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donald trump is sworn in as at 45th president of the united states of america. >> it's only of allegiance >> he lays out his visit for the next 40 years >> from this day forward it's going to be only america first. >> after the properties came the protests as a group of demonstrators caused chaos on the streets of dc, the night ends for the newly commander in chief. coming to you live from washington, where little bit of a fog settled in on a day and evening packed full of activity, celebration, all eyes have
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turned to the gala for the president and mrs. trump. what we previously seen from different administration. the first ball they stopped at was the liberty ball, and that is where they had their first dance with president and first lady as the classic my way played, milania wearing a white gown, joined by mike pence, his wife and other members of the trump family, about a half hour later, the president and first lady appeared at the freedom inauguration ago la a before dancing, he told the crowd he will keep on tweeting to bay bypass the media. here's a look at the final stop this evening, they're salute to armed services being held at the national building museum many members of the military seeing
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new commander in chief for the first time. president trump thanking them for their service. >> all over the city we're having a lot of fun, what a day it's been. our first lady has been working very, very hard. very, very hard. but i just want to thank you on behalf of milania and myself and the family and really millions of people all over the world, the job you've done is absolutely incredible. absolutely incredible. because this is our military. this is our law enforcement. this is our first responders. you're amazing people. you're amazing people. and i like you for a lot of reasons. also, i like the fact that you all voted for me.
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>> i just, i just met your joint chiefs of staff. and they are incredible. i'll tell you what. they know what to do and they know what to do and they know what to do fast. and we're going to see what happens but we have a great country and we want to do what's appropriate. we've been pushed around by a lot of different people. lots of bad things happening. but i think you're going to go see a big improvement. general mattis was just approved by the senate. >> the defense secretary are getting a shout out from the new president and so many members of the military very excited about that confirmation as you heard them reacting there. so that's a live picture. that's what's happening right
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now as we speak and you know these events have been going on all day long here in the nation's capitol. started this morning and that most pivotal moment when the oath of office was taken. >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear. >> before the american people and members of government, donaldj trump became the 45 and president of the united states of america >> january 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rurals of this nation again >> president trump returned to many of the themes he discuss odd the campaign trail promming to make american interest his top priority >> we assembled here today our issuing are new decree to be heard in every city, every foreign capitol and in every hall of power from this day
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forward, a new vision will gabor of govern our land, from this day forward it will be only america first. maybe made the trip to watch him >> it's interesting. i never made it down to the inauguration. i grew up in the city. first time i've come down. it's cool >> i'm here to support trump >> i can't wait >> it's kind of crazy. >> reporter: the inaugural festivities continued into the afternoon. president trump and his family waved to the crowd and watched from the viewing box from the white house. blocks away from the pomp and circumstance sometimes violent protests broke out in the streets. some protesters lit a limo on fire. police used pepper spray stun
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grenades and other methods >> these groups it delegitimacies a lot of the reasons the rest of here >> 217 people were arrested and six officers sustained miles an hour injuries. now, former president obama are headed to palm springs what they call a short vacation after the eight years in the white house. earlier this was the scene. they left washington holding hands as they walked to a helicopter parked outside the capitol escorted by president trump. they addressed the crowd gathered there. >> this is a little pit stop. this is a -- this is not a period. this a comma. in the continuing story of
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building america. >> reporter: before he left washington, president obama took one last look at his home. a photographer captured the president looking at the white house. as for the vice president and his wife after the inauguration vice president biden headed home to delaware and eyewitness "eyewitness news" was on board as they made the trip boarding the train at washington's union station. train travel is a method of travel the vice president known for well. the bidens arrived that bears his name. received a hero's welcome. from there it was on to the chase center where he thanked to supporters and was moved to cheers. >> to paraphrase james joyce, joyce said, and i'm going to
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paraphrase him, when i die, when i die, delaware will be written on my heart. >> we're not going away. thanks. >> the delaware work on economic and domestic policy he'll work on foreign policy issues with the university the pennsylvania. back here in washington, a tradition continued at the oath of office and swearing in ceremony this afternoon, living presidents bader to witness the peaceful transfer of power. a lot of eyes were on hillary clinton. she attended the ceremony with her husband, president bill clinton and later at the inaugural luncheon, putting politics aside, president trump took her hand, later told the crowd he respected her and thanked her for coming and received a standing owe violation, president trump
