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launching his agenda, vowing sweeping changes on immigration and the border, and promising action regarding hundreds of january 6th defendants. tonight the inauguration of president donald trump. america and the world witnessing president trump taking the oath of office for a second time. the cornerstone of democracy today, a peaceful transfer of power. dangerously cold weather moving the inauguration indoors for the first time since ronald reagan. extraordinary images unfolding throughout the day here. and then the welcome at the white house. the bidens reaching out to the trumps. biden telling trump, welcome home. president trump delivering his inaugural address to the nation, saying he wants to be a peacemaker and unifier and promising to completely and totally reverse the work of the biden administration with joe biden and kamala harris sitting right next to him. and after five decades in politics, president biden tonight leaving washington for the last time. the moving moment flying over washington, the capitol, and the

white house one final time. president trump wasting no time setting the tone for his next four years in office, his plans to sign at least 100 executive actions, declaring a national emergency at the southern border tonight. abc news has learned he plans to issue sweeping pardons for prisoners convicted in the january 6th attack on the capitol. what we've learned tonight. meantime in his final hours in office today, president biden issuing last-minute pardons to dr. anthony fauci, retired general mark milley, former congresswoman liz cheney, and members of the house committee to investigated january 6th. president biden saying they did nothing wrong. but he still wanted to protect them. our team is spread out tonight across the country for this historic night. also on this monday evening, the dangerous winter storm and brutal cold from the rockies and deep south and all the way up into the northeast. tonight states of emergency in places, the major pileup on i-96 in michigan. wind chills below zero into the

single digits. and on this day, americans across the nation paused to honor the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr., and what president trump said today about his inauguration falling on this day. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "abc world news tonight" with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. >> david: and good evening tonight from washington. we're glad you're with us on an historic day in america. the inauguration of donald trump as the nation's 47th president. the peaceful transfer of power, we brought it to you live all day long. this day not like anything we've seen before, trump the 45th president, returning as the 47th president. we haven't seen this as a country since grover cleveland, in fact. the ceremony moved indoors because of the cold. the new president on set to take a record number of executive actions. former president biden also issuing last-minute pardons. we have it all covered tonight.

president trump taking the oath of office for the second time in the capitol rotunda, the time inside since ronald reagan's second term in 1985. it started with donald and melania trump arriving at the white house. president biden saying, welcome home, to donald trump. after having the tea inside that donald trump doesn't drink tea, they did meet for the white house tea that is part of the inaugural tradition. the two presidents leaving together. they shared a ride together to the capitol. in trump's inaugural address, president trump promising a new golden age of america, promising to be a peacemaker and a unifier, but also harshly critical of the biden administration with biden and vice president harris sitting just behind him. that final moment of the transfer of power, the president escorting former president joe biden to the helicopter, ending a decades

long political career. instead of the parade through the streets of washington, a rally just moments ago at the capital one arena. president trump and the first lady will attend three inaugural balls tonight. we will be there for it all. we begin with mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: tonight, america's historic and peaceful transfer of power on full display. joe biden greeting donald trump at the white house with two words, welcome home. >> welcome home. >> reporter: polite handshakes between the bidens and the trumps. and then the four entering for the traditional pre-inauguration tea. over at the capitol, the audience assembling. and in prime seats among the incoming cabinet secretaries, some of the nation's top tech ceos, amazon's jeff bezos, meta's mark zuckerberg, and of course elon musk. back at the white house, the

trumps and biden visiting for about 45 minutes before emerging for that ride to that capitol. the first ladies walking to their car. >> reporter: and then, the presidents. >> reporter: as the motorcade rolled through the streets, former presidents filing into the rotunda. the clintons, the bushs, and barack obama walking alone. former first lady michelle obama not attending. the rotunda packed, as trump made his entrance. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president-elect of the united states, the honorable donald

john trump. ♪ [ applause ] >> please raise your right hand. >> reporter: vice president vance sworn in, his wife holding their young daughter. >> congratulations, mr. vice president. [ applause ] >> please raise your right hand and repeat after -- >> reporter: and then it was trump's term, taking the oath for the second time. >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear -- >> that i will faithly execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> preserve, protect, and

defend -- >> preserve, protect, and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> reporter: a handshake with former president biden. and then president trump launching into his inaugural address. >> the golden age of america begins right now. >> reporter: with biden looking on, trump pledging to bring back what he called a nation in decline. >> my recent election, a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and, indeed, their freedom. from this moment on, america's decline is over. >> reporter: vowing to usher in a, quote, revolution of common sense, starting with a sweeping

series of executive actions. >> i will declare a national emergency at our southern border. [ applause ] all illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. >> reporter: the president with this promise. >> we 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. >> reporter: and this vow -- >> never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political

opponents, something i know something about. we will not allow that to happen. it will not happen again. >> reporter: his tone, defiant. >> many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback. but as you see today, here i am, the american people have spoken. [ applause ] >> reporter: after the president was finished, carrie underwood with a last-minute pivot to sing a capella. ♪ oh beautiful ♪ ♪ for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of >> reporter: trump famously skipped joe biden's inauguration, but biden was determined to stick with tradition. and so today, the new president and first lady escorting the bidens out of the capitol to the

