jokes went too far. these are two people you'll remember that photo of the clintons at the least in social circles and they became bitter political rivals. this dislike that was on a personal level over the course of this campaign. and here she is, that smile that i've got to say is not a genuine smile that i've seen from hillary clinton in the format that she loves with voters and children and shaking hands. that's not that smile of a woman who's happy to be here right now. >> she's smiling at someone coming in. i wonder who that was. there it is, george w. bush and laura bush walking in as well. some concern that would not be able to make it today because of the condition of his father, george h.w. bush, but as we heard earlier this morning from anita mcbride, mrs. bush's chief of staff, the former president doing much better today in the hospital in houston,

care unit but he seems to be doing better. he's been tweeting out. he of course sent a letter to the president-elect as well, as we see that motorcade now coming in to the capitol, driving up. they will go into the east front and then begin that walk through the capitol to the west front for the ceremonies. cecilia vega mentioned that the last time that donald j. trump and hillary clinton were together was at that al smith dinner. behind the scenes they were with cardinal dolan who's going to be giving a prayer today and they did promise to help each other through this. matthew dowd, that is probably pretty improbable. i don't believe president trump is going to be calling on hillary clinton for advice. >> no, i don't think that's going to happen. i think they both tried to reach out in the aftermath of the election but it hasn't only been a few days ond a few weeks in rallied donald trump had, his supporters were still shouting, lock her up. >> even yesterday on the mall. >> i think though donald trump might try

i think there's a huge segment of donald trump supporters that have no desire to they'heal tha >> he has seemed to back off from that pledge where he said he would ask his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to look into her situation. that seems to have gone by the wayside right now as they are at the capitol. there's the first lady. and melania trump getting ready to walk inside. i'll ask you this question and i don't know exactly where it came from. where did the tradition to split up the families driving up to the capitol come from? >> in the olden days the wives didn't go back and forth to the capitol with the presidents. edith wilson was the first to go back and forth. but i think that it's just so the men can have that private moment, the president-elect and the president, can have that private moment. but you know, it's interesting, donald trump has

the capitol, and when you think of that building as a place that is the heart of our democracy and the dome as the symbol of unity which abraham lincoln insisted on keeping going throughout the civil war -- >> and we see them there right now. the president-elect and the president. you mentioned he hadn't been in the capitol, had not been in the white house until he met president obama the day after the election. you see them there again together. they've had several phone conversations over the course of the transition trying to force some kind of a relationship. there have been times when president-elect trump seems to have said he's taking advice from the president-elect. here they come to the capitol. speaker of the house, paul ryan, kevin mccarthy, republican leader, democratic leader nancy

obama. they'll be led in by the sergeant of arms. somebody tried to get some news out of the president-elect, asked him if he was going to reverse the immigration order in the next few days. the president-elect chose to keep on walking. everything has its moment. that was not the moment for that, i suppose. we are expecting some executive orders to be signed by the president-elect, perhaps some right after the ceremony when he's up at the capitol, maybe some later in the white house, also a burst of action over the first few days. vice-president widen there as well with jill biden. there's vice-president elect pence and his wife karen. >> vice-president elect pence told me the other day, george, this would be a very humbling and very emotional moment for him when he takes the oath of office. he said, i can't help but think about my family, but especially the man after whom i was named, my grandfather. he said he came to this country in the early

he drove a bus for 40 years. he said he's going to be looking down from glory on me. >> ivanka trump there, she is moving to washington as well, has three young children, expected to play a major role in the white house, although she bristles at those who suggest she might be filling in the role of the first lady. don jr. there as well, tiffany trump, eric trump and there's barron as well. he's going to be staying in new york, barron, at least through the end of the school year with his mom. what a moment for those children as well. don and eric of course going to be running the family business, lots of questions about that. barron trump has no idea what he was in for, now to be the son of a president in the white house. we saw president obama over the last couple of weeks really bragging on his children, malia and sasha, 8 years in the white house, basically grew up in the white house. >> yes, they

girls to young women, the oldest girl going off to college next year. there was a wonderful moment where the bush daughters wrote a letter to the obama girls, and so i would imagine at some point the obama girls will have a conversation with the trump children. >> ivanka trump, before the campaign, good friends with chelsea clinton, they knew each other in new york. perhaps they've had some conversations as well despite the disappointment. quite an age range on those trump kids right there. we are told by don jr. that his mother, ivana, is also going to be at the ceremony today, was not seen much during the campaign. look at that sight on the capitol. america's leadership gathering for a major moment, the inauguration of donald j. trump. george w. bush in character right there, always seems to be joking around, mark. >> he always has a quip, george. he's very quick and a lot like

times. but he's not at a loss for words. ladies and gentlemen, the children of president-elect trump, donald trump jr. >> he brought a smile to the face of hillary clinton, martha raddatz. >> he did. he is someone who was delighted to be an ex-president. terry moran and i both covered that white house. i've seen president bush since out there in text, and he is enjoying his role out there. he does oil paintings. >> and there we see the trump children, don jr., ivanka, eric and tiffany. followed by -- i think barron is behind them. i spoke with don jr. this morning. big smile on ivanka's face. he conceded that his father was a bit nervous coming into this day, who wouldn't be. they are radiant right now. looking out across the crowd. david mu,

key part in this campaign. >> a huge part. this became the family business during this campaign and if you remember, that seminole moment during martha's debate when both the then candidates were asked what do they respect about one another. that was perhaps the only redeeming moment of the campaign. donald trump said hillary clinton never gives up, but hillary clinton said about donald trump, look at his children, look at how he has raised his children, the successes that they've turned out to be. ivanka telling us last night that she wouldn't say whether she'll have an office, an official office, in that white house. don jr. we asked, are you envious that ivanka is the one going to washington, that she'll be the one dealing with policy or at least influencing her dad a little more on policy, and he said yeah, there is envy, but my focus will be trump tower. that's the most important residence for me in the next four years. >> he's going to be running the business along with his brother eric. they had some dealings in the transition but stepped away from that when questions were raised about possible conflicts

interest. ivanka will be here with her husband jared, you saw him there as well, who's going to have a formal role in the white house. there's the scene, the west front of the capitol filling up right now as we wait for president-elect trump and president obama to come out and join. there's jared kushner right there. and martha raddatz, it's clear he has been playing a key role, will be one of the top five staff members inside donald trump's white house, probably the first among equals. >> he will really have donald trump's ear just as he did throughout the campaign. donald trump obviously has a national security advisor, mike flynn, who he will listen to, but jared kushner has advised donald trump in ways that mike flynn has not, across the board. whether he gets into trouble, i know he was certainly there before the debate i moderated talking to donald trump about what he should do, what he should say, how he should handle that. >> other presidential off spring, cokie roberts, have played a role

house. we saw george w. bush, he was a close advisor to his father when he was in the white house, probably m a role in pushing out one of the chiefs of staff. we've seen first ladies play prominent roles, hillary clinton of course in the clinton way. it has raised this question for everybody on the staff, you've got somebody there who's potential a colleague but can't be fired. >> that's right. and there's a tremendous suspicion about that person always because the staff always feels like they have the last word and they can overrule what anybody on the staff says. but the staff also uses those family members and goes to them and says, would you tell the president that. and you can only do that to a certain extent, but it can be done. the roosevelt sons were very, very much involved in franklin roosevelt's presidency. >> it tells you about what kind of a president donald trump is going to be. they bring their experiences.

organizations this is not a giant corporation. it's a family business up in that tower still where he trusts and empowers the people close to him, just as his dad did with him. >> jon karl, one of the questions there is don jr. and eric aren't going to be able to talk to their father too much anymore. >> the whole idea is that they're going to be the ones who take over the business and insulate him from what he's doing at president, but george, it's hard to believe he won't be leaning on his sons for advice from time to time and you know that ivanka trump will play a critical role. she has no formal role at the white house at the start, no office in the west wing. her husband is there, but she has been a critical advisor to him and a critical person to reach out to people alienated by her father. she was the one, by the way, who set up the meeting between donald trump and al gore of all people in trump tower. >> she is a critical advisor to him, no question about it. we also saw donald trump's sisters up there on the p

capitol as we look out and see the supporters in their ponchos today. the moment is getting so close right now for the ceremony that will lead to the swearing donald trump at noon. martha raddatz, as you point out, in a little under an hour, he will be the commander-in-chief. >> not just the president, commander-in-chief. there are over a million service members in the united states. we have troops deployed around the world, 5,000 troops in iraq. it's not something barack obama ever wanted to do, to send those troops back. we've got 500 special operations forces in syria. watching him yesterday at the tomb of the unknowns, you saw donald trump and melania trump with their hands over their hearts. today when he leaves, he will salute. he will be commander-in-chief. >> the family there on the podium right now, and martha, generals have already presented, prepared a plan for him, new steps in the fight against isis

george w. bush sharing a moment there as well. >> he wants new plans for the fight against isis but he has the same old guy in there right now, brett mcgehrke who is going to stay for a while doing counter-isil policy. he has about 50 people who will remain from the national security world. there will be an acting secretary of state. his name is tom shannon. he is a career diplomat. >> we see more of the trump family there, elizabeth trump, donald trump's sister, his brother robert as well. as we look down over the west front of the capitol, don jr., his oldest son, spent the night in blair house. they're all going to spend the night at the white house tonight as well, through the weekend, before melania takes barron back to school on monday. and mark, on this issue of families in the white house, as cokie was saying, we've had other moments in history, the roosevelt sons played key roles

the family become representatives. they're often used as 'em asairys. cokie made this point yesterday, george, there's no one who can talk to the president like his family can, like his wife or his children. george w. bush talked to me about the role that he played for his father. you mentioned that earlier. he learned about the proximity of power and he learned what to take to his dad and what not to. some people would say to him, tell your father just to be himself. he went to his dad and said, dad, just be yourself. his dad said, well who else am i going to be. >> matthew dowd, you worked for george w. bush. what do you think he learned from his father, and what do you think he had to unlearn? >> well, one of the benefits that he had, he watched all the unfolding. he watched decisions. he watched the conflicts. he watched all of that. he understood the precious to a large degree of that. he also was a family member that grew up in proximity of the white house so he understood

you could protect that in this. so he did all that, but one of the things that he had to do was he had to get out from under that, i'm w, i'm herbert walker's son and he had to figure out how he could lead in a way that distinguished from his father and present himself so that people would accept him by himself. >> tom llamas, you spechnt a lo of time with the trump children in his campaign. >> that's right. one of the trades he holds above everything else more than even talent is loyalty. and there is no one more loyal than his children. so much is made about ivanka trump, but don jr. and eric really were the work horses in that campaign. ivanka as well but don jr. and eric traveled the country, they did rallied and they were always by their father's side, always defending him. they went through three campaign managers. a lot of times it was the trump children who were advising their father to change the campaign leadership. they essentially were the campaign for so many months. we see the

obama, as she's walking out now to the west side of the capitol. and george, that issue of loyalty is so important for the president-elect that i think we're going to see this throughout his presidency. he has people in the trump organization that have started as golf caddies, as doormen, as bodyguards, who are now at the highest levels of leadership in the trump organization, and i think we'll see that through the whithouse. george, one more note. i'm hearing something pop up in pop culture now when we talk about ivanka and jared. it's this combination of names. people are calling them javanka. they have real cult of personality out here in washington d.c. >> we'll see if it takes. there's rick perry, the president's nominee for secretary of energy. he went through his hearings this week. everyone gathering. in just moments the president and president-elect will come out as well. and there we see former president bill clinton, hillary clinton. a bit lightened up since they ca

>> they have. she's smiling now, he's smiling now. i still go back to thinking about president bush up there, there he is again, and i'm thinking, we've been talking a lot about russia with president-elect trump. president bush did a portrait of putin -- we'll pause here. [ applause ] ♪ >> the first lady. cokie, you've written about first ladies. some talk about a political future. the president says no way. >> and she says no way, which is more to the point, i think. but she will certainly be active. she's got a

program that she's now embedded throughout the government, and she's going to be out there making sure that the girls around the world get an education and a good start on life. and she certainly found her voice in the white house in those eight years. it took some time but she did it. and she leaves with very high approval ratings, and i think we'll see more of her, but she will not run. >> and one thing she shares with the incoming first lady, melania, when she first got to the white house, said her top priority was making sure the girls were settled, raised correctly. she actually went quiet for some time. melania expected to do something very, very similar. she's going to stay home in new york until barron at least finishes this school year. there we see dr. biden, dr. jill biden as well with the first lady. president clinton. only two men left to come out. >> george, i just want to finish this story about the putin portrait. george bush showed that to me on his iphone before it was released to the public,

i painted a purple background in the background. he'll hate that. >> of course, president-elect trump has talked a lot about vladimir putin. there is barron right there. and so many questions about russian involvement in this campaign. the investigation are continuing, the fbi, cia, continuing to look into possible contacts, but donald trump says, david muir, that he can forge a good relationship with vladimir putin. he's saying at least that he might be having it in these first few months. >> he says there's nothing wrong with vladimir putin if he likes me. he thinks it actually could be a benefit and he often criticizes the obama administration that reset button when secretary of state hillary clinton traveled to russia. we saw jill biden and michelle obama. i want to mention that they shared a laugh right before they walked down the stairs. the wives and the cabinet members there.

women. they have forged a relationship that they have said publicly they will continue after they leave the white house today. >> and the president and vice-president biden have. they thought that was improbable but they became so close, almost like brothers and family. there we see melania trump and karen pence. they will head out next. those last few steps, such solemn steps for the members of this family. it all starts to come home. >> and for the american public as well. this is the moment the american public looks at that family, the next first family of america, and realizes this is the day it happens. and i have to say, looking at this naem not in the trufamily tower, on the trump

that military aircraft, the somberness. >> everything will be brand new for trump right now and brand new for the country. in about 40 minutes when he takes the oath of office, he is promising such dramatic change. there are his sons, eric and don jr. as you see them all together up there on the capitol steps right now, you have a president coming in who ran a campaign promising to undo just about everything that the 44th president of the united states considers his accomplishments. perhaps what she was saying is a little more mundane than we first thought. she was trying to get an identity of someone in the crowd, looking for someone right there, the clintons. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ]

>> you hear the cheers as they start to arrive, first the cabinet nominees. and now cheers for melania trump and a smile. melania trump, an immigrant. and there we see president obama, vice-president biden. cokie roberts, t the second fir lady not born in the united states. >> the wife of john quincy adams, but she was the daughter of an american who was living in britain at the time. by the time she became first lady he had been in the senate and had been secretary of state for eight years, during which time she wrote her

it was her vocation to get her husband elected president. so she was no neo fight in politics when she came into the white house. melania trump has a tremendous job ahead and i think she'll have a tremendous amount of good will, of people wanting her to succeed. they do feel for her. she's never been in washington. she doesn't have close friends here. she has not been in the political eye. she has a young child. i think everybody will be pulling for her to succeed in this very difficult job. >> she's likely to stay quiet for some time, concentrate on the job of raising her son barron, but she will eventually step out. when i spoke to her back in november she said she wanted to get involved in the issue of cyber bullying of kids. it got a little uncomfortable since she was sitting next to her husband known for his tweets. she said she's willing to talk to him about that. there she is with her son, barron. >>

asked her, are you going to be out on the trail and donald trump answered and said, yes, she's going to be out there giving a speech, and she said, i am? >> yeah, she got some news right there. we see the families who have held the office and the ones coming in in the next hour to the white house. that scene on the west front. crowd getting silent now as they know the moment is coming. ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, the honorable, barack h. obama, and the vice-president joseph r. biden, with ranking member charles a. schumer and house democratic leader nancy peli.

>> for the last time, "hail to the chief" played for barack obama. [ applause ] ♪ >> eight years ago as he stepped onto the west front of the capitol he paused for a moment and closed his eyes for what was to come. four years ago after taking the oath after giving that speech, he looked back for one last look over that mall, and now he enters in his last 40 or so minutes as president. ♪

grayer. >> he is a lot grayer. when you about what any president goes through in the white house, certainly george bush with 9/11 but president obama, so many crises. he had to send troops back into iraq because of isis. there was the boston bombing, terrorist attacks on our nation, more terrorist attacks on our nation. there was the newtown shooting, and osama bin laden, finally getting osama bin laden. that had to be one of the best moments for him in the white house. >> those are all the crises. he also set a standard, byron pitts, for so many americans who have watched him raise that family in the white house and who respected him for the way he conducted himself as a president and as a person. >> george, on martha's point, he was often comforter in chief. and his

admire. >> the crowds starting to call for his successor, donald trump, as we see him prepare for those last steps before he heads out of the capitol. the cheers gathering. he's going to round that corner behind the speaker and the leaders, dressed as we've always seen him before, those tailored suits, bright red, sometimes bright blue ties. he's never been much of a private citizen but these are his last moments as a private citizen. he'll step out, take the oath to become america's president.

