, a different scene. disappointment in chicago. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round. >> the pin dropping, you could hear it. not just losing the bid, but the first finalist voted out in secret balloting done by the international olympic committee. some are already crying out for the city to make a run at the 2020 games. >>> the fbi has arrested a man suspected of stalking and filming espn reporter erin andrews through a peephole in her hotel room. michael david barrett allegedly made several video of her in nashville and milwaukee and then posted them on the internet. >>> that oregon runningback who waylaid a taunting player a few weeks ago, he may play again. he could be reinstated by the november 7th game if he achieves a number of goals. if he can do that the school will appeal

rogue gi, who from the beginning wanted to have the olympics for the first time in south america and who then convinced the africans on the first ballot to vote for tokyo because in his mind it had the best technical bid from all these criteria that they apparently use, it was the strongest. vote for them. they won't ultimately make it. we know you want the u.s. they'll still be in by the second round. when he did that and when, supposedly, they followed his urgings, chicago was seemingly snookered. >> jim, can i take from your answer, there, that it really made no difference whether the president went or not? that this was over before air force one left american soil? >> i think all along, i personally thought in talking to some folks, it's not as if i talked to a ton of ioc members, that rio was clearly the front-runner and madrid probably second as a result of the huge influence of the 90-year-old mr. samaranc who put a lot of the folks on the ioc and was guilt tripping them about voting for madrid, win the last time out had more votes than london web when it came to the competiti

in south america. en an does that make rio the front runner in this? >> in the eyes of many, it does. rio is positioning it bid on the fact that no games have been held in south america. what this comes down to is will international olympic committee members vote with their hearts which in that case would be rio or some people are saying their heads. and the corporate financial backing of chicago. it's viewed by many to be a two- horse race because sidney and beijing and upcoming london bear the three summer games. and the cities with the three summer games. it is a thought process and geographic cli the games now have to move west which will give you chicago or rio. >> we will wait and see. jeff, thank you. >> thank you. >> all right.    >>> 9:14. back with the latest search on a stolen bay bi. a woman posed as an immigration agent snatched him from his home on tuesday. the mother was stabbed in the head, neck, breast and thigh. right now it appears the attack was random. relatives worry the it's a boy sign in the front yard may ha

was huge, and the brazilians were almost making this argument almost on behalf of all of south america, and they were going to win. greta: byron, thank you. up next, the best of the rest. and david letterman. this time, he is talking about his wife. and the slugfest continues with conan o'brien and the mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker. you will hear from conan ♪ ofinannant re ool tellat wiuss er weteurrrlu m mt ds aryor y' stghtere inct hnoe fsplicoes eryoch'sre pramat dierca wng evdu y er. greta: well, you have seen our top stories, but here is the best of the rest. another round in the situation with conan o'brien and new jersey mayor cory booker. it all started when conan o'brien made a joke about new york, new jersey, on the show, and then cory booker banned conan o'brien from the airport. conan o'brien shot back. >> last week, i told a joke about newark, new jersey. it was quite a good one about new, new jersey, and as a result, the maker has -- about newark, new jersey, and as a result, the mayor has bannecd me from the airport, so now, i have to get their like everyone e

it's not just russia and south america. but china is also very interested in it. of course, you know the role they play in buying our paper. >> welcome to "the call." i'm melissa francis. you are listening to the question and answer portion of ben bernanke's hearing on financial regulation. stocks are lower due to disappointing economic news. let's go back to the hearing. >> there's two key issues i think. one is inflation. federal reserve is responsible for inflation. we are confident that we can manage our policies to support the economy. without inducing inflation in the median term. so we are committed to low inflation and fully believe we have the tools and political will necessary to achieve that. the second issue is about the current account and trade deficit. as someone earlier mentioned, we need to have a better balance where by the u.s. saves more, imports less and other countries, including china, rely more on their domestic demand. that's a mutual process where both sides have to accommodate that. but from our perspective, the best way we have to raise

rio will host those games first time ever in south america. members of the international olympic committee voted earlier today in denmark on four possible cities. chicago, tokyo, madrid and rio. this means that the games will be there for the first time in that continent rio beating madrid in the final round of voting. chicago learned at the outset that it was out of the running. here's what that looked like today. about an hour and a half ago. >> the city of chicago having obtained the least number of votes will not participate in the next round. >> chicago area residents gathered downtown in daley plaza were stunned by the news that their city was the first one eliminated. it got the fewest votes. many assumed chicago would make it past the first round. chicago was eliminated in spite of a personal appeal by the ioc to bring the 2016 games to his adopted hometown. he called chicago a diverse city that could easily host the world. >>> on his way back from his trip to copenhagen, the president met with general stanley mcchrystal for 25 minutes

