>> THIS IS AMERICA’S DAY. THIS IS DEMOCRACY’S DAY, A DAY OF HISTORY AND HOPE OF RENEWAL
AND RESOLVE.
>> IT’S OFFICIAL, EXPWRBD JOE
BIDEN IS BACK AT WHITE HOUSE
TONIGHT THIS TIME AS THE 46th
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
PLEDGING TO RESTORE THE SOUL OF
AMERICA.
>> KAMALA HARRIS BREAKING
BARRIERS TODAY, SWORN IN AS THE
FIRST FEMALE, FIRST BLACK, AND
FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN
VICE-PRESIDENT.
>> AND THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF
POWER TAKING PLACE AMID
UNPRECEDENT THE SECURITY AND A
PANDEMIC.
>> AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
STARTING HIS NEXT CHAPTER HERE
IN SOUTH FLORIDA WELCOMED HOME
BY HIS SUPPORTERS.
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>> THE STAR-STUDDED CELEBRATION
TONIGHT HIGHLIGHTING AMERICA’S
EVERY DAY HEROES, COMMITTED TO
BUILDING BACK BETTER.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ALREADY GETTING
TO WORK IN THE OVAL OFFICE
SIGNING A SERIES OF SEVERAL
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
>> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON
THIS HISTORIC INAUGURATION.
IAN MARGLE IS NEAR TRUMP’S
MAR-A-LARGO.
GLENNA MILLBURG IS ON THE
STREETS OF WASHINGTON.
WE BEGIN WITH ROSS PALOMBO LIVE
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS STILL WHERE THE
SECURITY JUST BEGINS TO GET IN
THE WHITE HOUSE AND IT’S FIVE
BLOCKS AWAY BACK BEHIND ME, BUT
IT’S BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
SECURITY THAT TODAY WAS
COMPLETELY AND UTTER LEA
PEACEFUL.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION
OF DEMOCRACY AND TONIGHT
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
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>> Reporter: FIREWORKS TONIGHT
FOR 46 AFTER HIS FIRST EXPLOSIVE
DAY AS PRESIDENT.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS,
MR. PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: JOSEPH ROBINBIDEN
SWORN IN, HIS MESSAGE SUMMED UP
IN ONE WORD.
>> UNITY.
UNITY.
MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN THIS,
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER
UNITING OUR PEOPLE.
UNITING OUR NATION.
>> Reporter: BIDEN RECOGNIZES
THE CRISIS TEARING US APART.
>> ONCE IN A CENTURY VIRUS, A
RACIAL JUSTICE, RISE OF
POLITICAL EXTREMISM.
>> Reporter: ALL CRISIS AMERICA
IS BEGINNING TO MEET ON THIS
VERY SPOT.
>> JUST DAYS AFTER A RIOTOUS MOB
THOUGHT THEY COULD USE VIOLENCE
TO SILENCE THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
IT DID NOT HAPPEN IT WILL NEVER
HAPPEN.
NOT TODAY, NOT TOMORROW, NOT
EVER.
>> Reporter: BIDEN NOTED
DIRECTLY MENTIONING BUT
ADDRESSING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> AND WE MUST REJECT THE
CULTURE IN WHICH FACTS
THEMSELVES ARE MANIPULATEDS AND
EVEN MANUFACTURED.
>> Reporter: THAT REJECTION
BEGINNING BY REACHING OUT WITH
MORNING PRAYER, WITH LEADER
MITCH McCONNELL AND KEVIN
McCARTHY AND FORMER
VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WHO
ATTENDED THIS TRANSFER OF POWER
ALONG WITH PAST REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH BARACK
AND MICHELLE OBAMA, BILL AND
HILLARY CLINTON ALSO ATTENDING.
.
>> THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION EVEN
SERENADED IN UNITY IN BOTH
ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
>> Reporter: AND ALSO TO WITNESS
THE HISTORY OF KAMALA HARRIS.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> Reporter: THE THE FIRST WOMAN
OF COLOR TO SERVE AS
VICE-PRESIDENT.
>> NOW WE’RE GONNA BE TESTED.
ARE WE GONNA STEP UP ALL OF US?
IT’S TIME FOR BOLDNESS.
FOR THERE’S SO MUCH TO DO.
>> Reporter: BIDEN NOW BOLDLY
MOVING FORWARD AFTER A SURPRISE
WALK FROM HIM INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE AND FROM HARRIS TO HER
OFFICE BOTH IMMEDIATELY AT WORK.
HARRIS SWEARING IN THREE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND BIDEN
SWEARING IN POLITICAL POINTIES
AND SIGN -- APPOINTEE AND
SIGNING 17 EXECUTIVE ORDERS,
REVERSING TRUMP’S MUSLIM
IMMIGRATION BAN AND THE NEW
PRESS SECRETARY PROMISING TO DO
IT ALL OPENLY.
>> I BELIEVE A COMMON GOAL WHICH
IS SHARING ACCURATE INFORMATION
WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE ONLY THING
THERE IS NO COMMENT ON ON DAY
ONE IS OVER THE LETTER TRUMP
LEFT BIDEN ON HIS WAY OUT THE
DOOR.
>> PRESIDENT WROTE A VERY
GENEROUS LETTER.
BECAUSE IT WAS PRIVATE, I WILL
TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL I TALK TO
HIMMED BUT IT WAS GENEROUS.
>> WELL, DESPITE THAT GENEROUS
LETTER, THE NEW WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY JEN SAKE TELLING
US THERE IS NO PLAN FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO PHONE DONALD
TRUMP OR COMMUNICATE ANYWAY IN
THE NEAR FUTURE AND IN THE
MEANTIME THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
ALREADY MOVING FORWARD AT
LIGHTNING SPEED.
CALVIN AND NICOLE, THE SENATE
HAS ALREADY APPROVED JOE BIDEN’S
FIRST CABINET MEMBER, DIRECTOR
OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AVRIL
HANES CONFIRMED BY A MAJORITY.