so we're going to sign executive orders. first, i'll revoke nearly 80 destructive and radical executive actions of the previous administration, one of the worst administrations in history. not one of them. the worst. anybody that would allow millions of people to pour through our borders from jails, prisons, mental institutions, insane asylums, gang members to be taken off the streets of venezuela and deposited in our country and many, not just venezuela. crime in venezuela is down the previous administration. all over the world, they're emptying their prisons into our country. they're emptying their mental institutions into our country. it stops as of 1:00 this

afternoon. okay. it stops. so i'm revoking nearly 80 destructive radical executive actions of the previous administration. they'll all be null and void within about, what, five minutes. is that them over there? five minutes. and next to gain immediate control of the vast federal out of control bureaucracy. i will implement an immediate regulation freeze which will stop biden bureaucratics from continuing to regulate. most of those bureaucrats are being fired. they're gone. should be all of them, but some sneak through. we have to live with a couple, i guess. i'll also issue a temporary hiring freeze to insure that we're only hiring competent people who are faithful to the

american public, and we will pause the hiring of any new irs agents. we will also require that federal workers must return to the office in person. we're going to take the 88,000 people that they hired to go after you with guns, by the way, they're allowed to use guns and harass you like they were so many other people. remember this, okay, remember. do you remember a little statement about tips? does anybody remember that little statement? i think we won nevada because of that statement. but they went out and harassed you over the tips. in other words, we are restoring control of our government to the people. we're going to take those 88,000, let's see if they would like to work on the border because that's where we want them, really.

so we're going to have no tax on tips, right? no tax on tips. we may have -- we like the speaker of the house. is he here? he's done such a good job. is mike here. he's around here someplace. i saw him just a little while ago. hello, fellows. look at you guys. i know it. he's doing great. they're all doing good. the republican party has never been unified like it is right now. they want to save our country. we're going to do more thanave it. we're going to make it greater than it's ever been by a lot. next, i'm going to send a presidential memorandum directing every member of my cabinet to marshal every power at their disposal to defleet inflation and rapidly bring down the cost of daily life because your costs have gone through the roof in the last four years. perhaps you didn't notice. does anyone notice the costs are like double, triple, quadruple?

you can't buy bacon. apples have doubled in price. you want an apple, anybody? pay twice what you did. we'll put more money in your pocket and bring back the american dream. and to reduce energy costs and liberate our economy, so we have more oil and gas than any country in the world. and we're going to use it. we're not going to do the wind thing. wind, ooh. big ugly windmills that ruin your neighborhood, they ruin -- if you have a house that's near a windmill, your house is less than half. and did you see up in new england with the wells? you see what's happening. they had two whales killed in about 14 years. last year and the year before, total, they had 28. so if you're into whales, you don't want windmills either. they're the most expensive form of energy that you can have by far. and they're all made in china, by the way. practically all of them.

and they kill your birds and they ruin your beautiful landscapes. but other than that, i think they're quite good, right? no, remember when we used to joke and kid when we were kidding. but we don't kid anymore. they want to watch the debates on television. they want to watch your favorite president on television. but the wind isn't blowing. so we can't watch television at night. remember? gladys, i'm sorry, the wind is just not blowing. we're not watching trump tonight. but i'm immediately withdrawing from the unfair one-sided paris climate accord rip-off. the united states will not sabotage our own industries while china pollutes with impunity. china, look, they use a lot of dirty energy. but they produce a lot of

energy. and when that stuff goes up in the air, you know, it doesn't stay there. it's not like you have a wall. we love walls, don't we? not like you have a wall around and it just -- it floats into the united states of america, after 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 days. it floats across the oceans. and it comes right over your neighborhood. and it falls into your neighborhood. so they all say, we have to fight for cleaner air, but the dirty air is dropping all over us. so what the hell are they talking about? unless everybody does it, it just doesn't work. we had the cleanest air and the cleanest water that this country has ever had under the trump administration, and we didn't do anything to stop jobs and stop production. believe me. you're going to see a lot of companies come pouring back because tariffs. i always say tariffs is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary. and i was reprimanded by the fake news. they said what about love,

