Till we find a better way towelcome the to welcome the immigrants who still see america as the land of opportunity. The failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Reporter we ran into ellen and asked her what she thought. There were many references to women, you know, how it is important for women to have equal wages, great job and also he made references to preserving the environment. Reporter later there was the parade. It traved 1. 5 miles from the capital to pennsylvania avenue. We feel extremely honored. We were one of a few nonprofits chosen. We are excited. The group had to get to their staging air at 9 00 a. M. This morning and didnt match till after 4 00 p. M. Celebrating our history and traditions but once the crowds are gone the government has to get back to the business of running the country. Tori campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. As you can see thousands of people there and thousands flooded the capital to watch history happen as president obama was s
News. We want to take you live to washington, d. C. , now. Some great pictures coming to us from the commander in chiefs ball. This is one of the two inaugural balls for president obama, and you see the first lady there, Jennifer Hudson is singing, and a nice dance. Theyve been dancing the last few minutes. It looks like theyre just wrapping up. They got to this ball about 20 minutes ago. Its the commander in chiefs ball, open to anyone in the military, of course with an invitation, its open for you. Lets listen in briefly to the president and the first lady. A wonderful day and an amazing evening for both of them, and its been a long day for them. And from this commander in chiefs ball head out to the gnawi inaugural ball, the second of the evening, and our own political analyst Larry Gerston will be at that ball. The inauguration of president obama on this Martin Luther king day. Now mr. Obama sworn into office, as you know, for the second time and speaking to the nation with about h
Bloodshed in oakland when you cant walk down the street and be safe, when you cant go to school. You cant because it is just a war zone thats going on. We need a bill bratton as a strategist. Reporter some say they stacked the crowd, sending email blasts urging residents who support her approval of the bratton plan to attend. Saying sane oaklanders. Didnt appreciate some of the things that patricia sent out in her email about the hooligans. I dont consider myself a hooligan at all. Reporter Public Comment is expected to continue here for hours tonight. So far the city council has not voted on the bratton plan or a plan to bring in the Alameda County sheriffs deputies or to hire more technicians. Well continue to monitor this meeting. Nbc bay area news. It could turn out to be a very long night. Thank you. More on that injured oakland officers condition. The undercover detective that we told you about is recuperating at home. Doctors did treat and release him for a gunshot wound to the
Okay, audio, now. Were are sure what the inauguration sounded like for tens of thousands of today. The jumbo tron kept cutting out, audio feed was worse making most of the event unintelligible to everyone watching there. Similar to what we just had. We just did a simulation of that. Some people booed because they only heard every other word of the speech. We have more coverage in our 4 30 half hour, some residents got up early to watch the event. Also, the fashion and what were michelle, sasha and malia wearing today, and a winery celebrating with a special toast. President obama paid tribute to the man birthday were celebrating today. And they paused before this bust of the civil rights leader. The president said this was the first time hed noticed the king bust among artifacts there and said it was a privilege to use the bible of the civil rights leader in his swearing in ceremony. The 24th annual Martin Luther king junior paradex÷ f held this morning this, is the oldest tribute to
We got through a week. We did. We did. November 18th. Welcome to morning joe. We tell secrets openly on the set here. With us here, katty kay. Political writer for the New York Times Nicholas Confessore and in nashville, tennessee hes back. He was here yesterday. He bored us to death. I wanted to be bored today. My kids said, daddy, daddy, a horrible man put us to sleep. Is this the rule . We bore you to death . I think its good to have katty here so we can learn how to lose an empire gracefully. Okay. I can give you the road map because youre headed there. Lets start then jon, one of the reasons i wanted you back here, fascinating news yesterday broke and historical precedent do it. Woodrow wilson did it where mitt romneys name in consideration, a name that would calm a lot of fears on the International Stage and also domestically and the markets, mitt romney being talked to, considered for secretary of state. How important is that and talk about the historical precedence and team of