obama was sworn in by supreme court justice john roberts just before noon. tomorrow he will do it all over again for the public. the constitution mandates the president be sworn in by january 20th which of course is today. because of a 19th century tradition banning public inaugurations on sundays the swearing in and pageant try that comes with it will be held tomorrow. we just showed you in the past hour on fox news the first family on stage for a candlelight celebration of the inauguration. president obama speaking to an excited crowd giving a possible preview of his big inaugural address tomorrow. we begin fox team coverage with chief white house correspondent ed henry. you are right. at that event national historic building here in washington the president heard some songs from stevie wonder. he was feeling pretty good. good move certainly. at one point said he wanted to weigh in on the most important issue confronting this weekend. he joked it was the new bangs
i m megyn kelly. the president and vice-president are expect today make remarks, and we re listening to the second lady as she s known. jill biden. first we want to get to our own he ed henry and we ll listen, too, and go back to listen to mrs. biden in a bit. ed? good evening, this is a candlelight celebration, going on at the national museum, a historic museum at capitol hill in washington. the bottom line, the people in attendance there are big time supporters of the obama-biden ticket going back to last november, individuals giving up to $75,000, corporations giving up to $250,000, they didn t take corporate money last time and needed it this time. here is the vice-president speaking. let me begin with the simplest of statements, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. you re the only reason that we are here. thank you for support, thank you for being here, and most
part of that is treating the president as just a member of the congregation. they are here to be reminded they are one of god s children regardless of what positions they have in life. that doesn t mean he can t get a little excited about a special role. it keeps you on your toes this corner of 16th and h you never know who will be in church. he was chosen after another pastor bowed out because of an antigaiser monday he gave back in the 1990 s. the reverend has presided over a handful of same sex weddings and says scripture must be interpreted because it gives us direction, not directions. come back tonight just before 9:00 p.m. eastern for more of our special inauguration coverage and megyn will join me bringing live reports from the first couple during a candlelight celebration. thanks for inviting us back into your home tonight. that is live look at the place where the president will