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DON RITCHIE, U.S. SENATE HISTORIAN: Apparently that night, some of his colleagues in the Senate woke him up in the middle of the night to ask him to appoint them his secretary of state and --</s>CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: All in good fun, it seems, but out in Kansas they've got their story and are sticking to it and even if you're not a believer in the legend of the 24-hour presidential term of David Rice Atchison. Today of all days you should at least think of his legacy.</s>CHRIS TAYLOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATCHISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: That's the reason that President Obama isn't taking any chances and is being sworn in on the day of his inauguration.</s>CROWLEY: Indeed. President Obama has been sworn in for his second term and apparently the story of David Rice Atchison is history that will never repeat itself. I'm Candy Crowley on the National Mall in Washington. CNN's coverage of the President Obama's inauguration continues now with my colleague, Soledad O'Brien and John Berman.</s>JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello there. Welcome back, everyone. It is 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, 11:00 a.m. on the west coast. I'm John Berman.</s>SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Soledad O'Brien. We're live in Washington, D.C. today with special coverage of President Barack Obama's inauguration and if you're just tuning in, thanks for joining us on a very historic weekend.</s>BERMAN: It is a beautiful, beautiful day here and CNN is covering every minute of the 57th presidential inauguration.</s>O'BRIEN: And the president, Barack Obama, making history today, he was sworn in for his second term as president, just a couple of hours ago. It was a private ceremony at the White House with Chief Justice John Roberts, have a look.</s>JOHN ROBERTS, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S. SUPREEM COURT: Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear.</s>ROBERTS: That I will faithfully execute.</s>OBAMA: That I will faithfully execute.</s>ROBERTS: The office of president of the United States.</s>OBAMA: The office of president of the United States.</s>ROBERTS: And will, to the best of my ability.</s>OBAMA: And will, to the best of my ability.</s>ROBERTS: Preserve, protect and defend.</s>OBAMA: Preserve, protect and defend.</s>ROBERTS: The constitution of the United States.</s>OBAMA: The constitution of the United States.</s>ROBERTS: So help you God?</s>OBAMA: So help me God.</s>ROBERTS: Congratulations, Mr. President.</s>OBAMA: Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. Thank you so much. Thank you, sweetie. Thank you.</s>SASHA OBAMA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DAUGHTER: Good luck, Dad.</s>OBAMA: I did it. All right, thank you, everybody. Come on.</s>O'BRIEN: The president hugging his wife, the first lady, and his daughters, Malia and Sasha after taking that oath. He's going to do it again. He'll take the public ceremony oath and give his second inaugural address tomorrow. He's only the 17th president in U.S. history to make a second address.</s>BERMAN: President Obama followed the swearing in to today with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. Of course, Vice President Joe Biden was also sworn in for his second term in office today.</s>O'BRIEN: The ceremony took place this morning at the Naval Observatory, which was the vice president's official residence. The oath was administered by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor using the Biden family bible.</s>JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR, SUPREME COURT: Mr. Vice President, are you ready, sir?</s>JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I am ready.</s>SOTOMAYOR: Please, place your hand on the bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me.</s>BIDEN: I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States --</s>SOTOMAYOR: That I will support and defend the constitution of the United States --</s>BIDEN: That I will support and defend the constitution of the United States --</s>SOTOMAYOR: Against all enemies foreign and domestic.</s>BIDEN: Against all enemies foreign and domestic.</s>SOTOMAYOR: That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.</s>BIDEN: That I bear true faith and allegiance to the same.</s>SOTOMAYOR: That I take this obligation freely.</s>BIDEN: That I take this obligation freely.</s>SOTOMAYOR: Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.</s>BIDEN: Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.</s>SOTOMAYOR: And that I will well and faithfully discharge.</s>BIDEN: And that I will well and faithfully discharge --</s>SOTOMAYOR: The duties of the office that I am about to enter.</s>BIDEN: The duties of the office that I am about to enter.</s>SOTOMAYOR: So help me God.</s>BIDEN: So help me God.</s>SOTOMAYOR: Congratulations.</s>BIDEN: Thank you.