who plan to boycott the inauguration plans to get longer by the end of the day. those aren t the credits for the end of the show, those are the members of congress we know as of tonight aren t going. nbc news confirms at least 50 democratic members of congress have said they ll skip friday s inauguration. we don t think 50 would be a record but we do think it s the most in at least 40 years to stay away from a presidential inauguration. joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael great to have you here, especially in this big week. right. for a presidential historian, is this a little christmassy? it s just as exciting as it could be. well put. what is the history of significant protesat inaugurations? i feel like i ve seen a lot of them, i ve been to a few of them. there s some degree of protest but what about large scale protest? is it ever important? it does happen. in 1973, some members of congress did stay home because