waiting helicopter. handshakes, the first ladies exchanging hugs, and then the trumps waving good-bye, as the bidens flew off. but in the 11th hour of his presidency, joe biden with some unfinished business, issuing pre-emptive pardons for public officials who'd incurred trump's wrath, including dr. anthony fauci, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, and the members of the january 6th committee, including chairwoman liz cheney, writing these public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated biden also issuing pre-emptive pardons to five members of his own family, including his

brother and sister, saying, my family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me. i have to no reason to believe these attacks will end. trump clearly angered by the last-minute pardons. >> terrible what he said. why are we helping some of the people? >> reporter: as trump spoke a long airing of grievances, trump was heading to the plane and his farewell. >> it's been the honor of my life to serve as your president. >> reporter: with washington any in a deep freeze, the traditional parade scrapped. the president heading to a celebration at the capital one arena. the jubilant procession of marching bands, and in washington, a new era begins. >> david: donald trump, the 47th president of the united states. mary bruce with us now. we saw elon musk in a front row speak in the rotunda today.

he spoke to the kraud at the capita one arena. tonight you've learned he's in the west wing. >> reporter: david, elon musk has been spotted inside the west wing tonight. he's been given what's essentially an all access security pass. and he is likely to get an office there in the west wing as well. >> david: in the west wing as well. mary, thank you. president trump meanwhile on track to scores of executive actions on this day one of his administration. among them, declaring a national emergency at the southern border, declaring an energy emergency, and reversing many of former president biden's initiatives. rachel scott tonight at the capital one arena. >> reporter: tonight just hours after he was sworn in, president trump getting right down to business, signing a record number of executive orders. at capital one arena in front of a crowd of supporters, trump putting into motion his day one actions. >> i'm about to sign some very important executive orders of our new administration. >> reporter: signing orders on

the economy, gender, and immigration, declaring that national emergency at the southern border, reinstating the remain in mexico policy, and designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. >> as commander in chief, i have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what i am going to do. we will do it at a level that nobody's ever seen before. >> reporter: the president vowing to remain the gulf of mexico the gulf of america. >> we are going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. >> reporter: trump also declaring a national emergency on energy. >> we will drill, baby, drill. america will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on earth. and we are going to use it.

we're going to use it. >> reporter: tonight, in front of thousands of supporters here at the capital one arena, president donald trump signed several executive actions, including withdrawing from the paris climate accord. the president making clear that many more are on the way. even his allying on capitol hill acknowledge he will need the help of congress to get much of his agenda across the finish line. >> david: rachel, thank you. what we're learning about another of president trump's actions tonight, pardoning the sentencing of hundreds convicted on the january 6th attack on the capitol. >> hundreds of violent offenders went to prison for attacking police on january 6th, using everything from flag poles, even cattle prods. tonight the possibility of sweeping pardons could put a nail in the coffins.

sources telling abc news, in addition to freeing all non-violent offenders, the president is prepared to free some or even all of the most violent. also potentially impacted oath keepers -- and former national chairman of the proud boys, enrique tarrio, both convicted of conspiracy. trump promised to free the so-called at the inauguration today, speaking to the over-filled crowd, president trump again teased the possibility. >> i was going to talk about the j6 hostages. but you'll be happy because you know it's action, not words, that count. and a lot of action on the j6 hostages. >> sources tell abc news that trump's top advisers have been

pushing for pardons for some time. but those same sources confirm nothing is set in stone until trump formally signs the paperwork. >> david: pierre thomas live at the capitol. let's get back to the team that's been with me all day long on abc. our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl, what do you think president trump has to do now in his early days of his administration? >> look, he set the bar extremely high. in his speech, he said, the golden age of america starts right now. he made specific promises, like bringing prices down. we're much beyond that. so, now he has to deliver. and david, we saw him do some executive actions. getting stuff through congress is going to be much, much more difficult, given the narrow majority. he's got the majority, but it's oh so narrow. >> executive action on the border will definitely be coming. bringing prices down might be the bigger challenge as we move ahead in the months to come. martha rad zadatz, you took not

that -- credit for getting the ceasefire across the finish line. >> absolutely. they expressed gratitude for what he did and his team did to get it across the finish line. of course joe biden's been working on it 15 months. but the hard part is ahead. this is not over. this is a temporary ceasefire, phase one. although donald trump has made very clear there will be hell to pay if all the hostages are not released, david. >> david: steady and balanced all day long in a divided country. we're going to have a special coming up tonight, a full wrap up, including the evening's inaugural balls skpp events, and if first 100 days, what to expect in these early months of the trump administration. a very special "2020" tonight. when we come back herein "world news tonight," the dangerous winter storm from the rockies to the northeast. also what president trump is now saying tonight about the future of tiktok.

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