room. it must happen on the 20th of january. but all of the formal pomp and circumstance will be in front of the capitol on monday. during the first inaugural two million people attended the event. it is expected that the crowds will be smaller with 700,000 braving the chilly temperatures in the nation s capt cament . the president has seen a lot of excitement with this day dubbed the national day of service and the president helped to paint a mural in a local elementary school and joining us now is a former obama white house spokesman . welcome, great to have you here. thank you for having me. what about the day of service and why is it important to tie it to his in- inauguration. we are kicking off with a national day of service.
welcome back everybody. from our nation s capt cament. the president in that house behind me and mitt romney preparing for the debate because he wants to move in that building behind me here. the president will leave shortly to get ready and studying for that very debate. part of this debate, i hope it is mentioned in the upcoming debate in hofstra university is what we are approaching for the end of the week and year. we are continuing to pile up debt at the expense of four billion a day. all of the bush tax rates expire i want to develop time to the spending cuts that come n they are opting for the rate of growth and what is the big deal. are they big cuts? if you are in the defense industry and the money you
obama and gov mitt romney get for a rematch. the pressure is on both candidates to find an edge. i am uma. live from the nation s capt cament starts right now. uma pemmaraju. over the next few days, president obama and governor romney will get deep in the debate prep for tuesday. obama looks to make up for the last debate performance romney looks to build on his momentum. karl cameron is traveling with the romney campaign and has more. we are live on the romney press bus in central ohio on the way to fort smith where governor romney will have a rally in a while. early this morning, he was
revealing the new look for an old site in our nation s capt cament. i never have been here before and i was excited that they cut the chain down. wow. they are getting a peek in the reflecting pool and original part of the lincoln memorial. back in 1963, crowds surrounded the pool for martin luther king jr. s historical i have a dream speech. it has been out of commission and leak in need of repair. crews tore it up and fenced it in to the public. two years later, construction experts are quite proud. all of the substructures and drains and inlets and storm drains were still in the ground . you putations in you run into things no one knows about. no wading allowed but you can stick your feet in. political world turning their attention to north
shelter for the thousands of people left homeless. close to 300 people are dead and more than 5,000 injured. state television telling that several villages were leveled when the quakes struck minutes apart yesterday. three dozen after shocks were also reported. a report from damascus two syrian journalist were killed in the capt cament. details are sketchy and so-called armed terrorist blamed for one death and the other reporter killed in a bomb attack. explosions in city and surrounding posh neighborhood are becoming common as syrian civil war escalates. one blast was aimed at gunfire at civilians and a bus attack.