Cloudy And Cold On Inauguration Day
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We thought we'd take this opportunity to get another peak at what the weather is going to be on Inauguration Day. And while it will warm up some, it is still going to be cold.
The forecast calls for a high of 30 on Tuesday, down from 36 when we last took a look earlier this week. But it still appears the day will be free of rain or snow as there will be mostly cloudy skies and only a 10 percent chance of precipitation.
Click here for the full forecast via The Weather Channel on CBSNews.com.
Transcript: Obama's Baltimore Speech
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"A few decades after the framers met in Philadelphia, our new union faced its first true test," he said. "The White House was in flames, and the British were advancing on Baltimore. That's when the fate of our nation fell to the troops at Fort McHenry. They were a varied lot, these troops: sailors, militiamen, and even a runaway slave. But on one long and rainy night, they beat back the greatest navy that the world had ever known. And when that night was over, they raised a flag in triumph, inspiring an onlooker to compose a poem that became the Star-Spangled Banner."
His full remarks are below, as prepared for delivery:
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Press Separated From Obama On Train
Robert Hendin Reports From Aboard The Inauguration Train
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I'm typing this note from a regular train car, car 1. Behind me is a second car for the press and then the caf? car, which has diner-style booths filled with yet more press. Car 4, behind that is where the 41 "everyday Americans" are sitting and behind them is staff and security and what not. In the very back of the train is the President and Vice-President Elect and their families.
Right now the train is somewhere in Maryland on the way to Baltimore. It is about to make a second slow roll, this time through Edgewood, Maryland. As we continue to ride, everyone on board is amazing at the number of people who've lined the tracks to wave at and photograph this train. People are on roofs, standing on cars, or just standing on the side of the road. Many people have brought their kids out to see history.
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Trip Kicks Off In Philadelphia
On The Way To Delaware
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Barack Obama spoke to crowds in Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore in route to Washington D.C. Saturday. The trip retraced the path Abraham Lincoln took to his inauguration. (Photo: AP)
Barack Obama spoke to crowds in Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore in route to Washington D.C. Saturday. The trip retraced the path Abraham Lincoln took to his inauguration. (Photo: AP)
Tiger Woods Joins Inaugural Events
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Woods, who is recuperating from knee surgery, is not known for being politically active. But he has agreed to speak Sunday at a concert being held at the Lincoln Memorial
Woods posted a short statement on his Web site to say he would
speak at "We Are One," a concert and celebration that will
feature entertainers such as Beyonce, U2, Stevie Wonder and Garth
Brooks. Denzel Washington and Martin
Luther King III will also speak.
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Aboard The Obama Train
Robert Hendin Reports From Aboard The Inauguration Train
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Once in Wilmington, Delaware, it was reunion of sorts for the Biden clan as he waxed poetically about his daily train commute to DC. He reminisced about calling the station to tell him he on the way and to see if the train was on-time.
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Obama And Bush Deliver Radio Addresses
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In a radio address recorded earlier but released today by the transition, Mr. Obama talks about the importance of the inauguration and the peaceful transition of power throughout American history.
"Inaugurations have taken place during times of war and peace; in Depression and prosperity. Our democracy has undergone many changes, and our people have taken many steps in pursuit of a more perfect union," Mr. Obama said. "What has always endured is this peaceful and orderly transition of power."
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Inaugural Speech Preparations
Democratic officials described to CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic the evolution of Barack Obama's Inaugural speech, which he will deliver Tuesday, January 20, at noon.
The week before Thanksgiving, chief speech writer Jon Favreau, senior adviser David Axelrod and Mr. Obama "met to discuss the themes of speech and what he hoped to convey," the source said.
By the first week in December, Favreau had completed a first draft with a team speechwriters.
The day before the Obamas left for their Hawaiian vacation, the president-elect met with Axelrod and Favreau to discuss the speech and make some edits. Favreau used the Christmas holiday to complete a second draft of the remarks.
The democratic official told Gavrilovic that Mr. Obama edited the speech extensively last weekend and did a good amount of his own writing.
