wendell goler on the north lawn of the white house there. indeed a tough fight as wendell points out there. we will watch for, how congress receives this, or does not receive this. and, we will see. more touching moments like we watched there at the end with the parents of one of the students from sandy hook elementary were in the audience today. there in washington. stay tuned to fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage of this story and certainly all the day's breaking news. of course we are online all the time at foxnews.com. i'm bill hemmer. good day from new york. >> this is riley right here. >> and you got to hand it to him, because he's brought so much to the sport. he's a marquee name, the guy brought what was kind of like a weird obscure sport to the mainstream. >> you know what i like about him, too? he's rocking all the safety gear. showing the kids that it's cool to where helmets and pads. >>> we've got another hungry handsome showing us how to do some pretty basic kitchen tasks while also shirtless. >> it's v

correspondent wendell goler from the capitol building. to get many could supportable with the idea of -- comfortable with the idea of having a african-american president. and four years to think about something the president said before but we really didn't focus on. that is the changes he wants, the changes that many people desire are not going to be easy now. the president came to washington with a promise to change the city. he is arguably not delivered on it. we're still stuck with economic growth that is too slow, debt and deficits that are too high. the president's supporters say he faced republican obstructionism from the very start. that too a failure. remember, mitch mcconnell saying his priority was to deny the president a second term. that failed not only in his focus but failed to bring the compromises the country needed. the president faced with a huge majority in congress part of his first term, said he thought he would seem roll republicans. that sailed as well. the affordable care act not insuring as many people as the pre

wendell goler. >> the dow jones/industrials closing in on the prerecession high of 14,164 set in october07, the standard & poor's index passed its high point. the stock market recovered from the worst recession since the great depression. unemployment still 7.8%, few would say the same for middle america. critics argue the president recovery effort with $1 trillion in stimulus spending and hundreds of millions in bail-out may have saved wall street but not the same for main street. >> wall street bonuses continue to be large. a lot of profits made is there. most folks the wages are declining and if they have investment and so forth, over the last 13 years they haven't made any progress at all. the white house says keeping the financial industry afloat was part of rescuing the overall economy. >> the president does not believe anything we do in washington is worthwhile if it doesn't have as part of the purpose strengthening our economy. providing more security for our middle class. >> the aides said it would have been worse without the president's program including legislation aimed to pr

but we begin with white house correspondent wendell goler with the connection between the games peopled the things people do. good evening, wendell. >> going. early next week, vice president biden will give the president recommendations on how to prevent incidents like the newtown school massacre. with time running out there is little agreement about what to do. >> a day after talks with the gun owner groups that produced a little meeting of the mind, vice president biden met with video game makers though the expectation seemed equally low. >> there is no silver bullet. no seat belt that you can put on to assure that you will not be in this circumstance again. >> biden said it's not clear that violent video games are part of the pron, the most violent are often the best sellers. newtown tragedy seized the administration with the desire to do something or some things even if they don't solve the entire problem. >> i never have quite seen anything as shocked the conscious of the american people like six and 7-year-old kids riddled with bullets in classroom, neighborhood, in an area that

wendell goler is live with that story. t is the white house reaction to the senate vote? >> reporter: rick, the folks here are gratified with the overwhelmingly bipartisan support the deal got in the senate. president obama released a statement in the early morning hours that read in part quote, while neither democrats or republicans got everything they wanted this agreement is the right thing to do for our country and the house should pass it without delay. vice president biden as you say is meeting with house democrats shortly after noon to enlist their support but last night he wouldn't bet which way house republicans will go. >> surely shouldn't predict how the house is going to vote but i feel, very, very good, happy new year and i will see you all maybe tomorrow. >> reporter: house republicans will caucus about 1:00 this afternoon to decide whether to take a vote after studying the bill. the fact that all but five senate republicans supported it should give house republicans some cover. rick? rick: wendell, we know th

>> wendell goler live on the north lawn. thanks. let's bring it home now.t does it mean for you and your family? fox business news anchor melissa francis is in new york with answers perhaps. good evening, melissa. >> reporter: good evening, bret. it means if you thought the economy felt worse than the politicians especially in washington who kept saying that things were getting better and we're moving in the right direction, if you thought it was worse than that, you were right. i means if you listen to the shrews fed who said this is the worst recovery in terms of economic growth we have had in the history of our country, we are growing so slowly, you were right. if you were one of the 22 million people who don't have enough work to pay the bills or are unemployed the economy is probably going to continue to grow slow through the whole year. you are probably going to see more trouble ahead. >> bret: stocks were down. s&p dropped 6. nasdaq off 11. overall we have been reporting this has been a huge month on wall street. will the upward momentum continue? >>

