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>> from this moment on america's decline is over. >> dawn of a new era. donald trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the united states and swiftly sets out to enact his aggressive agenda that could dramatically reshape america's policies and institutions. and winter wallop. a rare winter storm threatening to bring heavy snow, sleet, and ice to the deep south as a blast of arctic air plunges much of the eastern u.s. into a deep freeze. good morning. i'm michael george. well, it was a day filled with pomp, pageantry, and parties late into the night, but president donald trump didn't waste a second after his inauguration, wiping out joe biden's legacy and implementing what he calls america-first policies. he pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of nearly all of the 1,500 people plus that

were charged in the january 6th capitol riot including those convicted of assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. trump also signed a slew of executive actions including declaring a national emergency at the u.s.-mexico border, withdrawing from the paris climate accords, ending protections for transgender people, terminating diversity programs, and trying to end birthright citizenship, which is already facing legal challenges. cbs' jarred hill joins us now from washington with the latest. jarred, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michael. an expectedly aggressive start to president donald trump's return to the white house. with a swipe of his sharpy he issued as you mentioned there hundreds of executive actions. the future of some already uncertain. >> so help me god. >> reporter: and with that president donald j. trump began his second term. in his speech he vowed to rescue a nation that he described as in decline. >> the golden age of america begins right now.

>> reporter: in the midst of the inaugural parade moved inside a d.c. arena with frigid temps and inaugural balls where he danced with first lady melania trump, the president signed roughly 200 executive orders rolling back dozens of biden era policies in the process including pulling the u.s., again, out of the paris climate agreement. president trump also offered clemency to all of the nearly 1,500 people charged or convicted in relation to storming the u.s. capitol on january 6th. >> we're going to release our great hostages. >> reporter: their supporters demonstrated outside a d.c. jail last night. president trump is already facing legal challenges over his executive order creating the department of government efficiency, or doge, and another that attempts to ban birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the constitution. trump also signed an order declaring a national emergency on the southern border and others targeting immigration. meanwhile, the senate yesterday approved its first of trump's cabinet picks.

former florida senator marco rubio now to be secretary of state. and a couple other senate committees moved some other of president donald trump's cabinet picks to the next phase, which would be a full senate vote. that could happen within a matter of days. michael, really starting to cement president trump's cabinet for his second term. back to you. >> all right, jarred hill in washington, thank you. now, we mentioned how president trump launched a crack down on immigration, so we wanted to learn how his policies are impacting america's cities. cbs' lilia luciano is in chicago, one of the cities bracing for raids. >> i will declare a national emergency. >> reporter: president trump moved quickly to block existing legal pathways into the u.s. he shutdown the cbp1 app when allowed nearly a million immigrants to enter the country at ports of entry. all existing appointments to request asylum are canceled including the one for margelis tinoco from columbia who waited

months for this day. i don't know what my life will be from here, she said. the inincoming administration has also promised the largest deportation in american history with a crackdown reported to begin in sanctuary cities like chicago. tom homan, the border czar, has said they're going to target people who commit crimes. do you not trust that's not going to be the case? >> no, i think we're all going to be a target. i think there's no telling who committed possible crimes or not. >> reporter:ia sen yesenia ramirez has lived and worked in the u.s. while undocumented for 20 years. >> the fear is like euphoric because you don't see it, but you feel it. you have the panic attacks. you can't sleep. >> reporter: she worries about being separated from her three

u.s.-born children. your children do not deserve their mother hiding. you're saying your children who are american citizens born in this country have to fight for your community, for their community. >> my community is strong. i am very proud of my community, but it's not necessary too much hate for us. >> reporter: we heard from multiple members of this community who say many workers from local businesses are not planning to show up to work because they don't want to take any chances. but whether or not those wide sweeps will, in fact, begin here in chicago is still unclear. that plan might have changed after the information leaked over the weekend. lilia luciano, cbs news, chicago. in some of his final acts in office former president biden issued a series of unprecedented preemptive pardons against possible retribution from the trump administration. while biden was at the capitol yesterday for president trump's inauguration, word came down that he was issuing pardons for

his three siblings and their spouses. biden also approved pardons for dr. anthony fauci, retired joint chiefs chairman general mark milley, and members of the house committee that investigated the january 6th attack on the capitol. families of both israelis and american hostages also took part in the inauguration events. relatives of hostages still being held by hamas and those who were killed were welcomed on stage during the scaled down inaugural parade at the capital one arena. former hostage noa argamani who was rescued last year was also there. newly released video shows moments when three female israeli hostages released sunday were reunited with their mothers at an israeli army facility near the gaza border. they're reported to be in stable condition. one of the freed hostages, emily damari, who lost two fingers during the october 7th attack, was seen on an israeli helicopter holding up a white

white board with the words, the nightmare is over, written in hebrew. >> emily is in high spirits on the road to recovery. as you would have seen last night she's an amazingly strong and resilient young woman. >> and emily damari also posted a story on instagram thanking her family and the protest movement pushing for the hostages' release. meanwhile, palestinians returning home to the southern city of rafah in gaza found a scene of massive destruction with entire neighborhoods wiped out. a rare winter storm is bringing snow, freezing rain, sleet, and dangerously cold temperatures across the south. drivers in amarillo, texas, encountered white out conditions yesterday as the national weather service warned of dangerous, life threatening travel. in houston rarely used snowplows were deployed ahead of the storm expected to bring 5 inches of snow to some areas. airports were shutdown, and across the state hundreds of schools were closed. winter storm warnings are in

effect in seven states from texas to south carolina and northern florida. about 170 million people from the rockies to the east are under extreme cold warnings or cold weather advisories. firefighters quickly put out several brush fires that erupted yesterday in southern california amid continuing windy and dry conditions. crews extinguished one fire that started south of the iconic griffith observatory. a man suspected of starting the fire was taken into custody. further south evacuation warnings were in effect as crews battled the brush fire near san diego. los angeles mayor karen bass said l.a. is prepared for any possible new fires as the national weather service issued red flag and high wind warnings in the area. coming up, killed in the line of duty. a border patrol agent in vermont is fatally shot near the canadian border. and later the new deadline for tiktok. is china having a change of heart about selling the app? p? . oh yeah? shingles doesn't care.

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a strong earthquake shook taiwan injuring at least 27 people and damaging numerous structures, according to local authorities. taiwan's fire department says among is the injured is a one-month-old baby who was rescued from a collapsed house. fortunately, no deaths have been reported, and all the injuries are considered minor. an unexpected guilty plea in a stabbing attack and a deadly shooting in vermont. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the associated press says a u.s. border patrol agent was shot and killed on a highway in vermont. authorities say the agent was killed in the line of duty yesterday on interstate 91 in coventry, about 20 miles south of the canadian border. the fbi says the suspect in the shooting was also killed and a second suspect was injured and taken into custody. no further details were released. a portion of the highway that was closed in both directions was still closed for about two hours. now the bbc says a teenager pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in a stabbing

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what melania trump wore to her husband's second inauguration. mrs. trump chose a classic navy and white silk outfit paired with a navy wide brimmed hat. the hat definitely making a fashion statement but also making it hard for president trump to kiss his spouse. >> her presence transformed it and made it something very powerful. and you would never -- you know, if you just saw it on a hat stand somewhere, you would never see -- you would never expect that it would have that much impact, and that really just speaks to her presence and her beauty and her grace. >> hat designer eric javits said dressing the first lady has been one of the greatest honors of his career. and spacex tesla and x founder elon musk igniting online chatter for what he did at a rally for president trump yesterday. the billionaire seen placing his hand on his heart and extending his arm out above his head with his palm facing down.

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