All eyes are on D.C. this week as the country marks the inauguration of Chicagoan Barack Obama. And that means that many of Obama’s fellow Chicagoans are making their way to the capital to witness his inauguration as the nation’s 44th president.

WBEZ’s Political Reporter Ben Calhoun is with hundreds of Obama supporters riding in a bus caravan heading east this morning. He has this update.


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