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stepped foot in the oval office for the first time as commander in chief wasted no time getting down to business. accompanied by michael pence. he signed an executive order to minimize the burden of the evidence affordable care act. late tonight, you heard the president talking about this. the first members of his cabinet were easily confirmed by the senate and sworn in by vice president elect pence. james mattis was confirmed 98-1, he will be serving as secretary of defense, john kelly confirmed by a large margin is taking over as secretary of homeland security, ukee, a lot of business here, a lot of celebration, a lot of protests, it has been quite an active day here in washington, dc and of course with the women's march on washington coming up, that's going to continue. >> jessica to you and the crew, thank you so much, we will be in touch speaking protesters, they
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hit the streets. alexandria hoff is in center city with more on that. >> reporter: good evening, ukee, the union league hosted a major g, a la in celebration of the inauguration of the new president and that began just as protests were winding down. they start odd the city's campuses such as the university of pennsylvania >> we're going to keep organizing. >> reporter: they were taken to the streets around city hall. protesters raising their voices and concerns over trump presidency >> we got to fight for the franchise >> as evening approached on the lawn of independence hall more than a dozen groups demonstrated together advocating on behalf of
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minorities. >> while passionate these protests never crossed the violent or chaotic line that some did in washington, dc,ing or in both policing have been credited for keeping the peace >> it's not about who won. you're not going to shutdown the inauguration, you're not going to short of an asteroid hit, the man will be president. we have to get organized and move forward. >> reporter: you know, it's interesting because for over a year, you know, this city has hosted the dnc, we've been in the primaries. so much political back and forth. tonight feels like a strange calm we haven't felt for awhile as different people settle in with a new president in different ways, city hall alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." jessica mentioned more demonstrations are expected tomorrow in the capitol for the women's march. philadelphia are ready for a
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similar rally that could bring as many as 25,000 people to center city. there are a lot of road closures tomorrow, you can see them on the map. the closure start before 7:00 tomorrow morning and some of them will remain up until 5:00 p.m. we put all of the road closures on our website cbsphilly.com. much more including the big talk outside the white house, the mysterious gift milania trump gave michelle obama. what tiffany said about the president inside the box. a major tie-up on the turnpike, emergency repair that needs to be done on a busy bridge before anyone can drive over it again. and talk with the trash. what's next for this dog as she recovers from being dumped in a trash bag. >> today was a soggy day. written through the afternoon, since cleared we do have one day this weekend that could turn wet. i'll tell you when rain returns
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and wh
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he said going to be only america first. donald trump is sworn in as president of the united states of america. he's vowing to restore prosperity and fight for the country with every breath. not everybody watched. the inauguration, should it be more of a priority. >> that's right, ukee, biggest audience for any inauguration was 41 million viewers when ronald reagan and you're looking at 30% of our country tuning in. maybe we can tell what happened this year, it's not tucson to ask, did you watch and should more people do the same? >> president-elect of the united states donald trump.
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>> he took the oath of office. did you? ? i didn't do >> absolutely not >> why not >> why should i? >> i don't make comments about sunday nfl games because i don't -- i didn't watch them. society professor at temple university specializes in political communication, while it's not a rider part of citizen ship and up to the individual it comes in handy when discussing politics >> for those who wants to make observations about the presidency and make political arguments i would agree that the ethical moral thing to do is to first be inform, >> from listen, to the address. of >> it was nonsense, >> pretty classy >> to witnessing the departure of marine one >> the former president and his wife was gracious
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>> and for the democratic challenger >> hillary clinton to be there >> what did we miss? according to l, a mar, the historic significance, the first time our nation voted against washington opting instead for a political outsider >> it's something where the people in america are and how disconnected washington is from the rest of america. and one other note, before setting out to tell the story, i surfed and discovered his 10-year-old son barren was trending. every person i spoke to, regardless of your political views, children should absolutely be off limits. i have to say some tweets were down right nasty >> the viewing numbers were for today. >> it will be interesting to see and cross platform. >> for sure. nicole thank you
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one question, what's in the box? social media was still speculation about what milania trump gave michelle obama when they arrived at the white house this morning, we do know it's a box from tiffany's but the actual gift is a mystery. tiffanies weighed in saying they don't know what's in the box but pointed out the company has been part of the white house history dating back to abraham lincoln. be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the inauguration of president trump. you can live all of the big moments in washington on our website cbsphilly.com. the bridge connecting the new jersey and pennsylvania turnpike is closed for emergency repairs. a fracture was discovered in a critical spiel below the bridge deck during an inspection. officials say needs immediate repair, unclear how long the bridge will be closed. it will not open before tomorrow night. drivers detouring to other river crossings.
