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My name is Cameron Blevins. Thank you for cosponsoring this event might particularly Jeffrey Engel england john phipps. Its my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last night whether to fly in from denver where he teaches u. S. History and humanities at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. Before moving to the Current Ratio is assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and the core faculty member at the school lab for networks. Cameron is in of the nutmeg state to does anybody know what the nutmeg state is . A number of you. I was hoping...

Have to take something that is bound by oath or affirmation. The 34 word oath is written into the constitution but the fact that the Supreme Court justices, the chief justice in particular, swears them in, thats simply tradition. Its something thats happened for a couple centuries now. Tradition is important in this old town. I was learning that the parade started with George Washington when local militia sort of joined up as he was coming in april to new york in 1789. Old traditions meet new traditions. Welcome to cnns continuing coverage of inauguration weekend. Im erin burnett. And im john ...

Clinton for the better also drove him for the worse. you couldn't separate the two. his presidency is sort of like that. it's a grab bag of good and bad. >> all right, so we lost lillian's ifb so she can't hear me now, so i'll pose this question to you, brian, it's interesting, could you say the same about all presidential candidates, that their best traits are also their worst traits? >> oh, don't know if i would agree with that. i think of somebody like a great president by all accounts, franklin delano roosevelt, who was a terrific communicator. and i find very little to criticize about tha...

>> if i hear anybody saying their vote does not matter, that it doesn't matter who we elect, read up on you were history, it matters. we've got to get people to vote. in fact, if you want to give michelle and me a good sendoff, get people registered to vote. if you care about our legacy, realize everything we stand for is at stake. on the progress we've made in the stakes in this election. our name may not be on the ballot but our progress is on the ballot. >> i don't know about you, but that felt like the president was actually campaigning for himself. hillary clinton was nowhere in that. she...

>> morning. >> i'm a big fan of both your pod casts. so lillian, i want to start with you. >> sure. >> your podcast is about how history views our presidents. mr. obama seems to be doing the work for you. did other presidents do that? >> well, i mean, there's a long history in the american presidency of presidents trying to shape their legacy while they're in office. and it's not uncommon that when a president is close to ending his term, he will go out and campaign for his successor because that's a big part of securing a legacy, is, you know, making sure that the person who follows you in of...