Your sunday with us. Plenty more coverage coming your way. Ill be back at 6 eastern with a special edition of special report. Well bo be back tonight as the president delivers remarks at the candlelight celebration beginning his second term. See you tonight. Hi, everybody. Brand new stories and breaking news. President obama taking the oath of office to begin his second term. How different was it from four years ago . We are live at the white house. And hundreds of hostages freed in algeria, seeing daylight for the first time in four days. How nations are scrambling to account for those missing including americans. Plus, serious new warnings as an unusually severe flu virus continues to spread. The latest numbers showing seniors are americans most vulnerable. Its all happening now. Good sunday afternoon to you. Im john scott. In a little news before the Football Game starts, right, john . Thats right. Glad to see you everybody. Im jenna lee. Today a historic day. The president official
communications. kristi, to you first. candidate obama in 2008 promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. that hasn t happened. how about by the end of his second? well, john, i think what s important to remember is that as president obama is starting his second term, he s doing so in a remarkably strong position with high approval ratings and a great record in his first term. when he started, as we all know, the economy was in the ditch. he was able to successfully get us out of that at the point where last week the u.s. stocks closed at their highest level in five years and was able to pass historic health care legislation. by contrast, republicans have their ratings in the toilet. what that means is that there s probably it s going to bode well for their ability to compromise with him and for the president to get a second term agenda passed. chris, i suppose you see it somewhat differently. she addressed political positioning and i think that s what the
how about introducing a budget, first of all. that s what i mean. there hasn t been one introduced in ten years. look at the amount of debt run up under this president and it s staggering. if that isn t dealt with, all these other small issues, and i m sorry to talk about gun control. they re not as big as the deficit. nothing affects us as much as the financial situation this country is under right now. all right. tell that to everyone who is getting laid off. we re going to have to leave it there. chris wilson, kristi setzer, thank you both. thank you, john. as we look ahead to the next four years, there could be big changes coming to the supreme court. we ll take a look at what the president s second term could mean for the makeup of the highest court in all the land. north korean missiles on the move. why the nation s latest actions are triggering some serious concerns for not only our country but our allies as well. we ll take a closer look at this . next. [ woma
everything i m hearing from kristi and the obama administration right now leads to scoring more little points. i think it really speaks fully to what we can expect to the next four years. it causes concerns about the problems for the next president. he doesn t have to run for reelection, why not go for something big? he already has. i think that most historians would agree that his legacy on health care reform, something that is alluded many eluded many past presidents will be his legacy. it s not as glamorous, getting us out of the bush recession, something else he accomplished. he s looking to create big change in the second term. i ll give you another example, immigration reform, something where there are signs of hope. we saw this week john mccain, lindsey graham said they would be willing to work with senate democrats and the president to get something done. there s another area that he could possibly succeed where many before him have not. how about getting a budget out o
you. i m john scott. in a little news before the football game starts, right, john? that s right. glad to see you everybody. i m jenna lee. today a historic day. the president officially sworn in for his second term as president of the united states. the oath of office administered by chief justice john roberts in a small ceremony at the white house. our chief white house correspondent ed henry is there live with more. ed, i won t speak for you. i know what it s like to say the wrong words now and then on live television with a live audience. this time, though, the swearing in seemed to be flawless, is that right? reporter: that s right, jenna. it went off without a hitch at least this time. you remember a bit of a flub from the chief justice four years ago. he went without note cards, was trying to memorize the oath, slipped up a little bit. this time he had note cards in hand. we should note the pageantry of the moment. it was held in the blue room which is a small ro