inaugurations how often weather plays a role. sometimes things are canceled if it s too cold. sometimes when it s too snowy, i think with john kennedy s inauguration. today it s going to be a light drizzle. what do you see with this compared to past years? weather is always a big deal in washington at this time of year. the last time it rained was for george w. bush in 2001. that day george w. bush planned to use the original george washington bible when he took the oath, but because of the weather the powers that be who look after that bible decided not to bring it outdoors. so we ve had rainy days in the 1800s quite often. snow has been more of a problem since inauguration day got moved up from march to january. only a couple got canceled. reagan had it canceled, i think, the second one because of how cold it was. sometimes the parades are moved or canceled. even in march when the inauguration used to be in
go. we ve got the state of florida to cover for you. i want to begin with john zarrella live at a polling place not too far from where i am. john zarrella, you re talking to voters. what are they telling you? very good turnout here today, brooke. they expect maybe countwiywide, about 40% voters. a lot of them are telling me, we want the guy who will beat barack obama. but then when you get past that, we re hearing both sides, some people saying newt gingrich, others saying mitt romney. so it s going to be interesting to see how that shakes out here, and this is the largest republican precinct, precinct 701, in hillsborough county. about 3800 registered republicans here. brooke? we know that the republican party, it s penalizing florida for having its primary today, january 31st. tell me a little bit more about that as i hear you laugh, john zarrella. you know, four years ago, the state moved up the presidential primaries to january 31st, or the last tuesday in january