President s he served. Nixon gave him this autographed baseball. Clinton gave him a hug. He grabs me with the shoulder like this and brings me in like this. Reporter its no wonder Charlie Brotman has volunteered his voice to this american ritual. President george w. Bush and first lady laura bush. Reporter sounds to me like you wouldnt trade this for the world, this experience youve had. If i had to, i would pay them to let me do it. I love it. Reporter charlie blrotman gt his start as the announcer for harry truman in 1949. He was a student at a Broadcasting School when the call came in. By 1957 he had the job from then on. Charl kri brotman truly knows these parades better than the president s themselves. Jim acosta, cnn, washington. Good morning, good afternoon, everyone. Im kate bolduan. Welcome to our special coverage of the president ial inauguration weekend. Im john berman. Great to see you. You are looking at live pictures now of the first family marking todays national day of service. People all over the country are doing the same thing the obamas are doing right now, volunteering in their community on this Martin Luther king holiday weekend. This national day of Service Going on here on the National Mall where the president is its an Elementary School. It is an Elementary School here in washington. I believe hes doing a little bit similar to his Service Project last time around four years ago because i believe he had a paint brush in his hand that time. But it looks like hes helping what ive seen so far, helping to complete an overhaul of a school in washington, d. C. He has some very good volunteers. I believe they are with city year and theyre working to, you know, maybe do a little painting, a little varnishing of a bookcase, john. It is the burrville Elementary School in northeast washington there. I have to say mrs. Obama sporting a little more form than the president painting that bookcase. She also has a pair of gloves. Maybe hes worried about getting dirty. We lost the shot. Thats okay. A lot going on today in the Nations Capital. Service events going on all over the city. With all the things going on, security is extremely tight. Some of it you can see, some of it not so obvious. We want to talk to chris lawrence, whos covering this for us live on the National Mall. Chris, whats being done to secure all these inaugural sites . Reporter basically, this is an all hands on deck operation. Some is easy to see like the police force, 2,000 to 3,000 other officers that have been pulled in from around the country. There are about 6,000 National Guard troops also helping out, and that doesnt even count the federal agents, the fbi and of course the secret service who is running this whole operation. But what you dont see are the cameras. They have literally pulled in cameras from just about every agency that is around washington, so many that federal officials tell us they couldnt even count. But its a good bet that basically if you are anywhere in Downtown Washington this weekend, there is a camera on you and you are being watched. The fbi says they are trying to cover all the bases. And right now its all hands on deck. We have our s. W. A. T. Team, our pretty much all of our Specialty Teams will be available and on standby to include weapons of mass destruction, our dive team, our intelligence analysts will be working around the clock. Our hostage negotiators, our special agent bomb technicians will also be available. To pretty much all of our special teams will be available. Reporter obviously, a lot of those folks wont be needed. There were no major security incidents four years ago. But the key is to be prepared for everything, john. Thats right. Everyone on call. It is the highest security event that washington does every four years. Chris lawrence here on the mall with us. Nice to see you this morning. It sure is a Beautiful Day in washington. As you can see behind us, everyone waving, crowds gathering in what will be an extremely busy inauguration weekend. It already is. A lot of preparations under way. The president s public swearingin and inaugural speech are monday, but festivities are already under way. Were seeing Service Projects happening all over the Nations Capital as well as all over the country. Today the operative word is service. The national day of service is today. A Service Summit is being held here on the National Mall. Thats where our Suzanne Malveaux is. You have a special guest with you. We certainly do. When you think of service, you think of ultimate sacrifice. You have to think of tammy douglass. This is somebody recently she won a congressional race in illinois but shes also an iraq war vet. Shes joining us. Youre an inspiration to so many people. I know youll be talking late they are afternoon about the importance of service. Not everybody does what you do. But they can do something. You and i were talking about that earlier. And we should all do something. Only one half of one percent of our population serves in uniform, but so many people serve. If youre going to volunteer at a soup kitchen, squeeze in an extra hour at an event center, do something, thats whats important about today, something to give back to this wonderful nation we live in. Reporter there is a ball that is happening of course for the veterans, very important affair. I know youll be there. The president , the first lady. Give us a sense of whether or not you feel there is the kind of support, what that means today when they go out there. Theyre looking for jobs, a tough time thisin this country now. We can do a lot more. We have a real issue with