♪ >> you have to wonder what is he thinking in these final moments. president obama confessed to being very nervous. a smile for the cameras. he's always aware, aware of where the cameras are every step of the way. president obama there as well, shares a word with kevin mccarthy. the leaders are going to go out and then the president-elect is going to be there alone for those last couple moments. >> so even george washington, george, was, according to a senator at his inauguration, this great man was agitated and embarrassed more than ever he was by the levelled cannon or the pointed musket. this is even the stalwart washington. >> there's vice-president elect mike pence, big smile on his face. he chose not to run for president, was having difficulty in the

governor, probably would not have been re-elected. chosen after deliberations by donald j. trump, some thought that maybe someone like chris christie was going to get the nod but instead it went to mike pence. now he's the partner, soon to be the second most powerful man in america. >> george, he also told me that one of his models as vice-president is george h.w. bush who he spoke to several weeks ago about his advice on becoming vice-president. of course he was president as well. someone mike pence greatly admires. >> strong conservative. strong member of congress. deep ties to others in the republican leadership, playing a key role in the white house of donald j. trump. >> i know his entire family is there, audrey, charlotte, michael who is a marine, aviator. >> donald trump says he likes people

mike pence looks the part of vice-president. you see rex tillerson, his nominee for secretary of state. the president-elect thought that he looked the part of secretary of state. there vice-president biden and the president sharing a final moment. before donald trump walks out, his entire family waiting and ready. he will come out, we're going to hear the national anthem from a young woman, 16 years old, jackie evancho. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, escorting the president-elect, the staff director for congressional committee, stacy mcbride. the starergeant the arms, paul irvi irving, rules committee leader charles schumer, the speaker of the house of representatives, paul ryan. senate majority leader mcmcconnell, house democratic leader nancy pelosi. >> all

pelosi there wearing a button symbolizing the democrats' desire to protect obamacare. >> yes, and in just over 30 minutes all of the country's issues, problems, the economy, the foreign policy, is all going to fall square on the shoulders of donald trump and the republicans in washington, because they own all the levers of congress. it's now donald trump. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president-elect of the united states, donald john trump. [ cheers and applause ] >> signature move right ther

thank yous from the crowd. you just want to study every face today. president-elect taking his time, taking in the moment. a kiss for his wife. a handshake for the man he succeeds. ♪ a wave to the

about 800,000 people expected today. the crowd is there. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the chairman of the joint congressional committee for inaugural ceremonies, the honorable roy blunt. >> thank you all. if you have a seat, you can sit down. mr. president, mr. vice-president, mr. president-elect, mr. vice-president elect, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states of america. [ applause ] today the legislative, the executive, the judicial branches of our constitutional government come together for the 58

the united states. millions of people all over the world will watch and will listen to this event. 36 years ago at his first inauguration, it was also the first inauguration on this side of the capitol, president ronald reagan said that what we do here is both commonplace and miraculo miraculous. commonplace, every four years since 1789 when president george washington took this exact same oath. miraculous because we've done it every four years since 1789 and the example it sets for democracies everywhere. washington believed the inauguration of the second president would be more important than the inauguration of the first. many people had taken control of the government up until then, but few people

anyone else. as important as the transfer -- the first transfer of power was, many historians believed that the next election was even more important when in 1801 one group of people arguably for the first time ever in history willingly, if not enthusiastically, gave control of the government to people they believed had a dramatically different view of what the government would, should, and could do. after that election that actually discovered a flaw in the constitution itself which was remedied by the 12th amendment, thomas jefferson at that inauguration, beyond the chaos of the election that had just passed, said we are all republicans, we are all federalists. after four years of civil war, lincoln's second inaugur

the continued war when h pointed out that both sides pray to the same god. he had earlier written about those fervent prayers that one side must be and both sides may be wrong, but in 1865 he looked to the future and the memorable moment in that speech was, with malice toward none and charity for all. in the middle of the depression, the country was told that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. and president kennedy talked about the obligation in democracy to country, the great question that day was, ask what you can do for your country. so we come to this place again, commonplace and miraculous, a national moment of celebration but not a celebration of victory, a celebration of democracy.

call on his eminence, timothy michael cardinal dolan, reverend dr. samuel rodriguez, and pastor paula white-cain to provide readings and the invocation. [ applause ] >> the prayer of king solomon from the book of wisdom, let us pray. god of our ancestors and lord of mercy, you have made all things, and in your providence of charged us to rule the creatures produced by you, to govern the world in holiness and righteousness and render judgment with integrity of heart, give us wisdom, for we are your servants weak and

short-lived, lacking in comprehension of judgment and of laws. indeed, though one might be perfect among mortals, if wisdom which comes from you be lacking, we count for nothing. now with you is wisdom who knows your will and was there when you made the world, who understands what is pleasing in your eyes, what is conformable with your commands, send her forth from your holy heavens. from your glorious throne dispatch her, that she may be with us and work with us, that we may grasp what is pleasing to you, for she knows and understands all things and will guide us prudently in our affairs and safeguard us by her glory, amen. >> from

the fifth chapter. god blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. god blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. god blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the earth. god blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied. god blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. he blesses those who are pure in heart, for they will see god. god blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called children of god. god blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. and god blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. for you are the light oth

that cannot be hidden. no one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. instead, a lamp is placed on its stand where it gives light to everyone in the house. in the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, that everyone will praise your heavenly father. respectfully in jesus' name. >> we come to you, heavenly father, in the name of jesus, with grateful hearts, thanking you for this great country, that you have decreed to your people. we acknowledge we are a blessed nation with a rich history of faith and fortitude, with a future that is filled with promise and purpose. we recognize that every good and every perfect gift comes from you and the united states of

we proclaim our gratitude. as a nation we for our president, donald john trump, vice-president michael richard pence, and their families. we ask that you would bestow upon our president the wisdom necessary to lead this great nation, the grace to unify us, and the strength to stand for what is honorable and right in your sight. in proverbs 21: 1, you instruct us that our leaders are in your hands. gracious god, reveal to our president the ability to know the will, your will, the confidence to lead us in justice and righteousness, and the compassion to yield to our better angels. while we know there are many challenges before us, in every generation you have provided the strength and power to become

that blessed nation. guide us in discernment, lord, and give us that strength to persevere and thrive. no bind and heal our wounds and divisions. and join our nation to your purpose, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, let your favor be upon this one nation under god. let these united states of america be that beacon of hope to all people and nations under your dominion. a true hope for human kind. glory to the father, the son, and the holy spirit. we pray this in the name of jesus christ, amen. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the missouri state university chorale.

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well the missouri state university practices about two blocks from my home state in missouri so it was easy to find them and we're pleased they're here. [ applause ] it's also a great opportunity for me to introduce my colleague, the senator from new york, chuck schumer. [ applause ] >> my fellow americans, we live in a challenging and tumultuous time, a quickly evolving, ever more interconnected world, a rapidly changing economy that benefits too few while leaving too many behind, a fractured media, a politics frequently consumed by ranker. we face threats,

domestic. in such times, faith in our government, our institutions, and even our country can erode. despite these challenges, i stand here today confident in that great country for one reason. you, the american people. [ applause ] we americans have always been a forward-looking, problem-solving, optimistic, patriotic, and decent people. whatever our race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, whether we are immigrant or native born, whether we live with disabilities or do not, in wealth or in poverty, we are all exceptional in our commonly held yet fierce devotion to

to sacrifice our time, energy, and even our lives to making it a more perfect union. today we celebrate one of democracy's core attributes, the peaceful transfer of power, and every day we stand up for core democratic principles enshrined in the constitution, the rule of law, equal protection for all under law, the freedom of speech, press, religion, the things that make america america. and we can gain strength from reading our history and listening to the voices of average americans. they always save us in times of strife. one such american was major sullivan bellou. on july 14th, 1861 when the north d

for their first battle, a time when our country was bitterly divided in faith and the future of our country, major bellou of the second rhode island volunteers penned a letter to his wife, sarah. it is one of the greatest letters in american history. it shows the strength and courage of the average american. allow me to read some of his words which echo through the ages. my very dear sarah, he wrote, the indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow. if it is necessary that i should fall on the battlefield for my country, i am ready. i have no misgivings about or lack of confidence in the cause in which i am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. i know how

civilization now leans upon the triumph of the government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the revolution, and i am willing, perfectly willing, to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this government and to pay that debt. sarah, my love for you is deathless. it seems to bind me to you with the mighty cables that nothing but only nip tense can break, and yet my love of country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield. sullivan bellou gave his life on the battlefield a week later at the first battle of bull run.

and others who were willing to sacrifice for it that we stand today in the full blessings of liberty in the greatest country on earth, and that spirit lives on in each of us, americans whose families have been here for generations and those who have just arrived. and i know our best days are yet to come. i urge all americans to read bellou's full letter. his words give me solace, strength. i hope they will give you the same. now, please stand while the associate justice of the supreme court, clarence thomas, administers the oath of office to the vice-president of the united states.

>> place your hand on the bible. mr. vice-president elect, would you raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, michael richard pence, do solemnly swear. >> i, michael pence, do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of

>> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> the duties of the office of which i am about to enter. >> the duties of the office of which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] ♪ >> a hug for his wife after taking the oath. and his children. mike pence put his hand on the reagan family bible. terry moran, we saw there, the vice-presidential oath

longer than the presidential oath. >> it's obviously a tremendous honor and he will be an active vice-president. donald trump has said he will delegate. he is a key person in our country as of this moment. >> congratulations there from the president. mr. biden. and the man he will serve. [ applause ] you see the emotion there on the face of mike pence. cheers from the crowd. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the mormon tabernacle choir, accompanied by the president's own united states marine band. ♪

♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ for purple mountains' majesty above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america america ♪ ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ o beautiful for pilgrim feet ♪ ♪ whose stern impassioned stress ♪ ♪ a thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness ♪ ♪ america america ♪ ♪ god mend thine

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[ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's an honor to produce the chief justice of the united states, john g. roberts jr. who will administer the presidential oath of office. everyone please stand. >> this is the moment. >> please raise your right hand, and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute.

the united states. >> 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. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> there it is, 12 seconds. donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states. hugs and kisses for his family. what a journey it's been for him, now hearing "hail to the chief" for the first time. congratulating the man he succeeds.

and thanking the crowd, many of whom made him president. he'll be introduced by senator blunt and cover his inaugural address. >> what a great honor to be able to introduce for the first time ever anywhere the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. [ cheers and applause ]

>> chief justice roberts, president carter, president clinton, president bush, president obama, fellow americans, and people of the world, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] we, the citizens of america, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. together we will determine the course of america and the world for many, many years to come. we will face challenges. we will confront hardships, but we will

every four years we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transition of power, and we are grateful to president obama and first lady michelle obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. they have been magnificent, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] today's ceremony, however, has very special meaning, because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from washington d.c. and giving it back to you, the people. [ cheers and applause ]

for too long, a small group in our nation's capitol has reaped the rewards of government while the people have born the cost. washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed. the establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. their victories have not been your victories. their triumphs have not been your triumphs, and while they celebrated in our nation's capitol, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

that all changes starting right here and right now because this moment is your moment. it belongs to you. [ cheers and applause ] it belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across america. this is your day. this is your celebration. and this, the united states of america, is your country. what truly matters is not which party controls our government but whether our government is controlled by the people. january 20th, 2017 will be

remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. everyone is listening to you now. you came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement, the likes of which the world has never seen before. at the center of this movement is a crucial conviction that a nation exists to serve its citizens. americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.

these are just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public. but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tomb stones across the landscape of our nation, an education system flush with crash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. [ applause ]

we are one nation, and their pain is our pain. their dreams are our dreams. their success will be our success. we share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny. the oath of office i take today is an oath of allegiance to all americans. [ applause ] for many decades we've enriched foreign industry at the expense of american industry, subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. we've defended other nation's borders while refusing to defend our own. [ applause ]

and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while america's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. we've made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon. one by one the factories shuttered and left our shores with not even a thought about the millions and millions of american workers that were left behind. the wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world. but that is the past, and now w

are looking only to the future. [ applause ] we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capitol and in every hall of power. from this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward, it's going to be only america first, america first. [ applause ] every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit american workers and american families. we must protect our borders from

making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. [ applause ] protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. i will fight for you with every breath in my body, and i will never, ever let you down. [ applause ] america will start winning again, winning like never before. we will bring back our jobs. we will bring back our borders. we will bring back our wealth, and we will bring back our

we will build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across our wonderful nation. we will get our people off of welfare and back to work, rebuilding our country with american hands and american labor. we will follow two simple rules. buy american and hire american. we will seek friendship and g d goodwill with the nation's of the world but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but

let it shine as an example. we will shine for everyone to follow. we will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical islamic terrorism which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth. [ applause ] at the bed rock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the united states of america, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. when you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.

the bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when god's people live together in unity. we must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. when america is united, america is totally unstoppable. there should be no fear. we are protected and we will always be protected. we will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement, and most importantly, we will be protected by god. [ applause ] finally, we must think big and

in america we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving. we will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action, constantly complaining but never doing anything about it. the time for empty talk is over. now arrives the hour of action. do not allow anyone to tell you that it cannot be done. no challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of america. we will not fail. our country will thrive and prosper again. we stand at the

millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the miseries of disease and to harness the energies industries and technologies of tomorrow. a new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights and heal our divisions. it's time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots. we enjoy the same freedoms and salute the same great american flag. whether a child is born

urban sprawl of detroit or the wind-swept plains of nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty creator. to all americans in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words, you will never be ignored again. your voice, your hopes and your dreams will define our american destiny, and your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.

together we will make america strong again. we will make america wealthy again. we will make america proud again. we will make america safe again. and yes, together we will make america great again. thank you, god bless you. and god bless america. [ cheers and applause ] >> clenched fists there from president donald trump, a smile from president obama as he completes his inaugural address. a direct attack on the washington establishment. congratulations from president obama right there. taking on establishment that he said protected itself, promises that that will all change right here right now from this day forward. the people are the rulers again, said donald trump, president donald trump. then he said he has a new decree,

a new vision will govern our land. america first. ending of course with the slogan of his campaign, make america great again. >> at this time i call on rabbi marvin hier, reverend franklin graham and bishop wayne t. jackson to provide readings and the benediction. >> eternal god, bless president donald j. trump and america, our great nation. guide us to remember the words of the

your holy mountain, one who does what is right and speaks the truth, who knows that when you eat the labor of your hands, you are praise-worthy, that he who sows in tears shall reap in joy because the freedoms we enjoy are not granted in perp tuty, but must be reclaimed by each generation. as our ancestors have planted for us, so we must plant for others. while it is not for us to complete the task, neither are we free to desist from them. dispense justice for the needy and the orphaned, for they have no one but their fellow citizens, and because a nation's wealth

and not by her vaults. bless all of our allies around the world who share our beliefs, by the rivers of babylon we wept as we remembered zion. if i forget the old jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. the doer of all these shall never falter. may the days come soon when justice will dwell in the wilderness and righteousness will abide in the fertile fields and the work of righteousness will be peace, quietness, and confidence forever. amen.

>> mr. president, in the bible, rain is a sign of god's blessing. it started to rain, mr. president, when you came to the platform. it's my prayer that god will bless you, your family, your administration, and may he bless america. the passage of scripture comes from first timothy, chapter two. i urge them, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intersession and thanksgiving be made for all people. for teams, for all those in authority, that we may live peacefully quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. this is good, and it pleases god, our savior, who wants all pe

knowledge of the truth. for there is one god and one mediator between good and mankind, the man christ jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. now to the king eternal, immortal invisible, the only god, honor and glory forever and ever in jesus' name, amen. >> we thank you, father, for letting us share this great day. we are all created by you with one blood, all nation to dwell upon this land together. we are not enemies but brothers and sisters. we're not adversaries but

we are not foes but we're friends. let us be healed by the power of your love and united by the bond of your spirit. today we pray for our 45th president, the vice-president and their families, and give them the wisdom to guide this great nation, the strength to protect it and the hands to heal it. we bless president donald j. trump. we ask that you give him the wisdom of solomon, the vision of joseph, and the meekness of christ. solomon who kept peace among many nations, joseph who dreamt better for the people, and christ who accepted us all. oh, lord, mend our hearts and stitch together the fabric of this great country. in the spirit of the legendary gospel songwriter, ma hail ya jackson, oh, deep in my heart i do believe the lord will see us through, i do believe. we are on our way to victory, i do believe. we will walk hand in hand, i do believe. we shall live in ac

believe. oh, deep in my heart, i do believe america we shall overcome. may the lord bless and keep america, and make his face shine upon us and be gracious unto us and give us peace in the mighty name of jesus, amen. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome jackie evancho, accompanied by the president's own united states marine band. please stand for the singing of the national anthem. ♪

♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night

was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> 16 years old, jackie evancho nails the high note. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing while the president and official party depart the platform. you will be released by section shortly. ♪

>> president trump heading back into the capitol. his first moments as commander-in-chief. so much to talk about after that inaugural address about 16 minutes long. jon karl, you're up there on the podium right there. he began with a thank you for everyone behind him on that west front of the capitol, members of congress, senators, republicans, democrats, former presidents. but then a direct attack on all of them for failing america. >> reporter: that was something else, george, to hear him say that this is a transfer of power, not just from one party to another party, but from washington d.c. to the american people. this was an attack on the politicians and both parties who were surrounding him who he said had celebrated their success here in washington while the rest of the country suffered.