</s>BERMAN: And thus, Vice President Joe Biden began his second term in office. He will also take the oath again tomorrow in the public ceremony. The vice president traveled with President Obama afterwards to Arlington National Cemetery and together, they took part in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony there.</s>O'BRIEN: Dan Lothian is on the south lawn of the White House. Dan, the president is now basically two hours into his second term. I was going to ask, what happens now? Obviously, it's all moving toward the big day tomorrow. What's going on?</s>DAN LOTHIAN, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: That's right. Well, you know this is a little down time for the president after a very busy day next up for the president and the vice president tonight, both of them will be attending a candlelight service at the National Building Museum here in Washington. Caps off again a very busy day that started with the president and the vice president laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and also the president attending an African-American church in the district and then, of course, the swearing in ceremony that you pointed out a few seconds ago where the president surrounded by a few close family members and friends that taking the oath in about 30 seconds. The interesting moment I think came at the very end, where the first daughter Sasha said to the president. That he didn't mess up. The president acknowledging some relief saying that quote, I did it. This of course is in reference to four years ago when there was a flub during the very public official ceremony swearing in ceremony at the capitol. There were some questions about whether it was legitimate, so they had to redo it again here at the White House so no flubs today. Now the big push comes to tomorrow, where that big ceremony happens at the capitol, where hundreds of thousands of people will be able to watch the oath being administered there.</s>BERMAN: Sasha was simply hilarious. Your kids, they never let you forget.</s>LOTHIAN: That's true.</s>BERMAN: What's up for the rest of the day?</s>LOTHIAN: Sorry, can you repeat that?</s>BERMAN: Dan, he's got a lot of time this afternoon now. What's on schedule for the rest of the day? What do you do before you speak before 800,000 people?</s>O'BRIEN: And is the speech done? Maybe you spend the rest of the day working on your inaugural speech.</s>LOTHIAN: That's right. You know, the last time I checked, I was told by a White House official that the president with a in the final stages of his speech. This is something that he has been working on for so many hours. And it's been described by aides that the president has been sitting down and doing this longhand, with a lot of those yellow notebooks, writing it out, John Fabro, the president's chief speechwriter working with the president on this speech. We don't know how long the speech will be. I know that four years ago it was about 18 minutes or so. So we're expecting it will be somewhere in that neighborhood. But again, this is something the president still working on and will be making tweaks on the speech we're told by White House aides' right up until the time of delivery.</s>O'BRIEN: And then once he does deliver it, we'll be parsing it for a long, long time. Dan Lothian for us this morning. Thanks, Dan. Appreciate it.</s>BERMAN: That's right. Two hours into the second term right now. The center of much of the activity this weekend has been right here where we're sitting on the National Mall. It's where many folks have been performing volunteer service and gathering to celebrate this 57th inauguration.</s>O'BRIEN: You can see the crowds, they're still sparse. Tomorrow, of course, it will be absolutely packed, but it's much bigger than it was yesterday and even this morning. A part of that is because the day is so beautiful. It's a perfect day out here. CNN anchor, Washington native, Suzanne Malveaux is also on the mall today. Suzanne, it certainly seems that the excitement really is building leading up, of course, to tomorrow's big day.</s>SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: All right, so what's interesting here about a camera, what's exciting is people always love to be around you. And of course, they can see our camera position. They see the screens, there's a whole bunch of excitement here, little bit of feedback. We've got folks from all over the country here. It's not the same kind of crowd as last go-round. There were a lot more people. But these folks, there's so much enthusiasm. Where are you from?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Washington,</s>D.C. MALVEAUX: Washington, D.C. a home-grown here, right. You were here last go-round?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Last go-round, yes.</s>MALVEAUX: And who's this?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is Knox.</s>MALVEAUX: Was he here last go-round?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was pregnant with him. He was in my belly at inauguration.</s>MALVEAUX: Now tell me what that was like. You know, it was freezing and you were pregnant. How did that go?