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white house correspondent wendell goler reports from sin city. >> a speech intended to pressure congresstake up immigration reform was partly rewritten to applaud bipartisan proposal announced by eight senators the day before. >> the good news is that for the first time in many years, republicans and democrats seem ready to tack thi tackle this pm together. >> president stopped short of endorsing the senate plan because aides say the legislation hasn't been written. they say the principle mirror his own. but the critics aren't so sure. the biggest difference is that mr. obama's plan would give a faster path to citizenship for the 11 million people already in the country illegally. >> yes, they broke the rules and they crossed the border illegally. maybe they overstayed the visas. those are the facts. nobody disputes them. the 11 million men and women are now here. many of them have beenbe here for years. >> but the president's path to citizenship is too fast for florida senator marco rubio. >> the last time the country dealt with illegal immigration what it did is legalize 3 million peop

wendell goler is live at the white house.s a small drop today, but it did raise a lot of eyebrows, initially. >> well, you are right, shepard. the strongest quarter of the year was followed by a negative one. the slide blamed on dwindling exports, slow growth in company stocks and biggest decline in defense spending in 40 years. the economy went from 3.1% growth from july through september to a minus tenth of a percent last three months of the year. the white house both down played the decline and put part of the blame on republicans. >> home prices are starting to climb back. consumer confidence overall has been rising and consumer spending has been rising. there is more work to do and our economy is facing a major head wind which goes to your point. that's republicans in congress. >> south dakota republican john thune disagreed tweeting, quote: white house press secretary blames g.o.p. for economy while pushing higher taxes. what planet do these guys live on, shepard? >> shepard: economists seem to have a number of reasons

>> bret: wendell goler, live in the north lawn. thank you.ing up later at the bottom of the hour, we will go to a small town in pennsylvania where officials are taking steps to protect students. for the second time, the house members opened the session with reading of the constitution in entirety. republicans and democrats took part including the second amendment dealing with the events. we go to break tonight with some of that. >> congress shall make no law respecting establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to assemble and petition the government for redress of grieve venss. amendment two, a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of the free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. [ male announcer ] ahh... retirement. sit back, relax, pull out the paper and...what!!?? an article that says a typical family pays $155,000 in "wall street" fees on their 401(k)s? seriously? seriously. you do

now white house coapt wendell goler take -- correspondent wendell goler takes a more in-depth look at bill that passed the senate this morning and is now considered in the house. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> the senate deal passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, extenting the bush era tax cuts for families making less than $450,000 a year and making the rates permanent. something that former president bush was unable to do a decade ago because he wasn't able to get two-third of the senate to go along. that part most republicans are happy with. >> it makes some things permanent; particularly, in the estate tax area. permanent fix to the amt. so there are some actual things we do like about it. >> the deal seems 30 million people from having to pay the a terptive minimum tax indexing it to inflation. it raises the debt tax but has $5 million for individual estate and $10 million family estates like farms. but the payroll tax will go to 6.2%. inyees to cost the worker making $100,000 a year about $2,000 more. on the spending side, the deal extends the long-term unemployment

wendell goler is live at the white house. they're going to do this all other again. rds tomorrow, right, wendell? >> reporter: we will, jon. when january 20th falls on a sunday as it did with presidents eisenhower and reagan, the ceremony had been done privately that day and then the following day a reenactment, if you will, for the country with the parade and all the pomp and circumstance. this time reporters protested plans for a private ceremony for president obama. remember, he had one four years ago when the chief justice flubbed the oath. this time he used notes so there was no mistake. thin 1932 it was voted to be mod from march to january when herbert hoover did nothing to address the great depression. having to wait more than five months for the election for fdr to take control. mr. obama will take the oath of office four times, jon. >> there was an interesting story about the vice-president's swearing-in as well. a little commerce intruding? >> reporter: that was held early this morning to accommodate justice sonia sotomayor's plans for a book signing in new

