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Rubes in the middle of america and all these vips around me, big donors were cheering that on. it was kind of rather disgusting. they jeered chuck schumer when he talked about gender identity equality. but i think the big point here is donald trump still is a salesman. maybe a con man. but at heart hes a salesman. he just wants to keep pitching, pitching, pitching. and i think one question is how long his diehard followers will believe the sales pitch if he doesnt deliver on any of it. it may be...

Doesnt have a relationship with democrats. >> were watching it closely, there you see john boehner, former speaker of the house. anderson, the vips are showing up, pretty soon well be seeing the former president and the incollein colle coming president, all of them will be here. >> thats right, we expect about 15 minutes from now to see president-elect donald trump with president obama as they leave the white house and head over to capitol hill. also melania trump and the first lady will be ridi...

For it all to happen here on the national mall. back to you all. >> thanks very much. the moment will be intense, jake, as we get ready for the swearing-in ceremony. the president, the new president will be sworn in, the new vice president will be sworn in and then we will hear the inaugural address. in the meantime, the vips, they are showing up. >> we just saw some walking through capitol hill, some of president-elect trumps key staff members. kellyanne conway, who will be going with him to th...

From the innaug ral celebration. many of them waking up very early to get through very tight security. cnns brian todd is just outside the national mall. so tight, brian, even alisyn camerota had to wait. >> reporter: you guys are vips. if you cant get in, it will be tough for anybody. it has started to smooth out a little bit. the crowd coming in now, this checkpoint and the one down the street there opened a little over an hour ago. so people are being let in. this one, move over here for a se...

State of wisconsin where a lot of republicans, he said he didnt recognize a lot of them because they were former democrats or at least new voters, and it gave him a sense of how things have changed with donald trump as president. paul ryan certainly excited about having a republican has president, because hes a policy wonk and he can get a lot of things that hes had on the back burner done. >> senator bernie sanders, who came close to getting the democratic nomination. john mccain, another nomin...

Republican officials out there in the heartland were skeptical of president-elect trump, opposed him,idnt join his team. and so you have this core group of supporters who have been there from the very beginning who are really being given the kind of treatment that you would expect. >> thats sheldon adelson from las vegas, one of donald trumps supporters. >> and donald trump just joked the other day, something about how sheldon only spends $125 million to get him elected. only $125 million. >> wh...

Have such personal animosity towards one another can bond and learn to work together for the greater good. >> we just saw debbie wassermann schultz, the democratic congresswoman from florida, former chair of the dnc. shes not boycotting todays inaugural, she is here as well. among the democrats, its interesting to see who shows up and who doesnt. >> you have these vips here, theyre all using their phones to take pictures. >> we didnt have super computers in our pockets when i covered my first in...

You mentioned bill clinton has a conversation with george w. bush, barack obama is having it with donald trump, given their history that is remarkable. will washington go back to its partisan party line votes, which we saw for eight years during barack obamas presidency? or will it be different because trump is different? we wont know for months, probably. the biggest question i have is what happens after. we should celebrate democracy today, people have their partisan views, but there are so ma...

>> jeff zeleny is getting new information on the inspiration for the president-elect. >> donald trump indeed has been studying history on his own. hes been reading im told and watching and even listening to old inauguration addresses from years gone by, particularly im told drawing optimism from ronald reagan. as you know, youre on the west front of the capitol. im on the other side of the capitol, on the east front. until ronald reagan, all the nation ceremonies, were on the east front of the c...

And he is waving to the crowd. waving to the folks right below the media stand potentiallyawaying to a reporter here and there. maybe not. he and melania walking up, addressing now his viewing stand where many of his vips as i said and his friends are waiting. guys, this is the first time that donald trump will walk these grounds and walk into the white house as the 45th president of the united states. and it has got to be just a huge moment for him. remember, he didnt necessarily think he was g...