that's go back to john mcardle. host: a minute or two before donald trump gets here to capitol hill and will arrive at the united states capitol, i wanted to show the viewers what the program looks like on the seats in the rotunda while members are gathering. the twitter image of that program, one of those programs today, laying out the musical prelude from the university of nebraska-lincoln combined choruses. the call to order. we will hear the swearing-in of the president and vice president. there will be more musical accompaniment. the battle hymn of the republic will be played. it will be quite a ceremony. of course, the president will end with his inaugural address, some excerpts of the inaugural address already being released. the president will say, in part, i returned to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. rachel scott tweeting out some of the snippets of the inaugural address. one more tweet, this from mike pence, noting he will attend

as we watch that, we go to john mcardle -- jon mcardle. host: in that brief house session, you saw michael waltz was resigning from office today. he was nominated, so his resignation coming ahead of that. he's went -- he sent out this tweet earlier from st. john's church, a picture of the then congressman there with elon musk, that tweet coming out around 8:30 this morning before the ceremony began at the church. then as principal news reports, the house ratio is razor thin between republicans and democrats. now 218 republicans to 215 democrats. there are two vacancies currently in the house. we have been showing you those pictures of people arriving on capitol hill, mitch mcconnell there arriving in the rotunda, the ceremonies getting set to begin. we will continue to show you those pictures all morning long. host: anthony in new york state, republican line. caller: good morning, sir, how are you? host: fine. go ahead. caller: i just want to wish everybody a happy inauguration day. and to four more years of president donald j. trump. the

she spent host and producer john mcardle is with us. he's been with us since 7:00 a.m. ing dr. fauci, martin millie, the january 6 committee ahead of the trump inauguration. i want to show you also when it comes to mark milley, one of the scenes at the pentagon right now. our associated press pentagon reporter knows that when it comes to mark milley, the former joint chiefs of staff chairman's portrait has now been removed from the pentagon hallway where it was hanging as late as just before 1:00 p.m. eastern today when an earlier photo was taken showing it was there. it is now gone. the porch was just unveiled back on january 12 and it's not clear where the portrait was removed to but it is no longer hanging on the wall where it was. tara copp of the associated press pointing that out from just across the potomac river at the pentagon. host: the president spoke, his inaugural address was about 3000 words, twice as long as his previous, the longest in modern history. we want to show you a portion of this. this is from about three hours ago. pres. trump: like in 2017, we

we go to john mcardle.we wait for trump to arrive at the white house, giving you an update on what we have been watching on social media, including some of the attendees at the church service trump just left, josh nguyen grove of bloomberg noting that also was mark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, tim cook, the president of argentina, boris johnson was in attendance, and a few minutes ago this was posted by outgoing president biden, a final selfie from the rose garden there. of note in and around capitol hill, this from olivia beaver, the congressional reporter, noting that johnson had previously said that flags would be raised to. but operations are encountering an issue, some of the cords are frozen, so some flags have not been able to be raised just yet, so if some of them still appear to be at half-staff, that is the reason why. we are expecting the arrival of biden at the white house this morning in a few minutes, where there will be a tea and a coffee. at 10:35 eastern they will then depart from the white hous