she's in chicago. good morning, diana. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and jeremy a wet and chilly windy city. nonetheless, we're ready. we're ready for the final push for the 2016 games, bringing them here to chicago. and everyone, including the president and the first lady, are saying yes, we can. president obama and the rest of the chicago 2016 delegation, pulled out all the stops to sway every possible vote. >> i come as a faithful representative of the american people. and we look forward to welcoming the world to the shores of lake michigan, and the heartland of our nation in 2016. >> my dad was my hero. and when i think of what these games can mean to people all over the world, i think about people like my dad. >> reporter: the president, the first lady, even oprah winfrey, are using their star power and emotional appeals to bring the games to their beloved hometown. ♪ sweet home my home ♪ >> reporter: it's the right approach, according to one of the very voters they're targeting. >> it's

that would help chicago. the question is did the world's most powerful man appeal today and it was a persuasive one, did it close the deal? we'll find that out at 1:00 p.m. your time. here's a little bit of the taste or sampling of what obama had to say today to the ioc delegates. >> it's a bustling metropolis with the warmth of a small town. where the world already comes together every day to live and work and reach for a dream. that's not just the american dream. that is the olympic spirit. it's the essence of the olympic spirit. and that is why we see so much of ourselves in these games. that's why we want them in chicago. >> there's an equally persuasive argument, though, and coming from the rio team. you may have touched on it earlier. rio is saying, they are very passionate, president silva saying these are our games because it's our time. they live to hold up that map, alex, with the previous historic spots where the olympic games have taken place little red pins in all of the locations. you see nothin

we thought it would be rio and chicago, but chicago just came up short. rio has a lot going for it. most of all, it has the geopolitical card to play. it played it dramatically. and every occasion the rio team would hold up this map. the map of the world with little red pins sticking into every place where there had been a previous olympic games and you would always see how blank the south american continent was. the president of brazil came in here two days ago and was very passionate and very articulate saying we need these games. it is our time. it is brazil's time and south america's time and it is rio's time. in fact, he cleverly stole or adopted the obama motto during the president obama campaign and, yes, we can. a lot of yes, we can, signs and chants from spirits back in rio de janeiro and also all the way to the presentations today, the general feeling amongst the media here is that chicago's presentation was pretty flat. aside from the president and michelle obama who were very good one-two punch, the rest of it fell, some people think, quite flat, as compared to rio's pre

will it be chicago, madrid, rio or tokyo? chicago native first lady michelle obama and oprah winfrey are just a few of the heavy hitters already in copenhagen with the biggest of big names headed there today to lend their support to the u.s. bid. for more on that, nbc's kristen dal again reports live from chicago. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: hey there, good morning christina. talk about a dream team. chicago is pulling out all the stops to try to win the olympics in 2016. as you mentioned first lady michelle obama already over in copenhagen. she's been there about a day, shaking hands, meeting with people. she is joined by the queen of talk, oprah winfrey, along with a host of olympians over there, including names like nadia comen neech, nastia liukin, michael johnson, trying to tell the international olympic committee why chicago could win the games. the big gun gets there tonight, president obama is actually going to be there making a personal pitch. he'll only be on the ground about four hours but a lot of experts

i live in chicago -- i lived in chicago for 15 years. it is a great sports town. it has all the facilities you could want for the games. it would have been spectacular for the olympics. athens came back in 1990 and bid again and won. there is no reason to think chicago would not begin and win at a second try. jon: in spite of 9/11, new york city applied the last time around and was shot down. >> well, keep in mind that america's had the winter and summer games a lot. the 1980 games, the salt lake city games. i just talked to a friend of mine who is in copenhagen and was at the meeting, and i think that the reason that we came out short is we did not have a natural consistency. almost always, there is a hometown favorite. you have to vote for these guys at least one. -- once. hometown favorites were going to be madrid, latin vote's going to rio, asian vote's going to japan. so you had to when alliances for mothers who had promised to their first vote to a hometown -- you had to win alliances from others who had promised their first vote to hometown favorites. jon:

this morning, chicago was the bookies' favorite to win. organizers thinking that president obama's star power would clinch the deal. but in the end, the city's presentation fell flat and the buzz was about rio. >> there can, however, be only one winner. rio de janeiro (cheers and applause). >> reporter: it was another president who got to celebrate today, lulu dasilva of brazil and from rio's famous copacabana beach to downtown copenhagen, brazilians went wild. what won the day for rio was its vibrancy and its passion and it didn't hurt that the president of brazil is the man president obama has called the most popular politician on the planet. as the four cities began their final presentations, analysts say at least 25 of the 101 delegates had not made up their minds who they would vote for. as chicago's power pitcher, president obama, flew in this morning. >> if we walk this path together then i promise you th-frplt the city of chicago and the united states of america will make the world proud. >> reporter: but some delegates said they w

president obama fly it is to ring no carri copenhagen to support chicago's bid, but back in chicago, the games may be a tough sell. ring here's no carrier ri dean reynolds. >> reporter: with nearly 3 million recent department chicago is a bustling, big no carrier ring shouldered city where its felt the summer no carrier olympics would be right at no chome. >> we have an opportunity to really showcase chicago. no carrier we know ring we can deliver a no carrier ring spectacular ring olympic no carrier and pair ring no carrier paralympic games. >> reporter: chicago has a lot going for ring it. the no carrier no carrier president of the united states is its chief > ring cheerleader. no car lake mitch is its breast taking backdrop. and many olympic venues here are already built. no wonder boosters argue that the no carrier games and chicago will be good ring for each other. >> we're talking about creating job, ring we're talking about all no sorts of opportunities ring no carrier for local residents. now is exactly the time to want it on do something like this. >> reporter: chicago under

chicago loses the 2016 olympics to rio. a devastating blow to the windy city and to president obama. the president putting his prestige on the line, coming home empty-happened. how will this play out politically? >>> plus -- >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is yes i have. >> it was a late night bombshell. david letterman revealed an alleged extortion plot against him and admitted to sex with staff members. we will bring you new details about the suspect and the woman at the center of the case. >>> also, the john ensign affair, new allegations of ethical and criminal misconduct by the senator's tried to contain the damage from his affair with the wife of one of his aides. was another senator also involved in the coverup? >>> all that plus the man who has been the talk of washington this week, a defiant democrat, congressman alan grayson. our live interview coming up. "the big picture" starts now. good afternoon, everybody, good afternoon, alex, i'm

bid, chicago hosting the 2016 games. i have to ask you what you -- what do you make of so many prominent conservatives, quite literally cheering today when they heard that chicago lost. >> it's the strangest kind of patriotism that i have ever encountered. i am stunned and absolutely amazed that individuals who will wrap themselves in the constitution, the history of the country, but would express joy and glee because the country did not win the bid for the olympics. plus i have never encountered anywhere in my life where you have a referendum on political leadership, based upon whether or not you were able to bring the olympics to your country or to your city. so i think it's grasping and going way out beyond the pale. >> i know that not everyone in chicago, not -- it wasn't unanimous that everybody in chicago wanted to have the olympics there, i mean it is a huge undertaking for any city and so it comes with any measure of controversy. but i actually wonder today, if you felt like that reaction on the right, people che

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 challenges from the neighborhood and school is the one place they can be safe. >> add at mckinley -- at mckinley high school the guards still reported for work because they wanted the kids to be safe. parents are not happy about these last-minute changes.

omaha, minneapolis, chicago in the mid 50s. cooler in the pacific northwest as well as seattle at 56 instead of the usual 65. phoenix has cooled off to 91. >>> you know how we love to talk about animals, show animals, cute little baby animals and so on. this friday we have more of that for you. look at these cute siberian tiger cubs making their public debut at the milwaukee zoo. that is cute. u have to admit it. they were born in summer, they weigh 25 pounds but they're going to top the scale eventually at about 300. >> of course, this is a rare sight. there are dwindling number of siberian tigers, only 500 in the wild, another 500 in captivity. so the cubs are an important part of the species survival. >> they're just darn cute. me to death. there's so much to learn. i just shut down. but liberty walked me through it all like when i test at night or after i eat makes a big difference. a good diet and testing your blood sugar regularly can help you manage-even reduce-the risk of complications. that's why liberty offers a wide

