On the west front of the u. S. Capitol. We are told in his inaugural speech he will not include any new proposals or call out, if you will, any of his political opponents. Arlington thats your, you see the president and Vice President , what has become a tradition, which is to go to the to tomb of the unknown of and, of course, pay homage to those who make plays like this possible. [ drumbeats ] [ taps ] so there you have it, what has become a traditional inaugural day activity, a salute from the commander in chief and his Vice President at the tomb of the unknowns. Joining me now, don bare, a former chief speechwriter for president clinton and dave gerson, with the washington post. Going took the words what is going to happen on the podium behind us tomorrow, strikes me how beautiful the ceremony is because everything that was that is enshrined there as the sacrifice, is what makes today and tomorrow possible. So, its nice sort of symmetry, i think, for president s to do this but lets
The president ial term of David Rice Atchison today, of all days, you should think of his legacy. Apparently, the story is history that will never repeat itself. Thank you so much for watching state of the union im Candy Crowley in on the National Mall in washington. Head to cnn. Com sotu for analysis and extras. If you missed any part of todays show, find us on itunes, just search state of the union. Cnns coverage of president obamas inauguration continues now with my colleagues, Gloria Borger and john king. Thank you, candy. Good morning from the National Mall. Welcome to cnns continuing coverage. Our special coverage of the 2013 inauguration of president barack obama. If you tuned in to watch fareed zakaria, they have the weekend off. Hell be back at his regular time next week. Gloria, not a crowd behind us. Little crowd behind us. The crowd will be here tomorrow for the ceremony, but today is really the day that matters if you read the constitution. Thats right. Today is the day th
Taylor. Reporter without twitter, facebook or cnn, news of emergencies travelled a lot slower in 1849. So there was no reason to explore the power vacuum at the time. In fact, atchison slept most of the day, tuckered out bay lot of lastminute business in the senate, some things never change. Still, some of atchisons friends reportedly could not resist. That night, some of his colleagues in the senate woke him up in the middle of the night to ask him to appoint them the secretary of state and other members of the cabinet. All in good fun, it seems, but out in kansas theyve got their story and are sticking to it even in youre not a believer in the legend of the 24hour president of atchison. Today of all days you should think of his legacy. Thats the reason that president obama isnt taking any chances and is being sworn in on the day of his inauguration. Indeed. President obama has been sworn in for his second term and apparently the story of David Rice Atchison is history that will never
You are watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Weve got this breaking news, gruesome new details that confirm missing u. S. Based journalist Jamal Khashoggi is no longer alive. A turkish official tells cnn his body was cut into pieces after his death. This disturbing news comes after cnn news reported that the assad reese were prepar saudis were prepared to add miss that khashoggi was killed by accident. Moments ago the president of the United States tweeted out he spoke with the crown prince of arabia, mbs, who denies any knowledge of what took place at the turkish consulate. The tweet comes hours after republican senator Lindsey Graham said this. Ive been their biggest defender on the floor of the United States senate. This guy is a wrecking ball. He had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey. To expect me to ignore it, i feel used and abused. I was on the floor every time defending saudi arabia. Theres a difference between a country and an individual. The mbs figure is to me toxic. He
Weisulberg was granted immunity in order to testify in the Michael Cohen investigation. The man they describe as the most senior person in the organization thats not a trump. Well, according to bloomberg, weisulberg is deeply familiar with the Trump Organizations financial housekeeping, was privacy to decisions that the house was never able to take part in. Eric trump, both executive Vice President of the organization. Ivanka trump was also an executive Vice President before she went to work at the white house. So cooperating with federal prosecutors should maybe be illegal. It. This whole thing about flipping, they call it. I know all about flipping, for 30, 40 years ive been flippers. It almost ought to be outlawed. You Say Something about donald trump and youll go down to 2 year s s or 3 years. In all fairness to him, if i were him i would do it. Its called flipping and it almost ought to be illegal. Today is another bombshell in a seemingly mushrooming of legal problems for this pr