Full Interview: President Obama Takes Responsibility
Today in Washington, Katie sat down with President Barack Obama at the White House. Watch the full interview.
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Behind The Scenes: Inauguration Day
If you missed our marathon coverage from Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, we compiled a little reel of highlights - and a bunch of behind-the-scenes moments from our set in Washington that you definitely didn't catch last week.
You'll see some cameos from Colin Powell, Russell Simmons, Jesse Jackson and more! It was a long day, but we had a lot of fun. Check it out below:
You'll see some cameos from Colin Powell, Russell Simmons, Jesse Jackson and more! It was a long day, but we had a lot of fun. Check it out below:
January 20, 2009 11:56 AM 
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After it was noted in the broadcast that William Henry Harrison, America’s ninth president, caught pneumonia during his lengthy inaugural address in 1841, KatieCouric noted that he is a distant relative of hers. Also, she said his story “is a cautionary tale to every president following to keep it short when it comes to the inaugural address.”
When speaking to Gen. Colin Powell, Bob Schieffer asked what he thinks the inauguration of Barack Obama will do for America's reputation abroad.
“I think it’s already helped. It’s really been a remarkable event in terms of getting everybody to stand back and say ‘look at what we have seen here in America. The America we remember is back again.’ So I think it was a reaffirmation of American principles and values that will help us overcome some of the difficulties of recent years with respect to the attitude of the world towards us.”
At the inaugural platform: "We saw Denzel Washington, we saw … Sen. Jim Bunning, a former hall of famer," said CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Chip Reid said. "Governors, senators, you name it, we got it."
Looking at a view of the crowd of millions attending the inauguration, Schieffer said: "The star of this show is the wide shot."
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After it was noted in the broadcast that William Henry Harrison, America’s ninth president, caught pneumonia during his lengthy inaugural address in 1841, KatieCouric noted that he is a distant relative of hers. Also, she said his story “is a cautionary tale to every president following to keep it short when it comes to the inaugural address.”
When speaking to Gen. Colin Powell, Bob Schieffer asked what he thinks the inauguration of Barack Obama will do for America's reputation abroad.
“I think it’s already helped. It’s really been a remarkable event in terms of getting everybody to stand back and say ‘look at what we have seen here in America. The America we remember is back again.’ So I think it was a reaffirmation of American principles and values that will help us overcome some of the difficulties of recent years with respect to the attitude of the world towards us.”
At the inaugural platform: "We saw Denzel Washington, we saw … Sen. Jim Bunning, a former hall of famer," said CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Chip Reid said. "Governors, senators, you name it, we got it."
Looking at a view of the crowd of millions attending the inauguration, Schieffer said: "The star of this show is the wide shot."
January 20, 2009 10:54 AM
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eporting from the seating area closest to President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural stage, CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Chip Reid asked renowned director Steven Spielberg what brought him to the inauguration.
"What inspires me is what inspires everybody. He is young, he has tremendous … courage," he said. "What's more, he has tremendous ideas. He is the president of ideas."
"This is more than just a presidential election. This is a new beginning," he continued. "Two of my kids are here. I just wanted them to rub up against history."
Spielberg: "He Is The President Of Ideas"
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eporting from the seating area closest to President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural stage, CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Chip Reid asked renowned director Steven Spielberg what brought him to the inauguration.
"What inspires me is what inspires everybody. He is young, he has tremendous … courage," he said. "What's more, he has tremendous ideas. He is the president of ideas."
"This is more than just a presidential election. This is a new beginning," he continued. "Two of my kids are here. I just wanted them to rub up against history."
January 20, 2009 9:33 AM
A President's Sweet Farewell
Mark Knoller is a White House correspondent for CBS News.
Press Secretary Dana Perino said President Bush was in the Oval Office at 6:55 a.m. this morning.
He made some phone calls, talked to National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and took a call from his former Chief of Staff Andrew Card.
Mr. Bush then talk a last walk around the South Lawn, and is now spending his last moments in the White House with his family until the Obamas arrive just before 10 a.m.