a below to chicago. darrin, phil, what was chicago counting on, really, in terms of revenue, in terms of what could it have done for the economy to have the olympics there? >> in terms of an economic impact, trish, chicago of banking somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.6 to $4.7. some of that coming in terms of infrastructure projects. the rest come during that two week period of the olympics themselves. to put it into perspective why the olympics are the grand enchilad whampb it comes to the type of the event you want, it's worth 14 super bowls. that's one estimate we received from a consulting firm. it's the one event that can you look to at your city and say here's a huge economic pop. chicago won't get that. >> if i can say one thing -- let me say one thing on the cities that are left. rio de janeiro, madrid. i mean people just never thought madrid was in this. of course they have the former president of the ioc from 1980 to 2001. he just made an emotional plea. if this is about presentations it's re

the city of chicago and the united states of america will make the world proud. >> chicago, tokyo, rio, and madrid have been lobbying for more than a year to host the 2016 olympic games. the editor of an olympics website says rio and chicago are neck and neck. >>> new this morning a jaw-dropping admission from late night host david letterman. he says he was a target of a $2 million extortion plot. he also admitted to having sex with female employees in the past. now, in a somewhat bizarre explanation to his audience last night letterman said a man threatened to write a screenplay exposing those relationships. >> would it be embarrassing if it were made public? perhaps it would. perhaps it would. especially for the women. but that's a decision for them to make if they want to come public and talk about the relationships. if i want to go public and talk about the relationships. but what you don't want is a guy saying, oh, i know you had sex with women so i would like $2 million or i'm going to make trouble for you. >>> meanwhile, cbs says the suspect joel jose padillaermjoed at the netwo

to their hometown, chicago. but there was no fairy tale end. and now comes john berman, trying to show that maybe it isn't so bad that the second city came in fourth. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: it knocked the wind out of the windy city. >> are you kidding me. >> reporter: and kicked the president right in the pants. >> you can play a great game and still not win. >> reporter: honestly, the u.s. didn't just not win, we came in fourth out of four and there's no medal for fourth place. but for the victor. >> rio de janeiro. >> reporter: a reason to party. not that rio needs a reason to party. ♪ yes, it's safe to say this is not how chicago planned it. >> we was robbed. that's what happened. >> reporter: robbed of the promise of their $50 million bid. >> oh, well. >> it's very sad. very sad. >> reporter: robbed of the chance to host the world in the obama family's backyard. >> i was born and raised on chicago's south side. not far from where the games wou

what's doing in chicago tonight? >> hey there, larry, the rain, not the most depressing thing going on in this city right now. everyone here stunned. not that it didn't happen because rio de janeiro was a contending city. but chicago only got 18 of potential 95 votes of the olympic committee members there. that's what's shocking after this whirlwind tour by president president obama flying overnight, on the ground, just over four hours, lobbying those voters. there was the star power of his wife, oprah and several dignitaries and athletes. and in the end, it did not work out. he got the news on the return trip on air force one. when he landed he talked about the disappointment. >> although i wish that we had come back with better news from copenhagen, i could not be prouder of my hometown of chica chicago, the delegation and the american people for theed by that we put forward. >> now, the president went on to say he does not regret he made the trip that he went to lobby for his hometown. several say it was a mistake

here today chicago only got 18. i think the ioc, which is heavily euro centric, just under half the voters are european, and they are very, very disappointed in the relationship that they have with the united states olympic committee. they find it hard to believe that the united states olympic committee takes almost 13% of all the television money off the top, and they take 20% of the sponsorship money. they don't think in this era with the rest of the world paying rightful shares, which they weren't doing 20 or 30 years ago, they're the only country taking money off the top, and the vast majority of the members around the world only get $15,000 a year from all that money. and that is what's i think at the root of a lot of what happened here today and also what happened in singapore four years ago. we've got to get it worked out between our united states olympic committee and the other olympic committees of the world and the ioc or we won't see another games in the united states in a long, long time. >> dick ebersol