that will be remembered when the people took back the reigns of the government. that said, george, after that rather blistering attack on everybody around him, he did return to that theme of unity, a broader theme of unity, and i thought the line that we'll hear a lot was when he said, whether we are black, brown, or white, we all bleed the red blood of patriots. >> open your hearts to p patrioti patriotism. there's no room for prejudice. tom llamas, you covered president trump from the very beginning of this campaign. that sounded vuch like many of his campaign speeches. >> reporter: george, two things struck me about that speech. first, for anyone who hoped or thought that the magnitude of this moment would change president trump, they were completely wrong. that was vintage donald trump from the campaign trail. that was the message that got him to the stage, and he bucked tradition. he bucked history, and h

unity to give that speech here today, slamming those other politicians and really delivering a populist and nationalist message. but on the flip side, george, also as you know, every politician's first day in office, their number one goal is to get re-elected. and i think what we saw there from president trump was his first campaign speech of his next election cycle, those promises and that tough talk and that language that got him here, that he's not going to change until this country changes, george. >> fairly dark image of the america he inherits. cecilia vega also up there on the west front of the capitol. you saw many moments a stone face from president obama. >> reporter: absolutely, and hillary clinton, we just saw her depart also, still seemed stone faced to me. what we heard donald trump do at this presidential podium there was throw some red meat to his supporters. he talked about borders in

inaugural address. he talked about wealth and used that phrase america first, exclamation point after that. there was an attempt, of course, to unify, saying there's no room for president, but really we're seeing donald trump set the tone of his presidency by going back to the tone that he set for his campaign, reaching out to the people in this country who he says have been forgotten. for us of us covering this administration and out here today, that will be one of the big questions over the next four years, can donald trump deliver on this very tall order that he's set for himself, to bring out these people who feel they have been left out of this city, left out of washington, and bring them back into the system. >> that is the key challenge for him. terry moran, as we see former vice-president cheney leave, students of history will take note of that slogan, america first. >> it's a loaded term in american history. he defined it here as total allegiance to the united states of america, and it is something, as cecilia said, this is why

was sent here by people who want to hear that message of america first. however, it carries with it overtones from the 1930s when an anti-semitic movement saying we don't want to get involved in europe's war. it's the jew's war, charles lind burg led them. it is a term as he defined it his way but the words carry ugly echos. >> the bulk of it, those themes we saw over the last 18 months. >> i'll agree with what tom said. i think this was a full-throated nationalism and populist message. it is the same message he started with when he first announced. it's the same message he used at the republican convention. it's the same message he used throughout the campaign, and now it's the message that he is launching a new administration with. i think it was provocative. i think it's going to be remembered as prefound. it certainly doesn't go along with knowledge of the inaugural addresses all of us have read or listened to. i think

about this and this is how donald trump has conducted himself and why he's only supported by a minority of the country. i don't think this is a speech that gets a majority of the country behind. >> martha raddatz, what will the world hear? >> well, first of all, donald trump is now president of the united states. he's not president of the world. i think allies and adversaries around the world are trying to figure out what this will mean. china, you've heard -- he has criticized china so vocally during the campaign. he is pushing everybody away. nato, what do the members of nato think at this hour. right now, north korea, they can challenge them. you can control -- we have a few things falling down in the studio. you can control certain things in this country and certain people, but when you look out the rest of the world, when you think of north korea putting those missiles out to launch, he cannot control that. and how you put america first in those situationse'

see. he's already drawn some red lines. >> the staff filing out as well. there are members of the cabinet. tom price, his nominee for health and human services secretary. one of his closest advisors, along with kellyanne conway in the white house. david muir, reaction pouring in on social media as well. >> all over social media, in particular to the one line that he said in his speech, mothers and children trapped in poverty in inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tomb stones, an education system flushed with cash, crime and the gangs and the drugs and he said the american carnage stops right here and stops right now. i have to say, i'm fascinated with the images's saw moments ago of the former presidents leaving, george w. bush, his arm extended out to hillary clinton. bill clinton had his arm stretched out to laura bush as they walked away. it's not lost on me that the bush family did not support donald trump. george h.w. bush, it was support reported that he was going to support hillary clinton. this was not about the establishment. in fact it was against the

donald trump remembers who got him here today. he said the establishment protected itself. their victories have not been your triumphs, there have not been celebrations across the country but this moment is your moment. he remembered who got them there to that podium today. >> washington didn't support him. he said he's going to change the way things are done in washington right now, as we see him there walking president obama out to the east front now of the capitol. mary bruce is there. >> reporter: george, the new president trump just walked by with a thumbs up. it strikes me in this moment as you see president trump and former president obama walking through this hallway together, that despite the fact that they have certainly been at odds at many points over the last several months and years, they now share something in this moment that only 43 other people on earth can relate to, the experience of being an american president. and that their teams throughout this entire process have been working closely together to make sure that this moment and that this day goes smoothly, this transition of power. >> there they are, the congressional leadership there, led b

paul ryan. there to bid farewell to president obama. byron pitts, as they say farewell, when you listen to that speech, again a study in contrast between the presidents. >> george, absolutely. i was thinking about billy graham. he said there's only two kinds of preachers, those who building up and those who tear you down. that was a punch in the mouth speech and now i'll pick you back up again. i've been texting friends who voted for trump, those who voted against him. one who voted for hillary clinton said horrifying. one who voted for donald trump said excellent, even inspiring. we'll see if he can deliver. i think this was one speech that two americas heard. early on he said the forgotten people of our country will be forgotten no more. there are many people in america wondering who's he talking about. there are people who now feel like they will be forgotten. and certainly those who feel like they've now been embraced. >> debra

with many supporters of the new president, as we see him walk out of the capitol with president obama. >> absolutely. i have to tell you, it almost feels like the end of the super bowl. everybody was excited and now they're beginning to trickle out of here. i heard tom say that it was vintage president trump that you heard up there. this is sort of a vintage crowd that you heard out here tooday. a lot of themes when he talked about making america great, chants from the crowd, usa. when hillary clinton came out to take her seat, you heard boos, lock her up, a lot of that vintage trump language. but i have to tell you that folks here are very, very excited. the sanchez family is here. they came in from arizona and from new york city. you don't see a lot of these red hats for trump in new york city. >> no. >> but they said they were very, very excited. you loved what you heard, right? >> most definitely. we love trump, always been a supporter. so yes, we're here and supporting arizona and

>> you heard a lot of that. you heard a lot of excitement out here, folks who just wanted to get on with it, they just started shouting trump. a lot of enthusiasm out here, george, as they start to disperse now, and the rain held off. the most important bit of the day. >> the rain held off until he started speaking and then you saw the military aides come from behind him. a hug for joe biden from obama. they gave ponchos out to the crowd, as you said. this will be the farewell for the outgoing administration as the pences walk the bidens away. cokie roberts, your thoughts? >> well, of course this is the moment where we certainly understand that this is the end of the obama presidency. but i was thinking about this speech going into it and people kept asking me can he change any minds and my answer was no, he can't change minds but he can

i don't think he did that. i think that he did not ease the minds of people who are nervous about what comes next in this presidency mainly because of the america first echos but also a sense of blij rens. i think that, yes, voices want to be heard. this vote was for change. we know that. but to get something done, you can't be that belligerent with this congress. >> mark, echos of any other presidents in that inaugural address? >> not that i can think of, george. this is a very populist speech. it was fiery, hyperbolic at times, downright distoep yan, sure for the core trump voter. i'm not sure he reached out to those folks who didn't vote for him, to bring them into the fold. he also didn't send a conciliatory message to congress which surprised me.

forward. there wasn't any vision that he had for what they will do going forward. >> much more of a challenge to congress. as we see that helicopter that will carry president obama to andrews air force base and onto the presidential plane one last time for a weekend off. he's actually going to come back to d.c. though. his daughter sasha still in high school here in washington. he's going to live just a couple miles from the white house, just around the corner from ivanka trump, as they walk down those stairs of the capitol. two presidents sharing a light moment on their way down. smiles from both of them. eight years in the

for president obama. still a young man, only 55 years old. many years ahead in his post presidency. he'll be accompanied by close staff and friends for this final farewell. the two men just met a couple months ago. harsh words during the campaign on both sides. they spent hours together on the phone. one of the big questions, will that counsel continue.

now former president obama, a final salute. president trump will now go into the capitol for the lunch with the leaders of congress of both parties. and then get to work. amy robach out on the mall. >> reporter: it was interesting, george, as we are all watching on the big screens right there, the obamas leave on executive one as he waved to the crowd. a lot of people in this crowd who stayed behind to watch waved back.

but the crowd wasn't so friendly, i should say, earlier when hillary clinton came out. we actually heard some audible boos which was a little surprising to me. then i was expecting a big cheer when they announced president-elect donald trump when he came down the steps of the capitol and instead there was a quiet cheer but it was very subdued. it was not the boisterous response that i was expecting and people were really listening, really taking it in. it seemed like a very serious crowd. they were aware of the moment in history that they were witnessing, and they were respectful of president-elect trump but not overly joyous. those who we talked to afterwards said they loved the speech, they loved what he said, they all said they want to make america great again, and they're excited about the opportunity to have someone who is not a career politician leading this country. they're excited about what he can do for them. that is certainly a tone we heard in his speech and it absolutely resonated with the people here listening today on the mall, the hundreds of thousands

>> the rotors are whiring. a final flight around washington for president obama. as the president and vice-president who succeed him watch. first time he enters that helicopter without the burden of office. hard to imagine that he first came to washington only 12 years ago, now leaving as a former president. truth be told, donald trump has not spent much time in washington. you could tell by that speech he gave.

he's coming to change it completely. likely within the next few hours to start to undo many of the things that president obama considered his accomplishments. rainy afternoon here in washington. the wind is blowing, as you can see. cokie roberts, i think nancy reagan said ronald reagan wanted one extra turn in the helicopter before heading out. >> and while he was in that helicopter, he was asked, what was it like to

bit. coming as an actor to the presidency. he said, i don't know how you could be president without having been an accident. >> he said that to david brinkley in his farewell interview, that's exactly right. >> so maybe presages this presidency, but this moment is quite something. they will be coming back to washington, but still, none of us ever get that view because it's restricted air space, and it is a wonderful, wonderful view of this beautiful, magnificently beautiful city. >> he will be coming back to washington simply as a citizen and a father to his daughter who will be in high school. as we see him head to andrews, i want to bring in more of our political analysts right now, talk a little bit more about that speech. a supporter of the president, was that the speech you expected? >> i thought it was a little hotter than i might have

expected. that was a declaration of war against a washington establishment that many americans think has grown greasy with self-interest and self-importance. but yes, that's the change that donald trump campaigned on. it reminded me not of any presidential inaugural speech i've ever heard but of huey long who said republicans and democrats are just different waiters bringing you the same food from the same kitchen. well donald trump is cooking in a different kitchen. he is going to upset the apple cart in this town. >> he's going to upset the apple cart in this town but it is now a town -- matthew dowd, you've pointed this out, it's a town where you have republicans controlling the house and the senate, the white house. soon there will be a new supreme court justice chosen by donald j. trump. but none of the institutions right now enjoy a majority support. >> that's what i think is fascinating and

time in modern polling where we have an inauguration where not a single person that holds a lever of power is supported by a majority of the country. both parties aren't supported by a majority of the country, the congress isn't supported by a majority of the country, and the new president is not supported by a majority of the country. the only person supported by a majority of the country is on that helicopter leaving town, and that makes a very difficult place to govern and lead from when basically the majority of the country is opposed to every single person and institution that sits in washington d.c. >> that's right. president obama leaving about 60% approval, some of the highest approval ratings of his term. most of the time he was well below 50% through most of his 8 years and of course remember george w. bush could not garner majority support in the country either. stephanie rawlings-blake of baltimore, democrat, your thoughts on the speech? >> i think he's going to learn very quickly that it's a lot different to talk than to get thin

while i thought it was in some ways inspirational, i was encouraged by the talk about infrastructure improvement, where is he going to get that money from? the same people he just blasted on the stage. so i'm trying my hardest to stay optimistic, but it was a pretty harsh speech. >> kristen soul tis anderson? >> from my perspective this was very in line with the sorts of things that we've heard donald trump talk about all along, but i actually thought maybe the speech was less hot, less combative than perhaps i was expecting. >> how so? >> it wouldn't have surprised me if he had gone completely off prompter. anything can happen with donald trump. from my view it certainly sounded different from a different presidential inaugural address but not different than i was expecting, certainly dark in tone in places. the phrase american carnage sticks out, the image of factories closing down. sounded like billy joel with the factories closing down and things. t

convention and back then we said is this too dark a tone, is this really where america is and now he's the president of the united states. i think there are folks that feel hopeful but have felt forgotten and he wanted to let those people know i'm here for you. >> he said i take an oath of allegiance to all americans. martha raddatz, what struck me was that closing gesture, the clenched fists. >> i've never seen anything like that at the end of an inaugural speech, never. we've talked about is this a re-election speech. well, there's a huge difference as the mayor and some others have pointed out. he has to fulfill those promises. he is now the president of the united states. can he get rid of welfare and get everybody back to work? good luck with that. can he get rid of isis completely? those are huge, complicated challenges. >> and mary bruce, he's going to get to work right now in the capitol. he's having lunch with the members of the house and the senate, also expected to go at

executive orders. >> reporter: the president now is off to the side of the rotunda in a room appropriately called the president's room. he's there to sign a series of official documents completing the transfer of power. also, for instance, signing nominations to his cabinet posts, even though we've already seen many of these hearings. that couldn't officially start until he was president. and then of course as you mentioned, we're seeing lawmakers start to flow into that luncheon. this is a traditional celebratory luncheon, a chance for everyone to mark what has just happened. we're expecting 200 guests, leaders of congress, members of the supreme court, cabinet nominees, congressional leaders. but given the tone of that speech, i suspect the tone of that luncheon may be a little different than what was expected. there will be speeches, there will be a presentation of gifts and toasts to the new administration. and also we should note that there's also a practical purpose here. this is a very long day. this luncheon is an opportunity

>> we see right now vice-president -- former vice-president biden, dr. jill biden leaving washington at union station by amtrak. there's a story there. of course he's a senator from delaware, lived in delaware for so many years and would always commute by train almost every night. remember, he came to washington, came to the senate on the heels of a tragedy, a horrible tragedy, lost his wife and a child in a horrible car accident. his two sons survived. and he would go home every night on that amtrak train to be with them. he's joined by senator tom corker there as well. what a way to leave. we've heard again, i just got on my phone right now, first tweet from president trump. power from washington d.c. and giving it back to you, the american people -- i take it back. two tweets there. today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or one party to

transferring power from washington d.c. and giving it back to you, the american people. the first tweet from the 45th president of the united states. we see the members of the senate come into the capitol right now. i want to bring one of the president's oldest friends, m e mike cabello, friends and roommates at the military academy so many years ago. did you hear the man you know? >> yes, i did. >> what did you think? >> i'm happy because i'm one of those guys that's for change also. so i think people have learned over the last year and a half of the 16 guys reduced to one and now the president, you ask him a question and you get an answer. he means what he says. if he thinks it he says it. >> you say he was a confident guy back then? >> yeah, he was. of course we went to school, it's all type a players, and he was -- like i said, we started out in 8th grade together and

we played football together. he went to baseball, i went to lacross. we just had -- it was a very interesting five years going to military school together. >> military school, there we see a picture of him right there in the military school. tell me about this. i imagine that a place of -- where you really have to follow authority, obviously. you're in a military school. he seems like the kind of guy who likes to give orders, not take them. >> well, he eventually gave orders at the end but as you start out, you're just a young cadet and you work your way up the food chain. that rigid discipline is good for you and i think he's carried it on from what i understand from colleagues that work with him in business that he still has that same kind of self-discipline, self-promotion, work aholic. so that's why i'm encouraged that he'll do good for the country, and i just wish everybody would be a little patient a

and give him a 1,000-day report card. it's up to us to pull the country together. he can only lead by example. we got to do it. >> we are seeing all those images from him at military school when you were his roommate. what is the one thing you know about donald trump that most americans may not know? >> i can't really think of anything, george. i've been asked that question quite a lot. i keep coming down to he's authentic, he's genuine. you talk to him -- i always separate my life of whether you like a person personally or professionally as you go through decades of work experience. he's the kind of guy you would like if he's your neighbor. so you talk to the people that actually know trump the person, not trump the brand, and of course now we have a third generation coming, trump the president. i think he's going to do quite well at it. will there be bumps, sure, but it's what you do next. >> it must be amazing for you to see your old friend and roo

states. congratulations for that and thank you for joining us. >> thank you, george. have a good day. >> more tweets coming in from the president. a few more. january 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. from this moment on, america first. and sefrnl more. we will bring back jobs, borders, wealth and bring back our dreams, echos from that inaugural address here on the day of his inauguration, donald j. trump, 45th president of the united states. we'll be right back.

