This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im David Gregory along side Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Maybe you can explain whats going on in washington. It is so frustrating. This is dynamic where each side thinks the other side is 100 at fault here. I dont think well get to thursday without a deal. Were seeing tempers fly on all sides right now. Absolutely. Thats todays top story this morning. The push to end the Government Shutdown taking on new urgency with the u. S. Days from losing its ability to borrow money. Peter alexander is at the white house this morning with the very latest. Good morning, peter. Reporter good morning, david. No deal in sight and not a lot of progress here. The next days will be critical on the u. S. Closing in on a thursday deadline. Thats when the government could begin defaulting on its bills. A heavy focus will be on t
I, Barack Hussein obama, do solemnly swear. That i will faithfully execute. That i will faithfully execute. The office of president of the United States. The office of president of the United States, so help me god. I joseph r. Bind junior solemnly swear that hill well and faithfully discharge. The duties of the office on which im about to enter. The duties of the office on which i am about to enter. So help me god. So help me god. It didnt take long, but four hours ago, president barack obama took oath of office for his second term at a private white house event. Hello, everyone, im don lemon, live in washington. And tomorrow, president barack obama and Vice President joe biden will be sworn in during a public ceremony. Hundreds of thousands of people will be here and we are bringing you live coverage all day and into the evening and all day tomorrow, of course. We have some very excited people behind us. They are on the mall. They are enjoying this experience. They came from all over