if he got all of that accomplished today how do you top that tomorrow. >> i have no idea and i don't even want to this has been such an overwhelming day for all of us. a long road to come with you and see how the selection would turn out. and we saw it in the last week or two. you could have imagined three years ago we will be back where we are today. >> sean: three presidential elections in a row you called that you deserve a lot of credit. anyways, guys, good to see you. appreciate you being with us. the party will continue. it looks like rascal flatts will be performing. that is all the time we have left this evening thank you for being with us. do not forget our town hall tomorrow and we will have that with the speaker johnson and other republicans. stay with fox news channel continuing coverage throughout the night. thank you for being with >> trace: at 8:00 p.m. on the west coast 11:00 here in the nation's capital and this is

america's late news, fox news at night. >> i will very simply put america first... >> we are not leaving the fight... >> can you imagine biden doing this, i don't think so.

>> in america the possible is what we do best. >> are you witnessing the dawn of the golden age of america? he may have, oh. it could have been years before we... >> trace: breaking tonight the celebration in full swing after one a very historic day, donald trump began taking the oath of office, officially sworn in as the 47th president of the united states, trump also signing dozens upon dozens of executive orders both in front of a packed arena this afternoon and back of the white house, a bit later and he took more questions in one hour then joe biden took in i don't know ... may be years? president biden at the 11th

hour of his presidency pardoning five members of his family critics say the move is a permanent stain on his legacy, even democrats are deeply disappointed. tonight trump and the first lady making appearances at three inaugural balls throughout the nation's capital, sharing their first dance minutes and, and we have team fox coverage across washington life at the start. we begin with kevin, he is live at the commander in chief ball where president trump just finished speaking. >> what a night, i had a chance to cover so many inaugural balls going all the way back to george w. bush but this was truly unique, and absolute electric atmosphere as you mentioned, the president and the first lady not long ago having a chance for their first dance as number 47 getting a chance to say thank you to the women and men of the armed foreman -- armed forces.

this was really a night, this was a night to celebrate what this means to this president, somebody who relishes the role as commander in chief, but this was also a chance for the troops , everybody from privates and specialists all the way up to flag officers, admirals and generals to say thank you mr. trump for all you've done for the armed forces, it is no surprise that this group in particular has an affection for this president, and he promised that with peace and strength the best days are yet to come. course we all had a chance to see the first lady, i don't know enough about it. she looked amazing, as to the second lady, it is been a tremendous night here and more of that happening across at the liberty ball. >> trace: just to back you up i talked to good sources who said she looked amazing,

tonight. thank you. as promised in the hours after his inauguration the presidents saw dozens of executive orders and while in the oval office putting pen to paper trump fielded questions on a wide range of topics from reporters including our own senior white house correspondent peter. >> president trump said walking back into the oval office tonight it is one of the best feelings he is ever had. he give us a chance to pick his brain, head of expected deportation rates tomorrow. -- raids tomorrow. >> the bulky us to a bunch of tonight's orders, pardons and commutations for 1500 people convicted of crimes during the january sixth capitol riots.

>> i see murder in this country ... they should be in jail for a long time. >> only moments after trump's return and we learned, he had not had a chance check for a long-standing long-standing tradition that presidents pass along to their successors. >> he may have, oh. don't they leave it in the desk? it could have been years before we... wow. thank you. may be we should all read it together. may be i will read it first and then... peter, thank you very much. i left him one in the desk.

>> we have not seen the letter but trump revealed that he and president biden talked about unifying the country, he said president biden did not give them a heads up that he was issuing pardons for several members of his family. >> trace: the white house, thank you the four with president trump and the glitz and glamour of the inaugural ball they are, was the important business of swearing and donald trump is the 47 president of the united states, nate is life with the highlights of that. >> hey,, good evening, historic victory president donald trump and he said that we are on the verge of the greatest four years in our country's history, he said at the beginning of the golden age. take a look at the moment he took the oath of office, administered by chief justice john roberts and this moment completes a stunning poetic come back with legal cases and two assassination attempts and trump reflected on that during his inaugural address.

>> my life was saved for a reason, i was saved by god to make america great again. the golden age of america begins right now, america decline is over. >> as you mentioned trump signed dozens of executive orders already, many of them on a doing action taken by former president joe biden, trump's day one priorities are securing our southern border, increasing energy production and ensuring the federal government is not weaponized or use for censorship >> revoke nearly 80 disruptive and radical executive actions over the previous administration, one of the worst administrations in history. the republican party is never been unified the way it is right now. >> trump also pardon 1500 january sixth defendants he delayed the tiktok van, and pulled the u.s. out of the world health organization and the paris climate accord.

the president also promised to send american astronauts to mars, much to the -- to the delight of elon musk, for claiming the federal government only recognizes two sexes, male and female and he is ending dei programs in the government. >> trace: let's bring in california chairwoman, fox news contributor steve helton and strategy... thank you for coming on. president trump said this about the crisis at home, listen to him. >> for many years radical establishments has extracted power from our citizens, the pillars of our society have broken and seemingly incomplete disrepair, we now have a government that cannot imagine -- that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home. >> he is right, change needs to

be made. >> president trump ran on bring back the forgotten man and women and we are seeing americans all over our country they want someone who's going to rein in inflation, they want somebody who's going to secure our border, somebody who can manage a natural disaster as we are seeing in california, not happening. they want credibility for the government and that it's what they're going to get from a trump administration. >> trace: he talked about national unity and he said this in part, watch. >> national unity is now returning to america and confidence and pride is soaring like never before. everything we do, my administration will be inspired by the strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success. >> trace: he set up a four, a lot of time, he is done and finish with this push for mediocrity. >> by the way, where's my complement?

