only dwight eisenhower could stop this obviously. only dwight eisenhower could stop the impending invasion eye of the mouth of the colombian river or one stage out of anchorage alaska. this is a guy who is at his moment where he is becoming increasingly paranoid about what's going on. this is a guy who thinks the invasion of the united states is imminent and he is warning his listeners that this could actually happen. this is the vision of the cold war that i keep trying to trace out by telling a story and i think it's a long-lasting story. this is not a vision of foreign policy that is dropped out of the republican party by party by any means. if anything i think it's gotten in fact much. there's also struggle within the republican party. this is the second issue that i will talk about briefly. it's not just about the foreign-policy debate which there are people who are trying to go towards the left militaristic vision of the cold war and towards the kind of center. it's also a real hard-line, right-wing outlet within the republican

obviously dwight eisenhower himself, who comes off as a kind of sad and tragic figure in this book. he starts off as the kind of general on a white hours who come -- white horse who comes back to redeem the public and slap back corruption of the truman administration and return the public to its ideal values and also just someone who winds up going further and further to the right and play -- placating the right. and the relationship between nixon and eisenhower is a very curious one and kind of a father-son element, and there's a lot of pundits who enter the book, including joe alsop and there's pat nixon, pat nixon is a prop to dick nixon, quite literally during the speech. she is sitting there nervously, not knowing what he is going to say. she is crucial into the strategy of making her husband look normal. he talks about her being a normal suburban house wife but there's a fascinating think about pat nixon, and she is weirdly open about the fact that she doesn't really seem to like politics, and seems to even have some kind of trepidation about being with her husband. she writes

we reflect on the words of dwight eisenhower in his fair well address. the question we are asking the role in government in solving america's problems. his farewell address on january 17, 1961 included advice to the country saying the government cannot solve all of the nation's problems. he also talked about america's military industrial complex. here is more from his farewell address. >> in the councils of government we must guard against unwanted influence whether sought or unsought we the military industrial complex. the potential for the decastrouse rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. we must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. we should take nothing for granted. only knowledgeable sidry can compel the huge machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals. so let's secure liberty may prosper together. host: the comments of eisenhower in his farewell address. the washington times on the ed torle page t persist nt plague of washington waste. he writes -- host: christine is joinin

eisenhower in the republic i mean i think the question here is that these people who are so rich they continue to get richer every year that get the wealth gap increased in this country and yet still we haven't seen the jobs where the jobs of these people are creating because i missed them when i will be and this is the barack obama administration where unemployment is increasing along with the death and the deficit let's not worry about it i got a compromise deal let's not snatch all the money for the rich folks like snatch it from the rich foundations like oh i dunno harvard forward they've got too much money you could take some of that too and redistribute what percentage you want you guys you nice progress if you want ten percent of it fifteen percent for the big one here just a very simple question i mean genuinely i genuinely meant that if we had the only three decades in the two hundred thirty year history of this country and we had sustained g.d.p. growth above three point two percent we're and i don't think it's any coincidence that all the three decades of the top income tax

eisenhower that's a ninety one percent marginal income to the tax rate on the top if you take immediate action today to wipe out poverty and get consumer demand back in our economy by rolling back the reagan tax cuts for billionaires so any income over nine hundred ninety nine million dollars actually over a one million dollars is taxed at ninety one percent that way it can be funneled back through our. me rather than just sit in mitt romney swiss bank account president obama said happiness shouldn't be reserved for the few well then let's do something about it let's have a serious discussion about redistribution of wealth joining me now for a big picture of politics panelist chris allman conservative commentator and activist richard follower progressive strategist and host of the richard fowler show and neil munro white house correspondent over at the daily caller so chris let me just lay it out chris you look like you are you want to grab this one what good are billionaires anyway oh well they're not really good for anything other than creating jobs so that other people can get wealth

guest: dwight eisenhower took very personally nixon's defeat. he said he knew how the condemned man felt, watching the scaffolding being built. host: people are talking about vice president biden in 2016. is that the measure of a successful presidency? guest: it is, but history argues that the last time that happened install martin van buren. arguably, americans were voting for a third reagan term albeit kinder and gentler. one of the problems for the first president bush was, he spent the first four years with the true reaganites looking over his shoulder. it complicated his political host: during his acceptance speech in 1988, he talked about a kinder, gentler nation, nancy reagan said, kinder or gentler than what? that is how the story goes. [laughter] a caller from hastings, england. welcome to the program. caller: the speech that in winston churchill made, i want to quote part of that. it relates to what the gentleman has just been talking about, technology. it said, "the stone age may science, and what might now destruction." i think he is

