>> only 35 words. >> the presidential oath. >> the presidential oath there is no vice presidential oath called for in the constitution. what the -- but long in the late 1880s decide there had should be a vice presidential oath, too, but maybe this is a lesson about congress. congress made it much longer, more complicated. no one would even attempt to memorize the vice presidential oath. so john paul steven, who administered the oath four years ago, add card and i'm sure sonia sotomayor will have a card to read it to the vice president. >> you worked for four presidents, david gergen, so take us a little bit inside this vice presidential ceremony we are about to see. for joe biden, who spent a lifetime in politics, eventually becoming the vice president of the united states and now a second term this is huge. >> it's very big. yesterday exthere was a funny moment, vice president on the road was out, called himself president biden. proud to be presidented by in, he had to correct himself. i do think given recent events, takes on significance, the president brought joe biden into the middl

some of the preparations underway for the 57 presidential inauguration. live weekend coverage on c-span. today is the national day of service. we plan to bring you remarks from first lady michelle obama later this afternoon. tomorrow, live coverage of obama's official swearing-in ceremony at the white house. that is just before noon. our full live inauguration coverage at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday. the president and first lady were at an elementary school in washington d.c.. they participated in a community service project, all part of the national day of service being held throughout the nation today to honor the service and legacy of martin luther king jr. [indiscernible] [laughter] a >> that was a good one. [indiscernible] [indistinct conversations] [cheers and applause] >> will want to complement -- we want to compliment burrville school, andry the principal here. [indiscernible] everyone here understands the importance of giving back. [indiscernible] [cheers and applause] all the great work that has been done here today. [indiscernible] our parents,

the 57th presidential inauguration. esident barack obama's public swearing in ceremony will take place in about five hours. >> is this a gorgeous backdrop or what. it's cold outside but look what we get to see. the white house and washington monument in the background. normally we see them on camera. >> and the viewing stand lit up as well. >> we're so glad you're us with this morning. we want to get to weather first because a lot of people are headed down to the mall today. hundreds of thousands in fact whether from here -- 33 degrees right now. it dropped 2 degrees in the last half-hour. howard bernstein is standing by. >>> i remember last inauguration i was down by the key bridge in georgetown. it was frigid. today we'll make it into the 40s before the arctic air comes tonight. it is going to be really cold the next few days. looking at your day planner for this monday, 41 by 1:00. 40, 41 inauguration time. in the low 40s for the parade. there will be wind gusts to 20 miles an hour but it will be this afternoon, late

the presidential inauguration festivities will continue. and cnn to take you live to the inaugural balls. celebrities and musical acts. cnn starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and today's historic and public inauguration is expected to be a little -- i don't know if you can call 800,000 people low key, half the number of people here four years ago. much, much warmer, something like 9 degrees four years ago. so, so cold and now somewhere in the 30s. which is practically broiling, right, christi paul? she is talking to folks who have come out on the national mall. >> hi, how are you? i can't imagine. it's freezing here. i don't care. everybody jumping around and the sun is coming up. a beautiful sun rise right behind me coming up, across the horizon and a lot of volunteers have been talking about, you are right, crowds are lighter, a lot of people left at 3:00, 4:00 to get here, haven't had any problem, the parade might be another story, though. a lot of people are hoping to get over to the parade route and get a good seat, but you know they are fe

the presidential regiment is rehearsing a performance with weapons. are not only soldiers but also honor guards they protected to both the unknown soldier at the eternal flame. i thought can you please show me some special tricks if you like and if you want all right let's do it command is. b. i'm going to unfold the bayonet with you if you go let me show you the superman the lead up to the shoulder. to the foot hold the carbine with your right turn i'm not going to cut myself i might get what you want cut yourself and i'm told that which is almost recovered now shoulder the web show but could do with a little of it you're told with your left. arm holding it if you're going to be of be careful and should not lean on the left shoulder. this is the position in which we start the honor guard on the fourth. young men between eighteen and twenty or selected across the country for the presidential regiment. one can see that they are precious elite in perfect health with a good background and professional appearance. as well the guards there we handsome young

