WE
WE LEARNED AGAIN THAT DEMOCRACY IS PRECIOUS.
IS PRECIOUS. DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE AT THIS
HOUR MY FRIENDS, DEMOCRACY HAS
PREVAILED AND INAUGURATION
UNLIKE ANY OTHER HERE THE FORTY
SIX PRESIDENTS MESSAGE OF UNITY
FIRST AT FOUR AT A TIME WHEN SO
MANY OF THE INAUGURAL
TRADITIONS WE'VE COME TO EXPECT
ARE ABSENT.
ARE ABSENT. ONE THING STAYED THE SAME
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE
JUST BEFORE NOON ON JANUARY
20TH IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL AS
NATALIE BRAND REPORTS,
PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN CALLED
FOR UNITY MOMENTS AFTER BEING
SWORN IN.
SWORN IN.
SWORN IN. >> JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JR.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
AFTER TAKING THE PRESIDENTIAL
OATH OF OFFICE, PRESIDENT
JOSEPH R. BIDEN DECLARED
DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED.
I >> WILL BE A PRESIDENT FOR
ALL AMERICANS, ALL AMERICANS.
FORMER PRESIDENTS BARACK OBAMA
,GEORGE W. BUSH AND BILL
CLINTON WERE ON HAND FOR
THE TRANSFER OF POWER AS WELL
AS OUTGOING VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE.
PENCE.
PENCE. SO
PENCE. SO GOD SO HELP ME GOD.
PENCE'S >> SUCCESSOR KAMALA
HARRIS MADE HISTORY BECOMING
NOT ONLY THE FIRST WOMAN BUT
THE FIRST BLACK PERSON AND
FIRST PERSON OF SOUTH ASIAN
DESCENT TO BECOME VICE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. SPEAKING AT THE CAPITOL JUST
TWO WEEKS AFTER RIOTOUSLY
ORDERED THE BUILDING, THE 46TH
PRESIDENT SAID UNITY IS
THE ONLY PATH FORWARD.
MY >> WHOLE SOUL IS IN THIS
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER,
UNITING OUR PEOPLE, UNITING OUR
NATION AND I ASK EVERY AMERICAN
TO JOIN ME IN >> THIS CAUSE >>
.
.
. WELL,
. WELL, TODAY WAS STEEPED IN
TRADITION ONLY A SMALL SOCIALLY
DISTANCED GROUP ATTENDED
THE CEREMONY BECAUSE OF
THE CORONAVIRUSES PANDEMIC AND
INCREASED SECURITY CONCERNS >>
.
.
. THE
. THE NATIONAL MALL USUALLY
CROWDED WITH SUPPORTERS WAS
INSTEAD FILLED WITH FLAGS ON
STAGE A BIPARTISAN SHOW OF STAR
POWER MADE >> ZEKRI NOTABLY >>
ABSENT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP WHO DECLINED TO GREET HIS
SUCCESSOR AS HE HINTED AT A
POLITICAL RETURN.
POLITICAL RETURN. WE WILL BE BACK IN SOME FORM.
I WISH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
GREAT LUCK AND GREAT SUCCESS.
>> BUT MR. TRUMP DEPARTED FOR
FLORIDA BEFORE FESTIVITIES
BEGAN AFTER ARRIVING AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT
BIDEN WILL LAUNCH HIS
ADMINISTRATION WITH MORE THAN A
DOZEN EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
ADDRESSING ISSUES FROM
THE PANDEMIC TO CLIMATE CHANGE
.
.
. NATALIE
. NATALIE BRAND, CBS NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. SAN ANTONIO MAYOR RON
NIERENBERG SAYS HE KNOWS FEW
THINGS ARE SOLVED OVERNIGHT BUT
REMAINS HOPEFUL.
REMAINS HOPEFUL. HE TWEETED THIS MESSAGE.
WE HAVE A PANDEMIC TO BEAT A
NATION TO HEAL AND PROGRESS TO
BE MADE.
BE MADE.
BE MADE. I WISH AT POTOSI AND AT VPI
THE BEST OF LUCK AS THEY LEAD
US TOWARD BETTER DAYS AND A
BRIGHTER FUTURE.
BRIGHTER FUTURE. TODAY'S HISTORIC INAUGURATION
WAS ALSO A NATIONAL SPECIAL
SECURITY EVENT CONTENDING WITH
BOTH PANDEMIC CONCERNS AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF PROTESTS.
THE HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE
INCLUDES TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS.
A FIELD OF 200000 FLAGS LINE
THE NATIONAL MALL REPLACING
THE USUAL THRONG OF SPECTATORS
.
.
. POLICE
. POLICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
REPORTED NO ARRESTS AS OF THIS
AFTERNOON AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TERM ENDS AND JOE BIDEN BEGINS
,LEADERS ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE
WEIGHING IN ON THE TRANSITION
OF POWER.
OF POWER.
OF POWER. IAN LEE REPORTS FROM LONDON
2012 >> PUSHED DON'T MANY WORLD
LEADERS BREATHED A SIGH OF
RELIEF AS JOE BIDEN BECAME
AMERICA'S 46 PRESIDENT >> AFTER
FOUR LONG YEARS.
EUROPE HAS A FRIEND IN
THE WHITE HOUSE IN BRUSSELS,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
PRESIDENT SAID THE INAUGURATION
SHOWS THE RESILIENCE OF
AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY.
AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY. >> THIS NEW DAWN IN AMERICA IS
THE MOMENT WE'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR SO LONG.
EUROPE IS READY FOR A NEW START
WITH OUR OLDEST AND MOST
TRUSTED PARTNER MAIN ALLY
TONGAS >>.
TONGAS >>. GERMANY'S PRESIDENT SAID HE'S
GREATLY RELIEVED PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS MOVING INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE >> BUT NOT HER PRESENCE
>> WHILE FRENCH PRESIDENT
EMMANUEL MACRON SAID HE HOPES A
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL BE
MORE COMMITTED IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST >> TERROR HERE IN
THE UK, PRIME MINISTER BORIS
JOHNSON SAYS HE WANTS TO WORK
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ON SHARED
PRIORITIES >> FROM TACKLING
CLIMATE CHANGE BUILDING BACK
BETTER FROM THE PANDEMIC AND
STRENGTHENING OUR TRANSATLANTIC
SECURITY >>.
SECURITY >>. RUSSIA WAS LESS ENTHUSIASTIC.
THE KREMLIN SAID ANY
IMPROVEMENT IN MOSCOW'S TENSE
RELATIONSHIP WITH WASHINGTON
WOULD BE UP TO THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IN SUCH HASWA
AND IN IRAN, PRESIDENT >>
HASSAN ROUHANI DIDN'T MINCE
WORDS SAYING TODAY IS THE END
OF TRUMP'S UNFORTUNATE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
DREW THE MOST ATTENTION IN
INDIA >> AT HER ANCESTRAL
VILLAGE.
VILLAGE.
VILLAGE. I WISH HER WELL SUCCESS.
SHE'S MAKING HISTORY NOT ONLY
AS THE FIRST FEMALE VICE
PRESIDENT BUT ALSO THE