beau: i was surprised.i think with the culture and changes, think that he was ready for a change to move on. but i think that his aspirations were fourth maybe well, honestly i don't really know why. i didn't really get a chance to talk to him. because once i enlisted, those less time the three of us to be together again. this imposes a dime. i didn't even get to go to ben's wedding. we were in twentynine palms. getting ready for another deployment. there was a lot of things that i missed a lot of conversations that i think about today. kelly: he was working security for the cia. is that what you guys thought out. beau: i believe it's a global response, the same type of job they saw in the book 13 hours. the guys the work for the central intelligence but they're not organic. to that pacific team. kelly: 's death is part of a national conversation the fermented . much are which one you feel comfortable talking about. the details for somebody. you guys talk about that extensively the book. just how kind of un

beau biden. he died in 2015 from brain cancer but president biden made sure to keep his mem write in the front of his mind. >> i am proud, proud, proud to be a son of delawarend i am sta here doing this from the major beau biden. so, ladies and gentlemen, i only have one regret. it's not here. because we should be intro dudug him as president. >> that gives me chills. now, that was from his farewell speech earlier this week at the major joseph r. beau biden national center in delaware. this is a photoof otto lee who served in the navy when beau served in the arm y. it's great to have you with us, otto. >> thank you for having me today. >> right away, president biden, he just took offense. what was going through your mind, your heart when you were watching his inauguration? >> it was a very moving moment, and this is one of the moments when tears comes to your eyes to see when democracy actually comes through despite the riot we saw a couple weeks guy, and how much has changed in a matter of weeks

"beau" biden national center. -- national guard reserve center.istinguished guests, fellow delawarians, at any time in our state's history, this would be a proud and momentous day. but sending one of our own to the nation's capitol to be the next president of the u.s. and leader of the free world doesn't get any better. [applause] but after the pain and darkness of the past four years, more acutely, the past 10 months, i feel overwhelmed with emotion standing here before you today. we are here, among the men and women of the delaware national guard. they have answered the call to duty over and over again this past year, from covid-19 testing and contact tracing, to delivering meals and school supplies to students, to keeping our streets safe while delaware ians exercised their first moment rights. they have been a bright spot and a source of inspiration for me this past year, as i know they always have been for you, joe, and for your family. i have one particular feeling today that is hard to describe. and it is one that so many americans have not

beau connected with him before i met beau, and right away joe said he would help in any way he could, graciously let us use excerpts from his book in our book, and if you read the triple agent it goals through the entire history, which really is so closely tied to one of the key moments in the war on terror that eventually helped lead to navy seals killing osama bin laden. >> so what did happen that day? what was the series of very briefly what happened that led to this investigation? on chapman in afghanistan, dem 30, 2009, and the man that they thought was a cia double agent who infiltrated al qaeda was -- this was plotted the whole time by al qaeda. if you read warwick's reporting there's strong suspicions al zawahri was permanently involved in the plot it and was a suicide bombing. nine total were killed, seven cia heroes including jeremy. the deadly is day nor cia since beirut in the '80s so an absolute tragedy and we mourn for their families as well. >> and beau that's white i was torrent to find out why it was on the fob or off the fob? >> yes. and although it came out years ag

son, beau. ♪ ♪ ♪ pres.-elect biden: thank you, governor.racy, and all my friends that are here. for everything you've done for me and for my family throughout the years. you've been a friend a long time. i look out there and i see mike. mike, i'm glad you are healthy, man. you are here, pal. i'm really glad, mike. look -- you know, you've all -- kind of emotional. [applause] throughout my whole career, for the good times and the bad, i want to thank you for everything. on behalf of the entire biden family here today, i want to express how much you mean to me and to everyone of us. in our family, the value we share, the character we strive for, the way we view the world, it all comes from home. it comes from delaware. the state that gave my mother and father a home and a livelihood when they needed it most. the state that made my brother and sister and i, both of whom are here, understand we can do whatever we dreamed of, whatever that was. and it gave me a chance when i was just a kid who believed in me and sent me to the united states sena

