and american life. he claims the birth rite has a different definition. the world health organization cannot count the united states among its members. gone are the 78 biden era executive actions. things that prohibited things like sex discrimination or allowed transgender people to work in the armed forces. if you wanted a government job, maybe too bad for you. there's a federal hiring freeze in effect. and those federal employees are expected to be back in the office. >> there's also officially apparently a gulf of america, renaming the gulf of mexico. there were terror threats. there's no more paris accord. there is a national energy emergency. there's tiktok, too. for 75 more days. >> and tonight, we're keeping our eyes trained, believe it or not, on a jail in the capital. where we may see the

beneficiaries of trump's first pardons on his first day in office, the january 6th rioters. the president called these people who made plea deals or convicted by their peers, he called them hostages. and he did so in front of an israeli held captive by hamas, a real hostage. the families of others are still held by hamas as we speak tonight. >> i want to go to cnn correspondent doni o'sullivan, outside of the jail we were talking about, where some of the january 6th rioter s are being held. what's happening? >> that's right. really incredible scene. people who have been campaigning for the release of these january 6th convicts have been gathering for more than 900 nights outside of this jail. and finally, the campaign is coming to an end.

they are expecting, perhaps even any moment now, some of the convicts to walk out of the doors. it's still unknown when the folks will be released. it's incredible. what we have heard from the activists who have been here for many years now, they wanted everybody pardoned. they wanted violence, nonviolence, people from the proud boys, the oathkeepers on down. and there was, among the activists, some nervousness, that given some republicans said that violent protesters shouldn't be pardoned. there was surprise and delight when it was announced that trump was basically pardoningpardoning everybody. and some of the folks are gathered here. some folks are waiting on folks to be released. there's some amount of counterdemonstrators.

a large police presence. and in the past few hours, we've been speaking to one of the inmates in there, rachel powell. she was convicted on multiple counts for what she did on january 6th, including breaking a window at the capitol, with a pick axe. she called us from inside the jail. she is delighted. in fact, she wants to get out tonight. if she gets out tonight, she hopes to make it to one of the inaugural balls. it's still not clear if folks are going to come through these doors or not. certainly none of these people are leaving until folks come out. but look, hundreds of people across the country, to be released, if not continue, but in the next few days. really, just stunning for even the activists, so involved in this. >> all of the resources invested in doing the prosecutions to this point tonight.

donie, thank you. joining me is bill steppian. he was the campaign lead in 2020. he was part of the video testimony that played during the hearings. bill, what happened today, if we're being honest, is that donald trump pardoned almost everyone. the violent ones, the ones who broke and entered, the ones who used weapons to break into the capital, who broke past police lines. all of them. and a handful more, the sentences were commuted with the possibility they could be later pardoned. are you surprised he went that far? >> i think pardons are always optically messily and unseemly. but democrats lost a ton of moral high ground when biden pardoned hunter. it was so much politics that biden put upon them out the door.

jump was up front with his intentions. he planned to do this in the campaign. he played videos and songs from the prisoners at many of his rallies. america didn't slap him down in november. they voltvoted for him in november. would you expect him not to issue the pardons? he was clear with his combinations. >> i mean, bill -- >> and did this on day one after facing voters in november. >> do you really think assaulted police officers with a fire extinguisher is the same thing, even as pardoning hunter biden, as distasteful, ethically wrong, or whatever that might be. putting that aside. are you really saying those are the same thing?

>> i'd ask what personal benefit does donald trump get from the pardons? none. does joe biden get benefit from his pardons? yes. what financial benefit does donald trump get from these pardons? none. i would say joe biden gets benefit from his pardons. >> you're saying this is this is actually less significant thing to pardon all of these violent criminals? >> no. what i'm saying is that -- know it's very strange for politicians to talk about something on the campaign trial and then actually get into office, let alone on day one and actually do it. that's what's happening here. he talked about this -- i'm surprised -- i'm surprised you're surprised. >> one of the reasons i'm surprised, last week, you know, his nominee -- one of his nominees said, that she didn't think that donald trump

liked people who assaulted police officers. she said she didn't think they would be on the list of people who were pardoned. that turned out to be completely incorrect. i mean, it used to be an article of faith that the republican party backed the blue. what happened to that? >> i worked for donald trump long enough to know you should never get in front of the president and his plans. president trump stood against the fund the police when it was all the rage. he was strong against district attorneys like the one in philadelphia. don't forget, in september, vice president harris didn't get the fop endorsement. the largest organization of cops. donald trump did. so, i think donald trump -- read a lot into that endorsement. >> what i am reading a lot into are the images you may not be able to sea, but we can see. of police officers fighting for their lives. now vice president j.d. vance last week said people

