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CNNW CNN Newsroom January 19, 2013

President s he served. Nixon gave him this autographed baseball. Clinton gave him a hug. He grabs me with the shoulder like this and brings me in like this. Reporter its no wonder Charlie Brotman has volunteered his voice to this american ritual. President george w. Bush and first lady laura bush. Reporter sounds to me like you wouldnt trade this for the world, this experience youve had. If i had to, i would pay them to let me do it. I love it. Reporter charlie blrotman gt his start as the announcer for harry truman in 1949. He was a student at a Broadcasting School when the call came in. By 1957 he had the job from then on. Charl kri brotman truly knows these parades better than the president s themselves. Jim acosta, cnn, washington. Good morning, good afternoon, everyone. Im kate bolduan. Welcome to our special coverage of the president ial inauguration weekend. Im john berman. Great to see you. You are looking at live pictures now of the first family marking todays national day of service. People all over the country are doing the same thing the obamas are doing right now, volunteering in their community on this Martin Luther king holiday weekend. This national day of Service Going on here on the National Mall where the president is its an Elementary School. It is an Elementary School here in washington. I believe hes doing a little bit similar to his Service Project last time around four years ago because i believe he had a paint brush in his hand that time. But it looks like hes helping what ive seen so far, helping to complete an overhaul of a school in washington, d. C. He has some very good volunteers. I believe they are with city year and theyre working to, you know, maybe do a little painting, a little varnishing of a bookcase, john. It is the burrville Elementary School in northeast washington there. I have to say mrs. Obama sporting a little more form than the president painting that bookcase. She also has a pair of gloves. Maybe hes worried about getting dirty. We lost the shot. Thats okay. A lot going on today in the Nations Capital. Service events going on all over the city. With all the things going on, security is extremely tight. Some of it you can see, some of it not so obvious. We want to talk to chris lawrence, whos covering this for us live on the National Mall. Chris, whats being done to secure all these inaugural sites . Reporter basically, this is an all hands on deck operation. Some is easy to see like the police force, 2,000 to 3,000 other officers that have been pulled in from around the country. There are about 6,000 National Guard troops also helping out, and that doesnt even count the federal agents, the fbi and of course the secret service who is running this whole operation. But what you dont see are the cameras. They have literally pulled in cameras from just about every agency that is around washington, so many that federal officials tell us they couldnt even count. But its a good bet that basically if you are anywhere in Downtown Washington this weekend, there is a camera on you and you are being watched. The fbi says they are trying to cover all the bases. And right now its all hands on deck. We have our s. W. A. T. Team, our pretty much all of our Specialty Teams will be available and on standby to include weapons of mass destruction, our dive team, our intelligence analysts will be working around the clock. Our hostage negotiators, our special agent bomb technicians will also be available. To pretty much all of our special teams will be available. Reporter obviously, a lot of those folks wont be needed. There were no major security incidents four years ago. But the key is to be prepared for everything, john. Thats right. Everyone on call. It is the highest security event that washington does every four years. Chris lawrence here on the mall with us. Nice to see you this morning. It sure is a Beautiful Day in washington. As you can see behind us, everyone waving, crowds gathering in what will be an extremely busy inauguration weekend. It already is. A lot of preparations under way. The president s public swearingin and inaugural speech are monday, but festivities are already under way. Were seeing Service Projects happening all over the Nations Capital as well as all over the country. Today the operative word is service. The national day of service is today. A Service Summit is being held here on the National Mall. Thats where our Suzanne Malveaux is. You have a special guest with you. We certainly do. When you think of service, you think of ultimate sacrifice. You have to think of tammy douglass. This is somebody recently she won a congressional race in illinois but shes also an iraq war vet. Shes joining us. Youre an inspiration to so many people. I know youll be talking late they are afternoon about the importance of service. Not everybody does what you do. But they can do something. You and i were talking about that earlier. And we should all do something. Only one half of one percent of our population serves in uniform, but so many people serve. If youre going to volunteer at a soup kitchen, squeeze in an extra hour at an event center, do something, thats