gallon. that s up a couple of cents from last week. in 2008, then senator barack obama rode the wave of change in the white house. now with the next election fast approaching, the president and his team will again work to cast him as the outsider. what will that entail? white house correspondent mike emanuel looks at possible staff changes on the road in 2012. reporter: here is why president obama has time to contemplate changes to the team and the approach in the new year. top spokesman says he does not anticipate cabinet shuffle. i don t expect big changes. we ve had a very capable and good cabinet, that has helped move the president s agenda forward. mr. obama needs to replace lawrence summers as director of the national economic council leaving at the end of the week. possible successors gene sperling who served in clinton administration and counselor to treasury secretary tim geithner. or roger altman, deputy treasure secretary under clinton and investment banker.
gallon. that s up a couple of cents from last week. in 2008, then senator barack obama rode the wave of change in the white house. now with the next election fast approaching, the president and his team will again work to cast him as the outsider. what will that entail? white house correspondent mike emanuel looks at possible staff changes on the road in 2012. reporter: here is why president obama has time to contemplate changes to the team and the approach in the new year. top spokesman says he does not anticipate cabinet shuffle. i don t expect big changes. we ve had a very capable and good cabinet, that has helped move the president s agenda forward. mr. obama needs to replace lawrence summers as director of the national economic council leaving at the end of the week. possible successors gene sperling who served in clinton administration and counselor to treasury secretary tim geithner. or roger altman, deputy treasure secretary under clinton and investment banker. in terms
there is discontent now because there is 60 days away from maybe one of the biggest democrat disasters at election day that they ve ever seen and barack obama whether you like it or not is the head of the democrat party and they are starting to play the blame game as to why it s going to be so bad for them in november. part of it is the discontent with the president, some of it with the leadership. that s why you ll see this talk about hillary clinton in 2012. megyn: she did an interview last october she said no three times to the question, will you ever run for president again, ever, never mind challenging a sitting democratic president in 2012. reporter: the person sitting in the white house right now said no unequivocally that he wasn t going to run for the white house several times before he actually ran for the white house. megyn: bernard, he seems to be positing that politicians don t always tell the truth about these things. reporter: look, certainly obama s troubles invite
i got the chance to learn how. reporter: jones who lost his dad when he was 16 says student s stories often resonate with him. there was one of the kids that i just taught, his dad passed away three years ago and he had never been in the water again. today was probably the first time he actually swam swam again. reporter: some olympic medallists turned out to support him. this man is such a wonderful spokesman for the sport and nor the initiative. reporter: as for the olympics, jones wants more hardware. i expected to swim the 50 freestyle in 2008 and i didn t get that. i m really hungry to go back in 2012. reporter: chances are he ll have a new wave of fans cheering him on. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. to read more stories that matter to all of us, pick up essence magazine. millions of americans searching for jobs and every week more and more lose their unemployment benefits. we will have one woman s story.
in less spending, lower taxes, and that translates into an impact in 2012. reporter: and patti ann, if you needed any other evidence how important the midwest is to the obama reelection strategy, that is the rock and roll hall of fame over there joe biden was there just a short while ago. in racine, wisconsin, this afternoon the president will make a visit. very important. patti ann: brian wilson. thanks. jon: teenager taking on his teachers over the right to salute the flag. he says, he simply wants to recite the pledge of allegiance before class. even got a petition with 700 signatures from fellow students. the school says the kids san say the pledge but not in the classroom. wait until you hear where the kids can show their patriotism. plus is the school allowed to do it? judge andrew napolitano weighs in a few moments.