the state that loves our children and our grandchildren and loved our beau, and he so loved you rightack. general barry, for the headquarters was named after beau, i told the general at the time it means everything to me, to hunter, to ashley, to jill, to our whole family. but, beau would be the first to say the honor goes to the men and women of the delaware national guard and their families, who gave so much, true patriots defined by the courage of the character. so, it is deeply personal in our next journey to washington starts here. a place that defines the very best of who we are as americans. i know these are dark times, but there's always light. that's what makes this state so special. that is what it taught me. it taught me the most. there's always light. when i came home after graduating from delaware and going on to law school in syracuse, i came home after law school to wilmington. to our county. it had gone dark. dr. king was assassinated. wilmington had been in flames. the national guard patrolled the streets. that turmoil inspired me to become a public defender. a step i

obviously, beau biden, we saw the podium there for instance, major joseph beau biden, national guard reserve center. and anyone who's lost someone knows one of the very difficult things is even going into large occasions in your life, which clearly this is incredibly meaningful personally to the president-elect and also to the country, but one of the things that factors in is the loss of that person not being able to be there. it does not seem fitting that beau biden, who has shared this intense interest in service with his father is not there for this day. >> yeah, and really throughout the presidential campaign and heading into this inauguration, it is very clear that beau biden will be on the hearts and minds of the biden family. you saw during the campaign bits and pieces sprinkled, for instance, the playing of the coldplay song, which is beau biden's favorite song. there will be a song played at the end of the virtual inaugural parade that was the song beau biden listened to while he was undergoing treatment for cancer. and one thing biden originally was going to take the train

this was shortly after beau died.ked like he had aged years and years in such a short amount of time. >> narrator: through crisis and tragedy, joe biden had his eyes on the predency, but now, in grief, he would decide to stand down. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> narrator: for the first time in decades, joe biden was a private citizen, watching donald trump's polarizing presidency. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. (cheers and applause) ♪ ♪ >> white lives matter! white lives matter! white lives matter! white lives matter! white lives matter! >> then came charlottesville. that was really the tipping point. when he heard president trump say, "there are very fine, some very fine people on both sides," that was it. that was the tipping point. >> narrator: biden watched, increasingly alarmed, violent clashes between white supremacists and counter protestors. >> it's hard to be

>> i think after beau died, joe and i had to find purpose in our lives and we said what we beau want if i asked this audience how many of you have lost the one you've love to cancer where your day going through a diagnosis right now yourself, everyone has been touched by and joe and i realize that. and barack and michelle were so wonderful to us through the whole illness and barack made joe head of the cancer moonshot to bring all the federal government agencies together to break down the silos and have them all working to change cancer as we know it and once we get out of the white house we formed the biden cancer initiative and travel all over the country as does joe and we try to help families and joe tries to work with agencies and foundations . my job is to work with families and patients and victims of cancer survivors. i think you have to find purpose in your life and that's what we've really tried hard to do so no matter where this new journey takes me and takes joe, we will always no matter what still work on defeatingcancer . [applause] >> you'll also talk about joe's optim

and beau biden was an ally. they were a bit of a team there, and so i think that's where -- it was an important relationship, and had -- >> i know it was for her and she struck out on her own. there was a deal on the way some and she walked away. i it wasn't -- she didn't feel it was enough and to fine that ally then in beau wide and work with him on it -- beau biden and work with him on it he was there at a moment when she was trying break away from the pack and do something that not arch wanted her to do. >> well they were there for each other in that instance. california was especially hard hit in the crash of 2007 and-8, particularly the central valley have to this day not fully recovered. now of course we're dealing with a pandemic. but, yeah, the houses were forked on -- foreclosed on and many of them were bought up by wall street firms and are rentals so we have never really attained the home ownership level prior to the cash. it and made it so important that the attorney general at the time, harris, went

