>> it's a big deal when you see a peaceful transfer of power. we come to take it for granted, but if you don't have the peaceful transfer of power, you don't have democracy. who is that from? >> tommy's fifth grade teacher. >> oh, i read that one. >> it endures. it prevails. here we stand. >> after we lost tommy, we got thousands and thousands of letters. a lot of them were coming from people who knew tommy, people who were moved by tommy's poetry. it was just an overwhelming and affecting thing. >> my first act as president i ask you to join me in a moment of silent prayer to remember all those we lost this past year to