CNN Inauguration Coverage Includes Extensive Online Components

CNN's Inauguration Coverage begins on Tuesday at 5 am ET with American Morning broadcast's live from Capital Hill from 5-10amET.

Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper lead coverage beginning at 10 am ET from the rooftop of the Newseum. John King brings the "Magic Wall" into the Newseum as well.

Cooper and Campbell Brown anchor from 7-MidnightET, with Larry King anchoring live at MidnightET.

Building upon the networks record-breaking coverage of the presidential campaign and election, CNN will provide a front row seat for viewers worldwide with live coverage leading up to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday, Jan. 20, including the swearing-in ceremony and the inauguration parade.

"This is one of the most historic events of our time, and CNN will utilize all of our resources to capture the magnitude of the moment," said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. "Throughout Inauguration Day and beyond, CNN's winning political team will continue to offer its trademark independent coverage which has been drawing a record number of viewers throughout this election season."

Anchor Soledad O'Brien and senior political analyst Jeffrey Toobin will report from Lafayette Park, the location of the presidential viewing stands and a central spot from which to narrate the parade.

Senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash will cover her beat from the Capitol Rotunda. National political correspondent Jessica Yellin and correspondent Jim Acosta will bring viewers into the crowds who flocked to Washington to watch the inauguration. Correspondent Joe Johns will do the same from the Washington Mall. Anchor John Roberts also will be live on Capitol Hill.

CNN.com will provide special live coverage of the presidential inauguration and all related events in their entirety. Throughout the day, the site's coverage will showcase the sights and sounds from the events captured by CNN.com reporters and photographers, as well as inauguration attendees. To provide additional perspective on the historic events taking place, the site also will feature reactions, analysis and commentary from CNN.com users and newsmakers alike.

CNN.com and Facebook are working together to enable users to connect and engage with each other while watching live all the events of Inauguration Day on CNN.com Live, the Internet's only multi-stream live video news service.

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, CNN.com Live users will be able to update their Facebook status directly from the CNN.com Live player and also see status updates from their friends and other Facebook users on CNN.com Live. On Facebook, the status updates for those using CNN.com Live will be published in their News Feed with hyperlinked tags that read "via CNN.com Live," so users' friends on Facebook can click the tag and join the CNN.com Live/Facebook experience.

Throughout the day, CNN.com Live will offer users up to four simultaneous live streams of inauguration coverage, including the parade and other related events happening in the capital, as well as Obama's inaugural address. CNN.com Live anchor Melissa Long will anchor live from Washington and interview various guests and contributors as the day's events unfold.

In addition to live streaming video, audio slideshows, photo galleries and interactives, other special inauguration coverage elements on CNN.com include:

"Your View of History" is a customized map, built using Google Maps technology, of the inauguration parade route featuring video and still images to provide a comprehensive visual experience of the day's events and the parade. Images will be placed on the map from the exact locations where they are taken, so that users can zoom in to get street-level views all along the route, giving users a closer glimpse of what it's like to be there;

Soledad and CNN at the Presidential Inauguration

In the days leading up to and including Inauguration Day, CNN’s Election Express will be stationed on the National Mall to serve as the center of operations for reporting from across the nation’s capital.

On Jan. 20, anchor Soledad O’Brien and senior political analyst Jeffrey Toobin will report from Lafayette Park, the location of the presidential viewing stands and a central spot from which to narrate the parade.

Senior political correspondent Candy Crowley will provide viewers with an up-close view of the parade as she reports from within the parade itself and from key locations around the capital. Senior White House correspondent Ed Henry plans to speak with politicians and dignitaries watching from the inauguration ceremony platform. White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux will be live at the White House reporting on a variety of events, including Obama’s final visit with President George W. Bush.

With all the logistical and security measures that will be disrupting city traffic on Inauguration Day, CNN will broadcast from the Newseum, a recently reopened museum dedicated to the free press on Pennsylvania Avenue.

David Bohrman, the Washington bureau chief for CNN, said the network’s coverage will be longer and more exhaustive than in previous years. “People around the world are going to watch this event,” he said.

CNN's International Coverage of the Presidentail Election Results

Viewers from around the world also will also have the opportunity to follow the U.S. presidential election as CNN International simulcasts many hours of CNN's non-stop coverage.

The network has teams in place in more than 32 countries with correspondents in Obama's ancestral home town in Kenya as well as in Iraq, Israel and key capitals of Europe, Asia and Latin America.

CNN Espanol also will provide rolling coverage of America Votes 2008. In addition, CNN-branded global networks and digital services such as CNN IBN in India, CNN Turk in Turkey, CNN+ in Spain and CNNArabic.com, CNN's Arabic language Web site will provide on-going coverage of "Election Night in America."

CNN Election Night Coverage

CNN begins coverage at 6 PM EST, led by Wolf Blitzer with Campbell Brown, Anderson Cooper and Soledad O'Brien.

Soledad O'Brien and Bill Schneider will, for the first time, showcase exit-polling data simultaneously from all 50 states with demographic comparisons. By using two 103-inch interactive plasma screens, the team will display a state-by-state breakdown of polling data according to any number of demographic and political groups. The new way of presenting polling information will allow viewers to compare how others in their state voted compared to those in different states.

Chief national correspondent John King will operate the interactive, touch-screen "Magic Wall," breaking down data by states and counties.

Online, CNN.com's Election Center 2008 will stream live coverage, and also deliver results to mobile phones.

Throughout the evening, senior analysts Gloria Borger, David Gergen and Jeffrey Toobin and political contributors Paul Begala, Bill Bennett, Donna Brazile, James Carville, Alex Castellanos, Amy Holmes, Roland Martin, Ed Rollins, Hilary Rosen, Leslie Sanchez and Tara Wall will provide analysis and commentary. CNN political correspondents Candy Crowley, Suzanne Malveaux and Jessica Yellin will report live throughout the evening from Sen. Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago, while correspondents Dana Bash and Ed Henry will be on the ground at Sen. John McCain's headquarters in Phoenix. In addition, CNN correspondents will be on the ground reporting from key battleground states.

Adding to what promises to be one of the most technologically advanced events in CNN's 28-year history, CNN will enhance interviews with remote correspondents and guests using hologram projection. The network has built sets powered by hologram technology at both campaign headquarters making it possible to project three-dimensional images into the Election Center. From the New York set, anchors will exhibit more natural conversations with newsmakers and CNN correspondents in the field by interacting in real time with their 3-D virtual images.

On The CNN Election Express

CNN's political team will be headed to the key Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana this week. Also, the CNN Election Express bus will also make its way through Indiana and remain in Indianapolis for Election Day. Ballot Bowl will air live from Indianapolis over the weekend leading up to the vote, and Issue #1 on Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6.

The network’s political team, led by lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer, will report live from the CNN Election Center and across both states as voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 6 to help determine whether Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton will emerge as the party’s nominee. Blitzer will be joined by Campbell Brown, Anderson Cooper and Lou Dobbs.

Special correspondent Soledad O’Brien and senior political analyst Bill Schneider will review exit poll data while chief national correspondent John King will provide in-depth, state-specific data and analysis using the CNN “multi-touch” board that delivers complex demographic and delegate data in an easily accessible format.