Noon on the 20th of january. Vice President Biden took the oath less an hour ago. Sonia sotomayor did the honors. Well show you how it played out in just a little while. The president and Vice President are taking place in a wreath laying ceremony. Mr. Obama will then return to the white house. He will be there just before noon for his official swearing in ceremony. The mily will attend todays event as Supreme Court chief Justice Roberts administers the first oath before they do it tomorrow. They did it back in 2009 when he flubbed his lines. They did it one more time to make sure it stuck. The pomp and pageantry is saved for tomorrow. The parade down pennsylvania avenue. Obamas began their whirlwind weekend on saturday. They helped spruce up an elementary as a national day of service. Last night it was party time. First Lady Michelle obama and daughters sasha and malia hosted an event for military families. Usher and katy perry attended. A bloody end to the hostage crisis in al year y
Yes persistence pays off. Thats pretty good. Well have more on that in a little while. Meanwhile, a lot of people talking about the first lady last night at the inaugural ball in that stunning red gown. Beautiful red gown getting rave reviews. The designer is jason wu. This is what they call a threepeat. He did the gown at the 2009 inaugural. He will join us live exclusively in a few moments. Well have more highlights from that historical day, including how president obama is using his inaugural address as a call to action for a second term. Also ahead, what do you think about coworkers who show up even though they are sick . I dont do it that often. Its actually a serious story. Sometimes people dont have a choice. Sometimes they arent paid for their sick days, so they have to go to work or dont get paid. So were talking about more efforts to make sick pay mandatory. And rare interviews with prince harry in afghanistan that are getting a lot of attention. He talks rather candidly and
You can tell quickly how fire the moved. The difficulty was in getting evacuations. Wildfires tear through Southern California. The silver fire remains out of control east of los angeles and destroyed dozens of buildings. Wow, just exploded. A man with a hose tries to keep the fire from spreading to the home. Meantime 19 diplomatic posts in that part of the world remain closed the morning. Whos what those who cowardly attack our United States dont get. United states wont retreat from the world. Were never terrorized. Mayor highways have been closed and more than 100 homes are flooded. Suspect now in custody for a dallas shooting spree that has left at least four people dead. President obama canceled his meeting with president vatputin. Also he didnt like putins demands shrtirtless on horseback. Winners of the powerball. Paerjs thrown from the bus. 23 were injured. All that can i have your number please. Uhoh. Hes feeling it. The big finish. And all that matters. Caretakers implemented
Beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. Now, as barack obama prepares to begin his second term and washington, d. C. Prepares for another president ial inauguration, we look ahead to the opportunities and the challenges facing the nation today, sunday, january 20th, 2013. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, the second inauguration of barack obama with lester holt and erica hill. Live from washington, d. C. Welcome to a special edition of today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. Beautiful morning in washington, d. C. Happy to have jenna and dylan here with us as well. Based on the picture i saw on twitter last night, you allic canned it last night. We missed you, lester. Out until about 8 00, 8 15. Passed out by 8 30. My lonely room Service Dinner was just great. We are, of course, all here in washington this morning. Because the city is gearing up, as is the country and in many ways the world to watch barack obama take the oath o
The girl was eliminated but the next day the judges realized their mistake and moved her on in the spelling bee. The ugly a seasoned sky diver spins out of control hitting the ground 30 miles per hour. Luckily he does survive. He was attempting a new stunt but the parachute didnt cooperate. He did make it out alive with just a few bumps and bruises. Time for your brew on this question of the day responses. Earlier we told you about a recent report that found more companies turning to tracking devices to monitor employees habits and find out how theyre interacting with coworkers. We asked you is this fine or over the line. Here are responses. Betkaz letter tweeted so over the line employees should be judged on results, not how busy they are every second. Albert said track the bosses and see if they are running or ruining their business. John from virginia tweeted scrap the idea and take the money they were spending on the program and buy the employees a cup of coffee. Thanks to everyone