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George W. Bush the 43rd President: How to Virtually Attend the Inaugural Ball

Aired January 19, 2001 - 9:51 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, if you're like me, you've been going to the mail every day looking for that engraved invitation from the Inaugural Committee hoping you'd be there for the Black Tie & Boots Ball. But alas, here I sit in Atlanta.

And thus I turn to Ann Kellan, our science correspondent, who's going to give us the next best thing -- right? -- on how you can use the Web to participate in the inaugural.

ANN KELLAN, CNN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT: You can virtually go to the ball.

O'BRIEN: I can hardly wait. Let's go...

KELLAN: How about it? You want to virtually go to all of the events, you can go right on the Internet and do that.

O'BRIEN: Let's virtually party down, shall we?

KELLAN: Well, first, we want to ask you a quiz. And you don't have -- you can think about the answer throughout the whole segment, and then we'll ask you for your big answer.

O'BRIEN: All right.

KELLAN: This is at the National Archives. It is following: Whose inauguration was the first inaugural ball in Washington, D.C. held? Which president? Which president?

O'BRIEN: Oh, that's a good one. That's a good one.

KELLAN: OK?

O'BRIEN: OK.

KELLAN: Now, while you're thinking about that, let's -- all right, I have to go to the CNN site because they have quite a splash, if I can get this mouse to work.

O'BRIEN: Yes, all right.

KELLAN: There we go. And they have historical perspectives. They're also going to be offering a streaming video. That's why we're going to this site, particularly during the speech. If you want to watch his speech on television -- because you get the better quality, right? -- you could actually get the text of the speech at CNN.com and read along if you would like.

O'BRIEN: You can read along and watch TV.

KELLAN: That's right.

O'BRIEN: We invite you to fire up both boxes. Why not, right?

KELLAN: That's right. There you go. You can also hear other -- from past presidents and their speeches. And we also have a fashion quiz. Are you high on fashion, Miles? Daryn might be good on this one.

O'BRIEN: Daryn, you better chime in on this. What, do you get to select your favorite -- oh, match the first lady...

KELLAN: You match the first lady's gown with the gown.

O'BRIEN: ... with the gown. That's kind of clever.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: OK.

KELLAN: Now, this off-the-should: Who do you thinks gown was that? Can you see this one right here?

KAGAN: I think that's Nancy Reagan.

KELLAN: I think you're right.

O'BRIEN: OK, wow.

KELLAN: Wow.

(CROSSTALK)

O'BRIEN: Although, she liked -- she usually wore red. But I guess that wouldn't be appropriate for...

KELLAN: I'm very impressed. Thank you. I got that one wrong.

KAGAN: Well, they have the whole display at the Smithsonian. You can go and see all the first ladies' gowns.

KELLAN: And you were just there recently. I went there years ago.

O'BRIEN: In all your spare time, Daryn, right?

KELLAN: Yes, that's right.

O'BRIEN: I know you've got a lot of loose time up there, right?

KAGAN: Not on this trip, but I have been there.

O'BRIEN: Yes.

KELLAN: Now, if you go to CNN -- not CNN -- here I go -- inauguration/2001.com, you get a whole list of all the activities. And you'd be very surprised how many activities.

Now, for all the high-tech people -- you know, Washington's become a very high-tech center as well as political...

O'BRIEN: Yes, it is.

KELLAN: ... there is an unofficial ball called eNaugural.com ball.

O'BRIEN: That's eNaugural, right?

KELLAN: eNaugural, right. And this is cool because they're going to have six cameras at their inaugural ball at the National Press Club. And what you can do is you can log on and then you can roam the room, and then you'll be able to click on a part of the room and zero in on the crowd.

O'BRIEN: Oh boy.

(CROSSTALK)

O'BRIEN: Of course you probably won't recognize anybody at this particular one, right Daryn? I mean, it's not like you're going to be seeing George W. Bush dancing there.

KELLAN: Well, all the high-tech people might be there. Who knows?

O'BRIEN: Oh, the ones who also had their invitations lost in the mail.

KAGAN: What I like about that -- sorry. What I like about that is you can stay in your jammies and no high heals.

KELLAN: That's true. And you can wear your pocket protector.

KAGAN: That's true.

KELLAN: And you can have a lot of fun. And it's an e-mail invitation only.

O'BRIEN: All right, I can see a bunch of people there with their Palm Pilots trading business cards. Wonderful.

(LAUGHTER)

All right, Ann Kellan, thank you for...

KAGAN: I have a guess on your quiz.

KELLAN: Oh, the answer. We have an answer, yes.

KAGAN: I have a guess. James Madison?

KELLAN: Right you are.

O'BRIEN: She was cheating. I know she was.

KAGAN: I have a little confession. We have a research guide that they give to us before we come to big events like this.

O'BRIEN: Yes, it's right in there.

KAGAN: Right there on page one.

O'BRIEN: You know, too much time reading research, too much time in the Smithsonian, Daryn. All right, go back to the party, will you?

KAGAN: I might cheat, but I'm honest.

KELLAN: One-hundred percent.

O'BRIEN: All right, Ann Kellan, thank you very much.

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