Bill Clinton 2nd Inauguration - January 20, 1997 - Abc coverage pt 1

>> Jennings: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. AND WELCOME TO OUR COVERAGE OF INAUGURATION 1997. ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH? THAT'S FROM THE TOP OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ACROSS THE POTOMAC, LOOKING AT THE CAPITOL AND WASHINGTON. THAT CAMERA CAN SEE ABOUT SIX MILES. THERE'S PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GATHERING ALREADY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. IT IS NOT AS COLD IN WASHINGTON AS PEOPLE HAD ANTICIPATED IT MIGHT BE. IT'S UP THERE IN THE MID 30s NOW. BUT THE ENTHUSIASM IN THE CAPITAL IS ALREADY VERY HIGH. PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO JOI US HERE TODAY. WE ARE VERY WARMLY ENSCONCED HERE ON TOP OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT BUILDING OVERLOOKING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. AND WE HAVE CORRESPONDENTS ALL OVER THE CITY TODAY AND CAMERAS ALL OVER THE CITY TO ENABLE YOU, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS INAUGURATION OF THE 42nd PRESIDENT, THE 53rd INAUGURATION WE HAVE HAD. NOT ALL OF THEM, OF COURSE, AT THE NATION'S CAPITOL. BUT NOW IT'S A GREAT BIG DEAL HERE. AND THERE IS THE WHITE HOUSE AS WE WAIT FOR THE PRESIDENT, WHO, WITH MRS. CLINTON AND HIS DAUGHTER, CHELSEA, HAS BEEN AT CHURCH THIS MORNING. VERY INVIGORATING CHURCH SERVICE THIS MORNING. WHICH WENT ON FOR SOME TIME. WHICH THE PRESIDENT SEEMED TO ENJOY WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE FAITHS, AGAIN, FROM THE COUNTRY. THERE'S THE WEST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL WITH THE VARIOUS U.S. FLAGS HANGING ON THE WEST FACADE. THIS SIDE OF THE CAPITOL USED SINCE RONALD REAGAN, QUITE FRANKLY, SAID IT'S JUST BETTER LOOKING THAN THE EAST SIDE AND IS A GREAT VISTA FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY AS THEY LOOK WEST ALONG THE MALL TOWARDS THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. WELCOME. I HOPE YOU'LL STAY WITH US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, AT LEAST, AS THE PRESIDENT GOES TO CAPITOL HILL AND TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE TO GIVE THIS ALL-IMPORTANT INAUGURAL SPEECH. BY THE WAY, THOUGH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE OVER THE WEEKEND. THOSE WHITE TENTS ON THE MALL ARE WHERE PEOPLE IN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER FOR A VERY COLD WEEKEND, GATHERED TO PARTAKE OF A VARIETY OF FOODS, TO LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE 21st CENTURY, FAVORITE PHRASE OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S, OF COURSE. AND TO HEAR MUSICALLY AND ARTISTICALLY IN SONG AND IN VOICE ALL SORTS OF EMOTIONS ABOUT THE COUNTRY. AS WE GATHER TOGETHER HERE FOR THIS LAST■ INAUGURATION OF THIS CENTURY. WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY MOVE UP AND DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THE CAPITAL, NOW, TO INTRODUCE TO YOU WITH THEIR OPENING THOUGHTS OF THE DAY, OUR VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS AND OUR PARTICIPANTS GOING FIRST TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO JOHN DONVAN. GOOD MORNING, JOHN. >> Reporter: LITERALLY, ANY SECOND NOW THEY SHOULD STEP OUT THROUGH THE NORTH PORT PORTICO AND MAKE THE TRIP TO THE CAPITOL. I WOULD SAY THE FEELING IS REALLY A NICE FEELING. ALMOST LIKEHRISTMAS. THERE'S LITERALLY CHOIR MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND COMING OFF OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. AND A SENSE TT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING UNWRAPPED TODAY AND THAT WOULD BE THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. ALL WE KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT IT IS TH IT'S GOING TO BE ANDDRESS ABOUT IDEAS, NOT QUITE THE FEELING OF TRIUMPH OF LAST TIME. AND WHAT I WOULD SAYS PRESENT CLINTON'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE THI■, MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE THINKING MAN'S INAUGURATION. >> Jennings: OKAY, JOHN, THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU OFTEN AS THE DAY GOES ON. A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS INAUGURAL SPEECH. WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. OUT THERE ON PENNSYLVANI AVENUE, ABOUT 8th A PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE THE NAVY MEMORIAL IS ABC'S LISA STARK. LISA, YOU SAID TO ME EARLIER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GATHERING SINCE EARLY MORNING. >> Reporter: THEY HAVE. GO MORNING. WE HAVE A BAND PLAYING OFF TO MY LEFT. FOLKS HERE WAITING ALONG PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. SOME OFHEM OUT HERE OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF EARLY. THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE MORE THAN AN HOUR, ALMOST TWO HOURS, WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO GO BY AND THEN THE PARADE LATER TODAY. IT IS A BIT CHILLY OUT HERE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. BUT THEY'RE TAKING IT IN GOOD SPIRITS. MANY HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY T■ BE PART OF THIS, PART OF HISTORY, AS THEY SAY. PETER, BACK TO YOU. >> Jennings: NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US, LISA. MAYBE YOU'LL WALK AWAY FROM THE BAND A LITTLE BIT. AS WE WORK OUR WAY UP TOWARDS THE CAPITOL, ON THE WEST LAWN, JUST BEYOND THE CAPITOL REFLECTING POOL, YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD BEGINNING TO GATHER. OUR MICHELE McQUEEN IS DOWN THERE. >> Reporter: PETER, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THEIR SEATS. WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IS A SEA OF HUMAN BEINGS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE COME OUT EARLY IN THE MORNI TO GET GOOD STANDING-ROOM SEATS. E