>> i ronald reagan. >> i, george bush. >> i william jefferson clinton. >> i george walker bush. >> i barack obama. >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear. >> there are the moments right there and there we see president obama has landed at andrews air force base. coming out to greet the supporters who gathered there one last time. to say farewell. president obama has so many staffers martha hraddatz who served with him. >> you would know this well, george. when you say goodbye to staff, that's one of the most emotional moments i think he told you in your interview. when you say goodbye to the loyal staff. president obama has maintained his family life. he's right next door to the oval office. he was. staffers gave up a lot of family time. they gave up a lot of their

lives. >> as he described, he says people say i'm a pretty cool cat but i got teary eyed when i brought them up to the residence to say goodbye. certainly that will happen again although he looks happy right now. >> he does not have to carry that football anymore. >> no longer has the biscuit which has the codes. one of the privileges he's going to lose, the golf course at andrews air force base. he played there more than 100 times over the course of his eight years but he might have more time now. >> i was going to say i think he'll find a golf course no matter where he is and he'll be around washington, d.c. >> you talk about the staff as well. the president, we see it in his face, developed close bonds with the military aides. >> you bet. they're with him all the time. of course, the chairman joint chief who is his military adviser. he's very close to them.

time, greeted by many of the same people. you get a real bond. of course, what president obama did as well is visit service members at walter reed. >> he said that was the most solemn responsibility he had as we see former president jimmy carter to go pay attention to the wounded to comfort their families. >> that's got to be the hardest thing a president does. i think that will be a moment for donald trump. that will be the moment when if we lose someone in battle, a battle that he may be responsible for or sending someone into conflict and then when you visit the wounded. >> you saw it on president trump's face yesterday at arlington cemetery. you saw him and the vice president-elect mike pence put the wreath on the tomb. started to hit home now and becomes more real now. >> the whole family, it was a very solemn moment for all of them. and we also saw today, did you

see that first salute when he turned around? >> the first one. we see the members of congress gathering. terry moran. >> as we see president obama and the first lady prepare to depart washington, it's not only the end of the obama era, i want to go back to the speech, it's the end of american internationalism. donald trump just declared it dead. you look at the other inaugural speech. kennedy will bear any burden, pay any price to support and defend freedom. george w. bush, the policy of the united states to defeat tierney and what we're hearing from donald trump is no more. we're going to protect. he said protectionism is a good thing and we are going to defend ourselves and enough of this nation building and it is frankly the whole speech a judgment on the failure of american policy for ordinary americans, these two wars that have lasted 15 years have just soured millions of americans on

defend freedom in the world. >> america first, the theme. we have not seen the president yet. he's in the president's room along with white house counsel and reince priebus. we still don't know what the executives orders are that he is signing. there's been some tussle inside the incoming trump white house. some suggest that he wanted to do all of the big executive orders right away. others saying he'll spread them out. david muir, he's got some policies on his website. >> yeah, the social transition has begun and the white house website has several potential executive orders, some highlights. it echos what we heard from donald trump on the campaign trail. energy plan. eliminating policy such as the climate action plan. 50 trillion in untapped shale oil and open it up on federal lands. build a

renegotiate nafta. among things listed on the website. you're seeing president clinton and hillary clinton. there's talk on twitter about the fact she showed up and stood there as a former first lady but also as the opponent who lost to him after 65 million votes for her, 65 plus million, 66 perhaps. obviously he didn't mention her in the speech or talk about unity in my form. and there's been some interesting twitter action from at least her supporters, many who plan to make their voices heard tomorrow at smaller gatherings around the country. >> we see the chief justice for the lunch as well. got through that oath without a hitch this time. it all went smoothly. and as they all wait for the president, justice pryor coming in as well. president trump has promised dramatic, dramatic change in washington and the

now matthew dowd, what can he deliver on for so many things he raised for example, the infrastructure. it's an issue that splits democrats and republicans but can he get cooperation from the other side? >> i'm going to agree with something that was said earlier today which is ultimately we have talked about his words and the words he uses and speeches he uses. the american public is in a completely judging his actions. if he said the thing wrong, if he delivers on certain things, that the american public wants, then i think his numbers will rise and become much more of a majority leader in this country. the problem in the congress today is it's broken into three parts. there's the democrats who are opposing him at almost everything. >> and there we see president obama is about to speak. and his supporters gathered at the air force base. david wright is there. >> reporter: you can only imagine how excited former president oba

iconic plane won't be called air force one for this trip but special air mission 28,000 having to do with the tail numbers but the family is headed to palm springs. president obama promised the family he would take them somewhere warm and palm springs is about 10 degrees warmer than it is here. hasn't said how long he will stay but got one more piece of business before he leaves, addressing 1,000 supporters, former staff members and service members gathered in an airport hangar to say goodbye. you can hear me a 21 gun salute to send him off. how eager must he be to be getting on that plane and wheels up. ♪

♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> former president and first lady sharing a moment there. both expected to turn their

>> hello everybody. [ cheers ] >> you know, michelle and i, we've really been milking this goodbye thing. so it behooves me to be very brief. yes. yes. you know, i've said before and i will say again that when we started on this journey, we did so with an abiding faith in

american people and their abili ability, our ability to join together and change the country in ways that would make life better for our kids and grandkids. that change didn't happen from the top down, but happened from the bottom up. it was met sometimes with skepticism and doubt. some folks didn't think we could pull it off. there were those who felt that the institutions of power and privilege in this country were too deeply entrenched and yet, all of you came together in small towns and big cities, a whole bunch of

>> what you're seeing there, power has transferred. president obama saying goodbye to his staff. president trump about to sign his first executive orders as president of the united states. >> we got to know each other and you went in the communities that maybe you had never even thought about visiting and met people that on the surface seemed completely different than you. didn't look like you or talk like you or watch the same tv programs as you and yet, once you started talking to them, it turned out you had something in common. in a group. and it built. and people took notice. throughout it was infused with a sense of hope. and as i said in 2004, it wasn't blind optimis

do all this work, it wasn't willful ignorance to all the challenges america faces, it was hope -- >> president trump there with his grandkids. >> hope in the face of uncertainty. >> president obama hitting the themes he hit from the beginning of his political career, hope. >> and throughout this process michelle and i -- >> very rarely you see two presidents side by side like that. >> we have been -- >> with such dramatically different visions and plans. we're about to see the first plan signed now by the 45th president of the united states. >> but this has never been about us. it has always been -- >> no advanced word from the trump team what he's going to be signing. we'll report it as soon as we get it.

you. in the same way when we talk about our amazing military and our men and women in uniform, the military is not a thing, it's a group of committed -- >> there it is the first signature. >> willing to sacrifice everything on our behalf. it works only because of the people in it. as cool as the hardware is and we got cool hardware, as cool as the machines, weapons, satellites are -- >> as president trump signs his second order we're going to close in on that.

his grandson there. >> i assume it was approved today. [ laughter ] >> it's coming though right? >> first billing signed. a waiver for general mattis' incoming into the pentagon. martha raddatz he's served as a general. you have to way seven years. >> seven years, civilian controlled defense department. with that waiver, jim mattis will be allowed to be secretary of defense. >> also signing the formal nominations of other cabinet members. something of a tradition as well. the presidents proclaim national for thanksgiving and remembrance. some housekeeping from the president. promises more

only two cabinet members likely to be in place by the end of the day. both generals. general mattis, general kelly, homeland security. presidential privilege he's talking about right there. you have to get pens out after you sign orders or bills. sometimes you even break the pen into pieces or sign one letter of your name at a time so you can have more pens. his son over his shoulder right next to the house speaker, paul ryan. these are things the president can do on his own. the work of legislating begins next. congress did have to approve that waiver for general mattis. that wasn't hard. he glided through, well respected by both democrats and republicans. >> didn't always agree with what

he talked about russia as a threat. president trump seems to want a new relationship with russia. it took him a long time to say that russia was responsible for the hacking. >> i'm struck by that scene we see right there. the mixture of leaders of congress, his vice president and his family. boy, he likes to have his family very, very close by. >> and his grandchildren. they're adorable. looking over his shoulder. this room he's in is calmed the president's room because the president would stay there. congress, the old congress adjourned on march 3rd and the new president was inaugurated march 4th from much of our history and the old president would stay in that room and sign -- or the new president, sign and sign and sign -- i'm sorry -- the old president all night long before the new inauguration.

somewhat the transition of power. so coming into that room is part of a very long history of taking advantage of the nearness to the -- it's right off the senate chamber. >> we saw nancy pelosi give over a pen to the republican leader of the senate first mitch mcconnell and taking one of her own. she's taking off that pen she had before that was symbolizing the protection of the obamacare. he just -- little praise for his nominee for secretary of energy, rick perry. now signing all the nominations for all of his incoming cabinet. as we said only two will be confirmed by the end of the day. >> that's the big question is how many will have by the end of his first week and you were saying earlier there's been debate over how much he would take as far as executive action order right away other than

nominees or whether we'll see more of that on monday. kellyanne conway has said in the last 24 hours that he plans to begin and begin quickly. as you say on redefining washington. but we're getting very little detail. i see on the website as far as foreign policies are concerned very similar language to what we saw during the campaign saying peace through strength, rebuilding the military. one thing that did stick out to us here is that there's a statement pledging to engage in cyber warfare against terrorist networks. language involving cyber warfare. >> he's asked for a plan to be on his desk within the next 60 days and wants the plan to try to defeat isis. some is finished already. martha he promised things on his first day he's not going to be able to do or choose not to do. he said from the beginning he was going to rip up the nuclear agreement. general mattis said he thinks we have to stand by it. no sign that's

ripped up. >> america has to keep her word is what general mattis said. i think you'll see they'll keep a close eye to make sure iran is in line with that agreement. if they're not, that's when the pressure will come. look back at some of his tweets over the last few months about north korea. he said nuclear weapons capable of reaching the u.s., it won't happen. iran, he said, the small iranian votes that have been going up to our ships, he said, you will be shot. those are some red lines, some of the things i'm watching particularly with iran, particularly some of the harassment in the persian gulf and north korea that very well could be his first crisis. >> that's foreign policy crisis on the domestic front. promising to undo many of the federal regulations that president obama himself was able to institute by executive order. that's something that many presidential scholars have mentioned try

passing president, the president takes on more responsibility and power unto himself. we've seen the executive branch grow and that power being turned over from president obama to president trump. >> that concentration of power is what he said he wanted to reverse. but he is a guy who likes to take charge. his personality he's got an executive personality, no question. he wants to use it to transfer power back to the people to d disempower washington. ronald reagan said the same thing. he did a good deal of that and he wants very much to do the same. >> let's see if we can hear. >> this guy is going to do a great job. >> the speaker would like that. >> just one world series and the family. >> doing a running come mentary on all his cabinet.

his candidate for secretary. >> america is so accustomed to seeing him at these tables. on the television he's been part of the "apprentice" and he's sitting there as leader of the free world and even just in our live coverage moments ago president obama speaking and how quickly do we shift focus to the new president. >> ivanka has a new baby behind her. her husband jared there as well. sorry, that's baby theodore. i take that back. arabella by his side in the red. you hear the chatter of the kids.

nikki haley he's talking about. that's his nominee for u.n. ambassador. >> i feel like i'm eavesdropping on a family dinner there. >> two nikki haleys. >> you're right, david, this looks like something -- >> the imagery, he'll fall right into very easily i would gather with the same skill-set. i seen jared kushner and one thing i noticed, the steps of the capitol standing behind his father-in-law before he took the oath, he had a smile on his face and so rarely do you see any emotion in his face but he'll play a very key role inside that white house. >> key point of contact for foreign leaders and work with cabinet secretaries on modern e modernizing their departments. the trusted counselor to his father-in-law. that organization at the top o

the trump white house as we hear him talking about his cabinet nominees, matthew dowd, unlike many others really going to have four, five key players who are basically part of him and donald trump likes to deal with board of directors, all jockeying for position, all wanting to be the last person in the room. >> yeah. i think it's not maybe unlike, it's unlike any others i've seen in the course of the presidency. one, he ran for an office without any political experience and now his key advisers he's brought in to the white house all have no washington experience. >> this is the patriotism proclamation the president is signing. [ applause ] >> with that, it appears first order to business have been taken care of. and it does

can gather was mostly the housekeeping we talked about. the patriotism proclamation, signing the nominations for his cabinet nominees. the waiver for general mattis and now it's time for lunch. mr. trump not a foodie as he heads into lunch but mary bruce is up there. it is quite a fancy menu. >> reporter: it certainly is, george. what is he going to eat as his first meal as president? it's surf and turf. on the menu, maine lobster, grilled shrimp, beef steak followed up by a chocolate soufflet and cherry vanilla ice cream. >> not so bad. all before the parade this afternoon. of course, they'll be going right by the trump hotel which he was so proud of opening up.

congress, senators, invited guests waiting. hillary clinton staying for lunch it appears. i think she's talking to john cornyn from texas. president clinton behind her. and president clinton next to trump's sister maryann right there. i think that's kellyanne conway. she'll be heading to the white house for her first day of work after this lunch as well. senator john mccain. of course, he ran for president in 2008. quite concerned over the russian hacking of this election. still withholding judgment martha raddatz on whether he's going to support rex tillerson. >> there are a couple of holdouts up there. others who may or may not support him. republicans. rex tillerson had the support of bob gates. i think that was huge. >>

>> former cia director. he was there when they went after bin laden and his support meant a great deal but john mccain is still not convinced. >> made a great deal of difference to president trump, reported that bob gates brought it up and rick perry former governor of texas and now the nominee for secretary of energy who onced called for the elimination of the energy department and took that back in his hearings this week. faced tough questioning. we see rex tillerson talking to the chief justice of the united states john roberts. you said there's still some holdouts on rex tillerson. marco rubio ran against donald trump. lindsey graham also withholding judgment. if they vote against tillerson that could maybe doom his chances of getting secretary of state. >> marco rubio was especially tough in questioning rex tillerson. he

he talked about russia. he talked about things that rex tillerson refused to answer seemingly very simple questions and marco rubio is just holding out -- >> justice alito next to mr. sessions. president's nominee for attorney general right there. his hearings went more smoothly than people expected even though he had faced some tough opposition from the naacp. senator cory booker came to testify against him. >> is that general mattis? >> that's general mattis right there, yeah. >> george, that's right. he handled himself well. there were a number of people who came in support of him and this is a man who the arc of his career is like the arc of american history. he was a man of the south and says he's evolved. i think at the end of the day, the american people and certainly congress is willing to believe that. >> you know while all

about what the white house staff is doing right now. changing the furniture. what do they have six hours to get ready for the new president? >> depending how long the parade takes. >> yes. they change the beds, right? the mattresses, they change the headboards, everything and clean it completely. >> they have the oval office ready as well. >> pictures all down. >> they don't hire professional movers. this is the white house staff, they're the ones making this all happen in this five-hour interim period before the new first family comes home. >> there's ivanka and jared coming into the lunch right now. they'll be going to his office this afternoon in the white house as well getting to work. >> some of president obama's staff members mentioned the bus ride over as they arrive at the white house. they're shown where their offices are and there were post-it notes to get into the computer to set your own password. >> we're going to

man who helped move the white house, admiral steve rashon. former white house chief officer, served 36 years in the coast guard and you oversaw that transition in 2009? but bet you're not happy you're doing it now. >> retirement is good, george. >> tell us about those hours. >> well, it's actually pretty hectic because you want to make sure everything gets done right and gets done on time. because you want to clearly make a good impression on the new first family that comes into the house but it is roughly about five hours usually not over that to move in, move out the existing president and first family, completely clean, change drapes, put up artwork, bedding, all

of having their brand of tooth paste and toothbrush ready when president and mrs. trump walk into the house about five hours later. >> what's the toughest part of the job? >> i think the toughest part is -- well, in advance even before the election is getting all the details down, making sure that you know months in advance how this operation is going to happen. thank god we always have a predecessor in the case of -- my case is gary walters and i pass that on to the existing chief usher, angela reid. a lot of planning is where most of the work is getting done but after the election, now we're able to fine-tune it to the likes of the new incoming president and first lady. >> you're the good fortune to be

the office every day as we watch president obama with hugs for his former staffers. they're also the first african-american chief usher as we say farewell to the first african-american president. >> that's correct. that's correct. the day is really touching, particularly the morning for the staff which has dedicated 95 people that are permanent staff in the executive residence and it's tough on them to say goodbye to the outgoing president and first lady. >> it's got to be. they do become family don't they? >> they really do. they get attached to the butlers and the housekeepers and the ushers. even the plumbers and carpenters and engineers. they may be the country's first family but they become our family. >> talk about that permanent presidential staff, you know, all of us, we have had the privilege of working the white house know how special they are and know how much pride they take in their jobs. and they stay for a long time. >> yes,

i think it's important for your audience to know there's no politics discussed in the executive residence, in the mansion itself. we leave that to the east and west wing. on the average, the staff stays there 20, 25 years, i retired one gentleman with 50 years of service serving nine presidents. they take their job very seriously and regardless of who comes in, republican, democrats independent, they're there to serve that president of the united states. >> i saw former presidential staffer carl rove wrote about an encounter on his first day in the white house when one of the men cleaning had been there many years turned to him and said take care of this house. >> yes. yes. that's how close they get. they can have some nice private conversations. of course, they remain private.

is in tears on that last morning to say goodbye. >> what's the hardest part of leaving? >> the hardest part of leaving the president or -- >> the president and the white house? >> you know, after i only spent four, four and a half years there, i got attached to both presidents, but, you know, leaving that house, i have to admit other than the presidents themselves, it really is the staff because we get to know each other and you keep that friendship even after you leave. >> admiral, thank you for your service and thank you for joining us today. we're seeing now the president and first lady preparing to leave. special air mission 28,000. that's what they're calling that plane right now. no longer air force one. final salute from his military aide. final honor guard, his head held high.

