>> reporter: and the president glanced up without them, landing him on the cover of the new y"n york daily news". this newborn was named eclipse. others were dressed in eclipse outfits. and nasa released a photo of the international space station silhouetted against the one, photo shopped from chris christie to e.t. during the last solar eclipse over north america in 1979, a network anchor spoke of the next one. >> that's 38 years from now. may the shadow of the moon fall on a world of peace. >> reporter: there was no peace, even from cars this time around. >> can you hear the car alarm? apparently the car is excited about the eclipse. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i wthought it was pretty special. don't forget to watch the president's address to the nation 9:00 eastern time. we'll be covering it live. after that, a cnn special town