NEW GRIM MILESTONE, 400,000 DEATHS DUE TO COVID-19. WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE FROM
WASHINGTON.
OUR GLENNA MILBERG IS ON THE
FINAL SECURITY CHECK, BUT WE
BEGIN WITH OUR DC BUREAU CHIEF
ROSS PALOMBO LIVE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, ROSS?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, JUST
AMAZING MOMENTS WITH
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN JUST
A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THIS IS COMING FROM THE
REFLECTING POOL NEAR THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
LOOK AT ALL THESE SOLEMN
LIGHTS, 400 OF THEM.
IT IS A COMMEMORATION OF THE
400,000 AMERICAN LIVES LOST TO
CORONAVIRUS.
BIDEN SPEAKING JUST MOMENTS
AGO.
>> LET US SHINE THE LIGHTS IN
THE DARKNESS THROUGH THE
SACRED POOL OF REFLECTION AND
REMEMBER ALL WHOM WE’VE
LOST. >> AND THIS IS YOLANDA ADAMS PERFORMING.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
AND JUST BEFORE, LISTEN TO THE
VOICE OF A MICHIGAN NURSE
SINGING AMAZING GRACE.
THIS IS LORI MARIE KEY.
[♪ ♪]
>> SHE’S SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN
WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THIS PANDEMIC.
AS THIS WAS HAPPENING, DONALD
TRUMP RELEASING HIS FINAL
GOODBYE ON VIDEOTAPE FROM HERE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> THIS WEEK WE INAUGURATE A
NEW ADMINISTRATION AND PRAY
FOR ITS SUCCESS IN KEEPING
AMERICA SAFE AND PROSPEROUS.
>> AFTER STAYING OUT OF SIGHT
FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK, THE
PRESIDENT RELEASING HIS
FAREWELL ADDRESS, LISTING HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TALKING
ABOUT THE ATTACK HE’S NOW
ACCUSED OF INCITING.
>> ALL AMERICANS WERE
HORRIFIED BY THE ASSAULT ON
OUR CAPITOL.
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS AN
ATTACK ON EVERYTHING WE
CHERISH AS AMERICANS.
IT CAN NEVER BE TOLERATED.
>> AS THE SENATE PREPARES FOR
TRUMP’S SECOND IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL, MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL NOW ALSO FLAT OUT
ACCUSING TRUMP OF SPARKING
THAT ATTACK.
>> THE MOB WAS FED LIES.
THEY WERE PROVOKED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND OTHER POWERFUL
PEOPLE.
>> TRUMP ALSO SPENDING HIS
LAST 24 HOURS COMPILING HIS
FINAL PARDON LIST AFTER
CONSIDERING PARDONS FOR
HIMSELF AND HIS CHILDREN IN
THE FACE OF POSSIBLE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS, SOURCES SAYING
THAT’S NOW UNLIKELY.
AND NOW NEITHER IS ONE FOR
PERSONAL ATTORNEY RUDY
GIULIANI WHO SAYS HE DIDN’T
WANT ONE.
BUT MORE THAN 100 WILL STILL
GET THEM, INCLUDEING RAPPER AND
TRUMP SUPPORTER LIL WAYNE.
ALL OF THIS AS PRESIDENT-ELECT
JOE BIDEN IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO
WASHINGTON.
>> OUR NEXT JOURNEY TO
WASHINGTON STARTS HERE.
>> THE INAUGURATION ALREADY
BEGINNING LAST NIGHT WITH A
GROWING FIELD OF FLAGS
REPRESENTING THE AMERICANS WHO
CAN’T ATTEND.
TONIGHT, BIDEN REMEMBERING THE
400,000 AMERICANS KILLED BY
CORONAVIRUS
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS CORONAVIRUS. THE FIRST MEMBERS OF HIS
CABINET BEGINNING THEIR SENATE
HEARINGS TODAY.
SO FAR, NOT A SINGLE SECRETARY
HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, INCLUDING
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE.
>> THERE IS SIMPLY NO PLACE
FOR POLITICS, EVER.
>> BUT POLITICS STILL PLAYING
AN UGLY ROLE IN THE FINAL
TRANSFER OF POWER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE
MILITARY NOW WILL USE TWO
NUCLEAR FOOTBALLS.
ONE FOR BIDEN AND ONE THAT
WILL TRAVEL TO TRUMP TO
MAR-A-LAGO FOR HIS LAST
MOMENTS AS PRESIDENT.
LIVE PICTURES ON THE NATIONAL
MALL, THIS IS THE REFLECTING
POOL STARTING AT THE BASE OF
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
THIS IS A COMMEMORATION OF THE
400,000 AMERICAN LIVES LOST TO
CORONAVIRUS.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
SPEAKING AT THAT JUST MOMENTS
AGO.
ACROSS FROM WHERE I’M STANDING
IS BLARE HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
AND DR. JILL BIDEN ARRIVING
THERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.