>> pierre thomas, this farewell, touching for so many. >> indeed, george. you know, president obama, former president obama became a symbol of diversity in this country and a country becoming grounded by the day. for the african-american community in particular, he now holds a special place in the homes of many americans. the home that was once by martin luther king jr., now obama is within that. >> air mission 28,000, united states of america. >> how many hours to palm springs? can you imagine? how soon

he said he wants to catch up on sleep. >> about six hours, seven and a half hours. >> they might be able to go faster. there we see president trump entering for the lunch right now. there he is. out with the old, in with the new. heel be heading to the lunch. no cameras in there either. time for celebration. they're going to greet him in just a moment. expect them to stay at lunch for about an hour. parade supposed to begin at 3:00 p.m. once again,

ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states donald j. trump and ms. melania trump accompanied by roy blunt and mrs. abigail blunt. >> the president has planned a lot of action over the next several days. wants to visit the cia. has mike pompeo. still not confirmed. >> the change at the white house is in stark contrast to the continuity here. we're looking at the old house chamber, the original house chamber, now statueary h

in stone. other statesmen from the various states. and it's somewhat symbolic of how hard it is to get things done. and they just greeted bill clinton. >> and hillary clinton as well right there. you say cokie, no change in the building as we watch the president-elect right there. but great changeover in power right now. >> huge changeover in power. and we are watching it before our eyes taking place. but this is not an institution that moves swiftly. you do not have enormous change taking place right away. >> president trump hoping that is going to change. matthew dowd, he's promised fast action especially on obamacare. did not sign anything on that today but that's going to depend on congress. >> let's listen in on senator blunt. >> mr. vt, honored guests, welcome to this inaugural

committee on inaugural ceremonies has been pleased to host this lunch at least since 1953 with president eisenhower. in 1982 president reagan's first inauguration, the lunch took its current form and moved to this grand hall, the national statuary hall which served until 1857 as the chamber of the house of representatives. the statues that line the walls of this room are placed throughout the capitol and they recognize important figures in our national history. the collection in statuary hall doesn't change often but since this lunch was held the last time, it's had several additions. rosa parks is now in statuary hall and she is of course seated rather than standing as she should be. [ applause ]

when ms. parks died in 2005, one of the few people who had never held any public office or served in the military to lay to honor in the capitol rotunda and several of us were there that day. another addition, norman berglog the leader of the green revolution though this green revolution was about his great efforts to feed people the demands in food production and he was really a leader in that area and talking to governor purdue last night about what's going to happen as world food demand doubles in 35 or 40 years and the great opportunity we have there. barry goldwater. a real inspiration to a generation of conservatives was added to statuary hall over the last few years. and thomas edison of ohio who discovered more than 10,000 ways not to make a

he discovered the one way to make that light bulb. the painting in the middile of the room is from a great artist who did three election series, the painting here, three painting series, one was stump speaking, county election and this was verdict of the people. in the 1850's when this was painted, often it was several days after the election before the results were announced and all kinds of people are in this painting. people from all walks of life. people who are excited. people who are confused. people who wonder what's happened and people who wonder what's going to happen are all there. actually he painted this painting about the same time in this very room some of the least successful debates in the history of our country were being held.

price for not being able to find solutions. one of my favorite statues in the building is in a room i have here in the capitol right now. i had it in the whip's office when i was the whip in the house. it's one of my favorite because nobody knows who it is. i mean nobody knows who it is and nobody has known who it was since about 1930. couldn't have been in the capitol building more than 100 years before people began to wonder who is this person and i think it's a great reminder that what we do here is a lot more important than who we are. so we have work in front of us. it's a wonderful opportunity. it is a great day and i'm asking barry black, the chaplain of the senate to come and give us our opening prayer.

eternal lord god, our refuge and strength, we praise you that we have nothing to fear. we can stand fearlessly during this season of peaceful transition because we know your providence will prevail. lord, we're grateful for this inaugural luncheon and for your providence that has brought president donald j. trump to this milestone moment. you have admonished us to pray for leaders and governments. so we pray for our new

lord, crown his labors with success leading him to the destination you have chosen. surround him, his family and the members of his cabinet with the shield of your divine protection and favor. may president trump seek your wisdom, justice and grace leading with your strength which reaches out to those on life's margins. the lost, lonely, last, least and left out. may he remember that those who would leave a legacy of greatness must strive to become servants of all.

perform his god-appointed duties with such reverence for you that his tenure will be like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning like a rainbow after a storm and like the singing of the birds at dawn. bless our food and fellowship. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. >> the invitation from the senate chaplain barry black. >> lunch will be served. >> the cameras will leave as lu lunch is served. i want to show you a moment just before president trump sat down. there he is greeting hillary clinton, thanking her for

there. and the first lady as well. and shakes the hand of president clinton. walks over to the table. as we go to break, an image from earlier this morning, president trump in the white house, the first time we have seen that in the red room looking out as this day begins for him. we'll be right back. >> i wanted to tell president trump that i hope he succeeds and my prayers are with you. >> let's put all the bickering aside. >> you got what you asked for. don't screw it up. >> i hope he can continue to make this country great. ♪ i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down. why suffer?

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carefirst medplus. live fearless. jimmy carter left office in 1981 and holds the record for the longest post presidency at 36 years. >> of course president obama leaving as a young man as well, just 55 years old. all eyes on the capitol now where the new president donald j. trump is at lunch with leaders of the house and senate. the mall has been clearing out.

tell us who you're talking to. >> reporter: a lot of folks. everybody is talking about the crowd and estimate. you see it's cleared out at this point. but some perspective here, you see the capitol in the distance and you see all this white down here on the mall. they put these down to try to preserve some of the grass here but if you whip around this way, c'mon, stay with me with the camera, this is our media center back here. now the crowds didn't come anywhere close to this. it was cleared out. many members of the media who had booths set up had to leave and go seek out the crowds. still, of course president trump now had his supporters here and plenty of them. from what we have seen in the past with the records set by president obama with 1.8 million and a million at his second inauguration. we don't have the official crowd estimate yet but a lot of the networks, the wireless networks, at&t, verizon put more equipment to handle the live streaming and

i talked to one executive who showed me their update. it said crowds smaller than expected and it wasn't putting the strain on their network and their equipment like they thought it would. we'll get the actual numbers later and the official estimates but they were here and strong and excited. someone told me about the speech, you know what, it wasn't actually -- it was more structured than i thought. they said they come to hear trump maybe be all over the place but they were impressed it was more structured, had a tone and message. the folks out here certainly appreciated what they heard from their guy, now president trump. >> mostly supporters out there, i take it there were scattered reports of protests but nothing on the mall? >> plenty on the mall but not organized. a lot of people who held up signs. they made themselves known by the signs they had or by the t-shirts they were wearing but not necessarily something very vocal or

large groups. i wouldn't say scattered but a steady stream. you can see people made it known they were opposed who was taking office today. >> you said they thought of president trump. what do they want him to deliver? >> that's been a question for a lot of folks. you know, make america great again is a great slogan and everybody had the hat but didn't know exactly what that meant. a lot of people were excited to get the now former president out of office, a lot of people who didn't agree with some of what president obama was doing and his policies. they were excited to see the process work and get their guy into office now. their expectations at least the ones he set in this speech were incredibly lofty, big, big things, how do you pay for them? we don't know. but these folks

even some people on the fence about trump at least want to say, okay, here we go, let's see what he can do at this point. let's try to give him a chance. plenty though not willing to give him a chance and not going to forgive him on a lot of controversy statements he made. a lot of people flat-out calling him a racist. some profanity on the signs. there's some things that we saw on the campaign trail is still there and i saw some people in tears, they were so upset about what has taken place, that president trump is now in office. >> a lot of strong feeling on both sides. amy, you have been talking to people all morning of what they're looking for? >> reporter: much of what t.j. was saying, i was hearing from people who were die-hard trump supporters. others saying they were

support trump but were there to watch a democratic peaceful process and a lot of families were out there today. i noticed that a lot of families with their children watching a peaceful transfer of power which they all took in very seriously. there was some poignant moments in the crowd as they were watching and listening and cheering on the man they voted into office for the 45th president of the united states. yes, we went around the country and we wanted to hear from every day americans across the country on what they felt about on issues like immigration, national security, jobs, health care, what they would like to tell our new president. take a watch. >> i want to tell the president to please work with congress to find affordable health care for every citizen. >> i would like to tell president trump that the affordable care act is important for people like me. >> build the wall and bring jobs back to america. >> i want to tell president trump to keep families

>> i want to tell the president we are people. >> we need to shore up our borders and save our jobs for american. >> i would like to tell president trump the middle class really needs some uplifting. >> let's not forget the american worker and bring the jobs back. >> stop twitters to people. >> to do what's necessary to keep isis contained. >> i want to tell the president to love america first. >> the american worker, that is something i heard a lot about on the mall today. many said they voted with their wallets, for a better economy, for keeping and bringing jobs back to america and hoping to see from trump in the next four years. as many people told me and they were wearing the red hats, they want to help trump make america great again. george. >> we are awaiting to see what he delivers. before we go to break, i want to go to terry moran, you have initial reaction from

>> i do. there's a trump inauguration party in moscow rights now. a lot of people are happy. he said he wants to build better relations. they are reporting what they're hearing on russian tv. alexander dugan one of the closest advisers to vladimir putin said that what trump represents is he will end the american attempt to control the world. he says america died from that mission. so that's officers and riot ge-

. >> please reset for us where you are and what you're seeing. >> we're here at the corner of 12th and l street northwest. just in front of me is massachusetts. we're across the convention center. according to police, this group of protesters held up against the building. we're march down l street. and you can hear another flash bomb behind me. now probably about -- [bomb sound] >> i've counted at this .11 bombs that have gone off. and those are used basically to try to move the crowd and disperse the crowd. very loud if you're on top of

down here. and according to police, engaged in destruction of property. threw some bricks and mortar into some buildings and also -- and into some cars. police came. rounded them up and held them. you saw them just a second ago over here in front of that building. they've been here since about 11:00 processing them one by one. and the ones that they were arresting, they were putting them into the advance when there was another confrontation back behind me. and police moved in and moved the crowd from this corner all the way down to about a block. and that's where they're held up right now. and that's -- [bomb sound] >> there goes another flash bomb. i tell you, i've been doing this for awhile, and i've never experienced anything like this. the i.m.f.

protests in d.c., and i've never seen a confrontation like this. >> we're seeing people running, boris, are you seeing this. >> the explosion that horace is telling us about, is tear can gas canisters. and the police are using a skirmish line to move other protesters further down the street to other officers waiting there. and they'll make on arrest. and there's damage and vandalism. and all this happening is outside the secure area of where the presidential parade will be taking place. >> there's quite a few of these checkpoints. we went thr

just like you would go through at the airport. and they check your bags and you walk through the magnetmenter. and the police and the national guard and everyone that came to protect the city, they're throughout the city. and there are pockets at dupont circle and places where horace is at 12 and "l." as we prepare for the inaugural parade, it's not happening far from that by any means. >> no. >> and it's not too far down the street. >> and watch how fast they've gained control of the protesters. and our cameras have moved down with them to keep them from protesting. and today the protesters are organized. you have the folks and agitators throwing things

they have documenters videoing it and they have the folks that are the medical care. and in this case, they started throwing concrete blocks at the officers and that's the line you don't cross. and they may not been able to arrest all of them, but they'll make a few arrests and chase them to a position where they'll have better control. >> and dave lucas is here, our good friend from news channel 8. and dave, this is your sixth inauguration and you covered the protests in 2,000. describe the protests and if this is something you've seen in our city. >> my perspective is this is a lot like what happened in april of 2,000 in the national monetary fund bank that turned into full blown riots. it's wilding in the streets. proteste

faces on secured. and identities preserved. and running up and down the street throwing rocks and bottles and in some cases, carrying long metal pipes, if memory serves, with which they were smashing car doors and windows and anything in the area. it happened after similar demonstrations that got out of control in seattle. and so one of the biggest targets of that 2000 demonstration were starbucks stores. >> right. >> up and down the street. >> and some of them were virtually destroyed. >> let's go back to horace. >> from my vantage point, i think this is the group we need to watch right now. this is the group of protesters that have been held up against that build

11:00 this morning. police are charging more of them. and as you can see, they're taking more of them. they finished up and they're starting to take them one-on-one into the police advance and process them, and eventually take them downtown. the other protesters from different part of of the city, we know one group came from mcpherson square had gathered into the mall and was standing for a few hours. they were chanting let them go, let them go, let them be free. there was a confrontation at the elementary school between the police and the protesters. there was a scuffle and then the police fired off the flash bombs and tear gas. and they moved the entire crowd down the block. and you see the police moving

we see protesters all around us. there's a ring of hundreds of hundreds of people. it's by far not a cleared site, because not as tense as it was a few minutes ago. back to you guys. >> when the police move, they move with lightning. >> as i said that, they set off more tear gas. >> i'm sorry? >> i was just talking about the tactics of the officers. when they move, they're moving very fast as an organized group and they quickly move out intersection and streets. >> they were well managed. there were more than enough and still are more than enough officers here on the scene. and they were ready for whatever. and i heard some more tear gas go off, so i cannot see. you probably have a better vantage point than i do about what's going on a half block from me. i'm assuming that because we're hearing tear gas

under control down here. >> here's the video that jonathan was talking about with pieces of cement and smashing it on the ground. >> they were pulling up the sidewalk and -- >> and this is live images here downtown. >> these are the -- this is when somebody gets really badly hurt. you take one of those in the head, that's stuff that can get people killed. and police have to be guarded about how they respond in this day and age. everything is on videotape and a lot of the protesters will be taping on their cell phones to document the one time that -- >> let's get back to horace. horace? >> i think we have an injured officer being brought up the street right now. as more of those flash bombs and tear gas goes off down the street. you case

treated. >> we want peace! >> we want justice! we want peace! >> there's still a crowd gathered here in this little park. all of this is happening just a block from where i'm standing right now and it started right here on this corner. this particular confrontation stretching into 20-25 minutes long before the protesters and the police. only injury we've seen so far is this police officer that they're trying to get up for help. we can hear the ambulances coming, but we don't see any in addition area. meanwhile, while all that is going, you can see t

the original group of protesters held up by police up against this being. one-on-one they're being led off and put into police advance. we've seen 4 or 5 advance that have been filled with protesters move off. there are 2 or 3 more still here. so i'm sure this scene is going to be quite lively for quite some time this afternoon. right here at 12th and "l." it's going to take awhile before they get that under control. >> be safe and we appreciate your coverage. we'll check back with you. let us know if you have information to pass along. >> these are live pictures of the protesters. and they shoot the tear gas as soon as they get to the groups. this group has already proven to be violent. they're throwing rocks and concrete bricks into the lines of officers. we've already seen one officer who clearly was hurt and

-- he was in riot gear. he had a helmet and shield and was being treated by some of his friends that took him away from that action. >> we want to go to richard reeves who is in a different position. tell us what you're seeing where you are. >> alice, we've heard so much about a nation divided. this is a street divided. behind me, pennsylvania avenue. and we have a lot of trump folks that are waiting for trump to come down the street. joe is going to pan over there. over by the navy archive memorial is a group of protesters who have been gathering for most of the day. other than where horace and sam were, this group a subdued. police have a hard line against this line

protesters. you can see the metal barrier between the protesters and the police. as we mentioned, these are among to 3,000 police officers who've been deputized. and their order is to keep the peace and keep things secure here in this area along this parade route. the big problem for authorities is what will happen when the new president comes through on his motorcade? you have these protesters on one side and trump supporters on the other side. police, obviously, hoping to keep calm. we'll have to see what happens. back to you guys. >> all right. rich, thank you, very much. we're keeping on eye on things. all this is outside the perimeter of the secure area. where rich is, you have the big barriers. these are live pictures of the 12 and "k" area. and riot police with their

into the protesters and get them further away from the secure area where the parade is taking place. >> and we're seeing the flashes of smoke in the distance. horace said that he saw it 11 or 12 times. it's likely tear gas and not smoke. that's the best bet at this point. if we hear something else, we'll let you know. we're monitoring the situation closely. these are pockets of protests popping up throughout the city. some of them converging with other pockets and merging with other groups. and that group is from earlier running down the the street from the mcdonald's. >> right. >> and from the left is a block down from where horace is. he's at 12th and "l." this video is further down from where he is. he's hearing the activity and watching the people there.

protesters who they had them back against that wall since 11:00 this morning. yeah. >> and he said that some of them were being charged. >> some of them are being arrested one at a time, you can't arrest the whole group. they have been making arrests. you have a lot of protesters converging on the district that want to be part of the -- this is all outside the secure perimeter area where the parade will take place. so the parade route is already lined. there are folks out there with signs of protest and a lot of folks out there with trump paraphernalia. so obviously supporters. you're seeing 3-5 blocks off the parade route outside the secured area.

manpower that's out here. there are thousands of police officers from across the country. they don't need to know the city. they need to know the antics of the protesters. >> let's go to horace at 12th and "l.." >> we moved down the corner to 12th and "k." you can see the police line and protesters on the other side with police in a standoff station. [helicopter in the background] >> you can see the two lines of police. one behind us in the second line a little farther. and then the protesters opt side. we can see on the ground, the pieces of brick and

jonathan that you were talking about, that were smashed and thrown at police. and you can see the smoke bombs, what's left of them, that police have set off. it's a standoff right now. everything is quiet at this point. the protesters are kind of mulling around and there's police everywhere. ironically at the same time, there are a large group of spectators who have been lining the streets right here behind me. we're about a block from the convention center, and people who had come out just to watch the inaugural events in this area are out now watching this. you can see the folks by the church over there watching what's been happening over here. there's of course, been a lot of noise -- let's see if we can turn back around, marty, to the crowd. and again, a very, very tense situation. the police, jonathan and

alison, have moved them from the original location from 12th and "l," they have moved them down to k street one block and on the corner of k street. that's the situation right now. it's still extremely tense and very much a standoff. and hopefully this crowd will disperse and no one else gets hurt. we did see that one police officer who had to be pulled out of the area and was taken out to get help. but we have not seen any other injuries at that point. >> what happened to that officer? you haven't heard if he was struck with an object or what happened? >> no. >> it seems like -- >> that appears to be what happened. >> it appears that they're herding the protesters. they're pushing them further away from the parade route? >> um, we've got two sets of

at. the group on 12th street -- you see the line of police officers, and you see them pushing them back. so you could see it yourself right now if you look at our pictures. they're pushing them back towards downtown. away from the parade route, yes. and this other group who is to our right on k street, they're just at a standoff right now. i'm sure police will be pushing them a little bit towards 14th street and i believe there's another group of police officers on the other side of that. so we have to watch very carefully when police start moving the crowd, to see how the crowd responds to that. but -- >> and you said they're arresting some of these folks one at a time. >> it's a standoff at this point. >> they're arresting them one at a time? that process is going

