>>JENNIFER READY: 13 WELCOME BACK THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IS ONLY 3 DAYS
AWAY AND THIS YEAR’S CEREMONY
WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT FOR MANY
REASONS, INCLUDING
THE PANDEMIC THE SECRET SERVICE
AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ARE ALSO SPENDING
EXTRA TIME OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS TO RAMP UP SECURITY AFTER
THE SIEGE AT
THE CAPITOL NEWS 4 JAX
POLITICAL ANALYST IN THE HEAD
OF THE JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE RICK
MULLANY JOINS ME NOW GOOD
MORNING RICK. THANK YOU AS
ALWAYS FOR BEING WITH US
MORNING. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
OTHER CHANGES THAT WE CAN
EXPECT THIS YEAR DURING
THE INAUGURATION.
>> WELL JOHN AS YOU JUST
MENTIONED THIS INAUGURATION
ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE UNLIKE
ANY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY AND IT’S NOTHING NEW
TO HAVE A PROFOUND CRISIS YOU
CERTAINLY SAW THAT COMING OUT
OF THE CIVIL WAR WITH THE
ADDRESS BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE
DEPRESSION WITH FDR GEORGE BUSH
AFTER THE ATTACKS ON 9.11, BUT
THE 2 BIGGEST FACTORS OF COURSE
NUMBER ONE IS THE PANDEMIC
FIRST TIME OF AN OPERATION IN A
PANDEMIC EVEN THE PANDEMIC A
CENTURY AGO IN 1918 THAT
PANDEMIC HAD LARGELY SUBSIDED
BY THE INAUGURATION IN 1921.
THAT’S GOING RESULT AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING MUCH SMALLER CROWDS
AND A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.
THE SECOND OF COURSE ARE THE DC
RIOTS ON DECEMBER 6TH
THAT IS IT RESULTED IN
HEIGHTENED SECURITY THERE FOR
US CAN LOOK VERY DIFFERENT
INSTEAD OF TO THINK 200,000
PEOPLE ATTENDING YOU MAY HAVE
2000 OF COURSE PRESIDENT TRUMP
WILL NOT BE THERE
THAT IS THAT IS NOT
UNPRECEDENTED IT’S HAPPENED
BEFORE BUT IT TRULY IS THE RARE
EXCEPTION AND OF COURSE THERE’S
AN EXTREME PARTISAN DIVIDE.
BUT AS RONALD REAGAN ONCE SAID
DURING HIS INAUGURAL. IT IS
BOTH COMMONPLACE AND MOROCCAN
AND MIRACULOUS. WE SHOULD LOSE
SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT FOR OVER
230 YEARS AND 1789 EVERY 4
YEARS WE’VE HAD THIS
INAUGURATION IN AT NOON ON
WEDNESDAY, THE INAUGURATION
WILL TAKE PLACE BUT VERY VERY
DIFFERENT FROM ANY IN THE
HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND YOU
MENTIONED THE HEIGHTENED
SECURITY DO YOU THINK THAT WE
COULD SEE PROTESTS ON
WEDNESDAY.
>> CERTAINLY THAT IS
ANTICIPATED
BY MANY. WE’VE HAD HEIGHTENED
SECURITY BEFORE WE HAD AFTER
9.11 WE HAD IN 2009 WHEN
BARACK OBAMA WAS INAUGURATED,
BUT THIS YEAR’S HEIGHTENED
SECURITY IS UNLIKE ANY IN OUR
HISTORY OVER 20,000 NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS THE CLOSING OF THE
NATIONAL MALL, A SECURITY
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN DC IN
ANTICIPATION AND CONCERN OVER
THOSE PROTESTS, I’M HOPEFUL AND
VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL
SEE NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN
THE DC RIOTS, THIS WILL BE BOTH
A DETERRENT TO THAT
BUT I’M HOPEFULLY YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO SEE THAT BUT CERTAINLY
SECURITY PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING
TAKEN.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND WHAT DO
YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT ELECT
JOE BIDEN’S MESSAGE WILL BE ON
WEDNESDAY TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> JEN THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE
OF COURSE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF
UNITY. THE PARTISAN DIVIDE
TODAY IS AS GREAT AS ANY IN
MY LIFETIME. THE RECENT EVENTS
THAT WE SAW WITH THE DC RIGHTS
AND JANUARY 6 THE CONTENTIOUS
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER FOR JOE
BIDEN HE IS GOING TO SEEK TO
LOWER THE TEMPERATURE
BUT IT’S ALSO GOING TO SEEK TO
UNIFY THE COUNTRY AND TO TRY TO
BRIDGE THE PARTISAN DIVIDE.
