HAIL TO THE CHIEF

A presidential inauguration is a moment of hope, a solemn gathering of the country's political icons, and a chance to check out the new calculus of influence. Just as MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS did the honors for E.D.R.'s 1933 ceremony, ROBERT RISKO, on the following pages, catches the crowd at Bill Clinton's second swearing-in

On the rostrum: President Clinton is crowned with laurel by Chief Justice William Relinquish Looking on: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Gore, Tipper Gore, Chelsea Clinton, and Socks Clinton. Above the Capitol, ardent admirers of the president Barbra Streisand and Sharon Stone trumpet "Hail to the Chief."

In the audience, FIRST ROW: Jack Germond of the Baltimore Sun; Wolt Blitzer of CNN; Helen Thomas of U.P.I.; White House press secretary Mike

McCurry; Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala; Deputy White House Counsel Bruce Lindsey; trade representative-designate Charlene Barshefsky; secretary of state-designate Madeleine Albright; presidential patron James T. Riady, vice-chairman of the Lippo Group; members of Hollywood's fund-raising machine Steven Spielberg, Lew Wasserman, David Geffen, and Edgar Bronfman Jr.

SECOND ROW: Brit Hume of Fox News; Rita Braver ot CBS News; Jim Miklaszewski of NBC News; R.W. Apple Jr. of The New York Times; Attorney General Janet Reno; unofficial counselor to the president Vernon Jordan; Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin; national security adviser-designate Samuel Berger; Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott; senior adviser to the president Rahm Emanuel.

THIRD ROW: Terence Hunt of A.P.; David Broder of The Washington Post; White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles; U.N. ambassador-designate Bill Richardson; Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan; Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General John Shalikashvili; secretary of commerce-designate Bill Daley; Secretary of Education Richard Riley; secretary of defense-designate William Cohen; Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt; Lazard Freres & Co. managing director and generous Clinton supporter Felix Rohatyn; and the swing voter of 1996, the Soccer Mom.

FOURTH ROW: Special prosecutor Kenneth Starr; Jim Lehrer of PBS; Clinton nemesis Paula Jones; leading members of the House Newt Gingrich and Dick Gephardt; leading members of the Senate Trent Lott and Tom Daschle.

FIFTH ROW: Dan Rather of CBS News; Peter Jennings of ABC News; Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff of CNN.

SIXTH ROW: Tom Brokaw of NBC News.

AT REAR, the Secret Service stands guard. □

Hail to the Chief

Washington gathers as F.D.R. takes the oath, March 4, 1933. The key: