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President obama will take the oath of office with his hand placed on two bibles. one was owned by abraham lincoln, the other by dr. martin luther king jr. and a follow-up on jack liu's loopy signature. president obama took a moment to joke about it. >> i never noticed jack's signature. when this was highlighted yesterday in the press, i considered rescinding my offer to appoint him. jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter legible. >> and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist dill...

Days to restore completely. back to you. >> sandy is now threatening inland states with blizzard conditions. let's go now to nbc meteorologist dillon dryer tracking sandy's path. >> it is amazing how many facets there are to this storm. we're talking about coastal flooding, inland flooding because of the rain and mountain snow. this storm is huge and enough cold air that portions of west virginia are dealing with blizzard-like conditions. the snow comes down at rates of one to two inches per hour and on top of that, winds gusting near 30 to 40 miles per hour and even though it's not snowing up...

This is something really strong. it's definitely picking up right now. >> wnbc reporter brian thompson earlier this evening in new jersey. what was hurricane sandy is now called something else. it's dumping rain and producing dangerous sustained high winds all over the the eastern sea board. the number of people without power is estimated to already be in the millions and the peak of the storm's impact may be yet to come. let's bring in msnbc meteorologist dillon drier. what can you tell us about the change for the way the storm is described and what else we should expect? >> i wish there was ...

>> the former president, the unofficial secretary of explaining stuff, took to the stage in the sunshine state solo. republican mitt romney will campaign today out of the storm's path in the battleground state of ohio yesterday offering these words for those in sandy's way. >> i think that right now some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm about to hit the coast, and our thoughts and prayers are with the people that find themselves in harm's way. >> what remains to be seen is how this october surprise will impact an election that is now just eight days away with early voti...