Live and in hd, this is abc 7 news weekly. Obama was sworm in in a private ceremony in the blue room by justice roberts. Tomorrow he will deliver his speech to the country. It was an intimate setting the constitution of the united states. So help you god. Surrounded by close family obama began his second term. It was a far cry from the epic event in 2009 with 1. 8 Million People on the mall. The second time around, president obama supporters are enthusiastic but the hope of four years ago is tempered by big problems. Voters lack of confidence in a wiashington mired in dysfunction. He will lay out his plans for the next four years. It is imperative that our leaders try to seek Common Ground when it should exist. Joe biden kicked off his second term, sworn in by sonya sotomayor. The president and Vice President visited Arlington National ceremony and they attended services at one of the most historic black churches. 800,000 people are expected to be here to hear his goals for his second
Role as protecting the country and the world from his clutch iz. Grappling with the explosive revelations from woodwards book, President Trump has now taken on a siege mentality. Hes battling the image of himself that hes not just incompetent, but dangerous. On the today show just this morning woodward said that after covering nine administrations, hes never reported on a president so detached from reality, so detached, in fact, that woodward said the president has to be told that its his job to avoid world war 3. Were you shocked by what you uncovered in this book . Well, ive never seen an instance when the president is so detached from the reality of whats going on. In one nsc meeting, a year after trump was in office, the secretary of defense has to tell him because the president is complaining about all this money were spending on u. S. Forces abroad. James mattis says to him, were doing this to prevent world war iii. Heres the problem. This has not been treated seriously enough. A
so, bob woodward s book has raised a lot of questions about the president s fitness for office and this week will be a big test of competency. can he manage the crisis, and that will be the hurricane, hurricane florence headed straight toward the carolinas. a lot of pressure on the president to do better, manage it better than he did in hurricane maria in puerto rico. you had a great segment about the senate race earlier. i m going to be talking about the house. 66 gop held seats are on the cusp of a republican or democratic win or a toss-up according to the cook political report. my colleague rita epstein has a great story in the wall street journal today. nine of pennsylvania s 18 house sheets could change this year. so based on your numbers you have to do is felipe coin races. yeah. and then what? gene. cory book era corresponding to the guardian has four staffers out in iowa helping local candidates.