and beau, of course, is something special to him. and what he said today was, my only regret is that he's not here and we should be introducing him as president. it was beau who was worried about his father and told his friend, ted kaufman, i'm not so much worried about what happens to me after he had been diagnosed, but i'm worried that my father has a purpose, and my father will continue on after i pass. and i think that is always in the forefront of joe biden's mind. one of the reasons he chose kamala harris, i think, is not only because of her extraordinary record, but because she had been so close to beau biden. and i think that means an awful lot to him. and i'm sure we're going to be hearing him talk about it. >> evan, you know, i'm sure he is thinking of his son, beau, as he gets ready to be sworn in tomorrow, right at 12:00 noon, as the 46th president of the united states. tell us a little bit about that. >> yeah. you know, the threads of his life we see intersecting right in front of us today. he, after all, meeting service

him as president, meaning beau.eep that a secret. he doesn't keep a lot of things secret when it comes to his emotions and his family and his love for his family. again, it's such a contrast with the person who is leaving the oval office because empathy, as we all know, is something that is very foreign to donald trump. >> and it's so interesting one of the first things the president-elect is going to do in washington is focus on and remember the lives that had been lost in this pandemic. almost 400,000 lives, and those lives haven't been lost, those are human beings who have died and those are fellow citizens. and to me it says so much about joe biden's experience with loss and grief that he understands the language of loss, and he doesn't -- unlike the last president who really did not talk about the dead, joe biden is

the state that loves our children and our grandchildren and loved our beau.er beau, i told the general at the time, it means everything to me, to hunter, to ashley, to jill, to our whole family. but beau would be the first to say the honor goes with the men and women of the delaware national guard and their families. who gave so much, were true patriots defined by the courage of their character. and so it's deeply personal that our next journey to washington starts here. a place that defines the very best of who we are as americans. i know these are dark times, but there's always light. that's what makes this state so special. that's what it taught me. it taught me the most. there's always light. when i came home after graduating from delaware and then going on to law school at syracuse, i get home after law school to wilmington, to our county. it had gone dark. dr. king was assassinated. wilmington had been in flames. the national guard patrolled the streets. and that turmoil inspired me to become a public defender, a step i never anticipated would lead me t

jill, raising his two sons, hunter and beau as her own. couple have one daughter together, ashley. and they have seven grandchildren who called the president-elect "pop." and kamala harris stepping into history as the nation's first female vice president. her husband douglas emhoff becoming the first second gentleman and first jewish spouse. >> he is. he is making history. he is the first second gentleman of the united states of america. and he is very excited about it. >> the couple met on a blind date, marrying in 2014. >> the kamala harris that i know, she wears chucks and jeans. in fact, that's what she was wearing when i got down on my knees and asked her to marry me. >> and his two kids from a previous marriage, cole and ella, call her "momala." >> vice president will be great. but "momala" will always be the one that means the most. >> faith playing a large role in the first and second families' lives. this morning joe biden will be sworn in on the same family bible he used twice as vice president and seven times as a senator, a fam

we connected pretty early and connected with him before i had met beau. right away he said he would help in any way he could graciously. if you read it it goes through the entire history that eventually leads to the navy seals killing of osama bin laden. >> what did happen that day very briefly, what led to this? 2009 the man they thought was a cia double agent. personally involved in this plot that's why it was so important to find out whether it was on or off. >> although it came out years ago i thought it was important and i think tom thought it was you get frustrated and it's easy to point the finger. the guy that was giving us this information and when we were in delaware he looked like someone you could see his heart breaking like he wanted to pour his heart out to us. i know in hindsight he didn't want to make a mistake of giving partial information. it felt like you made a big effort to include voices from all sides including people who were offering condolences or compassion to your family. is that something that you talked about or did that come

beau did definitely do several of them. there was a time when things were getting a little bit emotional particularly with the green berets. and then of course many of them are known and he tested and talked to them as well so it was a mutual effort and everyone picked in all the way through. as you are reporting this out i imagine because of what your brothers job there were things they couldn't tell you along the way. were there things that were just surprising about your brothers? >> i was surprised by a lot of things, particularly i think the first surprise is when tom started interviewing as far as the kinetic nature first of all there were things probably a lot of which i don't remember because it was years ago, over a decade ago but once they realized i'm dedicated, then the information started to come in. but as far as lessons learned and whatever they could share with me a lot of the deployment, the way that he responded to grief shocked me. i'm in afghanistan, his team is in afghanistan. when everything happened w