young men between eighteen and twenty or selected across the country for the presidential regiment. one can see that they are precious elite in perfect health with a good background and professional appearance. as well the guards there we handsome young man of similar hates are chosen so that they look like twins. for their emergency situations when people break the existing growth for example if people step over the chain we warn them with this kind of signal where they're going with signal and tapping the rifle on the ground the public immediately understands what this noise means and don't go any further. the most frequent violators of the roofs are young girls always try to flirt with the guards. but this is to no avail the guards are not allowed to move never mind smile. so here is your signature move it is about we would raise the leg about seventy eighty degrees and move the body forward and put the full foot on the ground you go there with this makes the food you step with and bend a little. quick march. first. company and a couple of months. to the rights. it's time for the

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special coverage of the presidential inauguration. ck right after this. [ male an] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> welcome back, everybody. you are watching special coverage of the presidential inauguration. we are joined to talk about a little bit about what we are expecting to hear. we've covered the gowns, the parties, the heart of the matter. second inaugural addresses are not necessarily known for being the best speeches. what do you expect to hear or hope to hear from the president in this inaugural address. >> die expe >> i do expect to hear a great speech. president obama is a greatera f -- great orator. i think he understand we are in a uniquely divided country, and i expect to hear unity. >> unity and hopeful are the only guiding principles we go

tonight from washington, on the eve of the presidential inauguration, behind the scenes. the quiet private swearing in today at the white house. sasha obama telling her father, you didn't mess up. this evening, the scene inside the white house, outside, the unprecedented security. what they're doing for this inugation, they've never done before. >>> the other news tonight, after the siege, a clearer picture emerging this evening of th the horror. inside that deadly hostage trap. investigators discover more bodies. >>> the fall-out after the football star breaks his silence. what we've now learn after that elaborate hoax. and back in washington, what a ball. tonight we go back. who did frank sinatra perform for? who decided we needed more than one of these inaugural balls? >> good evening, from our nation's capital tonight. we are here this evening as the nation prepares to witness the moment that comes once every four years, the presidential inauguration. the constitution requires the inauguration to be held on january 20th, but because the day is sunday, the nation will

ninth of may fixture day parade for example or on inauguration day to receive the presidential motorcade. the only other visitor to pass through the gate is a giant christmas tree put up earlier celebrations. could you lead me through those gates no but we can enter the kremlin through the private entrance a secret entrance for a closed circle is just around the corner. because very easy to get inside the kremlin together with you. as for me i've always wanted to get to the kremlin clark and especially to the bells what was it seems a child i always stood outside looking at the clock and i thought a magician lived there who manage the clock and also when the bells rang i was simply rooted to the ground. can i get inside with more to you yes but you're not dressed warmly enough there's a strong wind up there i mean it's very cold i think you'll have to put on something warmer. this bosco tower once the heart of the kremlin's defensive line it wasn't to support that any offensive would come from the southeast and that the tower would be to first attacked as a result house trifle and artill

just in the presidential race. as tough to stand out. >> both of you picked that ad as the most effective and both of you on the democratic side -- you both picked the most effective ad on the republican side. here it is. >> he tried. you tried. it's okay to make a change. >> so i thought that was interesting. it's almost like you're respecting the other's work. ken, you picked the america the beautiful. >> i remember when that ad came out. it was previewed on a sunday morning. stephanie and i were both on "face the nation." i was actually -- first time i saw it while we were on air, and i remember while it's playing i was thinking that is a very good ad. i mean, it's oftentimes if we use a candidate's words against him. i had never heard him using his singing against him. by the way, they used it again and again. >> if you say the 2012 campaign, it is very likely you will get someone singing an off key version of "america the beautiful." >> the big problem we had and i think what the obama campaign tried to use to

generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. 44 americans have now taken the presidential oath. the words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. yet, every so often, the oath is