wendell goler is live on capitol hill. going to swear in the president today at noon. the other one who works for us. john? >> i don't blame him for using a note card yesterday, do you, steve? >> steve: no. >> you mess up like did you in 09, you don't want to do it again. those 37 words are easy to memorize. we are up on the platform at the west front where it all happens. we're in the vip guest section. i am not a vip guest. i managed to get a ticket from a scalper this morning on the mall. openfully i'll be able to use it before they find me and kick me off. shear a look at it. this is what the president will be looking out at as he takes the oath of office and gives the inaugural address. in terms of that inaugural address, there never -- they're never really about specific policy, they're about bring the country together. the president, in the light of what a lot of people called toxic partisanship in washington, is going to talk about the importance to him of finding common ground. i don't know if that's finding commo

we begin with white house correspondent wendell goler on the partisan tone over the debt. evening, wendell. >> good evening. >> bret: the party that doesn't control the white house is rarely happy about raising the debt ceiling. >> reporter: recent years a genuine threat not to do so. >> raising the nation's debt ceiling, the president told reporters is a necessity caused by spending in the past. not something to trade with congress for spending cuts in the future. >> they can act responsibility, and pay america's bills. or act irresponsibly and put america through economic crisis. >> treasury secretary geithner says accounting maneuvers let us hold out till march and obama suggested he is prepared to hold out longer by prioritizing what bills the government paid. >> social security checks and veteran benefits will be dela delayed. we might not pay the troop or honor contract. >> republicans reacted swif swiftly. john boehner said consequences of failing to increase the debt creeling are real but so, too, are the consequences of allowing our spending problem to go unresolv

if you want a breakdown of what is in the fiscal bill check out wendell goler's piece on the foxnews.compecialreport. republicans hoping to pick up a legislative win after the fiscal cliff deal has been eyeing the debt ceiling as the next potential arena for spending cut fight. the president is not putting on his boxing gloves yet. chief white house correspondent ed henry explains. >> just hours after popping up in the white house briefing room to tout a big victory -- >> tonight's agreement further reduces the deficit raising $620 billion in revenue. from the wealthiest households in america. >> president obama was at it again today. with a campaign style video sent out on obama-biden letterhead. even though the nonpartisan congressional budget office says the fiscal cliff deal will add $4 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years. >> any agreement we reach this week will redouse the deficit even more. asking the wealthiest 2% of americans to pay higher taxes for the first time in two decades. >> comparing this deal to a scenario where all the tax cuts expire. >> the failure

heather: wendell goler live from the white house. thank you, wendell.: earlier congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen of florida shared some of her lingering concerns about the terrorist attack in benghazi. she will get a chance to question secretary clinton later today when she appears before the house foreign affairs committee. for now the florida congresswoman says she was not satisfied with the secretary clinton's testimony before the senate. >> the american people deserve answers and we still are no closer to the truth. what happened in that pro-longed terrorist attack? we're talking about over seven hours of a firefight where if she knew exactly what was going on, where was the order to go help them? even send a flight overhe had so that the terrorists could see there is a u.s. response? there was no response. who decided to not respond at all? jon: fair and balanced talk to maryland senator ben cardin, a democrat on the foreign relations committee. he had a chance to question secretary clinton this morning. senator cardin, you're overall assessment of

senior white house correspondent wendell goler has the lead story. >> reporter: senate majority leaderch mcconnell welcomed the new congress and presented the lawmakers with an old problem. >> either we stackal the nation's spending problem. or it will tackle us. that simple. >> hours before president obama signed the tax deal aimed to keep the nation from sliding off the fiscal cliff, mcconnell says the agreement settles the revenue debate for good with the rich now paying their fair share. it will mean higher taxes for three-quarters of the country, but with no spending cuts in the fiscal cliff deal, they made clear that the coming fights over raising the debt ceiling is where the republicans make their stand. >> we cannot agree to increase the borrowing limit without adegreing to reforms that lower the avalanche of spen spending. that creates the debt in the first place. >> mr. obama warned lawmakers that is a fight he doesn't intend to have. >> i will negotiate over many things, i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that the