IT’S AN IMPORTANT ADDRESS THE
EYES OF THE NATION AND THE
WORLD WILL BE ON JOE BIDEN HE
WILL LAY OUT SOME OF HIS PLANS
FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS
BUT HIS OVERRIDING MESSAGE WILL
BE ONE OF UNITY AND BRING THE
NATION TOGETHER.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS WRAPPING UP HIS FINAL
DAYS IN OFFICE HOW DO YOU THINK
HE WILL SPEND THESE
LAST DAYS.
>> WELL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND HE WILL BE LEAVING OF
COURSE, HE’S HEADING TO
FLORIDA. HE HAS THE OVERHANG OF
WHAT COMES NEXT WHICH IS OF
COURSE IMPEACHMENT OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS, WE’LL SEE IF
HE’S GOING TO BE CONSIDERING
SOME ADDITIONAL PARDONS.
HE HAS
OF COURSE NOT CONCEDED HE HAS
NOT CONCEDED LOSING HE HAS
PROMISED TO SUPPORT A LAWFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER
THAT HE HAS LOST BUT HE DOES HE
BELIEVES THAT HE STILL WON THE
ELECTION. HE IS MORE AND MORE
IN ISOLATION BUT AT NOON ON
WEDNESDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP OF
COURSE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING
THE INAUGURAL HE’LL BE HEADING
BACK TO FLORIDA.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND IN THE
DAYS LEADING UP TO THE
INAUGURATION. WE ARE STARTING
TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT ELECT JOE
BIDEN PLANS TO FOCUS ON EARLY
ON IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SOME OF THE
MAIN FOCUSES WILL BE IN HIS
FIRST 100 DAYS
IN OFFICE.
>> WELL I THINK THE TOP 3 ARE
GOING TO BE COVID VACCINE.
COVID VACCINE COVID VACCINE.
THERE’S GOING TO BE A HEAVY
FOCUS ON A 100 MILLION SHOTS IN
A 100 DAYS ON THE COVID VACCINE
THAT IS THE TOP PRIORITY.
SECOND OF COURSE IS THE
STIMULUS PACKAGE HE OUTLINED
THAT ONE 0.9 TRILLION DOLLARS
STIMULUS PACKAGE LAST WEEK THAT
WILL BE A TOP PRIORITY. HIS
CHIEF OF STAFF RON KLEIN
AS IT HAS HIGHLIGHTED FOR BIG
AREAS THE PANDEMIC THE ECONOMY,
THE ENVIRONMENT AND RACIAL
JUSTICE, BUT LOOK FOR HIM AND
SUBSTANTIVE AREAS TO DO THINGS
HE CAN DO BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
AND THINGS HE CAN DO IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY BEFORE HE GETS
TO SUB
SUB LEGISLATION FROM A POLICY
STANDPOINT EARLY IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION, IT WILL BE A
SHARP CONTRAST TO WHAT WE’VE
SEEN IN
THE PAST ON IMMIGRATION A
PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR
THOSE UNDOCUMENTED WHO ARE HERE
YOU CAN EXPECT IMMIGRATION
REFORM ON HEALTH CARE WILL BE A
PUBLIC OPTION EVENTUALLY
ON TAX POLICY I EXPECT THE
CORPORATE TAX RATE OTHER RATES
TO INCREASE BUT MAYBE NOT
DURING THE FIRST 100 DAYS AND
OF COURSE ON CLIMATE EXPECTED
TO REJOIN THE PARIS OF COURT.
SO YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A SHARP
SHIFT IN DIRECTION. BUT IN THE
EARLY DAYS HE SHOULD SEEK SOME
WINDS HE SHOULD STILL SEEK TO
BE BIPARTISAN AND HE’LL DO MUCH
TO EXECUTIVE ORDER INSTEAD OF
NECESSARILY GOING THROUGH THE