this is the pastor's second appearance at a presidential inauguration. he's delivered the invocation at george bush's ceremony back in 2005. >> all right. spectators at the event should prepare for tight security. more than 2,000 officers will be in dc today making sure everything goes smoothly. some are going to work with metro transit police. but most will be with dc police. protestors are expected at various spots along the parade route. a small group of anti-abortion demonstrators picketed at the white house yesterday. >>> still ahead at 7:00, we are sharing your pictures and your thoughts from today's swearing in ceremony. >> at this time of aeroowe at this time in our history we always see hollywood's a listers to come to town. and when we come back, a little of the a listers that are here for the main event. and how some of them spent the weekend giving back. we're going to have that and much more as fox 5 morning news our special edition continues. we'll be right back. i got it when we could download an hd movie in like two minutes. [ male announc

events or ideas of the year that's about to end what would they be for you well it's got to be the presidential election for us because that was really sort of the great thing marking the. political year and the fact that. you were sent home by the voters so i would say that's the biggest thing this year john how about you but that's because i was going to say to you do you think two thousand and twelve droned along. it did zone along for a lot of unfortunate people in pakistan and yemen and elsewhere they're not too happy with the u.s. drone program there but i think probably you know my realm is foreign policy and i think unfortunately syria has been the headliner in two thousand and twelve it's been getting much much worse and you know impending doom all the way a lot along one thing that was probably beneficial is that i think this year iran was a lot less. on the front burner is than last year last year was was a lot more teetering on the edge of possible war and this sure sort of calmed down so that was at least good well we have next year also here we'll how about you was at the presiden

this monday morning current tv presents special coverage of the presidential inauguration. the inside analysis. the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. rich masters democratic strategist, will be here as a "friend of bill" in the next hour. we're going to be joined by the national coordinator of faith united to prevent gun violence. faith leaders from around the country get into a whole different aspect of this. right now, talking about the president's announcement yesterday with vice president joe biden of the recommendations of the biden task force on gun violence. joining us and joining me in covering that event yesterday jonathan allen is the senior washington correspondent for politico. hey, john, good morning. good to talk to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> bill: yep. so the very powerful event yesterday at the -- at the white house, i guess the question is

the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. [ music ] >> this is the "full-court press," "the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> bill: it's 12 minutes before the top of the hour back on the big topic of the day, common sense measures to deal with gun violence. announced by president obama and vice president joe biden this week. no doubt, the american people are on their side. latest poll out this morning by the "new york times" and cbs, 92% of americans supporting the universal background checks. sixty-three per se percent, 53% supporting a ban on assault weapons. everybody is for these things except the nra and the gun manufacturers. but who is fueling and funding the gun manufacturers? >> one big question congress may be looking at but bill de de blazio, the public advocate is ahead of these. he is on this case and joins us this morning on our news line. mr. public advocate, good to have you back on the show. >> hi, bill. >> hi, bill. thank for having me. >> we know that the nra -- right, is the lobby n

the slogan was endorsed and appear on all of the presidential. at is according to a white house statement. this demonstrates the president's commitment of full representation of the people of the district of columbia and his willingness to fight for fighting rights and hom rule and voting for the district. it goes back to the creation of the district of columbia, the seat of our government. it is an issue that if we want to discuss we should and it should be discussed with congress and not slogans and with license plates. it seems appropriate if the president wants to put a license plate on the presidential that said "god bless america" or presidential seal that's fine. but this is a very highly charge quite frankly partisan political issue. i am not sure it is appropriate to use the opportunity of representing all of the citizens for a narr hoe only focused political agenda and put it on the front of the presidential vehicles. if the president wants to be fair about this, maybe every other month he could alternate license plates to put on the pre

