twister hit a neighborhood in queens. president obama is taking his post-convention to the battleground in florida. his opponent mitt romney is in virginia. he is holding a ral did i ly in virginia beach right now. now back to barack obama: making history. barack obama s journey to his inauguration in january 2009 took the same route to washington as abraham lincoln in 1861. watch the big step! the vice president-elect boarded the train in wilmington, delaware, and reflected on the race riots he had witnessed from the same spot 40 years earlier. part of the city was burned down after dr. king was killed. and the train station was occupied by the national guard. and here i am, thinking, my god, anything is possible, man. anything is possible.