was huge, and the brazilians were almost making this argument almost on behalf of all of south america, and they were going to win. greta: byron, thank you. up next, the best of the rest. and david letterman. this time, he is talking about his wife. and the slugfest continues with conan o'brien and the mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker. you will hear from conan o'brien next. by the way, whose side are you on with this? sheomcotols..drs s aer of73ea sheomcotols..drs ay w ♪ are more than words here. it's personal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek® aviva meters and test strips... here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's a true american value. accu-chek® aviva. born in the u.s.a. greta: well, you have seen our top stories, but here is the best of the rest. another round in the situation with conan o'brien and new jersey mayor cory booker. it all started when conan o'brien made a joke about new york, new

it will be held in south america. obama is disappointed, but he is congratulating the people of chicago on their effort. >> i could not be prouder of my hometown of chicago. the volunteers -- mayor daley and the delegation of the american people for the extraordinary bid that we put forward. >> they congratulated rio. he might face some political fallout. >>> while in copenhagen, he met with his top commander in afghanistan. they talked for about 25 minutes aboard air force one. the president is reviewing his strategy. the general says that insurgents are gaining strength and he wants more troops to buy time for the military and police forces to take control of the country. >> the district has laid off 229 public school teachers. in all 388 schools, employees receive notices. the bulk of the layoffs will lose five or more teachers. the layoffs are meant to align resources with actual student enrollment. the council chairman will hold a public oversight hearing later this month to look into the layoff. >>> some of the

it is the first time ever for south america to win the olympics. the high-profile pitch by president obama, the first lady and oprah winfrey were an unprecedented move, especially for american president. >> the president says he is disappointed, but does not regret making the trip. >> dreams of the 2016 olympics as chicago sent barack obama lobby for the prize. >> the city of chicago will not participate. >> be with the city was knocked out in the first round, but barack obama praised chicago for its efforts. >> i am proud of was able to come in and help make that case in person. >> the president made the trip. did he pay a political price for trying to get the olympics? i do not think so. >> chicago supporters are more likely to be angry with the international olympics committee and give the president points for trying. critics say that going to copenhagen was a bad idea. >> we have a war in afghanistan and it could be a case of misplaced priorities. >> the bottom line is that chicago loses out. and rio de janeiro made history because of the first

the first games in south america. >> we were trying to be simplistic in figuring out what rio had yesterday as we were all speculating. the fact they brought the map that showed all the red dots around the world where the olympics were held, totally blank for the continent of south america. was that a visual where people said a-ha? >> it went well. they showed they could run an event. chicago can't compete with that. they have a good bid and a whole continent that hasn't had an olympics. it's huge. it's hard to compete with that even though chicago had a great bid. >> thanks for getting up early. keep it here on msnbc, we're going to take you to rio de janeiro. miguel is in the middle of it. a newborn baby boy snatched from his tennessee home. they have found him alive and well in alabama. the woman expected of taking him is now is custody and being questioned by police. surveillance video helped track her down. she entered her nashville home tuesday, stabbed her with a kitchen knife before taking the baby. the mother is recovering from the attack. >>> robert joe halderman is free on bail t

it will be the first olympics ever held in south america. now besides the disappoint of losing out, chicago is also losing some money. this city spent $70 million in it campaign to bring the olympics to the chicago. >>> a major move for the congregation of the sisters of glocecour. they are moving their center from paris to baltimore. >>> this was a time of honor for 25 of the finest teachers in the united states, and it ended with the naming of the maryland teacher of the year. >> the winner is, jennifer rankin. >> jennifer rankin is an eighth grade math teacher from garrett county. 24 nominees from every county in the state were among the one now people filling martin's west tonight. i was honored to mc. mrs.rankin walked out tonight with lots of prizes including the keys to a brand new nissan. >> let's hope she has snow tires on that. congratulations to her. >>> miraclous rescue, a woman is pulled out from the rubble of a collapsed building in indonesia. why it's -- it's giving hope to others. >>> police raid the home of one of their own.