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was pregnant, so it was cold, but once we got off the metro, we were stuck in L'Enfante plaza for an hour and a half. But after that, the inauguration was great.</s>MALVEAUX: And you're come back for a second go-round, what does it mean to you?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's great. We love Obama and we love the inauguration. We're just great that -- and excited that D.C., our home city, gets to celebrate this.</s>MALVEAUX: OK, let's talk to some folks from out of town. Now you and I, we were talking before. Where are you from?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: New Jersey.</s>MALVEAUX: You guys are all bundled up.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Last time it was cold. It was cold the last time.</s>MALVEAUX: We were expecting like below freezing weather and now it's all beautiful and sunny. Do you remember the inauguration from last time?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I kind of do.</s>MALVEAUX: You do, how old are you now?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Twelve.</s>MALVEAUX: You're 12 now, what's your name?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Rob Taylor.</s>MALVEAUX: What do you remember from the last time?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I remember it was really cold and we were walking a lot.</s>MALVEAUX: You were walking a lot. And this one, I'm told, she was in a stroller, is that right?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We had her in a stroller, it was so cold, but we had to be part of history and we enjoyed being here as a family and we're glad to be back.</s>MALVEAUX: And where are you from?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Beaumont, Texas.</s>MALVEAUX: Texas fans in here and love the outfit here.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why, thank you.</s>MALVEAUX: What do you want from the president? What are you hope to feel, or expect from him a second go-round.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I enjoyed what I felt in the first go-round, some more of the same, some more of the same. This is a wonderful day, we're so proud to be here again this year. My family, my son and my husband and all of us are just so happy to be here together. And see something, another historic moment.</s>MALVEAUX: Does it feel the same? Is it history being made a second go-round?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely.</s>MALVEAUX: As much hope and change as we had? You know, a lot of people --</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No doubt about it. Any time, 2008, 2012 13, it's still feels wonderful.</s>MALVEAUX: It feels like four years ago?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Yes, absolutely.</s>MALVEAUX: A little bit warmer? Yes. For all of you guys. Well, where are you all from?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Philadelphia.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tennessee.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: New Orleans.</s>MALVEAUX: They're from all over and they've come here and obviously a little bit better than the last go-round. You know, as much as enthusiasm as last time, but a lot better weather.</s>O'BRIEN: The weather is nicer. It's much easier to be happy about standing out on the mall. When it's freezing, it makes it a little bit challenging.</s>BERMAN: It's a great crowd out there. They're so fun to be with here today. It is a beautiful day. We want to look at some of the other news making headlines today. Right now, U.S. lawmakers say Algerians, quote, "Decided they were going to handle it their way to end the deadly hostage crisis. Twenty three hostages were killed in that number is expected to rise. Algeria has not released the nationalities of the dead. Eleven freed hostages received medical treatment at a U.S. naval base in Italy. Back here in the U.S., five people are recovering after being wounded in accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio. In North Carolina, three people were hurt when a shotgun went off as a gun owner unfastened a case. A sheriff's deputy was among those injured. In Ohio, a man is in stable condition after being accidentally shot by his business partner. And in Indiana, a man shot himself in the hand while loading a firearm. Turning to what a lot of people here are thinking about now -- sports, two games today in the NFL will determine who goes to the Super Bowl. The Atlanta Falcons will host the San Francisco 49ers. After that, the Baltimore Ravens go to New England, to play the Patriots. The winner of each of these games goes to the Super Bowl in two weeks.</s>O'BRIEN: The Patriots.</s>BERMAN: I try not to think about it.</s>O'BRIEN: How are you managing --</s>BERMAN: I get too nervous if I start thinking about it don't bring it up.</s>O'BRIEN: OK. An estimated 800,000 people are expected to attend tomorrow's inaugural ceremony. Next, we'll take a behind-the-scenes look at the measures to keep visitors like those behind us today, safe. We're back in a moment.