FROM AS FAR AWAY AS HAWAII, CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. SOME VERY UNUSUAL WEATHER FOR THEM. THE WORD WE KEEP HRING HER IS PRIDE. PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF THE FACT AT TOUNTRY IT PEACE. WE SEEM TO BE DOING WELL ECONOMALLY. EVEN THOH A LO■ OF THE PEOPL HERE DIDN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT AND AREN'T ACTIVE IN POLITICS, THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THEIR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND■& Y TH THE WANTED TO COME OUT HERE JUST TO BE A PART OF TODAY. Jennings: OKAY■ MICHEL, ANKS VERY MUCH. WORKING OUR WAY UP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE @APITAL, JEFF GREENFIELD WHO HAS BEEN WORKING OUT INCALIFORNIA LATE HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO COME AND FREEZE FOR A DAY. GOOD MORNING, JEFF. >> Repo■ter: GOOD ■ORNING, PETER. ■■GUS FOR Y CANADIANS,S■■ ITNTERESNG, I YOU GO UP TO THE PODIUM, YOU SEE THE SENATORS■AND CONGRESSMEN ALMOST LIKE LITTLE SCHOOLKIDS, THEY'RE TAKING PICTURES OF EACH OTHER AT THE PODIUM WHERE MANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO BE SOME DAY. AMONG THE CLINTON PEOPLE IAVE TALKED TO THIS WEEKEND, IT'S A MUCH MORE SUBDUED ATMOSPHERE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO. THEY WERE CONQUERERS FOUR YEARS AGO, FILLED WITH THE MOST, SOMETIMES EXTREME EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. THE DEMOCRATS FLOCKED TO WASHINGTON AFTER 12 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS. NOW THEY'RE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT THEY'VE RETAINED POWER. BUT MANY OF THEM ARE MORE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO, SO THEY'RE HAPPY. BUT IT'S VERY DIFRNT, I TH THINK, THAN IT WAS IN 1993. >> Jennings: COULDN'T AGREE MORE, JEFF. AS YOU ARE THE KEEPER OF THE OFFICIAL ABC THERMOMETER. CAN WE HAVE A LOOK AT JEFF AGAIN WHO'S GOT THE OFFICIAL THERMOMETER. 35 DEGREES NOW? >> Repoer: ALMOST 36, PETER. >> Jennings: GETTING WARMER. IT WAS FREEZING HERE OVER THE WEEKEND. IT IS GETTING MUCH WARMER TODAY. WHILE THE SUN IS NOT OUT AT THE MOMENT, IT'S APPROACHING BALMY. ON THE PODIUM ITSELF, ABC'S SAM DONALDSON, GOOD MORNING, SAM. >> Donaldson: GOOD MORNING, PETER. WHAT ARE THESE WIMPS SAYING IT'S COLD. IT'S VERY WARM UP HERE. THE ATMOSPHERE UP HERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS HERE, MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, THE PREDOMINANT DEMOCRATS WATCHING THEIR PRESIDENT SWORN IN AGAIN FROM EI PARTY. BUT THERE'S A REALLY GOODWILL ATMOSPHERE UP HERE. PEOPLE SHAKING HANDS, CLAPPING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK. IT'S JUST LIKE OLD HOME WEEK. >> Jennings: OKAY, SAM, THANKS. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU OFTEN. WANT TO GO INSIDE TO THE CAPITOL ROW TUN TODAY THE ONLY OTHER PERSON BESIDES ME TO GETS TO BE WARM, COKIE ROBERTS. >> Roberts: THEY DO HAVE THE DOORS OPEN. HERE, THE ATMOSPHERE THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS TALKED ABOUT, YOU REALLY HAVE THAT SENSE THAT WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING HERE IS THE DEMOCRACY. THE TURNOVER OF POWER IS NOT HAPPENING THIS TIMEROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER. BUT THAT YOUTILL HAVE ONE PARTY HER IN THE CAPITOL, E PARTY OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE. AND THIS IS A DAY OF GREAT HOPE. ALL THE BUNTING AND THE FLAGS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY OF WASHINGTON JUST MAKES EVERYBODY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS GOVERNMENT AND ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION WHICH ACTULY HAS IN IT THE WOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S OATH, WHICH WE WILL HEAR TODAY. >> Jennings: EXACTLY, COKIE. WE'LL COME BAC TO YOU AS THE PRESIDENT MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE ROTUNDA. THERE'S THE WEST SIDE WITH THOSE RATHER INTERESTING, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THOSE AMERICAN FLAGS ON WEST SE OF THE FACADE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL THE MOST FAMILIAR FLAG. YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT IS THE 13 STARS FOR THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES. S THERE ALSO ONE, IF YOU GET TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY T COUNT, 25 STARS. TOOK USE WHILE HERE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IN FACT, ARKANSAS WAS THE 25th STATE TO JOIN THE UNION. AND THERE'S ONE THERE WITH 35 STARS, AS WELL. SO YOU GET, AS COKIE HINTS THERE, THE SAME KIND OF BUNTING FLAVOR THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED, EVER SINCE THEY CAME TO WASHINGTON. E PRESIDENT, MRS. CLINTON, AND CHELSEA LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE NOW. AND THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS, WHICH WILL CONVEY THE PRESIDENT TO CAPITOL HILL. IT'S CALLED THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES. IT HAS THREE SENATORS ON IT, THREE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE. CERTAINLY THE SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE THERE, SENATOR JOHN WARNER ON THE LEFT. THE REPUBLICAN RANKING REPUBLICAN, SENATORS FROM VIRGINIA WHO IS ON THE COMMITTEE. THEY WILL ALL TRAVEL TOGETHER IN A VARIETY OF CARS UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND INCLUDED IN THEIR NUMBER, WHO WE'LL HR FROM AS WE GO ALONG, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO SAY, IS ABC'S BARBARA WALTERS WHO IS SENATOR WARNER'S GUEST TODAY AND WHO HAS HINTED THAT SHE MAY STOP ON THE WAY. ONCE A REPORTER, ALWAYS A REPORTER. THE SPEAKER WILL BE IN A CAR WITH THE PRESIDENT, IN THE FIRST CAR, WITH SENATOR WARNER, AND SENATOR WENDELL FORD, THE DEMOCRAT OF KENTUCKY, WHO IS THE RANKING DEMOCRAT WHO'S DONE THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE, AND