homelessness among veterans, a real issue with our female veterans coming home, having a hard time finding jobs, dealing with trauma, both posttraumatic stress and sexual trauma. Weve done more since the president appointed the secretary than we have in a lot of years prior to that. Im so thrilled that the secretary is staying on to continue the great work. Reporter a little news for us there, a little nugget. Youre very close to the president. What do you think going into the Second Administration he needs to do in terms of, a, getting the troops home from afghanistan, and, b, providing the kinds of services that he talks about, because the state of veterans is so tough and poor in this country today . Its tough. I think we need to bring our troops home from afghanistan as quickly as possible but in a way that we dont have to send them back. Then we need to have a good transition from the d. O. D. To the va so that when they leave the military they know where theyre going. They dont just go home and sit in their house. They know im going to go to school or go into a Job Training Program or they have a job lined up and maybe theyre going to serve in some other way. But we need to do a better job of providing that. What happens is if thats not there they can spiral into homelessness, they cant find a job, theyre unemployed, theyve run out of money and it just adds up. Congresswoman, thank you to much for your time. It is great to see you. Of course you are an inspiration for many of us looking to do something, to volunteer. Thanks again. Congratulations. Thank you. Back to you. Thanks so much, suzanne. Well check in with you throughout the day. Today the national day of service. Lets talk more about the inauguration and the second term for president obama. For that i want to bring in my colleague, White House Correspondent dan lothian. Dan, lets talk about priorities for the president s second term but first its an interesting little nugget of history. This is a historic day and also a historic inauguration for president obama because hes going to match only fdr in getting two double swearins or four swearingins if you will. Why is that . First of all, look back to 2009 when Justice Roberts and the president kind of stepped on each other, the word faithfully out of order, there was a question whether or not it was legitimate so, they had a second one in the private quarters of the white house. This time around the constitution says you have to administer the oath before noon on the 20th. On sunday is not typically when we have the inauguration, so theyll have a private ceremony in the blue room on sunday and then on monday theyll have the official sort of public swearingin for the president. And the parade and pomp and circumstance we expect in an inauguration ceremony. So, tuesday the pomp and circumstance monday, tuesday its back to work. Real work. When we talk about the second term, what do you think are the major priorities for president obama heading into the second term . I think gun control obviously is a big one. Just think back before the shooting in connecticut. Gun control was not even on the radar. Now this is something that both the president , the Vice President believe that you have to sort of seize the moment. Theres some bipartisan support for what the president is pushing, also bipartisan opposition. We see the nra is promising to fight hard as well. The administration feels good in that the public sentiment seems to be on their side, the majority of americans believe theres some need for gun restrictions. And so theyre trying to seize this moment in order to try to curb the gun violence, what weve seen out there recently. Such an uphill battle because passions are so high on both sides on the gun control issue. Another issue where passions are so high on both sides when it comes to president and congress, this debt ceiling fight. Thats right. Although now were seeing some of the temperatures lower there because every was expecting for this to be during the last time out, republicans saying lets deal with this for the next three mos, deal with the longer one later. The white house encouraged theyre encouraged by what theyre hearing but clearly its not going to be easy. But certainly i think not as contentious as we were thinking in the short term. Well see how that relationship develops if at all or e vovls throughout the next term. Dan, thanks very much. John has some of the other headlines this hour. Including the manti teo story. Twists and turns if that mysterious case of the notre dame linebacker and his fictitious girlfriend. Notre dame linebacker says he was the victim of a cruel hoax. He spoke off kacamera with espn Jeremy Schaap and said as recently as last wednesday he believed his girlfriend was real person even know he never met her. Schaap says he seemed believable and sincere throughout the interview. I can say the entire 2 1 2 hours that we spoke, he was completely composed, selfassured, he by trayed no nervousness. He mad full command of the story suggests that its a story rather than the truth. But he had a full command of everything that i posed. Sources tell cnn an investigation has uncovered the names of three people believed to have started that hoax. Many words of contrition from Lance Armstrong in that sensational interview in which he admits that, in fact, he did cheat as a professional cyclist over the course of his entire career. Do i have remorse . Absolutely. Will i continue to . Will it grow . Will i absolutely. This is for me this is just the first steps, and, again, these are my actions. Ive been im paying the price, but