Today, President Obama will become just the 17th president to deliver a second inaugural address and a crowd of up to 800,000 is expected to watch him take the oath of office—though the real inauguration happened yesterday. A guide to today's events, as per Reuters and the AP (all times EST):
- 8:45am: The Obamas and Bidens attend a service at St. John's Episcopal Church.
- 9am: Former presidents, members of Congress, governors, and other dignitaries begin to arrive at the Capitol.
- 9:30am: Musical performance from the fifth-grade chorus of Staten Island, New York's Public School 22.
- 10am: The US Marine Band performs.
- 11:35am: Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, gives the invocation, followed by a performance from the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.