going to be there. i think that s going to influence a lot of atmospherics. karl hulse, appreciate your time. for a roundup of the congressional musical chairs we re talking about as well as top political stories of the day i m joined i princella smith. good to have you with me. joy ann, give us your take. the sitting, changes of seats, so to speaking of what this means going forward? is this a stunt or symbolic? you know what? i think first of all i like to say i m proud to have princella as me prestate of the union date. i think it s going to make it interesting because it s a lot harder to stand up and scheer or to boo and his as we ve seen it a lot of previous state of the unions when you re sitting next to someone from askros the aisle. and i think that most people are going to be aware of the camera, very aware they re going to be watched for demeanor. you re going to see a lot of
rahm announced for a stay on the ruling so his name can get printed on the ballot as the elections february 22nd, printing begins in a week. so they want to make sure that somehow his name still gets printed on the ballot and if the court rules, they figure out a way to get it off. so it certainly surprised the emanuel campaign. they are at this point now hopeful the illinois supreme court overturns it. we ll see. it s a seven-person court and this was an interesting ruling when you read through it. fair statement to say it s an uphill battle in chicago. reporter: very much in flux. goes through this issue of whether residency means actually having to live within the city versus just keeping a resident and having properties ownership, and that s where in the intent, you know, 4 was here on the business of the united states when he was here and trying to determine intent and all of these things and the appellate court appeared to rule, i m not a lawyer, but talking with my