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Nov 9, 2008 10:10 pm US/Central

Mr. Obama Goes To Washington

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Pamela Jones

CHICAGO (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: President-elect Barack Obama speaks to the press on November 07, 2008 in Chicago.
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Monday's a big day. Mr. Obama goes to Washington. He'll be at the White House – this time as the president-elect.

It will be Barack Obama's first visit to his new office as president-elect. Obama will meet with President Bush and discuss the economy and Iraq. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports on the Obama tour.

Obama will meet with President Bush in the Oval Office, while Mrs. Obama takes the White House tour with the First Lady. It's a visit packed with ceremony, but the incoming President's chief of staff says president-elect Barack Obama is taking some time to relax before taking on the pressures of the White House.

His Chief of Staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, says Obama is prepared for tough talk on the economy and Iraq with the current president.

But Sunday morning on "Face the Nation," Emanuel urged the public to keep in mind Obama and his administration haven't taken office yet.

"President-elect Obama has repeated that there's one president, one administration at a time, and so you don't want to get in front of that," Emanuel said.

But Emanuel says when it comes to fixing the economy, the president-elect will target the auto industry immediately.

"Washington needs to look at fast-forwarding the $25 billion that has been provided for retooling the factories for basically a more fuel- efficient auto fleet," Emanuel said.

Emanuel wouldn't say whether Obama would be in washington to take part in the Senate's upcoming debate on the economy, but says the incoming president is urging lawmakers to tackle unemployment and plummeting retail sales to help the middle class now.

"The crisis we have here, the American people know we have one. And they are ready and willing to start to tackle those problems. You cannot afford now to kick those down the can any longer. We have a short-term need of getting the economy moving, which means getting the Americans working," Emanuel said.

Despite the promises of course, president-elect Obama will remain Sen. Obama until January. So as for pushing through legislation to help the economy, his transition chief says that would be up to President Bush and Congress.

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