Earlier today the president and first lady volunteered at a school in the washington, d. C. Area, nbcs ron is standing by the national day of service day tent at the mall and you have a special guest there with you as well, good day to you, sir . Reporter hey there, craig. My special guest is being mobbed by the crowd behind me. Its the Senior Adviser to president obama. She will make her way here in a second. As she comes up, we will give her a big welcome. Welcome, valerie. Pleasure to see you. Pleasure to be here. Can you believe the crowd . Its amazing. Reporter the president and first lady created this to really hopefully make it a standing tradition for inaugurations going forward. Not just inaugurations, my message is lets do it every day. Lets make service a part of our life, we will have a big celebration for inaugurations when people go home on, we want them to find a way to serve in their Home Community and that is what makes the fabric of our country stronger. Its exciting
D. C. , we are here of course to cover the lead up to the president s start of the second term, will he be able to deal with congress better, as we face another fiscal crisis, more on that but first, the headlines. Inauguration activities have started in washington, Michelle Obama is expected to attend a kids concert. Katy perry, and usher, members of the glee class are performing. The president will take the oath of office in front of hundreds of thousands. You if you attend, the temperatures will be in the mid 30s, bundle up. Its expected to be a little breezy as well. Meanwhile the problem break through on the debt ceiling. The house gop said they are considering raising the debt limit for three months, a vote is scheduled next week, more details on that in a bit. Today, of course is the last full day of president obamas first term and its the national day of service. Day for giving back. Earlier today the president and first lady volunteered at a school in the washington, d. C. Are
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