Parties. And then at 11 55 am the president will take the oath of office, immediately followed by his second inaugural address. After lunch inside the capital, the parade makes its way to the white house, with inaugural floats honoring, among others, the president s birth place, hawaii, and the state of illinois. We saw her in her thom browne coat, starting off her husbands second term, though, with a new look. You noticed the bangs. They have been the talk of town the past few days. Well take a look at her influence over fashion over the past four years. I think theres going to be a lot of talk this morning about the size of the crowd here today and comparing it to the size of the crowd that was here back in 2009, Something Like 1. 8 Million People came to washington to witness the first inaugural of this president. Theyre expecting somewhere between 500,000 and 700,000 this time. And i dont think that should be seen as a lack of enthusiasm. We met some people on the street this morni
Tradition, pageantry and tradition today, monday, january 21st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, the second inauguration of barack obama, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. And good monday morning to you, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on a monday morning from capitol hill. As you look at the white house there, now the capitol. Im matt lauer alongside Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales and mr. Al roker. Beautiful sunrise in washington. No matter who you voted for, this is an historic day for the country. Little cold in the capital, but all along the country, people are starting to gather along the parade route this morning. The president and his family have a very full day ahead. So do we here at nbc news. 8 45 Eastern Starts off, the celebration does. The obamas and bidens will attend a private Prayer Service at st. Johns church. To there back to the white house for 10 00 coffee with congressional leaders.
Ravens, visiting Peyton Manning and the broncos. You might recall they met in a wild playoff game last year. Baltimore won that. 3835. In double overtime. Tonight denver is more than a touchdown favorite, but baltimore has won its last five season openers. All done with balloons. Take a look at this timelapse video. The guy tying all the balloons is jeff wright. One of the worlds best balloon artists, you can see it. He was asked to make an ironman suit in under ten hours using no more than 500 balloons. It was meant to celebrate the digital release of iron man 3. Check that out. Whoa. Holy mackerel wow hands must be hurting. Lungs must be hurting. He looks cool. Thats right. You can see. Attention to detail there. Just absolutely amazing. As we said. Its really cool. Coming up. Breaking free from our phones. The new film that is urging us to interact with the world around us, not just the virtual one. First, speaking of living in the moment Valerie Harpers inspiring decision to embrac
In this sunday exclusive. Good sunday morning. The latest now out of israel and gaza whether every hour seems to bring more fighting or a temporary ceasefire. Despite diplomatic efforts that include the u. S. , there is yet to be a lasting agreement. Todays developments, hamas started firing more rockets at israel after rejecting an extension of an israeliimposed ceasefire. Israel is now reviewing a hamas call for a 24hour humanitarian truce. Israeli troops had resumed their military offensive in gaza this morning. Our Richard Engel joins me now with the very latest from gaza. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, david. Yet again there is another attempt to put a humanitarian ceasefire in place. But weve seen these come and go. And a lasting deal here still remains elusive. Israelis and palestinians are both paying a heavy price for this. But as we saw for ourselves during a lull in the fighting, parts of gaza are being devastated. Mohammed is learning hes lost everything. His
With a sunday exclusive. Good sunday morning. The latest now out of israel appear gaza where the latest hour brings more fighting or temporary ceasefire. Despite diplomatic efforts that include the u. S. , there is yet to be a lasting agreement. Todays development hamas started firing more rockets at israel after rejecting extension of israeli imposed ceasefire. Israel is now reviewing a hamas call for a 24hour humanitarian truce. Israeli troops resumed military offensive in gaza this morning. Our Richard Engel joins me now with the very latest from gaza. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, david. Yet again there is another attempt to put a humanitarian ceasefire in place. But weve seen these come and go. A lasting deal here still remains elusive. Israelis and palestinians are both paying a heavy price for this. As we saw for ourselves during a lull in the fighting, parts of gaza are being devastated. Hes lost everything, his home, his possessions. But in this rare moment of