reporter: and the president glanced up without them, landing him on the cover of the new y n york daily news . this newborn was named eclipse. others were dressed in eclipse outfits. and nasa released a photo of the international space station silhouetted against the one, photo shopped from chris christie to e.t. during the last solar eclipse over north america in 1979, a network anchor spoke of the next one. that s 38 years from now. may the shadow of the moon fall on a world of peace. reporter: there was no peace, even from cars this time around. can you hear the car alarm? apparently the car is excited about the eclipse. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. i wthought it was pretty special. don t forget to watch the president s address to the nation 9:00 eastern time. we ll be covering it live. after that, a cnn special town