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Friday, January 23, 2009

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• intro 
• PRESIDENT OBAMA’S BIG DAY 
  We’ll have an excerpt of President Barack Obama’s inaugural speech and reaction from the crowd on the Washington Mall.
• A HARLEM WELCOME FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA 
  Terry Sheridan reports on how the Obama inaugural speech was received in Harlem.
• THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY’S SWEET MUSIC 
  Pianist Helen Sung, who performed at the People’s Inaugural Ball, talks with morning host Gary Walker about what an Obama presidency means to her.
• A KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT 
  Doug Doyle takes a look at the special concert at the Kennedy Center on the eve of the inauguration.
• A POEM FOR THE OCCASION 
  Last week, we spoke with poet Elizabeth Alexander about the poem she was writing especially for Obama’s Inauguration. This week, we have her reading of the poem from the inauguration.
• COMMENTARY: STATE OF THE STATE 
  Commentator Steve Adubato Jr. weighs in on what was and wasn’t said in Governor Corzine’s State of the State address.
• outro 

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