winfrey, and former president bill clinton. then to bahrain or prominent human rights activist nabeel rajab has just been released after two years in prison. regret i was great in prison for giving speeches, my participation in defending human rights in bahrain. these two years have changed me to be much stronger. prison for me was like a school and a will continue to fight for the people and human rights and with the political societies until we achieve our goals that we started on february 14. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. at least 29 people are dead after a militant attack on pakistan s main international airport in karachi. gunmen disguised as state forces made it past the security checkpoint to attack a terminal used by government officials. pakistani forces regained control of the terminal after an overnight gunbattle. 10 airport guards were killed along with 10 militants. the pakis
first lady michelle obama, oprah winfrey, and former president bill clinton. then to bahrain or prominent human rights activist nabeel rajab has just been released after two years in prison. regret i was great in prison for giving speeches, my participation in defending human rights in bahrain. these two years have changed me to be much stronger. prison for me was like a school and a will continue to fight for the people and human rights and with the political societies until we achieve our goals that we started on february 14. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. at least 29 people are dead after a militant attack on pakistan s main international airport in karachi. gunmen disguised as state forces made it past the security checkpoint to attack a terminal used by government officials. pakistani forces regained control of the terminal after an overnight gunbattle. 10 airport guards were killed a
last time, 2009, generated over 130 tons of waste. we don t know what s gonna happen this time because it hasn t happened. this is my moment earlier. my high school idol, cyndi lauper, was here and i got a picture with her. do we have the picture? there it is. i am a happy man now. and we can start the top of the show. hello, everyone it is 5 p.m. on the east coast, 2 p.m. on the west coast, i am don lemon. i am live in washington, d.c., very special coverage of president barack obama s inauguration. thank you so much for joining us on this historic weekend. worship was a key part of the day for the first family today. president and mrs. obama attended services with their daughters at the metropolitan african methodist episcopal church. they celebrated slain civil rights leader, reverend martin luther king jr. at one of the most historic churches in washington. and tomorrow is of course, the main event. some 800,000 people expected to pack the west front of the capitol to w
for presidents on inauguration day. joining me now in our cbs coverage is bob schieffer, our chief washington correspondent and anchor of face the nation. bob, what are you expecting to see? well, it s going to be an important day for the nation, but i must say, you know, the fiscal cliff negotiations, the slaughter of those children in connecticut made it difficult for washington to be festive this time around. it s also a very unusual atmosphere because of this gridlock. i mean, you re not hearing people talk about hope and renewal this time around, but is the government broken? the whole system. and what can we do to fix it? people want washington and its politicians to work together. the politicians as yet have not been a i believe to figure out how to do that. but, you know, inaugural speeches can sometimes change the mood. you heard fdr, the only thing we have to fear. i remember when gerald ford said our long national nightmare is over. jack kennedy, ask not what
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