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get your forecast for the weekend coming up. the rain moved out. pretty much. few scattered sprinkles. dried out for the most part and got a quiet saturday. not a lot of sunshine, if you were looking to get outside you won't need the glasses but we're looking at dry conditions and temperatures above average. here's stormscan 3 right now showing the rain that moves through early day pushing out to sea, scattered sprinkles pushing out as well and we're looking quiet as we head into the first part on the weekend. then watch for another system. the seas being sewn down in the golf of mexico some of these under a tornado watch. the system has a lot of energy's and a lot of moisture and gets here on monday. could start as early as sunday. temperatures above average in fact we're holding steady from daytime, it will stay warm,
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temperatures rise tomorrow headed back to the 50's. 7:00 a.m. with visibility near zero with pockets of dense fog, be safe. by around 10:00 or 11:00 we'll start to see the fog, visibilities will improve. it did stay cloudy. we got to watch the next system. i do want to point out this model keeps it cloudy saturday, it bring a little batch of showers saturday into sunday, could rain down the shore, briefly overnight tomorrow night. that then moves out. sunday starts with just cloudy conditions across most of the region, but then that stronger system starts to creep in showers by sunday, here's 11:00 heavy rain holding off until monday, look at all this rain, moving up the coast. very strong gusting. of this could be a major
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snowstorm we're missing that crucial component. missing the cold. got the strength, moisture and this is going to produce a wide, spread one to two inches of rain, gustings up to 45 miles an hour possible gusts to 50 at the coast with the threat for coastal flooding through monday. any showers ending here evening tonight is mostly cloudy for tomorrow morning, fog stays cloudy but mild at 55 degrees. again, not day your going to need the sun screen and sunglasses out there have not not much sun but sunday most not a wash-out turning wet late sunday and monday rainy, windy rough day but it does get better. we're going to have to wait until we see the sun >> not always sunny in philadelphia. >> don get your sports and things were hot in south philly. >> isn't that good news.
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life was great and and that the franchise went down with a knee injury, the latest on joel embiid and yes, another crazy night for the
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sixers hosted the trailblazers, process denied, joel and the sixers flying high. taking on the trailblazers, robert cras at the game with josh harris, good luck will rub off. fourth quarter, jo jo goes down. with the lay-up there. had an mri knee contusion says he's fine, final minutes, sixers down by four, henderson, dario
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covington it's good. sixers down a point. now down by two, ten seconds left. ro co. yes. sixers take the lead. portland now with the final chant. go to mason pl umley. denied. the sixers win 93-92. went three straight in eight out of ten. >> awesome. >> a championship weekend. time of year the eagles used to know pretty well from 2001 to 2008 the birds played in five nfc title games. i sat down with 04 eagles darwin walker, and thomas, trio made to the super bowl but lost to the patriots. an experience they will never
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forget >> it was traumatic and i think it was about two years ago that i finally watched it for the first time and that was only because they were showing on nfl network and i happened to turn it on. i'm not going to lie to you, i still wake up chasing tom brady. that's how traumatic it was for me >> catch more of my conversation with darwin, ike and tray after the championship game on cbs3. the nfl kicks off at 6:00. steelers patriots kicking it off for real, the conversation was great. we go through the intrahe
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good samaritan found her stuffed her inside a trash bag. she would need a k9 wheelchair to get around. the spca on erie.
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the weekend hasn't arrived and temperatures well above average but unfortunately. we got 40's in the poconos saturday and sunday 50's in the city and down the shore, saturday looks dry, maybe a few breaks of blue sky. most cloudy, sunday is when rain could move through, can't rule
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captioning sponsored by cbs >> 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, mr. president. ( applause ) ( laughter ) ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause )

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