chicago was the favorite. the president and first lady went to copenhagen, denmark, to make the pitch, and hopefully seal the deal for their city. as the president flew home, the first results were announced. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: chicago actually finished last among the final cities. and roughly an hour later, the winner. >> rio de janeiro. >> reporter: rio de janeiro, the first south american city ever to host an olympic games. as for the first american president ever to make such a personal pitch, he said he was disappointed but not sorry he tried. >> one of the things that i think is most valuable about sports is that you can play a great game and still not win it. >> reporter: and so we begin tonight in chicago with abc's chris bury. chris? >> reporter: good evening, charlie. i'm here in the heart of downtown chicago, and tonight, it's safe to say, this city of big shoulders has a broken heart. ♪ taking it

. >> i urge you to choose chicago. choose america. >> the international olympic committee responded with this. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round. >> depression in the windy city and exhilaration in brazil. coming up, we'll have reaction from rio and around the globe. >> i could not be prouder of my home town of chicago. >>> plus the political impact. republicans said it was a mistake for president obama to go to copenhagen and minutes after the olympic snub, the white house went into damage control mode. >> i'm not worried about the politics of it. any time you're going and making the case for the united states of america, you're doing the right thing. >>> later, last night at 2:00 in the morning, a crucial senate committee finished marking up health care reform. >> this was conducted in a very gentlemanly and lady-like way and i want to thank you for that. >> we'll show you what's next. >>> and the bizarre extortion case targeting david letterman.

chicago, the least number of votes. first elimination in the round of voting for the olympics in 2016. barack hussein obama. mmm, mmm, mmm. barack hussein obama. has 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 as the united states of america? >> where rush goes the republican party follows. newt gingrich tweeted today, "president obama fails to get the olympics while unemployment goes to 9.8%. iran continues nuclear program. america needs focused leadership." rnc chair michael steele jumped into it, too, with a statement. "our country needs the president's undivided attention on urgent issues facing american families today. rising unemployment, soaring health care costs, winning the war in afghanistan and dealing with iran's nuclear threat." get a load of this. michael steele telling president obama to focus on health care costs? the hypocrisy here is absolutely mind boggling. now, the same crowd that says they su

chicago is lesser known. many of the ioc members have never even been to chicago. the u.s. could also bring a greater risk of terror threats, natasha. >> okay. so what about the other cities in the running? who is chicago's biggest competition for the olympics? >> well, carnoval, rio de janeiro. 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

chicago, tokyo, rio and madrid. find out which city wins. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is, yes, i have. >> the audience didn't quite now how to respond when david letterman admitted to having affairs with women who work with him. he came clean after a man allegedly tried to blackmail him for 2 million bucks. that man who works for cbs' "48 hours" was arrested yesterday. >>> police in chicago are investigating the beating of another teenager. a witness told police the 14-year-old was chased down by three other teenagers wednesday night. he's now in critical condition. this come a week after a 16-year-old was beaten to death in the city. >>> welcome back. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. she'll be back on monday. >> it's a city that works. in its first world's fair more than a century ago to world cup we hosted '90s. we know how to put on big events. >> today i can dream and i am dreaming of an olympic and paralympic games in chicago

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. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan had been in london. he flew over to copenhagen to meet with the commander in chief. today's cha

obviously i wanted chicago. chicago would have been the best choice, without question. but if it had to be someone else, it deserves to be real. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- trace: we are live inside the fox news room because this is where the news begins. all this -- this is what is behind the news. that is the national desk. this is the foreign desk. they cover the globe for fox news channel. and the media desk is where all the brand new pictures come in to fox news. right here on the "live desk" -- those pictures will always be in the boxes on the right side of the screen. in the top box, president obama meeting with his top commander aboard air force one. general mcchrystal has already made it clear he wants more troops to finish the job. why is the white house planning to make -- wait weeks before giving him an answer? in the middle box, the senate committee passed a vote on health care reform. what is in the bill? what is it going to cost? will the president ultimately pushed for a

