signed, joseph r biden, the president of the united states.we please accompany the president? >> attention, orders. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, has posthumously awarded the medal of honor to staff sergeant earl d plumley for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. he distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty on -- in 2013 in support of operation enduring freedom. sergeant plumlee responded to an attack that began with an explosion that tore a 60 foot breach in the base's perimeter wall. 10 insurgents wearing suicide vest's poured through the breach. sergeant plumlee and two others mounted a vehicle and engaged, and he reacted instinctively, using his body to shield the driver prior to exiting the vehicle and engaging in an enemy insurgent 15 to the -- 15 meters to the right with a pistol. he engaged multiple insurgents using only his pistol. upon reaching cover, he killed two insurgents, one with a grenade and one by detonating suicide vest using precisio

keeping with the highest traditions of military, himself, his unit and the aunts army, signed joseph r. bidene president of the united states. >>> will the celiz family please accompany the president? attention to orders. the president of the united states of america, thor iced by act of congress march 3rd, 1863, has awarded the medal of honor sergeant first-class celis for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. he distinguished himself by spinously above and beyond the call of duty while engaged with the enemy. as a leader of special purpose comprised the partner forces, the 75th ranger -- he led an operation to clear the area of enemy forces, thereby disrupt future attacks, and allied forces. shortly after his team reached the final objectives a large enemy force attacked, preventing them from maneuvering to counter-attack. realizing the danger, sergeant first-class celiz voluntarily exposed himself to the intense fire to retrieve a heavy defense systems. and began treatment of a wounded member. as a medical evacuation helicopters arrived, it was pleadly engaged by acrand

signed, joseph r. biden, the president of the united states. >> will the celiz family please accompany the president. attention to orders. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863, has posthumously awarded the medal of honor to sergeant first class christopher a. celiz, united states army, for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant first class christopher a. celiz distinguished himself while engaged with the enemy in afghanistan on july 12th, 2018. as the leader of a special purpose unit comprised of partner forces and members of the first battalion, sergeant first class celiz led an operation to clear the area of enemy forces. shortly after his team reached their final objectives, a large enemy force attacked, placed effective fire on him and his team, preventing them from maneuvering a counterattack. realizing the danger the attack posed to his team and the operation, sergeant first class celiz voluntari

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden jr. president of the united states. president biden: vice president harris, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer, minority leader mcconnell, members of congress distinguished guests, and most importantly, elizabeth and robin. i know this is not easy. thank you for letting us do this. we meet here in the very heart of american democracy, the capitol of the united states of america, to receive a hero of that democracy for a final time. robert joseph dole, he belongs here, in this place, in this temple of liberty -- to liberty and temple to possibilities. bob dole loved this capitol. it's where he served the nation shaped by the figures that surround us. washington and jefferson who set us on our path. abraham lincoln, another man who in the heartland of the country from which he came. bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower. martin luther king jr., who bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here and with whom bob sou

signed joseph r. biden [applauding]. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me as we conclude this it ceremony in prayer. holy god inspire us and lead us to greater act of service. may we follow the example of the warriors we honored here today. bless these families as the names of these men are etched into our nation's proud historied. may their leadership and legacy mark the roads for us to see. finally we pray that you will give our leaders wisdom as they serve our nation and bless and protect the men and women of armed forces. we ask this in your most gracious and holy name. amen. >> [foot steps]. >> ladies and gentlemen remain in your seats as the president and first lady and vice-president and second gentleman depart. >> sandra: watching live the ceremony where president biden awarded three medal of honor at the white house ceremony. to those risking their own lives and going above and beyond the call of duty. a beautiful ceremony at the white house. jennifer griffin previewed this ceremony before it happened.

. >> ladies and gentlemen the honorable joseph r. biden, jr., president of the united states. >> vice president harris, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer, minority leader mcconnell, members of congress, distinguished guests, most importantly, elizabeth and robin. i know this is not easy. thank you for letting us do this. we meet here in the very heart of american democracy, the capital of the united states of america to receive a hero of that democracy for a final time. robert joseph dole, he belongs here in this place, in this temple of liberty to liberty and temple to possibilities. bob dole loved this capital. it's where he served the nation, shaped by the figures that surround us. washington, jefferson who set us on our path. abraham lincoln, another man who in the heartland of the country from whence he came. bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower, martin luther king, jr., whom bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here, wit

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden jr., president of the united states. >> vice president harris, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer, leader mcconnell, members of congress, distinguished guests, most importantly, elizabeth and robin, i know this is not easy. thank you for letting us do this. we meet here in the very heart of american democracy, the capitol of the united states of america, to receive a hero of that democracy for a final time. robert joseph dole. he belongs here in this place, in this temple of liberty, temple to possibilities. bob dole loved this capitol. it's where he served the nation, shaped by the figures that surround us. washington, jefferson, who set us on our path, abraham lincoln, another man who in the heartland of the country from whence he came, bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower, martin luther king jr., who bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here and with whom bob sought the

. >> joseph r. biden jr.e state of delaware has received 306 votes. >> reporter: in the days that followed, the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as the nation's focus shifted from insurrection to inauguration. at the scaled-down ceremony, president biden was sworn in as america's 46th president. >> i, joseph robin biden jr., do solemnly swear. >> reporter: kamala harris became the first female vp. in the audience, senator bernie sanders made a meme worthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to tick around for the festivities but could not escape another impeachment. >> the president incited this riot. >> reporter: accused of inciting the riots donald trump became the first american president to be impeached twice, he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald john trump former president of the united states is not guilty. >> reporter: it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemic has now taken 400,000 lives in the u.s.