commander in chief biden emotional speaking at the armed forces reserve center named for his late son beau. >> i only have one regret. he's not here. we should be introducing him as president. >> reporter: he tells nbc news his inaugural address will focus on a theme of unity. he's expected to take the oath in front of a socially distanced capitol and an empty national mall now transformed into a field of flags the field now under way. >> without further action, we risk a longer more painful recession now. >> reporter: and a powerful moment of mourning at the lincoln memorial's reflective pool 400 columns of light to honor the 400,000 coronavirus victims. >> let us shine the light in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection remembering all who we lost. >> reporter: you can see the light behind me. today another moment of unity. joe biden inviting congressional leaders from both sides to church his first stop this inauguration day frances? >> peter, thank you. >>> with hours left in office, president trump will depart the white house this morning for his new home state of florida. l

in what a ways did beau and hunter raise you? >> my boys, honest to god did.nter was here, the first thing he would walk in and give me a kiss and say dad, do you need anything? always worried about me. and like you know, even my public life. the boys would be, like i would be doing a national debate with 70 million people watching the debate. and i would walk out of the room and the last two guys would be in the room with me would be my boys. remember who you ared,base. remember who yreou lapplau) >> stephen: ladies and gentlemen, vice president joe biden. we'll be right back with the television premiere with a song a television premiere of a song about vice president harris, by our very own jon batiste. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ when you drive this smooth, you save with allstate the future of auto insurance is here you've never been in better hands allstate click or call for a quote today nicorette knows, quitting smoking is hard. you get advice like: allstate just stop. get a hobby. you should meditate. eat crunchy foods. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run

it was incredible how much heat we took and beau stood there, beau stood there. >> reporter: the standoff >> as a result of 13 months of intense discussions, sometimes battle, we have delivered to california $18 billion in relief for california's homeowners. the. >> joining me now is cnn political correspondent abby philip, also the host of the hour-long special report which will air this sunday. abby, really looking forward to this, and harris has been preparing for this role her entirelism tell us more about her journey to this point. >> reporter: well, the story of kamala harris is in a lot of ways of her being the first to many, many milestones in her career going all the way back to when she ran for district attorney in san francisco to her a.g. race to being, you know, one of the few black senators to ever serve in the united states senate period to where she is today, and you can see in that clip, you know, especially in her ag days really trial by fire in a lot of ways. i mean, clearly being a prosecutor is not an easy job for anyone but particularly for her. there were some reall

beau stood there. >> so excellent little clip there, abbey.does this say about how she'll approach being the next vice president of the united states? >> well, this was one of the more bold decisions that she made that really put her kind of in a category of her own basically standing up to the banks and walking away from a deal that she didn't think was good enough for her constituents back in california. but it's also a story that shows that at this pivotal time for her, she was attorney general at the time. she was willing to kind of put herself out there, stand up to really powerful banks and do so basically all alone but building a coalition around her. in that coalition, wolf, was beau biden, president-elect joe biden's son. and it is that relationship at the core and foundation of this incoming administration. that is when she met joe biden, when she developed a personal relationship with him. and people that i spoke to for this documentary say that that undergirds what they are going to be doing when they are running the country togeth

beau biden during his battle with cancer.♪ don't let go, you've got the music in you ♪ ♪ don't give up, you've got a reason to live ♪ ♪ can't forget we only get what we give ♪ >> so that's the band, the new radicals. they reunited just to sing this song. there's a part in president biden's book, "promise me, dad" a lot of it deals with the death of his son beau. there is a chapter president biden's daughter ashley writes. i want to read a little bit of it to you guys if it's okay. she writes about how she had the tragic benefit of going to beau's chemo appointment. during breakfast he would often make me list tone what he thought was his theme song, you only get what you give by the radicals. he knew this day might come, the day that he died. the words to the song are, this whole damn world could fall apart, you'll be okay, follow your heart. you're in harm's way, i'm right behind. ashley writes, in retrospect i think beau played that songs when we were together not for him, but for me, to remember to not give up or let sadne