>> yeah -- here we go. now what basically happened there was the crowd took a few steps towards the police officers. and here you see -- wow. [bomb sound] >> the rocks and the bricks. >> there go the rocks and bricks and then police now setting -- i don't believe that's tear gas. i believe those are just -- >> smoke bombs. >> you see them going off. [helicopter in the background] >> what started this is the crowd took 2 or 3 steps toward the officers, and the officers started to move them back and this is what we've got. >> it was a standoff and that's what made the next

the line started to move towards the officer and they pushed them. >> rubber bullets. rubber bullets. >> now we see one officer was hurt right there because the -- the canister was thrown back at them and it hit him. he's back in action. >> go off in the air

they're throwing them back. that's a good example right there. that was a canister being thrown at the crowd, and then one being thrown back at police. >> how many protesters are we looking at? 3 or 4 dozen? what are we looking at? >> in that group -- now they're -- now they're moving down 13th street. they're moving around the corner at this point. the protesters have moved -- look like they're moving off of k street and went down 13th. >> horace, be careful out there. they're spraying, be careful. >> it's more than a couple of dozen. marty, what would you say? 100 or so or more? 100 or so or more and poli

[chanting in the background] >> we have live pictures -- >> again this is right here in down -- here in downtown washington. day of inauguration. right here a lot of action going on at this point at 13th and k street. >> we appreciate the pictures, horace, but please, please, be careful out there, and the crew. >> let me -- let me tell you, that crowd has moved, but we have another crowd that we have to keep an eye on protesters and police -- down that way. >> so they're basically converging now? >> 12th street. >> yes, at this point. >> and horace -- >> and then we have the

are processing at 12th and "l" which is a block from where i'm standing right now. >> we're still 40 minutes away from the presidential parade starting. all of this is playing out, the protesters certainly wanted to have their say and get their time on television, and mission accomplished for them. and we're 45 minutes away from the parade on constitution avenue. we have time, but it seems to be getting intense and bigger as groups are converging in certain areas and coming together. >> horace, are you still with us? >> yes, i am. alison, the police don't want to rush clearing this area out. they don't want to rush it, so they're going to take their time and make sure that they use as much caution as they possibly can. but very much a standoff and very tense. as you can see -- >> while you

watching the shot here. it looks like -- >> another officer -- >> another officer with a couple of people helping him here. he definitely looks hurt. and it looks like they're trying to get him some help. is that something you're able to see where you're standing? >> yes. yes. >> okay. >> can you see it from -- [chanting in the background] >> can you see that in our camera? >> we saw that for a moment. we're off of that shot right now, but we did see that. >> we should let folks know at home that we have 3 or 4 cameras set up in the area around where this is taking place around 12th and "k" and 12th and "l." >> no kkk, u.s.a. >> as far as this officer is concerned. there's several soldiers and members of the military who have come to his aid at this point. so he is being treated. >> okay. >> but again i have not seen an

yet. >> i'm struck by -- >> there are a number of members of the military who are down in this area helping with security. and now we're starting to see them. if you're looking at our pictures now, you can see them helping to clear k street and helping the police. >> the national guard, yeah. and horace, you're behind the police line. you're in a place where you feel somewhat protected or safe, or not at all? >> yeah, the police are not going to allow us to get any closer than we are right now. you can see the police officers standing right in front of us. >> okay. okay. >> and police have come from around the country with riot here. that's what we're seeing here, the national guard showing up 7500. and they don't have riot gear or side arms. they're there as backup or help and also a presence. >> horace, while you're

please jump in wherever you need to to help us out here. and please keep us apprised on what's happening. and we have dave lucas back with us. and dave, i'm interested in hearing from you as well. you were struck by something here. >> think about where this is too, in terms of strategic place on 12th and "l" and 12th and "k." somewhere around there. very much the heart of insider washington. it's not official washington. it's a business and lobbying and commercial center. there's a lot going on right now there. i'm also fair well convinced that what we're seeing here, they're watching over at the white house and talking about the folks up here on capitol hill. so i wouldn't be surprised if the luncheon takes longer than had been planned. and maybe that there are some strategic

parade itself. >> the parade is supposed to start at 3:00. there's flexibility, obviously, but at some point -- and folks at home are probably saying why don't they arrest these guys? we're talking about 100-plus people. and you don't know who's involved and it takes time. and they don't want to rush and have pandemonium and create a riot. >> let's go over to q. mccray. >> q, what do you see? >> we're at k and 13th northwest. it's really a standoff between the police officers and these protesters have been chucking pieces of cinder block at the police officers here who have lined up in the skirmish line. there has been going off for the last ten minutes. in response, police officers

launching flash bombs at the protesters who have been throwing rocks at them and other things. i'm sure if they're with the professional media, but there are a lot of people out here with their cell phones and taking personal shots and getting close to the police officers. when that happens, they don't know who those people are. they told the network to move back to the side streets. a lot of the people you're seeing out here, all people have their cameras. but the police don't know who they are. they don't have credentials on them. they simply have their cameras with them. so there's been times when the police officers have launched flash bombs into that crowd that you're looking at right now. but again, in that crowd of people with cameras, a lot of protesters have been throwing rocks and bottles and anything they can find in the streets

been lined up here on the corner of k and 13th northwest for the last 5-10 minutes right now. maybe 5-10 minutes ago, they were launching -- i was hearing blasts from the flash bombs and spraying people with the pepper spray. our photographer got some of it in his eye, but he's doing okay. it's crazy at the intersection of 13th and k street. >> we should let folks know that you're looking at the right side of protests happening outside the secure area. the left side of the screen is the parade route. that's the secure area. you don't see any of the kind of rioting and unrest that you see on the right side. if anything happened like that on the left-hand side of your korean, you would see a swarm of officers rush in and take them

the people on the left side have gone through metal detecters and they have been screened. and that's not to say that there's not protesters. they have signs protesting trump, not an issue. they're not going to be able to cause problems like we've seen at 12th and "k" and 12th and "l." >> law enforcement has said that everybody has the right to be here and to protest. it's when they break the law that they'll be arrested. and so as horace said, we're seeing some arrests today and we're seeing some violence and the smoke bombs that the law enforcement officers are using to try to disperse the crowds is -- their first line of defense, right? they have the skirmish lines you were talked about. they can push towards these crowds to break them up a little bit. and then they have the

bombs they've been using throughout the afternoon. and everyone knew there would be protests today. and everybody who's protesting is well within their right to do so until a law is broken. >> until you start throwing cinder block and bricks. is horace holmes still with us? >> yes, i am, can you hear me? >> what are you seeing out there? what's happening? >> okay. at this point, it still hasn't changed much except we're seeing smoking lines from behind the police line about a block from where we're standing right now. it's still quiet and still very much a standoff there. and to my left, back down k street where police have moved the crowd yet a little bit more. can you see them down there? they moved that crowd a little bit more. you've got this crowd behind

and then we have a crowd of protesters who have gathered -- marty, if we can look behind us -- along with other people and spectators who have been in the area. we're kind of -- we're kind of sandwiched in the middle of this. and then again as i look back down k street toward 11th, that crowd of protesters that are being arrested by police, still there at that point. it's quiet right now. >> and horace, do you have a lot of -- do you have folks out there that are looky-lous? just standing around? >> of course. we see lots of people. marty, if you could spin around and see the people that are on the steps of the church.

those are people that are in suits. and a lot of people down towards the convention center. so there are a lot of people in this area. a whole a lot of people and a whole a lot of police. >> yes, thank you. please stay safe and keep us posted. we want to go over to q. mccray. i understand that some people are lighting fires in the streets where you are. >> alison, this is a live look at 13th and "k" street. people have grabbed trash cans and benches and lit them on fire. it's gone on for five minutes or so. it looks like the police officers are planning their next move to get this all taken care of. we want to show you other vandalism that's going on out there if we can make our way through the crowd

take a look these vehicles here. people have been vandalizing the cars park on the street. and this looks like a media vehicle. over here to the left, limos vandalized. tagged as well. you could see the spray paint on the side. and somebody was ready to enjoy the inauguration day and now that's been ruined. the police officers aren't the only ones being targeted by this violence. a limo driver, that's someone's livelihood right here. and the media vehicle. and we'll show you the crowd and the fire quickly. you'll see the massive amount of the people here. the majority of people out there have been come for the most part, but there are some agitators and people who are

causing fires and throwing rocks and cinder blocks at the police officers who have lined up what, maybe 50 yards away from where we are right now. let me give you a look at where the fire is right now. excuse me, buddy. can you get by you real quick? >> yeah. >> move back a second, my friend. here you go, this is it. this is it. you have people out there with their messages. they're cursing at each other right now as well. there's tension within the protesters as well. just a violent situation all around. it looks like one of the protesters is trying to stop the other from starting fires. this is the scene. this is it. again, the intersection of 13th street northwest

street. you know, this scene speaks for its, guys. >> q, are you hearing exactly what this group is protesting? is it donald trump? the inauguration? what are they protesting? >> you know what, jonathan, i've seen people out there calling for, you know, the stop of racism, stop of -- they're protesting the election. that's period. whatever donald trump stands for and stood for, that's what they're protesting. now, as for the people setting fires and attacking police, i don't know. at this moment, i can hear a couple of guys going back and forth. one telling the other to stoplighti stoplighting -- stop lighting things on fire. this is the wrong message to the country. that's basically it in all honesty.

upset about trump being our new president. they're are people protestling peacefully and trying to stop things from getting any further escalated. >> q, how far away are police from where you're standing right now? >> 50 yards away. if we were to pan -- show them that red light. there you go. the police officer skirmish line is right under that traffic signal. they're not too far away. in 20 minutes or so ago, they were launching flash bombs into this crowd to try to have them disperse. that did not work. they're still here and still starting fires. that's the scene as of right now. calm, besides the fire. but compared to what was going

on 15-20 minutes ago, this is actually calm. but who knows what might happen if some of these protesters throw rocks at the police officers lined up not too far away. >> keep you wits about you and be safe. >> got it. >> let's go back to horace holmes. he's on the other side. >> we're seeing more police officers move in because the crowd behind me has grown. and i tell you what, it's -- it's getting very tense, but it is quiet. so you see more officers have been brought in to hold back this crowd. you've been listening to a number of protesters who very much want to be able to join this other group back over here. but of course, police are not going to let anybody pass their line right here. and i was listening to q talking about the fires

see. you can see on k street the black smoke coming up. you can see it from both angles. down 12th and up 12th street to l street it's been quiet. you were talking about the members of the national guard, and you can see them walking towards us. they jumped in and helped to clear out all the debris and a number of those newspaper boxes were thrown in the middle of the street. they are now policing the area. they've been able to put those back in place. they helped when one of the officers went down momentarily. that officer seems to be just fine at this point. so they're not right in the midst of the police line, but you can see them working and helping out here. >> how many of the people standing -- horace -- are

right side folks that are watching? or are those some of the protesters? >> those are mostly protesters to my right. they've kind of circled the entire area. so we've got protesters here, there, back behind me, and down the street. we're right in the middle of the protesters. they're all around us. over here we we probably have 150 protesters. >> have they told you why they chose that area? >> it started at that march down l street and that group was held for hours. and the word got out for other protesters to come out in solidarity to that group. so a big crowd started at a small crowd of protesters who were chanting let them go, let them go. and at 1:00, it turned into a

protesters marched to that area. that's what started all this. that group that was held up against the building at 12th and "l." the ones that the police have been putting in police vans. the group came here chanting let them go. let them go. let them go. and the crowd got so big that it was a confrontation and led us to what we're seeing right now. >> d.c. police have reported they've arrested 95 protesters. did you get a sense that most of those are in our area or scattered throughout the city? >> that sounds about right from the number that we've kind of been counting. at this point, only those people up there on l street, the ones they were taking one by one, they trapped against the

and the vans go off to d.c. jail. i don't think anyone else have been arrested yet. >> thank you.monitor that for us. >> alison? >> yep. go ahead. >> i just want to say that we have not seen any major injuries. we have not seen ambulances in here taking people out. i know that there are a number of people who have been suffering because they got hit by pepper spray and tear gas, but we have not seen people -- we've only seen one protester taken off in an ambulance earlier this afternoon. >> as all of this is unfolding there near the 12th and "k" and 12th and "l" area from our vantage point here at the embassy of canada with the capitol behind us, we can see the beginnings of the inaugural parade. first in line, if our list is

correct, the first calvary division. >> they're getting set up on side streets and getting ready to go. that's one of the military vans and they'll be become from around the way. >> they have positioning throughout the city. >> start marshalling. >> it takes a lot to get these folks together. once they start going, if you haven't seen it before, especially a military band, the precision in which they work -- >> our colleague, j.j. green, who was the national security reporter for -- has tweeted out. he says law enforcement sources tell me they expect running protests like this for the foreseeable future. apparently what we're seeing there now is something that we should expect. that the guerilla

will, has broken out. and j.j. green is very well plugged into homeland security forces and says this is going to last for awhile. >> for police you have a limit number of choices of what to do. they could run the lines and arrest everybody and handcuff them and take them away. and some of the people are watching. they're not protesters, per se, but they're curious. >> this is outside the exclusion zone too. and you don't want to take away the resources that are inside over here whose job it is to protect the folks who are lined up down pennsylvania after right now and all the folks who will be in that parade. so you've got this duality of missions. you have to keep the peace where you can and protect it at all cost, the p

everyone involved in the inaugural parade. and we're 15 minutes away from it. it would not surprise me if they're a little bit delayed. >> anyone trying to get to their sheets, if they didn't -- >> let's get to q. >> q, what's going on right now? >> oh -- >> q, can you hear us? >> yeah, i can. sorry. things just got really hectic. it looks like some vehicle -- it looks like maybe a police vehicle after all. but just went through the crowd and people got excited. so here's what's going on now. since we last spoke, the fire is still going in the middle of the street here at the corner of "k" and 13th northwest. and i showed you that limo earlier. take a look. people are actually looting that limo now. they were going inside and filling up on alcohol and water. you might see peop

bottles. those little bottles are from that limo that was parked here on the corner of 13th and "k." people are taking selfies in it. it looks like people are inside it right now recording some video. and obviously they don't have the rights to be in there right now. it looks like somebody just got in the front seat as a matter of fact. so people are getting -- they're getting wild out here. let me see. i hoped things would calm down after the fires and flash bombs and chucking of cinder blocks toward police officers, but that's not the case. people are now looting this li limo that doesn't belong to them. other vehicles have been vandalized on can have street. and the crowd has dispersed a tad. let me walk you through the crowd here. here's the fire we've been talking about.

the street. people sticking up the trash cans, benches, and setting it ablaze. the fire has been going on for at least 20 minutes. why? who knows. people are out here because they're upset about our president, trump. that's why the majority of them say they're out here protesting today. >> i'm curious. the law enforcement officers and national guard. are they just standing all together in the police lines or mingling through the crowd? or is it a little bit of both? >> right now their skirmish lines stand strong on 13th street. they've been there for the last 30 minutes or so. i think you saw them in horace's shot. maybe 45

street. they have stopped and haven't moved any further. this is what's happening in front of them about 50-60 yards ahead of them. there's a fire and vandalism going on right now. cars that were parked on the street, it's a sight to see. it's sad and it's -- there are people out here who are genuinely concerned about other peoples' safety. and the majority of them have their faces covered right now, they're the ones who are the agitators doing everything they can to get the crowd pumped up to start more trouble. there are good people and there are some people that don't have the right mindset if i c if i can put it that way. >> and not every police officer is going to be in

uniform. you'll have plain clothes officers that will pull people out of the crowd? >> not where i am. let's walk through the crowd and show you where that skirmish line is. and you'll notice a lot of people out here, a lot of people facetiming and on social media. a lot of international press over here to my left. a lot of local media as well. let's see if we can give you a look at that skirmish line here. people making their way through the crowd. but the skirmish line, it looks like it will be hard to see them from our vantage point because there's a long line of maybe protesters. let's see. it looks like there might be -- maybe a standoff going on with these police officers and their skirmish line and the protesters with their masks on. you know, what, there's so many people out her r

a good look. if you were to pan a little bit to the right, this is what's going on right now. over at the intersection of k street northwest and 13th street northwest, a standoff, if you will, between police officers who are in their skirmish line and some -- what looks like some protesters down the way in the middle of the street. but again, in the crowd as well are what looks like media. people -- people that look like they have, you know, their hd cameras out. i'm not talking little cell phones or anything like that. >> q? hold on one second. let's go inside the luncheon. nancy pelosi, minority leader is speaking right now. >> we know that vice president pence is strengthened by his faith and family and by the foundation of experience he built here in these halls.

