it is extremely quiet here in the port of cali and perhaps reflecting some of the things that paul brennan just told you over on the other side of the english channel that is of course the new year's holiday that pandemic means that there are more restrictions between the u.k. and e.u. in terms of travel and also customs officers said that they don't expect there to be a large volume of traffic between the continent and the u.k. over the next few days and many companies just choosing perhaps to keep their products on both sides of the channel whilst all the last minute tweaks fall into place and they understand better what needs to be done right so deceptively quiet from is there a sense overall in france that briggs it's done we can actually move on from this now. well the french president emanuel micro in his new year's address on thursday evening said that britain remains a friend and ally for all think that's a very good thing because britain and france and widely the e.u. still have a lot of work ahead briggs and it is by no means a done completely because there are still negotiations

the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the month paul brennan al-jazeera over and then barbara joins us now from london so a historic day for the united kingdom other countries leaders still hailing this as a great achievement and a great deal. or 7 you won't be surprised to learn that the prime minister boris johnson certainly is in his new year's eve speech he didn't dwell on breaks into the new trading arrangements with the european union but he did say that the u.k. is now now has freedom in our hands he says to do things differently and better he's previously referred to having his cake and eating it in terms of having a close trading relationship while being fully sovereign sim similarly david frost who is the chief negotiator for the u.k. in all those meetings with michel barnier in brussels he has tweeted britain has just become a fully independent country again deciding on our own affairs for ourselves well not everyone sees it quite in those simple terms because in the next few years a lot of people will be finding out details and mech

have been no major delays in the cross-channel movement of trucks and ferries to and from france paul brennan reports from the english port of dover. the countdown to the new post relationship was projected across the departure gates at the french side of the euro tunnel rail link moments later the 1st lorry was having its documents checked . the trade deal agreed on christmas eve means no tariffs and no quotas but there is significantly more paperwork and most of it needing to be done in advance the year it'll operator is get a link the change is a really about. formalities it's time there is a truck can you fear they have to show us the. i have done. online before coming here it's a significant change for logistics and haulage firms on both sides of the new trading frontier the u.k. is expecting $220000000.00 additional customs declarations every year at a cost to business of some $9500000000.00 the ferry crossing between the english port of dover and cali in france handle some $2500000.00 freight vehicles every year but less than a 1000 lorries were set you all to make the crossing on new

the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the month paul brennan al-jazeera over. a free trade block has launched in africa $54.00 countries have signed up for no is being implemented in the $33.00 and have ratified it but some economists say the poorest states will still be at a disadvantage reports from yami in the share. workers at this garment factory rushed to deliver thousands of fees masks the owner says more than 2 and a half 1000000 were made here to control the spread of copied 90. but as the africa free trade agreement comes into effect he foresees trouble ahead for the continent's poor countries. one of the small and poor economies will always be at a disadvantage hopefully as time goes on we can get special considerations otherwise it will be difficult to compete. businesses in poor countries may have their concerns but overall experts say the agreement will eventually benefit them they believe the cheap cost of labor in these countries will attract more industries. into african trade industrial development the level and pace of indust

saying that the darkest days are probably in the right now for quite frightening as i thank you paul brennan with that update from london. malaysia now which is really imposing a 2 week coronavirus lockdown as infections surged to 3000 today it will apply to kuala lumpur and 5 of the country's 16 regions travel between states will be banned as well but the prime minister said essential sectors including construction and manufacturing can continue to operate under strict regulations the country's planning to begin vaccinations next month and indonesia has approved the chinese developed sign a vaccine for emergency use it becomes the 1st country outside of china to give it the green light the head of indonesia's food and drug agency said a human trial there showed it is 65 percent effective ginger plans to launch its mass vaccination program on wouldn't stay still with indonesian search and rescue teams there are working to recover the black box recorders from the passenger plane that crashed with 62 people on board on saturday the devices are expected to shed light on the reasons behind the s

the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the month paul brennan al-jazeera dover takes to indonesia now which has one of the longest coastlines in the world its salt farming industry has long failed to actually meet the needs of the domestic market and so millions of tonnes are imported each year that is threatening the livelihoods of the country's old farmers as jessica washington reports from the on the island of java the government is now hoping investing in technology could change all that. in indonesia's west timor this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have farmed felt this way for years it's low tech and low cost the salt they farm can be used for consumption or industrial use. but not all of indonesia's salt is this quality indonesia has the 2nd longest coastline in the world but despite being surrounded by salt water the country still imports millions of tonnes of salt each year. we have got we need to improve the quality of our indonesian solved we need it to be the best quality so that we

