Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Check the blog from yesterday to find out how early our crew covering the Swearing In Ceremony had to set up this morning.

Washington, DC is currently a "no fly" zone, that is except for the special helicopter that will be taking off with the current President George W. Bush, after the swearing in of the 44th President of the United States, at this hour he is known as President Elect Barack Obama.

It is about 8:20 am EST, the Mall already has about one million people. The wind chill is in the teens.

The sunrise was beautiful as it is the dawning of a new day, for America, Native America and NATV as a new voice of the people, our people!

12:00 pm - We have a new President of the United States,

President Barack Obama!!

12:37 pm From the speech of Reverend Joseph E. Lowery "...when the Red Man, can get ahead man..."

The President stated in his Inaugural address that this is a country of "risk takers." Our community can certainly relate to that.

4:05 pm During the Parade, between 7th and 8th streets, President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama have gotten out of the limousine and are walking the Parade route.

4:12 pm They are back in the Presidential limousine, but the crowd is still enjoying every minute of the events.

Note: This blog, unlike the others, will be updated during the day today.

Stay tuned.

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NATV Inaugural Coverage

Monday, January 19, 2009

The majority of bridges and roads into and out of Washington, DC are closed with some reports stating that they won't be re-opened until rush hour on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.

NATV is on the ground in the District and ready to roll.

We covered the biggest of the official Inaugural Balls with about 50,000 people in attendance.

What was interesting about it was that Native Americans of every walk of life were there equally along with non-natives from every walk of life.

From Tribal officials to fun everyday Native Americans, we came across a wide variety of people. From pageant queens to Senators.

The sound, loud. We were able to go to a separate little area when we could for the interviews so that you could hear and have the least distracting shots.

The night was long, and immediately after leaving the Ball in the early hours of the morning Tuesday, January 20, 2009, our crew had to leave to set up at the press station for the Swearing in Ceremony. In the very early hours of morning, it was time for the equipment to be set up in time for the necessary security sweeps.

Now on to today, January 20, 2009!

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NATV Inaugural Coverage

Sunday, January 18, 2009

NATV picked up our historic official credentials as approved by the Senate Radio/TV Gallery and the Presidential Inaugural Committee to cover the Swearing in Ceremony Tuesday, January 20, 2009 alongside the major networks and the press credentials for the biggest of the Inaugural Balls officially sanctioned by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

The first ever Native news media to do this!

Then NATV was the only video Native news media covering the Inaugural celebration concert at the Lincoln Memorial that began at 2:30 pm and continued for many hours.

Our crew then also covered the events at the Verizon Center.

More news to come.

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NATV Inaugural Coverage

Saturday, January 17, 2009

To keep you updated on where we are on the ground and what we're covering in Washington, DC for these historic Inaugural events, we are going to do the best we can to give you highlights of what we've covered in quick blogs.

We aren't going to tell you everything, there need to be some surprises for the full coverage when it's aired and posted here on www.natvonline.org, but for now...

On Saturday, January 17, 2009 NATV was the only video Native news media covering the events at NMAI DC all day!

Interviews and exclusives from NATV will be available to you, our audience

When all the events are finally complete, we will be announcing where you can tune-in to view this first ever, Native American news media coverage of the Inaugural events

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