one that would welcome the world to chicago. >> i hope the olympics come to chicago. >> it is the city that the obama family calls home. on the first lady's emotional ap h had threatened to steal the show. >> my dad was my hero and when i think about what did these games can mean to people all over the world, i think about people like my dad. people who faced seemingly insurmountable challenges but never let go. >> if barack obama wins a second term, the games will be in the final year of his presidency. >> there's nothing i would like more to step a few blocks from my family's home with my wife and my two girls and welcome the world back into our neighborhood. >> it looked promising and then the first city to be eliminated. >> the city of chicago will not participate in the next round. >> humiliation for barack obama, he had spoken to them fa-to- face and had been rejected. then there was madrid. >> i am 89 years old. man i ask you to consider -- a man had asked you to consider to bring the games to my country. -- may i ask you to consider to bring the games. >> they were going agains

the chicago news, the olympics to rio. are you one of those pundits that christine brennan was talking about that would see this as a big political loss to the president. >> no, i thought robert siegal of npr had the best line is that the old mayor daley knew how to rig the election. if you can't rig an ioc election, i don't blame barack obama for going. he might as well give it a shot. if we didn't win for whatever reason. so he flew over there, he got to meet stanley mcchrystal, almost the first time he had face time with him. >> lehrer: they met on the -- in an air force one. he was already if europe sow went over there to copenhagen. >> and so you know, i can't get that excited with iran, going on, the economy, health care. i just can't get that excited. he gave it a shot. >> lehrer: what do you think, mark. >> jim, the old story about chicago is the grandmother who wanted to be buried there didn't live there because she wanted to remain active in politics even after her death. and that's -- >> this is a very old joke.

in chicago turns into more of a wake. blame it on rio, perhaps, but not even the president could bring the games to his homewn. >>> something unexpected in the september jobs reports. where does the economy go from here. >>> extortion. david letterman tells viewers he was blackmailed. and making a difference. some will tell she has a power to heal the sick or just make people feel better. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television blan >>> good evening, they gathered in public spaces and around tvs in chicago today because the folks who really wanted the olympics to come to town in 2016 really liked their chances. after all, the president of the united states followed the recent custom of other world leaders, flying to europe, personally getting involved to bring the olympics to his hometown. then the agony of defeat. chicago lost in the first round. the games will go to rio. there's sadness tonight in chicago. we begin with lester holt. lester, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. down t

. >> i've come here today to urge you to choose chicago for the same reason i chose chicago nearly 25 years ago. >> but the competition is fierce. we'll go live to copenhagen where the announcement will be made. >>> and mariah on the plaza. second only to the beatles, with 18 number one hits, one of the biggest superstars on the planet. mariah carey is here for a special live concert today, friday, october 2nd, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm meredith vieira. i was watching "letterman" last night -- >> were you really? >> yeah, i was, because i had heard about this. so i'm watching the taping that had been done earlier. and at first, it's obvious the audience thinks it's a joke. >> right. >> doesn't make sense, but then there's no punch line. you realize it's very serious stuff. >> letterman stopped his usual "top ten list" and then told his audience he wanted to tell them a little story and he went on to describe the blackmail attempt in detail. he then confessed he had sex wi

but is he the victim of a bigger problem in chicago? i want to welcome our prime news correspondent richelle carey joining us for our "what matters" segment. >> what makes derrion's death so much more senseless is the number of people who did nothing. it seems the code on the street known as no snitching has kept people quiet. this is hard to watch but i'm going to show it to you because you need to see if you haven't already. that's the problem. so many people have seen it. this is cell phone video that someone shot. there are about a dozen people who stood around and did nothing, didn't even call police, and are not calling police now. what can be done to get people to step up? joining me now, the director of see spire and she knows derrion's family. i know that derrion is going to be buried tomorrow and i know you've been in touch with his family. i also saw something this week where a member of derrion's family said the way they were getting through was praying for forgiveness. how are they getting through? what can you tell me? >>

