**REVISED JANUARY 18**
(Arlington, VA) PBS NEWSHOUR will provide comprehensive live coverage of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. A special daytime edition of the PBS NewsHour broadcast anchored by Gwen Ifill and Jeffrey Brown and a live stream of the inaugural events both begin at 11 A.M. Eastern on Monday, January 21, 2013. Online, the PBS NewsHour team will offer extensive reporting on the people, the process and the history of past celebrations.
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. Richard Norton Smith, scholar-in-residence at George Mason University; Beverly Gage, professor of 20th century history at Yale University; and Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of American legal history at Harvard Law School will contribute perspective and historical context.
Online, the PBS NewsHour website will list the schedule for the day’s events with a breakdown of what’s happening where and when. You can read our Inauguration Live Blog and watch a live stream of our broadcast special as well as extended live coverage of the inaugural parade.
Features on the regular NewsHour broadcast include:
Friday, January 18
Online Features include:
Tune in to PBS at 11 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, January 21st or online at www.pbs.org/newshour for the PBS NEWSHOUR Inauguration Special.
PBS NEWSHOUR is seen by over 5 million weekly viewers and is also available online, via public radio in select markets and via podcast. The program is produced in association with WETA Washington, D.C., and WNET in New York. Major funding for the PBS NEWSHOUR is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers. www.pbs.org/newshour
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