shortly with paul brennan he'll join us from london stepped in as in the netherlands to tell us more about the expected approval of astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use but 1st we'll bring in dominic came in from berlin because dominic we now know that the contract has been published between the european commission and astra zeneca tell us more about what we're learning about the contract and how it all fits into this route between the e.u. and the company. the contract has been published heavily redacted but big big chunks of it blacked out so that we can't see what was in part of the agreement but there are several sections which are particularly interesting and speak to this rally that's developed between the 2 science of the european union the european commission and astra zeneca remember astra zeneca as c.e.o. mr sorry a couple of days ago sent that the agreement between his company and the e.u. involved astra zeneca agreeing to carry out its best efforts to produce the doses that it said it would produce under the terms of the contract by a certain time so that meant tens of

s fisherman the tasha butler has the view from europe at the french port of cali paul brennan is across the channel at the english port of dover but 1st let's go to nadine barber for the latest from westminster so nadine as we said a new era has begun for britain there were no public celebrations to mark the moment indeed the nation still very much divided over the whole issue of breaks it . that's true a.j. and although the divisions have been rather hidden because what's on lots of people's minds of course has been covered 19 and in his new year's eve message for us johnson didn't really go to great lengths to talk about pressure but as you just heard he was celebrating it he says it allows the country to do things do things differently and better he's chief negotiator david frost similarly saying the u.k. was now a fully independent country deciding its own affairs well that's not how they see it in the e.u. of course we've heard in the last 12 hours from president mccrone of france saying that the u.k. remains our neighbor but also our friend and ally in the address he also said tha

well let's cross over to westminster magistrates' court in london where paul brennan is live for us paul this is clearly a crucial day for julian assange. indeed on his freedom ressa point the 1st possible taste of freedom that he will have had for more than 8 years now of course since he fled into the ecuadorian embassy back in 2012 the hearing itself will last around 2 to 3 hours it got underway at around 10 past 10 local time and what we've heard from for us is the lawyer for us authorities who are hosting the bail application and they are seeking to keep julian assange in custody clad alban is the lawyer and she said and i quote that a summons was someone who chose himself willing to go to extreme lengths to avoid justice the decision to resign to sit not to extradite him she said hangs on a single thread that is a song which is mental health they will be appealing against that decision and she oh it's this court not to make that appeal academic by granting bail today now clearly ass on his lawyers will have their own version of events arguing that he needs to be set free after such

pushing is minimize social contact whenever possible all right let's hope people listen to that paul brennan was there from london indonesia has approved the chinese develops and of a vaccine for emergency use it's the 1st country outside china to give it the green light the head of indonesia's food and drug agency said a human trial there showed 65 percent effective the country plans to launch its mass vaccination program on wednesday malaysia is reimposing a 2 week coronavirus lockdown as infections surged to 3000 a day it will apply to kuala lumpur and 5 of the country's 16 regions travel between all states will be banned but the prime minister says essential sectors including construction and manufacturing can continue to operate under strict regulations the country is planning to begin vaccinations next month our correspondent florence louis has more from kuala lumpur. malaysia is recording an average of more than 2000 daily new cases this month compared that with august last year when it was recording an average of 12 new cases a day now between the month of february and september last

of cases take a good look at this we have reporters across europe covering these developments paul brennan is standing by for us in london he'll have the latest out of the u.k. dominic kane there in berlin will have more on that dispute between astra zeneca and the 1st let's go to step out and where the european medicine agency is based in steps so what news on getting at the sign off for the e.u. for the astra zeneca vaccine. well no news yet they were supposed to announce it an hour ago but then we heard that there will be in a delay of one and a half hours not clear what exactly going on but. approved. for the e.u. and if that happens it will be nearly 4 weeks later than the u.k. and this very slow approval process together of course with the dispute with the company astra zeneca shows a difficult to roll out of fact scenes throughout the e.u. and the main question here with will there be this limited approval will the people above 65 not be allowed to use that vaccine germany already yesterday sad insufficient data in effect same trials to show that this vaccine is efficient for this a