jon: wendell goler live at the white house for us now. thank you. the president's latest nominations and the likely political reactions let's talk with bret baier, he the anchor of special report seen each we ca each week night on this network. i pulled a couple of quotes. this first one comes from politico today. it appeals the nomination of chuch nagel to obama's bipartisan spirit. when owe pwhapl ace seeking to end the war in afghanistan and dramatically reduce the pentagon's budget. this one yesterday from scott wilson in "the washington post." hagel's successful nomination would had a well-known republican to the president's second term cabinet at a time when he is looking to better bridge the partisan divide, particularly after a bitter election campaign. we just heard senator lindsey graham saying this is kind of an in your face nomination, nothing bipartisan about it. so which is it? >> there are a lot of republicans who feel like senator lindsey graham, that former senator from nebraska chuck hagel stepped away from the republican party, na

back to you. >> megyn: wendell goler, thank you.oned there are published reports out today that the president's gun control plans include some 19 executive orders that will work around the edges of, we're not sure, some of the nation's current gun rules on background checks and a number of other issues. will they supplement them? will they clarify them? we have to wait to find out. as jay carney just mentioned the administration knows there are limits to what the president can do. joining us now, judge andrew napolitano, the fox news senior judicial analyst, this is the second amendment of the constitution, bill of right to keep the government away from guns and messing with people's rights to bear arms, it's not absolute. gun legislation has been passed in the past and president including a republican president, george h.w. bush, has ordered executive orders tightening gun control restrictions. >> yes. >> megyn: how far can president obama go? >> well, it's a great question, megyn. the statute on which george h.w. bush relied said

heather: wendell goler is live for us at the white house. good morning, wendell.hy is the president holding a news conference now? >> reporter: well, heather, as john said it is the last week of the president's first term and wants to talk about the issue likely to dominate his second. that is the nation's debt and deficit. we already reached the $16 trillion debt limit set by congress. treasury secretary tim geithner says his accounting tricks and maneuvers can only buy us a couple more months the president wants to call on congress to raise the debt ceiling without drama. he says even the threat, note to raise the debt ceiling could cause a down-tick in the nation's credit rating as it did in 2011. republicans are determined to use that leverage. it may be the only leverage they have to raise the nation's debt ceiling. in the past it has worked to demand spending cuts in exchange for raising the nation's debt ceiling. they intend to do it this time. heather? heather: a lot going on in washington. we hear rumors the president may address the issue of immigration

here is white house correspondent wendell goler. >> more than a year after the last meeting with the, president obama is not renewing the charter for jobs council. unemployment rate fell more than percentage point since the council's first meeting two years ago. 7.8%, no one in the white house says it's fallen far enough. officials defend the council's work and obama's interaction with it. >> job council provides a series of ideas. many of which the president did not require a formal meeting for those ideas to be generated. >> from the start, critics believe the counsel was intended to create appearance of action in face of soaring unemployment. only met four times. they criticized the council and criticized mr. obama for not meeting with it. >> one thing the president could have done instead of waste something much time blaming others would have been to convey job -- convene the jobs council created amid so's much fanfare. >> john boehner's press secretary said the president "treated his jobs council as a nuisance than a vehicle to spur job creation." on wednesday, republican nation

wendell goler live on the north lawn. what is the reaction to the nra ad, wendell. >> reporter: frankly none, bill. aides say they have no more desire for a confrontation with the nra than they already have. people will see secret service protection for the first family is no more elitist than protection for the president himself. in the wake of the newtown massacre, polls show public opinion in favor of many measures mr. obama will announce today. press secretary jay carney says it will take more than gun controls to make our children safe. >> this is something that we have to address as a nation. it is not something you can do alone through executive action. it is not something you can do with even a series of laws that, congress might pass. this is a problem that touches on a variety of areas of american life. and it needs to be approach broadly. >> reporter: the white house released letters from children to the president in the wake of the newtown massacre including from this one from 10-year-old kijah from fworge ga.

