ARE STILL HAVING SOME OF THE
TRADITION AND POMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE ARE SO
USED TO ON AN INAUGURATION DAY.
>> SOMETIMES WATCHING IT ON TV
YOU CAN HARDLY TELL THE
DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THOSE
EVENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT LIVE UPDATE
FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
>>> THE HOST OF FACING SOUTH
FLORIDA JOINS US NOW.
A HISTORIC DAY FOR MANY REASONS
INCLUDING SEVERAL VERSE.
THE FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT
AND AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY
LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING HEALTH
CRISIS.
>> ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
I HAVE BEEN GIVING A LOT OF
THOUGHT.
I WENT BACK AND I REREAD DONALD
TRUMP'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS FROM
FOUR YEARS AGO.
AT THAT TIME DONALD TRUMP
LOOKED ACROSS AMERICA AND
DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW.
AS AMERICAN CARNAGE.
COMPARE THAT TO WHAT WE HEARD
TODAY AND JOE BIDEN WHO WANTED
TO TELL AN AMERICAN STORY.
I TOOK NOTES BECAUSE I WANTED
TO GET IT RIGHT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID.
TOGETHER WE SHALL WRITE AN
AMERICAN STORY OF HOPE NOT
FEAR.
OF UNITY NOT DIVISION.
OF RIGHT NOT DARKNESS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PARTICULARLY
TELLING.
THE THEME OF LIGHT PERVADING
THROUGH WAS A THROUGH ON THAT
YOU SAW THAT JUST IN HIS
SPEECH.
LET'S FACE IT AMANDA GORMAN THE
YOUTH LAUREATE STOLE THE SHOW
IN A LOT OF WAYS WITH HER
SPEECH.
ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAID THAT
I ROLLED DOWN.
FOR THERE WAS ALWAYS LIGHT IF
ONLY WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SEE
IT.
IF ONLY WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO
BE IT.
I THINK THAT REALLY HAS MUCH AS
ANYTHING JOE BIDEN'S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS TODAY WASN'T JUST A
CALL FOR UNITY.
IT WAS ALSO A CALL FOR ACTION
FOR ALL AMERICANS TO TAKE A
SECOND LOOK AT THEMSELVES AT
THOSE AROUND THEM.
AND TO TRY TO BE BETTER.
>> ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE LAST
STANZA OF THAT POEM.
YOU MENTIONED HIS SPEECH WAS A
CALL FOR UNITY.
DO YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THIS
MOMENT?
WILL HE BE ABLE TO UNITE SUCH A
DIVIDED NATION -- >> IT
CERTAINLY IS A CHALLENGE.
ONE THAT HE LIKENED TO THE SAME
CHALLENGE THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CITED IN HIS SECOND INAUGURAL
ADDRESS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT
PUTTING HIS WHOLE SOUL INTO THE
JOB OF BRINGING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER.
FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR.
JOE BIDEN SAID HE WOULD PUT HIS
WHOLE SOUL INTO THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO
STRUCK ME AND LISTENING TO WHAT
JOE BIDEN SAID.
IT IS NOT JUST SIMPLY ENOUGH TO
CALL FOR UNITY.
THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CERTAIN
ACTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE
EMBARKED UPON AND YOU SAW IT
WAS AGAIN ONE OF THESE THINGS
HE CAME BACK TO TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
WAS THE POWER OF TRUTH.
AND AGAIN A COUPLE LINES I
ROLLED DOWN.
EVERY DISAGREEMENT DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE A CAUSE FOR TOTAL WAR.
WE MUST REJECT THE CULTURE IN
WHICH FACTS THEMSELVES ARE
MANIPULATED AND EVEN
MANUFACTURED.
HE CAME BACK TO THAT THEME
AGAIN.
RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS HAVE
TAUGHT US A PAINFUL LESSON.
THERE IS TRUTH AND THERE IS
LIES.
LIES TOLD FOR POWER AND FOR
PROFIT.
HE WENT ON TO SAY AS LEADERS OF
THE COUNTRY LOOKING AT THE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THOSE
IN ATTENDANCE IT WAS CALLED
UPON THEM NOT JUST TO DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION BUT TO DEFEND
THE TRUTH AND DEFEAT THE LIES.
THEN HE WRAPPED UP BY ALSO
MAKING A PROMISE HIMSELF.
TAKING A PERSONAL PLEDGE.
I GIVE YOU MY WORD I WILL
ALWAYS LEVEL WITH YOU.
SO THIS NOTION THAT YOU CANNOT
HAVE A UNIFIED COUNTRY IF YOU
ARE NOT OPERATING ON THE SAME
SET OF FACTS.
EITHER THERE ARE FACTS OR THERE
AREN'T FACTS.
IF WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH
AND DISTINGUISH THEM FROM THE
COMING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT IN THE
MEDIA ON BOTH SIDES THE DON'T
WANT TO NECESSARILY SEE THAT
HAPPEN.
THAT PROFIT FROM THE TENSION
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE GOT TO GET
THROUGH.