he made an impassioned plea to put the games in south america for the first time in its history. >> and again, such a disappointment for the thousands of chicago and here -- chicagoans here at daley plaza. no one could believe it was out in the first round of voting. the cracks such a disappointment for chicago. -- >> such a disappointment for chicago. back at home, it is a scramble at d.c. public schools. an officer hired by hawk one security was told suddenly not to come to work today. students refused to attend class saying it was unsafe. >> students have a small protest over security concerns. >> they do not really know the school. it is going to be a lot of chaos. >> some students went home early, frustrated when school did not open on time or were concerned about safety. >> security guards do more than police officers. they continue to go to class and the kids need the extra support to go to class. >> last night, security guards and in their place were officers. >> it is like a slap on the face. we really do care about these kids. they're coming in with all kinds of different chal

none in south america. wasn't it time to rectify what to them seemed like an obvious injustice and the members of the ioc were like, okay. i think that's it. >> what's the biggest challenge for rio to face as they prepare for these games? >> reporter: i think two things. one is overcoming -- they have a lot of work to do in the logistics of getting ready. one, i mean, they have to build roads, they have to put serious time in and address. but the other thing is rio's going to put on the 2016 olympics -- excuse me -- just two short years after the nation's brazil had the soccer world cup. a lot going on in a short time, a lot of resource and dedication, a lot of effort and they've got to start like -- today. no kidding. today. >> okay. alan abramson, let's though they hear you. thanks for joining us. >> reporter: thanks, alex. >>> cbs news producer robert joe halderman is facing up to 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to blackmail david letterman. he's free today after posting $200,000 bail. he's charg

south america has never hosted olympics before. >> reporter: brazilians are take nautical sports fans. he said you can't bank on what the ioc will do because it votes in secret. >> this is one instance where the american dream team didn't bring home a gold. >> reporter: on the streets of d.c., this reaction. >> it didn't work. he won thelection, but he's not going to win everything. >> the only thing i can say, chicago must never have been in the running. to take that kind of fire power out there, they made a decision already. >> reporter: karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >>> up next at 6:00, letterman's blackmail bombshell. >> i would like $2 million or i will make trouble for you. what kind of person writes a thesis calling working women "detrimental to the family..." then lies about his opponent to cover up his own record? the post said bob mcdonnell took office and began passing his social agenda... and the post confirmed that he voted to deny access to birth control. they said mcdonnell even opposed equal pay for women. no matter what his ads say, bob mcdonnell can't cover up his

rio made its strongest argument pay, that it was time for the olympic games to come to south america. >> some days you win; some days you don't. it wasn't our day to win. >> reporter: while he may be euphoric now, dasilva is the one who's going to have to deliver. these games come with a hefty price tag, including infrastructure, about $15 billion. the country's central bankers say the economy is strong, the money is in the bank and they're ready to write the checks. katie? >> couric: sheila macvicar in copenhagen tonight. thank you so much. meanwhile, in chicago they were ready to throw a party. national correspondent dean reynolds is there. dean, it's the city of big shoulders and tonight long faces. >> that's right, katie. in chicago today there was plenty of shock and a lot of awe-- aw nuts. 10,000 hopeful chicagoans crowded into a downtown plaza this morning hoping for the best but utterly unprepared for the worst. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: for a moment, there was uncomprehending silence

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might have a real story, but the fact of the matter is neither rio de janeiro nor anywhere in south america was awarded the olympic games and maybe it was just their turn to get it plain and simple as that. >> absolutely. >> trying to keep it simple earlier on the air, maybe that's where we got to go with this. >> maybe not so much about chicago and more about rio. any case, alex, still ahead, the day's other news, we will have the president's remarks live at the top of the hour, but the senate finance committee worked late into the night last night to finally finish their work on health care, at least the amendment process. we will tell you what happens next. >>> also, we will have the stunning revelations in the sex scandal surrounding senator john ensign. how far did he go to try to cover up the affair? >>> much more on today's surprising news out of copenhagen on the olympics. president obama arrived at andrews air force base a couple of minutes ago. the top of the hour, expected to talk about his effort and what the failure means, if anything. you are watching the big picture on msnbc.

