Barack Obama sat with Katie Couric of CBS News at the National Building Museum, the pillar-lined four-story atrium of a hall that will house the Commander-in-Chief Ball on Inauguration night. Photo courtesy of CBS News.
by Mark Silva
"The magnitude of it is humbling,'' President-elect Barack Obama says of his inauguration coming Tuesday. "I'm sure I'll have trouble sleeping the night before.''
This is what Obama told CBS News anchor Katie Couric in an interview at the National Building Museum that will be aired on Tuesday at 9 pm EST as part of a CBS News prime-time special: "Change and Challenge: The Inauguration fo Barack Obama.''
There "has been so much work on the front end that I feel Jan. 21 is not going to feel that different from Jan. 19,'' Obama tells Couric, according to CBS. "But having said that, I think when you're sitting in the Oval Office, you're very clear that these decisions count. The magnitude of it is humbling. And I'm sure I'll have trouble sleeping the night before."
Obama says this of his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, who will be living with the family in the White House: We "get along great. In fact, she defends me when Michelle is too hard on me. So I want her there. She's an ally... She can be a little bit of a buffer if I screw up."
And Obama says this of the wintry weather that has gripped Washington, with the inaugural ceremony slated for the wind-swept western front of the Capitol: "I get cold very easily. So making sure I've got my long underwear [just] in case.''
No indication, still, if Couric has asked Obama what newspapers and magazines he reads for his sources of information.
Comments
"No indication, still, if Couric has asked Obama what newspapers and magazines he reads for his sources of information."
Sure Mark; Obama answered that he reads Lincoln's writings every day, and then Swamp.
Posted by: Flo | January 16, 2009 5:34 PM
I'm sure if asked, Barack could name just about any source of information that's printed as he seems to have a voracious appetite for knowledge, not only that, but RETAINING what he has read. I'm sure A LOT OF PEOPLE are hoping for decent weather for the inauguration...that would make it JUST PERFECT!!!!
Posted by: MD | January 16, 2009 6:23 PM