guest: dwight eisenhower took very personally nixon's defeat. he said he knew how the condemned man felt, watching the scaffolding being built. host: people are talking about vice president biden in 2016. is that the measure of a successful presidency? guest: it is, but history argues that the last time that happened -- andrew jackson was able to install martin van buren. arguably, americans were voting for a third reagan term albeit kinder and gentler. host: there is a story that goes with that with nancy reagan. guest: i'm sure there is. one of the problems for the first president bush was, he spent the first four years with the true reaganites looking over his shoulder. it complicated his political life. host: during his acceptance speech in 1988, he talked about a kinder, gentler nation, nancy reagan said, kinder or gentler than what? that is how the story goes. [laughter] a caller from hastings, england. this program is carried live on the bbc program. welcome to the program. caller: the speech that in winston churchill made, i want to quot

john: now, i notice you've got a picture of dwight eisenhower? charlie: that's right. a picture of dwight eisenhower actually riding in the jeep when he was visiting the troops. major general ja mes adkins: the museum is here not only for our own members but also for the citizens of maryland anyone interested in our great history. arrangements can be made by calling us and we will let people use and see the museum. john: charlie, we've seen a lot of interesting galleries with artifacts but this room's different. tell me about it. charlie: well, this is where we keep all our records and our after-action reports for the maryland units. john: so, in this room is pretty much the archive of the history of the military in maryland. charlie: that's true. we have records from all of the engagements that the military department's been involved in. john: now, this room is not just for folks like us to look around in, it's open for research? charlie: family members can come -- make an appointment, and look at our archives and find loved ones. john: wow! what a great resource. cha

[applause] >> now a portion of a universal newsreel covering the second not euro for dwight eisenhower in 1957. he defeated former illinois governor adlai stevenson in the 1956 campaign. the official inaugural date of january 20 was a sunday in 1957. president eisenhower was officially sworn in in private. a public ceremony, on the capital's west front, with the next day. this is 10 minutes. ♪ >> you, the white d eisenhower, do solemnly swear that you will face fully -- faithfully execute the office of president of the you knighted states -- united states and well, to the best of your ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, so help you god. >> i, dwight d eisenhower, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. >> the first time any president had prefaced his inaugural address with a prayer. >> we pray. writes from wrong and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby

. >> reporter: the soviet union shot down an american u-2 spy plane during dwight eisenhower's last year as president. and george w. bush's second term was bookended by emergencies, hurricane katrina's destruction of the gulf coast early on, the financial meltdown at the end. and after eight years, those moments of crisis could determine a president's legacy. >> when you're in the second term, you have no -- nothing left to run for, except a place in history. >> reporter: a number of presidents in their second terms have focused heavily on foreign policy. and now that mr. obama has begun the job of replacing his outgoing secretaries of state and defense and the director of the cia, he'll have some new faces to work with on his foreign policy team. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> and next hour, we take a closer look at the issues that will likely define president obama's second term. >>> randi, what's coming up next? >> we have a whole lot still ahead, victor. she set fashion trends four years ago when president obama was sworn into office, so what will michelle obama wear to this weekend'

these were the preps more than 50 years ago for dwight eisenhower giant platforms for the invited guests. lyndon johnson made history, the first president to ride to his inaugural in a bulletproof limo after the assassination of jfk. bill clinton ushering more than a second term. ushering the internet. on monday, president obama with the first lady by his side again since already making history four years ago. our special report on the swearing-in just before noon tomorrow. right here. i'll see you from washington tomorrow night. good night.