Finally, last Monday the team went through the historic address and made a final round of edits.
(Pete Souza/Obama Transition Team)
By the first week in December, Favreau had completed a first draft with a team speechwriters.
The day before the Obamas left for their Hawaiian vacation, the president-elect met with Axelrod and Favreau to discuss the speech and make some edits. Favreau used the Christmas holiday to complete a second draft of the remarks.
The democratic official told Gavrilovic that Mr. Obama edited the speech extensively last weekend and did a good amount of his own writing.
Finally, last Monday the team went through the historic address and made a final round of edits.
All Aboard! Obama's Train Trip To D.C.
Robert Hendin Reports From Aboard The Inauguration Train
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The train that Obama is riding in, from all appearances, is a normal Amtrak regional train. It is 10 cars long and covers the length of 2 football fields. Obama, along with wife Michelle, who is celebrating her 45th birthday day, and daughters Sasha and Malia are on-board in the caboose.
That car, known as the Georgia 300 was built in 1939 for the Southern Railway and has a kitchen, two living rooms and a small bedroom. It has been used to carry dignitaries to the Masters Golf tournament and has hosted Presidents George HW Bush and Bill Clinton. Obama himself has used the car before, early in the 2008 campaign.
The first stop is Wilmington, Delaware, home of Vice President-Elect Joe Biden. The Obama
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Barack Obama spoke to crowds in Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore in route to Washington D.C. Saturday. The trip retraced the path Abraham Lincoln took to his inauguration. (Photo: AP)
Barack Obama spoke to crowds in Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore in route to Washington D.C. Saturday. The trip retraced the path Abraham Lincoln took to his inauguration. (Photo: AP)
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Obama Begins Train Tour
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In a speech, Mr. Obama said he is beginning his "journey to Washington" in Philadelphia because that is where the nation was founded 200 years ago.
"We are here today not simply to pay tribute to our first patriots but to take up the work that they began," he said. "The trials we face are very different now, but severe in their own right. Only a handful of times in our history has a generation been confronted with challenges so vast. An economy that is faltering. Two wars, one that needs to be ended responsibly, one that needs to be waged wisely. A planet that is warming from our unsustainable dependence on oil.
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Man Accused Of Threatening To Kill Obama
A Wisconsin man named Steven Joseph Christopher has been arrested for threatening to kill President-elect Barack Obama on the Internet.
Christopher, who was arrested by the Secret Service in Mississippi, has been charged with threatening to kill Mr. Obama for "the country's own good," according to prosecutors.
The 42-year-old Christopher reportedly made the threats on Jan. 11, 15, and 16 in a chat forum on the site www.alien-earth.org. He is being held until a bail hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
Below are three of Christopher's alleged postings on www.alien-earth.org. The postings are drawn from an affidavit filed by special agent Kelly Adcox with the United States Secret Service – parts of which were provided in a Department of Justice press release.
The alleged postings have not been edited by CBS News and are reproduced here as they appeared in the press release. Although the Department of Justice excised expletives and racial slurs, the postings still contain offensive content.
Christopher, who was arrested by the Secret Service in Mississippi, has been charged with threatening to kill Mr. Obama for "the country's own good," according to prosecutors.
The 42-year-old Christopher reportedly made the threats on Jan. 11, 15, and 16 in a chat forum on the site www.alien-earth.org. He is being held until a bail hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
Below are three of Christopher's alleged postings on www.alien-earth.org. The postings are drawn from an affidavit filed by special agent Kelly Adcox with the United States Secret Service – parts of which were provided in a Department of Justice press release.
The alleged postings have not been edited by CBS News and are reproduced here as they appeared in the press release. Although the Department of Justice excised expletives and racial slurs, the postings still contain offensive content.
ok we have 6 days until my Presidential Assasination.