a little easier. >> beau was an extraordinary human being and we became very close.rhaps, not so surprising, then, when the call came on august 11th, 2020. >> hi, sorry to keep you. >> that's all right. you ready to go to work? >> the answer is absolutely, yes, joe, and i am ready to work. i am ready to do this with you, for you. i'm just deeply honored, and i'm very excited. >> some people would say, well, you know, that's one of the world's greatest comeback stories, being second only to joe biden. >> together, they'd fight donald trump and eventually history would be made. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> surrounded by those who love and inspire her, yet missing the one who started it all. >> our mother would be so proud. she would be so proud. >> do you think that she always saw this for you, in you? did she raise you to do this? >> she did not raise me to be vice president of the united states, but she did raise me and my sister to believe that we could do anything if we put the hard work into it, and there you are. th

a little easier. >> beau was an extraordinary human being and we became very close.on. >> perhaps, not so surprising, then, when the call came on august 11th, 2020. >> hi, sorry to keep you. >> that's all right. you ready to go to work? >> the answer is absolutely, yes, joe, and i am ready to work. i am ready to do this with you, for you. i'm just deeply honored, and i'm very excited. >> some people would say, well, you know, that's one of the world's greatest comeback stories, being second only to joe biden. >> together, they'd fight donald trump and eventually history would be made. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> surrounded by those who love and inspire her, yet missing the one who started it all. >> our mother would be so proud. she would be so proud. >> do you think that she always saw this for you, in you? did she raise you to do this? >> she did not raise me to be vice president of the united states, but she did raise me and my sister to believe that we could do anything if we put the hard work into it, and there yo

then i was like, "beau, did you have to raise us really that far up?"ade the former vice president the democratic front runner and put a target on his back >> i thought the media kind of always got it wrong when they made him out to be this gaffe machine, or that he wasn't, you know, as smart the man is brilliant >> reporter: there is just a big difference this year than i think we've ever seen with the rise of social media and casual cruelty and baseless conspiracy theories. >> yeah. >> reporter: with the opponent saying some really dark things about your family. >> yes >> reporter: what were the darkest moments like for you all? >> in those moments, we had each other. yes, it hurts, but you also know the truth. at the end of the day, they may get it wrong, but at least i got it right you know, at least i know the real deal. i know the type of man my father is and the woman my mother is and the man was brother is the cruelty and the meanness, that's why i'm not -- i don't have a social media account that's public. part of it is also having boundaries f

and said his one regret is beau is not here with him. as we look and see the future president's plane on the tarmac, i can tell you that joe biden was expecting and hoping to take amtrak train, a 90-minute ride from wilmington. taking the train hack such a big part of his persona. something he did every day. but the amtrak trim was scrapped over security concerns. when he does arrive, he and vice president-elect kamala harris will speak at the reflecting pool as part of a nationwide covid memorial. they will mark and remember the 400,000 american lives lost to the pandemic, taking note of that really horrific milestone. tomorrow they will head to church. joe biden i'm told by a transition official invited the top republican and democratic congressional leaders to include schumer and pelosi to a local d.c. church. they will head their first before joe biden and kamala harris head to the capitol for the inauguration. >> and beyond the symbolic gestures and the important speeches we'll here between now and then, let's talk about when he doe

his son beau died of brain cancer during biden's second term as vice president. 100 miles away at beaulaware, a lone man in uniform silently paying tribute. vice president harris honored by her alma mater, howard university. [ bell tolling ] 49 bells ringing to celebrate harris as the 49th vice president of the united states. women and girls watching harris breaking barriers. >> it means so much that people look like me in the white house. >> as a woman it's empowering to see a woman vice president. as a mother it means that my children will not only hear that they can be anything they want to be, they can see it too. >> i hope you are a wonderful vice president. i can't believe you are indian, just like me. >> women across the country are wearing their pearls and their chucks in solidarity with this woman who has gotten to this very, very high office. she wore her purple, and her very famous line which i love, and it gives me chills every time. "i may be the first, but i will not be the last." >> the chair lays before the senate two certificates of election for the state of georgia an

