Episode 361 GEORGE H. W, BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 43) The Inauguration of Bill Clinton (Part 1)

George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard

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It is finally the last 24 hours of the Bush Administration. It is the end of an era. Those 24 hours will be crammed with activity, with President Bush preparing to leave office, with President -Elect Clinton making the rounds in Washington D.C. as he prepares to take the reigns of power, and with our military conducting air strikes on Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

It is an eventful 24 hours.

We will take you to the news conference by Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater announcing the actions overseas. Then to the different activities around the nation's Capitol City as Bill Clinton visits with his many supporters, the nation's Governors, a Howard University event honoring him, and star studded Gala event that will cap off his last day as a private citizen.

We will also check in on the mostly quiet itinerary of President George H. W. Bush who finds that after another two months of overseas operations both in Somalia and in Iraq, his popularity rating has soared back up into the 60% range. Amazingly, he was one of the most consistently popular Presidents in American history only seeing it drop in 1992 long enough for him to lose the election. Bush, famous for his graciousness, keeps a low profile in these final hours only inviting some of his closest political friends and staff over for a final dinner in the White House.

We will also look at the legendary poet Maya Angelou as she prepares to read a poem at the Clinton Inaugural and at the end of this broadcast we let you hear it , out of order, because it was a powerful moment in the Inauguration of Bill Clinton.

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Chapters

1. What is happening inside the White House on Inauguration Day - ABC News (00:00:00)

2. Music Intro (00:03:12)

3. Host Randal Wallace explains the complicated scenario going on as the actual transition takes place due to a military operation in Iraq (00:03:37)

4. ABC News coverage of the press briefing by Marlin Fitzwater on the military operation in Iraq (00:04:41)

5. Host Randal Wallace takes us to the events going on in that final day before the change over of power (00:22:28)

6. NBC News John Chancellor the inaugural and the season of hope it signifies (00:22:49)

7. CBS News looks at the poet Maya Angelou who will speak at the Inaugural (00:24:09)

8. Host Randal Wallace tells the story of his mother taking him to meet Maya Angelou when she spoke at Coastal Carolina College in the 1970s (00:27:55)

9. Iraqi operation news stories - CNN multiple different stories (00:29:43)

10. Host Randal Wallace introducers the various Clinton events going on in Washington D.C. over that final day (00:32:49)

11. Bill Clinton speaks to an event honoring him and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at Howard University (00:33:49)

12. Bill Clinton speaks at the Faces of Hope Luncheon Segment - CSpan (00:36:33)

13. coverage of the situation in Iraq - CNN News (00:39:37)

14. Host Randal Wallace introduces the Nations Governors event for President - Elect Clinton (00:42:21)

15. President-Elect Clinton speaks to the Nation's Governor's Luncheon (00:42:30)

16. Host Randal Wallace talks about Clinton's remaining events and introduces the Inaugural Gala event the night before the inaugural (00:44:21)

17. Inaugural Gala Event Story - CNN (00:45:15)

18. Bush Leaving office story - CNN (00:47:13)

19. Host Randal Wallace introduces the President's remarks at the Inaugural Gala (00:49:25)

20. Transition of staffs taking place story and Presidents meeting story - CNN (00:50:27)

21. President - Elect Bill Clinton speaks at the end of the 1993 Inaugural Gala - CBS Entertainment (00:51:56)

22. How did a boy from Arkansas grow up to be President - profile of Bill Clinton from NBC News (00:54:40)

23. Maya Angelou's poem from the Inaugural ceremony of Bill Clinton in 1993 (We included it here because it will not be included in our later episode, and she was profiled earlier in this episode) (00:58:06)

24. Closing music (01:03:40)