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eisenhower did. >> hold on, pat. >> it was a stirring piece that will go down in history. >> if you think the stone wall riot in a gay brash in greenwich village can be traced all the way back to bunker hill and the founding fathers you don't read what the founding fathers believed or say. >> let's play another bite of the president. excuse me. let's play another bite of at the present time, a living document. >> the president alluded frequently to the u.s. constitution. the nation's founding document. one that the president made clear is not set in stone. >> we have always understood that when times change, so must we. that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges. being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life. it does not mean we all define liberty inexactly the same way. or follow the same precise path to happiness. progress does not compel us to settle centuries long debate about the role of government for all-time, but it does require us to act in our time. >> question. given this passage is there

guest: dwight eisenhower took very personally nixon's defeat. he said he knew how the condemned man felt, watching the scaffolding being built. host: people are talking about vice president biden in 2016. is that the measure of a successful presidency? guest: it is, but history argues that the last time that happened -- andrew jackson was able to install martin van buren. arguably, americans were voting for a third reagan term albeit kinder and gentler. one of the problems for the first president bush was, he spent the first four years with the true reaganites looking over his shoulder. it complicated his political life. host: during his acceptance speech in 1988, he talked about a kinder, gentler nation, nancy reagan said, kinder or gentler than what? that is how the story goes. [laughter] a caller from hastings, england. welcome to the program. caller: the speech that in winston churchill made, i want to quote part of that. it relates to what the gentleman has just been talking about, technology and changes and the way people are influenced by

these were the preps more than 50 years ago for dwight eisenhower, giant platforms for a mere 12,000 invited guests. there were four inaugural balls awaiting them. lyndon johnson made history, after one of the darkest days in america, the first president to ride to his inaugural in a bulletproof limo after the assassination of jfk. bill clinton ushering more than just a second term. the first to be carried on that thing called the internet. on monday, president obama with the first lady by his side again, after already making history four years ago. in front of 2 million spectators. our special report on the swearing-in just before noon tomorrow. i'll see you from washington with a special edition tomorrow night. and we'll all see you here on monday. good night.

eisenhower, john kennedy, richard nixon, gerald ford, to be carter, ronald reagan, george bush and so on. more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. the tradition has been maintained. at some point, when a new president is elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact that and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it does not sit in the president's piu anymore but it is one of those great pieces of history long associated with this church from 1856 to the present. one of the little-known facts about presidential inaugurations is that it has been the custom in modern times to have a church service, a worship service of some kind before the president takes the oath of office. a lot of people feel that is something of a longstanding tradition, and it's not. it actually began with franklin roosevelt on march 4, 1943, when he wished to have a worship service take place before he took the zero art -- before he took the oath of office in the depths of the great depression. he contacted the church and organized a special service with his former

eisenhower, ronald reagan and bill clinton. the game is a special case in his successful second term was so brief. it's interesting to note that only presidents who had a more successful second term than their first were james madison and andrew jackson. the following is an accounting of the president-elect did to a second term and the reasons for those failed for a troubled second term. for failed because of a water seems on unwinnable. jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the foyer. also for a failed because of the economic crisis for failure to act and deter such a crises. these are jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt's and george bush. it failed due to their inability to lead congress for jefferson, monroe, grant, well some, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. for he did not affect the philly communicate their agendas or initiatives for jefferson, monroe, grant in cleveland. obviously failure for second term president has been their inability to successfully work with co

these were the preps more than 50 years ago for dwight eisenhower, giant platforms for a mere 12,000 invited guests. there were four inaugural balls awaiting them. lyndon johnson made history, after one of the darkest days in america, the first president to ride to his inaugural in a bulletproof limo after the assassination of jfk. ronald reagan, second inaugural, so cold, only snow filled the stands. the public swearing-in ceremony, moved indoors. bill clinton ushering more than just a second term. the first to be carried on that thing called the internet. and on monday, president obama with the first lady by his side again, after already making history four years ago. in front of 2 million spectators. so much fun. our special report on the swearing-in just before noon tomorrow. i'll see you from washington with a special edition tomorrow night. and we'll all see you here on monday. good night. >>> next on abc7 news at 6:00, a deadly shooting shuts down a bart station in san lee an dough. excitement grows for 49ers fans. mike shumann is live in atlanta. >>> a high surf advisory and

