for the second inauguration of president barack obama with a private ceremony swearing in for sunday. then on monday in washington, the parties with the second swearing in at the capitol, the parades, the balls. joining me now, a former national press secretary for the obama 2012 campaign. ben, good to see you. i know you ve been a busy man trying to get this together. so the festivities as we explained to everybody, they actually start tomorrow. explain what starts ahead of the big parade on monday? sure. well, one of the differences between this inaugural and some past inaugurals is the national day of service which will take place in all 50 states beginning tomorrow. we ve had staff in all 50 states organizing this. so even if you re at home, you can participate in the inaugural celebration. this will be neighbors giving back to their communities to kick off the celebration, a tradition that the president, the first lady established the last time around. and what they hope will ca
conference, a joint news conference between cameron and obama, expect plenty of questions about this, steve. all right. thank you very much for the live report early on this tuesday. but david cameron had nothing to do with it. and he was against it. right. yell at gordon brown if you can find him. that won t stop the american politicians from chewing on his ear saying why did you do this? fortunately, i was against it. i don t know what political system you describe to. one where people are wearing powdered wigs. those are the days. your headlines. at 2:15 eastern this morning, a ceremony swearing in west virginia s newest senator will allow democrats to break a republican filibuster. he s replacing the late robert byrd who will give democrats the 60th voted they needed to end the delay. i believe senator nelson, a democrat is not voting for it. they need to figure out a way to pay for the benefits first before extending them. they say the 2.5 million people