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  <created-at type="datetime">2009-01-08T11:23:17-05:00</created-at>
  <description>video webcast - INCLUDES COVERAGE OF VARIOUS INAUGURAL BALLS - 

CNN.com Live presents webcast coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration day, with webcam video feeds starting early in the morning.  Official CNN coverage starts at 8 am ET.  The swearing-in ceremony will begin at 11:30 am ET, with the actual swearing-in at 12:00 pm ET.  That will be followed by Barack Obama's inauguration address.  The inaugural parade will follow around 2:30 pm ET.  The CNN.com LIVE website will have multiple camera streams with live coverage.  The site will also have coverage of various inaugural balls.

FOR FACEBOOK USERS:
CNN.com Live's coverage will also incorporate facebook status updates on the same screen.  

Facebook users should RSVP by going to:
http://www.facebook.com/cnn

Click on the "Obama Inauguration on CNN.com" link listed under Events to RSVP.

Below is the official schedule of festivities starting at 10:00 am ET at the west from of the U.S. Capitol - 

- Musical performance by The United States Marine Band and The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus

- Call to order and welcoming remarks by Senator Dianne Feinstein

- Invocation by Dr. Rick Warren

- Musical performance by Aretha Franklin

- Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is sworn into office by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the Honorable John Paul Stevens

- Musical Performance by John Williams (composer/arranger) with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma  (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet)

- President-elect Barack H. Obama takes the Oath of Office, using President Lincoln&#8217;s Inaugural Bible, administered by the Chief Justice of the United States, the Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr.

- Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

- Poem reading by Elizabeth Alexander

- Benediction by The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery

- The National Anthem performed by The United States Navy Band &#8220;Sea Chanters&#8221;</description>
  <end-date type="datetime">2009-01-21T00:00:00-05:00</end-date>
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  <image-credit>"Llima":http://www.flickr.com/photos/llimaorosa/744250514/ on flickr</image-credit>
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  <name>Barack Obama Inauguration Day Coverage from CNN.com Live - Integrated with Facebook</name>
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  <sponsor-url>http://www.cnn.com/</sponsor-url>
  <start-date type="datetime">2009-01-20T06:30:00-05:00</start-date>
  <status>approved</status>
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  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-01-20T20:49:42-05:00</updated-at>
  <url>http://www.cnn.com/live/</url>
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