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event website URL: http://www.cnn.com/live/

start date and time: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 6:30 AM

end date and time: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM

categories:   political   ceremonies & celebrations   government

event 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.

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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’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 “Sea Chanters”

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