and together they make up the presidential oath of office. last 100 years of inaugurations, including some of those speeches. take a look. >> no, this is not carnival day in pumpkin center. it is the day of days in washington, d.c. >> the presidential -- >> presidential. >> oath of office. >> here comes the inaugural parade. >> are you prepared to take the oath of office as president of the united states? >> i am, sir. >> put your hand on the bible and raise your right hand. >> raise your right hand. >> if you will, raise your right hand and repeat after me. >> repeat after me. >> i, william jefferson clinton do solemnly swear. >> i, jimmy carter. >> i george washington bush, do solemnly swear. >> i will faithfully execute the office. >> i will faithfully execute the office. >> execute the office as president of the united states faithfully. >> faithfully. >> the president of the united states. >> the president of the united states faithfully gl will to the best of my ability. >> best of my ability. >> eisenhower began his second term as leade

the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show" >> bill: 26 minutes after the hour on a wednesday morning, the "new york times," we are talking about the president's coming out with his proposals on gun violence today including a tightening up the loophole so that every gun purchase will require a criminal background check. "new york times" reporting on the study today of prisoners incarcerated for crimes involving firearms. right? 80% of them obtained their guns through private transfer. no criminal backgrou

the presidential limousine will sport two d.c. license plates. d.c. city council members went to my house to encourage the president to use the "taxation without representation" plates. they did not expect a change that quickly, but they were pleased. mrs. obama is trying to decide between two gowns for the ball tonight appeared there were 20 designers initially, narrow down through. through around thanksgiving, the designers submitted their sketches and then the chosen ones where pulled. a single appearance by the first lady in the a designer's clothing can be worth about $14 million for the designer. while we wait to see what michelle obama wares, her husband expressing his love for her new hairdo. what he told an audience on the weekend during a reception. >> i love tyra banher bangs. [cheers and applause] she looks good. >> the first lady unveiled the bangs in the white house photograph released on thursday, her 49th birthday. it's 5:007. investigators trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a duplex in prince george county in the 5600 block of

this monday morning current tv presents special coverage of the presidential inauguration. alysis. the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. ♪ >> stephanie: twenty-two minutes after the hour. our computer sucks ass -- >> well, it's not our computer. >> stephanie: no. twenty-two minutes after the hour. fridays with john fugelsang. john fugelsang here with this hour. i realized i -- actually not even just a tech class, maybe a university. hal sparks traveling with him, he's like a little -- >> it's humiliating is what it is. i'm legal i will amish when i'm in the room with hal sparks. >> stephanie: exactly. he is a tech nerd. >> he speaks in binary. >> stephanie: right. i wasn't aware that my dvds don't go in my ipod. >> well, you don't even have a slot -- >> stephanie: excuse me? >> you just hasn't used it in a while. >> the bidens just canceled for saturday. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: anyway, yeah and i don't know -- oh, i asked you -- because you put in an app so my -- >> yeah you can print from your ipad. but you said not to my min

cbs news coverage of the presidential inauguration continues. here again is scott pelley. >> pelley: you were just hearing the words from the president's second inaugural address delivered here in washington not long ago. if you are just joining us, president obama was sworn in for a second term about 90 minutes ago on the west front of the capital then he delivered his inaugural address, some of which you just heard. right now he's having lunch with members of congress in statuary hall. bob schieffer and i are joined here in washington by the governor of the state of massachusetts, dapt. governor since 2007. thank you for being with us. >> it's a pleasure to be with you, thank you for having me. the. >> pelley: what can president obama do for the states in a second administration? >> i think the smooth imlimit station of the affordable care act, so-called obamacare, which is off to a very good start and it's quite familiar to us in massachusetts because it's modeled on what we've had since 2006 but i think it's a big list for a lot of states and

cbs news coverage of the presidential inauguration. g we did with condoleezza rice. she served in both terms of george w. bush of course was his secretary of state in his second term. secretary rice is now a cbs news contributor we sat down with her in washington yesterday to talk about what president obama might expect in the four years ahead. >> as president obama embarks on his second administration, what are some of the things about a second term that aren't necessarily obvious? >> well, in a second term, first of all, you live with the consequences of the first time. that means generally, you are trying to solidify any janes made in the first term, and frankly, times to deal with mistake that is were made in the first term that need to be rectified. >> what's your best advice to a second term. toi. get started quickly. i've been asked many times what does it feel like to go to a second inauguration. the first inauguration is exciting and you can't believe i'm a part of history. in the second inauguration, i was thinking let's get t

