i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear. i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, but i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will, to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. we're ready to do it now. ladies and gentlemen, we, the united states of america, william jefferson. my fellow citizens. today we celebrate the mystery of american renewal. this ceremony is held in the depths of winter. but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world we force. the spring, a spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy. that brings forth a vision and courage to re invent america. when our founders boldly declared america's independence to the world and our purpose is to the almighty, they knew that america to

i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear. i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, but i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will, to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. we're ready to do it now. ladies and gentlemen, we, the united states of america, william jefferson. my fellow citizens. today we celebrate the mystery of american renewal. this ceremony is held in the depths of winter. but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world we force. the spring, a spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy. that brings forth a vision and courage to re invent america. when our founders boldly declared america's independence to the world and our purpose is to the almighty, they knew that america to

i, william jefferson, do solemnly swear. william jefferson do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united. that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. and will to best of my ability. and will to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect, and defend constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. good luck. ladies and gentlemen. the president of the united states of america, william jefferson clinton. my fellow citizens, at this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century. let lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. it is our great good that time and chance have put us not at the edge of a new century and a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs. a moment that will define course and our character for decades to come. we must keep our old ocracy forever. young guided by the vision of a promised lan

i, william jefferson, do solemnly swear. william jefferson do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united. that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. and will to best of my ability. and will to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect, and defend constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. good luck. ladies and gentlemen. the president of the united states of america, william jefferson clinton. my fellow citizens, at this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century. let lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. it is our great good that time and chance have put us not at the edge of a new century and a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs. a moment that will define course and our character for decades to come. we must keep our old ocracy forever. young guided by the vision of a promised lan

i, william jefferson clinton do solemnly swear. >> i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. mr. preserve, -- >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, william jefferson clinton. [cheers and applause] president clinton:my fellow citizens, at this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. it is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs, a moment that will define our course, and our character, for decade

i william jefferson clinton do solemnly swear. president clinton: i william jefferson clinton do solemnly swear. chief justice rehnquist: that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. president clinton: that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. chief justice rehnquist: and will to the best of my ability. president clinton: and will to the best of my ability. chief justice rehnquist: preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. president clinton: preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. chief justice rehnquist: so help me god. president clinton: so help me god. chief justice rehnquist: congratulations. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, bill jefferson clinton. [cheers and applause] president clinton: my fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of american renewal. this ceremony is held in the depths of winter, but by the words we speak and the faces we

[cheering] people excited for william jefferson crystal. >> billy: that's me. >> stephen: speaking ofst found out that right after i interviewed him for practically the entire show, you interviewed him somewhere, the beacon? >> billy: the beacon theater. >> stephen: what the hell? trying to steal my game? >> billy: no! it was crazy. i got a call from his staff that his book was coming out called "citizen," and he wanted me to interview him live at the beacon for 90 minutes. >> stephen: wow, that's two questions for clinton. >> billy: that's true. so i said, do i have to read the book? >> stephen: [laughs] that's the most honest answer of all time. >> billy: it's not my -- i've not on that. you guys, you have to know that what stephen and the jimmys do every night is extraordinary. because you just did 20 minutes of comedy and now you're going to look like you're interested in me and you do it every night. it's extraordinary. this was like a one-nighter with him. it was, like, crazy good. >> stephen: what did you ask him? >> billy: the first thing i said to him was, "mr. clinton, can i

but william jefferson clinton had george walker barbara and obama, donald john trump. i joseph robinette, biden junior do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office president of the united states and will the best of president ability, united statespreserve, defend the constitution. united d >> it will be the golden age of american. >> all right. we are witnessing history together here in the nation's capital. 11:00am on the east coast history history, history of the right kind. in one hour. this country will do what destiny demands, which is inaugurate the rightful winner rightful winner of a presidential election. welcome to news nation. i'm chris cuomo here with the whole team. as we watch the somebodys continue to file in their former president obama, former president clinton will be there. but of course, today is about our new president. donald john trump. chris cuomo here with elizabeth vargas. leland vitter, political editor chris star wall. very good to be with each and all of you on this data the one of the best perks of this job. this business i

i found a box of my william jefferson clinton stationery that you sent me with the gold-embossed sealht. [ laughter ] >> that i've been sending to people as president. >> jimmy: to explain, as a gift to you, once -- i had received a letter from president clinton. >> yes. >> jimmy: and i had that stationery duplicated. >> yes. >> jimmy: i'm not sure if that's a crime. >> it is a crime. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but i -- >> after november, we'll see. >> jimmy: i had it duplicated at great expense. it's a situation. i gave to it you because i knew it would be in good hands and that you would have a lot of fun with it. >> so every actor i know, i've sent a letter from bill clinton. [ laughter ] i try to find their worst film. "oh, i was on the plane, i saw --" you know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i gave you stationery that said brad pitt's name on it. >> yeah, you did. >> jimmy: some of your friends. brad pitt, richard kind -- >> the brad pitt one was brutal. >> jimmy: what did you do? >> i sent to it everybody. don cheadle. tom cruise. saying that they want to do, you know, "interview 2" but br

as we watch william jefferson clinton have to. >> the focus then comes on donald trump. >> i hand it over to the best team in the business. chris star was elizabeth vargas, chris cuomo and we love it pick up our coverage from here on blake burman. ckthank you fo watching us. and for being with news nation.

about our wonderful hero, william seale, the wonderful, renowned historian of white house history who has passed away. i said, bill, would george washington and thomas jefferson recognize this building if they were to come in today? he said fundamentally, yes, of course, some rooms have been shifted. the art would probably be very contemporary to them because they would have their minds would have been fixated on a very specific period of time. but on the whole, it would be a house that they would still recognize today. but when you read histories of early presidents, it was full of people regularly. oh, my goodness. on new year's day, there was an open house and come one, come all hundreds, thousands of people would just be crawling in and out of the white house. it really wasn't until world war two anr that security began to be tightened and more regimented at the white house. and people take samples with them when they left. oh, they would try to do that. you know, just say, oh, i'm sorry to hear that. carolyn, it's in tulsa, oklahoma. as we talk about the history of the white house with stewart mclaurin. hi, carolyn. you're on. we had extreme weather duri