LIVE from D.C. - In place

Well, I finally made it inside the ticketed zone.

Thanks to some good information and sheer good luck, I'm in a relatively good spot behind the Reflecting Pool. Although there are many people in front of me, I have a pretty good view of the Capitol. What an exciting moment!

We're listening to the Marine Corps band at present. Obama is due to be sworn in just an hour and a half from now.

The helicopters overhead are making it a bit difficult to really enjoy the music but I can hear what's going on very clearly, which is good.

The National Mall looks absolutely packed.

This will probably be the last update from me until after the Inaugural Speech. I want to absorb everything and that is hard to do while typing on a tiny keyboard. Less than ninety minutes to go before the Bush error is over!