>>>
>>> I
>>> I TO
>>> I TO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THATLY FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND WILL TO THE BEST OF
MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT
AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> SO HELP YOU GOD?
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MR.
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>>
>> GOOD
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M LESLIES TO SER ALONG WITH
LORENZO HALL.
LORENZO HALL. DID YOU SEE THAT FIREWORKS
SHOW?
SHOW?
SHOW? WOW.
WOW.
WOW. >>
WOW. >> INCREDIBLE!
>> INCREDIBLE! >> IS THAT REAL?
IT WAS REAL!
IT HAS BEEN AN INAUGURATION AND
DAY UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
>> THAT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY
MAGNIFICENT.
MAGNIFICENT. IN ALL OF MY TIME IN WASHINGTON
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. YOU
THAT. YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE ON A
PEACEFUL DAY.
PEACEFUL DAY. IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN
INSURRECTIONISTS OVERTOOK THE
CAPITOL TO KEEP JOE BIDEN FROM
BECOMING THE PRESIDENT.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
TONIGHT HE IS OUR NATION'S 46th
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> LET'S LOOK LIVE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN WERE JUST
ON A BALCONY TAKING IN AN
AMAZING FIREWORKS SHOW.
THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR FIRST
NIGHT THERE.
NIGHT THERE. BUT IN THE LAST TWO HOURS, CBS
NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND HER
HUSBAND DOUG EMHOFF WILL NOT BE
MOVING INTO THE NAVAL
OBSERVATORY JUST YET.
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE THEY WILL
BE STAYING UNTIL THEY DO.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE LIGHTS OUT AT
THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE MOMENT.
TODAY'S EVENT SHUT DOWN A LOT
OF ROADS IN DOWNTOWN D.C. AND
MANY ARE REOPENING.
THE D.C. POLICE SAY THE SOUTH
CAPITOL BRIDGE AND THE SOWSES
SOUSE DISA BRING AND 11th
STREET BRIDGE ARE ALL OPEN.
>>> THE DISTINCTIONS AND
DIFFERENCES OF THINGS WE HAVE
SEEN TODAY DURING THIS
INAUGURATION AND THE ONE THAT
WE SAW FOUR YEARS AGO.
NONE OF THOSE WAS MORE CLEAR TO
ME THAN WHAT WE JUST SAW UNFOLD
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
IF YOUR EEL RECALL, JUST ABOUT
FOUR YEARS AGO, ON THIS DAY, IT
WAS A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE
AFTERNOON, THOUGH, THE NEW
PRESS SECRETARY, SEAN SPICER,
STEPS TO THE ELECTRIC TURN OF
THE BRADY BRIEFING ROOM OF THE
WEST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND TOLD THAT FIRST BIG LIE.
THE LIE UPON WHICH A BEDROCK OF
LIES AND MISINFORMATION WERE
BUILT FROM THE PRESS BRIEFING
ROOM OVER THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS AND THAT WAS
THAT THE CROWD SIZE WAS THE
BIGGEST OF ANY INAUGURATION WE
HAVE EVER SEEN.
A STARK CONTRAST TO WHAT WE SAW
TONIGHT WHEN THE NEW PRESS
SECRETARY TOOK TO THE PODIUM OF
THE BRIEFING ROOM AND SAID
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. LISTEN.
LISTEN.
LISTEN. >> WHEN THE PRESIDENT ASKED ME
TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE, WE
TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
BRINGING TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY
BACK TO THE BRIEFING ROOM.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO
COMBAT MISINFORMATION, ONE OF
THEM IS ACCURATE INFORMATION
AND TRUTH AND DATA AND SHARING
INFORMATION EVEN WHEN IT IS
HARD TO HEAR.
I HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOR THE
ROLE OF A FREE DEMOCRACY AND
FOR THE ROLE ALL OF YOU PLAY.
>> Reporter: SO THE NEW TONE
BEING SET BY THE NEW PRESS
SECRETARY, OF COURSE, A TONE
BEING SET BY THE PRESIDENT.
TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO GET
ACROSS.
ACROSS.
ACROSS. ONE OTHER MAJOR THING, OF MANY
THINGS THAT WE WANTS TO GET
ACROSS IS CORONAVIRUS RELIEF.
A $1.9 TRILLION PACKAGE THAT HE
WILL SOON SEND TO THE CONGRESS
FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
JEN WAS ASKED IN THE BRIEFING
TONIGHT ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT
ARE BEING MADE ON BIPARTISAN
LEVELS TO TRY TO GET
REPUBLICANS TO EMBRACE THAT
VERY TALL ORDER SPENDING
PACKAGE FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF.
THIS IS HOW SHE ADDRESSED THAT
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. >> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
URGENT CRISES IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT IS NOT JUST IMPACTING
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. IT IS IMPACTING REPUBLICANS.
IT IS IMPACTING RED STATES AND
BLUE STATES.
BLUE STATES. AND THIS PLAN IS INTENDED TO
ADDRESS THE SUFFERING OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. SO WE HOPE AND FRANKLY WE
EXPECT REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
AND DEMOCRATS, TOO, WILL
SUPPORT ASSISTANCE THAT WILL
BRING RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE THEY
REPRESENT.
REPRESENT. >> QUESTIONS ACROSS THE GAMUT
IN THAT 30-MINUTE-LONG PRESS
BRIEFING, QUESTIONS ABOUT
ABORTION, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
DEATH PENALTY.
DEATH PENALTY. WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FIRST FOREIGN
CONVERSATION WITH A FOREIGN
LEADER WILL BE ON FRIDAY WITH
CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER JUSTICE
TRUDEAU, QUESTIONS AS TRIVIAL
AS WILL THE PRESIDENT CHANGE
THE NEW INTENDED PAINT SCHEME
OF AIR FORCE ONE THAT WAS
DECIDED JUST ONE THE PAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. SO IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN EVENING
HERE OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. WE
HOUSE. WE WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM
THE PRESS SECRETARY AND ALSO
TEASING THE FACT THAT WE MAY
HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THE
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT WHEN IT
COMES TO TRYING TO BOOST THE
NUMBER OF COVID-19 VACCINATION
THAT WE COULD SEE PRODUCED IN
THE COMING MONTHS.
SHE SAID TO LOOK FOR THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT POSSIBLY TOMORROW
OR IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
HE SAID HE WOULD AND NOW HE
HAS.
HAS.
HAS. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SIGNED 15
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND TWO
ACTIONS MANY OF THEM UNDOING
THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. ONE EXECUTIVE ORDER MANDATES
MASK WEARING ON FEDERAL
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO REVERSED A
TRAVEL BAN ON PREDOMINANTLY
MUSLIM NATIONS, HE REJOINED THE
PARIS ACCORD ON CLIMATE CHANGE
AND ENDED THE CONSTRUCTION ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BORDER WALL.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL SIGN MORE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FIRST DAY
IN OFFICE WAS DIFFERENT FROM
ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER SEEN.
TODAY HE HELD A VIRTUAL
SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR HIS
FEDERAL APPOINTEES, AND LOOK AT
THIS, TO KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY
DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE
APPOINTEES JOINED A VIDEO CALL.
IT PROBABLY LOOKS A LOT LIKE
YOUR MEETINGS WORKING FROM HOME
EXCEPT YOU HAVE TO TURN THE
SCREEN ON.
SCREEN ON. YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF SCREENS
FULL OF FACES.
THOSE ARE HUNDREDS OF WHITE
HOUSE STAFF AND DOZENS OF
APPOINTEES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE. ALSO LATE TONIGHT THE SENATE
CONFIRMED AVRIL HAINES AS THE
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR GIVING
PRESIDENT BIDEN HIS FIRST
MEMBER OF HIS CABINET.
>>> KAMALA HARRIS SWORE IN
THREE NEW SENATORS.
GEORGIA SENATOR RS JON OSSOFF
AND THE REV RENTED RAPHEL
WARNOCK AND ALEX PADILLA TOOK
OVER VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'
SEAT IN CALIFORNIA.
