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Illegitimacy as president. these protests in the street are starting as the list of democratic members of congress who plan to boycott the inauguration plans to get longer by the end of the day. those aren't the credits for the end of the show, those are the members of congress we know as of tonight aren't going. nbc news confirms at least 50 democratic members of congress have said they'll skip friday's inauguration. we don't think 50 would be a record but we do think it's the most in at least 40 years to stay away from a presidential inauguration. joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc new...

Joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael great to have you here, especially in this big week. >> right. >> for a presidential historian, is this a little christmassy? >> it's just as exciting as it could be. >> well put. what is the history of significant protest at inaugurations? i feel like i've seen a lot of them, i've been to a few of them. there's some degree of protest but what about large scale protest? is it ever important? >> it does happen. in 1973, some members of congress did stay home because they were angry at richard nixon about the fact that...

Down? talk to a former state official. >> aly and michael next the viral video everyone is talking about. a bear stealing a dumpster, not once but twice from the same restaurant. the owner who witnessed this, it's a dancing bear apparently too. coming up next. that bear cannot dance. >> alisyn: how do you know. >> that's a dead bear. >> alisyn: how do you know? ♪

Game. the kid next to him wagered $30,000 and got the question right spelled correctly. those are your headlines. i know. >> alex tri -- trebek, get a life. >> alisyn: free legal advice right here start with something everywhere lighter. caught up with jennifer aniston and both were dressed to impress. let's watch this. >> thank you. >> i got the purple memo. we all match. [ laughter ] >> peter: red carpet detail. let's step into the fox light with michael who brings us hollywood and the entertainment world. brings it into your home. michael, good morning. >> alisyn: matches jennifer aniston. ...

That's why downplaying our military threat, that's why, the message sent by some of senator hagel's previous positions is so damaging to our overall policy of prevention. now with respect to this syria thing i think iran hopes again the israeli strike on syria if it happened could serve as distraction from what it is doing on the ground in iran. jenna: a lot to watch today, we'll continue to watch senator hagel's comments on iran as they happen in this hearing in washington, d.c. michael great to have you on the program as always. look to have you back. >> thank you, jenna, there are new detai...