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What have people been doing when you are to prepare? >> reporter: for one thing, wolf, everyone here has been wondering about the clouds. i have to thank chad myers. raining where stephanie elam is in st. joseph, missouri, it started to rain. nonetheless, if i put on my special glasses here i can see that it is starting. the eclipse is starting here. i can see this top right corner -- corner. the top right sir come for instance of tcircumference is getting that bite out of it. even with the clouds you can city see it. people are dodging whether to put plastic over their cameras's people are he...

Experience this historic events. millions across the united states stretching across 14 states from oregon to south carolina. we'll be in what's called the path of totality for this solar event. cnn meteorologist chad myers is in the cnn severe weather center in atlanta. miguel marquez joining us from salem, oregon, where the eclipse is about to begin. stephanie elam in st. joseph, oregon. chad myers, start with you. tell viewers here in the united states and around the world who are watching what's going to happen over the next couple of hours. >> reporter: well, if you are in totality, in th...

Should be a good viewing area. the problem is the clouds. we were supposed to get thunderstorms. now we're not. still the cloud area we are concerned about. it's drizzling and the sun getting brighter at the same time. it's a little confused here but trying to hopefully see we can keep our eyes on it. you can see here, people have special lenses, to protect their lenses and also to protect their eyes here. but you can see, wolf, from where we're standing now, that the eclipse has started to make that progression in, just as we were told it would do at 11:40 local time. starting to see the tran...

Any moment now in out of this world once in a lifetime experience. all eyes watching for the first total eclipse to sweep across the u.s. in nearly a century including the president and vice president. while president trump and the first lady watch the eclipse from the white house's truman balcony, the vice president is hosting a a class. and possibly in salem, oregon, where we find cnn's miguel marquez. miguel what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: well, we are seeing the sun that looks more like a pacman, manu. absolutely incredible. this device is cool. called a sun spotter. like a fan...

That this will cross through. just an amazing happening here, starting in oregon and finishing up in south carolina. manu? >> cnn's miguel marquez? salem, oregon. thank you. watch the eclipse live in virtual reality. go to cnn.com/eclipse. thanks for joining us on "inside politics." wolf blitzer picks it up right now. hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 9:45 in salem, oregon. 10:45 in casper, wyoming. 12:45 p.m. right here in washington, d.c. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we begin with a spectacular solar eclipse. almost -- almost -- 100 years i...