so to your question, i want to make a political point, actually fully speaking as a new american, somebody who became an american citizen since the last inauguration of a president, this is the america that we signed up for! and those who came here, and wanted to take part in the story of this great country, this nation is that has swagger and confidence and the energy that has been on display all through the weekend but especially in that speech. he is so inspiring to everybody, everybody is saying the phrase, america is back. that is the political point, i have to say watching all of this , thinking about what donald trump, as a person, has been through over the past few years. i just feel happy for him. i really do, on a human level, one incredible fighter, what a fierce patriot and i think he

deserves this wonderful day. >> trace: quite the victory lap for him, i will see you looking amazing. trump said this on free speech and weaponizing the government. >> they signed an executive order to immediately and federal government censorship of the american people, in america we believe in free speech. we are bringing it back starting today. stop the weaponization! >> trace: we believe in free speech! >> we believe in free speech in the government should not be weaponized against their citizens and that is what dumb -- that is what donald trump promised on, if you are a part of this team that is transitioning into the white house and a woman donald trump, you have to feel good about how this success went, he scientist loop executive actions, is turning the table now, on energy, on the economy, on the border for the american people, he is taking a slight -- a sledgehammer to d.c. and it's unapologetic about it.

everything he has talked about, it is not getting government out of the way, it's amazing to see. >> trace: he in essence, he shut down the border, not just shut on the border but sending military to reinforce the border, it is drastic difference >> we have seen the last four years with the open border policies at the biden administration has turned every single state in our nation to an open border, when pope -- when places like chicago and new york are buckling to the migraine situation. >> trace: as we know joe biden preemptively pardon five members of his family back in -- of his family. back in december 2020 he was asked about that and he said this... >> well, it concerns me in terms

of what kind of precedent it sets in how the rest of the world looks at us. >> trace: all b.s.! >> it's a happy and positive day, i don't want to waste energy on this person that we are so glad to see the back of, it's a fitting end, to what is been a moment to feel presidency , he is destroying his reputation such as a was, and i don't know, i think it's not worth bothering with. he ends as he has been throughout his career, a corrupt machine politician that doesn't believe in anything other than his own political advancement, he is in it for what he can get out of it and it has been true. all those people who pardon today, they've all been enriching themselves, they've

been exploiting public office or private personal financial gain, and that is why he has done this, because he knows they are guilty of it talking about, biden has a long exercise of situational ethics and with his power coming to an end they demanded he cash out before his credit ended and a granting these pardons he was seeking to not just protect his family but also himself. >> that is right that situational ethics is the matter of the question being asked, will you pardon your son? will you pardon your family? will you do preemptive pardon? no, the ethics only matter to joe biden until he had to face them and at that point, he grabbed that powers fast as he could on the way out the door and make sure none of his family would get in trouble for whatever they allegedly did.

>> trace: do you think he had a planned? >> 100%. >> trace: thank you all. what the president also made a stop tonight at the starlight ball featuring singer-songwriter gavin degraw many of trump's donors met in washington keeping tabs on all of the big donors and big names in attendance. >> the starlight ball is considered one of the most exclusive and elite balls of the evening, it's an opportunity for president trump to meet face-to-face with some megadonors, dignitaries and celebrities its being held inside of the iconic union station you can see the intense security behind me, the secret service and local police. who was all here tonight? here is a taste, celebrity trainer and trump supporter jillian michaels, posted a photo of her passes with a caption, lfg, let's [bleep] go.

mario posting pictures of jake paul, of course famously defeating tyson in a historic flight a few months ago, gavin degraw is scheduled to be performing i also talked to alina, president trump trump newest advisor, in the house as well. president trump is scheduled to be speaking at this event tonight, he is understandably running behind which is just fine he has had a busy day and the temperature outside right now, the wind has been kicking up so i think a lot of the people inside of this party tonight or happy to not be outdoors! >> trace: that's an understatement, alive for us in washington, thank you. -- live for us in washington, thank you.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ after being criticized by the liberal media for her appearance at the ceremony carrie underwood killed it. following a musical mishap in the inauguration, let's bring in senior editor in the conservative partnership institute vp of programs. thank you both for coming on. unbelievable, you look at that and she is like, join in if you want but i'm going in alone and she was exceptional. >> absolutely, class e is the word i used, leno but in a high-pressure moment when something goes wrong with the tv and audio it can be stressful, she did a fantastic job, invited everybody to join in and of course the broader lesson here is that a celebrity culture that was just totally

antagonistic and wanted nothing to do with donald trump, now understands they don't have to endorse him or agree with everything he does but this is a unifying moment, it's healthy for the continuation of our government to show unity and strength in this moment and all credit to her she did a fantastic job. >> trace: can we play this video of elon musk that we asked for? the big thing was, elon musk here he is right now, making that's not see sign -- making this nazi sign. >> we are not even through day one, before diving in on this media hoax sing all over again and it's unbelievable, they have learned nothing, we are back to where we started the difference here is that americans are not listening, we cannot do this again, we believe what our own eyes tell us in these people try to lie to our faces but it's not going to work.

>> trace: if you on social media and everybody he was saying this has been knocked down! people are like stop it, you sound foolish, they keep doing it but man, it was 30, one. meantime speaking of negative comments gail came to the following quoting here, i have to say i'm looking at the crowd speaking at the inauguration i do not see many people of colour, does anybody else besides me observe that, i am fascinated by why that is? >> i didn't see enough signs to look at the numbers, donald trump made tremendous gains with all sorts of minority groups if you look at the numbers, he is improving with all sorts of demographics, young people coming out for a republican president to look at the numbers, we are not doing dti anymore we just want -- regardless of race, and gender, sexuality it's all about what

you believe and what you stand for that matters. >> trace: by the way you have the president arriving at the liberty ball in washington this is the second of their third balls they just left the commander in chief ball, a short time and the liberty ball now and of course when the president steps up to the microphone and speaks we will bring that to you live, meantime as we watch them we are going to put this in a smaller box, i want to play this sound bite this is the dance, i want to play this sound bite if we can put it in the lower part of the screen, that would be great. this is chris hayes comparing trump to a cult leader. >> there's something strange about hearing a second time of course the first time was the american carnage, it's a cult leader keeps predicting different days for the end of the world, because this kind of like, the first time he did this, we had all these corrupt terrible leads, and then it's like, you didn't. >> trace: the same thing