it will be the first ever olympic games in south america. rio beat madrid in the last round of voting. in a huge upset, chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting by the international olympic committee despite a last plea by president obama. monday, dallas federal reserve bank president richard fisher joins us live to talk about employment, interest rates and an exit strategy for the fed. >> susie: private equity firm blackstone group is reportedly closing in on a deal to buy anheuser busch in-bev's theme parks. those parks include seaworld and busch gardens. "the wall street journal" reports the deal could be worth as much as $3 billion. neither company is commenting. blackstone is already in the amusement business-- it owns both madame tussaud's wax museum and lego-land. >> paul: chrysler is temporarily shutting down production of its popular jeep wrangler s.u.v. the auto maker doesn't have the parts to make it, due to a shortage from one of its suppliers. chrysler's toledo, ohio, plant will close for a week, leaving 535 hourly em

and then they show south america, zero. the ioc is nothing if not a group of dreamers saying hey, we can open up a new continent to the olympic games am and i think at the end of the day that was the biggest consideration for the ioc. >> thanks a lot for talking to us. >> you bet, thank you. >> lehrer: next tonight, senators take a big step forward on health reform. betty ann bowser reports for our health unit, a partnership with the robert wood johnson foundation. >> reporter: bleary-eyed members of the senate finance committee, ended marathon deliberations on health care reform shortly after 2 a.m. this morning. ( applause ) the committee is expected to officially pass the legislation early next week after the congressional budget office crunches the numbers. committee chairman max baucus said he expects it will cost no more than $900 billion. in a sense, health care reform hit a milestone because never pu& the nation's health care system gone this far, its now on the verge of clearing five different congressional committ

rio de janeiro is the toughest challenger, it would be the first time the olympics were held in south america. madrid and tokyo are also in the running and either could pull off a surprise victory when the olympic committee votes later today. the odds of chicago winning soared when president obama decided to make the pitch here in person. he's seen as the captain of a team that's worked years for this moment. >> chicago is the best city in the united states. it's the friendliest city in the united states. it's the most diverse city in the united states. >> i wish the world all the best in terms of enjoying the games when they come to chicago because that's where it will be. >> reporter: president obama won't be here to hear the resul results. he'll be flying back home when the you winner is announced later this afternoon. now, there are cynics here who say the obama effect could backfire. he can't just waltz in here and waltz out before the winner is even announced. others say it could clinch the deal. michelle shall. >> no matter what you do, there's always a critic. charlie d'agata, thanks.

south america's never gotten them. it's a rising power. it would help brazil. we don't need the olympics. we've had them a million times. our economy doesn't need the boost of the olympics. an american president in a george w. bush like way tries to bully the international committee. >> he didn't bully them. >> come walk with us. i'm here for america. can you imagine with bush had done this and we hadn't gotten it? cowboy unilateralist. obama falls into that trap and they weren't for us. >> juan, does the staff of the white house -- should they receive some blame for sending the president over there in this environment when south america now looking back, it looks like they kind of had it in the bag? >> i don't know if they had it in the bag. what's clear is that the united states did not have the votes lined up. i think that valerie jarrett, david axelrod, rahm emanuel, deciding this is going to happen. we can get the african nations. they didn't have anything lined up and it is a temporary embarrassment. i agree with mara. it's not going to have any long-term

you know, the olympics have never been in south america. rio's got a very strong argument.y have the most money on the table. so, we're just waiting for their presentation. >> yunji de nies, thanks for that report. >> again, the olympic committee decision is expected today, just before 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> nuclear talks involving the u.s., iran, and five other nations will resume before the end of the month. now, president obama's calling on iran to take action on its promises. in geneva yesterday, the iranians said they would allow international inspections of a newly-disclosed facility in the next but weeks. and they agreed to ship some uranium to russia. >>> rescue crews in indonesia, pulled a teenager arrive om rubble of her collapsed college this morning, about 40 hours after wednesday's 7.6 earthquake. heavy equipment is expected to arrive there today, to help with the search for possible survivors. the death toll of that quake and the second one on thursday, is estimated to be 1,100 and counting. >>> the death toll has claimed to nearly 170. and many people remain

to put chicago atop the other finalist cities, tokyo, madrid and rio de janeiro, trying to win south america's first olympics ever. but chicago hopes its golden ticket is in a presidential pitch. >> i'll sleep on the plane, i'll land, i'll speak, and then fly right back. >> reporter: but experts say he could make all the difference. >> chicago's chances are significantly -- and i mean significantly enhanced by the fact that the president of the united states is going to be on hand here. >> reporter: not everyone agrees with the presidential participati participation. >> he's the president of the united states. not the mayor of chicago. >> reporter: some in chicago say they don't want the games, even staging protests over the past few days. but for those who hope the second city is the ioc's first choice, excitement is building as the who's who of chicag get ready to put oa full-court press. so this next day will be filled with those final presentations to the ioc. a decision expected sometime between 11:30 and about noon central time tomorrow. that's when thousands will gather in chicago's dal