i deserve it. Armstrongs confession could unleash an avalanche of former sponsors and supporters who backed armstrong when he said repeatedly he never used banned substances. The chance of a federal government default in the next few weeks has come up significantly. House Republican Leaders have agreed to vote next week to extend the debt limit four months. This is a big reversal from their earlier position to delay the debate. But there is a catch. Both the house and Senate Must Pass a budget before the extension expires. And if they dont, guess what . Congress wont get paid. That would be part of the bill. Overseas now, major news happening in algeria where seven hostages and 11 kidnappers are reported dead this morning as the hostage crisis enters its fourth day. Algerian special forces had been trying to secure the release of an unknown number of people, including americans being held at this gas plant by an Al Qaedalinked terror group. Algerian state tv says the gunmen had been planning to take the hostages to mali. Were still talking about the flu. Its now killed more than nine children in the past week. That makes 29 pediatric deaths this season. The number of elderly people hospitalized with flulike illnesses has also spiked. Thats according to the centers for disease control. 30 states now report high levels of the flu. Thats six more than last week. And for the first time california is on that list. This seasons flu vaccine is only about 62 effective, but experts say it is still the best option. Go out and get that flu shot if you have not yet. Of course here in washington, where the temperatures are maybe chillier than people are used to, people are bundling up, they dont want to catch that. John and i are pretty darn warm right now. Some nice heat lamps here. Cannot complain. Up next, Martin Luther king iii talks hbt his fathers dream and how it that process is coming true in 2013. 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It is staggering. 92 of democrats approve but only 13 of republicans say the president is doing a good job. That is a huge gap. So what does he do about it . How does the president reach out to those who do not support him right now . Clark judge has some thoughts on that. He is the founder and managing director of the white house group. You say the president needs to talk about common purpose that everyone can relate to. He needs to Transcend Party lines in this speech. How does he do that . Well, hes going to invoke lincoln with the loin continue bible and Martin Luther king, both of whom are figures of Great National unity. And Common National purpose. He should pick up that kind of tone, take from lincolns second inaugural that sense that were all fallen and all searching in a sense looking through a glass darkly to the future and trying as a Common National purpose from different points of view to find the way for the nation. He should take that bighearted, big sense of this great purpose of the nation and invoke it to the moment. And, clark, going into his second term, this being his second inaugural, how does that impact the approach to this speech versus, you know, when he was going into his first inauguration . Well, most president s when they reach their second inaugural, have a certain amount of viewing with satisfaction, what theyve achieved, what the nation has achieved, not they but invoking the nation as the achiever, and then looking to the future with a purpose, as i said. Good models for this besides lincoln would be both reagan and clinton, each of whom faced a congress that was partially or entirely in the case of clinton in the hands of the other party. Each by invoking the common purpose was validating that the other party had a role this process and validating that the party was other party was made up of people of good will. Both did bring up the good nature of people. But second inaugurals are a strange animal. One said its like renewing your vows to your first husband. Its hard to get that level of excitement, isnt it . Well, its a different kind of excitement. Ive been at first all in rals and second inaugurals. Its very different. But in each case youve got the renewal of the nation, and it is the task of a president to give that sense of the nation once again being reborn through the whole electoral process, whether you were a loser or a winner that process, a partisan winner or loser, youre part of that greater National Purpose and youve contributed to it. That is essential for the kind of speech that he and the kind of moment that he faces. Now, whether he does that or not is another matter. And briefly the kind of bar for the p president in this speech, do you think the bar is set higher for the president s inauguration or lower . It seems a high bar to think one speech will be able to bridge the divide between the white house and Congress Going forward in the second term. Well, the bridging the divide is a process. Yes. That the inaugural speech is part of that process, the state of the union, and so are his private conversations with the leaders of the other parties as well as the leaders of his party. So if he wants to undertake that process, this is the moment in it, but it isnt the only moment. All right. Clark judge, thank you so much for your time. Speechwriter. You know the story well. When george h. W. Bush was holding office. And president reagan. As well. Thank you. So interesting to get that perspective from the inside. Speech a very big deal, a big opportunity for any president. Outside of washington, the Sundance Film Festival is packing them in, and politics is on everyones mind. In a sense, its not as much fun as it used to be. Youre not going to step away from it. This is still going to be your baby, yes . Robert redford talks about his role in the future of sundance and what he would like to see in a second obama presidency. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. They dont know it yet, but theyre gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, theyll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. Theyll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isnt rocket science. Its just common sense. From td ameritrade. There is so much going on in washington here for the inauguration. But its not just the inauguration. It falls this year, as it does so often, on Martin Luther king jr. Weekend, the celebration of the great civil rights leaders life. Only fitting, then, that Martin Luther king iii joins us now to talk act his fathers dream and what it means today. Thats absolutely right. It was historic. Welcome. Thank you so much for joining us today. It was historic for the president , first africanamerican president to be sworn in as president of the United States, and now hell have another swearingin on the very day that honors your father. What does that mean . You know, what that means, first of all, after you get past the fact that the president of the United States has been sworn in and actually using a bible of my dads. Absolutely right. The hope is that it will inspire not just the president , because obviously hes already said that it does, but the congress and the president to Work Together for the American People, and hopefully americans will be inspired. Dad used this bible. He traveled around the nation using it to drive spiritual inspiration. He used it in his first sermon at dexter avenue baptist church. It will be one of three bibles the president will be using. Also a bible from the first ladys family as well as a lincoln bible. So a lot of history surrounding all of that. And of course this mall in washington is the site where your father gave one of his most famous addresses, the i have a dream speech. What does this place mean to you and for the Civil Rights Movement . First of all, i should say today, of course, is is part of the day of activities of service. Dad gave his life serving other, and millions, hopefully, of americans will be engaged in Service Throughout this weekend. The hope, though, is that people will be engaged throughout the year. Now, what it means, quite interestingly, is the fact that dad gave a speech as the lincoln memorial. The president is sworn in at the opposite end on the king holiday, i mean, you cant get any more. But we cannot forget about the fact that dad gave his life for the least of these gods children. And the fact is in this nation there are millions of People Living in poverty, and weve got a big challenge to figure out how to create a scenario to lift all volts for all americans. I have to ask you this. You spoke at the Democratic Convention in 2008. During that speech you said, paraphrase, your father would be very proud of the president , proud of the party that nominated him, as well as proud of the america that elected him. And now as were moving into a second term, i wanted to ask you, do you feel that same way . What do you think of the president s record in his first term . I think the president has done a beyond admirable job with a very difficult set of circumstances to first the bailout banks, the auto industry, to create now affordable well, not affordable yet but health care. Its going to be affordable. Health care for all. And i think there are many other initiatives that must be taken on. The fact hes taken on gun control is quite phenomenal. Its tragic that we had to lose 20 children and six adults for our nation finally to focus on this issue. But this is very important. Immigration policy is going to be very important. And i think the president is doing what a president needs to be doing. When you talk about service, what does that entail . What do you want people to do in their homes, in their own communities this weekend . I would hope i mean, there are any number of things that people can do. Some people are just cleaning up their communities, which is fine. There may be some who are working with seniors, which is positive. There may be some who are specifically working with tutoring children. Weve got so many issues in this society. We just want people to do something constructive and creative. This is a day on, not a day off. We dont want folks to sit back, relax, and barbecue. We want them to be engaged in service. Thats what dad was about. Absolutely. Martin luther king iii, thank you so much for joining us on this day as we all honor your iconic father and his service as well. Thank you for the opportunity. So volunteering, as weve been discussing, is a very big part of this years inauguration weekend. Today thousands of people are marking a national day of service including the obama family. Well tell you what theyve been up to to mark the event. Almost tastes like one of jacks cereals. Fiber one. Uh, forgot jacks cereal. [ jack ] whats for breakfast . Um. Try the number one yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a days fiber. Fiber one. Its lots of things. All waking up. Connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. Its going to be amazing. And exciting. And maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. Were going to wake the world up. And watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. Cisco. Tomorrow starts here. Cisco. Officeyour business needs. K. At prices that keep