WHO CAN BE SEEN ON THE WEST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL FOR DAYS PREPARING FOR THIS INAUGURATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS RIGHT. THE SECOND CAR WILL HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT IN IT. SENATOR LOTT, REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE HOUSE, SENATOR DASCHLE THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE HOUSE. I'M JOINED, ALSO, JUST TO INTRODUCE THEM WHILE WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, BY TWOTHER GUESTS WHO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WELCOME THIS MORNING. OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR HAL BRUNO WHO IS WITH US. AND E PRESIDENTIAL HISTORI, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HENRY GRAFF. THIRD INAUGURATION. >> NICE TO BE HERE. >> Jennings: DO THEY EVER RECORD, HENRY, WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT ON THE TRIP UP TO THE CAPITOL?■& >> WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THAT. WE KNOW THAT WHEN WOODROW WILSON WAS INAUGURATED IN 1913, WILLI HOWARD TAFT TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAD SAVED OUT OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL SALARY, AND HE URGED WILSON, WHO WAS PARSIMONIOUS, TO DO THE SAME. AND WE KNOWHAT. WE KNOW THAT WHEN ROOSEVELT AND HOOVER RODE TO THE CAPITOL, ROOSEVELT GOT NO WORDS AT ALL OUT OF HOOVER, AND FINALLY HE SAID TALKING ABOUTOME OF THE NEW BUILDGS WHICH WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALONG PENNSYLVAA AVENUE, NICE STEEL, ISN'T IT? >> Jennings: WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AS THE PRESIDE'S MOTORCADE GETS UNDER WAY ALONG PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO INTRODUCE YOU, OF COURSE, TO THE TWO GEORGES WHO ARE WITH USEORGE WILLND GRGE STEPHANOPOULOS. ■■■■■ WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T DON'T JUST MAKE SOMETHING... >> Jennings: WEOME BACK INAUGURAL COVERAGE. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THE PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE HAS JUST LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE. T■E PRESIDENT INTHE FIRST CAR, BEING ACCOMPANIED, RLLY BEING ESCORTED, BY THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES. ■T'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT IT' TRADITION. THIS DAY IS ALL ABOUT TRADIO IT IS ALL ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP. BACK TO POLITICS TOMORROW. BUT THIS IS VERY MUCH CAPITAL HET, WHICH FEELS ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND ABOUT THE -- ALL THE CONNOTATIONS OF THE POLITICAL■ SYSTEM, AND LESS ABOUT THE ■pPOTICSOD■, THOUGH YOU ■RE BOUND TO HEA■O OF IT DISCUSSED. ALL OF TH■ NOW, OF COURSE, IN CLOSED CARS. YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM INAUGURATIONS PAST, ONE OR TWO, THIS WAS THE CAR THAT WAS FITTED OUT WITH A MICROPHONE SO THE PRESIDENT COULD TALK TO PEOPLE IF HE WERE SO INCLINED ALONG THE WAY. THEY ARE, OF COURSE, ALL BULLETPROOF NOW. SECRET SERVICE RULED LONG AGO THAT PRESIDENTS WOULD NO LONGER TRAVEL IN OPEN CARS. THERE ISN'T EVEN A CONVERTIBLE TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE FEDERAL FLEET. WARREN HARDING, 1921, THE FIRST EVEN TO USE A CAR TO GO TO HIS INAUGURATION. AND NOW THESE■ PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADES, AS MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, HAVE ENOUGH VEHICLES IN THEM TO TIE UP MOST MAJOR METROPOLISS IF THE PRESIDENT OR FOR THAT MATTER THE VICE PRESIDENT, COMES TO TOWN. JUST TO GIVE YOU A CLUE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS MOTORCADE, YOU'VE GOT THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SENATORS WHO ARE ACMPYING THE PRESIDENT, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSIS WITH HIM.■ MRS. CLINTON IS THERE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF THE HOUSE, AND, OF COURSE, CHELSEA. WIDELY REGARDED IN THIS TOWN, AND PERHAPS I THINK IN THE COUNTRY,T MO, A AN IMMENSELY SOPHISTICATED AND TOLERANT YOUNG WOMAN. GIVEN ALL OF THE ATTENTION THAT HAS BEEN PAID TO HER. ■pVICE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE,■ IS HERE. MRS. GORE, THE GOREAMILY IS ALL INHIS MOT■RCADEAS WELL.■ AND THLL BE THERE IN JUST A FEW MUT. AND, AS I SAID, WLE MOST OF US ARE FAIRLY WARM AND COMFORTABLE HERE, OUTSIDE IT'S FAIRLY BALMY BY WASHINGTON STANDARDS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE CWD AND■ TTING LARGER ON THE■ WEST SIDE OF THE■CAP■TOL AS THE PRESIDT■ IS ON S WAY.■■■ TO INT■ODUCE OUR TWO GEORGES THIS MORNING WITH SOME OPENING THOUGHTS, PERHAPS, ONTH DAY. ORGE ■ILL. GOOD MORNING, GEORGE. >> GOOD IN P.■■ IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO WATC■ A M■ITD TO SIMPLICITY AND■ EGALITARIANISM TRY TO EVOLVE A LITTER L■T■ER JI SUITABLE FOR AN ■■ NATIONS MAY HAVE BISHOPS, WE HAVE GRAY WOD AN GRAY NECKTIES. BUT THE REAL SYMBOLISM IS GENERATED BY OUR CONSTITUTION AND IT'S IMPLICIT IN THE DRIVE E PR■OMTOCONGRESS■ NOT THE OTHER WAY AR■UND. ■pCONGRESS IS, OF COURSE,■T■CLE ONOF THE■ CONSTITUTION. THE■RDRF THE CITYL WHE■■ MEET, AND THE DRAMA OF THE DAY■ AND THE DRAMA OF THE NEXT FOUR■ YES INTERSE HERE AS TO HOW T■E ■ BHES,HE ■p TGE■■&■& ■N■& >>■ Js: NICEO HAVE YOU ■ITH US. AND IT'S NICE T■ELCOMERGE STEPHANOPOULOS. ■p■T'S A VERY D■F■ENT CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT ■S GOING TO■ THIS■ MORNG FOUR YRS AG WHE TA■ RIDINGTO THE CAPITOL, HE HAD HOUSE AN DEMOCRATICAJY THEATE. NOW HE'S GOT RE■UBLICAN MAJORITIES THAT HE MUST WORK WITH IN BOTH. AND HE'S GOING TO BE■ FOCUSING N THAT IN HIS SPEECH TODAY.