religion, and god? i said i agree. let's put god number one, let's put religion number two. love, i don't know, we have to put that number three, i guess, right? then it's tariff. because tariffs are going to make us rich as hell. it's going to bring our country's businesses back that left us. and i'll also sign an executive order to immediately end federal government censorship of the american people. in america, we believe in free speech. and we're bringing it back starting today. to stop the weaponization, oh, do i know about that, these creeps. deranged jack smith. you ever heard of him? a deranged prosecutor. sick. they suck him on me. he's now been reduced to getting on an airplane going back to the

hague or wherever the hell he came from. we gotta get rid of that guy. was he one of the many people that got a pardon today? did they pardon jack smith? you know, did you know that biden while i was making my speech, pardoned his whole family? the brother, the whole deal was pardoned. can you imagine that? while i was making my speech. can everybody hear my speech? did you like my speech? thank you. i mean, the only thing wrong with it is i had a lot of tough things to say, and i have some great people who work for me. such a great speech, so

unifying. don't talk about biden with his pardons of his family. we want a unified country. they said don't talk about the j-6 hostages that you're going to be releasing today. sir, don't put that in your speech, please. i said, but are really, i want to put it in my speech. they said sir, it won't be unified like it is. it's so beautiful. and it is getting great reviews. you know, if i put things like that in, i'll get terrible reviews. one little paragraph that's a little wrong, the fake news goes crazy, right? so i said, all right. i won't put it in my speech. but you know what, i'm speaking in front of a hell of a lot of people at a place called capital one arena. and i'll talk about it there. so we're going to -- we're going

to be going over the beautiful oval office, one of the great offices in history, even if it wasn't beautiful, it's the oval office, but it is beautiful. we love the oval office. it all starts -- the wars start and end there. everything starts and ends at the oval office. we love it. but we're going to go to the oval office, we're going to sign. we're going to release our great hostages that didn't do, for the most part, they didn't do stuff wrong. you take a look at what went on. and look at what happens in other parts of the country, in portland, where they kill people. they destroy the city. nothing happens to them. in seattle, where they took over a big chunk of the city, nothing happened. minneapolis where they burned down the city. nothing happened. essentially nothing happened. all they want to do is go after the j-6 hostages. a 76-year-old grandmother was arrested the other day. because she was looking -- i think because she was looking at

the capitol or something like that. we're not going to put up with that crap anymore. and to stop the weaponization of law enforcement. i have been investigated more than any human being in the world. i believe i have the all-time record. every day, a subpoena, subpoena. every single day, we get subpoenas. i was more than any person, alfonz capone, i used to talk about him. scarface, he was a pretty rough guy. he was investigated about of what i was. my father looking down at me, my mother. how the hell did this happen? they investigated their political opponent. the opponent of biden. and then ultimately kamala. has anyone ever heard of kamala?

we had to beat two opponents. you know, we had to beat biden, and we beat him. now he goes, a guy who was like 39 points down. i think i could have beaten trump. they should have left me in. i would have beat him. no, his debate performance wasn't the best, right? that's what killed him. then they had a change, and it's like you get into a fight, the great dana white spoke last night. we love dana white, ufc. it's like he puts in two fighters. one of them is getting creamed, getting really beaten. they say take him out, let's get someone else in to finish up the fight. that's what they did to us, they gave us somebody new, so we took care of both of them. we beat actually two opponents. but to stop the weaponization of law enforcement in our government, i will also sign an order directing every federal

agency to preserve all records pertaining to political persecutions under the last administration of which there were many. and beginning the process of exposing any and all abuses of power, even though he's pardoned many of these people. can you believe it? he's pardoned them. you know why he did it while i was speaking? because that way i couldn't speak about it. i was speaking, i didn't know he did it. i finished my speech, and they said, sir, he pardoned his whole family. i said can i go back out there and talk about it? somehow, that wouldn't be very elegant. our first lady would say, please don't do that. we have plenty of time to talk about it. and we will. we're doing all of this on our very first day in office. you know, don't forget, we have been in this position really where we won the primaries in record time. the fastest win of a primary ever in political history, which is a very nice thing. nice to know.