on the flip side, chicago by lesser known. many ioc members have never been to chicago. the u.s. could also bring a greater risk of terror threats, too. so some pros and cons for. >> did you what about the other cities in the running? who is chicago saying is the biggest competition right now? >> you might want to be there right now to enjoy the weather. rio de janeiro. there is a lot of buzz. 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. auth

today, i would say probably chicago by a nose. >> your hunch in terms of chicago. chicago had a lot of buzz going down the stretch, alan, so what happened? >> you know, lester, i'm reminded that the day i can start making crystal ball predictions is the day i get out of journalism and start buying lottery tickets. the fact is the first round of any ioc vote is notoriously unpredictable, as volatile as anything, and chicago got caught up in that plain and simple. the buzz says chicago had 30 votes, 3-0 in the first round. didn't happen. the thing about the ioc voting is is a secret. that means there's a lot of blatant disinformation going around. there was a lot of blatant disinformation going around. >> you say disinformation. in fact, chicago only had 18 votes in the first round and madrid, we should note in the first round, was in the lead. so, was there horse-trading, or was it real down and dirty back room dealing going on? >> well, it's sort of tomato or tomato or potato or potato thing going on. it's clear in the first round a lot of members voted for juan an

not the mayor of chicago. and the problems we have here at home affect all americans, and that's where his attention ought to be. >> okay. i think that's ridiculous. there are better criticisms for the democrats than that. pat, then capehart. >> he's going to fly tonight to copenhag copenhagen, get there in the morning. hey, you guys, we'd like to have it in chicago, and head directly home. i think health care will stay in the same condition it's in for the 24 hours. i think that's ridiculous. >> i think he can make a decision on a plane, jonathan capehart. >> quite frankly, him going out and trying to help his hometown, i think most people will applaud that. >> this will blow over. >> mika, it's more than helping his hometown. it's helping the united states. we're talking about bringing the olympics to the united states, and the economic activity that that would bring to the country. but, yes, specifically to chicago and illinois and the midwest. why congressman boehner decided to hit the president on this is

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round. >> it was not the news that the chicago crowds hope for. the windy city was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2016 olympics. 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

i think it should be in chicago. it will stimulate the economy in chicago. i think the president has the final call and what difference does it make if he goes to denmark? every other nation is being represented there by their person in charge of the country. what is the big difference? >> do you think if we don't get the bid it will hurt u.s. stature by his having gone there? >> no. no more than what bush did for eight years. >> appreciate the call. a lot of e-mails. jean in florida writes of course president obama should go help secure the olympics for the usa. he is acting in the best interest of the people of america. no one loses. >> this is not his issue. he needs to focus on true presidential issues and decisions. our country is in a world of hurt focus on that. jeff writes i do not think the president should lobby for the games. we have more important issues. let these other countries have the games. >>> jay writes this, chicago 2016 would not only help chicago's economy, but plans are being made for olympians to train in the metro detroit area which

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louis. 63 in chicago. and 56 in minneapolis. phoenix climbs to 92 sacramento 84. a wet 59 in seattle. 65 in portland. and 62 in salt lake city. >>> coming up, why today's communist celebration in china has outraged people in the u.s. >>> the end of the line for one brand that was one the future of general motors. >>> a truly amazing rescue, as a >>> another general motors brand is about to disappear. be eliminated, after a deal will collapsed to spin off the company. once advertised as a different kind of car, saturn was created to compete with japanese imports but never made a profit. 13,000 saturn employees is affected. >>> bank of america is searching for a new ceo, now that ken lewis is stepping down. the embattled ceo says he is leaving voluntarily, after more than a year of controversy, over bonuses and big mergers, including the acquisition of merrill lynch. the investigation into lewis' role in the merrill deal will go on. >>> in potentially big media news this morning. comcast may be in talks to buy all or part of nbc universal. the sale would include the

