A record number of prayers will be offered by clergy at the swearing-in ceremony later today, according to a number of sources.
Here's The New York Times:
He will have six clergy members offering prayers and reading Scripture at the ceremony — more than any previous president. The former record-holder, Richard Nixon, had five in 1969. Most presidents invited one or two.
The six are intended to present a diverse tableau, the Inaugural committee’s president said in announcing the lineup. The group includes:
■ A Catholic, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the archbishop of New York.
■ A Hispanic evangelical, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.
■ A woman, Pastor Paula White, of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Fla.
■ A Jew, Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in Los Angeles, which teaches about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and prejudice.
■ A white evangelical, the Rev. Franklin Graham, son and successor of the evangelist Billy Graham.
■ An African-American, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of Great Faith Ministries, in Detroit.
But religious observers noted that Mr. Trump’s version of religious diversity extends only so far: The group includes no mainline Protestants (such as Presbyterians, the denomination Mr. Trump claims as his own) and no Muslims.
Ms. White will be the first woman clergy member ever to participate in an inauguration.
While we're not generally in the habit of linking to TMZ, the entertainment and scandal site has a light look at the hometown in Slovenia of the incoming first lady, Melania Trump. She will become only the second foreign-born presidential wife in U.S. history, after sixth U.S. President John Quincy Adams' wife, London-born Louisa Catherine.
The Trumps' motorcade has pulled up in front of St. John's church and Trump is on his way in, accompanied by Melania Trump.
MSNBC has been quoted as saying that Vice President-elect Mike Pence has arrived at St. John's church.
The Trumps will be heading to the prayer service from Blair House, the presidential guest residence across the street from the White House, where president-elects traditionally spend the night ahead of their inauguration.