■■ >> Jennings: I TNK MOST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY KNOW THAT GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS WORKED FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. WHAT WERE YOUOING FOURYEARS AGO? >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. I WAS SITTING UP IN THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. AND IT TURNED OUT I WAS IN THE WRONG OFFICE. SO FIVE MINUTES TO NOON I WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE CAPITOL TRYING TO GIVE IT TO HIM AT THE LAST MINUTE. >>enningHOPE YOU WON'T BE AS RUSHED WITH US THIS TIME. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, NICE TO HAVE YOU. AND WITHOUT TOO MUCH ADO AND TAKING NOT VERY LONG AT ALL TO MAKE IT FROM ONE END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO THE OTHER, THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW ARRIVED ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE'REE CAPITOL HERE. ■pBUT ■N THE NORTH SIDE OF THE■& EAST SIDESI THE LAW LIBRARY ENTRANCE THERE. ABC'S JOHN COCHRAN IS THERE.■& GOOD MORNING, JOHN. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PETER. AND THERE HE IS. ■- Jennings: MUCH ENTHUSIUP THERE? >> Reporter: WE'LL TR■ TO OUT A ESTIO ERALWAYS THE DECOY CAR, YOU KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH ONE IS GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S CAR. >> Jennings: WHAT'S THE SECURITY LIKE UP THERE THIS MORNING, JOHN? JOHN COCHRAN, WHAT'S THE SECURITY LIKE UP THERE THIS MORNING? >> Reporter: IT IS VERY TIGHT. VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ONTO THIS EAST FRONT OF THE CAPIT, PETER. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY HAD PASSES THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO WALK WHERE I AM NOW WERE TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARRIVED A LITTLE TOO LATE. >> Jnings: ONE OF THEHINGS WE HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING FROM OUR OWN NEWS BUREAU IS THAT SECURITY IS GENERALLY TIGHTER THROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAY, BECAUSE SEVERAL NEWS BUREAUS, OUR OWN INCLUDED,AD FAXES IN THLAST DAY OR SO FROM SOMEONE ALLEGING TO BE A MEMBER OF AN ANTI-ABORTION GROUP WHO RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF DEMONSTRATIONS AND/OR VIOLENCE ON THIS DAY. AND SO SECURITY, WHICH IS ALWAYS EXTRAORDINARILY TIGHT HERE, SENATOR FORD OF KENTUCKY, WENDELL FORD. ONE OF THE■ CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. >> Reporter: MR. PRESIDENT? >> Jennings: SENATOR WARNER THERE. WITH HIM, AS WELL, THE REPUBLICAN,HEANKING REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. THEY ARE GOING TO GO -- >> Reporter: IS IT MORE FUN THIS TIME? >> Jennings: NICE TRY, JOHN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANOTHER MODERN TRADITION WAS NOT ALWA THUS, THE PRESIDENTS CAME BY, TRY TO G■T THEESIDENT'S ATTENTION. HENRY GRAFF, WE ALWAYS ARE -- OUR RESIDENT HISTORIAN HERE. YOU GO TO THE LAW LIBRARY ENTRANCE. THE LAW LIBRARY IN TERMS OF THE CONG■ESS IS WHAT? >> IS THE -- IT'S NOT THE MAIN ENTRANCE. IT'S THE ENTRANCE WHERE THE LEGISLATORS ENTER. >> Jennings: BUT THE LAW LIBRARY IS THE SPECIFIC LIBRARY OF LAW FOR THE CONGRESS ITSELF? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Jennings: THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THROUGH THE CRYPT, WHICH WAS, OF COURSE, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON TO LIE IN, WHICH HE DIDN'T. ULTIMATELY WENT TO MOUNT VERNON. THEY'LL COME THROUGH THE ROTUNDA WHERE WE HOPE TO TALK BRIEFLY TO BARBARA WALTERS ABOUT WHAT THEY CHATTED ABOUT, AT LEAST IN HER VEHICLE, ON HER WAY UP TO THE CAPITOL. SO AS WE GET THESE PEOPLE INSIDE THE LAW LIBRARY ENTRANCE, WE'LL GO AWAY FOR A BRIEF MESSAGE. >> Jennings: GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOMBACK TO OUR INAUGA@ THAT'S BARBARA WALTERS. BARBARA, IT'S YOUR MICROPHONE, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESSION. TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW. >> WELL, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLINTON. THE PRESIDENT, BOTH OF THEM EXTREMELY RELAXED. THE PRESIDENT SAID HIS SPEECH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 15MINUTES LONG, THOUGH HE'S ALLOWED 40 MINUTES SO HE CAN TALK SLOWLY. HE SAID HE'S PRACTICALLY MEMORIZED IT. HE WROTE IT 12 TIMES, HE SAID, AT LEAST. HE SAID IF IT'S GOOD, IT'S BECAUSE OF ME, AND IF IT'S BAD, IT'S BECAUSE OF ME. I'VE NEVER -- WELL, I DON'T GET TO THE WHITE HOUSE VERY OFTEN. BUU HE WALKED AROUND TALKING TO THE SENATORS AND THE CONGRESSMEN. ■■RNON JORDAN, HIS FRIEND, WAS THERE. LEONANETTA WAS■ THERE. LY LAST IN THE WHITE HOUSE. ■&S. CLINTON SAID THAT IT WAS S■ DIFFERENT FROM FOUR■ YEARS AGO, PE ■pFOUR YEARS AGO, SHE SAID SHE S VERY CONFUSED, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. TODAY SHE SAID, LOOK I'M ALL MOVED IN, MY CLOTHES ARE IN PLACE, AND I CAH■ RAX AND EOY IT. >> Jennings: HELP ME WITH A WOMAS QUESTION. I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT COLORTO CALL HER OUTFIT. >> PEACH, CORAL, AND CHELSEA WAS WEARING WHAT I WOULD CALL DOVE GRAY. >> AND NO HAT? >> I DIDN'T SEE A HAT THEN. BUT MRS. CLINTON HAS A MATCHING COAT. SO SHE MAY HAVE A HAT. I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD ASK THESE QUESTIONS OF SAM DONALDSON? >> Jennings: NO, I WOULDN'T.■ SAM WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THEM. YOU ■AME IN THE SECOND CAR. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? >> I WAS IN THE MOTORCADE. I WASN'T IN THE CAR WITH THE PRESIDENT. EVERYBODY WAS NERVOUS, THE PRESIDENT WAS 20 MINUTES LATE. THE CHURCH SERVICE WAS QUITE LONG. THEY MAY HAVEO CUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ACTUAL CEREMONY. THERE'S A BAND THEY'VE GOT EIGHT MINUTES LEEWAY,xD THEY WERE SAYING. AND THE PRESIDENT MUST CONSTITUTIONALLY BE SWORN IN AT EXACTLY 12:00 NOON. THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID, PETER, THAT HIS SPEECH FOUR YEARS AGO WAS THE SECOND SHORTEST. HE TALKED ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND SAID, WASHINGTON JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S 90 SECONDS, HERE I AM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M DOING YOU CAN GET RID OF ME. HIS SPEECH IS GOING TO HAVE A HISTORICAL THEME. HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS, TS THEIM■ PERIOD, YU KNOW, GETTING INTOHE NEXT CENTURY, AND THEN HE WILL GO ON FROM THERE. >> Jennings: OKAY, BARBARA. THANKS VERY MUCH. BARBARA WALTERS IS THE GUEST OF SENATOR WARNER TODAY, AND SO SHE'S NOW GOING TO GO OUT AND SIT ON THE PODIUM WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. AND ENJOY THE INAUGURATION. IN A WAY THAT BARBARA HASN'T DONE BEFORE, BECAUSE SHE WORKED WITH US, OF COURS, FOUR YEARS AND EIGHT YEARSGO. THE PRESIDENT, BY THE WAY, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, IS GOING TO WEAR BUSINESS ATTIRE AND CONCENTRATE ON HIS CLOTHESFOR JUST A SECOND. JOHN KENNEDY W THE LAS■ WEAR, ILUDING A SILK TOP HAT IS IUGURATION.■& SAM DONALDSON, THE NEWS OF THE PODIUM AT THE MOMENT? >> Donaldson: WELL, SIMPLY THAT■ EVERYBODY IS NOWDY■HEON, PETER.■ THE GLADHANDING I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER TODAY GOES ON. BEEN UP HER■, YOU KNOW, FOR A NUMBER OF THESE. BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THE CONVIVIAL ATMOSPHERE THAT I'VE SEEN TODAY. I SUPPOSE THIS BOD WL MR. CLINTON'S SECOND TERM. AT LEAST THE REPUBLICANS I'VE TALKED TO UP HERE SAID THEY'RE GOING TOOOPET■. YES, WE'RE GOING TO FIX MEDICARE.■& S, WE'RE GOING TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET. OF COURSE, ON A DAY LIKE THIS,■I PPOSTH'S WHA Y'■ EXPECT TH TO SAY. BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD FEELING, AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO HEAR. >> Jennings: OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR HAL BRUNO IS HERE. AS WE CONTINUE TO■ FOCUS-ON-THE CAPITOL ITSELF HAL, QUESTION ABOUT THE SPEECH. WE'LL HAVE MANY OF THEM. IT CAN'T BE A POLICAL SPEECH. >> IT'S GOT TO BE A SPEECH THAT'S MEANT TO BRING EVERYBODY GETHER. ESPECIALLY IT'S A SPEECH THAT'S GOING TO BE AIMED AT THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS, AND ESPECIALLY AT THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE HE HAS TO WORK WITH. >>ennings: OF COURSE, THIS I■ INT■ONAY HAS FALLEN ONDAY. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. DR. KING WOULD HAVE BE 68 YEARS OLD TODAY. THAT RAISES ITS OWN LEVEL OF INTEREST ABOUT THE■ INAUGURATION AND THE CONJUNCTION WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. ARE THIOUS■ MEETIS OF RECONCILIA■NA■■■ UNITY AND ENCOUNRSEING HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY TO FOCUS O MARTIN■ LOOUTHSER KING'S LEGACY, AS WELL AS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE INAUGURATION. HENRY GRAFF, OUR HISTORIAN, EXPLAIN TO EVERYBODY AGAIN, THEY MAY HAVE HEARD IT UP UNTIL NOW. HOW DO WE GET TO JANUARY 20th, RATHER THAN MARCH, AS IT USED TO BE? >> THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THE INAUGURATION DATE FROM MARCH 4th TO JANUAR RATIFIED IN■ 1933. AND IT IS SAID THAT IN THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT DATE IT■OUGHT TO BE, THE HOUSE HELD FOR■ JANUARY 19th. THE SENATE FOR JANUARY 21st, AND EY C■ T 20th, NOT AS AITTEE, COMPROMISE, BUT BECAUSE THEY 6-CONSULTED THE RECORDS OF THE■ WAINGTON WEATHER BUREAU AND■ ■pTHEY FOUND THAT THE■ 20th GAVE THE VERY BEST WEATHER HISTORICALLY. AND, OF COURSE, THE FIRST TIME THE 20th CAME UP AS A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION DAY IN 1937, IT RAINED BIBLICALLY. >> WORST RAINSTORM IN WASHINGTON IN 100 YEARS OR SOMETHING ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. BUTXPLAIN WHY IT MED FROM MARCH UNTIL JANUARY, BECAUSE, DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT AS LONG AS MCH AND WANTED THE PRESIDENCY TO CHANG MORE QUILY? >> AND THEY DIDN'T WANT THE NEW PRCOMING WITH A LAME■ ANCTION WITH 20th AMENDMENT. SO THAT THE PRESIDENT NOW COMES IN■■ WITH CONGRESS A■■■ STARTEDTHE CIVIL WAR, AS■■ IT■■■BL■ LL-DRESSED ■S NATOR CONNIE MACK OF FLORIDA.■ WE DECIDED LOOK AROUND SO FAR THIS MORNING THAT HE IS WEARING AT LEAST THE MOST ELEGANT HAT AMONG MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. AND THEY HAVE SHOWED UP IN■ ALL■ SORTS OF GE IN TIPATION SENATOR THUR MOBD, MO HAS SEEN MORE INAURATION CEREMON■ THAN ANY HER MR O THE SENATE. ■TGIVE YOU SOM CLUE AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WHAT EVERYBODY'S WAG FOR, THE PRESIDENT'S -- THE REVEREN BILLY GRAHAM, OF COURSE, WHO'S GOING TO DELIVER THE INVOCATION, HAS DONE IT FOR EIGHT PRESIDENTS OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS. HE HAS NOT BEEN WELL OF LATE, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. HE WAS THERE FOR LYNDON JOHNSON, ■-CHARD NIXON IN 1969, 1985. THIS IS A MAN SO PROULY■ INVOLVED WITH E SPIRITUAL CONNECONS TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND, OF COURSE, HOLDS THE LARGEST EVANGELICAL MEETINGS OF ANY OTHER PASTOR IN THE NATION. SENATOR MOYNIHAN OF NEW YORK ON THE LEFT THER■, SENATOR DODD -- SORRY, SENATOR JOE BIDEN ON THE RIGHT. SENATOR DODD, BY THE WAY, I THERE -- ANDHE ISHEEA WHO GETS -- DEFER TO COKIE ROBERTS ON THIS. COKIE, YOU'VE WATCHED THIS SO MUCH MORE CLOSELY. SHE GETS WONDERFULLY HIGH MARKS FROM EVERYBODY, DOESN'T SHE? >> Roberts: CHELSEA CLINTON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? >> Jennings: YES. >> Roberts: I THINK THE WAY THAT THE FAMILY HAS HANDLED HER YOUNG FEMALEHOOD IN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN QUITE REMARKABLE. SHE PARTICIPATES WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, AND WHEN SHE WILL GET SOME SENSE OF HISTORY OUT OF IT, AS WITH TRAVELING WITH HER MOTHER TO THE FAR EAST AND TO EUROPE. BUT THEN SHE ALSO LEADS A NORMAL TEENAGE, PRIVATE LIFE. WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO DO. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN O ARE NOW GROWN UP, HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW HARD IT WAS TO DO. AND WHAT A GOOD JOB THEY DO THINK THE■CLINTONS HAVE DONE I THIS CASE. >> Jennings: SHE'S 16 YEARS OLD NOW. SH■'LL BE 17 ON THE 27th OF FEBRUARY. >> Roberts: SHE'S DRIVING. >> Jennings: A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AT COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND WILL BE OFF TO■ COLLEGE BEFORE LONG. THE PRESIDENT WHO, AS I GUESS MOST PEOPLE NEGOTIATION HAS BEEN ASKED ABOU■ ALL SORTSF PEOPLE STAYING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE OLE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AS A POLITICAL FAVOR SAID THETHER DAY HE WAS PLEASED TO DISCOVER WHEN LOOKING AT THE RECORDS HOW OFTE CHELSEA, HIS DAUGHTER, HAD HAD HER FRIENDS OVER. AND THERE IS MRS. CLINTON WITH MARY ANN GINGRICH, THE SPEAKER'S WIFE, COMING OUT DOWN, THEY GO DOWN THRGH THE CRYPT ANDUT ONTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE WHITE USE. SO DRGRAHAM WILL CONDUCT THE INVOCAON, WE'LL HAE OF COURSE, FROM THE MARINE BAND. THE VICE PRESINT. THERE ARE Y NUMBER OF PEOPLE HE TOD FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO REPRESENT THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL UNITY OF THE COUNTRY. WE'LL EITHER HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY OR SOMETHI TO SING. AND, OF COURSE, ONLY FOR THE STORY THS ING TO BE AATION PO WHO IS GOING -- FROM ARKANS -- WHO IS GOING TO RECITE A POEM. AND ■F THEREWAS ANYBODY HERE■ WHO HAS■ A■ LOT 6 PREN, TIPPER GORE, THE VICE PRESIDENT'S WIFE -- IT WILL, I THINK IF WE READ IT CORRECTLY, BE THE POET OF THE DAY. ■■■ BRF GLIME O SENA■OR WALTER MOALE THERE ON THE PODIUM, AS WELL. U.S. AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT. CLINTONS, ROGER CLINTON AND CHILD. VARIOUS MEMBEROF E CLINTON FAMILY, OF COURSE, E HE >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FIRST LADY, HILLARY ROAM CLINTON, ACCOMPANIED BY ELIZABETH GREE, MEAL Y FIELDS, MRS. FORD AND MRGRICH. >>ning THAT'S MRS. GINGRICH■, TO HER IMMEDIATE LEFT WITH THE SCARF ON.■ ■& NG THROUGH THE CRYPT.T IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CITOL AND GONE DN THE STEPS,■ YOU KNOW THI IS WHERE THEY A PLACE O ENSHRI GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BODY. 'S GOT VARIOUS SCENESF WASHINGTON IN IT. AND AS■YOU HEARD GEORGE WIL QUS OF T CITY■IT'S THE COMPASS STONE IN THE CRYPT WHICH MARKS THE ZERO POINT FROM WHICH THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE CITY EMANATE.■ >>Announce LADIES AND GELEMEN, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HONORABLE ALBERT GORE JR.,CCOMPANIED BY JOHN CHAMBER, SENATOR LOTT, REPRESENTATIVE GEPHARDT, AN REPRESENTATIVE ARMEY. >> Jennings: THOSE OF YOU AROUND ESRRIVES AT A TIME SO T Y INKSTEF HI THAN IHAS FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME. HE ARRIVES WITH SO OF TH HIGHEST POLN HIS WHITE HAIR THEE RIGHT. GERA SM I COU. BECAUSE THE COUNTRY'S REALISTIC THE AT THE COUNTRY. BUT GENERAL OPTIMISM ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND THE PRESINT OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND A REAL SENSE HER IN BIPARTISANEVO W PPL REFER AT THIS IS A STARTING OVER OPPORTUNITY. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESINT OF THE UNITED STATE THE NORABLE WILLIAM JEFFERSON ACCOMPANIED BY SUSAN MILL, GREG CAY,ILL LIVINGGOOD, SENATOR WARNER, SENATOR FORD, SPEAKER GINGRICH, SENATOR LOTT, REPRESENTATIVE GEPHARDT, AND REPRESENTATIVE ARMEY.■ PLAYING "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" ] ING TO ENERTHERE'S GOOD DEAL MORNING. WE'L THIS NEW CAR IS POWERED BY DODGE'S 3.5 LITER V-6. >>DENTONMRS. CLINTON, VICE PREST GORE, MRS. GORE, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE ALL BOW OU HEADS IN PRAYER OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING INTO YOUR PRESENCE ON THIS HISTORIC AND SOLEMN OCCASION. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACIOUS NAON.WCH HASRESERV US A WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE PEACEFUL CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT THAT THIS INAUGURATION REPRESENTS. REC THA THE BIBLE SAYS OR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT TO WHOM MUCH HAS BEEN GIVEN, MUCH SHALL BE REQUIRED. WE LOOK GRATEFULLY TO THE PAST AND THANK YOU THAT FROM THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA YOU GRANTED OUR FOREFATHERS COURAGE AND WISDOM AS THEYRUSTED IN SO WE ASK TODAY T Y WOULD SPIRE THEXAMPL WHERE THERE'S BEEE FORGE US. WHERE THERE'S BEENOGSS NFIRM. WHERE THERE'S BEEN SUCCESS, GIVE US HUMILITY. AND TEACH US TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS MORE CLOSELYS WE ENTER E NEXT CEN GIVE TO ALL THOSE TO WHOM YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED LEADERSHIP TODAY, A DESIRE TO SEEK YOUR WILL AND TO DO IT. SO TODAY, WE ASK YOUR BLEING WIFE HILLARY AND THEIR DAUGHTERS CHELSEA, AND UPON VICE PRESIDENT GOREND HIS WIFE TIPPER ANDEIR C. OLLR LEADE T OF WH YOU DESIRE AMERICA TO BECOM AND THEISDOM TO ACCOMPLISH IT, AND THE STRENGTH TO CROS THE BRIDGES INTO THE 21st CENTUR. WE PRAY, ALSO, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND TENAT, FOR THE SUEM FORALL WHO BE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS NATION, WCH IS BLESSED WITH SUCH ETHNIC■ DIVERSITY. WE'VE SO A THE SOCIAL DRUGS D RA, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING HAVE NOT SOLVED THE BASIC PROBLEMS O HUMAEED P, INTOLERANCE AND SELFISHNESS. WE NEED YO IIG. WE NPA WE NEEDOUR STRENGTH. AS BOTH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND SENATOR DOLE U IN T CENT PRESIDEIAL MPGN, MAIS BE A TIME OF COMING TOTHER T HELP US DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS WE FACE. OH, LORD, HELP US TO BE RECONCILED F TYOU AND CONDLYOACH. MAY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DREAM FINALLY COME TRUE FOR ALL OF US. HES