Remony. Y. And a new day for thes capitol. L we have live Team Coverageere across the region as we markk this symbolic transfer of powerp a special ed dig of good day d. C. Begins now. Youre watching live coveragg on good day d. C. The inauguration of donald trump. Our live coverage starts now. We want to thank you for you joining us. G us. Just a minute past 9 00 oclockl on this friday morning, january 20th inauguration daythi on the lnaeft st. Johns churchh inside that church at this veryr moment. Moment. The president elect donald trumd and his family. The Vice President elect is alss there mike pence and his familym they are inside right now as the traditional inauguration mornini Church Service is well underway. On the right you can see theee t security on the top right now oo the National Mall. Mall. Security very tight around thegd area we just heard from holly morris about that. Tha well check in with all our crews in the area. What a great shot from the top t it certainly is.
immediately endorsed newt gingrich who s been surging in several new south carolina polls. a conservative visionary who can transform our country. we ve had our differences, which campaigns will inevitably have. and newt is not perfect. but who among us is? the fact is, there is forgiveness for those who seek god. and i believe in the power of redemption. for it is a central tenet of my christian faith. that redemption remark from governor perry an apparent reference to new allegations from the former speaker s second ex-wife, in interviews with the washington post and abc news, marianne gingrich accuses her husband of once coming to her and asking for a open marriage. here s what she told abc s brian rose. i said to him, newt, we ve been married a long time. and he said, yes, but you want me all to yourself. callis t a doesn t care what do i. what was he saying, do you think? he was asking to have an open marriage. and i refused. marianne gingrich also used t
just days ago, south carolina looked like it could be the third punch of a one, two three, mitt romney primary knockout. but this morning, ohio s republicans took away romney s first win, announcing rick santorum won the caucuses by 34 votes. then governor rick perry of texas pulled out of the race and immediately endorsed newt gingrich who s been surging in several new south carolina polls. a conservative visionary who can transform our country. we ve had our differences, which campaigns will inevitably have. and newt is not perfect. but who among us is? the fact is, there is forgiveness for those who seek god. and i believe in the power of redemption. for it is a central tenet of my christian faith. that redemption remark from governor perry an apparent reference to new allegations from the former speaker s second ex-wife, in interviews with the washington post and abc news, marianne gingrich accuses her husband of once coming to her and asking for a open marriage.
but in terms of a president, we need a leader. and a leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. moments ago the iowa front-runner, now the national front-runner, newt gingrich, deflected governor romney s criticism directed at gingrich campaign. telling reporters at a press conference that just concluded in iowa city, iowa he will continue to focus on staying positive. positive was not the tone gingrich took during several exchanges during the news conference. jim acosta was at the news conference and joins us from iowa city. take us inside the press conference. the speaker questioned not only about the romney attack but was other things as well. you could see he was a tad testy. reporter: he was. you know, i think what newt gingrich was trying to say in this room, just a few moments ago, is that he is, as you said, a few moments ago, trying to stick to a positive campaign. there was that attack from mitt romney earlier today. i pressed him on that quest