i told him, mr. president, he knows the territory. it's my honor to present one of the flags that flew above the capitol today to the vice president mike pence. we pray for you for your beloved wife and michael and charlotte and audrey and all of your family. god bless you, mr. vice president. and remembering that this flag that we pledge to every day for liberty and justice for all is our calling and i look forward to working with you. it's my honor to present you with this flag. [ applause ] >> we are looking at a welcome home rally for former vice president joe biden taking place in delaware. and on the left we want to go ahead and listen into the senator presenting more gifts to the guests. >> and on behalf of the planning committee, we welcome you to the chase center here

wilmington, delaware. thank you, very much. [ applause ] >> it is -- it is indeed -- it is indeed comforting to come together as we often do here in delaware as friends and as family and sometimes as people meeting for the first time. we come together today from throughout the state and throughout the region to celebrate a very special occasion as we welcome home joe and jill. [cheers and applause]

>> we begin today's celebration with a prayer. mr. president and vice president and mrs. trump, there's something that a tradition started. and now this is the eighth inauguration where the lennox company made a special presentation and a gift made for each of you and a gift made for this event. every year the company determined that the goal they had in mind was something you would value for a long time. the one the president and the first lady has is an etching of the white house looking across the jefferson memorial.

presented with will be the capitol looking down at the lincoln memorial. the artist who was with us the other day talked about trying to capture the design for the city as well as how this city came together. timothy carter was the designer, the glass master, peter o-rourke made these. they also have a compass in the bottom of them, an etched-in compass. and remembering -- >> the president and vice president are being given gifts by both houses. in this case, it's crystal bowls. let's switch back over to what's happening on the streets of d.c. horace holmes is out talking

[003:54:59;00] horace, what are they saying out there? >> well, i have got amy here who's from alexandria. she was with the original group that was marching down l street and got cornered by police. . what started the confrontation? i didn't see the actual confrontation that happened with the tear gas and flash bombs, but in the beginning we all got stopped. and i was told that there were people getting arrested in front. and -- they were basically a bunch of people in black. i honestly don't think that anybody was doing anything violent. i don't think they liked how they were dressed. >> the police were saying that protesters were destroying property and throwing bricks through windows and car windows. >> i didn't see any of that. >> they moved in and cornered

that group that's still up at 11th street. >> the police dropped the tear gas and i moved away. i came out of the group i was in. >> did you come out here for violence? >> no. i came here to make a point that there's a lot of people that are angry because he's our president and a bigot and racist and he's not going to be a good president for a lot of people. a lot of people are going to be in danger. i came out to make a point and let my voice be heard, but not very violence. >> you didn't expect to see this? >> no, it's not good. >> thank you, amy. that's amy from alexandria. we're on the other side of the pictures you've been seeing

from q mccray. and we h we have protesters to my left. and in front of me, also. it's been very quiet for the past several minutes. and this crowd over here is dispersing. and we can only hope that the crowds disperse in the next few minutes and we can bring back peace to the streets of d.c. >> the people that we're looking at right now. i'm curious. are any of the people you're around trying to get down to the parade route? are or these people going to be staying where they are throughout the afternoon? the people we're looking at right here don't look like they're protesting. >> yeah, but they found something to look at. >> okay. >> awhile ago, a lot of people

were making their way down and then stumbled onto this. the moved on at this point. so we have media basically. >> okay. >> a few protesters. and then a few other people in the area. >> thank you, very much, horace. that's what we've got. and the same thing goes there for "q." and as we saw earlier, things are well underway at the luncheon. we heard from senator blunt and nancy pelosi. and after the benediction by the house chaplain. -- >> let's listen. >> as long as you have life and breath, believe. ladies and gentlemen, there was no one i have served with

that brings more belief to his believe than mike pence. no one country and people and in our capacity to do great things. he is a happier warrior. the president could not have chosen a better partner for this work than mike pence. mr. president and mr. vice president, we raise our glasses to you to karen, and to your beautiful family. may you have every blessing and success as the 48th vice

president of the united states of america. >> here, here.

>> as we wait for the inaugural parade and of course we have a tale of several out. we have this one, the pomp and circumstance, we have the luncheon with the dignitaries ad the newly sworn in vice presidet and president and we have protests that have erupted throughout our city. we want to check in with one of our reporters who is situated there in the middle of one of te protests. q, tell us, how are things shaping up right now? >> things are calming down, or have calmed down substantially isn't the last time we were on with you. we're at the corner of k street and 13th northwest. here's a live look at the scene. what you are looking at over hee to our left is a -- i'm just going to call it a standoff between police and protesters. they've been lined up here for the last 20 minutes or so just staring each other down. in the mix of this crowd are alo some people with their cameras taking shots. there's media out here as well. it's almost like a lot of people

are just here to i don't know how else to put it. people are just out here to see something happen. no one here is looking to head south to head towards the parade route. they're just here to see if something else is going to happen. now, if we keep panning to the right, we'll show you more of te crowd. and you'll see some people are out here on their cell phones, tweeting away, maybe facetimein, periscoping. on the other side of the street there's people on top of the bus stop. bird's eye view of what's going on out here. we'll walk this way too so we cn show you what else is going on. but there are a lot of people ot here, and i can tell you that this crowd hasn't gotten any smaller. if anything, it has only grown since we've been out here. we got out here about an hour or so ago, and that's when flash bombs were being launched and some of the protesters were

throwing chunks of as i sinderblocs at the police officers. >> about 30 minutes after that , >> they -- they -- they pick up garbage cans. they picked up garbage cans, whatever they can find and set t on fire. this group of protesters, they'e been out here for some time as well. let's see if we can give you a live look at the flames. over here, mike. >> what do folks tell you? do they give you specifics of wy they're there or why they're venting this kind of anger and frustration? >> reporter: in all honesty right now, you can hear the

chance -- chants behind me. the president of the united states. they're not happy that he has been elected. they're not happy with what he stands for, and this is how they're showing their frustrations, by starting fires, by starting these battles with police, and also vandalizing vehicles. >> some of those guys that were standing there in front of the fire. >> let's go hear from -- >> hold on. >> president trump there thankig mitch mcconnell and the other -- the luncheon here wrapping up after a couple of hours there. now we see our now first family and vice president and his famiy . >> so quickly two thing we need to do. one, just to mention the gifts, the momentos of this event, thee

are some note cards and a great box put togethe government printing office. but the note cards representing all three branches of governmen, and identified with this -- >> the president has been giving gifts a is tradition with this luncheon. he's been given by both members of both houses and from both parties. you saw senator schumer and nany pelosi both giving gifts to the president. this olive branch extension and this pat on the back and a handshake. hopefully the civility will cary over, but something tells me there's going to be some fireworks. >> the president gets a honeymoon, but here's hoping -- maybe a little comedy over lunch will extend that a little bit longer. >> now as the members of congress, the dignitaries, members of the supreme court, listen in on the benediction. >> for the meal we have shared

and for those who worked hard. >> being given at the luncheon. the first family will walk down and make their way to the viewig stand. >> q mccray standing by at the scene of the protest. >> q, you said it simmered downa little bit. >> natalie is a part of another demonstration earlier. you're a part of the dcnj demonstration where you guys wee handing out joints. >> to push the legalization of marijuana nationwide. >> now you're out here and what happened to you about three or four minutes ago. >> we were all gathered -- so i forgot which area, but over thee in the corner of the park and we were protesting peaceful the at 12th and k and we had some reinforcement and it was really

awesome, and then i'm not really sure what happened. the next thing i know i grenades and then pepper spray started going and all of a suddn the crowd disbursed. i kind of got caught and pushed back. my reaction was we're out here o be peaceful. i respect law enforcement when they aren't demonstrating police brutality and killing unarmed people, i support them. so my reaction was to sit down with my hands up, i'm here peaceful the, i'm here exercisig my first amendment right and my freedom to assemble. >> please take care of the peope who are destroying my city. >> there were some protesters ot here who were chucking cinderblocks. i almost got hit by one. it's unfortunate that honestly people who have the most power n the society in this culture come to these demonstrations where a majority of us want it to be

peaceful and to get our point across and or they just want to make a mess and it's unfortunate that the media wants to cover them more than cover, you know, me who sis in the middle in front of riot police with my hands up peacefully. >> in all fairness i did cover you guys this morning. >> okay. i covered you guys this morning. >> i appreciate the local news. you guys are great. >> thank you for your time too. >> thank you so much. >> be safe. >> keep your head on a swivel, man. will do. will do. >> that being said if there's ay good news, it's started, and tht will potential the put out the fire that's burning in the midde of k street. we're at the intersection of k street and 13th. back to you buys. >> q, thank you. i just wanted to let you guys know, the mayor just sent out a few tweets a minute ago. it says d.c. has the honor of hosting this peaceful transition of power and while many have ben respectful there have been those

who have not. our mission is to exercis i respect the rights of protesters but will not condone crime and vandalism. again, that's coming the d.c. mayor about three minutes ago. >> it looks like she's going to have at 5:30 a news conference along with the acting police chief at the wilson building and we'll bring you live coverage of that. just a heads up. >> at last check, 95 people have been arrested. i would imagine the number has gone up. the police have set up skirmish lines in different parts of the city. this is all happening in probaby a six to 10 block radius and mostly it was focused around 12 and k, 13th and k. they kept moving them back and forth and in the process while they were moving them they would make a few arrests. >> as we see here from our live picture along the parade route, umbrellas are up now. the rain has started. richard reeve is positioned alog the parade route.

rich, tell >> yeah, certainly we saw those umbrellas going up. want to show you something, the situation we're dealing with right now, because thin are -- i won't say tense but certainly are getting more intense. let's put it that way. >> these folks are trump folks, they're on this side of the parade route and one thing that we noticed interesting is that the barricades on this side of pennsylvania avenue are single barricades, not double, but when we pan over to the other side of the street you can see that the barricades are double on the other side where the protesters are. and these folks have been here most of the day. you know, the two sides have not been communicating with each other, but there have been chans back and forth on both sides, ad everybody is pretty much waitin. waiting to see what the presidet will do. will he come down here?

will he get out of his will he stay inside? nobody really knows that's one f the questions that everybody wants to know right now. overwhelming police force right here. you can see these police officers, 3,000 of them across the country standing by. two, three deep at this point. also waiting and watching to see what will happen. we'll stay on top of it and let you know. back to you guys. >> thanks very much. >> the interesting thing, when e came through security, like i said they have a gate. it really surrounds the entire parade route/capitol. all these folks have been screened. one of the questions that i foud almost funny, was alison and i were going through security, had he asked us if we had any apple, bananas or fruit. i said, is this like make a dea. he said no, no, we're taking all

fruit and we're throwing it awa, it to throw and they thought ahead, and it won't be allowed. >> in this crowd you do have boh sides. there are protesters and there are a lot of supporters as well. donald trump right now is gettig into the limousine which will be driven from the capitol over to the white house and in front of the white house is the viewing stand which he and the first family and mike pence, the vice president and his family will be in the viewing booth to watch te parade come by. >> a lot of has been made of who will be in the parade. a lot of people have talked abot this in the weeks leading up to the inaugural parade, the controversy, people who would perform, who went perform. we have the list of who to expect, and it has a large numbr of military bands. of course the u.s. army band, pershing's own as we talked abot earlier and we have -- >> law enforcement.

>> law enforcement. armed forces color guard, of course, and we have some high school bands like the frank lineage region animal high school panthr marching band. they came from murrayville, pennsylvania. >> and a band from. >> we have bands from mississippi, from arkansas, from west virginia, some very talentd young people. there was a lot said going into who was and who wasn't there and there we see bill clinton and hillary clinton making their way out of the luncheon. >> if i can play meteorologist, and i'm only doing that because we have some really talented ons back at the shop. i pulled up the storm watch 7 ad i'm looking at the radar and wht i'm seeing ask what is confirmed out on the parade route is we're starting to get some rain here and it looks like we may be in the rain for maybe 20 minutes,

half an hour, something like that, but it's kind of a ban get it right now, so that's goig to be a factor as well for the parade. and as you know for any kind of marching band, they are accustomed to going in any kind of conditions. >> cold, wet, hot. >> it matters not. >> so we're seeing now the formr president, bill clinton, along with his wife, hillary clinton. they are getting into their car. will they stay for the parade as well, or how does this work? >> i don't know. god question. >> up to them, right? >> i know former presidents have been invited into the booths before. it will be interesting to see if perhaps they want to join as well. >> contentious, that's one of te words that could be described fr this electric were it's going to be a long time before the word washes away from this election cycle. it was -- they say that politics is a bare knuckle sport. we proved it this time. this was a rough one for a lot f folks. >> we're at lafayette park away from the white house. kimberly, we wanted to check in with you.

set the scene for us, please. >> well, it really is right outside where we are, outside the police perimeter, just a few blocks away is k street where the skirmishes and protests are taking place. inside the perimeter where we are, it's been very quiet. earlier we saw the preview to te transfer of power where obama ad trump had tea together in a very civilized fashion. >> pennsylvania avenue is coverd with police officers. very quiet. the reviewing stands are nearly empty. we're assume they will fill up. it looks like there's a crowd of there in the distance, but realy not very many people in these reviewing stands which is surprising. now, as we make our way left to the grandstand which took two months to build, this is a tradition that dates back to 1881. president james garfield reviewd a parade from a specially built stand.

but to protect from the cold and possibly harsh weather. i want to show you this small crowd that's gathered to the let of that stand. this is a small but loyal and hardy crowd. they've been here since about 9:00 this morning, just sitting there waiting, and not to be too glib about it, but it is going o rain on this parade. dave pointed out that it looks like it's raining. it is drizzling right now. one more thing i wanted to point out, jonathan. if you had gone through as early as we did at 4:00 this morning they did let you bring fruit in, but we're going to keep it close right here. not going to do anything with i. actually we feel really honored to be right here. it is such an incredible view directly across from the presidential viewing stand and the white house, witnessing the transition of power and very shortly here the celebration ofa new president. back to you at the canadian

embassy. >> kimberly, before you and i'm not sure if you know the answer to this or not. do we know if the president will be getting out of his limo and perhaps with the first lady walking, i think that became moe popular with jimmy carter and ever since then it's been been appearing to stay in or walk. do we know in. >> listening to now president trump's inaugural speech he talked about power to the people and this is your day and your celebration, so it would seem in keeping with that theme, but, yu know, security can play a role there. although i think president trump is a man of his own mind and if he wants to get out he'll get out. but there's no way to tell. we haven't had any advanced notice about that. >> all right, kimberly. thanks so much for that. >> we're looking now and waiting at the capitol. you can see the steps are lined with members of all branches of the service. they are in their dress blues. they are just standing at attention waiting for the commander in chief to walk out

and this will be the first chane he gets to be saluted troops. and that's got to be awe inspiring, especially for a guy who has not spent time in political circles at all. >> barack obama was not good at snapping one on when he first took office and he got tutoring in the oval office and became very good at it, and in basic training, i remember a drill sergeant getting right in my fae and in no uncertain terms explaining how it was done correctly and generally only hae to have that done once. >> that conversation once. >> so dave, you've covered six inaugurations. what about this question of getting out of the vehicle and walking? every presidential inauguration you've covered they have done that? >> they have done it even in the very very cold first obama inauguration. it was only for a couple of blocks, but it was done, because it had then become sort of a thing at that point, and it became sort of an expectation.

the question i think today is of course, i'm would want to do it. the question is will the secret service let them giving what's going on just a few blocks away? >> we live kind of -- and i hate to say this because it's more of an editorial of where we are thn where we've been. it's a dangerous time. in our country alone these lone wolf attacks and i have to imagine in the security circles these are the things they worry about. >> there was something that happened earlier today that very likely has nothing to do with anything else that's going on ad i only offer it to you because f a similar situation that happend in melbourne, australia earlier today in which somebody as we've come to see now drove a car into a crowd and killed four people. earlier today in prince georges county, a guy was driving down i want to say route 301 the wrong way and plowed head on into the tractor-trailer truck. it's probably not related, but it's the kind of thing that just tightens jaws in a lot of place. >> especially on the day.