and millie >> reporter: months after the obamas moved in, they got beau and later sony came along. for the clintons, buddy was a loyal friend during the bush's '41 year, millie was a star with the best seller and george w. bush gave us barney cam. a scotty sister joined the family, miss beasley >> a dog provides unconditional love and steadfast and loyalty >> reporter: presidential pets followed a keen instinct, no matter how stressful the times, their devotion is a rescue those pets are all very cute for more on major, the first shelter dog at the white house, let's turn to our pal jackson daily with the delaware humane association. >> so you know major really good do you think he's going to like flying in air force one >> absolutely. he came back in with president-elect biden to do the fostering. when they do the official adoption and signed the paper work and making it official, he was easy going and calm and behaved. i know the bidens will train and work with him as a puppy he's well behave i can see him on air force one >> at the white house, what type of food would he like th

sendoff in his home state of delaware biden blinking away tears as he evoked the memory of his late son, beau. tonight the first tests he'll face in office. >>> and the u.s. crossing a once unthinkable milestone. 400,000 deaths from covid. new warnings about the variants spreading in the u.s also where are the vaccine doses and why are some mass vaccination sites shutting down? >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. washington, d.c., a city surrounded in sharp contrast tonight, welcoming the arrival of the next president, honoring those who have died from covid, and rattled by unsettling discoveries within the ranks of those securing tomorrow's inauguration the pentagon removing from duty a dozen national guard members after their vetting by the fbi. at least two could have been right-wing extremist sympathies worthies about a possible insider attack bubbling to the surface. but this evening the focus briefly turned to the lincoln memorial where president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris led the nation in an emotional tribute to those we have lost to covid

you are seeing beau burnham in this movie. and you say i love beau burnham. is about. why do you think that was so important? >> it was all very intentional. i think emerald wanted people that we feel comfortable with and that we have a sort of sense of nostalgia about. because i think if you see somebody who looks inherently villainous, you immediately distrust him. and i think the point about this is you would enter into one of these situations and feel comfortable momentarily with this person and you'd feel safe. it goes to the connie briton as the dean. connie is everyone's favorite person and you would go to her if you were in a crisis. so i think, you know, subverting our expectations around that stuff was really important. and the way emerald directed was so brilliant, she told each of the men, this is a romantic comedy and you are the lead. you've just met the love your life. >> trevor: wow. >> so they were all entering into it with a sort of amazing, earnest, kind of "i'm the hero here and i'm going to save this girl." the approach, i think it highli

his two young sons, beau and hunter, badly injured. at their hospital bedside. >> so help you, god? >> i do. >> reporter: biden would remarry, meeting his second wife, jill on a blind date in 1975. the couple welcomed daughter ashley in 1981. >> i'm jill's husband. and i would not be here without their love and tireless support of jill. >> reporter: the childhood dream of one day becoming president came to a halt twice. first in 1987 after a plagiarism scandal, and again in 2007. he did get to the white house, serving as vice president to barack obama. >> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states -- >> reporter: and three decade is after his first bid, he ran again. >> we're in the battle for the soul of this nation. >> reporter: that rallying cry became a cornerstone of his campaign, fighting to push forward even after suffering losses in iowa, new hampshire, and nevada. >> is your campaign viable? how do you make the case you're the most electable candidate? >> i keep running and i win. >> reporter: the turning

with my son beau after a year in iraq, came back with blastoma, and you took care of him in his final days. great grace and dignity, and -- i spent six months with an aneurysm, embolism. great fun. and the docs are all right but the nurses are better. >> yes, sir. >> male and female. you know what i mean? >> absolutely. >> anyway, saved my life here. >> appreciate that. and chief -- >> that is the tape, brief tape from the white house press pool's president biden at walter reed. a note, you heard him say he was thanking them for helping his son beau biden, which he tied h blastoma, tied it to the toxic exposure in iraq there. >>> following breaking news. cnn learns the pipe bombs found near the capitol on january 6th were chillily placed there the night before. what the fbi is saying. two pipe bombs discovered near democratic and republican headquarters on the day of the capitol insurrection. the fbi is releasing photos of this person, an unidentified suspect wearing a grace hooded sweatshirt, face mask and carrying a backpack and believe likely this is the person who planted the pipe