apparently hitler is a cult leader. you will hear it for the next several weeks. >> we are back to self-awareness level zero, they have no idea why trump won the election, more than that, they repeated but nobody's listening, he won the popular vote, you on the electoral college and everything they have said that trump would do, they themselves have done. >> trace: it's unbelievable, you see this, the guy dancing on the screen with his wife, and you think a cult leader? it's unbelievable what they are doing. >> apparently chris hayes has no interest. >> trace: really, when you look at these types of things, as we watch the president dance and you look at the new names, they had a bunch of them last time, they are coming up with a

new ones and what they are doing is they are taking him for a test ride, they are seeing at the numbers go up, last night they did not take the president , they did not take trump's speech at all for the inauguration, and nothing, not a word of it, they just ran though with nothing going on. they are test driving everything >> he was in a cult? the people to believe the world is going to end because of donald trump, even though they already went through four years of donald trump and even if you don't like him, it was not the end of the country or the world! this globe spends on, i think those networks have done the boy who cried wolf and have no credit ability anymore to say this is fascism, this is not see is him -- go back to the four years before that! >> trace: they know the

american people voted for change by the way, after the dance the customary thing is for the president to actually speak and when he speaks we will bring that to you live, they will have a dance, maybe do some other things vice president and his wife will come out and they will also dance and join them and we will bring you of course the speech of the president live, it will be about the sixth time he has spoken today and he has got to be tired but, you go back to what we were talking about, as we see all the dancing, into really is one of those things where the american people voted for change and there is media institutions in this country that will not change. >> is remarkable because they missed it in 2016, there is no self-reflection for the fourth -- for the four years of trump's presidency. you cannot believe they are doing it again but they are, it's the idea that the second time around they would be mildly curious, for why americans are

pulling the lever for trump after four years of them wish casting, people did not buy it and instead of being like, maybe it's me, they say no, it's you! it everyone else in america the disagrees with me, it is a failure of american media. >> trace: catch me on this, is this -- who sings this? let to defend and listen to this for a few seconds and bring it full screen. >> ♪ ♪

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[cheering] [cheering] >> we are so grateful to all of you, so grateful for making sure that we made the selection too big to rig because that is exactly what we did, and we did it together! of course, i want to thank my dear friend that i think the best president this country has had and, a man who has put everything on the line for the united states of america and gets an opportunity to serve this great country once again, president donald trump.

so do we want to hear from the 45th and 47th president of the united states? [cheering] take it away sir! >> thank you. this is a hell of a day we are having. it began a very early and then we decided, we made a good decision by the way doing it in the rotunda as opposed to in about 4 degrees with a windchill factor that and that would not be pretty. have you ever spoken and really cold weather? you can't. -- have you ever spoken in really cold weather? you can't. we had a 72 degrees temperature in the rotunda, we had the

people that we needed, we had the people that we need tonight because you guys are unbelievable, we love you all. we set a lot of things, we got tremendous reviews and i want to put in at some really rough stuff and all of my people including j.d. vance, they said let's not put that paragraph then, i love that paragraph. it was a paragraph on biden and how he should not be pardoning his family. we had a couple of others that were far worse than that, they said, this speech is so nice and so unifying, i said all right, we won't do it, i'll do it in about two hours. we have been doing all night long. we are going to turn this country around and fast, we have assets like nobody else, first

of all we have our people, that's our greatest asset. i have a great family, i really do. i look around and my son eric has been so incredible, became the head of the republican party how did that happen? she and michael whatley from north carolina did a great job and you have, where is my eve anke? we have tiffany here someplace. with child. i have to say. and michael, thank you very much. look at that grew back there,. and chloe, she may be as good as

this one, you have to see her athletic ability, you would not believe it, she looks so innocent, she is a killer! we have a great vice president, i want to tell you, what fantastic wife and she has done incredible things for the party and for him. i want to thank you, a great job. j.d. vance, great job. we are going to keep it going, we are going to have a turned around quickly this big ship we have to turn it a little bit slower than i would like but we are going to to turn it around, we have things nobody else had we also have something that is not politically correct to say but it is becoming politically correct, we have more liquid gold under our feet that any other nation in the world. if you don't mind, we are going to use it.

we just left the commander in chief ball which is, a similar size, we are going to another one in a while, we needed three because we have such support there is a longing for confidence in this country, for common sense in this country. i was saying before with a party of common sense, we don't want to have men playing in women's sports. we don't want to have transgender operations for everyone. we just want to have a great country, we won education, we won houses that don't cost a fortune, we want to low interest rates, we want low taxes, we want a powerful military, we will have that, we did it once, we did in 2017, we rebuilt our whole military.

we will have a dock very soon and we will be making some announcement, you will be so thrilled. we love you all. we are a great nation, we will soon be the greatest we have ever been and it will not take long, i want to thank you all for being here tonight, special people and we will see you soon, just to watch what happens, it's going to be big progress, think everybody. -- thank you, everybody. ♪ ♪

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>> trace: there you have a ymca, remembered that they used to battle donald trump for using this song and they came out saying donald trump wanted this, he used their song and they were excited and they played yesterday's event, they are playing again at tonight's event and the song by the way is steadily climbing the charts. if you don't know. this by the way the second ball the liberty of all, the commander in chief was at the commander in chief ball first and we are waiting for one more ball and the president will speak at the final ball and then you will get a much needed rest because it has been a very long day, meantime we have more news coming up, watch. >> our power will stop and bring

in a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable. america will be respected again and admired again, including five people of religion, faith and goodwill. -- including by people of religion, faith and goodwill. rebecca, as the president was saying, do you get a feeling that america has lost a little bit of its respect or is it just that military overall tends to be depleted? >> i think it's a couple of things, clearly we have a depletion in the morale in the military, when you have low recruitment numbers and you have trust in the military, veterans recommend to their children to join so we have to boost that we can get back to let validate.

ships, bombers, planes, that is what the president is talking about. >> trace: it goes hand in glove for another comment let's listen to this one and we will get your response. >> we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen. will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. >> trace: it really is, it's peace through strength and that is what he wants, to build the military and so nobody starts to mess with us. >> of course, over the past four years it is a priority for the trump administration to restore the turn, make our enemies fear us, and the military that is so

strong that our adversaries don't want to pick a fight with the united states, and should we be threatened, of course we have a fight to win. >> trace: let's listen the president is speaking, let's listen quickly. >> you are a talented guy, number 1 we love it and you are number 1, thank you, everybody. our country's number 1, most importantly, thank you very much , congratulations is fantastic. >> trace: the president thinking the village people because they had a number of hits and this was probably the biggest one of all, mike you court -- who resigned,'s of the following thing, i want to get your take on this.