Perino herself was in the press room giving out her last supply of M&M's with the presidential seal and Mr. Bush's signature on them.
Press Secretary Dana Perino said President Bush was in the Oval Office at 6:55 a.m. this morning.
He made some phone calls, talked to National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and took a call from his former Chief of Staff Andrew Card.
Mr. Bush then talk a last walk around the South Lawn, and is now spending his last moments in the White House with his family until the Obamas arrive just before 10 a.m.
Perino herself was in the press room giving out her last supply of M&M's with the presidential seal and Mr. Bush's signature on them.
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January 19, 2009 5:15 PM
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Christina Ruffini is a CBS News broadcast associate based in Washington.
During Tuesday’s festivities, when cabs are scarce, limos are expensive and buses are downright confusing, everyone from the Metro police to the sandwich artists at Subway seem to agree that if you can’t walk it, the rails are your best bet for inauguration transportation.
As someone who rides the train for an hour everyday, twice a day, five days a week and occasionally on weekends, I have become nauseatingly familiar with the unwritten rules of the rails. They are not difficult to figure out. Anyone who is paying the slightest bit of attention to their surroundings or has a modicum of respect for their fellow human beings should be able to deduce the basics.
For example, when heading into a station - or trying to escape from one - people usually stand on the right side of escalator. This is not some en mass form of street performance art. It is so that the lazy, the high-heeled, the elderly and the injured can get out of the way of the running-lates, the highly caffeinated, and the ambitious showoffs who feel the need to climb what are literally some of the tallest moving stairways in North America. Stand right, walk left, and keep you luggage, purses or overcoats on your side of the stair. Nobody likes an escalump.
Once on the train, please do hold on. There is nothing worse than ...
D.C.'s Unwritten Rail Rules: A Metro Etiquette Guide
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Christina Ruffini is a CBS News broadcast associate based in Washington.
(AP)
As someone who rides the train for an hour everyday, twice a day, five days a week and occasionally on weekends, I have become nauseatingly familiar with the unwritten rules of the rails. They are not difficult to figure out. Anyone who is paying the slightest bit of attention to their surroundings or has a modicum of respect for their fellow human beings should be able to deduce the basics.
For example, when heading into a station - or trying to escape from one - people usually stand on the right side of escalator. This is not some en mass form of street performance art. It is so that the lazy, the high-heeled, the elderly and the injured can get out of the way of the running-lates, the highly caffeinated, and the ambitious showoffs who feel the need to climb what are literally some of the tallest moving stairways in North America. Stand right, walk left, and keep you luggage, purses or overcoats on your side of the stair. Nobody likes an escalump.
Once on the train, please do hold on. There is nothing worse than ...
January 15, 2009 7:55 PM
Obama On Israel, Iraq And His Bailout
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office, Katie Couric spoke exclusively with him about his stances on several key issues, including the Gaza crisis and the U.S. economy. Watch more of that interview below:
January 15, 2009 1:20 PM
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Christina Ruffini is a CBS News broadcast associate who works in Washington, but lives in Maryland. Also a starving graduate student, Ruffini has become an expert in a variety of parasitic behaviors that include grocery shopping in the kitchens of friends, scrounging for paper products in public restrooms and finding free places to crash.
When it comes to lodging in the land of Lincoln, your chance of finding a decent, well-priced place to stay during Barak Obama’s inauguration are getting slimmer than Amy Winehouse on a weekend purge.
More than 95,000 hotel rooms have been booked in the greater D.C. metropolitan area, private apartments are being rented out in droves, and couch-surfing has reached near epidemic levels. Even roach-riddled broom closets are going for $600 a night.
However, if you are one of the many procrastinating patriots still in desperate need of a dwelling, you are not completely without options.
You could go on Craigslist and agree to pay an exorbitant fee to lease the flat of some random district denizen who will probably show up in the middle of the night and throw you into his basement well.
