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Finally tonight, hundreds of thousands here in town to witness inauguration history, and one of them has been at every swearing in since fdr. abcs ron claiborne introduces us to this 91-year-old inauguration groupie. >> reporter: with tickets in hand, harold smick made his way to washington for inauguration day. >> i would say this is the finest -- >> reporter: and he would know. he was just 15 years old, on january 20, 1941, when he traveled to washington with his father to see franklin delano ...

Agreeable and ornamental than good music." with those words from george washington, we end with these inaugural notes from jan crawford. ♪ you make me feel so young >> reporter: in the annals of inauguration galas, its hard to top 1961, organized by none other than frank sinatra. ♪ give it a simple life ♪ >> reporter: the gala for president-elect john f. kennedy drew all the legends. >> we know it is a great party because who else could run up a

Hfychology textbook. >> reporter: in carrie fishers one-woman broadway show puishful drinking," the actress used her bipolar disorder as a punchline. >> so im not crazy. that (bleep) is. oklaughter ) >> reporter: in 2009, fisher spoke to charlie rose about her illness. >> if you declare something, it has less power over you, far less. say your weak things in a strong voice. >> reporter: its that exact sentiment that turned mourning into meaning for people suffering from mental illness around the...

Have had at least one binge drinking incident in the last month. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: parting shots. >> friends need to tell each other the hard truths. >> quijano: the battle escalates between the u.s. and israel over middle east peace. >> israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace. >> quijano: also tonight, was it excessive force? new video shows police shooting a ma...

Our website at cbssf.com. >> see you in 30. captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: the present nobody wanted. snow, ice and wind ruin a lot of holiday travel plans. >> if you cant get me outyou today, you cant get me out tomorrow, you dont have another plane? >> brennan: also tonight, this year has seen a jump in drunk driving deaths. >> every waking moment you live with it. you cant take it back. >> ♪ cause i got to have faith. oh, i got to have faith ♪ >> brennan: well remember pop p supe...

Scene in the early 1980s, waking up the post-disco/pop music world as one half of the duo wham!. >> ♪ wake me up before you go go ♪ ♪ im never going to dance ♪ im never going to dance again ♪ >> reporter: but with his smooth and soulful voice, george michael wasnt going to be anything other than a headliner all on his own. >> ♪ we could have lived this dance forever ♪ >> reporter: born georgios kyriacos panayiotou 53 years ago in london, michael would go on to sell more than 100 mi...

Together, were building a better california. there have been no major announcements of famous musicians or artists signing up to perform at president-elect trumps inauguration next month that we know of. i can tell you a member of trumps transition team told the bbc that rock icon elton john would perform but his spokeswoman squashed that rumor telling cnn "he will not be performing" at trumps inauguration. you have legendary composer and musician david foster posting this on facebook "for the...

>> reporter: so was the late vepac shakur, the first solo hip-hop artist ever voted in. tupac and pearl jam are also the first artists to join the hall who began their careers in the 90s ♪ ♪ >> reporter: joan baez started o r career in 1960. ro never considered myself to be a rock n roll artist" she said in a statement. but the folk singer and friend of dylan was recognized for influencing the rock revolution. ♪ ♪ the electric light orchestra will join the hall. jeff lynne reformed the b...

>> reporter: at just 11 years old, her talent is unmistakable. but what makes alma deutscher truly extraordinary is not her ability to play this music but to write it. and not just a song or two. she composed an entire opera. >> and then here. >> yeah. >> reporter: how is it to see your opera coming to life? >> well, its wonderful. its really... you cant even imagine how exciting it is because ive seen this all in my imagination, how it would sound like and how it would look like. and finally it...

While playing with her skipping rope. the magic skipping rope. why is it magic? >> well, because you see, when i wave it around like this and i tell stories in my mind, then a melody sometimes just springs into my head. >> reporter: thats how she came up with her version of "cinderella." >> in my cinderella, i thought it was a little bit silly that cinderella was found by a shoe-- why a shoe? but in my story, the prince finds her with a melody. >> reporter: shes still getting used to the fairy t...