you. Out of the red. This week get a bonus 15 itunes gift card with any qualifying 75 ink purchase. Find thousands of big deals now. At officemax. I have obligations. Cute tobligations, but obligations. G. I need to rethink the core of my portfolio. What i really need is sleep. Introducing the ishares core, Building Blocks for the heart of your portfolio. Find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. Ishares by blackrock. Call 1800ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Read and consider it carefully before investing. Risk includes possible loss of principal. Welcome back, everyone. Im john berman. Im kate bolduan. Thanks for joining us. Were having a lot of fun this morning. We are in washington, d. C. , with cnns special coverage of president Barack Obamas inauguration weekend. Thank you for joining us. Its not just an inauguration. Its also the Martin Luther king holiday weekend. To mark that, thousands of people are taking pafrt rt in a national day of service today, including the first family. The obamas are helping spruce up an Elementary School in washington. There are a lot of people who want to volunteer in their communities but dont know how to do it. So a Service Summit is being held on the National Mall to give them good ideas of how to help out. Suzanne malveaux is there. People are there to get information and check out some celebrities, im sure. I have to admit, a lot of people excited about volunteering but there is also a certain star factor here that people are attracted to. They want to know who are the celebrities. Right now on stage congresswoman tammy douglass. We just talked with her. An iraq war vet, a superhero, really, someone really committed to her country. Shes addressing the crowd now. Before hand, we saw eva longoria. She talked about the need to push forward Immigration Reform to help serve the latino community. We saw paul biden, the Vice President s son, talking about the need to give to veterans. He of course is serving as well. We saw yolanda adams, the gospel great, belting out songs to inspire people. Chelsea clinton is one of the cochairs of this organization to Bring Community service and make it popular, to bring it back. She had a very special message early this morning, and she related it directly to her father and what it has meant for their familieses to give back to the community. Heres how she put it, kate. One of the reasons im particularly proud of my father today is that 19 years ago he signed the bill that made Martin Luther king a national day of service. And when he signed the bill, he reminded us of what dr. King often called lifes most persistent and urgent question what are you doing for others . And in my family, the only wrong answer to that question is nothing. Reporter really special. Kind of cute. This moment we saw Chelsea Clinton with 7yearold addison rose. A Service Project they did. Many different booth are set up behind us. You have some of these celebrities and activists interacting in the community, talk to addison. The chirp were making a card together for cards theyll send to kids who are in homeless shelters, kids in foster care, and addison was absolutely thrilled, surprised, actually, had no idea that Chelsea Clinton was going to come up and sit right beside her making her little cards. We had a chance to talk to her as well. Its a time this afternoon for a lot of families to get together, sign up, learn more about these Service Projects. We are going to hear and see additional celebrities as well. Theres a performance. Star jones. Angela bassett. D. J. Mell. Hes pretty good too. People are still coming out and very excited. If you want to get involve involved, iserve. There will be a lot of events going on throughout the weekend. People can get information on local and National Service organizations. Also a few celebrities. Suzanne, thank you so much. John berman, some other news of the day starting with the hostage situation in algeria. This has been developing and not quite over yet. Following closely overseas in algeria where seven hostages and 11 kidnappers right now are reported dead this morning as this hostage crisis enters its fourth day. Algerian special forces had been trying to secure the release of an unknown number of people, including americans being held at this gas plant by an Al Qaedalinked terror group. Algerian state tv says the gunmen had been planning to take the hostages to mali. A chance of a federal government default in the next few weeks has dropped significantly. Thats because house Republican Leaders have agreed to vote next week to extend the debt limit for three months. It is their big reversal from their earlier position to delay the debate, but there is a catch. Both the house and Senate Must Pass a budget before the extension expires, and if they dont, this provision says that congress will not get paid. News in the baseball world. Earl weaver has died. He led the club to four pennants. He racked up 1,480 wins. The pugnacious hall of famer affectionately known as the earl of baltimore was 82. People are saying wherever he is right now he is already fighting with someone. The National HockeyLeague Starts today after a more than 100day lockout. The nhl players ratified a new collective Bargaining Agreement earlier this week. Now the games begin. 