who committed violence on january 6th, obviously shouldn't be pardoned. they were pardoned today. one more thing, i want to play for you some things actually that donald trump said yesterday and today, about the election in 2020. listen. >> i would like to think back to the past. if only the election weren't rigged, all of the things that would have happened that were so good. it was. we're not going to let that happen again. 2020, that election was rigged. but that's okay. it was a rigged election. you know, the only thing good about it -- it showed how bad they are. >> i believe in this sanctity. it was too big to rig. really the opposite. >> i should note the second of those clips was donald trump speaking in the capitol that was ransacked by his supporters. you pointed out that, you

know, he doesn't gain anything financially. he certainly gains a lot politically, by rewriting the history of that day. what are the consequences, bill, for the country, that now the president has said, there are no consequences for breaking into the capitol, trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power and doing it on my behalf? >> america benefits when we look forward and not back to 2020. i think president trump benefits when we look forward to the now and the future as opposed to looking backwards. these pardons are not popular. seven in ten support pardons. republicans are usually 90/10. two in three independents oppose these pardons. this is not a political benefit to donald trump. if anything, it's something that's going to ding him politically, not help him. >> we will soon find out.

bill stepien, thank you for joining us. our panel is here in the studio. sir michael your thoughts. >> donald trump has articulated a campaign for a year and a half, this is what he was going to do. i will say, democrats had an opportunity to draw a contrasting argument for why they thought it was wrong. they attempted to do so. and ultimately, the voters had opportunity to assess all of this. they made a decision that ultimately led to donald trump going back to the white house. we can debate the morality of this or the ethics of this. if you were to sit down with average americans and you were to draw a contrast of what those individuals were facing in their day-to- day lives, i wonder where this would rank. >> isn't that the point. you're using the election

to justify trump's pardoning. the top issues for american people were immigration and the economy. this does not rank. the idea they endorse this -- bill made this point. it's not popular. >> you're exactly right. we were doing focus groups, folks had forgotten about january 6th. you asked what they cared about, it was gas and groceries. we had a peaceful transfer of power. to victors go to spoil. but the american people, when they went and voted, they want the gas and groceries to be cheaper. >> if i'm in the political shop of the white house, i know the president is going to do this, as gilligan did. i'm assessing this and say, let's get this over with now, politically. in week three, month two, we've moved on to another issue. the american people have moved on and get it over with now. so we can focus on gas and the cost of groceries.

>> i am disapointed by these pardons. but i am not surprised. he did pardon them. he did commit that during the campaign. on this network, we debated a lot about whether democracy was going to be a ringing theme that penetrated in the electorate. it didn't for democrats. but i think this action -- and i sat on here and i will continue to say. i think this action is a threat to democracy. democracy doesn't die with one fatal blow. it dies by a thousand cuts. by pardoning over 1,500 today. that's 1,500 cuts to democracy. we're talking a lot about pardons today and we'll talk about the 14th amendment. let me tell you a couple of other things that donald trump did in executive orders, when it comes to helping the american people. he took away for protections fshg for held and safety. he took away medicaid and

affordable care act. and people said, when they realized the health care was affordable care act, and obamacare, they didn't want donald trump to take it away. he took away, americans access to affordable, quality health care. he took away lowering prescription drug costs for americans. those are things that the american people wanted donald trump to do today. and instead, he did something he did an attack on our democracy by pardoning them. he's doing things that are going to make their cost of living higher. and he did one other thing. he took away the office of faith- based and neighborhood partnerships, an office that your boss created. we had a lot of talk about god and cripture quoting and he took away the area of faith- based institutions. he did a lot of dancing to

"ymca" and he hurt a lot of americans. the clock has started to tick on donald trump. he has to make good on his promises. and the show is not going to end well for him. >> i would argue, he has every right to do all of those things. and that's well within the bounds of the things that any republican probably might want to do. but that's the difference, right, between what you're talking about and the other thing. >> is that what the voters wanted him to do? >> i appreciate your spin on everything. and republicans don't think we need a government bureaucracy to intervene with us and the almighty. but -- >> didn't your boss create the office? george w. bush created that office. >> we want evangelicals. we did okay with the christians. donald trump today, we spent 99% of our time today and democrats spent 99% of their time talking about january 6th.

