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coming next, maya angelou and historical perspective of what may come up tomorrow. >>> maya angelou readne of her poems at bill clinton's inauguration and awarded a presidential medal of arts and lincoln medal. she joins me with douglas brinkley. welcome to you, doctor angelou. how are you? >> i'm splendid, thank you. and you? >> i'm extremely honored to be talking to you, actually. i mean that very sincerely. i want to remind you of an e-mail on behalf of the president talking about a conversations you had with dr. martin luther king and of course tomorrow is mlk day. it couldn't be a more appropriate day. i'm sure you would feel for barack obama's second inauguration. but in those conversations with martin luther king, he felt there may be an african-american president, the first black president in the next 40 years. you didn't think it would happen in your lifetime. >> it's -- that's true. i'm so excited. i'm so happy about my country. that we are growing up. >> and how do you think the president -- >> we are moving beyond ignorance. >> right. how do you think. >> sorry? >> how do you

before oprah there was maya angelou. i want to say i'm glad you wore a coat.>> i know. >> if i may point out the americans wearing the big coats. us british guys made of tougher stuff. >> all the chest hair. that's what that is. >> actually all the extra blubber. how are you? >> great to see you. >> big night with with the first lady last night. >> we had so much fun. obviously, to get an invitation to host any event from the first lady is just amazing but this was focusing on the families and the kids for the men and women in service. so, it was outstanding event. >> tomorrow, the president's second inauguration and you were deejaying at the first one. an honor for you. >> yes. >> on a serious point, martin luther king day tomorrow and barack obama being regrat reinaugurated. for you, what does that mean, both these great men being commemorated on this day? >> i mean, it's outstanding. it truly is history to be a part of not only the celebration of the birth of martin luther king, but the president's second inauguration. it is fitting on the perfect day at a

. >>> maya angelou provided one of the most memorable moments.warded the lincoln medal in 2008. she joins me along with douglas brinkley. how are you? >> i'm good and you. >> i want to remind you of an e-mail that you sent out. you talked about conversations you had with dr. martin luther king. tomorrow is mlk day. it couldn't be a more appropriate day i'm sure you would feel for barack obama's second inauguration. in those conversations he felt there may be an african-american president, first black president in the next 40 years. you didn't think it would happen in your lifetime. >> that's true. i'm so excited. i'm so happy about my country that we are growing up. >> how do you think the president -- >> we're growing beyond our ignorance. >> how do you think he's done in his first term and what would you like him to do more of in his second term? >> well, i think he's done the best he could. i think that there were a number of people who as soon as he was elected put their feet down, their heels into the earth and said no matter what he does, n

i started thinking about that ever since -- when maya angelou gave her poem.did we start --. >> it's a great tradition. i think the only thing better would be having a historian. >> or three historians. >> we do mythology at inauguration and created a myth at the first one. that's the big deal. >> peter. >> yeah. >> put president obama into a historical context. >> oh! right. >> in 20 seconds. >> go! >> yeah. well, we're still around. and i think the best they think is to refer back to the second inaugural of lincoln and to imagine a great war to free slaves that end slavery in america. that one day, a dissen dent of -- well, we think he was, actually. that's right. an african-american would become president is just astonishing. nobody could have predicted it in a period when african-americans didn't have civil rights. so i think that's -- >> also within our lifetime. >> yeah, right. >> go ahead. >> i'm just saying that the pivot -- because if you were to look back and see what has shaped so many inaugural, so many elections all along, it's the questions of ra

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maya angelou was the poet in 2009. ♪ [ music ] >> you are going to hear this voice again this year.ey have announced the star studded performance list, beyonce will sing the national anthem, kelly clarkson and james taylor, it is january 21st. >>> drunk drivers beware, crackdown in dc is under way. two new bills signed into law putting stricter penalties in place. matt has the story. >> long deep breath, long and steady into the tube. >> reporter: testing the equipment for all to see district officials, showed off their new and what they believe is an improved measure. >> i think we are clear. >> reporter: because of serious issues uncovered dc police stopped using breath tests for those suspected of drinking and driving now the chief medical examiner stands behind the updated machines. >> this meets the requirement of the national standard, meets the objective and also meets the instrument requirement of the national highway traffic safety administration. >> having proper technology or proper calibration is very very critical, to make sure, that those who violate the public's trust

. >> you wrote the introduction to the book and the tribute from maya angelou and michele obama's mother contributed to the book. what is the significance to that? >> when marion robinson did a piece for us which we ran in the magazine on the eve of the election, the way it was so personal, we asked permission from the white house to include that in the book and it's something that we know that our readers can connect with because that was the first time that we have seen this grandmother in the white house who is an integral part of the family. >> yeah. well, it is a fascinating book. it's beautiful to look at it. hope that everyone gets to look at it. >> it is on the stands now january 8th and that's a wonderful gift to ourselves. that's a record of history and that's a wonderful gift for someone you love. >> thank you for bringing us this book. pleasure to meet you. >> thank you, wonderful to be here. >> we were just talking about this, new look for 2013. banksbangs for her birthday. she debuted the new do. looking amazing. she is just amazing. i love this woman. how is she going to w

. >> john: you didn't say this when maya angelou aim caught. >> the first openly gay poet and roberthe first that was historic. >> i thought he was watching that and saying, this is not my america. at that moment poetry, acknowledging other places, a gay dude just like everything this is not what i voted for. >> john: elon wins the debate. claire mccaskill send one of her first tweets about a weird hat at the inauguration. and today he wore it again. she sweet tweeted photo. why is scalia dressed like jesus christ pharisee. >> i think it's pimpin'. what about the gown he's wearing. >> john: that's true. you're the only hat-bearing gentleman here. >> i believe i'm an expert on hats and i don't know what the hell happened right there. >> john: on the aretha hat scale. >> i put it in my closet, never to come out. >> you never heard of rasputin chic. >> john: no, i thought it was impressive. >> in three weeks they're going to start wearing wearing that hot. that's hotness right now. >> john: people were concerned about the oath, that it wouldn't go well, and president obama did stumble o