>> i want the israeli people to hear you loud and clear, if hamas backs out, we will support israel in doing what they have to do number 1 and number 2 hamas will never govern because of. that is completely unacceptable. >> trace: the question is how does israel, how does the united states and others stop hamas from governing in gaza? >> you have to eliminate them, they are a terrorist organization, they don't one piece, they are bloodthirsty, they renege on every deal so it makes sense that mike would make that point. this administration is different than the last administration because it fully backs our allies, clearly identifying our shared adversaries in doing what is necessary to end these wars on of benefit the american people and of course our allies to keep help us save if you

think you. trump says he wants to be a peacemaker and a unifier as rebecca was alluding to, how he plans to handle multiple crisis left behind by joe biden, that story is next with our continuing coverage of the big balls, the inaugural and more historic day, in america!

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>> my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier, that is what i want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier. i am pleased to say that as of yesterday, one day before i assumed office, the hostages in the middle east are coming back home, to their families. >> trace: let's bring in the host, eric and coauthor bethany, thank you both for coming on, the president talking about the hostages talking about the fact that he wants to be a peacemaker, the jerusalem post had this headline, i know you know this story but i want to get your take because everybody here, all of our team thought it was horrific, hamas gave completion certificate to released hostages with red cross signatures, it goes on to say the items inside of the bag, because they gave gift bags,

gave a clear depiction of the psychological torture methods hamas used on captives,. what is your reaction bethany? when you see this kind of psychological warfare, what is it making you think? >> it terrorizes the women that they have held for 471 days but it also feeds into a propaganda narrative that they have seated western media, by the way they have had great coverage of the whole release, it's almost as if they have some inside people in hamas who were helping them out, all of this feeds into this narrative that is being eaten up , hook, line, and sinker by their allies in western media and also in a wider arab media as well. >> trace: it's astounding, this was said about trump's effect on the middle east.

>> this will fundamentally reshape how leaders in the middle east think about the united states and our presence, the israelis know they have an ally they can count on and while it was glorious to see these three folks returned to their home there are still prisoners held hostage. >> trace: the hostages come out, we presume on saturday, this is the first part of this but you see the prime minister benjamin, the way he is talking to president trump, versus the way he talked to joe biden, there is a different feel in the room. >> no doubt, it's peace through strength, it actually works, we saw that yet again with this deal i think they felt comfortable making this deal because he trusted president trump. in terms of american president nobody has been a greater friend than donald trump, i think this will extend to iran, and this is

the year for reckoning, we are going to know by the end of this year which way it will go, either iran will break down and announce they have the bomb or israel perhaps with the u.s. will take action. >> trace: the associated press, many colleges accused of tolerating anti-semitism settling with federal rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of president-elect donald trump who earned the response to campus protests against the war in gaza,. >> that happened so for fox news , david wrote about rough curries doing that so i followed that closely and that is exactly what they did, they saw the writing on the wall, and they decided to keep all of the bad actors in their. they slept in the part -- they slept in the part cheering the israel and all of those talking

points, this is exactly what happens they are, been happening at colleges nationwide and i'm so thrilled that we are finally going to have a president who cares and will kick out these students. kicking out students who are here on student visas who hate everything we stand for. >> trace: speaking of a president who cares he wants to get rid of woke people in the military, listen. >> i will stop our warriors from being subjected to radical theories and social experiments while on duty, it is going to end immediately. our armed forces will be free to focus on their soul, mission, defeating america's enemies. >> trace: the people i've talked to applaud this. >> trace: >> it's called making america seen again and i cannot imagine a china, russia and north korea quaking in their boots, with the

transgendered focus and all the rest, the gender madness will be front and centre, he will tackle that with the military of all places, he said it correctly, the military essentially should be focused on killing the bad guys, not social projects. >> trace: eric, bethany standby we will get you in the next hour as well? the president is heading to his third fall of the night. >> we were just inside intense security in their the united states army, local police and the secret service right now we hear the choppers hovering above union station president trump is on his way here, the starlight ball is the most exclusive balls of the night. trump and his team handpicked the people inside of the party tonight, some of the names in there, jillian michaels, vince vann, mike tyson, and jake paul,

among other dignitaries and some major names, the energy inside of the party really kicking up, gavin degraw performing and we also heard somebody singing the national anthem and a huge cheer erupted so we will update you one who is saying that, i believe the national anthem, but our understanding is that trump is on his way here with the first lady will keep you updated from the grand and iconic station here in washington, d.c.,. >> trace: we will get back to you, thank you. trump making good on his campaign promise to dismantle bidens woke policies targeting gender policies and dei. jennifer great to have you one trump said this about gender today, watch. >> as of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the united states government that there are only two genders, male and female.