delays in cross-channel in the cross-channel movement of trucks and ferries to and from france paul brennan reports from the english or over. the countdown to the new post relationship was projected across the departure gates at the french side of the euro tunnel rail link moments later the 1st lorry was having its documents checked. the trade deal agreed on christmas eve means no tariffs and no quotas but there is significantly more paperwork and most of it needing to be done in advance the year it'll operator is get a link the change is already about. for many teams it's time there is a truck coming you fear they have to show us that they have done. on line before coming here it's a significant change for logistics and haulage firms on both sides of the new trading front here the u.k. is expecting $220000000.00 additional customs declarations every year at a cost to business of some $9500000000.00 the ferry crossing between the english port of dover and cali and france handle some $2500000.00 freight vehicles every year but less than a 1000 lorries was shared tool to make the crossing on

shortly with paul brennan who will join us from london but 1st let's bring in dominic came from berlin and dominic it seems that that rao is growing between the e.u. and astra zeneca over vaccine supply. the point to make here is the urgency which the european union believes needs to be brought into this whole scenario they want they were expecting remember tens of millions of doses of this vaccine for which they've already made a very large upfront payment more than $400000000.00 they were expecting to have tens of millions of doses of the vaccine once it's approved which we expect approval to come sometime this afternoon european time from amsterdam where the regulator body for the e.u. is based and that once it would be approved that then tens of 1000000 doses over the course of the next few months would be made available but we now know that that's not going to be the case or at least far fewer will be made available and the route between the e.u. and the u.k. has come down and the astra zeneca rather which is based in the u.k. its headquarters there their hours come down to the in

grounds of his mental health let's cross over to westminster magistrate's court in london well paul brennan is a live for us what was the reason for rejecting the bail. well the reason that the judge rejected the bell having listened to the arguments both for the u.s. authorities and for the defense of julian a son's were as follows basically just for nessa brights saying that had fled before despite stringent conditions that he would that she was satisfied that he would likely fail to surrender and that he was willing to fly it shown that he was willing to flout the order of this court stringent conditions have done nothing to stop him last time that was the argument that was suddenly put forward by the u.s. or forty's but all they knew was the lawyer representing the u.s. authorities in the courts over my shoulder concerned that despite the ruling on monday that execution would be oppressive given sanchez mental states that the u.s. authorities wanted the option to appeal and they are going to appeal but the coeditor of wiki leaks kristinn hrafnsson said today's bail hearing bail decision

the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the month paul brennan al-jazeera. lots more to come here now to syria including a new era of free trade begins in africa igniting over a 1000000000 people. temper shelters but still no certainty for refugees migrants trapped in freezing weather on the border more in that state. it remains freezing cold in eastern turkey in azerbaijan the high ground of iraq but the skies generally speaking are clear there's a bit of cloud arrives an increasing breeze running down the gulf which will affect their heart's forecast is a drop in temperature down to about 22 and then 15 by night the slight chance at 1st on sunday. and i think that breeze will tend to push the luck into showers into the u.a.e. during sunday but beyond that apart from the occasional shastri up through southern syria into lebanon it looks pretty much dry and quiet which is right for this time of the year and in complete contrast what's turn to a very wet summer season in southern africa where we have the remains that tropical cycle running through

or paul brennan has been out and about in richmond in southwest london to gauge the mood of people there. the intervention of britain's most senior police officer into the discussion about corona virus or sections comes at a critical time just 24 hours after the chief medical officer pointed out that we were perhaps entering in the u.k. the darkest period of this pandemic dame crusted addict the metropolitan police commissioner talking about parties house parties raves in railway arches and gambling parties as well in clear defiance of the restrictions that are in place it was preposterous she said that anybody can pretend to be unaware of the need for restrictions given the state of the current pandemic now here in richmond the infection rate is remarkably low around $245.00 cases per 100000 but that said we've been out asking people exactly how corrosive it is to see other people breaking the rules how much does their behavior impact your behavior. i think it's quite irresponsible if you want more honest opinion on it. it's plenty trying to party as paint painted on to see your friends

lives by publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents let's get the latest from paul brennan who's live for us at the westminster magistrate's court in london. there have been great hopes that this was going to be going at the positive way clearly not the case. yes i mean there were arguments on both cases on.