they plotted to disrupt the certification on january six of joseph r. biden's victory. and as we just heard from professor tribe, that plot was a criminal plot. >> well i think that we saw over time the former president was very impressed. and with putin, she jinping, and kim jong-un where the people he looked to and spoke in very complimentary turns a belt while turning his back on our traditional allies that supported democracy with us. so it should come as no surprise, he was emulating them. and we saw even his own legal team put together a 36 slide powerpoint on how to keep him in powder. and what people can do and we are presenting that evidently to members of congress. so to see that this was a cordon needed effort to overturn the will of the american people, really now comes as no surprise. >> what has been your reaction this week to discover all these text going from republican members of congress to mark meadows during the attack on the capitol, saying, donald trump has to stop this. they all believed that donald trump had complete control of that crowd and cou

. >> joseph r. biden jr.re has received 306 votes. >> reporter: in the days that followed, the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as the nation's focus shifted from insurrection to inauguration. at the scaled-down ceremony, president biden was sworn in as america's 46th president. >> i, joseph robinette biden jr., do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: kamala harris became the country's first female vp. the outgoing president refused to stick around for the festivities but couldn't escape another impeachment. >> the president of the united states incited this insurrection. >> reporter: accused of inciting the riots, donald trump became the first american president to be impeached twice. he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald john trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty. >> reporter: it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemic has now taken 400,000 lives in the u.s. >> reporter: as the country emerged from a dea

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden vice president harris, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer and leader mcconnell, members of congress, distinguished guests, but most importantly, elizabeth and robin. i know this is not easy. thank you for letting us do this. we meet here at the very heart of american democracy, the capitol of the united states of america, to receive a hero of that democracy for a final time. robert joseph dole belongs here in this place, in this temple of liberty, to liberty and a temple to possibilities. bob dole loved this capitol. before he served the nation, shaped by the figures that surround us. washington, jefferson, who set us on our path. abraham lincoln, another man who from the heartland of the country from where he came. bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower. martin luther king junior who he helped honor the civil rights leader with a holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here and with whom bob sought the vice president of the united states. in a sense bob bel

the ballot counting in key states continued, and on saturday, november 7th -- >> cnn projects joseph r. biden> don't be ridiculous. networks don't get to decide elections. courts do. >> actually, voters decide elections. trump and his allies would unsuccessfully take their stolen election case to court after court, nearly 60 times. but millions of trump supporters stuck in an echo chamber of right-wing propaganda, news, and social media would hear only of more and more allegations of fraud. >> they know they stole this, and they also know that we're going to show they stole it. >> will you accept joe biden as president? >> no. he'll never be my president. >> i mean how could that change at this point? >> well, it could be a civil war. you never know. >> the news cycle day after day was hit with things that were designed to look as if something bad was happening. claims of fraud, claims of stolen ballots you, misleading video. and social media platforms played a huge role in rapidly expanding those claims. >> we haven't looked at all the dead people that voted, people without actual residences

the majority of republicans would refuse to say that joseph r. bidenplead guilty to conspiracy of his activities and agreed to cooperate with the government. including using programmable radios. he never entered the building. green is scheduled to be sentenced on march 10th, he has renounced his membership in the proud boys and agreed to pay $2,000 fine. meanwhile, the january 6th select committee wants to speak with jim jordan in the first week of the new year about "possible multiple communications he has had with then president trump on the day of the insurrection." the panel wants to explore jordan's communications with anyone organizing or planning actions for that day as well as any discussions he may have heard about presidential pardons for those involved in january 6th activities. jordan's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from nbc news but told fox news he would review the letter. >> what do you think about that, mika? >> i just think at some point somebody will have to come forward and actually say what they know an

. >> joseph r. biden jr.treets of washington looked more like a war zone as the nation's focus shifted from insurrection to inauguration. at the scaled down ceremony president biden was sworn in as america's 46th president. >> i, joseph robin biden jr., do solemnly swear. >> reporter: kamala harris became the first female vp. in the audience bernie sanders made a meme made a meme-worthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to stick around for the festivities but could not escape another impeachment. >> the president of the united states incited this insurrection. >> reporter: accused of inciting the riots donald trump became the first american president to be impeached twice, he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald john trump former president of the united states is not guilty. >> reporter: it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemic has now taken 400,000 lives in the u.s. >> reporter: as the country emerged from a deadly winter

joseph r. bind held a secure video call today with president vladimir putin on the u.s.\russia agenda. president bidenced the deep concerns of the united states and our european allies about russia's escalation of forces surrounding ukraine and made clear that the u.s. and our allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation. president biden reiterated his support for ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and called for de-escalation and a return to diplomacy. the two presidents said they would team up. they discussed the u.s./russia dialogue on strategic stability, a separate dialogue on ransomware and joint work on regional issues such as iran. chuck, worth noting there, we are clearly going to follow up on what the quote, unquote other measures are that president biden threatened and also what this timeline looks like for a followup, how quickly is that going to happen. those are key questions coming out of that readout, chuck. >> garry kasparov, i'll give you the last word. >> reporter: one correction. >> the issue with hillary clinton had

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden jr. president of the united states.resident biden: vice president harris, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer, minority leader mcconnell, members of congress distinguished guests, and most importantly, elizabeth and robin. i know this is not easy. thank you for letting us do this. we meet here in the very heart of american democracy, the capitol of the united states of america, to receive a hero of that democracy for a final time. robert joseph dole, he belongs here, in this place, in this temple of liberty -- to liberty and temple to possibilities. bob dole loved this capitol. it's where he served the nation shaped by the figures that surround us. washington and jefferson who set us on our path. abraham lincoln, another man who in the heartland of the country from which he came. bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower. martin luther king jr., who bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here and with whom bob sough