oh he even need to get all his experience but he's more than 50 years in the political business and if there is anybody out there who will be able to do that it will be him i think it's fair to say that our rights how we're going to take a listen now some more to the ceremony here let's go back to. this. year that's like a. gracious and merciful god. at this sacred time we come before you in need indeed on our knees but we come still more with hope and with our

eyes raised to new to the vision of a more perfect union in our land a union of all our citizens to promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity we are a people of many races creeds and colors national backgrounds cultures and styles now far more numerous and on land much vaster than when archbishop john carroll wrote his prayer for the inauguration of george washington 232 years ago our special carol prayed that you a creator of all would assist with your holy spirit of counsel and fortitude the president of these united states. that his administration may be conducted in write

just as and be eminently useful to your people today we confess our past failures to live according to our vision of equality inclusion and freedom for all yet we resolutely commit still more now to renewing the vision to caring for one another in word and deed especially the least fortunate among us and so becoming a light for the world there is a power in each and every one of us that lives by turning to every other one of us a thrust of the spirit to cherish and care and stand by others and above all those most in need. it is called love and its path is to give ever more of itself to day it is called american

patriotism born out of power and privilege but of care for the common good with malice toward none and with charity for all. for our new president we beg of you the wisdom solomon sought when you know before you and pretty age for an understanding heart so that i can govern your people and know the difference between right and wrong we trust in the counsel of the letter of james if any of you lacks wisdom you should ask god who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you pope francis has reminded us how important it is to dream together by ourselves he wrote we risk seeing mirages things that are not there.

dreams on the other hand are built to gether be with us holy ministry of love as we dream together. help us under a new president to reconcile the people of our land re store our dream and invest it with peace and justice and the joy that is the overflow of love to the glory of your name for ever amen. i think it's important that joe biden is just the 2nd catholic to become president and the united states the 1st being john f. kennedy and while it might seem odd if there is a 1000000000 catholics in the world the united states is

a mainly protestant country when j.f.k. became president there was a lot. of that standing for the presentation of our national colors by the armed forces color guard the singing of our national anthem and for the pledge of allegiance. please.

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we knew. well that was great the sun is shining and mr president elect this is the 1st inauguration in the history of america where james was the warm up act for chief justice roberts with that it is now my distinct honor to introduce the chief justice of the supreme court of the united states john roberts to administer the presidential oath to the next president of the united states

josep are biden. please please stand. by because of dollars. please raise your right hand and repeat after me i joseph robinette biden jr do solemnly swear and throw some of robert why did you do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute and i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states office the president of the united states and. will to the best of my

ability welcome back to my building preserve protect and defend preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states constitution of the united states so help you god so help me god congratulations mr president i. think.

ladies and gentlemen please be seated.

my fellow americans a moment we have all been waiting for it is now my great privilege and high honor to be the 1st person to officially introduce the

46 president of the united states joe seth are biden junior. justice roberts. vice president who are. speaker pelosi leader sure we're going to mcconnell wife president parents my distinguished guests my fellow americans this is america's day. this is democracy's day to day of history and hope every new every zol

through a crucible for the ages america's been tested a new and america has risen to the challenge. today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause the cause of democracy the people the will of the people has been heard and the world of the people has been heeded we've learned again that democracy is precious democracy is fragile and at this hour my friends democracy has prevailed. thank you malik on this hallowed ground we're just a few days ago violence sought to shake the capital's very foundation we come together as one nation under god indivisible to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than 2 centuries as we look

ahead and are uniquely american way restless bold optimistic and set our sights on a nation we know we can be and we must be i thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here today i thank them from the bottom my heart and i know thank you know there is a mess of our constitution and the strength the strength of our nation. as does president carter i spoke with last night who cannot be with us today but whom we salute for his lifetime of service thank you i have just taken the sacred oath each of those patriots have taken the oath 1st sworn by george washington

but the american story depends not in any one of us not on some of us but on all of us and we the people who seek a more perfect union this is a great nation we are good people and over the centuries to storm and strife in peace in a war we've come so far but we still have far to go we'll press forward we speeded urgency for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibilities to much to repair much to restore much to heal much to build and much to gain a few people on nation's history have been more challenged or found a time more challenging or difficult than time renowned once in

a century virus it silently stalks the country is taking as many lives in one year as america lost in all of world war 2 millions of jobs have been lost hundreds of thousands of businesses closed. a cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us the dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. a cry for survival plan is itself a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now a rise of political extremism white supremacy domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat. the other come these challenges to restore the soul and secure the future of america requires so

much more than words requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy unity unity. and another january a new year's day 1963 abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. when he put pen to paper the president said and i quote if my name ever goes down into history it will be for this act and my whole soul is in it my whole soul was in it today on this january day my whole soul is in this bringing america together uniting our people unite in our nation and i ask every american to join me in this cause.

90 to fight the photos we face anger resentment and hatred extremism lawlessness violence disease joblessness and hopelessness with unity we can do great things important things. we can right wrongs we can put people to work in good jobs we can teach our children in safe schools we can overcome the deadly virus so we can reward reward work and rebuild the middle class and make health care secure for all we can deliver racial justice and we can make america once again the leading force for good in the world i know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days i know the forces that divide us are deep and they're real but i also know they are not new our history has been

a constant struggle between the american ideal that we're all are created equal and the harsh ugly reality that racism nativism fear demonization have long torn us apart the battle is perennial and victory is never assured through civil war the great depression world war 911 through struggle sacrifice and setbacks are better angelus have always prevail in each of these moments anough of us a nuff of us have come together to carry all of us forward and we can do that now history faith and reason show the way the way of unity we can see to other not as adversaries but his neighbors we can treat

each other with dignity and respect we can join forces to stop the shouting and lower the temperature for the out unity there is no peace only bitterness and fury no progress only exhausting outrage no nation only a state of chaos. this is our historic moment of crisis and challenge and unity is the path forward and we must meet this moment as the united states of america if we do that i guarantee you we will not fail we have never ever ever ever failed in america we've acted together and so today at this time in this place let's start afresh all of us must begin to listen.