well, the second election was rigged so we knew we were doing well. and if it wasn't, you know what, if it wasn't, i would have never -- i would have never run. but the third one was just a monster. boy, was that a big one, huh? that was a big one. the second one, we got like 10 or 12 million votes than the first one. how about that? we did great in the first one. we did much better in the second one. but man, did we do well in the third one. we're going to have some fun. it's very simple. we're going to make our country great. we're going to make our country great again. we're going to make america great again. how good a name is maga, right? i was going to say keep america great, but unfortunately, it wasn't great. can't say keep it great. it will be great again. but kag, keep america great, kag, i don't think it's ever

going to replace maga. does anybody like kag? i don't think so. never replacing maga. nothing will replace maga. maga was the most successful political operation, political movement in the history of our country. maybe in the history of the world. let's see what happens. because we're not finished yet. we're not finished yet. we got a long way to go. but we're doing this in the very first day in office, and in just a few moments, i'm not only signing the release of the j-6 hostages. i'm signing other things that you're going to love. ooh, you're going to be happy reading newspapers tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day. so i just want to thank -- i mean, look at this place. it's full to the rafters. you don't have any -- look at those people up there. you don't have any empty seats. and by the way, the capital one

owners, they are so good. we got to root for their teams because they have been so great to maga, to us. and i just want to thank ted and everybody. you guys have been fantastic. and the ice hockey team's doing great. ovechkin. ovechkin is pretty good, right? they're doing great. i want to thank them. capital one arena owners. they have been absolutely fantastic. and thank you once again to everyone. and i can only tell you you're going to be very happy. you're going to watch a lot of good things happening. we have to stop some wars going on. the war with ukraine would have never happened. and it has. as you know, israel would have never been hit on october 7th. and you -- none of you would be up here. none of you would know anything about this tragedy that you're going through right now. but iran was broke. anybody that bought oil from iran, they couldn't do any business with us. you're not going to do business

with america. china passed, everybody passed. they were broke. they didn't have money for hamas. they didn't have money for hezbollah. and your sons would be arrive, and they certainly wouldn't be incarcerated like they are. it's a shame, but we are getting a lot of people out in a short period of time. i'm going to go right over to here and sign in front of you, is that okay? good. >> president trump after giving his inaugural address earlier today, inside the capitol rotunda, now at capital one arena. shaking hands with families of the hostages. many of those families have given donald trump credit in recent days, saying they do not think that this cease-fire, this deal would have gotten across the finish line had it not been for donald trump. of course, his envoy teaming up with the biden administration in the final days. they have said that they believe it was the addition of donald

trump and his team that made this happen. donald trump saying he will head over to that table with a number of executive actions already laid out on the table and the presidential seal. mary, do we have an understanding of what exactly he's signing here? >> we don't right now, but we do know this is going to be a tremendous effort for him to show straight out of the gate how aggressive he is being as he's been touting all day. we know he's signing a wide range of executive orders, ranging from rescinding any dei or gender related directives from the biden administration to designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. >> let's listen. >> the rescission of 78 era memorandums and others. thank you, sir.

>> donald trump there, president trump now trying to effectively undo as much as he can of joe biden's agenda there. >> you announced in your speech preventing bureaucrats from issuing any other regulations until we have full control of the government with this administration. >> thank you, sir. the next item, sir, is a freeze on all federal hiring, excepting the military and a number of categories until full control of the government is achieved and we understand the objectives of government going forward.

>> could you imagine biden doing this? i don't think so. i don't think so. >> sir, the next item as you announced in your speech is a requirement that federal workers return to full-time in-person work immediately. thank you, sir. next, we have a directive to every department and agency in the federal government to address the cost of living crisis that has cost americans so dearly.

>> thank you, sir. the next item here is the withdrawal from the paris climate treaty. yes, sir. >> we're going to save over a trillion dollars by withdrawing from that treaty. and the next item, sir, is a letter that will be transmitted to the united nations explaining that we are withdrawing from the

paris climate treaty. >> thank you, sir. this next item is a directive to the federal government ordering the restoration of freedom of speech and preventing government censorship of free speech going forward. >> and lastly, sir, before we go back to the oval office to sign a large number of other items, is a directive to the federal government ending the weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration as we have seen.

>> thank you very much, sir. appreciate it.