Or, if you've seen "Silence of the Lambs" too many times, you could take a cue from the city’s many residence-less residents, and think inside the cardboard box. Oversized Rubbermaid containers also make excellent ...
The Hitchhiker's Guide To Inauguration Weekend In Washington
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Christina Ruffini is a CBS News broadcast associate who works in Washington, but lives in Maryland. Also a starving graduate student, Ruffini has become an expert in a variety of parasitic behaviors that include grocery shopping in the kitchens of friends, scrounging for paper products in public restrooms and finding free places to crash.
When it comes to lodging in the land of Lincoln, your chance of finding a decent, well-priced place to stay during Barak Obama’s inauguration are getting slimmer than Amy Winehouse on a weekend purge.
More than 95,000 hotel rooms have been booked in the greater D.C. metropolitan area, private apartments are being rented out in droves, and couch-surfing has reached near epidemic levels. Even roach-riddled broom closets are going for $600 a night.
However, if you are one of the many procrastinating patriots still in desperate need of a dwelling, you are not completely without options.
You could go on Craigslist and agree to pay an exorbitant fee to lease the flat of some random district denizen who will probably show up in the middle of the night and throw you into his basement well.
Or, if you've seen "Silence of the Lambs" too many times, you could take a cue from the city’s many residence-less residents, and think inside the cardboard box. Oversized Rubbermaid containers also make excellent ...
January 14, 2009 4:42 PM 
Katie's anchoring the show tonight from Washington, D.C., where earlier today she exclusively interviewed President-elect Barack Obama. She asked him about the questions surrounding his pick for Treasury chief, Timothy Geithner, as well as how he'll work with Congress as president. Also: What did Mr. Obama say would be his No. 1 priority as president? And what was his reaction to the purported bin Laden tape?
What follows is excerpts from the interview (and a short video clip) – but be sure to watch the CBS Evening News tonight for more.
Sneak Peek: Exclusive Obama Interview
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What follows is excerpts from the interview (and a short video clip) – but be sure to watch the CBS Evening News tonight for more.
Katie Couric: A new Osama bin Laden tape was released. And in it he taunted President Bush.
President-elect Barack Obama: Right.
Couric: and basically called for a new jihad to stop the aggression on Gaza. What will you do differently to bring Osama bin Laden to justice?
Mr. Obama: Well, I think … I talked frequently during this campaign that we took our eye off the ball when we invaded Iraq. And now it's done. My job is to withdraw in a responsible way from Iraq and stabilize the situation there.
But our real focus ...
January 13, 2009 5:14 PM 
Meet Elizabeth Alexander. The 46-year-old American poet and Yale professor was plucked from relative obscurity by President-elect Barack Obama last month, when he invited her to compose a poem for his inauguration.
On Jan. 20, Alexander will deliver her ode to Obama in the form of an "occasional poem," verse written for a specific, well, occasion.
Alexander, who was born in Harlem and raised in Washington, has known Mr. Obama for a decade. She believes her poetry “attends to history,” according to the New York Times, including “sometimes thorny and difficult American history.” You can check out a couple sample poems here.
Our chief national correspondent, Byron Pitts (one sidenote: tremendous congrats, Bryon, on the new gig!) sat down with Alexander, and tonight on the Evening News, he'll show you a slice of this remarkable woman's life that will come full-circle next week. She'll be a part of history – again ...
Ode Of Office
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On Jan. 20, Alexander will deliver her ode to Obama in the form of an "occasional poem," verse written for a specific, well, occasion.
Alexander, who was born in Harlem and raised in Washington, has known Mr. Obama for a decade. She believes her poetry “attends to history,” according to the New York Times, including “sometimes thorny and difficult American history.” You can check out a couple sample poems here.
Our chief national correspondent, Byron Pitts (one sidenote: tremendous congrats, Bryon, on the new gig!) sat down with Alexander, and tonight on the Evening News, he'll show you a slice of this remarkable woman's life that will come full-circle next week. She'll be a part of history – again ...
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