and then they go to south america, zero. >> reporter: about the only place you could find more unbridledlee than brazil was with rush limbaugh. >> our president, barack hussein obama, mm, mm, mm, had been running around the world for nine months, telling everybody how much our country sucks. why would anybody award the olympics to such a crappy place? >> reporter: there is, of course, another way to look at this. maybe despite the tears, maybe, just maybe, chicago is better off. just ask montreal. that city just finished paying off debt from the 1976 games. ask athens. the greece budgeted $1.6 billion before the 2004 games and ended up spending $16 billion. london hasn't even had the 2012 games yet, but they've already blown their budget plans. a number of chicago websites had argued against hosting the games, saying the traffic, the crime, the burdens on the city, were big enough already, thank you very much. in a recent poll by "the chicago tribune," 45% of chicagoans opposed the idea of hosting the games. compared to just 47% in favor. maybe the fans who scream for the bears can live

it's made of jerusalem limestone, italian marble and building materials from south america, algeria and spain. >> everything in this house is imported from somewhere around the world. many of the doors are from various palaces, from spain and morocco and egypt. >> reporter: michael burland will be auctioning off the villa taj on november 4th. first, let's look at the place that was built by a burden -- burr ridge doctor moving his practice to florida. he built it but never moved in. it's finished except for the furnishings. >> to furnish it probably over a million dollars it's so big. >> reporter: a gourmet kitchen could serve hundreds, two living rooms with entertainment centers, eight bedroom sweets with giant italian marble showers. hot tubs and all the other stuff. >> this is the master bathroom which is part of the 2,500 square foot imperial master bedroom suite. >> reporter: another highlight, the 20-car garage. yes, a garage for 20 cars. so when you buy this place you'll have plenty of room for all your yard junk, bicycles, golf clubs, fill it up and then park outside in the driv

knocked out, madrid, the surprise finalist, could not compete with rio's vivid display showing that south americaad never held an olympic games. >> brazil is ready. rio is ready. >> reporter: brazil's president said voting for them would send a powerful message to the world. rio's time had come. tears of joy for rio. and sadness for chicago. >> that's the way it goes. some days you win, some days you don't. it wasn't our day to win. >> reporter: still, a crushing blow for chicago, a city that had counted on the winner of that last big election to make the difference. in this one. and now, very disappointed mayor daley clearly very sad about what happened, has said that it will be many years before chicago bids on another olympics. charlie. >> all right, chris bury in chicago, thanks to you. christine brennan, a columnist for "usa today" and abc news consultant who has covered the olympic movement and the international olympic committee for years, joins us now. christine, what happened? this was such a stunner. maybe the fact that rio won isn't such a surprise but that chicago finished so badly. >

intense seismic activity stretching 25,000 miles from the south pacific all the way around to south america. >> the pacific ocean is basically one huge tectonic plate, and it's moving relative to the plates around it, and so every place where the plates are rubbing against each other is where you get earthquakes and volcanoes. >> reporter: the ring of fire is home to 90% of all the world's earthquakes, 75% of all volcanoes. tonight, survivors are sleeping under tarps and in their cars, many of them homeless, others simply too afraid to go home. clarissa ward, abc news, beijing. >>> and as we said, the scene is equally grim in samoa. at least 150 have been killed there, including more than 30 in american samoa. hundreds are still missing. neal karlinsky is in in malela. >> reporter: charlie, we have been through village after village that look just like this one. just 100 yards from the ocean, but yet as far as the eye can see, everything leveled. like so many, the teo family awoke today to a perfect ocean sunrise on what will be another bleak day. three generations sleep on floors. they hav

that's because there's never been an olympics in south america, it would open a huge portion of the worldrazil. they of course have the largest bid, they have the most money on the table for their games. that's another selling point. but chicago, of course, has the president, they have the first lady, and they have their secret weapon, and that of course is oprah winfrey. she's been doing a lot of one on one meetings as well. so much of the vote really comes down to relationships. the ioc members have to feel comfortable and they have to feel like that they are really being sold. so that's why the 15-minute session that mrs. obama held yesterday one on one giving the hard sell, that's why those were so important. we're told the president will focus on big picture, mrs. obama will speak from the heart. she's a chicago native. she's going to rely on that in her sell to the ioc. back to you. >> the closer for many reasons. reporting from denmark, thank you. >>> heavy search and rescue equipment as well as additional relief supplies are arriving in devastating areas of the south pacific. the