imagine living in a world with two genders? >> two sexes i want to clarify, gender is squishy, the actual executive order does say there are two sexes, it feels like america is back, it feels like realities back, free speech is back, it's a really exciting day but if you ever said to me five years ago that we would need an executive order to outline the fact, the biological reality there's two sexes i would've said you are not, the left has gone so far off the deep end we need it. >> trace: riley gains calling trump a champion for women saying we have a true champion for women in the white house,-based definitions are already live in eight states, today it will be established at the federal level she had a lot of support on this on the internet, jennifer. >> it's outstanding he is definitely setting the standard and i don't want to be a debbie downer but i want to caution people, this is not over

yet, it did not start with legislation and it will not end with legislation, everything he did today and i agree he is championing, everything he did protects our rights for federally funded institution, schools, the educational system, more than half of sports in this country use sports in the olympic happen outside of the federal government's oversight. this is still an issue, private camps, where i live our marketing -- our marketing that you get to bunk based on your gender identity. >> trace: i want to play msnbc he said something if -- interesting watch. >> they should not have a diverse consumer, diversity

should not buy products, trump cannot make us spend money on companies that will not deal and commit and continue with the diversity and equity and inclusion. >> trace: we have about 15 seconds but he wants to punish companies that treat people equally. >> we need to hire based on marriage, of part of the job description is to attract a diverse consumer base than that is going to be part of the job description but when it comes to firefighters in los angeles i think it's based solely on merit and qualification. >> trace: it was about a couple of weeks in los angeles, jennifer great to have you on the show, thank you so much. we will have more fox news coverage coming up, president trump on the way to his final ball, will bring you the latest on the galas, the balls and everything else live, next!

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on the west coast, and this is america's late news, fox news at night. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, how are you? [cheering and applause] >> president trump: i donald j. trump do solemnly swear. ♪ ♪ ♪ america, america ♪ >> president trump: i will very simply put america first. >> mr. biden: and leaving office but i'm not leaving the fight! [cheering and applause] >> president trump: could you imagine biden doing this? i do not think so. i do not think so! [cheering and applause]

>> president trump: in america the impossible is what we do best. [cheering and applause] you are witnessing the dawn of the golden age of the america! >> president trump: you may have. it could have been years! ♪ ♪ >> trace: breaking tonight trump officially arrived at the starlight ball, his third and final ball of the evening after one very historic day, donald j. trump has taken the oath of office, officially sworn in as the 47th president of the united states. trump signing dozens upon dozens of executive orders while in front of a pact arena and back

at the white house a bit later, he took more questions in one hour, maybe less than an hour than joe biden took it may be years? tonight donald trump and the first lady making appearances at three inaugural balls throughout the nation's capital sharing the first dance, last hour, two fox coverage across washington, live on capitol hill. we begin with matt finn at the starlight ball. >> the energy and the security really picking up over the last couple of minutes, the president has arrived at this ball, one of the most exclusive and le events of the night, meaning president trump and his team handpicked the people at the starlight ball here tonight. is an opportunity for trump to meet face to face with some of his biggest maga donors,

celebrities, athletes and dignitaries. who is inside it? a brief look, president trump new pick for homeland security secretary, julian michaels, celebrity trainer and baked trump supported, with her credentials saying lfg let's go. also jake paul and mike tyson apparently having a very good time tonight, gavin -- gavin degraw also performing. we were inside of the place a short time ago, we intends security, united states army, police and service. shoppers -- choppers hovering around. scheduled to speak a few hours ago, he's running behind by that is certainly understandable, very busy day, a lot of his supporters were we happy to see him. >> trace: just a little bit behind today.

thank you. for the glitz and glamor of the ball, the importance business of swearing-in donald trump as the 47th president of the united states, here in washington with the highlights, nate good evening. >> good evening, during his inaugural address, president donald trump looked back at that moment six months ago, a little bit more than that in butler, pennsylvania where he narrowly avoided being assassinated. he says you believes god spared him in his life so he could make america great again. you heard the highlights, he believes we are on the beginning or on the cusp of the golden age of america and this is the beginning of the best four years in our country's history. take a look at the moment he took oath of office administered by chief justice john roberts. he then signed executive orders in the oval office in our colleague asked if former president joe biden wrote him a letter, here's what happened.

>> president trump: don't they leave it in the desk? i don't know. all! could have been years before he founded! [chuckling] thank you. maybe we should all rated together? maybe i will read her first. >> as he mentioned it, trump signed it dozens of executive orders, priorities include decreasing regulations and increasing energy production while shoring up our immigration crisis. >> president trump: i will declare a national emergency and our southern border, all illegal entry will immediately be ha halted, i will also declare a national energy emergency, we will drill, bb, drill. >> also delaying the tiktok band and pulled the u.s. out of the world health organization and paris climate record, also

pardoned 1500 january 6 defendants. also requiring federal employees to return to work in person, he is ending nunavut programs inside of the federal government and one of the executive orders proclaims the federal government only recognizes two genders, male and female. >> trace: live in fresno the capital, thank you. is bringing jessica anderson, fox news contributes to the steve hilton, cacn california g.o.p. chairwoman jessica patterson. thank you overcoming on. he touched down a little bit, trump wanting federal workers to return to the office, here he is. >> president trump: we will also require the federal workers must return to the office in person. it will take the 80,000 people they hired to go after you with guns by the way, and harass you

like they were so many other people. >> trace: you have to believe some of these people will not come back they will just say goodbye. >> you may remember elon musk, several months ago, said good exit, walked him out of the building, thank you for being here. but those are folks coming from real america saying wait a minute, these people have not had to go to work this whole time? i think they will enjoy that water cooler talk, have people at the office, gossiping, talking about what melania wore. >> trace: trump said the golden age of america begins right now, watch. >> president trump: the golden age of america begins right now. [cheering and applause] from this day forward our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. >> trace: jessica it is one of

those things where people want to be part of the golden age, they want to say i love being a from the golden age, it's effective, motivating and a good message. >> being republican is cool again. listen to all these names in washington last three days, celebrating america. it is everybody from name street to wall street she silicon valley coming here, we know things have to change. i think that is where the golden age represents, yeah, of a crowd cheering on executive orders, how policy wanting can we be? two genders, securing the border, energy, this is the change we want, the celebration was a palpable. >> trace: maybe that is why the president also say today is liberation day, listen... >> president trump: january 20th, 2025 is liberation day. [cheering and applause]

it is my hope our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country. >> trace: a lot of executive orders, do you think america will remember this day? >> absolutely, i think what we see with the way that president trump ran his campaign, he was clear he wanted to make america safe, affordable, he wanted to make sure they are leaders in the world stage, we were energy independent, and he wasted no time going to work. day one ready to go, we see the executive orders on everything from electric vehicle mandates to making sure we're taking away those restrictions on the federal level for energy, securing our border, president trump got to work. >> trace: he also talk about military members got kicked off

for not taking the vaccine, he made a pretty strong point, watch... >> president trump: this week i will reinstate any service members unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the covid-19 vaccine mandated was full back they. >> trace: trump knows it was never about that, it was always a personal decision, it could affect you, they can help you but nobody else yet people were punished. >> i am so pleased he said that, it is such an important point, of course he can do that in relation to the military because he is they're boss, commander in chief. what we need that across our society, is outrageous. my friend now, brilliantly running the am i age. he was the first to point out, on the science, the vaccine only prefers if you believe it a private benefit which does not stop transmission.

