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Important point. the whole world is watching right now. let me quickly go to jeff zeleny because hes right near where laura and george bush are. jeff, set the scene for us. >> reporter: were on the east front of the capitol where george w. bush and laura bush are sitting in an suv. theres a bit of a motorcade backup here as several vips are preparing to come to the capitol for this event today. we saw of course it was eight years ago when the bushes climbed into the hecopter and went off on thei...

Joined by his wife, the vice president and some of his cabinet picks at st. johns episcopal church. cnn national correspondent phil mattingly is live there. tell us what youre seeing. >> reporter: what were seeing is a number of vips, top trump officials, some have already filed into the church. what well see is a continuation of tradition, something thats happened since 1933 pretty much consistently with the exception of one president, a worship service before the inauguration. as you noted, ab...

Brian? >> yes. >> well, you look through american history and bill clinton and hillary clinton have essentially been the stars of the democratic party all the way back to 1992, which is 25 years. that is almost a worlds record. i mean, franklin roosevelt was elected in 1932. we all consider him one of the great major presidents in american history. he left this earth in 1945. thats only 13 years. so for bill clinton and hillary clinton to have that kind of diminion within the democratic party, d...

>> that was a moment indeed, jake, that really symbolizes this transfer of power in washington. >> not to put too fine a point on it, donald trump led an effort to suggest that barack obama was born in africa, a falsity, a lie. there you see mr. obama putting that aside, im not going to let that bother me, this man was chosen president freely and fairly by the american people. >> eric trump, the son and his family arriving. these are vips, jake, arriving right now at the capitol for the inaugura...

This whole shebang is arriving. >> reporter: indeed, donald trump has just arrived. he got back in his car as you guys saw a moment ago. at the end of the pennsylvania avenue which is interesting because it was only a few more feet before he got here to the viewing stand, i think that could be because the stands between the treasury and the white house were almost and are almost entirely empty. its unclear what happened, most of the seats are ticketed, they go to supporters, they go to donors, t...

Hand and putting her other one on the bible, is showing up, sending a signal not just to all america but perhaps to those democrats that, you know what, to make a difference youve got to show up. i know that you can make a difference by protesting, send a signal by not being there, but its a very different approach to take, that i think that she is showing leadership on, to the people in her party who want to listen. >> the perspective of the trump team is that there have been democrats not just...

Writer steve miller is at the podium checking things out as we speak. mr. trump himself went to some fanfare to show a picture of himself writing his own speech when he was back at his resort in florida a month or so ago. mr. miller, were led to believe, has little to do with this. the v.i.p.s are beginning to trickle in here. the mormon tabernacle choir is in place. v.i.p.s are here and the marine corps band has been playing for the last hour. there is one aspect to it that happens almost in se...

Completely. and there really are no signs of any of the worries in the republican party that we saw before this guy took over his campaign. >> steve bannon making his way down the steps. kasie hunt not only has a terrific job for the start of this trump term covering congress, she has a terrific vantage point on today. kasie, what have you seen from where you are? >> reporter: the anticipation is building here on the west front of the capitol. weve watched the crowds start to come in and fill in...

President-elect will speak. >> yes, we are told he will speak. the great america great again welcome celebration has been somewhat controversial in the entertainment community. i dont think i am schooled to say that, toby keith, lee greenwood will be performing as well as the piano guys, and told john voit will be here as well, the hollywood actor not the dentist. and of course the headliner is actually president-elect donald trump who will address the crowd which is starting to gather here and ...

There are a lot of barricades, a lot of fencing, a lot of police cars blocking traffic, road closures, the whole thing. >> reporter: yeah. for people who are not from d.c., i think, it is probably wonderful. youre walking down the middle of constitution. for people here, were talking about 28,000 individuals involved in the security procedures. we talked to the chief from the d.c. police department about preparations being made and about concerns he had. i think we have some sound. can you take ...