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Every president of the United States has recited the oath of office as the official start of their presidency. Here's the full 35-word oath plus the addition reportedly first made by George Washington. Just 16 years later, his son, George W. Bush, shared the stage outside the Capitol with incoming President Barack Obama. In the years since, Bush and his wife Laura have been seen many times together with the Obamas, and each time, there appears to be a real sense of friendship in their cross-party relationship, something that is often lost in today's partisan divide. "The office isn't about an...

Hypocritical to attend bush's swearing in. he doesn't believe bush is the true elected president. sound familiar? the president-elect echoed the same sentiment in an interview that aired last night. >> congressman lewis is saying he didn't remember he skipped that inauguration. >> he conveniently doesn't remember. how do you forget if you go to an inauguration? i can tell you when i was at the inaugurations and you don't forget something like that. so he got caught. and it's pretty bad. and it's making him look bad, frankly. i think for him to have grandstanded, because i think he just grandst...

They got criticized on twitter. it >> they did, they did. i think they were both making normal points. >> fair points. it >> tom: you can't do that anymore, you have to be extremely anti-trump. >> you can't perform at a presidential inauguration, let us just look back in history, jesse norman, an african-american singer performed for ronald reagan. barbra streisand, gay everywhere adore her. she sang at the bush inauguration. jennifer holliday was chased away from doing this, i find this very serious. >> it's not just a thing of performers not being able to perform for republican presidents, i...

Lost all sense of fear in your life. why is that so important when you speak up against anyone, especially in light of the current situation with mr. trump? >> well when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, and i saw segregation and discrimination has been unfair. the action of rosa parks, the words and leadership of dr. martin luther king jr. inspired me, and if it hadn't been for dr. king and rosa parks and so many others, i wouldn't be the person that i am today. >> reporter: final thing congressman, can you clarify, did you not attend the bush inauguration? >> we're not...

Morale question is one that is not going away. it seems to be a serious concern. >> cio director taking on the president-elect in a very public way. it is bizarre to say the least. hallie stand by. kasie, let's talk about this boycott, if if you will, democrats not going to the inauguration of course, it started with congressman lewis. how big has the boycott gotten? >> well at this point, craig, there are more than 40 house democrats who we know of and it's a list that seems to be growing by the hour of people who do not want to attend this inauguration, and are saying so very publicly. the "...