it was never any case any mandated, it was outrages. i give everybody who lost their jobs should either be reinstated or be compensated with benefits as president trump said today. >> trace: the following quoting within minutes of trump taking the oval office and lawsuits were fired in federal court washington seeking to shut down elon musk's doge until it complies with transparency rules related to governmental advisory entities. you have to believe, the left will fight him at every turn. >> a love that they are like we need this to be a transparent government agency they are just like we just found out he have not found out -- been showing up to the office! the difference between what donald trumpeted today, speaking through the camera to the american people, heated by the way with president biden and

kamala harris behind him and he did not care. he was another to be polite, user to get the job done and he had a mandate to do it. these lawsuits began, you will go forward and that is what we want. >> trace: the ball, dancing, we did not know if we would get coverage of this. as soon as the president start speaking we will go to live. jessica anderson, trump said this about the biden family and all the pardons, watch. >> president trump: i was surprised that president biden would pardon his whole family because that makes him look vague guilty. i could have pardoned my self, my family, what if i do that it makes him look vague guilty. >> trace: in politics we talk about optics, that is a bad l look. >> when the first rumor started her over the summer that biden may preemptively pardon his family, dr. fauci, people

scratched their heads like why would he do that? it is basically admitting that is something to be pardoned f from? so what did they do, curious to see how this will play out, i think congress will have a massive role, the whole biden crime family, asked questions that, they can no longer claim the fifth because of this pardon so we can get more answers. they can look back an essay that biden did as a favor because now we can hopefully get some truth. >> trace: you make a good point, for clarity we found out when you pardoned they cannot prosecute you but they can investigate you and that is the big news, they can investigate you and they can fact find and release of the facts. meanwhile, jessica patterson, mike pence was a democrat said that biden was found lying to the public about his son's businesses which was uncovered, sought reelection hiding his infirmities which was also eventually uncovered, and abused

his office and the closing days of his presidency as is low waiting to sink even lower. that is again a democrat assessing, self reflecting about his party. >> i think they are starting to see what the truth is here and waking up to what they have to do in the future. got to be surprised of the numbers think more especially after the pardons, he was so cowardly to do it in the last moments of his presidency what he did not have to explain our face the american people. and he continued to see that democratic self-reflection. >> trace: are we in the sort of golden age you think? >> i am reminded of a phrase, i think my colleague greg gutfeld said after trump victory, before any policy went into action in term of the border wall, the big promise of the 2016 campaign, greg said trump is the wall. what he meant is just his

presence in the white house is already a deterrent to illegal immigration. is that caravans turning back. even without anything happening periods think just the energy and vigor and ambition a trump is conveying, not just today but this whole weekend, this incredible spirit, i think that will inspire people. entrepreneurs to start businesses, growing businesses to invest more, think it is already having an impact. and it is just so fantastic to see after all these years. one last thing, pictures of the starlight ball, matt was saying what an exclusive gathering that is. just so you realize, we both left to come here to be with you! >> trace: that is the definition of exclusive right there. jessica patterson, thank you

all. among the presidents' day one promises, day one promises, one of the first executive orders he assignable put a show and to censorship. live in our los angeles newsroom with that story, good evening. >> president trump sending all sorts of's exhibit orders today, one of them is aimed at ending what he calls as the federal censorship. see what this next item is a directive to the federal government ordering the restoration of freedom of speech and preventing government censorship for free-speech. >> eq to the applause, president trump and his supporters have long accused the biden administration of clamping down on free speech especially when it comes to social media for -- sites like facebook. trump himself based restrictions surely after the january 6 capital rights. the biden a demonstration encouraged social media companies to filter all nine misinformation especially when it came to things like covid-19 and a 2020 election.

the executive order stating in part whoamak under the guise of combating good misinformation, this information and mall information at the federal government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of american citizens across the united states, in a matter that advanced of the government's preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. government to censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society". >> president trump: we believe in free-speech, and we will bring it back starting today. >> that tech ceos like mark zuckerberg have met with president trump and even announced met at was its fact-checking program. 25 live in l.a., thank you. let's bring in our senior editor and "washington examiner" commentary rival, great to have you both on. i would like to play this, it is msnbc's reaction to the inauguration speech that the

president gave, at that it was fascinating what they thought. >> trump is trademark a low monotone, list of grievances, see what the dismantling of more inclusive society begins on day one. it is not just politicized, it was very personal. >> trace: very personal, day one we hate trump already. we have hated him for eight years but we hate him now that he is president. >> the language, the dismantling of a more inclusive society. is that this earlier by donald trump gained ground with all sorts of different demographics, that were vulcan platform is we want merit and we want equality, and equality of opportunity, if they aren't marginalized groups that do not have them and implement or government service, let them know about it what everybody has to rise and fall under merit. that is a trump platform and it is popular.

it fails among liberals in california. it is the opposite of what we just heard. >> trace: cnn back to fact-checking to the president, watch. >> i thought it was interesting the president gave this address, was on a time to fact-check, some falsehoods, you me to the after unscripted speech he returned to the similar style. >> trace: it do they not have enough credibility issues over there? it is baffling why they do this. management should call and say what we cover news again? >> they are trying to recycle some of the old motives, you and musk claiming he was doing the how hitler, the obsession overcrowded sizes, even having senator chris murphy, it was moved inside because trump did not want to see people how big the crowds were. it is tied not working.