i am the communications director or for the presidential inaugural committee. and we are involved in this weekend really doing a lot of the public events that fall outside the official swearing-in which matte can can -- matt can talk to. and, in fact, as i kind of think about this, it may make sense or for us to do this not chronologically and do this in sections. and, in fact, i think, matt, if you want to walk through the jsic side, and then we'll do the pic side and then we'll do the jtf side, if that's okay with folks. the three main groups that put this together is the pic. we're a quasi-governmental organization that's stood up every four years to represent the president and vice president's views. we do a lot of the events like working with the jtf on the parade, working on the official inaugural balls which we'll talk about later, and some of the other events you'll hear about like the national day of service and the kids' inaugural children's concert. then there's the jsic which really is congress' equities, they deal with all the official swearing-in p

] the joint congressional committee making its way to the presidential inaugural. it is a pleasure and honor to introduce the mayor of the district of ay.umbia, vincent grea passing the reviewing stand, the mayor of d.c., vincent gray. than a year it will continue his walked toward 17th street. he will be with you down there in just a moment. latest and gentlemen, concluding this presidential escort, the u.s. park police theresa led by chief poli chambers. now approaching at the reviewing stand is the park police chief, theresa chambers. how about a hand for the mounted a u.s. park police/ by tradition, the presidential escort is a civilian and military formation that troubles ahead of the inaugural parade. it escorts the dignitaries from the the whip -- to the white house. the escort traces its roots back to the first inauguration of george washington, who moved from new york's federal all to be sworn in as the first president of the united states. the inaugural parade will continue in a few moments. we will keep you updated. thank you for coming. [cheering] the pa

you see the presidential motorcade there. the church across the street from lafayette park over at the white house. they call it the beast because that's a highly fortified vehicle, that presidential limousine. the presidential limousine. you're looking at the presidential motorcade there, returning from the church. they'll be going back to the white house, and fairly soon they will once again get into the motorcade and make that drive down pennsylvania avenue over to the -- over to capitol hill, where they will be joining all of us here. you see the motorcade going into the north side of the white house. that's the west wing to the right, the residence. that's where the motorcade is heading right there. they'll go inside, freshen up a little bit. i must say, kate, here we see some more pictures. everybody is going to focus in not so much on what the president or the vice president is wearing. they're going to focus in on what the first lady and indeed the second lady are wearing. >> that was one of the first e-mails that i s

who will administer the presidential oath of office. tten about the relationship between this president and this supreme court justice. >> please repeat your righting hand and repeat after me. i barack hussein obama do solemnly square, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and deserve. the constitution of the united states. so help you god. >> obama: so help me got. >> congratulations mr. president. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> john: a very relaxed president. >> jennifer: very relaxed. he seems very confident. they always do the ruffles and flourishing which is what you're hearing right now. there will be a 21-gun solute, which is happening right now, and then senator schumer will introduce the president for his inaugur inauguraled inaugur inauguraled a address. >> john: we're hoping to hear words like poverty, climate change, and a sense of the agenda this president will have. a bit of a more muscular presidency at least for the first months. >> alexander seems like almost old school, someone you could talk to, obviously

the public inauguration, the 57th presidential inauguration. ou're one of the 800,000 people expected to attend, you're going to want to make sure those text messages, those tweets, those instagrams all go through. wireless providers say they have you covered. athena jones joins us from the capitol. they're going to get help from something called cows. what are we talking about here? >> good morning, john. cow stands for cell on wheels. a temporary mobile cell phone tower. things like companies like at&t and sprint will fortify the network with all the people coming in. half the number of people expected in 2009 but people will be coming with smartphones and smartphones means more data. back in 2009, global smartphone sales only accounted for 11% of sales. now it's nearly 40% as of the most recent numbers. that's a lot more people putting a lot more demands on the network. >> it's really interesting that everyone is taking this into consideration here, i have to say. what are some tips that you can give to all of us to make sure we get our messa