he's the first president to get more than 51% of the vote twice since dwight eisenhower. this is the last thing you want to see when you're taking a flight: the pilot being hauled away by the police. it happened today in minneapolis aboard an american eagle commuter plane bound for new york. the pilot is accused of drinking too much. michelle miller is at laguardia airport for us tonight. michelle? >> reporter: well, scott, police boarded that plane just 15 minutes before it was scheduled to take off for new york with its 53 passengers on board. the airline says it is cooperating with authorities and will conduct its own investigation. the pilot is captain kolbjon christian son. the arrest report says airport officers and a t.s.a. agent "detected the odor of a consumed alcohol beverage as they pasted by kristiansen waited to enter the elevator. police boarded a jet like this as the pilot was in the cockpit doing a preflight check for two and a half hour flight. he failed a preliminary alcohol breathalyzer test, was arrested, and brought to a minneapolis hospital for a blo

dwight eisenhower cited all of this in his famous farewell address. i think there is a legitimate debate to be had over what is -- that is as old as the republic. washington post generation believed united states would be an asylum for the world also oppressed. -- world's oppressed. it was a place to which victims could come and enjoy the fruits of liberty. there was no sense that we were going to impose our vision or values on the rest of the world. host: this question, in case you missed earlier. why is the president having two swearing-in ceremonies? according to the inaugural committee, it has happened on six previous occasions. when today the white house, when tomorrow at the capitol. -- one today at the white house, one tomorrow at the capitol. guest: it was at the height of the war, his health was failing. they did away with most of the pop and to the ceremony on the grounds of the white house. -- pomp, and had the ceremony on the grounds of the white house. host: 8 collar and a republican line. -- a caller on our republican line. will george w

eisenhower, ronald reagan and bill clinton. lincoln as its successful -- special case and that his second term was so brief. the it is interesting to note that only the president who had a more successful second term than their first was james madison and andrew jackson. the following is an accounting of the presidents elected to a second term, and the reasons for those that have experienced failed or troubled second terms. for failed because of a war that seemed unwinnable, or for lack of preparedness. jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the four. also, for failed because of economic crisis for failure to act to deter such a crisis. these were jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt from the 37 downturn, and george bush. at failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grants, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. to failed due to hubris, franklin roosevelt, and richard nixon are the four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were jefferson, monroe, grant i

debt that the united states had when we came out of world war two and dwight eisenhower was a great liberal he was ahead of everyone he built the strongest middle class that america's ever see i think you need to hold the federal government accountable because in obama's stimulus package in two thousand and nine there was one hundred five billion dollars in new infrastructure spending four and a half billion dollars went to the u.s. army corps of engineers on things like. flood prevention of. seventeen trillion this this study i think is an indictment of the stimulus package at least in some way because it hasn't worked out where did all this money go where did the obama well only a third of it went to infrastructure the other third when the targets near the third went to shoring up state budgets so that we don't fire cops and firefighters the federal government has failed time and time again the bush administration's handling of it was disastrous the handling of the drought in charge it was a disaster so if this were a public is do they have got a functioning bureaucracy a functioning agen

eisenhower was first sworn into office in 1953. the president and first lady scheduled to attend only and those two. >> a lifetime of presidential protection is once again now a part of the office. president obama has signed into law a measure granting george w. bush and himself as well as future presidents a lifetime of secret service protection. this is a benefit congress stripped from the office in 1994. under the new law, children of presidents will be protected until they turn 16. presidents and their spouses will be protected for a lifetime. >> a super surprise for a fairfax county teenager battling brain cancer. >> and jordan is a senior at west springfield high school and met his friends and neighbors at a pizza restaurant and was surprised to learn he has been given a free trip to next month's super bowl in new orleans. >> i know that this would make him very happy and i'm glad it's going to able to enjoy it. >> they all know i have been fighting the cancer. >> he was told this was a way for the community to thank him for

eisenhower. so, you know, the president has been serious about spending cuts. he signed into law $2.5 trillion in spending cuts. he wants to do more as long as we do it in a balanced way. >>> the affordable care act was to slow the growth of medicare but one way to expand healthcare coverage was to add more people to medicaid. although he did more programs, he did propose the deal speaker boehner turned down on 2011 for virtually all house republicans rejected it and even some democrats are not very enthusiastic about it. >> eric: thank you very much. the white house and democrats pushing for more tax revenues amid all of this? two democratic stlatd jists, steven laser they got the right idea. let me back to jay carney, the president cut $2.5 trillion. i'm trying to figure out where we cut. do you have any idea? >> thanks for having me on your show. we cut $2.5 trillion from defense spending and from medicare spending week do have a problem in the economy right now. it's a job creation problem. t

