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rose: today barack obama was sworn in for a second time as president of the united states. it was a cold and sunny day in washington. close to a million people came to the inauguration. they came to celebrate and see history. they included former presidents clinton and carter but not president george w. bush and george h.w. bush his father because of the latter s illness. supreme court justices were there as well as the parting cabinet members. the president took the oath of office for the second time having done it on sunday there a private ceremony then the inaugural address in which the president laid out his vision and his tae general da. my fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will seize it so long as we seize it together! (applause) for we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. (cheers and applause) we believe that america s prosperity must rest upon the broad ....
rose: today barack obama was sworn in for a second time as president of the united states. it was a cold and sunny day in washington. close to a million people came to the inauguration. they came to celebrate and see history. they included former presidents clinton and carter but not president george w. bush and george h.w. bush his father because of the latter s illness. supreme court justices were there as well as the parting cabinet members. the president took the oath of office for the second time having done it on sunday there a private ceremony then the inaugural address in which the president laid out his vision and his tae general da. my fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will seize it so long as we seize it together! (applause) for we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. (cheers and applause) we believe that america s prosperity must rest upon the broad ....
rose: welcome to the program. it was inauguration day in washington: a day of parades, celebration, and the president s inaugural speech. for an assessment, we re joined by jodi kantor of the new york times, al hunt of bloomberg, mark halperin of time and john dickerson of slate and cbs news. he talked about seneca falls, he talked about selma, he talked about stonewall. these the historical touchstones far president speaking to a new generation a generation he thinks gratified his vision of the world in this election in whh he did well with minorities and younger voters and so to the extent that his second election ratified the new obama coalition and the new shape of the electorate he so too hopes his second term will speak to that. rose: we conclude this evening with part one of a two-part conversation about the presidency of barack obama and the next four years joined by doris kearns goodwin, jon meacham, bob woodward, bob caro, and michael beschloss. i ....
with a day of service, and the first lady hosted a special concert for children of military families last night. this is what inauguration is all about. it s about celebrating who we are as americans and all the things that makes this country so great. and when i think about who we are, when i think about what makes america great, i think about all of you. on tuesday, it s back to work for congress, and there are two big issues that are going to dominate the beginning of the president s second term. guns and the nation s debt. joining me now to debate those i issues democratic senator chuck schumer of new york and newly elected republican senator ted cruz of texas. welcome back as senator cruz to meet the press. back to both of you. i want to start on the gun debate. because as i say, even before the second term is officially under way, this debate is well under way. here are the highlights of what the president wants to accomplish. universal background checks. he ....
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