Yes, I have decided I will assasinate Barack Obama. It's really nothing personal about the man. He speaks well, has a loving although controlling wife and two cute daughters. But I know it's for the country's own good that I do this. And I'm not racist either, my family is a little, but isn't all Italian and european families? I mean how many times have you heard the word (racial slur) in the comforts of your home? I have a lot, and it really bothered me and I would confront them about it. No, it's not because I'm racist that I will kill Barack, it's because I can no longer allow the Jewish parasites to bully their way into making the American people submit to their evil ways. How many of you Obama supporters are now disappointed after some of his arm-twisted Jewish appointee decisions??? Make's you think he's not really in charge(which he isn't). No it's the same old, same old filthy (expletive) (racial slur) who are poisoning America, who have murdered thousands of innocent lives on 9-11-01, and are thinking that they are going to get away with it again.
Barack, I view more as a sacrificial lamb, but the sacrifice MUST take place. He had good intentions, but like the Steve Taylor song goes, "a politician next door, swore, he'd set the Washington arena on fire, thinks he'll gladiate them, but they're gonna make him a liar."
So, I'm stuck here in Mississippi, and I'll need bus fare or some way of getting to Washington. I don't own a gun, so maybe someone can give me one. And I'll need a leak in the secret service to get a close up shot, somewhere close to the podium, since I've never fired a gun, so I need to get an easy shot off. Wattdysay fellas? Any help?
You all know we can't live with the jewscum anylonger, dont cha? You got a better solution? I'm all ears.
Stevie
RE: ok we have 6 days until my Presidential Assasination.
Why is your heart so wicked?
I can get away with actually murdering Barack Obama OR just threatening to do it.
hth
To those who still think I'm a nobody, who antagonize me, who seek for my capture and arrest.....
I wll have you found, arrested and executed, if you push me too far.
Rice Says Goodbye To State Department
This post was written by CBS News State Department Reporter Charles Wolfson.
Condoleezza Rice has been telling people for months that the Bush administration would sprint to the finish – and she kept her word.
Rice spent part of her last day as America's chief diplomat meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and talking about ways to arrange a cease fire in Gaza. The two colleagues, who are also friends, then signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to prevent Hamas from being rearmed.
Rice then made her final public appearance as America's chief diplomat, speaking to about a thousand State Department employees gathered to hear her farewell remarks. The secretary of state was greeted enthusiastically as she recalled her brief stint as an intern in the building several decades ago.
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Rice spent part of her last day as America's chief diplomat meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and talking about ways to arrange a cease fire in Gaza. The two colleagues, who are also friends, then signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to prevent Hamas from being rearmed.
Rice then made her final public appearance as America's chief diplomat, speaking to about a thousand State Department employees gathered to hear her farewell remarks. The secretary of state was greeted enthusiastically as she recalled her brief stint as an intern in the building several decades ago.
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Curtain Comes Down on Dana Perino's White House Briefings
This post was written by CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller.
It was standing room only in the White House briefing room today as Press Secretary Dana Perino conducted her final session for reporters.
And by design, there was more laughter than news.
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And by design, there was more laughter than news.
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Obama Hits Ohio
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Even in the plant, which Obama toured before speaking, the cold is inescapable. The factory makes large bolts and fasteners that have a variety of industrial uses, including, voila, wind turbines. Thus the purpose of today's visit to frozen Ohio: to talk about clean energy and clean energy jobs. In a factory floor filled with bins of bolts, Obama will soon speak to a few hundred workers and guests. He's going to talk about his economic recovery plan, known as the stimulus, that Congressional Democrats unveiled yesterday to the tune of $825 Billion. Of that, $32 billion is slated to "transform the nation's energy transmission" and $20 billion more for renewable energy tax cuts. This company may do well with that investment.
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Check Out Our Updated Inauguration Map, Schedule
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We just want to take this opportunity to let you know that we've updated our Inauguration schedule and map with the events coming up this weekend.
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Did Obama Skip Bush's Speech?
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CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic, who waited outside the restaurant, reports that there is no indication whether or not Mr. Obama was watching President Bush's farewell remarks.
The President-elect departed the Blair house, located right across the street from the White House podium from which the president spoke, minutes before President Bush commenced.
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