and i would humbly and respectfully submit to it all, if this is the conversation you will have for four years, you will get politically punished by the american people who are desperate to look into the future and not continue to wring hands about -- >> the only person who brought this up today, scott, was donald trump. >> donald trump. >> he was the one that put it on the agenda. he didn't have to do that. and he did it. >> he promised he was going to do it. >> you talk about looking forward, why isn't he looking forward? >> he is looking forward. he would say i'm trying to put this behind us. and democrats and the media are trying to make this the center of the political conversation. >> i guarantee he will talk about him winning the 2020 election and january 6th. it was a terrible day. what i'm ing democrats to do

is don't lose focus. he's doing things that people who voted for him, it is not going to make the quality of life any better. >> decreasing inflation makes quality of life better. >> i promised we would do this. so, i'm going to make sure we do it. chuck, you're going to be my victim now. joe biden, he did some extraordinary things this morning, historic and not in a good way. he did muddy the waters own pardons. why did he do that? >> there's people around him in the white house, that wanted things like this to happen. as a democrat who has to run midterm elections in 30 congressional races, 14 are represented by democrats that donald trump wants, i have to defend this in political ads to talk about, they will try to make all these congressmen

and congressionals that piece. this muddies a successful presidency. he did a lot of good things. but people will talk about the exit. and that's what's going to stick with me in the midterm elections. >> can someone tell me what crimes mark milley committed? >> what crimes? >> what crimes did he commit that donald trump thinks he should be prosecutored for? no one? why does donald trump talk about prosecuting someone, that i know and you know. >> did he get a pardon? what crimes did he commit or joe biden thinks he committed. >> donald trump today, he was attacking mille y. he took his picture offoff wall. he says he thinks milley should be tried for treason. >> he thinks milley was undermining him. >> is that a crime?

>> i'm sure it's not good. i don't know. but joe biden was worried enough to pardon him. >> this is a fundamental that we face has a country. crimes are crimes. when you commit them and you're prosecuted, they are crimes, right? and they should stand. when someone like donald trump is willy- nilly accusing everybody and their mother he does not like of crimes, that's deeply problematic and undermines the system. >> one can make the same argument that democrats did the same thing against the president, now president. they can point to his children or others around him, who were not found guilty of crimes. i saw a lot of that on the campaign. >> they were not. >> the premise of your question, donald trump saying this person did something. this person did something illegally. my pushback is that democrats made similar arguments in the campaign trial. >> donald trump children

were never charged with crimes. >> donald trump was. >> donald trump, you said, incited an insurrection. you wrote that down. >> yes. >> he was investigated and charged for that. donald trump took classified documents that belong to the united states government. he was investigated and prosecuted for that. donald trump -- >> and not found guilty. >> you're arguing that this is people throwing charges at donald trump. he did something. he was investigated. he was charged. the process went through. and it was thrown out. so, it's not the same thing as him saying liz cheney, she should go to jail. even you have to admit this. >> this is what i submit. when people have to put gas in the car and have to go to the grocery store, they don't care what donald trump said about liz cheney or milley or anybody else out there. they want donald trump to

bring the costs down, to your point. it is going to be important for republicans to tackle some of the things. particularly with the new, softer, american voters men of color, black, hispanic women. if we establish that, the president is moving in the right direction. >> we're going to take a quick break. you're seeing president trump at the liberty ball, one of the other balls that's happening tonight, walk on the stage with first lady melania trump. who is who of tech ceos at trump's inauguration. including elon musk. how much does he have trump's ear and will he have in the next four years?

you're watching president trump and the first lady melania and the family at their second party of the night, the liberty ball. images worth a thousand words, take a look at this one. if you add up the net worth

of everyone in this picture, it's closing in on a trillion dollar. mark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, elon musk, there, just a few feet away. other tech titans weren't that far away. apple's sam cooke, and all there by the president of the united states. musk, though, is in a category of his own, isn't he? he got a speaking role at the capital one arena today. >> my heart goes out to you. it is thanks to you to the future of civilization is assured. and we're going to take doge to mars. can you imagine how awesome it will be to have american

astronauts plant the flag on another planet, for the first time? yeah. >> well, marc caputo is back, and tim in a tally is here, as well. marc, we go to your first, as we hear "unchained melody. " it's patrick swayze and "ghost. " elon musk has been on the grounds tonight. we have to do this. talk about the amount of power he might wield in the west wing. >> he has a tremendous amount of power in the west wing because donald trump prizes elon musk above anyone else currently, in that, what donald trump really loves is guys that make money. this is a guy who has made more money, i think, than anyone