not see invisible walker just as opposed to necessarily down here at the gates of the port ok paul brennan in dover thank you we cross the water to carry france and things on your side. well pretty quiet at the moment pretty much for the reasons that you just heard there from poor there isn't much traffic between the u.k. and france because it is new year's because the coded pandemic has meant restrictions between the 2 between the e.u. and the u.k. nevertheless the 1st truck did pass from the u.k. to the just after midnight local time through the channel tunnel and we are told by customs officials here in the port of cali that things went smoothly it was certainly an opportunity for them to put into action what they have been preparing for for so long and that is the re imposition of border formalities so customs officials checking documents there's been extra paperwork some 700 new customs officers have been employed to start all the borders more than 200 vets because of course livestock now has to be checked more thoroughly as well so things going smoothly so far the 1st ferry from the

15000000 people by mid february the elderly and frontline medical workers will be 1st in line paul brennan is outside one of those facts a nation censors in london. well it looks rather slow to be perfectly honest that may be deliberate we're going to get some statistics we hope from the n.h.s. closer to the end of the day but there hasn't been a big flood people that we've spoken to who've been arriving here were sent letters on friday giving them appointments and those appointments were timed so that they were staggered throughout the day so there hasn't been a big crowd of people or queues not of this. vaccination sense anyway i know that there were there was a queue that formed outside the newcastle vaccination center but not here nevertheless these mass vaccinations set centers are one of the main pillars of the government's attempt to try to get that 15000000 that you spoke of facts and aged by mid february and that 15000000 to be the bedrock from which to bounce on and get vaccinations even more widely into this u.k. of 65000000 people there will be up to $1200.00 vaccination sites

statistics says there were more than $90000.00 excess deaths last year the highest since world war 2 paul brennan has more from london well could malthouse the crime and policing minister has been doing the rounds of the broadcast to do this morning and outlining the fact that from his point of view the government is particularly reluctant to toughen up the rules that said he admitted that the government is in his words on tenterhooks watching the data and realizing that if the data continues in the direction that it's going then something tougher is going to have to be introduced figures from last night's show that 32000 people are currently hospitalized just in england alone with coronavirus on the important thing to compare is the peak of the pandemic in april 2020 just 18000 were hospitalized at that time so you can see there's a big difference there the issue is philosophical in many ways the conservatives don't particularly want to have to tighten the restrictions if they don't have to they are a party of of freedom in many respects but that said the advice from the medics and from the scie

the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the month paul brennan al-jazeera dover still ahead on the program january 1 marks and massive trade deal and it's nothing to do with back said one of the world's biggest single markets is open for business in africa. the grieving families demanding answers as they wait for news on libya's missing men. this is such a contrast to a year ago there's an awful lot of trad rain around though we're talking about summary weather supposedly in australia as a track record low possibly get worse than that in the gulf of carpentaria significant rain here why is fred showers and thunderstorms in new south wales bits of queens and not as much as it was admittedly that victoria and moving into south australia and although it's warmer in perth the clouds increasing here as well with one or 2 showers this is a particularly one summary look to things in victoria in new south wales i have to say new zealand to see some of that rain as well proper winter was showing itself in the fall and also china and in the form of snow th

the single does johnson and johnson vaccine that's proven to be efficient in 2 thirds of cases paul brennan has this update now from london. the news that not just one but 2 potential vaccines could be reaching vaccination centers such as the one i'm standing outside by the middle of 2021 has been described as thrilling here in the u.k. the 1st of the vaccines which announced data on friday morning was novak's they resulted in 89.3 percent effectiveness against covert 19 and what was of particular interest was there to dose vaccine which can be stored at normal fridge temperature had 85 percent effectiveness against the u.k. variant of corona virus of covert 19 now the next stage in the process is for the u.k. regulator the m h r 8 to put the novak's vaccine through a rolling approval that will take several weeks we're also many weeks away from novak's actually submitting its final briefing its dossier of evidence to the regulator for final approval but the expectation is that somewhere around the 2nd half of 2021 that could get approval and start being used the other vaccine which is in th