dwight eisenhower started holding multiple parties. john f. kennedy attended five. bill clinton second inauguration holds the all time high for 14 events. harry truman was the first to have his televised. an estimated ten million americans watched. at the time it was the most watched event in history. presidents were able to broadcast their speeches to the entire nation. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> the very thought that man in a wheelchair is trying to put optimism into our national lungs. still continues to move. john f kennedy's famous address lives forever because ted sorenson wrote it so well. >> and so my fellow americans ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> some speeches more memorable than others but one speech, the oath of office. only 35 words long. it begins i do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me g

eisenhower, 1957, and most recently ronald reagan in 1985. he took the oath indoors on both days because of some frigid weather that hit washington that year. but even before the 20th amendment changed, the time line of presidential terms, several other presidents were sworn in on sundays including woodrow wilson, rutherford hayes, james monroe, zachary taylor. tomorrow the pomp and circumstance takes place in front of hundreds of thousands of people on the national mall. and in that ceremony, president obama will take the office for a fourth time cementing his place in presidential trivia as only the second president in history to take the oath four times. back in 2009, chief justice roberts kind of jumbled up the oath a bit during president obama's first inauguration, causing the president to recruit the oath out of order. so they did a do-over the next day. and now because of this year's rare sunday situation, president obama will end up taking it four times total. franklin roosevelt is the only other president to take the oath that many t

the thought because it is important, rusher believed that moderate republican administration under dwight eisenhower, was president for eight years, just wasn't ideological enough, wasn't anti-communist enough either at home or abroad, believed there was a significant communist threat in the united states, more documentation of that has come out in the last 20 years after the ex soviet archives. buckley also a couple years younger than rusher, all of you know that he wrote god, man and yale after graduating from yale. he has two beasts with yale and rusher was a graduate of princeton prewar and during the war. insufficiently respectful of religion despite religious heritage and religious heritage, most elite academia, they don't present the free enterprise side of economics. they're too keynesian and claw the socialist. "national review" -- rusher agreed with all that, but the greater affinity with buckley can be seen in buckley and his brother's 1954 book mccarthy and his enemies in which they say mccarty has been a little too rough, made some errors of judgment, but that cause is really

i am to like him for this reason, like dwight eisenhower. hagel knows the reality of war, not from the top but from the mud level. the g.i.s have to do the actual fighting. so when you watch the hearings, think of the americans out there on post tonight all alone in a place far from home. give some thought to the possibility they'd like to have a pentagon chief who knows just what that's like. and that's "hardball for now," thanks for being with us. "politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you fr tuning in. tonight's lead show down over defense. today, the president officially nominated his choice for defense secretary. vietnam veteran and former gop senator chuck hagel of nebraska. already, republicans are signaling a major fight over his nomination. they apparently think the president should have the right to pick his own team, even though hagel has all the qualifications for the job. >> chuck hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. this day, chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battl

finish the thought because it is important, russia believed the moderate republican administration under dwight eisenhower was president for eight years just wasn't ideological enough, wasn't anti-communist and have either at home or abroad, rusher believed there was a communist threat within the united states. more and more documentation of that has come out in the last 20 years after the opening of the soviet archives. buckley also a couple of years younger than rusher all of you know probably that he wrote god and man and yale. rusher was a graduate of princeton before the war and during war. bulkeley says it is in respect of religion despite their religious heritage of the academe in america. also they don't prevent. their cause i socialists. rusher agreed with all of that. but, i think a greater affinity with buckley can be seen in buckley and his brother-in-law's 1954 book mccarthy and his enemies she's made some errors in judgment but that cause is really important and he is being treated unfairly. that is exactly where rusher is in 1954, 55, 56. in the years where he turns from generic

