Well, thats our edition of 60 minutes on cnbc. Im bob simon. Thank you for joining us. [ticking] joining us. This is cnbcs special coverage of the second inauguration of barack obama. From the death threat to the nations economic recovery, the issues that matter most to your money. Here now Tyler Mathisen and john harbaugh. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to cnbcs coverage of the second inauguration of barack obama. The 57th inaugural of an american president. Between a half a million and 800,000 people are estimated to attend todays festivities. Most of them not very close to the capitol where the swearing in will take place. Thats roughly a third of the number who attended president obamas first inauguration four years ago. Once again welcome, everybody. Im Tyler Mathisen joined by cnbcs chief washington correspondent john harwood. Great to be with you on this day of history. Welcome to d. C. Good to see you. The oath of office will take place in about 50 minutes, but today, of
Championship, we have a great news. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 skojdeconds. And will to the best of my ability defend the constitution of the United States. So help you god . So help you god. Congratulations, mr. President obama. President obama begins the second term in the white house. Thousands of Security Officers are getting ready. City officials expect as many as 70,000 people. Hes going to address the crowd, the nation and the world. Expected to lay out his vision for the world in his second term. Measures to help the economy, energy. I think immigration is really the big issue, frankly. The most significant event of the weekend, i love her bangs. The deaths in algeria has reached at least 81. At least one american is among the dead. Very Cool Temperatures across the midwest. Windchills down to minus 50. This time the swearing in flawless. And when he was done his daughter sasha took note. I did it. All tha zone for the touchdown the 49ers
Cbs News Coverage of the second inauguration of barack obama. From capitol hill, here is scott pelley. Good morning. The Nations Capital is beginning a daylong celebration of American Freedom and democracy. For the 57th time in our history, a president freely elected by the people is being sworn in to office. Just before noon at the capitol, barack obama will take the oath for his second term as president. This is a ceremonial swearingin because the constitution requires the president to be sworn in on january 20th, and this year the 20th fell on sunday. So the president took the official oath in private yesterday in the blue room at the white house. The oath administered by the chief Justice John Roberts, jr. The public swearingin and all the pomp and circumstance that go with it were put off until today and what a day it is. The temperature right now is in the high 30s. The sky is clear, a brilliant winters day in the Nations Capital. People are pouring into the National Mall to witn
Washington. Temperatures remain in the 30s. Thats a bit warmer than four years ago for the president s first inauguration. That of course saw a recordsetting crowd, nearly 2 Million People. No one is expecting anything quite like that this time around but still, folks have been finding spaces on the mall tonight since the sun came up. You can see them setting up spots now. We will be covering the entire inaugural ceremony live. And if youre not at your tv you can watch our live stream on our home page at news hour. Pbs. Org or follow us on twitter. This earmarks the 150th anniversary of the manspation proclamation. You can see bill and Hillary Clinton on the podium. There are also people there celebrating the election of the first africanamerican president. President obama is only the 16th sitting chief executive to be returned to office. He is the first president since Dwight Eisenhower to win two consecutive elections with more than 51 of the popular vote. He won for the 372 electora
The sights and sounds from the nations mall, where hundreds of thousands of people from around the country and the world gathered to witness todays events. We dont think well have one like this president in my lifetime. Were just delighted to be a part of this. Brown mark shields and david brooks offer analysis. Ifill on this day that coincides with the Martin Luther king, jr. , holiday, we get perspective from president ial historians Richard Norton smith, Annette Gordon reed, and beverly gage. Brown and we close with the words of a student poet, inspired by the second inaugural to write and perform her work, change. Like Martin Luther king i still have a dream that this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed and bring the people a new breed change. The mounting death toll in algeria now includes three americans. That, and other important stories, will be at the end of the program tonight. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour