THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS AMERICA'S DAY. THIS CEREMONY IS A COMBINATION
OF 244 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY.
>> THIS IS DEMOCRACIES DAY. A
DAY OF HISTORY AND HOPE.
OF RENEWAL AND RESOLVE.
>> THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHT.
IF ONLY WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO
SEE IT.
SEE IT.
SEE IT. >> WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> THERE IS NOW NEW LEADERSHIP
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS SWORN INTO OFFICE.
THE FIRST WOMEN OF COLOR TO
HOLD THE POSITION.
THE CEREMONY AT THE U.S.
CAPITOL IN START CONTRAST TO
THE DEADLY RIGHT TWO WEEKS AGO.
RESIDENT BIDEN TAKING OFFICE
FOLLOWING A ELECTION THAT HAS
DEEPLY DIVIDED THE COUNTRY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED FOR
UNITY.
UNITY.
UNITY. SAYING HE WILL WORK FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. >> TODAY AT THIS TIME AND THIS
PLACE LET'S START AFRESH.
ALL OF US.
LET'S BEGIN TO LISTEN TO ONE
ANOTHER AGAIN.
ANOTHER AGAIN. HERE ONE ANOTHER AND SEE ONE
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. SHOW RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER.
WE CAN JOIN FORCES.
STOP THE SHOUTING AND LOWER THE
TEMPERATURE.
TEMPERATURE. THERE IS NO PEACE, ONLY GOODNESS
AND PURITY.
AND PURITY. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN TOUCHING ON
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRST CASE
WAS CONFIRMED IN AMERICA.
>> A TREMENDOUS DAY FOR
DEMOCRACY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
ALSO, A HISTORIC DAY FOR
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. AROUND 4:30, JON OSSOFF AND
WARNOCK WILL BE U.S. SENATORS
REPRESENTING GEORGE ON CAPITOL
HILL.
HILL.
HILL. THE
HILL. THE VICTORY LARGELY
OVERSHADOWED BY THE DRAMA AND
FOLLOWED A FALSE CLAIMS OF
ELECTION FRAUD IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE. >> A RECORD NUMBER OF ABSENTEE
BALLOTS IN THE NOVEMBER
PRESIDENTIAL RACE WERE COUNTED
INTO THE NIGHT IN THE FOLLOWING
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. WE
DAYS. WE SAW STRONG REPUBLICAN LEADS
DWINDLE UNTIL PRESIDENT BIDEN
WAS PROJECTED AS THE WINNER OF
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. IN THE RACE BETWEEN AWE SOFT
AND SENATOR DAVID PERDUE WAS
DECLARED A RUNOFF.
THE CAMPAIGNS LEADING UP TO THE
RUNOFF ELECTION ON JANUARY 5
WERE MARRED BY BASELESS CLAIMS
OF ELECTION FRAUD IN GEORGIA.
THEY RESULTED IN MULTIPLE
FAILED LAWSUITS.
FAILED LAWSUITS. A HAND RETALIATED THE NEARLY 5
MILLION VOTES IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND DEATH THREATS AGAINST
ELECTION WORKERS IN GEORGIA.
>> ALSO OFTEN WARNOCK, A CLIPS
BY THE U.S. CAPITOL JANUARY 6.
WARNOCK HAVE BEEN PROJECTED TO
BE THE WINNER OF HIS RACE EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ALL SOFT
HAD ENOUGH ANNOUNCEMENTS TO WIN
WAS UNDER SIEGE BY A PRO TRUMP
BOB.
BOB.
BOB. IT
BOB. IT COMES THE SAME DAY AS
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INAUGURATION.
WARNINGS OF MORE POTENTIAL
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE ELECTION OF SENATORS
WARNOCK AND OFF OFF IS HISTORIC
IN MANY WAYS.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY THERE HAVE
ONLY BEEN A HANDFUL OF BLACK
U.S. SENATORS FROM ACROSS THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE REVEREND WARNOCK, THE FIRST
BLACK SENATOR IN GEORGIA'S
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. JOE HENKE TALK TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING III ABOUT THE HOPE THAT
BRINGS.
BRINGS.
BRINGS. >> Reporter: DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. SERVED AS A PASTOR
BEHIND ME.
BEHIND ME. HE HOPES WARNOCK CAN SERVE AS A
BRIDGE IN WASHINGTON.
>> TODAY WARNOCK JOINS A LIST
OF 10 OTHER BLACK U.S. SENATORS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. INCLUDING NOTABLE NAMES AS
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
WARNOCK IS A PASTOR AT EBENEZER
BAPTIST CHURCH.
BAPTIST CHURCH. LIKE KING WHO CIVIL RIGHTS
INSPIRED COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN
THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
KING SON LEAVES WARNOCK IS
SERVING AS AN INSPIRATION BY
BEING A BLACK SENATOR FROM
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. >> IT OPENS DOORS.
HE IS THE FIRST.
IT CERTAINLY MEANS OF THE YOUNG
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUNG MEN AND
YOUNG WOMEN CAN ALSO ASPIRE TO
RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
SENATE.
SENATE. >> WARNOCK REFLECTED ON THE
INSPIRATION OF HIS ELECTION ON
HIS ELECTION NIGHT EACH.
>> HOPE AND HARD WORK.
AND THE PEOPLE BY OUR SIDE.
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
>> IN THE MODEL OF DR. KING
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR
NOT
NOT JUST
NOT JUST TALK ABOUT MEDICATING FASHION, TO BE A PART OF
CREATING LEGISLATION THAT
ENSURES THAT EVERYBODY IN THE
STATE OF GEORGIA HAS HEALTH
CARE.
CARE.
CARE. THAT ENSURES THAT WE CAN BEGIN
TO CREATE A ECONOMY FOR OUR
STATE AND OUR NATION.
>> THANKS IN PART TO THE
DEDICATED WORK OF A LIST OF
GEORGE ORGANIZATIONS WHO LISTED
IN REGISTER NEW VOTERS.
THE ROADMAP FOR
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AND OTHER STATES TO FIND
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> THE SAME APPARATUS CAN BE
CREATED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND
MISSISSIPPI AND OTHER SOUTHERN
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. WHEN THAT IS DONE AND VOTERS
ARE TOUCHED AND UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF COMING OUT TO
VOTE PERHAPS WE WILL THREE.
>> WE ARE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK
WITH SENATOR WARNOCK AT 5 30.
>>> JON OSSOFF IS THE FIRST
JEWISH MAN TO REPRESENT GEORGIA
IN THE U.S. SENATE.
IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS MILESTONE
WITH DEEP ROOTS IN GEORGIA.
>> IT ORIGINATED WITH THE
DEPENDENCE OF SLAVES.
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAD ITS
OWN SET OF STRUGGLES.
THE TWO INTERESTS HAD A MERGER
OF SORTS ABOUT A HALF A CENTURY
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. 108
AGO. 108 YEARS AGO A JEWISH MAN
NAMED LEO FRANK WAS CONVICTED
OF THE MURDER OF A 13-YEAR-OLD
GIRL NAMED MARY FAGAN IN
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. WHITE SUPREMACIST LYNCHED FRANK
AND MARYETTA.
AND MARYETTA. AT A SPOT NOW MARKED WITH THE
STORY OF ANTI-SEMITIC THE TREE.
WHITE SUPREMACIST THE TEMPLE ON
PEACHTREE STREET.
PEACHTREE STREET. THE ACCUSED BOMBERS ESCAPED
CONVICTION.
CONVICTION. IT'S RABBI JACOB ROTHSCHILD HAD
ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE
MOVEMENT LED BY MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR.
KING JUNIOR. ALARMING SON AND HIS
CONGREGATION.
CONGREGATION. >> HE INVITED PROMINENT BLACK
SPEAKERS ONTO HIS PULPIT.
>> THE 56 OF DYNAMITE STATICS
LOADED AT THE TEMPLE BADLY
DAMAGE THE BUILDING BUT INJURED
NOBODY.
NOBODY.
NOBODY. AND THEN IS WHITE CHRISTIAN
LEADERS RALLIED SUPPORT.
INTERN RABBI ROTHSCHILD RALLIED
THEM TO SUPPORT DR. KING.
WHEN KING WON THE NOBEL PEACE
PRIZE IN 1964 RABBI ROTHSCHILD
ORGANIZED A MULTIRACIAL BANQUET
IN THE KINGS HONOR.
ATTENDED BY BUSINESS LEADERS OF
ALL BACKGROUNDS.
ALL BACKGROUNDS. DR. KING WAS MURDERED FOR USE
LATER THE RABBI DELIVERED A
EULOGY AND CEMENTED AN
ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE. OVER THE LAST YEAR RAFAEL
WARNOCK NOW THE PASTOR AT
KING'S CHURCH AND JON OSSOFF IN
THE TEMPLE ATTENDEE CAMPAIGN
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THEY BEAT THE ODDS.
WON THE ELECTION AND ARE
REPRESENTING GEORGIA IN THE
U.S. SENATE TOGETHER.
>> SENATOR ELECT AWE SOFT AND
SENATOR WARNOCK ARE SCHEDULED
TO BE SWORN IN AND ABOUT 22
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. THE CEREMONY WILL BE DONE
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS FOLLOWED BY
A REENACTMENT THAT WE WILL
CARRY LIVE ON AIR RIGHT HERE ON
THE BROADCAST.
THE BROADCAST. WHENEVER IT MAY HAPPEN.
WE WILL SEE IF IT IS ON
>>
>> PLEASE
>> PLEASE WELCOME FROM THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON GEORGIA
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL
3920.
3920.
3920. FIRE CAPTAIN ANDREA M HALL FOR
THE RESIDING OF THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> IN A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF
INCLUSION SOUTH FULTON FIRE
CAPTAIN ANDREA HALL MOANA
SEVERAL GEORGIANS PURCHASE ARE
PAID IN TODAY'S CEREMONIES.
SHE SIGNED THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE AND RECITED IT AT
THE INAUGURATION.
THE INAUGURATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF RESPONSE IN
ASL COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW MUCH
THAT MEANT TO THEM.
GEORGIA WAS REPRESENTED ON
STAGE AT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS IS INAUGURATION.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO REPRESENT
THE PEACH STATE AND REPRESENT
THE BIDEN/HARRIS
THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE
APPOINTEES WITH LOCAL TIES.
>> Reporter: TO HELP US BREAK
DOWN THE GEORGIA TIES WE
REACHED OUT TO A PROFESSOR
GEORGIA WATSON JUNIOR.
HE WAS AN APPOINTEE HIMSELF IN
GEORGE W BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION.
>> THERE AROUND 1400 POLITICAL
APPOINTEES THAT SERVE IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT ARE POLITICAL APPOINTEES
IN PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES.
>> FIRST UP IS IN ATLANTA
NATIVE.
NATIVE.
NATIVE. THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
APPOINTED REGIONAL
APPOINTED REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO HELP
COORDINATE MEDIA INTERVIEWS
WITH MEMBERS OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. HER RESUME INCLUDES A DIRECTOR
IN THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN
MAXINE WATERS.
MAXINE WATERS. NEXT IS ADAM SCHOLZ.
ELIMINATED IN GEORGIA STATE
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE IS CHIEF
OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE
PHOTOGRAPHER.
PHOTOGRAPHER. >> IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT
ROLE OF DOCUMENTING VISUALLY
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >>
HOUSE. >> WE REMEMBER IMAGES MORE THAN
YOU WILL REMEMBER WORDS.
>> Reporter: HE IS ALSO THE
FORMER PHOTOGRAPHER DURING
HILLARY CLINTON 2016
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. STEPHANIE FELDMAN IS ORIGINALLY
FROM GEORGIA.
FROM GEORGIA. HER TITLE MAKES HER RESPONSIBLE
FOR COORDINATING DOMESTIC
POLICY ACROSS DIFFERENT
DOMESTIC BRANCH AGENCIES THAT
IMPACT THE U.S. DOMESTICALLY.
>> ANYTHING FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY TO HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES.
SERVICES.
SERVICES. WE WILL TALK ABOUT FOUR MORE
APPOINTEES AND DISCUSS HAVING
GEORGIANS IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
PROMISES MADE TO BLACK AMERICA.
DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. >> WE ALL DESERVE AS A RACE OF
PEOPLE, THERE IS NO QUESTION
HANDS-DOWN.
HANDS-DOWN. >> THE HISTORIC BLACK VOTER
TURNOUT AND WHAT IS NEXT.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR AFRICAN-
AMERICAN VOTERS TO LEVERAGE
THEIR POWER NOW.
>> IN THE MIDST OF THE UNREST
PANDEMIC BLACK LIVES MATTER AND
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. >> THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE
PROMISED.
PROMISED.