i can almost hear my father harken that anthem of the movement. people, get ready. there s a train acoming! we must say, wake up, america, wake up! in selma, alabama, the right to vote. but we want to be free now! i am not going to stand by and let the supreme court take the right to vote away from us! we have to fight for our children. i encourage all of you to keep dr. martin luther king jr. s dream alive. where are the women that need to be acknowledged in this movement? don t you ever think that men like medgar evers died to give you the right to be a hoodlum. yes, we can! because, yes, we did! i have a dream that we shall overcome. free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last. not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream today! an historic day here on the mall in our nation s capital, marking the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom. in 1963, more than 20
& ethics news weekly is 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 an
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
and obama s agenda for america. and good morning, america. we re live to you, right now, across the country. gma special inauguration coverage. magnificent morning here, for the celebration of our enduring democracy. there s the national mall right there. the crowd s starting to gather. some 800,000 expected today in the shadow of the washington monument and the capitol. there s the view the president will have, from high atop the capitol, right now. everyone, converging on the center of washington. there s the president and his family, just after 8:30 this morning. going to church services, st. john s episcopal church, across from the white house. reverend luis leon, the rector right there. four years ago, the president began his inauguration day there, as well. also today, martin luther king day, a dual celebration. we re noting that, as well. the martin luther king memorial. the president will have his hand on the bible of martin luther king and abraham lincoln, as he
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