marco rubio confirmed in the senate, the lake and riley act got 12 democrats well beyond what republicans were expecting. the fact is if you dial up the outreach to 11 over factual lying minute cycle, people will get tired. the left has lost the culture war. >> trace: trump said this about free-speech... be seven after years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression always signed an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free-speech to america. >> trace: free-speech, i think what a novel concept that would be in this country! >> it is such an indictment this is ever necessary, the first amendment could not be clear the government cannot pressure by a data, social media companies to tamp down on distant speech.

conservatives were so mad at mark zuckerberg, then we found out, these things were not freely chosen by the companies, they tried to resist end of the federal pressure was so considerable, now thank goodness it is coming to a end. something all americans should be able to agree on. you don't have to agree what donald trump says, you have a right to dissent and that has been restored and that is a good thing the. >> trace: do you think that will be any semblance of fairness in the legacy media or will they go back to where we were four years ago? >> we will see how much the tale wags the dog but there is a reason why jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg all got in line. they were forced to comply, think about even just create you on musk with twitter, the fbi during war games them to save russian disinformation will drop the hunter biden laptop which they had in their possession. all the executives tried to play

ball or they was still senior to. there is no incentive for them to work with the left. onebc is quickly the cnn, msnbc model if -- of liberal groupthink media loses its audience. the normal liberal pundit is joe rogan. if you're outside of that bu bubble. >> trace: thank you both. coming up, president trump returned to power could have a significant impact on the military as we continue our live coverage of the inauguration d day. we are one more ball, and that is it. be right back. ♪ ♪

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impact on the military, or chief national security correspondent is at the pentagon about what that could look like. >> 300 u.s. troops are now deployed to the border, sent last march by the biden administration. when asked how many additional troops will be sent,'s new trump officials as it would be up to the secretary of defense, among his first acts trump said he would designate of the drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and he is the alien enemies act to remove them and reclaim the panama canal. >> president trump: china is operating the panama canal and we did not give it to china, we gave her to panama and we're taking it back. [cheering and applause] >> among the leaders, for the inauguration, china's vice president, italian prime minister, also ran on an anti-immigration platform and the redwinged populist president of argentina. the polish president praised

president trump. >> this man with a huge business experience who had a friendly approach. >> hungary's prime minister said trump's presidency will help set off a second wave of massive right wing political change in europe, russian president putin was among the first to welcome president trump's return to the white house. >> we also hear a statement about the need to do everything possible to avoid world war iii. >> minutes after the inauguration, the new portrait has chairman of the joint chiefs wasn't removed from the hallway where it was unveiled at ten days ago. president trump vouched to reinstate it with the back bay 8000 service members expelled for refusing the covid-19 vaccine, defense secretary alston already did so two years ago when congress ordered the pentagon to end of the vaccine mandate. and now we know the acting defence secretary, a long time

civil servant who has served as deputy director of washington headquarters service is responsible for facilitating maintenance here at the pentagon, security and contracting at the pentagon as well. with good mitigation with capitol hill post january sixth in a prior homeland defense role, he may be asked to begin carrying out president trump orders added the southern borders. >> trace: thank you. >> we have president trump and steve woodcroft in the region, and i believe the understand how to get this done. to get all these 90 plus people home. it will be challenging but we do have the leadership coming and dedicated to bring all these people home. >> trace: let's bring in eric and the coauthoring of stolen youth, bethany mandel, we will talk about that in a little bit. onto your take on this, a lot of stuff on about elon musk, people

accusing him of making a nazi sign. ridiculous but i want to play the video again, this is what happened to... >> my heart goes out to you! >> trace: the legacy media saying it starts all over again, start lying to our face. >> learned no lessons. what's infuriating is there are few people in american society that our family to the jewish people, he is met with multiple hostage families, he has spoken with a rescue hostage, more times and you can count. he is a true friend of the jewish people and for these people to smear him as a twelvemak is crazy. >> trace: nobody is calling him out on it except for us. donald trump says you talked

about revamping the military, building an iron dome, listen to him. >> president trump: i will direct the military to begin construction of the great iron dome missile defense shield which will be made in the usa. [cheering and applause] and we will get local news the hell out of our military and make it like it used to be. >> trace: he talks a lot about the future but when he talks about the military, it is a throwback military. little bit of the old style of dealing with it when it reminds me of the reagan days at the height of the cold war, president reagan was all in. he says it will outspend the soviets into oblivion, exactly what they did and communist china with the largest military since world war ii, massive nuclear and military buildup, and trump says wait a minute, we will basically outpace you and

innovative. think of reagan with "star wars", now iron dome with trump. very interesting. >> trace: we talked a lot to you over the days about education and trump said this about the education system. >> president trump: we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases to hate our country despite the love we try so desperately to provide to them. all of this will change starting today, and will change very quickly. >> trace: i think he really wants to actually teach kids how to read and write. >> i not know what people have been doing our school systems but no, it is identity politics, teaching people the hour inherent entities, they should be ashamed, but it will be so nice to dismantle the department of education and have education

go back to the states with a very clear mandate. reading, writing, arithmetic's, let's try it! >> trace: why don't we try it! meanwhile trump talking about, ending the ukraine war before he gets into office, that the same about the hostage date -- hostage deal. now solving this ukraine war, russia might take six months, might take seven months. >> this is a bloody affair no doubt, what is interesting trump that some digs into putin, saying this war has not been good, taking heavy losses which is a true. meaning may be putin may be more prone to come to the negotiation table, vlodymyr zelensky as well. in paris last month when waterman zelenskyy was clamoring to shake trump's hand, i think he has leveraged use on both sides. >> trace: do we need the panama canal back? >> the gulf of america, the

american canal, greenland, we shall see. to actually think outside the box, imagine that. >> trace: you look and it's like do we need greenland? the truth is, greenland would not be a bad thing to own. >> there are 70 circumstances in his last administration people thought he was crazy, turned out maybe he was onto something. it's like he's playing chess while everybody else is playing checkers. >> trace: great vision. outside the box thinker. why was nobody talk about greenland decades ago? >> trace: when he said that the left. they could not have maligned him enough, it's crazy. thank you again. what is ahead for the trump administration during the forest for week of his second term, that is next. ♪ ♪ maya knows how quality care can bring out a smile. but it's been a few dog years since she was able to enjoy a smile of her own. good thing aspen dental offers affordable, complete care

