George H.W. Bush inauguration (1989) - CBS News - 1 of 2
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:11] this is a CBS News special inauguration
[0:14] report from the nation's capital here is
[0:17] Dan
[0:19] Rather and good morning from beautiful
[0:21] Washington DC get ready to watch the
[0:23] United States Constitution in action the
[0:26] presidency of the United States is about
[0:28] to change hands and it will all happen
[0:30] right back there at the West front of
[0:32] the US capital building in in just two
[0:35] hours Ronald Reagan will pass the torch
[0:38] to his Vice President George Herbert
[0:40] Walker Bush of Maine Texas and
[0:43] Connecticut will be sworn in as the 41st
[0:46] president of the United States in
[0:48] accordance with the Constitution at noon
[0:50] Eastern USA time a few minutes before
[0:54] that Dan Quail of Indiana will take the
[0:56] oath of office as the 44th Vice
[0:58] President of the United States history
[1:00] in the making and joining me now to
[1:02] watch it all happen Charles caral
[1:04] Charles it's so easy to take for granted
[1:07] the fact and it is a fact that our
[1:09] constitution living document that it is
[1:13] has for 200 years given us in all kinds
[1:15] of conditions a peaceful transfer of
[1:17] power it is it's one of the things we
[1:20] can be very proud of in this country uh
[1:22] I think this is a $30 million show a lot
[1:26] of hoopla but at the core of it a simple
[1:29] Act a man in a business suit raises his
[1:31] hand and repeats 35 Words which are
[1:34] prescribed by the Constitution and the
[1:36] thing is done and that's the way it's
[1:38] always been done uh somebody uh gave me
[1:41] a wonderful quotation about this by a
[1:44] nameless newspaper man 1850 when uh
[1:47] Millard Filmore took the oath of office
[1:49] he wrote the scepter of the pe