>> think of second term dwight eisenhower. dealt with the little rock kri sis. nasa. a treaty with 12 countries to demilitarize antarctica. all second term. bill clinton, what he have been without a second term? not a big budget surplus and ronald reagan, i think iran-contra is overblown and historic gorbachev diplomacy and margaret thatcher said reagan ended the cold war without a single shot and the spth feeling good about the second term. he doesn't have the curse mentality. >> what are the priorities, what would you like to see the president focus on? they say in the second term you get a maximum of about 18 months to really shove through the agenda that you want to do. what should he be looking to do? >> there's the stuff on the table, you know, talked about in the media, immigration reform. you know, gun control. a couple of other issues but i would like to see him work on the great ideas he's put forward in terms of linking education with workforce development. making the united states more economically competitive in the 21st century global economy investing i

>> think about second term dwight eisenhower. he created nasa. he signed a treaty with 12 countries to demilitaryize an antartica. ronald reagan, i think iran contra gets overblown. the president is feeling good about a second term. he doesn't have the luxury of a curse mentality. >> what are your priorities. what would you like to see the president focus on? they say in the second term you get a maximum of about 18 months to shove through the agenda that you want to do. what should he look to do? >> there's all the stuff that's been on the table that's been talked about in the media, immigration reform, gun control and a couple of other issues. i'd like to see him work on the great ideas that he's put forward in terms of linking education with worse force development. making the united states more economically competitive by investing in community colleges, by improving our education system and linking that with the business sector. if he can do that he can lead four years from now with a america with a better economy and much more well position

dwight eisenhower faced the humiliation of sputnik and the u2 affair. that said, you can accomplish things in your second term. franklin roosevelt got the fair labor standards act that gave us minimum wage and maximum hours. ronald reagan had the big breakthroughs with the soviet union. but it's tough. here's where i think obama can accomplish something in the second term, despite the obstacle of a conservative represent-- >> significant obstacles. >> very significant obstacles and daunting challenges. change in america takes place usually when there's a great crisis like the great depression or a major movement from the grassroots, like the civil rights movement. he has got to get the american people behind his agenda. it's the only way he's going to be able to work magic with the congress. congress is like wall street. it operates on fear and greed. so get the congress fearful by having the people behind you. and he's got to focus on the big things. sure, you know, the fiscal cliff is important. but in the end, who really cares whether the very rich p

even though he won the election, he's the first president since dwight eisenhower to win 51% of the vote twice, i think it's important that even after he won, he continued to talk to the american people about what his goals were, what the obstruction was that he was facing and keep people on his side. his approval ratings are higher. that's going to be important. we do have more progressive people in the senate and the house, that's important. but we still have this tea party madness. and we still have people like john boehner who know better who are turning to these people and allowing them to abstract. >> now, talking about approval polls and approval ratings, cynthia, let's talk about mr. boehner's. since he became speaker, there have been some problems for him at the polls. let's look at the fact that republicans have gone down 9%. approval of congress is down 13%, and approval of boehner, personally, is down 9%. he was reelected today, but he's certainly not doing well in terms of public approval, cynthia? >> well, the entire republican brand is damaged, reverend al. most americans

dwight eisenhower issued 275 in his first four years alone. as for the situation, 360 has been following this for years. we have an update. >> last year the chicago police department confiscated more than 7400 guns, more than five times per capita than in new york. chicago's gun laws are as strict as any in the country in fact you can't buy a hand gun in the city. where do they come from? many come from places like this gun shop in a nearby town. this is chuck's gun shop in neighboring river dale which is frequently the target of protests because of the amount of guns they sold that were used in crimes. . >> the owner of chucks declined our interview request. many of the guns from chuck's and other stores that end up on the streets are so-called straw purchases bought legally by somebody without a criminal record who then turns around and sells them on the streets. don owns illinois gun works and said a straw purchase can be tough to stop. >> they don't come in with a neon sign saying i'm going to buy for somebody else. you don't know that. i

but also theodore roosevelt, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan. i look at it more as a form of relaxation for the president when we get to meet him. he gets to chew the fat a lit bit about past presidents. >> doris, you're a presidential expert, how do you rate president obama in the pantheon of great presidents? or just presidents? >> well, you know, when you think about the great presidents, great necessities call forth great leaders. so george washington, abraham lincoln, fdr had a huge crises to face. obama had a pretty big crisis to face. he did accomplish in health care something since presidents since teddy roosevelt have been trying to accomplish. but i think most importantly, we'll see now the fact that he's got a second term, that's really important to embolden him for what he can accomplish, and more importantly, to show that the country supported kurg a very difficult time his leadership and they wanted him back again. so i think he's got a shot. it depends a lot on what happens in the second term, if he can create -- i wish he would g