>> and makes you day, boy, we better be careful. >> that could be just some randm drunk guy. >> but we know for a fact when they say some of the isis propaganda that went out, drivig in the crowds, they were trying to encourage lone wolfs to do. that i can tell you given the security measures taken for this parade, impossible. >> that couldn't happen. >> monster trucks, big sand trucks, beautiful. they were all staged at the pentagon, they're now all lining the roof here so you can't havea street or sidewalk to get anything in here. beside that you have these giant cement blocks that will prevent anything from driving into that. >> just big hunks of rock. >> it seems at least from the vantage point of our two crews who are out in the middle of the protests, horace holmes and also q mccray, that what they were seeing, the intensity of the protests and the standoff with

the police seems to have calmed down just a little bit, and now of seeing this beginning to ramp up with the start of the parade about to get underway. >> seems to have calmed down jut a bit. >> these are the arnold palmer aunts over here. this is the army band. on the right side of your screen you can see some of the vandalim done by the protesters. that is outside the secure area. they were smashing windows of security vehicles. they destroyed a limousine by breaking out every window of that. and then they set fires in the middle of street with some newspaper stands and trash cans and again the police are givinga pretty wide latitude. when they start to break things or throw rocks, that's when you see the skirmish move in. >> those are emergency vehicles kind of going through some of te areas where the protesters are still assembling. it seems as though it's ratchetd down a bit. we don't see the same level of intensity with some of the

protesters battling it out with police. >> and i will make mention to yo that when the official party wet in for lunch, that's when we saw a spike in the activity. well, now they're all out. now thing have tight tightened p again outside and perhaps the protesters have pulled back a bit. it remains to be seen. >> the last number we got from metropolitan police, d.c. police is 95 arrests. we haven't had an update that i know of in the last few minutes to see if that number has increased. but again 95 arrests. q mccray is there in the heart of things. would you say, q, that is accurate? that things have calmed down? >> can you please at least? >> i can tell you that actually -- actually i didn't hear your question, alison. >> i just said would it be accurate to say thing have calmd down? >> yes. yes. yes. yes.

things have definitely calmed down and that's good because at one point things were pretty hectic out here, pretty chaotic with flash bombs being tossed and cinder blocks being thrown at police. and tear gas being launched as well. >> actually we found a photo journalist on the sidewalk not too far away from us with a giat bloody wet on his right leg. apparently he was hit by one of those flash bombs. he's going to be okay, but heres a look at the crowd. it's kind of disbursed a tad at the intersection of k street and 13th northwest, but if we were o pan away and make a 180 away frm these police officers, you'll notice that there are a whole lt of people still in the middle of k street over here. now, jonathan, a few minutes ago he was talking about that fire that the protesters started. it's still burning.

people are now using it to warm up, if you will, and those vandalized vehicles, are still being a lot -- looted. speaking of a bird's eye view. to the left you'll notice some f the protesters on top of the bu. shelter. so that's the scene at the momet here at the intersection of 13th and k northwest. much calmer than it was an hour and a half ago. i can tell you that much. guys? >> you know, q, i noticed you gt in close to the bn fire. i don't know if you noticed it, but three or four gentlemen who were there with backpacks on alo had ear pieces, so obviously undercover officers are in there assessing what kind of threat level is there. >> it's interesting the layers f security. folks at home, you don't want to get the wrong ideas that they're

shooting from the hip and this s all >> if things get out of hand thy move quickly. >> actually jonathan, that's a great point, because we did see what i at least figured were soe undercover officers running aftr one guy in particular and he was arrested down the street like a half block away. he tried to run for it, but he was captured. so that is happening. good eye on your part. but speaking of that bonfire, here it is right now. i'll give you a look at it as it continued to burn in the middle of k street. >> people now, you know, obviously these -- there's international media out here right now. there's obviously protesters out here as well with their signs. they're protesting the new presidency. they're protesting mr. donald trump being elected as our new president. and i don't see anybody heading towards the parade route. they're stuck here at the intersection of k and 13th.

>> yeah, it is certainly the sense that this is not going to end gridlock around the city. it's just the beginning over the next few hours. of course we have the parade and then after that the inaugural balls that are taking place in the city and the gridlock will continue leading into those events too. >> which they tried to disrupt last night too. it is worth noting when you see the crowd and all these people - some of these folks are just regular folks with their phones getting pictures. >> but there are a lot of journalists mixed in the crowd. i saw a statistic. 100,000 journalists are here in d.c. and they're here for the inauguration. i mean, that's great for business. let's look at it that way. >> i rode in on an orange line train earlier with two photographers and one sound man and i just said, where are you from? and they were from zdf, the german network and they had been flown in to do this. >> right. >> this is not just an american event.

it's journalists. he had down on the parade route. he's covered his share of presidential inaugurations as well and can give us a good perspective on that as well as, sam, what are you seeing down there? >> well, alison, we've had protesters here, but for the mot part it's been peaceful. you'll have a group with signs and they'll march through the crowd. and nobody seems to yell at the. they don't yell at anybody in particular, so there's a number of protesters here. they're moving around, but it is peaceful here, at least at this point. in terms of the crowd, i remembr last time, the second obama term we were trying to work our way through to get from point a to point b and it was so difficult. if you look at this crowd behind me, it's not that difficult at parade time. there's not that many people. i don't know if it's because of crowd control or whatever, but t is, it's a much smaller group of

people than were there last time and there seems to be less in way of cages and thing to separate the crowd from the parade route itself. so i don't know if that's different screening or exactly what it is, but it is much sparser crowd, and as i said perhaps that's because of that. but nevertheless there are protesters here. clearly there are people walking around with signs. travis, if you can see the persn holding up that white sign, the one individual with the sign, he's had that sign all day. started out as one person up there. now you can see there's a crowd up there. but one side had asked about trump's taxes and on the other t says thank you, president barack obama. so that person has been there, nobody said anything. for the most wre in just kind of a waiting positioner waiting for the crowds. you said there were other inaugurations. during the obama inauguration i don't recall any protesters. however, i do recall protesters in -- and i did the first bush inauguration.

what they did then, they just sort of let them have this they were all sort of in place and the parade route came here when president bush got to this point they sort of sped up and got past this area and then went on. but this time it seems there are protesters everywhere and obviously over there at 13th and k, about five blocks from where we are here and as i said, it is quite peaceful. that's the situation here. back to you. >> what about numbers of people and as we're talking to you, we're watching president trump and lania trump come out of the capitol as they make their way down to the vehicle to start the parade route. what about crowds and the numbes of people that you have seen compared to in the past. it's many fewer people than certainly the first obama inauguration. and i think fewer than actually the second. i came over here on metro this

morning and it was fewer people than you the trains are almost empty. the hour, certainly that i came over here, and then again if you look over across the street at this area, i remember struggling during the last obama inauguration struggling to get o a point so we can go to the wilson building, and it was impossible. it was so difficult for us to make our way through. as you look over there now, it s not a big problem. people are easily moving on the sidewalks, so it is -- it's a different -- whole different situation. not as many people here. not as many people on the metro this morning, and, well, as i said if you're trying to move around, online -- obviously lets a lot more pleasant to get from point a to point b. >> jon, look what's started her. >> major general becker is introducing president trump and briefing him on the troops and the folks that you are seeing go

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musical ambassadors. let's listen to this. >> the president's first chance to be introduced and review the troops. that's what they call this. this is tradition, and major general becker who is standing next to him is basically giving him all the troops in front of him, telling him what he's looking at as all the representatives of the branches walk by.

>> troops as well. mixed in with marines, the members of the navy. air force, coast guard. they're all there for his review . >> that old guard there. that traditional uniform right there. >> the old old guard. >> one time i interviewed a womn who was part of the old guard ad those costumes -- there's a womn right there. >> are heavy heavy wool. >> today is okay, but you're in the middle of summer in washington. >> at fort meyer in july and august and that must be really - >> you would think at some point

they might lighten up, but they do keep it >> they train -- they do these things across the country, realy around the world. they get a lot of practice. this is a big day, though. when you're doing it for the commander in chief. he is -- he's the big poopah. -. >> all these members of these military bands, they do such a service for our country, and they're not always included when we talk about members of militay or veterans, but they employ overseas, they leave their families. and they -- they do it all maintaining their skills and

their -- >> they willa ceremonial address where they will get their first review from the president of the united states. >> now what happens is the president and vice president wil be loaded up in the limousine ad at any point during the procession from the capitol to the white house they can if they so choose, get out, walk, shakea few hands with some of the folks on the parade route. they have the option to get out. we don't know what kind of security is in place as far as any kind of idea of what the secret service have in mind as far as him staying in the car ad not getting out, but we will se. >> and from my understanding its a spur of the moment decision based on location, what they pul up on in terms of, you know, atmosphere, who is around, how does the security feel about tht particular location. >> and i never did get a final ruling. i know the secret service, he hd his own private security that he has had for many years and he hd been resistant saying, we have

got this, you can tell your people to take a day off. i think he got one own private security to maintain close proximity to him, but i'm not sure how that works with the secret service. >> i haven't seen officially saying what happened. there was kind of a note from te president-elect's office saying that the secret service would maintain their statuses, the led organization on that, and the private security forces would be happy to do whatever the secret service wanted them to do. >> and apparently he's already made very good friends with some of the members of his security team, some of the secret servic, because even during his announcement, when he won, remember the night where he came out, he thanked everybody, and his list were members of the secret service. i don't know that i have err heard that before. where they actually thanked members of the secret service fr keeping him safe. >> which was -- they probably

greet with a mixture of thank yu very much, mr. president, but we're -- >> maybe -- >> what is interesting, because it's a new administration, it'sa new president, there are also nw members of the president's personal protective squad, and o i'm trying to remember these faces now because you'll see thm in a lot of different things. >> and you know, i wanted to mention the controlled chaos that's taking place at the white house right now, they're moving everything out. >> right. >> that belonged to the obamas. they are moving everything in. in about five hours they will completely move a family out and another family in. >> and they wanted when they moe into look exacts as though no one had ever been there except for the trumps. >> we're talking painting the walls and completely refurnishing. >> most people say, it takes us two months to fully move. >> to be a fly on the wall in that situation. >> you don't want to stand

around, you some carpet. >> the chief usher is the person in charge of that process and by they have to have it timed down to the second. >> now you have the suburbans behind with the men hanging off the side that's all secret service. everybody you see walking in a dark suit or coat, secret service. part of the security team. and that's just what you see. there is so much and so many layers of security that you do not see, because obviously this is the president of the united states, and they have to keep hm safe. they do not want anything -- >> zero defect organization as they say. >> right. >> and not enough to be right most of the time. >> uh-huh. >> so it will be interesting to see what happens, and it's not that far of a -- when you travel from the capitol -- i mean, forget about it. if it was rl traffic it could take an hour. but the roads have been clear. it's not that long of a haul frm the capitol to the white house. at some point i would imagine this is the kind of person that

would want to get out. trump just strikes me as the guy who wants to get few hands. >> maybe not shake hands, but at the very least walk and wave. he did pronounce himself pretty much a germaphobe earlier this week. on the right side is our camera where the protests at 13th and k that got pretty intense earlier have calmed down. >> there was someone rolling a car wheel. >> this by the way is the new -- >> it is new cadillac one. >> it apparently shoots tear ga. it's got a tear gas cannon insie that thing. >> could be interesting. >> it certainly will get rid of traffic for you.q@ i mean, they also have -- it's bullet proof. they can run on the rims of the tire. and not only that the drivers of these vehicles, if you ever want to see something incredibly skillful, go to youtube and look up secret service driving f one of these cadillacs.

this guy is doing 60 miles an hour and keeps going just on his rim. that's impressive. >> is that what you do in your office. >> i will never admit to that. some people post and you have to look at it. >> the protesters seem to be dissipating and it is a much calmer situation than what it was. i'm not sure if they're walking wade from the parade route or toward it, but where the protess are taking place they've been good about sort of herding them further and further away from te perimeter of the secure area. >> there's also a large group of bikers that are in town. they have a huge group. >> bikers for trump. >> bikers for trump and some of them are part of the -- they hae these bikers that come and they're honor guards. they do a fantastic job. there's thousands of them, but they're supposed to be here and their job is to make sure that they help trump supporters stay safe. so that's why they've come to

down. >> indeed we right behind where we are. ltlet over there. they had a pretty good country music banned it sounded like playing the vast majority of people who had been in the mall sort of went right past it unfortunately. it looked like they were probaby trying to find some lunch around here and good luck to them on that, but i hope they did. but i've seen a number of them over there just looking out the window at the canadian embassy. >> from our vantage point here t the canadian embassy we can look down pennsylvania avenue and you can see the buildings surroundig us on every rooftop, we have sen members of the security detail, mostly sharp shooters up on the roof with binoculars that are kind of analyzing and keying an eye on the crowd and windows in the buildings. they really cannot miss anythin,

and hasn't been a problem in the past. and doesn't -- there you go. yeah, giving us a shot of this and when we made our way here we were dropped off in another part of the city walking down here to the canadian embassy. we were noticing on top of all f the buildings. you know, richard reeve is down there along the parade route and i guess the anticipation is building where you are, rich. >> that's exactly the word i was going to use, anticipation. definitely you can see people's body language. they're waiting to see what will happen, if the president will gt out of his vehicle or not. take a look at this over here. these folks are waiting in the rain. they're dedicated folks. they're waiting in the rain. and you can see if you look at the line over here they've been tightening up moving closer and closer to each other. we're sensing something is going to be happening soon and of course everybody is wondering if

this spot here at seventh and pennsylvania is the magic place where i can tell you that the helicopter has been flying aroud intensely over the direction no. so that may be an indicator they're trying to keep eyes on the ground, make sure things are as secure as they can be before the president comes to this location. back to you guys. >> all right, rich. thanks very much. again, you can see the line now of security where the president is in the limousine. flanked by all kinds of securit. sitting there waiting to get the green light in order to go down the route to pennsylvania avenue and -- >> we can see the beginnings of it, jonathan's. >> here they come. >> we we can see -- >> metro police, they will the first ones to go as far as leading him. >> you can see the big portion f your screen, and you can see it from where we're sitting here along the parade route. those lights starting thing off. >> and then following the metro

d.c. police bicycles will be the metro d.c. d.c. police chief and so you'll see some of that, the interim chief, chief newsome will be coming down the parade route. the white van is a camera, so that's -- it will give us a better idea of what's happening. >> when they stop, if they stop and get out, we'll know. >> it's a pool camera if my understanding is right. and they're on the move. again, we're just keeping an eye on the protests on the right side, because it has been far more intense and aggressive than what we're seeing now. they're standing down. i think a light dr. phil -- drizzle is helping with

>> kimberly, walk us through, wo all gets to sit i stand, invited guests and previous presidents are welcome to join? >> really anybody is allowed to walk in there, jonathan and have a good time. no, we're seeing members of the president's cabinet arriving a moment ago. texas governor rick perry arrivd to cheers and his family. you can see the presidential reviewing stand is starting to fill up. those are the most important and you know those are the most important because they have a glass enclosure and we're guessing they probably have heat in there too. a beautiful structure, it takes about two months to build we're told. we just spoke to the woman earlier this morning who is responsible for building them. she said every four years they build a brand new someone as wel as the media risers where we are directly across pennsylvania avenue. they keep some of the steel and throw away all of the wood. and you can see the crowd to the right. now, the reviewing stands for te

public are starting to fill up a little bit more. secretary half kind of empty, bt these charter buses are coming n one by one. people are filling up the area here, but jonathan's and allison as you have mentioned, police security very very tight, so really members of the public cannot get in here without tickets. many of these people, there's very loyal crowd over here to te left. they have been here since about 9:00 this morning. they have sat through the cold and the raindrops. want really raining right now, just a little bit dance. we are seeing members of the military gathering over there in the white house driveway, and also some here along pennsylvana avenue, so a little bit more activity as the inaugural parade gets underway. you know this used to not be the focus historically. the focus used to be the procession up to the capitol for

the swearing in about 130 years ago that changed and the inaugural procession in front of the white house became the focus of the celebration on inauguration day. >> well, kimberly, from our vantage point right now metro d.c. motorcycles, the officers n board are in formation and they are making their way down pennsylvania avenue and as they approach, members it looks of te air force in our line right here all slapping salutes, snapping salutes to the officers as they are slowly making their way pas. >> we have the metro d.c. police motorcycles that are starting things off along with the d.c. colorguardian and interim police chief, and after this is when things will start to fall in lie with all of these other elements of course of the parade. we have more military members. e company from the army infantry will be making an appearance.

the marine corps honor guard. guard platoon. air force honor guard. u.s. coast guard, all of them represented, and the wonder that just were reviewing in front of the president, and the old guard that we saw earlier. >> i do have a bias. i remembered probably let that e known now, pershing's own, the army, i kind of like them best,. >> because i work with the army from time to time. >> i hope you never -- >> no, no, it's not that we dont like them, but i will say, they're one of the largest military bands. >> and they really are the musical ambassadors. when we hear them today and we will listen to them when they walk past, just fantastic. all the bands are fantastic. >> president trump along with vice president pence and their wives.

>> there's a view on the right here that we were seeing of the d.c. police motorcycles and ther their way down. >> we haven't had a billionaire take the white house have we, dave? >> he's probably going to get in and think, really? this is a little small from what i'm used to. >> bigger and grand year we need a little gold. where's the gold. >> it will be interesting to see how much time he spends in the white house between trump tower and here. obviously his comfort zone is trump tower. >> there's been a lot of speculation about on capitol hil they call it the tuesday, thursday club because members fy in on tuesday and they're out on thursday. and then back in manhattan for

the weekend. >> there's the secretary. >> dr. ben carson. [004:49:43;00]

>> that was woodrow wilson's second inauguration. warren g.resident hardin ride in an automobile. the first time this was televised, 1949, the inauguration of president harry s. truman. so it's evolved quite a bit over the years. president jackson, who a lot of comparisons are drawn between trump and the president, jackson was called the president of the people. what he did, after the inauguration, he opened the door to the public. didn't havehey metal detectors. everybody came in and they had a party inside the white house, so much so, when he was tired and had to go to sleep, he had to go across the street to the hotels to get sleep because the white house party went on. those days are over. fair to say.hat's

>> if we listen in for just a second. crowd noise pick up. let's listen to crowd new president way down the parade.

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cadillac one to the front of the parade, the metropolitan police's motorcycle formation as they were coming down. then y -- flanked by security, as he'll make his way down. to the viewing stand and watch the parade. talk about the weather, you can't help but appreciate the weather. we've got almost 50 degrees out wase today and i think it reagan with the hottest inauguration with 55 degrees but also -- also had the cold. excuse me. [coughing] was choked up. holy cow. up.ichard reeves is set you awe've talked with few times. last time we talked to you, the anticipation was building. ine you had anybody pass

front of you yet? >> people very excited here, yes. they're c >> we've heard trump, trump, trump, trump, many times. for manyessing game folks trying to figure out which vehicle donald trump is in had. cadillac s.u.v. with the two distinctive flags outside, the presidential seal and the united states flag. we'll see the secret service walking outside the vehicle. right now what you're seeing, more of the police and military guard coming down here but you definitely see -- people are just pumped up, they are ready for this to happen. thettle bit further down street we're waiting to see what protestors may or may not do right now. many are standing there many-faced right now and