whats important about today, something to give back to this wonderful nation we live in. Reporter there is a ball that is happening of course for the veterans, very important affair. I know youll be there. The president , the first lady. Give us a sense of whether or not you feel there is the kind of support, what that means today when they go out there. Theyre looking for jobs, a tough time thisin this country now. We can do a lot more. We have a real issue with homelessness among veterans, a real issue with our female veterans coming home, having a hard time finding jobs, dealing with trauma, both posttraumatic stress and sexual trauma. Weve done more since the president appointed the secretary than we have in a lot of years prior to that. Im so thrilled that the secretary is staying on to continue the great work. Reporter a little news for us there, a little nugget. Youre very close to the president. What do you think going into the Second Administration he needs to do in terms of, a, getting the troops home from afghanistan, and, b, providing the kinds of services that he talks about, because the state of veterans is so tough and poor in this country today . Its tough. I think we need to bring our troops home from afghanistan as quickly as possible but in a way that we dont have to send them back. Then we need to have a good transition from the d. O. D. To the va so that when they leave the military they know where theyre going. They dont just go home and sit in their house. They know im going to go to school or go into a Job Training Program or they have a job lined up and maybe theyre going to serve in some other way. But we need to do a better job of providing that. What happens is if thats not there they can spiral into homelessness, they cant find a job, theyre unemployed, theyve run out of money and it just adds up. Congresswoman, thank you to much for your time. It is great to see you. Of course you are an inspiration for many of us looking to do something, to volunteer. Thanks again. Congratulations. Thank you. Back to you. Thanks so much, suzanne. Well check in with you throughout the day. Today the national day of service. Lets talk more about the inauguration and the second term for president obama. For that i want to bring in my colleague, White House Correspondent dan lothian. Dan, lets talk about priorities for the president s second term but first its an interesting little nugget of history. This is a historic day and also a historic inauguration for president obama because hes going to match only fdr in getting two double swearins or four swearingins if you will. Why is that . First of all, look back to 2009 when Justice Roberts and the president kind of stepped on each other, the word faithfully out of order, there was a question whether or not it was legitimate so, they had a second one in the private quarters of the white house. This time around the constitution says you have to administer the oath before noon on the 20th. On sunday is not typically when we have the inauguration, so theyll have a private ceremony in the blue room on sunday and then on monday theyll have the official sort of public swearingin for the president. And the parade and pomp and circumstance we expect in an inauguration ceremony. So, tuesday the pomp and circumstance monday, tuesday its back to work. Real work. When we talk about the second term, what do you think are the major priorities for president obama heading into the second term . I think gun control obviously is a big one. Just think back before the shooting in connecticut. Gun control was not even on the radar. Now this is something that both the president , the Vice President believe that you have to sort of seize the moment. Theres some bipartisan support for what the president is pushing, also bipartisan opposition. We see the nra is promising to fight hard as well. The administration feels good in that the public sentiment seems to be on their side, the majority of americans believe theres some need for gun restrictions. And so theyre trying to seize this moment in order to try to curb the gun violence, what weve seen out there recently. Such an uphill battle because passions are so high on both sides on the gun control issue. Another issue where passions are so high on both sides when it comes to president and congress, this debt ceiling fight. Thats right. Although now were seeing some of the temperatures lower there because every was expecting for this to be during the last time out, republicans saying lets deal with this for the next three mos, deal with the longer one later. The white house encouraged theyre encouraged by what theyre hearing but clearly its not going to be easy. But certainly i think not as contentious as we were thinking in the short term. Well see how that relationship develops if at all or e vovls throughout the next term. Dan, thanks very much. John has some of the other headlines this hour. Including the manti teo story. Twists and turns if that mysterious case of the notre dame linebacker and his fictitious girlfriend. Notre dame linebacker says he was the victim of a cruel hoax. He spoke off kacamera with espn Jeremy Schaap and said as recently as last wednesday he believed his girlfriend