opportunities he never dreamed for himself. and, of course, i m thinking about my mommy, marion robinson, who is sitting in the front row, supporting us like she has always done. always putting herself last on her list so that he she could give me and craig and our children everything that makes today possible. i m also thinking about all of the young people, particularly girls and girls of color who in years ahead will come to this place and they will look up and they will see an image of someone who looks like them, hanging on the wall, of this great american institution. yeah. [ applause ] and i know the kind of impact that will have on their lives.
bb. oprah, why did you do that? just why? why did you put me after this? to the family, guy, to all of you, to the friends, president clinton, oprah, my mother, cicely tyson, ambassador young, let me just share something with you, my mother, marion robinson, never cares about anything i do. but when dr. maya angelou passed, she said, you re going, aren t you? i said, mom, i m not really sure. i have to check with my schedule. she said, you are going, right? i said i m going to get back to you, but i have to check with the people, figure it out.
good morning. welcome, everybody. our starting point this morning is inauguration day. take a look at the picture of the masses starting to gather on the national mall, here to witness president obama s second public inauguration. our festivities begin at this hour. we re expecting to see the president in roughly 30 minutes or so as he makes his way to mass. john? i m john king. inaugural speeches have been used to set the tone, unite a nation, and to set an example for the rest of the world. we re going to look this morning at the historical significance of today and why the next four years may be tougher than the first four. so big names and prime seats. we will go inside the vip section for today s inauguration. we ll tell you who will show up and who won t. among our guests this hour, we re talking to iowa representative steve king, maine senator angus king, texas representative joaquin castro, and from america s got talent, nick cannon. our special edition of st
republicans are already pouncing. they re seizing on the grade the president gives himself for improving the economy. i m wolf blitzer in charlotte, north carolina. and you re in the situation room. this just coming into the situation room. we want to get straight to our brand new cnn/orc polls on the state of the race for the white house on this the heels of the republican national convention in tampa. take a look at this. an actual tie. mitt romney and president obama both at 48% among likely voters. romney gets post-convention boost of just one percentage point while president obama has dipped one percentage point. our chief national correspondent, john king, is over the magic wall along with democratic poster peter hart with a very first look at the numbers. john, a statistical margin of error. this is about as close as it gets. it is as close as it can get. we have one of the best in the business. peter is going to help us understand why romney didn t get a bigge
president gives himself for improving the economy. i m wolf blitzer in charlotte, north carolina. and you re in the situation room. this just coming into the situation room. we want to get straight to our brand new cnn/orc polls on the state of the race for the white house on this the heels of the republican national convention in tampa. take a look at this. an actual tie. mitt romney and president obama both at 48% among likely voters. romney gets post-convention boost of just one percentage point while president obama has dipped one percentage point. our chief national correspondent, john king, is over the magic wall along with democratic poster peter hart with a very first look at the numbers. john, a statistical margin of error. this is about as close as it gets. it is as close as it can get. we have one of the best in the business. peter is going to help us understand why romney didn t get a bigger bounce and what does the president have to do with his convention