>> HISTORY BEING MADE TODAY. PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO HOLD THE
OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT.
THAT’LL DO IT FOR US AT 5:30.
TIME NOW FOR THE NEWS AT 6:00.
>> I, JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN
JR., DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> RIGHT NOW AT 6:00, A NEW
DAY IN AMERICA.
>> THE NEW DAWN BLOOMS AS WE
FREE IT.
FOR THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHT IF
ONLY WE’RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SEE
IT, IF ONLY WE’RE BRAVE ENOUGH
TO BE IT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MR.
PRESIDENT.
[cheering]
PRESIDENT. [cheering] >> JOE BIDEN PROMISING TO TAKE
GIANT STEPS FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> WE CAN DO THIS IF WE OPEN
OUR SOULS INSTEAD OF HARDENING
OUR HEARTS.
>> PRAYING FOR THE THOUSANDS
OF AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES TO THE PANDEMIC.
>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS MAKING HISTORY.
>> AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
HEADS TO HIS HOME HERE IN
FLORIDA
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA FLORIDA. >> THIS IS AMERICA’S DAY.
>> TONIGHT, LOCAL 10 NEWS
EXCLUSIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE
INAUGURATION OF JOSEPH R.
BIDEN.
>> NOW TO LIVE PICTURES OF THE
WHITE HOUSE AND WASHINGTON DC,
THE SITE OF AN HISTORIC DAY,
THE SWEARING IN OF THE 46TH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
IT WAS A DAY OF MANY FIRSTS,
INCLUDING A SMALLER AND MUCH
MORE INTIMATE CROWD.
>> WE BEGIN WITH OUR DC BUREAU
CHIEF ROSS PALOMBO, THE ONLY
SOUTH FLORIDA REPORTER AT THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR THIS HISTORIC
DAY.
ROSS?
DAY. ROSS? >> CALVIN AND NICOLE, HERE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD TRUMP
HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS ALREADY
IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND ALREADY
AT WORK.
THE ONE TRADITION THAT DONALD
TRUMP DID ADHERE TO WAS TO
LEAVE A LETTER FOR THE
INCOMING PRESIDENT.
JOE BIDEN HAS READ THAT LETTER
AND JUST MOMENTS AGO WE ASKED
HIM ABOUT IT.
>> ALL OF THIS AS BIDEN WAS
SIGNING THE FIRST EXECUTIVE
ORDER ALREADY ON HIS DESK.
ALREADY GETTING TO WORK JUST
FIVE HOURS AFTER BEING SWORN
IN.
>> EXACTLY 50 YEARS AND 15 DAY
SINCE HIS FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL
SWEARING IN, SCRAPPY JOE BIDEN
FROM SCRANTON BECOMING
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MR.
PRESIDENT.
[cheering]
PRESIDENT. [cheering] >> BIDEN’S MESSAGE TO THE
COUNTRY, ONE SIMPLE WORD OFTEN
REPEATED.
>> UNITY, UNITY.
MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN THIS,
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER,
UNITING OUR PEOPLE, UNITING
OUR NATION.
>> THAT CALL COMING AS THE
COUNTRY CONFRONTS THE WORST
PANDEMIC IN A CENTURY.
A RAVAGED ECONOMY, A RACIAL
RECKONING AND PAINFULLY DEEP
POLITICAL DIVIDES.
ALL CRISES AMERICA IS
BEGINNING TO MEET.
ALREADY ON THIS VERY SPOT.
>> AND HERE WE STAND, 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.
>> BIDEN NOT MENTIONING DONALD
TRUMP BUT ADDRESSING WHAT HE
WROUGHT.
>> WE MUST REJECT THE CULTURE
IN WHICH FACTS THEMSELVES ARE
MANIPULATED AND EVEN
MANUFACTURED.
>> BIDEN STARTED THE DAY BY
REACHING OUT TO REPUBLICANS.
LEADERS MITCH McCONNELL AND
KEVIN McCARTHY JOINING HIM FOR
A MORNING PRAYER.
>> ON THIS DAY WHEN WE
EMPHASIZE NATIONAL UNITY.
>> AND EVEN WITHOUT THE
OUTGOING PRESIDENT, FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
ATTENDING THIS TRANSFER OF
POWER ALONG WITH PAST
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
BUSH AND DEMOCRATS BARACK AND
MICHELLE OBAMA, BILL AND
HILLARY CLINTON.
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ
SITTING NEAR THEM, THIS HER
VIEW OF JOE BIDEN.
THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION EVEN
SERENADED IN UNITY.
IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
ALL BY AMERICA’S DIVERSE
STARS.
AND ALL WERE HERE ALSO TO
WITNESS THE HISTORY OF KAMALA
HARRIS, THE FIRST WOMAN OF
COLOR TO SERVE AS VICE
PRESIDENT.
BOTH TOGETHER ENTERING OFFICE
AND WASTING NO TIME.
>> 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.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO.
IN FACT, JUST A MOMENT AGO,
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS
SWEARING IN HUNDREDS UPON
HUNDREDS OF POLITICAL
EMPLOYEES.
HE DID IT VIRTUALLY FROM THE
OVAL OFFICE BECAUSE OF COVID.
CALVIN AND NICOLE, THESE ARE
ESSENTIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO
WILL BE RUNNING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OVER THE NEXT