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south america has never hosted the olympics. but rio also has the highest crime rate and the most expensive bid. we're talking about over $10 billion to get ready for the olympics. madrid is the most ready with more than three-quart he recalls of their venues built or under construction. they also have the most public support but european cities as you know got the last two olympic bids. finally, we've got tokyo to take a look at. it has the most experience hosting major sporting events but the last summer games were in asia and have not created much buzz for their bid as of yet. >> got you. we'll see what hamppens. interesting. >>> you probably don't expect to hear a 13-year-old has breast cancer but in about 15 minutes we'll hear about one teen's brave battle. >>> you can say good-bye to saturn cars. our money expert jennifer westhoven has more on why general motors is pulling the plug on the brand. >> there were months where they were trying to sell saturn to pensky but in the end pensky backed out. general motors says that i

it's a first olympic games in south america. let's not understate that. they also host the world cup for soccer in 2014. >> last night the bill maher show cause ago bit of controversy this morning. we remember janine garofalo. here she was last night. let's take a listen. >> it's obvious to, i think, anybody who has eyes in this country that tea baggers, the 9-12ers, these separatist groups that pretend that it's about policy, they are clearly white identity movements. what they don't like about the president is that he's black. >> i think it's obvious anyone who has ears, that she doesn't leave her apartment often. she has never met a republican. she's never met a republican or an independent. she's never met a disgruntled democrat. she's never talked to the people that we hear from every day via e-mail and on our show that they are unhappy with big government and big government spending and more taxes, et cetera, et cetera. >> so many of the people that showed up at the tea parties were independents. we were hearing from a number of people who said i'm

south america never hosted the olympics, too. rio has the highest crime rate and most expensive bid. we are talking about billions of dollars when they take the estimates. madrid is the most ready with more than three-quarters of their venues built or under construction so far and have the most public support. european cities got the last two olympic bids. finally, we have tokyo and it has the most experience hosting major sporting events. the last summer games were in asia and they have not created much buzz for their bid as of yet. >> richard, it will be inning to see that. announce many coming tomorrow. >>> florida expects the man who buried jessica lunsford four years ago has died. authorities say the death of convicted rapist and killer john couey was not a surprise. new in 40 minutes. why jessica's father said he was sad when he heard the news. >>> you can say good-bye to saturn cars. jennifer westhoven has more on why general motors is pulling the plug on the brand. >> hey. they couldn't sell it. they tried. there were mon

for the first time ever, a country in south america will host the olympics. today, rio beat madrid and chicago in the international olympic committee. charlie d'agata reports from denmark. >> reporter: with one envelope, the suspense was over. >> rio. >> reporter: rio cleared the final hurdle. they will host the 2016 summer olympics. in chicago, there is huge disappointment. judges knocked the city out on the very first vote. >> the city of chicago obtaining the least number of votes will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: that comes after the president and first lady teamed up for what they thought was a winning pitch for chicago. >> sports taught me self confidence. >> reporter: michelle obama told the olympic committee of her disabled father's love of sports and how she sat on his knee while watching the olympics. the president spoke after the first lady. >> we know how to put on big events. >> reporter: what has been called the obama effect did not have the impact chicago supporters were banking on. they saw their city new yorked out in the f

but in south america, we never have. i think the moment to bring the game for this is now. >> but, of course, to secure an olympics, you have to have more than mug and turn. what is important is that the head of the central bank has been key to the rio bid. i can't imagine mervyn king or anybody else at the central bank being part of it. he's been there pressing the brazilian economic story. the united states says they will be the world's fifth biggest country. they are now financially ready to host these olympics. becky. >> and we actually had the head of the brazilian central bank on "squawk box" probably a good couple weeks ago. it's good to see him get involved. obviously, each country, city, i should say, is enthusiastic about their own bid. what is the buzz you get out there? when which country or which city seems to have the popular vote? >> well, i think the romantics would undoubtedly go for rio. there's no doubt about that. everybody would like to go to rio, anyway, for a holiday, let alone go for an olympic ga