this is d.w. news live from berlin and the new u.s. president gets to work reversing the policies of his predecessor. return jordan or her arm and of course her to. joe biden is taking his place in the oval office signing a string of executive orders and making key appointments to his agenda into action

. also coming up i'm going back i'll tell germans that measures to contain the coronavirus are paying off but that death rates are still so frighteningly high and she also speaks of her concerns about the new variants do you really progress. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us for a new chapter is beginning in the united states president joe biden has already started on doing some of the policies of the trumpet ministration on his 1st day in office he rejoined the paris climate accord and the world health organization he also ended a ban on travelers from some mainly muslim countries in his inaugural address he called for unity and a change in tone. you know hurry to get to work you u.s. president joe biden arrived at the white house ready to roll back the policies of

his predecessor within hours of taking over the oval office biden signed a stack of executive orders resetting the agenda only coronavirus pandemic immigration policy and climate change. we're going to review your role here. you are in the climate of course. as a. fellow to be wearing a mask he ordered all federal employees to do so as well biden moved quickly to fill key positions swearing in nearly 1000 new appointees and stuff virtually the new white house press secretary jens psaki heralded relations with the premise instead of attacking reporters and spreading so-called alternative facts i have deep respect for the role of a free and independent press in our democracy and for the role all of you play as i

noted earlier there will be moments when we disagree and there will certainly be days where we disagree for extensive parts of the briefing even perhaps i believe a common goal which is sharing accurate information with the american people meanwhile vice president come about how our us took up a post in the senate swearing in new members georgia with the new law make is the senate is now split 5050 between democrats and republicans harris's vote would tip the scales there meaning the democrats now have control of both houses of congress and the power to push forward with president biden's agenda. let's go to our washington correspondent now stefan simons who's standing by for us hi stefan we saw joe biden working through a stack of executive orders there tell us more about the changes that he made on his 1st day in office. now there was a record that was a record for a president to sign 17 executive orders memorandum or directive he did it nobody

else had it before 17 on the 1st day on inauguration day and they were all very significant as pointed out in the piece this was not just rolling.