both lyndon johnson and dwight eisenhower topped everyone here, they reached the low 70s. they were at 71% and 73% respentively. >> that's pretty impressive. >> those numbers would never exit tod exist today. >>> thousands of people are starting to descend this morning. >> never too early to get ready. this morning, though, we'll look past the oath of office to the next four years. the issues, the plans, the prospects. as joe johns reports, some of the most notorious scandals also happened in the second term. >> reporter: president obama has high hopes for the next four years. >> i intend to carry out the agenda that i campaigned on. >> reporter: if he wants to reach that goal, history says a second-term president has got to move fast. >> power does seep away from the presidency very quickly in the second term. >> second term presidents and their congresses have two different clocks and the president's clock is now moving towards history and the longer view and he can take more risks. the congressional clock is still going according to the next election. >> reporter: but h

the tradition so popular, presidents starting with dwight eisenhower began holding multiple parties. john f. kennedy attended five inaugural balls in 1961. ♪ save the last dance for me >> bill clinton's second inauguration holds the all time high for 14 events. in 1949 harry truman was the first president to have his inauguration televised. an estimated 10 million americans watched. at the time it was the single most watched television event in history. presidents were now able to broadcast their speeches to the entire nation. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> the very thought that a man in a wheelchair that had been stricken with polio that couldn't walk is trying to put optimism into our national lungs still continues to move. you almost get goose bumps every time you hear fdr. john f. kennedy's famous 1960 address lives forever because it was written so well. and kennedy delivered it with perfection. >> and so my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> some speeches more memorable than others, but on

dwight eisenhower began holding multiple parties. john f. kennedy attended five balls in 1961. ♪ save the last dance for me >> bill clinton's second inauguration holds the all time high for 14 events. in 1949 harry truman was the first president to have his inauguration televised. an estimated 10 million americans watched at the time it was the single most watched television event in history. presidents were now able to broadcast their speeches to the entire nation. >> we have to stand -- >> the very thought that a man in a wheelchair that had been stricken with polio who couldn't walk, is trying to put optimism into our national lungs still continues to move -- you almost get goose bumps every time you hear fdr. john f. kennedy's famous 1960 address lives forever because it was written so well. and he delivered it with such conviction. >> and so my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. [ applause ] >> some speeches more memorable than others, but one speech that's been shared by

and that makes obama the first president since dwight eisenhower to win at least 51% of the vote in back-to-back elections, and he's the first democrat to do so since fdr. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." after a week in which lawmakers from the northeast, democrats and republicans, were livid that speaker john boehner pulled a vote on hurricane sandy aid, the house finally got around to voting on it today. it overwhelmingly approved nearly $10 billion for flood insurance, but not before a number of frustrated congressmen said it was about time. >> this legislation is vital. this is not a handout. this is not something we're looking for as a favor. >> this action by the house republican leadership is too little and too late. >> these are human beings, human beings, children that have been completely displaced, and it's up to us to get them back on their feet. >> this is a total, total disaster in helping those people that we are pompously saying and pontificating about we're helping them. isn't that wonderful? what's our jobs? we're not doing anybody any favors. that's why we

since dwight eisenhower was sworn in 60 years ago, compared to president clinton's second inauguration where he zipped through a dizzying 14 balls in 1997. about 40,000 people will celebrate with the president at those official events. for the rest of us, on to the unofficial parties. just take a cue from texas -- >> there you go. >> reporter: after 48 hours of hard work, the texas black tie and boots bar was in full swing saturday night. the bull room is completely transformed from our first visit. >> as you walk in, the $1 million shot. >> reporter: a lot of texans. >> a lot of texans here. >> reporter: was it all worth it? >> absolutely. >> reporter: throughout the night, guests hosted in big texas style with 5,000 glasses of wine, 13,000 cocktails and more than 14,000 bottles of beers. with plenty of big hats, a big name and big kicks, this inaugural bash proved, you don't mess with texas. ♪ ♪ deep in the heart of texas >> it was a good time. i had to leave early. >> were you in the back on that last one? >> i actually core rio graphed that number for them. in my cowboy boots.