was real person even know he never met her. Schaap says he seemed believable and sincere throughout the interview. I can say the entire 2 1 2 hours that we spoke, he was completely composed, selfassured, he by trayed no nervousness. He mad full command of the story suggests that its a story rather than the truth. But he had a full command of everything that i posed. Sources tell cnn an investigation has uncovered the names of three people believed to have started that hoax. Many words of contrition from Lance Armstrong in that sensational interview in which he admits that, in fact, he did cheat as a professional cyclist over the course of his entire career. Do i have remorse . Absolutely. Will i continue to . Will it grow . Will i absolutely. This is for me this is just the first steps, and, again, these are my actions. Ive been im paying the price, but i deserve it. Armstrongs confession could unleash an avalanche of former sponsors and supporters who backed armstrong when he said repeatedly he never used banned substances. The chance of a federal government default in the next few weeks has come up significantly. House Republican Leaders have agreed to vote next week to extend the debt limit four months. This is a big reversal from their earlier position to delay the debate. But there is a catch. Both the house and Senate Must Pass a budget before the extension expires. And if they dont, guess what . Congress wont get paid. That would be part of the bill. Overseas now, major news happening in algeria where seven hostages and 11 kidnappers are reported dead this morning as the hostage crisis enters its fourth day. Algerian special forces had been trying to secure the release of an unknown number of people, including americans being held at this gas plant by an Al Qaedalinked terror group. Algerian state tv says the gunmen had been planning to take the hostages to mali. Were still talking about the flu. Its now killed more than nine children in the past week. That makes 29 pediatric deaths this season. The number of elderly people hospitalized with flulike illnesses has also spiked. Thats according to the centers for disease control. 30 states now report high levels of the flu. Thats six more than last week. And for the first time california is on that list. This seasons flu vaccine is only about 62 effective, but experts say it is still the best option. Go out and get that flu shot if you have not yet. Of course here in washington, where the temperatures are maybe chillier than people are used to, people are bundling up, they dont want to catch that. John and i are pretty darn warm right now. Some nice heat lamps here. Cannot complain. Up next, Martin Luther king iii talks hbt his fathers dream and how it that process is coming true in 2013. 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It is staggering. 92 of democrats approve but only 13 of republicans say the president is doing a good job. That is a huge gap. So what does he do about it . How does the president reach out to those who do not support him right now . Clark judge has some thoughts on that. He is the founder and managing director of the white house group. You say the president needs to talk about common purpose that everyone can relate to. He needs to Transcend Party lines in this speech. How does he do that . Well, hes going to invoke lincoln with the loin continue bible and Martin Luther king, both of whom are figures of Great National unity. And Common National purpose. He should pick up that kind of tone, take from lincolns second inaugural that sense that were all fallen and all searching in a sense looking through a glass darkly to the future and trying as a Common National purpose from different points of view to find the way for the nation. He should take that bighearted, big sense of this great purpose of the nation and invoke it to the moment. And, clark, going into his second term, this being his second inaugural, how does that impact the approach to this speech versus, you know, when he was going into his first inauguration . Well, most president s when they reach their second inaugural, have a certain amount of viewing with satisfaction, what theyve achieved, what the nation has achieved, not they but invoking the nation as the achiever, and then looking to the future with a purpose, as i said. Good models for this besides lincoln would be both reagan and clinton, each of whom faced a congress that was partially or entirely in the case of clinton in the hands of the other party. Each by invoking the common purpose was validating that the other party had a role this process and validating that the party was other party was made up of people of good will. Both did bring up the good nature of people. But second inaugurals are a strange animal. One said its like renewing your vows to your first husband. Its hard to get that level of excitement, isnt it . Well, its a different kind of excitement. Ive been at first all in rals and second inaugurals. Its very different. But in each case youve got the renewal of the nation, and it is the task of a president to give that sense of the nation once again being reborn through the whole electoral proc

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