chicago and other cities were not affected by the court's d.c. decision because that ruling was limited to federal restrictions, that applies here because the district is a federal city. now gun rights advocates hope for a broader ruling. >> well, i have every confidence that the supreme court is going to say that this is a freedom to be enjoyed by the entire american people, not just those in federal enclaves. >> supporters say a ruling in favor of gun ownership wouldn't necessarily jeopardize other gun laws like restrictions on carrying concealed weapons. >>> it's seven years since elizabeth smarlt was snatched from her bedroom. she is getting read the face the man police call her abductor. she was 14 years old when she was kidnapped at knife point. police say she spent 9 months captive. she is about to testify in a hearing to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. >> amtrak's northeast extension is headed southwes it kicks off the service in lynchburg, virginia and makes five stops. the stops include shar lots kill, culpepper, burke

darren rovell is in chicago. ross westgate is in copenhagen where the announcement came down about an hour ago. we begin with ross. ross, why did chicago lose? >> steve, it wasn't because they didn't have a good bid. all the bids were technically great, but rio sold itself i think on its passion and the fact that they'd never had it before. a short while ago in the press conference you saw the passion from the president in floods of tears. they have been so passionately committed to it. they said three times in their presentation how the olympics had never been to south america and the number of times had been to europe from the united states, north america, and asia, and it was their turn. they had to back that passion up though, of course, with the economic arguments and the central bank governor has been very important in saying we had budget deficits under control, inflation sunday control. we have the reserves. if you take a look at the voting, you see what happened, steve. rio became the city of choice. if

chicago after the 2016 games were awarred to rio. we'll tell what you it means for the president who lobbied hard for his tome tow >>> signs of life, rescuers pull survivors from the rubble in indonesia but as crews race against the clock there are fees many more could still be trapped alive. >>> blackmail. we have new detail about the plot to extort $2 million from david letterman. what prompted a cbs news producer to allegedly resort it blackmail? what was the nature of letterman's relationship with several female lemployees? >>. >> living it up, half the babies born today will live to be 100, better care and healthier diet wills ensure our children will live longer but will they live wills ensure our children will live longer but will they live better? captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning, america. >> good morning. it is saturday, october 3rd and this morning, it's a tale of two cities. cheers in one and tears in the other. janeiro, people in chicago are shocked and saddened, even a personal pitch from the president cou

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 today. he's charged for trying to blackmail david letterman. he confessed to having sex with women who worked with him. he's on suspension from cbs. he was desperate and deep in debt. his lawyer says his client is innocent. >> this story is far more complicated than what you heard this afternoon. it's far more co

. >> and tonight live to chicago. a beautiful 16-year-old chicago girl literally vanishes off the street. tonight, where is 16-year-old jennifer jones? >> a frantic search is right you why under way for a beautiful 16-year-old chicago teen. jennifer jones was last seen leaving her home at 6:00 a.m. she was supposed to go to school but she never showed up. the family says the girl suffers from bipolar disorder, and they are begging for the public's help. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. a quarter million dollars gone? allegations of illegal wiretapping? hacking into bank accounts? hacking into cell phones? claims of x-rated sleepovers with eight children asleep upstairs? "jon & kate plus eight." it had to end. in court. >> we're in the middle of a divorce. why should we televise it? it's not helping. >> you're in the middle of a divorce because of you. and frankly -- >> wrong. wrong. wrong. kate approached me -- >> more self-absorbed -- >> sorry to talk over you. >> you've got ei

s "chicago tonight" prram, and political columnist r the "chicago sun-times." cal, this latest killing clearly grabbed national attentn. what did it do there? what kind of iact did it have? >> well, it washe shor heard around the world. it was seen globally, and as a result, thechoes of it are loer than perhaps the otrç shoot, the otr murders, the other stabbings that are justas pawnful but e world di't see. >> brown: is there clear sense there that things are gettin worse or is it thathe focus onç young students? >> there is sense that it's tting worse, but it's also that focus tha you talkbout. pfs a very careful calculaon by the ccago publ schools to get people to look at the killings in these neighborhoo, to sta counting the number of icago public school students as distinct om notudents or adults and so in se way,t focuses the inteion on one particular demographic but there are a t of people getting shot and killed. >> brown: so what s today's meeting intended to do,nd can you tell yet what came out of it? >> think today's meeting was intended to make