. >> it is private, i will talk about it >> reporter: joe biden's beloved son, beau biden, died >> that'sow it is when we live for one another. >> it is now my friends. democracy has prevailed. >> enough of us come together to carry all of us forward. >> today on this january day. bring americans together, uniting our people and unite our nation >> president called it a significant possibility and he's already getting to work here is kristen we welker >> reporter: president biden in the oval office already getting to work, reversing the policies of president trump including ending the capital ban of muslim ban >> there are so much to do. >> reporter: then there is a plan of the covid relief package including payments to direct families and americans. the president also says to end construction on the border wall. in the midst of biden -- >> kristin, president trump is still making headlines. >> reporter: steve bannon's and his pardon >> reporter: kamala harris making history as the first woman of color to be vice president. >> so help me god. >> the first black woman and first black and i

. >> standing in the trenches with harris, delaware's attorney general beau biden. >> his state hadn'tau on principle said it's not right and i'm going stand with you. it was incredible how much heat we took, and we both stood there. >> and the stand off paid off. >> as a result of 13 months of intense discussions, sometimes battle, we have delivered to california $18 billion in relief for california's homeowners. >> relief turned to reform when she revisited her smart on crime approach that she launched in san francisco to crack down on truancy. >> who are the homicide victims who are under the age of 25? who are they? the question that had not been asked. and it turned out 94% of them were high school drop-outs. >> harris says she was trying to target social inequality, not families. >> if you have those kinds of absentee rates among affluent neighborhoods of elementary school students, they'd be writing about it every day of the week. but what we are talking about are poor children, predominantly black children and latino children. and i said we've got to do something about this. >>

he getting emotional saying good-bye to his son beau. tug-of-war over 15-dollar minimum wage, salt deductions, taxing ago sets, how much debt is too much debt. i will get reaction from my two favorite economists and

the keystone of that relationship for kamala harris and joe biden, beau biden. >> yes, and, in fact,nnection with the biden family. she and beau biden was one of the attorney generals who supported her in her fight to protect families facing fore closure back during the last major financial crisis, you know, robin and i got a chance to interview them as a ticket the first time they sat down for their joint interview, joe biden and kamala, and that moment you brought up, that moment of tension on the campaign trail that both of them were asked so often about, you know, they talked with robin and me at length about that, and about the healing that came afterward, and one of the things that most struck me during that interview was when kamala harris said to me, the bottom line, david, is that the role that joe biden played as vice president is the role that i will follow. she learned so much from the way that joe biden handled himself during the obama administration, what a partner he was for barack obama, and one of the things joe biden repeatedly said was he was looking for someone ju

and so this resonates with with joe biden his son beau who died due to brain cancer a brain tumor. he said in the national guard in delaware and spent some time in iraq and so for joe biden the troops have always been a special course and for his wife as well dr jill biden who did a lot of water quit the families of those who served during her time as the 2nd lady put in joe biden was vice president and so this is something that he definitely wanted to do even though a number of usual events such as lunch in congress has been taken off the table because of the pandemic this was something that joe biden particularly want to do to head to arlington which is a very emotional place if anyone has ever visited it there are rules upon rules of markers for the graves of soldiers who served with the united states and if you look at some of the dates and some of the ages you can tell which war what you did and how young so many of them were and but biden wasn't that old and we need to remember that just yesterday 24 hours ago as joe biden was heading to washington d.c. for his inauguration h

jill raising his two sons, hunter and beau as her own.hunter. >> he'll treat everyone with respect no matter who you are. >> he'll get up no matter how many times he's been knocked down. >> he'll be the worst enemy any bully ever saw. >> reporter: the president is also extremely close to his seven grandchildren who call him pop. >> he will pick up our calls no matter where he is. >> reporter: and when they got the word pop was going to be the next president, they were right there with him celebrating on stage. but always heavy on biden's heart is who isn't by his side. his son beau who died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of t there ol office hi of there nt at the fro yesterday. but, you know, president biden always carries a piece of him with him. he almost always has beau biden's rosary beads with him. he calls them his connection to his son. >> oh, wow. thank you, mary and i was watching as i always do "world news" with david muir and there was someone who showed up at the grave site of beau. don't know who it was and during the ina

