that is the what you hear about. here is how the last half day is shaping up. starting with welcoming the trumps to the white house and pences for tea. then the trumps and obamas head to the inauguration ceremony together. they ride over together. that is a tradition that dates back to 1837 with martin van buren and andrew jackson. after the ceremony, a farewell event at andrews. and then the obama jet off to palm springs for the long awaited and much discussed vacati vacation. in the farewell letter to the american people, the president called on americans regardless of party, to throw themselves in the work of citizenship. when the arc of progress seems slow, remember america is not the project of any one person. the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word we. we the people. we shall overcome.
another ordinary farewell event. his staff kept it a secret from him. and i was told by one of his senior advisers that in fact this was an idea that was hatched a while back by the president himself who wanted to do something to honor joe biden and he thought this would be appropriate. john, you know, the relationship between a president and vice president, it s usually born of political expediency. talk about the relationship between these two men and how it compares to what we have seen in past relationships. i think the biggest difference, anderson, from what we ve seen in the past is that over time most of these vice presidential-presidential relationships get worse or there are three or four big breaking points near the end. al gore was very frustrated at the end with bill clinton. they had some policy fights, policy differences during the clinton presidency. al gore had some differences with hillary clinton because of her prominent role. at the end it was because of monica l
last thing before we go here tonight. it s tough to surprise someone who has just about seen it all, especially someone who has a secret service detail and a fleet of aides who work for him. but by all accounts today, president obama managed to surprise joe biden. biden was led into a farewell event in his honor at the white house, but that wasn t the big surprise. that came when the president called for help at the lectern. for the final time as president, i am pleased to award our nation s highest civilian honor. the presidential medal of freedom. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, i am proud to award the presidential
here of the white house to tell you they will be hosting a farewell event for vladimir putin joe biden in just a while. we know that the president and vice president of the united states have developed a close relationship. who will be there, michelle? obviously the president and first lady will be there with his vice president joe biden and jill biden and a room full of people. seems like this was something that president obama likely wanted to do, but we didn t know because it is a surprise for the vice president. it is now reportable, don t worry we re not spoiling that surprise, but lately as they re getting more certainsentimental
department s internal watchdog, inspector general launching a investigation into exactly how the fbi and the justice department handled investigation into hillary clinton s e-mails. we have that for you, also waiting for a very special event at the white house. that kicks off in just moments from now. the president hosting a farewell event for his good friend the vice president joe biden. that is moments away. we ll be right back. ur cold with a snap, with zicam.