A moment occurred in the nation today as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. That moment reaffirmed the promise of the greatest nation on Earth : that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to work for it. And Jesse Watters and I were fortunate enough among the throngs of the estimated 2 million Americans who turned out to brave the cold.

We were positioned in the crowd that surrounded the Washington Monument and we stood elbow-to-elbow with people of all ages, colors, backgrounds and religious persuasions. For a little perspective, it’s exactly one mile from the Monument to the Capitol – and the crowds flowed well beyond there and all the way to the Lincoln Memorial.

It is my observation, from the bleacher seats if you will, (although no one actually sat at any point), that the real story today wasn’t as much about our new President Barack Obama, but more so the crowd that turned out. They were unprecedented in numbers, jubilant in spirit and as diverse as any political crowd the country has ever seen. The came peaceably and they left immediately at the conclusion of President Obama’s Address.

It wasn’t an overly emotional moment – only a few people were moved to tears around us. But it was a powerful moment as the racial, political and generational shift in America occurred and history was made.

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