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trump's second inauguration. i'm caitriona perry here at capitol hill. donald trump has been sworn in as the 14th american president, beginning a second term in the white house. he is only the second u.s. president ever to serve two nonconsecutive terms. in his inaugural address, he promised to the golden age of america begins right now, he says. mr. trump: from this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. we will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. during every single day of the trump administration, i will come a very simply put, -- i will, very simply, put america first. [applause]

our sovereignty will be reclaimed. our safety will be restored. the scales of justice will be rebalanced. the vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the justice department and our government will end. [applause] and our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous, and free. caitriona: president trump is promising a flurry of executive actions on day one, on immigration, crime, and a host of other issues. he also heaved criticism on the administration of his predecessor, joe biden, who he said spent unlimited funds on foreign borders by refusing to defend its own.

in his address, particularly when he said he would declare a national emergency at the southern border. mr. trump: 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. we will re reinstate my remain in mexico policy. [applause] i will end the practice of catch and release. and i will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. caitriona: i'm joined now by republican congressman from tennessee david kustoff.

thanks for joining us on bbc news. how much have you heard from president trump? rep. kustoff: we wish we could have done it outside come and we have thousands of people who are here in washington to be able to watch the inauguration, including a number of people from tennessee, from my district. but they understood, and the main thing is, even though they were here, they wanted to be part of the swearing-in, part of the inauguration. they understand that today is an historic day, and they were here to support president trump and his agenda. so i was there representative on the rotunda listening to the speech, i thought president trump hit on every single issue that he talked about during his campaign for his election. he talked about what is going to do to make this country better, specifically as it relates to the issues of energy and

security, particularly at our southern border, and the economy and inflation. that is what the people elected him to do in my district. caitriona:caitriona: during that inaugural address, congressman, the state of the union address, the republican members are standing up and share income and the democratic members -- cheering amanda didn't tell the policies and plans for the presidency. often we hear grand ideas and big ambitions without that level of detail. what is he going to do to try to bring those two sides of america together and unify this country? rep. kustoff: well, i was actually impressed at that president trump not only won the electoral vote but also won the popular vote, and he comes in, he comes in at a higher rating

then he had maybe during the course of the presidency. it tells me that the american people are behind him, but i think president trump will reach out and try to find where we can find common ground. every single american, whether you are republican, democrat, red, blue, what have you, you want to solve the conflict. during his four years in the white house, people had more money. they talk about that a lot. that was a central issue of his campaign and why so many nontraditional republicans voted for him in this election. we are all concerned about energy and the availability of energy and the cost of energy and look forward together to make it work. again, the united states is a

net exporter, and we produce more energy here in the united states than we export. lastly on the border, which, during his first term, was seen as being a partisan issue. republicans supporting strength at the southern border and democrats not. we seen democrats, certainly in legislation that we just voted on in the last week or so, in the laken riley act, turning people away who have committed violent crimes. those are probably the three most predominant issues facing the united states at this time, and it is something the republicans and democrats should seek to find common solutions. caitriona: and indeed, president trump will need the assistance of both houses of congress to

achieve some of what he has described. he will need legislation, not just executive action. on that issue of immigration, i mean, successive congresses have failed to pass legislation on that, although there is, people say, unanimous support for reform of the whole immigration system, to allow more legal pathways for people to come to the u.s. as well. from what you are saying, do you think there is a realistic sense of both parties working across the aisle to bring legislation like that? rep. kustoff: president trump has spoken a lot about our broken immigration system. in fact, he has talk about al white came into the united states. as a congressman, we work with people all the time to try to help get either visas or work through the system. there's a right way to come into this country. there's a wrong way to come to this country. in the end, we are a nation of

immigrants. that's how we were built. that's how we continue to grow and thrive, but let's have people come through the right way. and, to your question, obviously there are a lot of pros, and i think president trump will look at trying to streamline the process while also working to make sure that our borders are secure and finishing the wall and giving border patrol agents control not only of the southern border but the northern border and all the borders of the nation the tools and the resources that they need in order to do their jobs. caitriona: one of the big challenges facing the new congress and the new president is going to be passing a budget. the government is funded until just the middle of march. are we going to get that deal done, or is there going to be a requirement to push it further again? rep. kustoff: well, we need to

get this fiscal year, 20 25, completed by the march date, by the time the continuing resolution runs out, because we have to then start working on fiscal year 2026. we have a lot on our plate. i think republicans are going to be unified behind donald trump and his initiatives. the worst thing in the world would be to have a government funding fight in march, so let's work on making sure that the government is funded. let's work on the president's agenda. let's work on extending or making permanent the tax cuts and jobs act from 2017, where most of those provisions expire at the end of the year, if we don't do anything to make sure that they are given permanency or extend enough for a certain period of years. caitriona: ok kid you have a lot

on your plate absolutely. thanks for freeing up some of your time to join us here, congressman david cust have republican congressman from tennessee, joining us here on bbc. thank you very much. rep. kustoff: thank you very much could have a good day. caitriona: let's get some views from across the aisle, pennsylvania congresswoman madeleine gain -- dean. is it going to be as he described? rep. dean: you know, one of the reasons i went to attend the inauguration of president donald trump is to show that i am here come i am here for all constituents. sadly, i don't think mr. trump set us up for that kind of work.

i know you were just talking about budgeting. absolutely right, we have to make sure that american people, that we put forward a budget instead of continuing resolution after continuing resolution only to have it blown up by a political fight. so i'm hopeful. that's why i attended today. i know it was historic, this inauguration of president trump. i want to signal that i'm here to work, and i'm hopeful. there is an awful lot of uncertainty, and sadly, there is an awfully long list of grievance, complaints, and darkness. caitriona: let's look and president trump's inaugural address, congresswoman. he said there are specific policy areas that he wants to address during his term in office. what was your reaction to what you heard? rep. dean: well, i will tell you that, i am a crazy notetaker, so

as i sat in the rotunda, i took notes pit i wanted to see the structure of this inaugural address, so it would show me his vision for the future. and sadly, i found that he opened with a number of untrue statements about the state of america. he painted a picture of america that is almost a hill scape. it is not cured and his past administration and multiple administrations have tried their hardest to deal with extraordinary challenges. so with the at biden administration sitting there, mr. trump offered no grace, did not offer any kind of connection from one historic administration to his own. and so i did not believe the premise he was giving come of that which mr. trump talked about, he returned to that same grievance and broad picture of america. in between, i think some of the things that he talked about is

immigration, certainly. we all want to deal with immigration. i'm worried about who will get hurt in the meantime, innocent folks who will get hurt in the meantime. he talked about tariffs, again, not the truth on tariffs, but tariffs are not a tax on china, tariffs are a tax on america, even as he claims they are the right way to go. he talked about free speech. we are a country that enjoys and protects free speech. that is not something being delivered to us. he talked about justice under the law. man, oh man, what i want is equal justice under the law. no man should be separate from that. no man should be above the law, and yet look what his supreme court did. so it was a speech of contradictions, and to me, that was sad, an opportunity lost. he was reelected.

it is very, very clear. we had a peaceful transfer of power, something we were denied four years ago in that very place. so it was a speech of contradictions. i will be here to work across the aisle, whether with budgeting or trying to fix our immigration system, trying to make sure we educate our children to the very best, where we try to make sure we bring equal justice under the law to. all americans. caitriona: congresswoman come i want to ask you, because you are from the great state of pennsylvania. when president trump was talking about the need to declare an international energy emergency, drill, baby, drill, the catchphrase, of course, he repeats often. is that something that will strike a chord with many people in your own state, that they do want to see some environmental regulations rolled back, and perhaps people who voted for president trump? rep. dean: oh, i'm certain.

pennsylvania is rich in natural resources and natural gas and other resources. and mr. trump was the winner of pennsylvania. and so i'm sure that will appeal to some people. but i would ask that anybody who is thinking about that, we can do both things at the same time. we can access our natural resources while protecting our environment. after all, this is america. we could do both. so i would be very sad to see a rollback of environmental protections. i do want people to be able to move forward. i think the folks in california, we need to pull down some regulations that are simply redundant, entangling people who want to move forward, but we could do both. it is not one versus the other, drill and destroy our environment versus protect our environment and not drill. we can do both. we are america. caitriona: ok, congresswoman

madeleine dean, democratic congresswoman from pennsylvania, thanks as always for being with us on bbc news. rep. dean: i want to say thank god that the hostages are beginning to come home. caitriona: and indeed, president trump mentioned that in his speech as well. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. i want to go back to our panel, bring in margaret. listening to people from both sides of the aisle, both saying they want to make an effort to work together on some of the key things, concerns for the american people, and of course just the slimmest majority in the house for the republican party. we heard president trump are joking he made it even slimmer by nominating some congresspeople to his cabinet. margaret: that is true. he certainly did do that, and it is going to be a little bit of time until the special elections can fill those roles. i think there are a couple of interesting dynamics.

one is is either party really incentivized to make deals? and the other, we really inaugurated -- the re- inaugurated 2.0, is he going to expand the use of things as executive power or just go for it and see if anyone will stop him? so i think although he has been sticking to republicans in congress and saying it is really important that they work together, there are also some early signs that he is seeking to take more and more decision-making out of the house of congress entirely, and when you do things like declare an emergency at the border, part of what you are setting up is the ability to do things like redirect spending without having to run it through congress. so with the bare majority is there are some areas where he is going to need folks to unify his own party and to try to get some bipartisan buy-in.