to her surprise, beau was not alone.ng at beau's grave. no one else was around. on this cold windy afternoon except for a few people doing outside work at the cemetery. in my car, i had the radio tuned to cnn. joe biden was being sworn in as president and about to begin his address. the person in the uniform bowed their head and clasped their hands. the image brought tears to my eyes. i couldn't bring myself to interrupt the moment so i took photos from a distance. i listened to the end of biden's speech and drove back to see ifs person was still there. the person was. the person was still kneeling. still had their head bowed. the identity of the person is still unknown, but his silent vigil has not gone unnoticed. (rocket ship) hey! hey! heads up. thank you! water tastes like, water. so we fixed it. mio did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty.

one piece of the biden family that is notably missing today is beau biden. beau biden was on hand for his father's presidential inaugurations and he'll certainly be top of mind for biden as he takes his oath of office today. >> arlette saenz, thanks so much. and dana and abby, as i think about this day and the history, joe biden has been -- he's wanted to be ft. for decades and part of me would think, he wouldn't want to be president under these conditions with the country so divided and the country still dealing with this horrible pandemic, but on the other hand, maybe he would. maybe he acknowledges skpunss that this is a moment for him? >> exactly. there are always discussions about experiences versus new versus change. this is one of the times where joe biden can and did look at the country and say, we need to get somebody into this job who knows what they're doing based on decades of experience and there were so many younger, fresher faces who he beat in the democratic primary process and it's in large part because that is exactly what the country, and

this lone person in uniform kneeling at the grave site of beau biden at the exact same time that beau'soignant moment as the 46th presidency gets underway savannah >> we know that part of the president's heart was right there in that moment, as well. thank you very much. >>> china was quick to remind t international friction he'll mr. biden also received overtures of cooperation from long time u.s. allies. "today" senior international correspondent keir simimons has more on that from london good morning, keir >> reporter: good morning to you. leaders from around the world like the british prime minister here at 10 downing street waiting for the first call from president biden. as a spokesperson for biden's new national security counci describes china's latest move as unproductive and cynical >> congratulations, plp. >> reporter: minutes after president biden was sworn in, china lashing out. sanctioning 28 former trump administration officials, including outgoing secretary of state, mike pompeo and two outgoing national security advisers all effectively banned from china and from doing b

mick yesterday's departure from delaware was a tearful, heartfelt moment, because he left from the beau biden national guard center, a poignant reminder to him of the beloved son who did not make it to washington with him, as he achieved a lifelong dream. i don't think joe could have imagined the crises he would face that now that he is president, but i think he is exactly the right leader for this moment, to come together and confront the challenges in front of the you senator, let's listen into arlington. we'll come back to you on the other side of this ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> present arms [ drumroll ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> order arms >>> all right. you are watching president biden, vice president harris, an incredibly solemn moment, as they pay their respects, a moment of silence, laying of the wreath at the too many of the unknowns we are still joined on the phone by delaware senator chris coons, who was talking about the state of mind that joe biden after so many decades of political service, so many attempts at the presidency over those decades, senator coons, and this time around he was criticized as

son, beau, after a year in iraq, came back with stage four neoblastoma.e also got a tour of the covid vaccine site while he was there. >>> fierce trump defender jim jordan has announced he will not run for the u.s. senate in ohio last year to replace retiring senator rob portman. spokesman for jim jordan says the congressman will instead run for re-election for his house seat. it leads no clear front-runner on what will be a very crowded field for gop candidates in ohio next year. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start today with potential good news in our health lead. third coronavirus vaccine could be authorized for emergency use in the u.s. in a few weeks. top line j & j vaccine was 66% effective, less effective from pfizer and moderna but dr. anthony fauci points out the johnson & johnson vaccine is 85% effective against severe disease and in the trial kept nearly everyone from ending up in the hospital from covid.

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