Throughout the hour. We begin with what is by any measure aistoric event in the life of this nation. The inauguration of donald j. Trump as the president of the United States. An Inauguration Day that looked very different than what we saw for now former president obama eight years ago. The streets in this city where trump got just 4 of the vote. This image posted by vox shows the 2009 inauguration of now former president obama on the left and trumps inauguration on the right with far fewer spectators. The crowd estimated to be about onethird the size of obamas and while there were thousands upon thousands of jubilant trump supporters, it was i believe possible not to notice nearly empty bleachers along the route of the inaugural parade. There were also thousands of protesters, the vast majority of whom were peaceful although some windows got broken and limos smashed and lit on fire. They were there in larger numbers than eight years ago and there is a huge protest march still to come
americans don t feel oh, well, i want to make sure the saudis are living according to madisonn principles. and one of the things trump has done is he s taken this republican party, the ideology, a lot of which i subscribe to and said, nope, we re not going to go there, we re going to tie it to this populist thing. i thought today s speech reflected that populism, including the international level. sabrina and then steve i want to come to you with another question. one of the compelling themes of donald trump s presidency will be the narrative he constructs around himself through the rhetoric you heard today and you ll have mike pence behind the scenes and someone he appoints to his cabinet go a frern different way to keep somewhat of the republican orthodoxy in place. a lot of it has to do with donald trump, again, creating the perception he promised he would do. creating the perception he s bringing back jobs so all he needs to the he is have media savvy. he needs to keep his su
lilly ledbetter fair pay act. that s true. lynn sweet, a sabrina siddiqui, tim carney. thank you. there are balls happening all over the city tonight. much celebrating by supporters of the new 45th president of the united states. much more to come, including michael moore. stay with us.
automobiles made outside of the country. this coalition will be very interesting to watch as it starts to functioning in a governing capacity. this is that s a great point, steve schmidt. thank you for your time tonight. it was great to talk to you. it tees up perfectly the point i wanted to talk about what happened on the governing side. stuff already happened. i have a document here. and that distance between bannon trumpism and ryanism, pencism and what that means for what the government duds. that s the liberty ball that you see on your left. we re expecting the president and the first lady of the united states of america to come in there and maybe say some words and dance and celebrate as the revellers are celebrating the 45th president of the united states sworn in today at noon. lynn sweet, sabrina siddiqui and tim carney are too. don t go anywhere.
obamacare pending repeal although we have literally no idea what that means. we are hoping for more details information. joining me, lynn sweet, washington bureau chief of the chicago sun-times s. sabrina siddiqui and tim carner. you can see one of the inaugural balls on the left of your screen. we are expecting at some point this evening the president and first ladyill make an appearance at one of those balls. lynn, i imagine you ve covered a number of these and i ve been to every one since 2000 and all the way through. what struck you today? what struck me today besides the small crowds, it was great, get on the subway, what struck me was in the speech itself certainly the lack of strong aspirational tone. what struck me was the inability it seems of trump to find any way of unifying people. this is number six for me,