else has. and if he is not healthy enough, he has other insanely wealthy guys around him. donald trump is feeling it. elon musk has his ear. elon musk wants it, donald trump wants it. they will do the best job to make it happen. >> it was supposed to be a one- two punch, a co- leadership with ramaswamy. he is out at this time. should doge be in the hands of elon musk? >> basically, yeah. it was an elon musk idea and vivek needed a job and things didn't work. so, vivek is no longer with us at doge. >> i have to ask you, there's a discussion and biden's final oval office address of the nation, talked about the threat of oligarchs, in the context of a democracy, he was concerned about. i showed you the picture of the people in silicon valley, huge millionaires, billionaires

in one instance. does that fuel even further the threat of the oligarchs? >> it doesn't just fuel it, it establishes it. i was thinking about a similar tableau, if we wanted to have something like this before. what would you have to have? in the 1950s, it would be all of the ceos of the steel companies. in that era, u.s. steel was king. and there was a concern about collusion. and there was. you'd never have them turn up at a presidential inauguration. and you wouldn't have them intermixed with members of the cabinet. in the '70s, you would have the seven sisters, the oil companies. can you imagine if all of the ceos of an oil companies came to a presidential inauguration and sat in the front row. you think

about the marxist disinformation about the united states. the soviet union put out that -- >> we want to listen to what trump is saying. >> it began really early. we made a good decision doing it in the rotunda, as opposed in about four degrees with the windchill factor. that would not have been pretty. did you ever speak in really cold weather. you can't. they would say, the fake news over there, he's cognitively impaired. there's something wrong with him. we didn't want to give them the chance to do that. we had a great time. we had 72-degree temperature in the rotunda. we had the people we needed and the people we need tonight. you guys are unbelievable and we love you all. we said a lot of things today. i think we got tremendous reviews on the speech. and i wanted to put in really rough stuff. and all of my people, including

j.d. , they said, let's not put that paragraph in. i love that paragraph. it was a paragraph on biden shouldn't be pardoning his family. and we had a couple of others that were far worse than that. they said the speech is so nice and unifying. all right. we won't do it. i'll do it two hours later. we've been doing it all night long. you know, we're going to turn this country around and fast. we have assets like nobody else. we have our people. that's our greatest asset, the people of our country. and i have a great family. i just look around. my son, eric, has been so incredible. married to a woman that will

be the head of the republican party. >> we've been hearing different it rations of this speech today, and at his swearing in. i see behind him, some famous characters, seem to be comprised, the village people, the "ymca" song, on the campaign trial, performing tonight. i'm going to go back to tim on this point. the idea of the oligarchy and who is present with him. >> i thought you were going to ask me about the village people. >> you can talk about that, as well. that's the funniest use of a song that has so many different meanings. >> now, it seems petty. >> no, no. here's the point. it is incredible, that the most important industry in the united states, i mean, arguably, is silicon valley. it's the source of so much of the important disruption. but good

disruptions going on. that those people should be there at this inauguration and they have two important sources of power. one is the technological capability. the other is to control speech. what is worrying to me, not so much how many more government contracts they have, because they have a lot. they're billionaires to begin with. the extent of which, they could do if they wanted to, what victor orbun and vladimir putin -- we're not the same country. i'm not an alarmist. the other countries, the far right have developed a system to limit speechl. and if any people can limit speech, those men, they're all men, are standing up for the president today. >> the idea of quote/unquote, everyday person, that trump is trying to appeal to. and the contrast of the

people surrounding him. it might be that they become less of a symbol of ing wealth and more of aspirational wealth for some people. you've been watching the coming and going of people to mar-a-lago for a long time now. there's people not in line with what trump believes about musk. i'm talking about steve bannon, for example. >> he dissed the maga movement being racist. he used the left tropes to come after us. these oligarchs in the silicon valley, they have a different view of how people should govern themselves. i call it techno feudalism. they don't believe in self-governance. >> what's your reaction? >> steve the bannon is a

revolution ary. when ve vikram vivek ram wham swami came out, he was targeted. the way they described it administered, was unpopular. bannon is on the side of the base. and he believes that donald trump is going to come his way and not elon musk's way. >> i want to talk to the rhythm or whatever the people are going to dance to. that's snappy. martin, tip, thank you so much. next, more live cnn coverage of the second trump inauguration. and the second ball he's been to today. stick with us. ♪ ♪