wendell goler live in las vegas traveling today with the president, good evening, wendell. the president rewrote his speech after he heard the senators of yesterday. what do you know of that? well, bill, he had originally planned a more scolding speech. a call for senators or members of congress to get to work on immigration reform. instead he congratulated the 8 members of the senate on a bipartisan proposal aids say is close enough to the president's principles that he is don't for now to let congress take the lead instead of submitting his own legislation. the key to it all was the apparent republican change of heart on a path to citizenship for people in this country illegally. >> we have to deal with the 11 million individuals who are here illegally. we all agree that these men and women should have to earn their way to citizenship. but for comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the use set that there is a pathway to citizenship. >> the president's proposal family immigration laws to gay couples. he says couples shouldn't have to choose between

wendell goler at the white house tonight. what do we know about the president's plan, wendell? >> shep, we expect it will include a combination of things, proposals for congress to take up and things as you say the administration can do on its own. the latter include cracking down on people who lie on background checks, tougher penalties for gun traffickers and better access to state and mental health records. the president will also propose things that will require congressional approval including ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines and universal background checks for gun buyers. all of these are long shots and aides say even those things wouldn't completely solve the problem. >> this is something that we have to address as a nation. it's not something you can do alone through executive action. it's not something you can do with even a series of laws that congress might pass. this is a problem that touches on a variety of areas of american life it needs to be approached broadly. jay carney says americans need to admit we haven't done enough to protect our childr

>> shepard: wendell goler on the lawn at the white house tonight. hillary clinton went back to work today. staffers say she has been talking nonstop to senator john kerry. he is the president's choice to replace her. she is also joking about the health problems that kept her off the job for weeks. we're live at the state department on that coming up. but first an oil tanker today slammed into the bay bridge in california five years after another ship hit the same bridge and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of oil. this one thankfully not as bad. we will get an update next. plus some of america's biggest banks and mortgage companies agreeing to pay billions of dollars to settle charges they wrongly kicked people out of their homes. but the critics say those homeowners may deserve even more money. do you deserve any and if so how do you get it? some answers from journalists of fox news on this monday fox report. we can work with a new collection of carpet that proves durable can be softer than ever. we can get for less and spread that softness eve

wendell goler is on the story from the bottom of the hour live from the white house. what can he do without the congress. >> gun control advocates say he could make sure people who are banned from buying guns are punished of if they try to do so. of the government could check out anyone trying to buy multiple assault rifles like it does for anyone on the border. high capacity magazines or universal background checks. he needs congress. now the nra says we need to look at mental health and the violence in our culture violent video games are the most popular. vice president says it's not clear they are part of the problem it is clear there is not a single solution. >> there is is no silver bullet. one of my friend says no seat belt that you put on to assure that you will not be in this circumstance again. but i asked the cabinet come together attorney general, home loan security. department of education health and human services, et cetera, we know this is a complex problem. we know there is no single answer. >> mr. biden says he will give the president some recommendat

senior white house correspondent wendell goler joins us to explain.ld a round table at virginia commonwealth university today, joined by homeland security secretary janet napolitano and kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services. and by some experts who worked on the virginia tech massacre in 2007 in which 32 people were killed. it aims to get lawmakers the support california diane feinstein reintroduced the assault weapons ban and calling for universal background checks on gun buyers. feinstein held a news conference with a display of the weapons her bill would ban. the future manufacture of the dealers could continue to sell existing stock. she was the president of the san francisco board of supervisors in the late 1970s when a former supervisor shot and killed another member of the board and the city's mayor, and feinstein was on the scene. >> i know the urge to arm yourself because that's what i did. i was trained in firearms. i'd walk to the hospital with my -- when my husband was sick. i carried a concealed weapon. i made the

wendell goler is live at the white house with more on this story. ell. >> reporter: the jobs council was always intended to have a two-year charter, mr. obama will continue to consult the business community on ways to create jobs. they say he acted on most of the council's recommendations even though he didn't agree with all the members' ideas, most notably refusing to go around the state department's permitting process on the keystone xl pipeline. the presidents jobs council followed his economic recovery advisory board, but neither produced as many jobs or as strong a recovery as the administration wanted. the unemployment rate fell from 9 to 7.8% over the two-year period. its expiration, the council's expiration, was a too-tempting target for republicans. here's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> the president can make any excuse he wants, but it's not going to help americans find jobs. one thing the president could have done instead of wasting so much time blaming others would have been to convene the jobs council he created amidst so muc

senior foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is at the white house. wendell, this is clearly an important domestic issue and comes at a time when the president met with state and local officials right? >> reporter: you're right, jamie. the mayors he met with suggested meet with the police chiefs. the police chiefs lived through the most horrible events of 2012. he pushed through assault weapon ban, ban on high-capacity magazines and a universal background checks for gun buyers with 40% of all gun sales occurring without a check. california senator dianne feinstein says the murder of a dozen children changed the political environment. >> sandy hook, i think, really destroys all of the kind of tales that the nra is trying to weave about young people and guns. guns are positive things in the climate of america. >> reporter: feinstein of course was the author of the 199 assault weapons ban which was not renewed after it expired 10 years later, jamie. jamie: the one we've been hearing most about is the vice president who has been leading the administration'