lives by publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents let's get the latest from paul brennan who is live for us at the westminster magistrate's court in london. there had been great hopes that this was going to be going in the positive way clearly not the case. yes i mean there were arguments on both cases on both sides as you would expect with the defense arguing very strongly that julian as songs was a flight risk than that even if strict scale considerations were imposed upon him he would still present a risk of up skolnick his defense barrister would fitzgerald q.c. did point out that such density was not the wish to live with a sheltered life with his family but the judge. but it's said going through the history of the chronology of the case this case is not yet received the exhibition . decision from monday is going to be appealed against by the us authorities i saw it fled before despite stringent bail conditions and the judge said she was satisfied he would fail to surrender so she denied him but the state going to stay in custody. paul thanks very much indeed paul br

thanks so much paul brennan. in mexico the covered 19 outbreak has caused one of the world's highest mortality rates among health worker care workers with record virus numbers and hospitals nearly full in several cities mexican health professionals are pleading with the population to stay indoors when you are apollo reports from mexico city. health workers in mexico say they're at a breaking point this still worsening health crisis is taking in especially high toll on medical professionals according to the government's own data almost 2500 people employed in the nation's health sector have died since the start of the outbreak. doctors and nurses from the national public health service recently published in emotional plea on social media saying that many of them have reached the point of physical and emotional exhaustion. we're begging you do not expose yourself to come to become a transmitter of the disease. mexico remains one of the country's hardest hit by the pandemic the nation's economy is hurting as well. o

always under review there have now been more than $83000.00 coronavirus tests in the united kingdom paul brennan has been out and about in richmond in southwest london to gauge the mood of people there. the intervention of britain's most senior police officer into the discussion about coronavirus restrictions comes at a critical time just 24 hours after the chief medical officer pointed out that we were perhaps entering in the u.k. the darkest period of this pandemic dame tresidder dick the metropolitan police commissioner talking about parties house parties raves in railway arches and gambling parties as well in clear defiance of the restrictions that are in place it was preposterous she said that anybody can pretend to be unaware of the need for restrictions given the states or the current pandemic now here in richmond the infection rate is remarkably low around $245.00 cases per 100000 but that said we've been out asking people exactly how corrosive it is to see other people breaking the rules how much does their behavior impact your behavior. i think it's quite irresponsible if you want more

government open the series of mass vaccination hubs as paul brennan now explains a race against time is how the u.k. government is describing this mass vaccination program the building behind me the xcel conference center one of 7 new mass vaccination senses that of opened on monday and apparently by the end of the month there will be 50 mass vaccination centers according to the prime minister boris johnson the aim is to get the jabs into as many arms as possible the government's published its vaccination program its plan its 47 page plan 2700 vaccine sides planned residents and staff in 10000 care homes to be offered vaccine by the end of january around 1960000 people have already had their 1st job the intention is that 15000000 people that's the over seventy's health care workers and also vulnerable medically vulnerable people will be vaccinated by mid february now the prime minister he toured the bristol mass vaccination center and he admitted it was a tall order to achieve those ambitions. it's a race against time because we can all see the threat that our n.h.s. faces the pressu

vaccines as a way out of the crisis and 7 moscow vaccination centers have now opened in england paul brennan went to one in london and he says the vaccination drive is well underway and there's no signs of people rushing to get the job. well it looks rather slow to be perfectly honest that may be deliberate we're going to get some statistics we hope from the n.h.s. closer to the end of the day but there hasn't been a big flood people that we've spoken to who've been arriving here was sent letters on friday giving them appointments and those appointments were timed so that they were staggered throughout the day so there hasn't been a big crowd of people or queues not at this vaccination center anyway i know that there were there was a queue that formed outside the newcastle vaccination center but not here but nevertheless these mass vaccinations centers are one of the main pillars of the government's attempt to try to get that 15000000 vaccinated by mid february and that 15000000 to be the bedrock from which to bounce on and get vaccinations even more widely into this u.k. of 65000000 people

survey and frontline medical workers will be 1st in line let's get more from our correspondent paul brennanhe joins us at the xcel center in central london not one of the vaccinations sites opened today poll numbers just call that the u.k. government is setting itself the latest ambitious targets you could argue. do you think it's likely given the government's past performance that will meet the stark it. it's of there are difficult questions around a lot depends on a lot of different moving factors in this i'm here at the xcel center the nightingale hospital as part of us has been put to use for the where i'm standing is where the vaccinations are taking place this morning that was no more than a trickle of people who are arriving to get their vaccinations they've been receiving their letters last friday with time slots to attend down here there will be for example people who received those letters and of chosen not to come down here for those time slots whether it be because they simply don't want the vaccine because they object to it all maybe they just don't have the transport to be abl

