THANKS FOR WATCHING
"MIDMORNING" THIS THURSDAY.
EXTRA SECURITY AND CONCERNS
OVER THE PANDEMIC MADE
INAUGURATION DAY FOR PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS VERY DIFFERENT.
IT WAS DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
BUT THE MOMENTS WERE STILL
TREMENDOUS, EMOTIONAL,
MEMORABLE MOMENTS.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICS, I
SAW PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
SHAYLA, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US
ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT.
YEAH.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS WAS
ACTUALLY THE MOMENT WHEN YOU
SAW THAT FIST BUMP BETWEEN
INCOMING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS AND FORMER FIRST LADY
MICHELLE OBAMA.
I ACTUALLY SNAPPED A PICTURE OF
THAT AT MY DESK, TEXTED IT TO A
FEW OF MY FRIENDS BECAUSE I
FEEL LIKE FOR WOMEN IT'S VERY
MEANINGFUL, VERY IMPACTFUL TO
SEE OTHER WOMEN STILL BE ABLE
TO BE WHOLE AND CELEBRATE THE
SUCCESS AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF ANOTHER WOMAN AND NOT FEEL
ANY LESS THAN BECAUSE IT'S
SOMEONE ELSE'S MOMENT.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY
MEANINGFUL, VERY POWERFUL.
AND THAT STUCK WITH ME.
THAT WAS A GREAT MOMENT,
WASN'T IT?
HEATHER, YOU WERE INSPIRED
BY THE YOUNGEST POET LAUREATE.
YES.
I MEAN, SHE WAS JUST
INCREDIBLE.
STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS.
AND I KNOW FOR MANY PEOPLE THAT
HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE, I JUST
COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF HER.
I STARTED READING ABOUT HER
LAST NIGHT.
SHE WROTE THE MAJORITY OF THIS
POEM, "THE NIGHT OF THE RIOTS
AT THE CAPITOL."
THIS IS AMANDA GORMAN.
YOUNGEST INAUGURAL POET
LAUREATE.
PEOPLE LIKE MAY A ANGELOU AND
ROBERT FROST.
THINK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THIS
YEAR WITH THE INAUGURATION.
THE COUNTRY IS SO DIVIDED RIGHT
NOW, AND SHE HAD TO COME UP
WITH SOMETHING TO INSPIRE A
YOU KNOW, SHE HAD SAID I'M NOT
GOING TO GLOSS OVER OR ERASE
SOME OF THE TRUTHS WE REALLY
NEED TO DEAL WITH AS A COUNTRY,
BUT I REALLY WANT TO PROVIDE
HEALING, OR AT LEAST A PATHWAY
TO HEALING.
I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID IT
BEST.
HE SAID HER POEM MORE THAN MET
THE MOMENT.
NIGHT, AND THEY WERE JUST
MESMERIZED.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT AMANDA
GORMAN, THE WAY SHE'S HANDLED
ALL THIS ATTENTION IS AMAZING,
BUT SHE IS EXCEPTIONAL.
SHE IS EXCEPTIONAL, RIGHT?
AN INCREDIBLE TALENT.
HER PRESENCE UNDER THE
BRIGHTEST LIGHT, THE BIGGEST
MOMENT OF HER LIFE WAS AMAZING.
BUT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT
THERE WITH THAT TALENT.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF YOUNG
WOMEN, YOUNG GIRLS, WHITE,
BLACK, BROWN, YOU NAME IT, WHO
HAVE THAT IN THEM.
AND I THINK, LIKE, THE REAL
CHALLENGE OF HER MOMENT IS FOR
A PATHWAY FOR WHOMEVER IS NEXT
WITH THOSE INSPIRING WORDS,
RIGHT?
YOU KNOW IT'S OUT THERE.
YES.
AND I THINK IT'S MEANINGFUL
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
MENTIONED, THAT ARE WATCHING
MOMENTS LIKE THIS AND WONDERING
WHERE THEY COULD FIT INTO
HISTORY AND INTO OUR NATION'S
STORY.
SO TO CARVE OUT SPACE FOR A
MOMENT LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN, THE
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON HER AT A
TIME LIKE THAT, AND FOR HER TO
SHINE AND EXCEL AND JUST
INSPIRE SO MANY IN THAT SPACE,
IT'S GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS WON'T BE
THE FIRST -- THIS WON'T BE THE
ONLY TIME WE'RE SEEING HER.
NO.
WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT HER
FOR SOME TIME.
JASON, YOU ALSO HAD A VERY
IMPACTFUL MEMORY.
YEAH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SPECIAL TO SEE
EUGENE GOODMAN, THE U.S.
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WHO
FACED DOWN THAT MOB OF RIOTERS
DURING THE ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL BUILDING JUST A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO ESCORTING VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS AND HER
HUSBAND.
HE HAS A NEW ROLE AS THE ACTING
DEPUTY SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS.
AND WHEN HE WAS ANNOUNCED, LIKE
THE CROWD JUST WENT CRAZY.
ONE OF THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
TWEETED, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE
I MEAN, HE'S JUST SUCH AN
INSPIRING HUMAN, AND THAT ONE
MAN, REALLY, HE MAY HAVE SAVED
WHO KNOWS HOW MANY LIVES AS
WE'VE LEARNED MORE AND MORE
ABOUT THIS.
IT WAS COOL TO SEE HIM UP
THERE.
YOU COULD POINT TO SO MANY
MOMENTS THAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY.
LOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT
DAY ABOUT THIS COUNTRY,