senior white house correspondent wendell goler is live at the white house with more. >> reporter: theen across the spectrum; enth gun control supporters, some democrats, frankly, tepid. and on the republican side it's ranged from cold to hotly opposed. harry reid says he won't push legislation if he doesn't think it'll get through the house. speaker john boehner says he'll take a look at what gets through the senate, but he's not making any promises. florida republican senator marco rubio on "fox & friends" this morning says the president doesn't understand the second amendment. >> there's a second amendment. i didn't write the constitution. it's in there, and i believe in it. and so if you are going to do anything that impacts it, it better make some sense. and here's the problem that i have. by the president's own admission, the things they're putting forward would have done nothing to prevent what happened, for example, in connecticut. i've got four children, i've got my own four children, and i'm deeply worried about this. like everyone, i was outraged about what happened in conne

look it is wendell goler at the white house.ago i couldn't answer the question. we'll wait to see if the house will vote today on the senate passed basically binds the country two month extension of so-called fiscal cliff. the measure raises revenue. as chad points out it contains no spending cuts. that will make it hard sell to house republicans. the all but five senate republicans voted for it may make it easier to swallow. the deal makes the bush administration tax cut permanent for families making less than $450,000 a year. provides another year of extended unemployment benefits, raises value of estates protected from the death tax but payroll taxes are going back up. vice president biden who worked out the deal with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell wouldn't bet on how the house will vote. >> surely shouldn't predict how the house is going to vote though i feel very, very good. happy new year and i will see you all maybe tomorrow. >> reporter: now before the senate vote, president obama had appeared with middle class

wendell goler is live at the white house with all the details about the big bashes last night and what's nearly a million spectators on the mall and a parade to the white house in which they got out of the motorcade a couple of times, got out of the limo a couple times, the president and first lady attended attended the commander in chief's ball and the larger inaugural ball with about 20,000 of their closest friends. mrs. obama wore a red chiffon jason woo dress, the same designer she wore at her first inaugural. jennifer hudson channeled her best al green and the president sang the words to "let's stay together" which we know he can sing, as he and the first lady danced. some of the tickets, as little as $150 so middle americans could attend. some were free. at the commander in chief's ball, the president praised america's servicemen and women. >> we experienced the manual see of our democracy -- majesty of our democracy, a ritual only possible in a form of government that is of and by and for the people, a day made possible because there are patriots like each and every one of you who

the specifics we spelled out from the "washington post," wendell goler reporting independently found conversation and the specifics will be polled out, lobbyists will have their way and it will be a broad discussion. >> we know about the strategy. this is a report today of how the president plans to get some support for whatever the new measures are, and that is to use some of the same strategy and model used for obamacare, so align himself with big business. for instance wal-mart is one of the biggest gun retailers. if you can get wal-mart on your side and say we think these gun shows that do not perform background checks, that sell to whomever comes to the gun show, if you can get wal-mart to say let's go away with that practice, then you have real fire power, to use that analogy, on your side because obviously wal-mart is a huge business ally of the president, or would be. >> and a competitor of gun shows. that's the point you made last hour. there are many examples in washington, trust me, of big companies using legislation to crush competitors. i hope this isn't another one wher

and the president is wendell goler is live at the white house. joe biden up in his house, right, wendell. >> that's right, we won't be looking at brian's watch. of the vice-president takes the oath of office about an hour from now and he and the president will head to arlington national cemetery to place a wreath at the tomb. unknown and mr. obama will take the oath of office about noon the third of four times he'll do so. the constitution require it happens at noon on on20th, since it fell on sunday, he'll do a repeat tomorrow. remember, he did a repeat four years ago because chief justin roberts flubbed the oath of office on the front steps. capital and did another one privately at the white house. yesterday, it was the kids inaugural ceremony, usher and katie per i performed and "glee" among others, and earlier the first and second families did renovation work, and the president and first lady went to a school in washington d.c., a service event mr. obama alleded to the inaugural schedule because it falls so close to martin luther king day and