IT GIVES THE DEMOCRATS THE
HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >>> NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT
SECURITY.
SECURITY.
SECURITY. THE CITY TRANSFORMED INTO WHAT
LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE.
THE POLICE OFFICERS FLOODED THE
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. MANY OF THEM WILL BE HERE FOR
AT LEAST 30 DAYS.
BUT BEYOND THE WALLS AND THE
FENCES, REALLY TURNED DOWNTOWN
D.C. INTO A MAZE AND A LOT OF
THE BARRIERS, THEY'RE ALREADY
COMING DOWN A SECURITY EXPERT
AND HE SAYS WE COULD SEE THE
REMNANTS OF THIS FOR A WHILE.
>> CRISES CHANGES THINGS, SO I
THINK YOU WILL SEE THE SECURITY
PROTOCOLS ACROSS THE U.S. WILL
BE SECURITY NIGHED.
TO INCLUDE THE WHITE HOUSE.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS
UNPRECEDENTED BUT THE LESSONS
LEARNED FROM THIS INAUGURATION
WILL CERTAINLY SHAPE FUTURE
LIKE EVENTS IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. SO THE SECURITY SITUATION IS
CONSTANTLY BEING MONITORED.
FEWER BARRIERS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MEAN THE CITY IS LESS SAFE.
>>> AND WE HAVE NEW VIDEO
COMING INTO OUR NEWS ROOM, WORK
CREWS TAKING DOWN SOME OF THE
FENCING.
FENCING.
FENCING. THIS IS AT SOUTH CAPITOL AND E.
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. THOUSANDS OF NATIONAL GUARD
WERE IN PLACE ALL ACROSS THE
CITY READY FOR ANY TYPE OF
VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATION.
THERE WERE EVEN DESIGNATED
AREAS FOR PROTEST ORS.
THERE WERE VERY FEW WHO TURNED
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> Reporter: WAS IT ALL OF
THESE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS THAT
CREATED A PERIMETER AROUND THE
U.S. CAPITOL THAT STRETCHED FOR
BLOCKS AND BLOCKS?
WAS IT THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP FINALLY CAME OUT AND
DENOUNCED THOSE AWFUL ATTACKS
ON THE U.S. CAPITOL AND
POSSIBLY ALIENATED PART OF HIS
BASE IN THE PROCESS?
THE TRUTH IS WE MAY NEVER KNOW
FOR SURE WHY WE DIDN'T SEE THE
MASS NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATORS
ANOTHER THIS YEAR'S
INAUGURATION THAT WE HAVE IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE,
YOU'RE NOT HEARING ANY
COMPLAINTS FROM THE PEOPLE OUT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THE
HERE. THE SECURITY OUT HERE THAT
PREPARED FOR THE WORSE.
THOUGH WE DID FIND THESE TWO
PRO-TRUMP DEMONSTRATORS AMONG A
VERY SMALL GROUP SPREAD OUT
AROUND THE SECURITY PERIMETER.
BY SOME COUNTS THERE WAS MAYBE
A DOZEN, MAYBE A FEW MORE,
MAYBE A FEW LESS.
I SPOKE WITH A FORMER U.S.
PROSECUTOR WHO TOLD ME AFTER
WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6,
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WORKED TO
SEND A MESSAGE WITH ALL OF
THOSE CRIMINAL CHARGES.
THEY WOULD NOT TOLERATE A
REPEAT PERFORMANCE TODAY.
>> BUT I THINK THEY ALSO WANTED
TO START BRINGING CHARGES
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. FRANKLY IN ADVANCE OF THE
INAUGURAL, TO SEND OUT A
MESSAGE THAT THERE WOULD BE
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, THEY WERE
NOT GOING TO TOLERATE AN
ADDITIONAL SET OF ACTS LIKE WE
SAW WHEN THEY STORMED THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. >> Reporter: HAVE YOU SEEN
OTHERS LIKE YOU PROTESTING
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN MANY.
>> TODAY?
>> TODAY?
>> TODAY? >> Reporter: YES.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. JUST HER.
JUST HER.