says there are more than $90000.00 excess deaths last year that's the highest since world war 2 paul brennan has more from london. well kit malthouse the crime of policing minister has been doing the rounds of the broadcast studios this morning and outlining the fact that from his point of view the government is particularly reluctant to toughen up the rules that said he admitted that the government is in his words on tenterhooks watching the data and realizing that if the data continues in the direction that it's going then something tougher is going to have to be introduced figures from last night show that 32000 people are currently hospitalized just in england alone with coronavirus on the important thing to compare is the peak of the pandemic in april 2020 just 18000 were hospitalized at that time so you can see there's a big difference there the issue is philosophical in many ways the conservatives don't particularly want to have to tighten the restrictions if they don't have to they are the party of of freedom in many respects but that said the advice from the medics and from the scie

paul brennan reports from richmond in southwest london where he's been gauging the mood of people there the intervention of britain's most senior police officer into the discussion about coronavirus or sections comes at a critical time just 24 hours after the chief medical officer pointed out that we were perhaps entering in the u.k. the darkest period of this pandemic dame crusted addict the metropolitan police commissioner talking about parties house parties raves in railway arches and gambling parties as well in clear defiance of the restrictions that are in place it was preposterous she said that anybody can pretend to be unaware of the need for restrictions given the state of the current pandemic now here in richmond the infection rate is remarkably low around $245.00 cases per 100000 but that said we've been out asking people exactly how corrosive it is to see other people breaking the rules how much does their behavior impact your behavior. i think it's quite irresponsible if you want more honest opinion on it. there's plenty trying to party as paint plenty time to see your frien

well paul brennan has been out and about enrichment in southwest london to gauge the mood of people there the intervention of britain's most senior police officer into the discussion about coronavirus or sections comes at a critical time just 24 hours after the chief medical officer pointed out that we were perhaps entering in the u.k. the darkest period of this pandemic dame chris addict the metropolitan police commissioner talking about parties house parties raves in railway arches and gambling parties as well in clear defiance of the restrictions that are in place it was preposterous she said that anybody can pretend to be unaware of the need for restrictions given the state of the current pandemic now here in richmond the infection rate is remarkably low around $245.00 cases per 100000 but that said we've been out asking people exactly how corrosive it is to see other people breaking the rules how much does their behavior impact your behavior. i think it's quite irresponsible if you want more honest opinion on it. there's plenty trying to party as paint paints you trying to see your f

paul police department, that hundreds of law enforcement personnel on duty, not just to protect our capitol complex, but our capitol complex is situated inside diverse and multi-lingual neighborhoods. >> brennanthe f.b.i. reported had specifically cited the boogaloo members, members who had gone out and caved the state capitol last month to identify the escape points and defensible positions. have you seen any evidence of organized groups, of malitias active in your area? where are they coming from? >> mayor: we have seen, e elecon day, repeated demonstrations at our state capitol, that included several individuals who have chosen that time to show up with rifles and other firearms with a show to try to be intimidating, frankly. it is unclear how organized they are. it is unclear how much of that is attributable to the boogaloo boys or any specific group. we're on high alert because of the general volatility. the f.b.i. is telling us they're tracking those individuals they think may have been presenting those kind of specific threats. we continue to be on a state of high readiness because this moment st so insane. but they're telling us they feel confident they're prepared to hammed hande the

brennan accompanying house majority leader the honorable steny hoyer misses yvette lewis staff representative taken it's an accompanying speaker of the house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi and mister paul pelosi staff representative lindsay the honorable amy klobuchar and mister john bessler staff are presented stephanie hagerman co a company senate majority leader the honorable mitch mcconnell and the honorable only no >>the joint congressional committee inaugural ceremonies to 2 over the the acting house senate sergeant at arms, tim blodgett and the acting senate sergeant at arms jennifer hemingway. >>ladies and gentleman, the president elect of the united states. joseph robinette biden junior and doctor jill biden. we welcome honorable flu shot. >>mr. president elect. madam vice president elect. members of congress and the judicial branch former presidents and first ladies vice presidents leaders from a bride and a whole bunch of biden's. welcome to the 59th presidential inauguration where in just a few moments joe biden and kamala harris will take their solemn oath. this ceremony. is the culmination of 244 years of a democracy. it is the moment when leaders brought to this stage by