48 contests over 99 days if the fans are still here to watch. My households very excited that were going to get some kind of hockey. Waited a long time. There will still be the playoffs. In hockey its the playoffs everybody wants to watch anyway. Some of our crew guys were cheering. Yes. Finally. Still ahead, president president obama was the first president to come out to publicly openly support samesex marriage, but not everyone is pleased with the pace of change. Well take a closer look at that. [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make it worth watching. The new 2013 lexus ls. An entirely new pursuit. President obama scored big points in the gay and Lesbian Community when he became the first president to openly support samesex marriage. Newsweek even put him on the cover calling him the first gay president. But there are more battles ahead, and some of the critics argue he hasnt acted decisively enough. Robin brand is a political analyst on lesbian and gay issues. Let me ask you this. How do you characterize his first term . Overall i think it was a very positive term for the gay and Lesbian Community. The list of accomplishments that president obama was able to do in his first term was actually quite impressive. Among that list are signing the Matthew Shepherd james byrd hate crimes act in his first year in office. He also obviously repealed the dont ask, dont tell policy, which is allowing Service Members to serve openly and honestly for the first time. He also was able to personally express his support for samesex marriage, which really became a gamechanger especially going into this election cycle where for the first time voters in three states decided to affirm the rights of gays and lesbians to have Marriage Equality in their states. When you call this first term for the gay and Lesbian Community a game changer, and it was a very big election for that, as well, what does that mean, then, do you think for the second term . Weve been talking, you know, throughout the day about how the president has many major issues on his plate right now. Do you fear that the lgbt communities and the issues they care about will then be pushed to the back burner . There is that concern because there are a lot of issues on his plate. And although there are a lot of accomplishments in the first term, theres still a lot of work to be done to really make sure that gays and lesbians and their families are truly equal citizens in the United States. Theres, again, a long list of protections and rights that still need to be tackled. But on top of the agenda right now are several things. First the supreme courts going to be looking at the constitutionality of equal marriage this year. Wed like to see the president ask the Justice Department to submit a friend of the court brief if in support of equal marriage for gay and lesbian couples, to show his support and the administrations support for repealing the law. Immigration reform is obviously a hot topic right now. Absolutely. We have nine states that now allow equal marriage, plus the district of columbia. But there are also countries around the world that allow Marriage Equality. There are many, many binational couples across the country. We want to make sure across the world. Excuse me. But if you are in a samesex couple and your partner is not a u. S. Citizen, you cant get your partner near the United States legally. We want to make sure that binational couples are included in any type of Immigration Reform. Theres been some controversy during this president ial transition when it comes to gay issues. Of course the president s first pick to lead a prayer of the nation was a pastor who received controversy remarks. What do you make of this . Is this a sign of things to come, do you think . Well, it is. I mean, i think its a sign of what has been happening also within the gay community. And chuck hagel is a great example. He had a very bad record on gay and lesbian issues while he was in the u. S. Senate. He voted against the hate crimes act i just referred to. He had a zero rating for three cycles by the human rights summit. And of course he got a lot of attention for his very wrong and hurtful statements about ambassador hormel when he was speaking to his ambassadorship. That said, senator hagel has evolved on the issue of how he feels about gays and lesbians and their families, and thats what were seeing happening across the United States. And now we see a majority support for equal marriage across the country, and that has happened over the last 10 or 15 years. And the success of our movement has been accepting people who have changed their opinion by getting to know gays and lesbians and their families and realizing that there are real injuls tiss that need to be corrected. Robin brand, thanks for your time. It appears the list of issues on the president s slate is no fewer that time around than it was during the first inauguration. Thank you. Thank you. Monday president obama will be sworn in for a second term. So what can we expect the next four years . 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Is that purely a reality that they dont want to be caught seeing as on the wrong side of brinksmanship in the first go of this . You know, weve had a lot of drama already in the beginning of this year. Between the fiscal cliff, between the election of speaker boehner. I think people are realizing that the American People are a little trired of drama. But that does not mean that republicans are not committed to addressing the spending policies, addressing the holistic problem. We cant just do it in pieces. At some point the budge it has tot to be balanced as we all balance our budgets at home. But i do think in politics things come in a pendulum. Weve had a pendulum of instability, arguing, fighting. I think well see it come back to the middle sooner rather than later. You think there will be