JUST HER. SHE SHOWED UP.
IT HAS JUST BEEN US.
>> Reporter: THE ONLY SECURITY
INCIDENT OF NOTE, THERE WAS A
BOMB THREAT CALLED INTO THE
SUPREME COURT.
SUPREME COURT. THEY CHECKED THE GROUNDS.
THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
IT WAS HOAX.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN EVACUATE THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. THERE WAS ALSO A GUY ARRESTED
AT ABOUT 7:30 THIS MORNING.
HE WAS A T A CHECK POINT AT A
CHECK POINT.
CHECK POINT. WHEN THEY SEARCHED HIM HE HAD
SOME LOOSE AMMUNITION.
REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S.
CAPITOL, WUSA 9 #.
>>> WE KNOW THERE WAS AT LEAST
ONE ARREST MADE TODAY.
AT 11:00, WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT
THAT AND SOME OF THE CHANGES
YOU COULD SOON SEE WHEN IT
COMES TO THESE BARRIERS AND
FENCES.
FENCES.
FENCES. >>> REMEMBER THE CRAZY DEBATE
FOUR YEARS AGO ABOUT WHO HAD A
BIGGER INAUGURATION CROWD?
THIS YEAR, OF COURSENO CROWD AT
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. SO
ALL. SO BRUCE LESHAN REPORTS SOME
PEOPLE FOUND THEIR OWN WAYS TO
COMMEMORATE THE DAY.
>> Reporter: A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE
DECIDED IF THEY COULDN'T MARK
THE TRANSFER OF POWER ON THE
NATIONAL MALL, THEY COULD COME
HERE TO THE WATER FRONT AT
MARYLAND'S STATE CAPITOL AND
IMAGINE A NEW FUTURE FOR OUR
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. >> I, JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN,
JR., DO SOLEMN LID SWEAR.
>> Reporter: JENNIFER TAYLOR
SAYS IT IS AN' MORAL TIME FOR
HER AND HER HUSBAND.
>> IT HAS BEEN A REALLY ROUGH
FOUR YEARS, WATCHING COVID
SPREAD.
SPREAD.
SPREAD. MY OWN PARENTS GOT COVID.
THEY WERE VERY ILL WITH IT.
>> Reporter: THEY FEEL BETTER
NOW AND SO DOES SHE.
>> VERY OPTIMISTIC.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
>> Reporter: IN THE CAR NEXT TO
HER.
HER.
HER. >>
HER. >> I
HER. >> I AM A SUPPORTER OF MR.
TRUMP.
TRUMP.
TRUMP. NO
TRUMP. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: THE ARMY VET
THOMAS HALL WAS SAD TO SEE
PRESIDENT TRUMP FLY OFF.
>> AND WHAT HE DID ACCOMPLISH
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WAS
REALLY QUITE AMAZING, YOU KNOW
NA LOT OF WAYS.
>> Reporter: IN LAGGERRA.
>> KAMALA HARRIS, SHE IS THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN, FIRST
SOUTHEAST ASIAN WOMAN.
>> Reporter: SOME CONSIDERED
HISTORIC CHANGE WHILE THEY DID
THEIR WEEKLIER WEEKLY AIR
RANDS.
RANDS.
RANDS. >>
RANDS. >> ALL OF US ARE READED EQUAL.
>> Reporter: THE FOUNDERS
DREAMED OF A MORE PERFECT
UNIWHEREON BUT THAT IS A NEVER
ENDING PROJECT.
ENDING PROJECT. THE ARC OF THE MORALE UNIVERSE
IS LONG, DR. KING SAID, BUT WE
CAN ALL HOPE IT BENDS TOWARDS
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. IN ANAP SIS, BRUCE LA SHAN,
WUSA 9.
WUSA 9.
WUSA 9. >>> A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY BY
FORMER PRESIDENTS BILL CLINTON,
GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK
OBAMA AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS LAID A WREATH
AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN
SOLDIER.
SOLDIER.
SOLDIER. >>> DURING ALL OF POMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE, THEY SHARED THIS
SWEET MOMENT A HUG BEFORE