we are keeping our eye on the inaugural balls all over washington. the president and first family at their second ball of the night, the liberty ball. one of president trump's executive orders begins this fight over his attempt to scratch out a piece of the constitution, that outlines birthright citizenship. here with us in the studio, is cnn legal analyst elliot williams. elliot, this will not come as a surprise to you, if you have been listening to con ing ing ing ing to conservatives for some time now. one particular conservative would not be cover under citizenship. vivek ramaswamy says the 14th does not speak. >> i think what president

does the president have? he can issue executive orders, unless he is doing somebody else's job, doing the job of congress or the courts or reaching too far. now, the language of the constitution is quite clear about what this is citizenship in the united states. all persons born or naturalized in the united states, are citizens of the united states. that's out of the 14th amendment. >> subject to the jurisdiction thereof. they are saying if you're a diplomat, you're not subject to the jurisdiction therefore, your kids are not citizens of the united states. does that apply there? >> it does not. >> and the courts have held it does not. >> when you are the child of a diplomat, you are subject to your country's jurisdiction. that's part of longstanding agreements between

the united states and the other countries. on the grounds of an embassy, united states law enforcement doesn't have the capacity. >> but if your parents are citizens of another country and here illegally, and you're -- wouldn't that also make them subject to the laws of their -- >> no. not under the diplomatic arrangements that happen on the grounds of an embassy or whatever else. if somebody is a diplomat, an ambassador, they are notnot to jurisdiction of the united states. >> they wouldn't -- i don't think they want that to be the interpretation of that clause. if you are a citizen of a foreign country and in the united states, you're not subject to the jurisdiction of american laws. that's not what we want. >> it's not what we want in this country. virtually every scholar that's looked at this, says it runs afoul of the law. it runs afoul of the law if courts say it does.

and they have to file lawsuits and see what happens. this is as aggressive and as much testing the boundaries of the 14th. the language is clear. there's all sorts of places in the constitution or american law. there isn't ambiguity on the 14th. >> they are trying to make a court fight. you brought up the e.o. he designated the cartels at terrorist organizations. trump wants to do this. i'm not sure he's going to get a lot of optician to it. >> he was asked in the oval office, can you envision sending special forces to go after cartels in mexico. he said, you never know what might happen. for people who live in this country with this drug crisis we have, and have been waiting for some kind of aggressive action and aggressive pushback where it comes from, he's going to give it to him.

as a political matter and a policy matter, it will ring well for people who have seen the drug crisis. >> the problem with both of these, is in donald trump's mind, the citizenship of my grandparents and because they came here undocumented, i wouldn't have birthright citizenships. and he has said i have something to do with the cartels because i'm a brown man. i agree. you know i can agree with that. he thinks that i'm that person because i'm a mexican. >> i don't think he believes people who are u.s. citizens, living here with ancestry or heritage are part of cartels. i think he thinks cartels coming in mexico, are terrorist organizations. i think you are conflating immigration policy issues with clear terrorist activity,

as you pointed out, most americans can agree. >> as a democrat i agree with. >> it would be beneficial for countries to get rid of the cartels. >> they don't want the united states coming into their country and carrying out military operations. just saying. >> there could be joint partnerships, human trafficking, sex trafficking. it is beneficial to the countries to live in safe communities. i would hope to the president of mexico and other countries would agree with the united states. we would love your assistance and support in ridding our nations of the drug cartels. >> one of the things that is fascinating about this conversation, is the president can't override the constitution, right? and jump is testing that with this executive order on birthright citizenship. he is hoping that it goes to

the courts. and the supreme court that many americans feel is overly politicized, will side with him and potential ly and he's doing it also with the tiktok e.o. , in that there's a law -- i like tiktok, but the e.o. is in violation of the law. i'm not saying this should be the democratic talking points but those are chips at democracy. it's an overreach at the chipping of the president. >> did you think it was a chip at democracy when he was taking away by his statement? i thought it was culiar. i think he did it when he did it because it would go through the courts if we tried to -- this is what i'm saying. i think we have four years of

this. this is what we're doing. and it's testing the bounds that i feel uncomfortable with. >> ashley, tell us what's going on with -- >> well, my beloved -- >> i'm so distracted. it's so red. >> i forgot bauds you got me heated and talking about e.o. s. i'm a buckeye class of 2004. my dad was a buckeye. he played football, basketball, baseball, at ohio state. and tonight is the only thing j.d. vance and i will ever agree on. our buckeyes won the national championship. thank you. >> congratulations. everyone, thank you very much. coming up, we're going to speak with one of the performers at tonight's liberty ball. what he says he wants to see from the trump presidency.