and those are things like his plan to cut tax cuts, which we have not heard much yet in his initial remarks, issues around raising the debt senate. -- debt ceiling. there are some things he wants to unilaterally give himself, but in other areas, i think we will see him test the legal limits and the political will to stop him from just making some moves while keeping congress on its legs and trying to diminish the congress' role. caitriona: really front and center of that is the need to fund the federal government, to agree on a budget here, not just a continuing resolution, as has been the case in recent months and years. when you speak to republicans and democrats here, they do all want to get a more permanent situation, but they don't have a lot of roads. they need to get that done in

the next few weeks, margaret. how do we think president trump will get involved, or will he in that? margaret: so we see in this commander has played out a little bit in public, not just behind the scenes, the do truck -- dual track machinations, pulling difficult things together, levers against one another or in two separate trenches. i think president trump has a few different equities to reconcile, and that is how the house operates versus how the senate operates, not to go super inside baseball. but, you know, the house of representatives and the u.s. senate both controlled by republicans but really different republicans with different worldviews and different senses about how much we should sort of, you know, bow to president trump's wishes. and if you get elected in a house district, your district mayb be much more solidly

republican. if you are a u.s. senator, it is a little bit more of a mixed bag, and you need to think about what you are doing here. you need to understand those dynamics as well as understand what are the most likely strategies to enable him to do as much as he wants to do without completely running out of strength, fully running out of threat. the budget, the continuing resolution, is one of those kind of threats, those time markers. the other is, when the u.s. runs out of money, i mean, that is the most important one. you can patch a continuing resolution to keep funding the government, but at a certain point, when the treasury decides that all extraordinary measures have been pulled and there's not enough money coming in to cover the debt, that is when you actually need unity across your own party and probably some bipartisan buy-in. caitriona: ok, margaret, we will come back to that in a moment. i want to get to the great

relationship between president reagan and tip o'neill in the past. the congressional lunch is on in the capitol hill at the moment. president trump and vice president jd vance are there, but they will soon make their way to the capital one arena, just a short drive behind us here from one part of washington, just a few blocks away to the sports arena. we can see on our screen there's quite a decent crowd in their already, of course, people have been chewing up and really bitterly cold temperatures here in washington, d.c. since well before don, standing for hours in -8, -10 degrees celsius. there's going to be -- there's not going to be the presidential parade we are used to because of the frigid temperatures. so people who want to get the up close and personal glimpse of the new president, they will have to try to be thank you early to try to get to the capital one arena there.

-- to try to be in the queue early to try to get into the capital one arena there. we will hear remarks from there. we are also told he will sign some presidential executive action while he is there in front of that crowd, so that will be quite a significant moment. now come i want to talk about all of the events of the day so far. broadcaster p piers morgan, thanks for being back here on bbc news. you are a good friend of donald trump did you been watching everything that has happened today. what do you make of what you have been seeing? it is quite a different start to the first administration. piers: yeah. it is a much more focused and disciplined donald trump in the first time around.

i did not think the speech was as dark as his first inaugural speech. it was more optimistic and he certainly present to the picture to americans that he would deliver what he promised to them in the election campaign. he was very clear about that. reminded them what he promised and said, "i will deliver this," and there will be a new "golden age" to it. but there was a human side to it. he did survive in assassination attempt if you months ago. that will change anybody. i certainly detected with trunk, but i've spoken with him privately, but i've seen about the rallies recently, he is a change to guide he is someone who genuinely believes he should be dead. he is not dead kitty he survived miraculously half an inch and assassin's bullet. if i am an american and i voted for him, he gave me a speech i wanted to hear commend the big question now is, can he deliver

on those promises? caitriona: he did say at one point, my legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier, but then he went on to deliver the unscripted remarks in the overflow room, when he did air a number of those grievances we are familiar with hearing from him in rallies. how do you see he is going to set out to be a great unifier of the american people? piers: well, there's no doubt the election results showed a lot more americans gravitated to trump this time around that in the previous two elections come and they came from all cross-sections of american society, black, white, jew, muslim, rich, poor, and it was extraordinary. i think he was taken back. he could not believe the scale of intricate he won everything. he won the white house, the house of representatives, the senate, the electoral college, he won everything. i think he realizes he's got an amazing opportunity of almost

total power as president, certainly for the first two years, to really implement what he wants to do. i think for that reason, there is optimism in america that trump, he has some pretty smart people around him like elon musk, that things can actually get done here which has often been the criticism of american recent years, were simply there's not enough time for any president to be that effective. it will be interesting to see wi announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's because the free pbs app lets you watch the best of pbs anytime, anywhere.

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