, and madrid, with chicago and rio the favorites. in rio's favor, there's never been an olympic game south of mexico city. ♪ it's my kind of town ♪ >> reporter: in chicago's, there's the potential for a spectacular venue on the lakefront. >> everything about this bid speaks to what the city has to offer. >> reporter: this is a race where the winner may be decided by only a vote or two, so every vote is being wooed. the days of olympic corruption and bribery are gone. in their place, the celebrity lobbyists. so tonight in koppen hangen, the 101 delegates are being courted by presidents and prime ministers, a king and queen, the first lady, of course, and tomorrow, president obama himself. in the four hours he'll spend on the ground campaigning here, supporters of chicago's bid are hoping he'll become the deal clincher in chief. sheila macvicar, cbs news, copenhagen. >> couric: back in this country, a harrowing story in a utah courtroom. it's been seven years since elizabeth smart's kidnapping and eventual rescue made headlines. to

the story from chicago. >> 76-year-old otis mcdonald is a long-term chicago resident and has seen crime up close. >> somebody was in my garage less than a month ago. police got him. >> mcdonald could have protected his home and himself with his shotgun which looks very much like this one. under chicago law, mcdonald must reregister his gun every year without fail. and when it comes to firearms, the city's mayor has noted for years that chicago has -- >> some of the most restrictive gun laws in america. including a complete ban on these handguns. >> that ban's been in place almost three decades. >> police! >> including a continuous police effort to get handguns off the street. but now mcdonald is the lead plaintiff in mcdonald v. chicago, a supreme court case this term looking at the constitutionality of strict gun laws, a case with its roots in d.c. when there was a similar handgun ban in the district of columbia. >> we had been here a year before assuming the d.c. case wouldn't go our way. within 15 or 20 minutes we filed electronically. >> the basic question for the supreme court are

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 daley plaza to watch that decision live. barbara? >> any hints on how it might go, kristen? >> reporter: you know, for the past couple of weeks they've been talking about rio being the favorite, south america has never had an olympics, but experts really say that the president showing up himself is a big deal and that could put chicago over the edge. >> okay. we'll all be holding our breath to see what happens on saturday. thanks a lot, kristen. >> reporter: you bet. >> happening today, the d.c. council will be discussing plans to shut down the southeast tennis and learning center. that center is run by cora ma

whoever did the work on this and said, that chicago had it locked or chicago was on the 2 yard line, they really didn't do their research or their intel properly. the president's prestige has been damaged. the country's prestige has been damaged. he comes home with a lot of egg on his face. the opposition's going to be all over his case and so someone really did not do their work well. their due diligence for the president of the united states. >> what do you think, julien, in terms of the chicago politici politicianinpoliticians out there, some in hot water with the president of the united states? >> oh, i, i don't know. i think what we know now from what we've learned about the criteria the olympic committee was using it was a long shot for chicago to get the games in 2016. i think, you know, look, president bush campaigned for it as did president obama. if president obama had not gone he would have been blamed for not getting it. again, in politics a lot of times you're blessed by your opponents. what we saw on the news last night where republicans, you know, and rush limbaugh and

>> nbc's john yang in chicago. a gloomy chicago. thanks so much. >>> now we are going to switch over to accusations that senator john ensign may have broken the law to cover up a sexual affair he had with the wife of his close friend and top aide. >> yeah, this is a pretty stunning story in the "new york times" today. ensign's former mistress, cynthia hanson and her husband, douglas a at the time "new york times" that the senator violated ethics laws, using his contacts to get mr. douglas a consulting job and some clients. well, today, the republican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, was asked about this on capitol hill. just look how he reacted. he didn't even want to touch this issue. >> i don't think today is a day to make any observations about the matter. it just appeared in the newspaper today. >> there you go. all right, joining us now eric lipton, effective reporter for the "new york times" here in the washington bureau who helped write this piece. good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. >> good afternoon. >> ex