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in washington, d.c. celebrations with live performances are well under way. president trump putting on his dancing shoes to cap off his return to the white house. hey, joining me now, country music star parker mccallum. he is performing at the commander in chief ball tonight. parker, so good to meet you. you, made your big debut at the grand ole opry a few years ago. could you ever imagine performing on a stage like this now? >> you know, i guess i had it in the back of my mind a little bit. me and my guys have been so blessed and done it the hard way and felt like what we earned every stripe that we have. and trying to continue to do so. i try never to let the moment get too big. act like you've been there, like my dad always tells me. tonight is no different. there's some nerves, with all of the hype about everything. we're honored to be here.

>> my dad used to say, i've been to plenty of places like this. you have that attitude. let me ask you this, is an inaugural ball. carrie underwood, said she was humbled to answer this call to perform. how are you feeling about this opportunity? how did it all come about, anyway? >> my brother-in- law, actually, my brother-in- law and sister own a company based out of austin, texas, now. they were here in washington, d.c. for 15 or 16 years. did a lot of good work. built it from the ground-up. they contacted him. and he called me and said that, you know, they want you to play at the inauguration. i bleed red, white and blue. i love this country with every fiber in my body. it's an honor for someone to consider us for something like this. much less it actually happen and get to come out and do it. it's just a long- winded way of saying, no, i never thought i would be on a stage like this.

i'm humbled and honored. and looking to put on a great show. >> your family said, i know a guy. he has number one hits. consecutive ones. you're going to be at the commander in chief ball. that honors military service members. does that hold greater meeting? you have the inaugural ball. one honoring the military. >> it holds a special place in my heart. i bleed red, white and blue. i love this country. i'm a very proud american. to get the opportunity to come here and play some of my songs and maybe a couple others. maybe surprises in there. what kind of surprises? let me know. >> i don't want to spoil it. we're going to close with a good one, one that i think the military personnel here tonight will really feel and identify with. hopefully, we made a good choice on the set list.

and remember the words. the nerves are high, which is rare for me. i'm looking forward to it. >> carrie performed a cappella. sometimes you roll with the punches and pivot if it happens. some people like to stay away from politics in general. they don't want anything to do with it. they don't want anyone to think anything about them. what do you want people to know why you want to be a part of the inauguration? and do you have anything you want president trump to try to accomplish this term? >> on the political side of things, i got guys that work for me that step to both sides of the aisle. i'm big on everybody comes from a different background. everybody has different life experiences, raised a different way, thinks a different way, whatever side you vote for or whatever you want to call it, it doesn't matter to me, if your heart's good and your mind's good and you're working hard and you

believe in this country. i was raised a certain way and believe that firmly. i always will. it oesn't make a difference to me, as long as you're a good person and have a good heart. i will stand on that until the end. what i hope trump to accomplish, unity would be number one on the list for me. if you love america, it doesn't matter who is running it. you have to pull for whatever is running it. hoping they are doing a good job. whether you voted for them or not. if you want to see the working man and working woman elevate in this country, and achieve the american dream, it doesn't matter who is running the country. you have to be pulling for everybody. we're all americans at the end of the day. that's the thing i would like him to focus on the most. showing we aren't as different as we're all made out to be these days. >> well, sounds like, parker

mccoll mccollum, you have a pretty heart. i left an opening for you. you didn't take it. have a great performance. we'll be watching. thank you. >> yes, ma'am. thank you, laura. >> that was fun to have him on. >> that was fun. >> yeah. >> what a day. what a day. >> what a night. >> what a day. what a night. if this is day one, i hope you got some caffeine. >> look, my advice to the american people today -- yes, get some sleep. take it in strides. it will be four years. i covered the trump administration the first time. you have to pace yourself for this one. it will be a consequential, historic week in washington. >> if i were a runner, i would say, it's a marathon, not a sprint. i don't do that. i'll just say good night, everyone. thank you. it's good to be on with you, my friend. >> great to see you, laura. >> special coverage of the

trump inaugural balls. >> we have much more coverage of this history day right after this.

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