PBS NewsHour Coverage of Inauguration

PBS NewsHour will provide comprehensive live coverage of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. This special daytime edition of the PBS NewsHour broadcast will be anchored by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff beginning at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 21, 2013. Online, the PBS NewsHour team will offer extensive reporting on the people, the process and the history of past celebrations.

Watch PBS NewsHour Live Coverage of President Obama’s Inauguration Monday, January 21 at 11:00 a.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS.

The broadcast special includes live coverage at the Capitol building, including the swearing-in and President Obama’s second inaugural address. Plus, it will feature analysis by the NewsHour’s regular commentators syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Presidential historians Richard Norton Smith, Beverly Gage and Annette Gordon-Reed will contribute perspective and historical context.

The PBS NewsHour website will list the schedule for the day’s events with a breakdown of what’s happening where and when.