TOEA OUR COURTESY TO OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMETH COMES FROM THE ONE WHO TAUGHT US THAT WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO TO YOU, D ALSO TO TH. REMINDS TODAYT YOU HAVE SHOWN US WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT YOU REQUIRE OF US, TO USTLY, TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH OUR GOD. WE ASKHAT AS A PEOPLE WE MAY HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE YOU AND SEEK YOUR WILL FOR OUR LIVES AND FOR THIS GREAT NATION. HELP US IN OUR NATION TO WORK AS NEVERORE TO SENGTHEN OUR OPE AND MORAL FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE. SO MAY OUR DESIRE BE TO SERVE YOU AND IN SO DOING SERVE ONE ANOTR. WE PRA, OF THFAER, THE SON ANDE LYPIRIT. EN >> JenDRBIRAM , INK I'VE EN OVER THEASEN YEARS, THE MOST RESPECTED AMECAN. SENATOR WAER'S NOW GOING TO■■ VGI W'SOULE SCOUT ING CI T AN. IE CE TO THELAG UTEES AMECA AN TEPUBC,ORHICH IT STAND-- LIBERTYN, DED, AND E FOR L.■ >>ADIES AND NTMEN, MY PVIGE TPRESTHE ILDREN -- ng WE'RE GNGO MISS MUCOF THILL BUILL BEHTACK. PEUSAVAD ST TRI LE URSE, E OFFICIALTHY OF DR. MART LU KG. WLD HEEEN 68 ON THE 15th OF JANUY, WHICH IS HIS REAL BIRTHDAY. THIS IS THE DAY WE CELEBRA AS A NATION. THERHAVE BEENVERY MOVING CEREMONIES IN ATLANTA TODAY, AS WELL AS IN MANY OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. LET'S GO BACK TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL. ♪♪ SEA SHINING SEA YES WE ARE ♪ ♪ THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD LET'S BUILD A BRID ♪ ♪ ALL ACSSMERICA THE HOMELAND O THE BRAVE ♪ ♪ AND THE FREE A RAINBOW BRIDGE ♪ ♪ ALL ACROSS AMERICA SIDE BY SIDE TOGETHER YOU ME AMERICA ♪CELEBRATION ♪ LT UP YOUR VOICE AND SING ♪ ♪ FREEDOM RAISE THE TORCH OF JUSTICE AMERICA ♪ ♪ AMERICA LET PEACEFUL LOVE AND FEDOMNG ♪ LET FREEDOM RING AND BUILD A BRIDGE ♪ ♪ ALL ACROSS AMERICA THE HOMELAND ♪ ♪ OF THE BRAVE AND THE FREE ♪ ♪ ALL ACROSS AMERICA SIDE BY SIDE ♪ ♪ YOU AND ME■ BUILD A BRIDGE EVER ERAMECA AMERA ♪ ♪ HE AMIC ♪♪ ■ BRIDGE ALL ACROSS ARICA. SONG SUNG BY THE CHILDREN OF GOSPEL MASS CHOIR, ALL ABOUT PUTING ASIDE DIFFERENCES. SOMEBODY WROTE YESTERDA ALL ABOUT ETNG O. SIMPSON ANDNEYINND ABOUT NG IN HARMONY. >> THE HONORABLE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ATES, ALBERT GORE JR. >> Jennings: JUSTICE GINSBURG PRIDENTO SAR IN THE VICE SHE WAS INVITED TO THE COURT IN 1993Y PRESIDENT INTON. AND, OF COURSE, THE VICE PRESIDENT BRINGING FORTH HIS CHILDREN, AS WELL. >> ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE OATH ASICE PRESIDENT. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I, ALBERT GORE JR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- >> I, ALBERT GORE JR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- >> THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES -- >> THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES -- >> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC -- >> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC -- >> THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TOHE SAME -- >> THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME -- >> THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY -- >> THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY -- >> WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION -- >> WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION -- >> AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE -- >> AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE -- >> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE ON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER -- >> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER -- >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> EVERYOOD WISH, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. >> Jennings: VERY CLOSE FAMILY, OF COURSE, THE GORE FAMILY, KARENNA, KRISTIN, SARAH AND ALBERT, THE VICE PRESIDENT'S KIDS. VICE PRESIDENT WILL NOT SPEAK. NOT THAT VICE PRESIDENT'S HAVEN'T. THE LAST TO SPEAK WAS SPIRO AGNEW. THIS VICE PRESIDT IS GOING TO STAY OUT OF THEAY OF HIS PRESIDENT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ OVER ME AND BEFORE I'LL BE A SLAVE ♪ ♪ I'LL BE BURIED IN MY GRAVE ♪ ♪ AND GO HOME TO MY HEART AND BE FREE ♪ >> Jennings: THIS IS JESSYE NORMAN. ♪ AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND ♪♪ ♪ THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME ♪ ♪ I ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW I'M FOUND ♪ ♪ WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE ♪ ♪ BUT NOW I SEE I SEE ♪ ♪ I SEE I S ♪ ♪ AMERICA AMERICA ♪ ♪ GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪♪ ♪ O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES ♪ ♪ FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN ♪■ ♪ FOR PURPLE MOUNTAINS' MAJESTY ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN ♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ ♪ GOD SHED HIGRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪♪ ♪ AMECA, AMERICA ♪ ♪ GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ >> Jennings: GREAT AMERICAN OPERA STAR, JESSYE NORMAN. SOME PEOPLE THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO HAVE SUCH AN OCCASION WITHOUT HER. OF COUE, MILLIONS OFEOPLE THK THAT "AMERICA BEAUTI" IS THE SGLE MOST BEAUFUL SONG AUT THE UNTRY. BACIN THE LATE '80s WITHOUT JESSYE NORMAN TO SI. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS AI OF BY PRIVILE INT M -CHAIRN,NARDELL INODTHE CHIEF UNITED STATES NATOFO. >> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND, JOHN WARNER. ESIDENT CLINTON, MRS. CLINTON, VICE PRESIDENT GORE, MRS. GORE, D MY FELLOW AMERICANS AND MY COLLEAGUES. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON,IFE OF TH PRESIDENT-ELECT, MR. HOLD THE CLINTON FAMILY BIBLE. THE JOIN BY THEIR DAUGHTER A. HOBBS REHNQUIST WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON. >> Jennings: THIS WILL THE THIRD TIME FOR JUSTICE REHNQUIST. DID IT FOR GEORGE BUSH AND PRESIDENT CLINTON. >> WILL YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- >> I, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY -- >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY -- >> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES -- >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES -- >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO LP ME GOD. >> GOOD LUCK. >> Jennings: WE KNOW IT'S A CLICHE, BUT HERE IN WASHINGTON, IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, THE SUN JUST CAME OUT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON! >> Jennings: WELL, FOR MANY PEOPLE, CERTAINLY IN THIS CAPITAL HERE, HERE'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, A LOT OF PRESSURE ABOUT THE SPEECH. WE WILL LISTEN THROUGHOUT. >> MY FELLOW CITIZENS, AT THIS LAST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF THE 20th CENTURY, LET US LIFT OUR EYES TOWARD THE CHALLENGES THAT AWAIT US IN THE NEXT CENTURY. IT IS OUR GREAT GOOD FORTUNE THAT TIME AND CHANCE HAVE PUT US NOT ONLY AT THE EDGE OF A NEW CENTURY IN A NEW MILLENNIUM, BUT ON THE EDGE OF A BRIGHT NEW PROSPECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS. A MOMENT THAT WILL DEFINE OUR COURSE AND OUR CHARACTER FOR DECADES TO COME. WE MUST KEEP OUR OLD DEMOCRACY FOREVER YOUNG. GUIDED BY THE ANCIENT VISION OF A PROMISED LAND, LET US SET R SIGHTS UPON A LAND OF NEW PROMISE. THE PROMISE OF AMERICA WAS BORN IN THE 18th CENTURY, OUT OF THE BOLD CONVICTION THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. IT WAS EXTENDED AND PRESERVED IN THE 19th CENTURY, WHEN OUR■■ NATION SPREAD ACROSS THE COULDN'T TENT, SAVED THE UNION, AND ABOLISHED THE AWFUL SCOURGE OF SLAVERY. THEN, IN TURMOIL AND TRIUMPH THAT PROMISE EXPLODED ONTO THE WORLD'S STAGE TO MAKE THIS THE AMERICAN CENTURY. AND WHAT A CENTURY IT HAS BEEN. AMERICA BECAME THE WORLD'S MIGHTYEST INDUSTRIAL POWER, SAVORED THE WORLD FROM TYRANNY IN TWO WORLD WARS AND A LONG COLD WAR. AND TIME AND AGAIN REACHED OUT ACROSS THE GLOBE TO MILLIONS WHO, LIKE US, LONG FOR THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY. ALONG THE WAY, AMERICANS PRODUCED THE GREAT MIDDLE CLASS AND SECURITY AND OLD AGE, BUILT UNRIVALED CENTERS OF LEARNING AND OPENED PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ALL. SPLIT THE ATOM AND EXPLORED THE HEAVENS. INVENTED THE COMPUTER AND THE■ MICROCHIP. AND DEEPENED THE WELLRING OF JUSTICE BY MAKING A REVOLUTION IN CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND ALL MINORITIES AND EX■ENDING THE CIRCLE OF CITIZENSHIP, OPPORTUNITY, AND DIGNITY TO WOMEN. NOW, FOR THE THIR TIME, A NEW CENTURY IS UPON US, AND ANOTHER TIME TO CHOOSE. WE BEGAN THE 19th CENTURY WITH A CHOICE■, TO SPREAD OUR NATION FROM COAST TO COAST. WE BEGAN THE 20th CENTURY WITH A CHOICE, ARSS THE VALU O FREE EPRE, CONSERVATION, AND HUMAN DECENCY. THE CHOIS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. AT THE DN OF THE 21st CENTURY, A FREE PEOPLE MUST NOW CHOOSE TO SHAPE THE FORCES OF THE INFORMATION AGE AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY, TO UNLEASH THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF ALL OUR PEOPLE, AND, YES, TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION. WHEN LAST WE GATHERED, OUR MAR TO THIS NEWSEEMN IT DOES TODAY. WE VOWED THEN TO SET A CLEAR COURSE TO RENEW OUR NATION. IN THESE FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY TRAGEDY, EXHILARAD CHALLENGE, STRENGTHENED BY ACHIEVEMENT. AMERICA STANDS ALONE AS THE AUR ONOMY IS THEABL NATN. STRONGEST ON EARTH. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE BUILDING STRONGER FAMILIES, THRIVING COMMUNITIES, BETTER EDUCAONAL OPPORTUNITIES, A CLEANER VIRONMENT. DESTINED TO DEEPER NOW BENDO OUR EFFORTS. REETS ARE SAFER. AND RERD NUMBERS OF OUR FELL CITIZENS HAVE MOVED FROM WELFARE TO WORK. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE RESOLVED FOR OUR TIME A GREAT DEBER THE LE OF GOVERNMENT OUR FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD THAT WELL AND GAVE US A DEMOCRACY, STRONG ENOUGH TO ENDURE FOR CENTURIES, FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO FACE OUR COMMON CHALLENGES AND ADD ADVANCE OUR COMMON DREAMS IN EACH NEW DAY. AS TIMES CHANGE, SO GOVERNMENT MUST CHANGE. WE NEED A NEW GOVERNMENT FOR A NEW CENTURY. HUMBLENOUGH NOT TO TRY TO SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMFOR US, BUT STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE US THE TOOLS TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS FOR OURSELVES. A GOVERNMENT THAT IS SMALLER, LIVES WITHIN ITS MEANS, AND DOES MORE WITH LESS. YET, WHERE IT CAN STAND UP FOR OUR VALUES AND INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHERE IT CAN GIVE AMERICANS THE POWER■ TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES, GOVERENT SHOULD DMORE, NOT LESS. THE PREEMINENT MISSION OF OUR NEW GOVERNMENT IS TO GIVE ALL AMICANS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT A GUARTEE, BUT AEAL OPPORTUNITY BETTER LIVES. BEYOND THAT, MY FELLOW CITIZENS, THE FUTURE IS UP TO US. OUR FOUNDERS TAUGHT US THAT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR LIBERTY AND OUR UNION DEPENDS UPON RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP. AND WE NEED A NEW SENSE OF REONSIBILITY FOR A NEW CENTURY. THERE IS WORK TO DO, WORK THAT GOVERNMENT ALONE CANNOT DO. TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ. HIRING PEOPLE OFF WELFARE ROLLS. COMING OUT FROM BEHIND LOCKED DOORS AND SHUTTERED WINDOWS TO HELP RECLAIM OUR STREETS FROM UGS AND GANGS AND CRIME. TAKING TIME OUT OF OUR OWN LIVES TO SER OTHERS. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN OUR OWN WAY MUST ASSUME PERSONAL RESPSIBILITY, NOT ONLY FOR