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>> president trump: tonight i am filled with optimism for what lies ahead, and exceptional honor to serve this magnificent -- magnificent nation again, make it bigger, better and stronger, something even you will be surprised five after an action-packed celebration day wanted, what can we expect tuesday? the first full day of the trump administration, make is live outside in the bitter cold d.c. >> hello, good evening. you can expect in this historic pace to continue per president donald trump, he signed dozens of executive orders today, and is showing no signs of slowing down promising a historic pace for the first 100 days of his presidency. the president is out late tonight celebrating his a big comeback win at all three inaugural balls, executive orders focused on increasing american energy production,

illuminating censorship and government weaponization and securing our southern border. trump promised massive deportations, those are set to start tomorrow morning, border czar tom homan said immigration law will finally be enforced, telling fox news "ice will start doing their jobs tomorrow, they have not been able to for the past four years and he will start enforcing the law". marco rubio, tonight referred to him as him as secretary of state, the state department tomorrow he will arrive and meet with several foreign officials. meanwhile president trump will begin his morning attending a service at the national cathedral at 11:00 a.m. and again he is expected to keep quite a pace as he begins his second term what he is calling the beginning of the best four years in our country's history. back to you. >> trace: thank you. the president announced a first out-of-town trip, will happen

friday when he visits the wildfire devastation in los angeles. is as southern california residents brace for more high winded and heighten wildfire risk. live in l.a. with more of that story. >> two weeks incidentally palisades and fires, much of southern california still dealing with fire danger, once again hit with strong wind, wedge of the region is still under another warning until tuesday. today a fire broke out in the san diego area, thankfully crews stopped progress on the fire but at one point folks in one neighborhood were told to evacuate. they have since been given the all clear. norms over their crew still working to fully contain both the palisades and the eaton wildfires, president donald trump said he plans to visit the los angeles area this week and even mentioned the virus today during his inaugural address. >> president trump: are a

country cannot longer deliver basic services in times of emergency. more recently los angeles where we see far is still tragically burn, from weeks ago without even a token of defense. they are raging through the houses and communities, affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals, some of whom were sitting here right now. they do not have a home any longer. >> and her first move as a former vice president. >> everyone: returns to the l.a. area to think fire crews and hand out food, she was at the eaton fire which destroyed more than 9400 homes, businesses and other structures, there will be 17 people killed in that fire and at least ten were killed in the palisades fire. firefighters managed to build on containment lines, strong wind remains in the forecast for at least another day to five thank you. coming up some final thoughts on

today's historic second inauguration of president trump. we will be right back with that. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> trace: we're back with final thoughts about of this historic inauguration from jeff paul, cassie, bethany

mandel and jessica anderson, jessica you first, or did you take away? yeah, your ball gown on, what did you take away from the day? >> in the energy today was just electric, from the morning to the parade, people thought that it would dampen of the day by the exact opposite of. the energy just compiled everybody to be so excited about not only the policy changes coming up by the new people heading into the white house and the spirit of excitement. i think the biggest thing, all this excitement was also the space throughout the day, corralling those young kids, showing everybody you can be a working mom, support your husband. >> trace: eric? >> and think it is miraculous what we are seeing? dry 13th, butler, pennsylvania, it is a shift and it is extending throughout america and globally.

president trump said god gave them a second chance and gave our country a reprieve of golden opportunity of turning things around and we cannot squander it be five we talked about this earlier -- >> trace: we talked about this earlier, all of a sudden they feel invigorated. >> it is a new day, the american people, the spirit of the american people, president trump personifies latch. he's an outside of the box thinker, big vision and goals, and we are there again. >> trace: is steve? >> you look around this town in the last few days, everywhere you go you hear the finance them of this trump victory, we saw that tonight twomak the thing i'm thinking of now, serious, the anthem, the song, proud to be an american.

i think that is the overwhelming feeling that i feel as an american, that we all feel. this whole thing has made us all feel proud to be an american again, we're not -- apologizing anymore, that kind of energy and ambition and optimism was captured and everything surrounding is incredible. >> everybody's ready to work again! he's going to get up in just a few hours, it is tuesday, malik it's a friday night and he has the weekend to recover. and you goes back to work. did not get to make it today to watch it outside, i was at home with two toddlers telling my daughter about this historic day and what it means to see through her eyes. i have to say as great as it was for president trump and it j.d. vance, it was all about the woman, i think the first lady and second lady were very proud today.

>> trace: the white house, trump just announced back at the white house,'s first night back at the white house and more than four years. bethany? >> it feels like america is on offense again, seeing him bring all of these hostage families on stage was so inspiring and so comforting as a jewish american knowing is there are american citizens that will be brought home because of president trump, we saw three hostages come home already because of president trump. god willing he brings home the other 94. >> trace: let's talk about the starlight ball, why did we not show it? we lost the shot, that's sometimes what happened when you're doing live television. jeff paul, final thoughts? >> i'm looking forward to see how he's received here in los angeles, sma the live

through the wildfires, i'm really curious to see how he's received when he shows up. a lot of the firefighters will be happy to see him, always good to see the commander in chief but what about the people impacted? it is a huge opportunity for the president to show a different side of him, is that we have seen in other tragedies. looking forward to him come to the west coast as one of his first trips as number 47. >> trace: it will be remarkable, when we left lax, it was a conservative, it was maga country in lax and what he can attest to that. thank you for watching the special edition of america's late news, i'm trace gallagher in washington, it was evacuate again tomorrow night.

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