presented by the indianapolis family foundation dedicated to its founders at tris tann religion, community development, and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual, and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. president obama began his second term this week with pomp, circumstance, and some prayer. in longstanding american tradition, religion had a high profile in many inaugural activities. kim lawton has more. reporter: before monday s public swearing-in ceremony, the obamas attended a special worship service at st. john s episcopal church. protestant, catholic and jewish leaders were part of the service, which was closed to cameras. then, the public ceremony began with an invocation by myrlie evers-williams, widow of slain civil rights leader medgar evers and the first laywoman to g
championship, we have a great news. but we begin this morning with today s eye opener, your world in 90 skojdeconds. and will to the best of my ability defend the constitution of the united states. so help you god? so help you god. congratulations, mr. president obama. president obama begins the second term in the white house. thousands of security officers are getting ready. city officials expect as many as 70,000 people. he s going to address the crowd, the nation and the world. expected to lay out his vision for the world in his second term. measures to help the economy, energy. i think immigration is really the big issue, frankly. the most significant event of the weekend, i love her bangs. the deaths in algeria has reached at least 81. at least one american is among the dead. very cool temperatures across the midwest. windchills down to minus 50. this time the swearing in flawless. and when he was done his daughter sasha took note.
cbs news coverage of the second inauguration of barack obama. from capitol hill, here is scott pelley. good morning. the nation s capital is beginning a day-long celebration of american freedom and democracy. for the 57th time in our history, a president freely elected by the people is being sworn in to office. just before noon at the capitol, barack obama will take the oath for his second term as president. this is a ceremonial swearing-in because the constitution requires the president to be sworn in on january 20th, and this year the 20th fell on sunday. so the president took the official oath in private yesterday in the blue room at the white house. the oath administered by the chief justice john roberts, jr. the public swearing-in and all the pomp and circumstance that go with it were put off until today and what a day it is. the temperature right now is in the high 30s. the sky is clear, a brilliant winter s day in the nation s capital. people are pouring into the nat
dad on his blackberry, the girls snapping pictures on their iphones. all day long, abc s david muir has been following this, he was there at the capitol watching history on parade this morning. we begin you with, david. reporter: diane, good evening. you re right. we were just a few steps away from the president, with his hand placed on those two bibles. authorities here in washington were estimating 600,000 to 800,000 people would turn out to the national mall to watch this swearing in. but tonight, we just learned from the inaugural committee, just like four years ago, that crowd might have surpassed a million. at the white house, a salute to the president, who was about to be sworn in before the nation. first, that 1.7-mile trip to the capitol. ahead of the president, on the west front of the capitol, a former president and the secretary of state. cheers on the national mall for the clintons, mrs. clinton looking better after that fall. and before their father arrived, t
please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, barack husseen obama do solemn any swear. that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. the office of the president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability, preserve , protext and defend. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. congratulations, mr. president. [ applause ] dana: good evening. thank you for joining us on this special day. hours ago on the steps of u.s. capitol, president obama took the oath of office for the second time as his wife michelle and his lovely daughters looked on. a beautiful brisk day in the nation s capitol and hundreds of thousands were there to watch the historic moment, which happened to fall on the day we remember, martin luther king junior. here is part of his speech. what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith, or the origins of our names. wha