[ cheers and applause ] [ chanting usa ] >> and there you it, what replaced the typical inaugural parade in washington every four years. a sort of rally, if you will, at the capital one arena. president trump returning to the white house. eight years after he first served in 2017. the 45th and the 47th president of the united states. we saw that actually on the license plate of the motorcade, as it traveled through

washington today. 45 and 47. mary bruce, he heads back to the white house now, and he'll continue to sign more executive actions, executive orders that we are told given our reporting earlier in the day will affect those who were prosecuted for january 6th, and that this will be sweeping, most if not all. >> you heard massive applause he got there in the crowd for his promise to do just that, to go back and to pass these sweeping pardons for the january 6th. he calls them hostages. they are convicted criminals for their actions on january 6th. just how sweeping they will be, we will have to see. but the president clearly trying to send a message that he's being incredibly aggressive straight out of the gate, trying to show the american people and his supporters that he's delivering. >> jon karl, in many ways even though this was changed given the weather situation outside, you didn't have the inaugural parade, but what you got instead is something much more uniquely

trump. very much a part of the dna of th campaign rallies that led to his success and his election victory a second time. >> it was pure trump. it was him surrounded by his most fervent supporters. he got into that arena by waiting online. some had been waiting online since 2:00 in the morning in the freezing cold. so cold, the inauguration had to be brought inside. they were out all night. then you have this flurry of executive actions and orders that he signed. still trying to get a handle on exactly what it all adds up to. but he's trying to at least create the impression that he has a very busy and consequential first day in office. >> now 6:55 eastern time. many of you have been with us all day long, and we really do appreciate it. really since 9:00 this morning, began even earlier on "good morning america." i should let you know for those of you in the east, we're going to go back to your local stations at 7:00. for many it does mean "world news tonight" will come your way shortly. i should mention while we're still on the air, we'll have a

10:00 p.m. eastern primetime special that will include the balls and activities of this evening across washington, d.c. and really what the path forward looks like for those who supported donald trump and for those who were hoping for a different outcome, what this means, what the first 100 days are expected to look like. what the first week in fact could look like. a lot to cover, and we'll get to that at 10:00 p.m. eastern in primetime right here on abc. martha raddatz, we took note as donald trump, now the 47th president and the first lady, melania trump, entered the arena. i was taken aback for a second because i was wondering are these ticketed guests or were these people who waited in line? because they were so close to the president. we saw that assassination attempt obviously in butler. these folks went through, i'm sure, security, metal detectors, and it was safe. secret service and security. still, when i see that, it gives me pause all the time given what this country has witnessed and what we saw, the attempt on his life in butler, pennsylvania. can you imagine these folks, a

lot of them supporters from around the country who waited in line since 2:00 a.m. and had a chance to be within a foot of donald trump as he's walking down the stairs with the first lady. >> obviously, i didn't know they had the prime seats at that point, but donald trump loves that intimacy, he loves being around people. i saw some supporters yesterday downtown walking around who came in to the city, even though they didn't have tickets anymore, they said they were going to try and get into the arena so they could see donald trump just being in the same city, they said, meant something to them. this is donald trump's type of venue. this was a rally. he is now president of the united states. and he was celebrating not only this but in a way, he was still talking about 2020, because one of the first things he did and is going to do is the january 6th people who have been convicted of going to capitol hill and trying to overturn the 2020 election. >> another story that will develop throughout the evening and we'll have late reporting at

10:00 p.m. eastern with a few moments left, rachel scott, who covered donald trump's campaign every step of the way, and because of that and her work, she's now our senior political correspondent. new title, same dogged reporter out there, still doing it. and rachel, the mood, the feeling inside that arena. >> reporter: yeah, and it's fitting that this is the campaign soundtrack that we heard on the campaign trail. president donald trump known as a showman. today, he signed those executive orders passing out those pens. but even his allies acknowledge that most of the work that he wants to get done will have to happen through congress. david, one note of bipartisanship tonight, we are learning that senator marco rubio has officially been confirmed by the united states senate to become the next secretary of state. it was unanimous. >> just a few second left. terry, i want to give you the last word. this is not just a victory of the man but the movement. the maga movement, and the democrats have to do serious soul searching about how they

lost key constituencies in this election. >> one thing that struck me with donald trump signing those executive orders. imagine you voted for him. that's action. it feels like you heard him promise it, and he's delivering. and that's winning politics. the democrats have to convince people they can do the same thing. >> very close election in america. 48/49 in the popular vote, but a resounding victory in the electoral college. he's now the 47th president of the united states. for some of you, "world news tonight" is next. i'll see you later tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern for an abc news primetime special. thanks for watching, good night. this has been a special report from abc news. right now. >> the golden age of america begins right now. from this day forward, our country will flourish.