no drama with the debt ceiling . Oh, absolutely. We should have a little drama. We didnt get into this mess simply by spending our way into it. I think we have to look at it in a wholistic way, in terms of revenues, in terms of spending cuts. But, you know, the republicans did the right thing in terms of making sure that the country doesnt default on its obligation. But we still have a sequester coming up. I mean, that is spending cuts across the board, you know, defense, a lot of important social justice programs. You know, if dr. King were alive today, he would march and stand up for education. He would march and stand up for children to make sure that they have their needs met. I think its important that president obama approach this as he has, reaching out to the republicans but standing his ground on those principles that will make this country a good country in the 21st century. But, donna weather the republicans extending this olive branch, if you will, to extend the debt ceiling vote three months, is that a good sign . I dont like to see anything with what do we call that within the Grocery Store when they want to attach something to it . Two for one sale . It might be a two for one sale. Republicans want to increase their advantage being at the table with the sequester coming up weather the regular budget thats coming up. Look, i understand the games the republicans are playing but the game the American People want them to play is to play fair, to make sure that the rich pay their fair share but also the deep cuts do not disproportionately hurt those people still trying to stand up after the worst economic recession since the great depression. Well have much more. Well also show a very famous picture of Donna Brazile. 1993. I was an inaugural official. How the mighty have fallen. Oh, my goodness. Stand by. Much more with anna, donna, john and i as we continue to talk politics as well as mark this president ial inauguration weekend. Officemax has exactly the ink. Your business needs. 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Youre a celebrity among republicans and you spent the last few days at the Republican House retreat talking to members of the house, the republican members, about minority outreach and the issue of immigration. What was your message to them . My message is we need to do better. Were in bad shape, but it is doable to improve and it is something we must do. We cannot give up on hispanic outreach. And immigration is a challenge, its a complex issue, its a controversial and divisive, emotional issue. But its also an opportunity to change the tone, to do something, to come up with a constructive solution, to work in a bipartisan fashion, and show the country what they want to see from republicans, show hispanics that we care, get them back into our fold. We can attract hispanics. You know, eight years ago we were inaugurating a president , george w. Bush, who won 44 of the hispanic vote. Weve gone down almost 20 points in eight years. Thats not acceptable. And not only is it not acceptable, it will not get us back in the white house ever. I think they unld it. I was very encouraged by the response i got. I didnt mince words. I didnt sugar coat it. Were in bad shape, folks. I know that comes as a surprise to you. And, you know, theres a commitment i found a commitment among many of the important republicans, the leadership, many of the rankandfi rankandfile, who want to do something on immigration. There have been a lot of things happening behind the scenes. Theres been a Bipartisan Group meetings in the senate for the last several weeks. Theres been Bipartisan Group meeting in the house. I think we are about to see some movement. And i think thats one issue where we might be able to get some bipartisan agreement. But, donna, from a purely policy kind of perspective and strategy, really, because this white house really folks on one singular issue when they really want to push it and they take their argue tomt the public. We hear the president talking about that all the time. I need you American People to tell your lawmakers that you want this change to happen. But when you talk about Immigration Reform, the white house says they want to move quickly on it after the inauguration, but is that realistic when youve got gun control, the debt ceiling, budget battles ahead that are really pressing issues . Well if you go back to the first term, the president had many of these important issues in his in box, but he decided that the economy should have been the big focus. I think he can tackle gun safety laws, immigration, of course continue to improve our economy so that we can get people back on their feet. I think what anna did this past weekend in williamsburg is very important. She was speaking to some of the most powerful republicans in the country. But if they dont listen to her message, theyre in trouble. But were going to fight. Weve been waiting for four years on Immigration Reform. It was a promise president obama made he was going do his first year. Were hoepg it get hoping it g first year second term. Hope soo toe some bipartisan work. Go have a bipartisan meal right after this. Ladies, nice to see you. Thank you is so much. All right. This question, of course, when we come back, well be back a little later today, but up next, are your political leaders set to derail an economic recovery . A cantmiss edition of your money. Almost tastes like one of jacks cereals. Fiber one. Uh, forgot jacks cereal. [ jack ] whats for breakfast . Um. Try the number one yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a days fiber. Fiber one