. >> joseph r. biden jr.the 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 biden do let mely swear. >> kamala harris became the country's first female vp, while in the audience, senator bernie sanders made a memeworthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to stick around 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 t

. >> joseph r. biden jr. 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 robinette biden jr. do solemnly swear. >> reporter: kamala harris became the country's first female vp, while in the audience senator bernie sanders 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 pandemi

joseph r. biden. junior of the state of delaware has received 306 vote. donald j trump of the state of florida. as received 232 vote, still the house would vote to impeach him for a 2nd time for his actions. and the senate once again fell to convict. and soon he and his supporters began to deny the reality of what this was calling it a peaceful protest. not an attempted insurrection. the courts have not agreed so far more than 700 people have been arrested. the longest sentence more than 5 years in prison. the person who planted the pipe bombs, has still not been identified. a congressional committee is investigating how this happened. was it planned? who was involved and should criminal charges be filed? but those questions will take time to answer. and if republicans, when control of the house in 2022, they have promised to shut down the investigation ah, a year on this day cost lives for others, their freedom. but getting to the truth will largely be determined by whether or not it cost trump his political power. patty, glean al jazeera washing owe argentina has been spending millio

. >> joseph r. biden jr.state of delaware has received 306 votes. >> in the days that followed, the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as things focused from afternoon insurrection to an inauguration. at a scaled down ceremony, president biden was sworn in as the 46th president. >> i, joseph robinette biden. >> 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. >> accused of inciting the riots, donald trump became the first president to be impeached twice. he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald r. trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty. >> 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. >> as the country emerged from a deadly winter, vaccines became more available, first to the most vulnerable, then to all adults, and event annually to most kids. d

. >> joseph r. biden jr. 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 do solemnly swear. >> kamala harris became the country's first foe mail vice president. in the audience senator bernie sanders made a meme-worthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to stick around for the festivities but could not escape another impeachment used of inciting the riots he became the first president to be impeached twice. >> donald 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, vaccines became more available, first to the most vulnerable. then to all adult

january 20th, 2022, exactly one year since the first term of president of the united states, joseph r. biden and since the ex-disgraced ex-president, donald trump. >> we have got so much done, that nobody thought would be possible, but i really want to thank congress, all the people of washington dc, all the people that we worked with to put this miracle together. so, have a good life. we will see you soon. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. >> have a good life. i got to tell you, we are trying. it's not easy, but we're trying. of course, president joe biden came into office to do more than just rid us of donald trump and his inauguration speech included some pretty big ticket items. >> we can right wrongs, we can put people to work in good jobs. we can teach our children in safe schools. we can overcome the deadly virus. >> now, striking to me as someone covering politics since 2007, particularly politics in washington, since right before president barack obama took office, this is the second successive democratic president inheriting a country in the midst of a dire acute

. >>> president joseph r. biden ago this week under extraordinary circumstances. two weeks earlier twoth day, a mob had attacked the united states capitol, seeking to stop congress from certifying biden's election. with washington locked down and his predecessor absent in protest, biden took the oath and became the country's 46th president. the year since like the one prior has been consumed by the pandemic. and by a mixed bag of long legislative battles. in our sunday focus, nbc news white house correspondent monica alba looks back at year one of the biden agenda. >> reporter: president biden is ending his first year in office facing many of the same challenges he was elected to tackle. >> we'll press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibilities. >> reporter: an uneven economic recovery with soaring inflation. despite record job growth and low unemployment rates. >> we have more work to do. we're doing it. >> reporter: as the country still battles the

. >> joseph r. biden jr.e has received 306 votes. >> in the end, nearly 700 people were charged. and for the first time in u.s. history, a president was impeached and acquitted for a second time. >> we can never again allow democracy to be put in peril. >> over the course of the year, those who defended lawmakers called for justice. at the police chief resigned and house speaker nancy pelosi launched a committee to investigate the events, appointing two republicans him of both trump critics, adam kinzinger and liz cheney, vice chair. >> this is not about partisanship. this is about our duty as americans. >> although they struggled to get trump staffers to cooperate, steve bannon now charged with contempt. >> this is going to be the misdemeanor from hell. >> and the democratic-controlled house recommended the same for former chief of staff mark meadows. still, the committee plans to issue an interim report in the summer and a final report by november, just before midterms. of today the fence around the capital

joseph r. biden's, junior of the state of delaware, has received 306 vote. donald j trump with the state of florida as received 232 vote. still, the house would vote to impeach him for a 2nd time for his actions, and the senate once again fell to convict. and soon he and his supporters began to deny the reality of what this was calling it a peaceful protest. not an attempted insurrection. the courts have not agreed so far more than 700 people have been arrested. the longest sentence more than 5 years in prison. the person who planted the pipe bombs, has still not been identified. a congressional committee is investigating how this happened. was it planned? who was involved and should criminal charges be filed, but those questions will take time to answer. and if republicans win control of the house in 2022, they have promised to shut down the investigation ah, a year on this day cost lives for others, their freedom. but getting to the truth will largely be determined by whether or not it cost trump his political power. political heene al jazeera washington. well, one of the places breach

and after philly was decided and announced -- >> cnn projects joseph r. biden jr. es. >> joe biden declared victory. what was that like? >> to have our voters' votes result in the election being called was an incredible thing to watch. [ cheers ] while all that is happening, we're also aware that rudy giuliani's coming to philadelphia. >> wow, what a beautiful day. thank you. >> going to the four seasons landscaping place to say that our voters' votes shouldn't be counted. >> i was about to bring up four seasons total landscaping. because -- >> in philadelphia they keep the vote of dead people secret. >> -- it was the most -- >> very suspect method of voting -- >> -- degrading -- >> there was no security, zero. >> -- pathetic -- >> people of this country have no assurance at all -- >> -- preposterous -- >> that those ballots were actually cast -- >> -- farcical moment in my view of this post-election day challenge of this all. >> and appropriate. >> it would have had to have been unanimously cast for joe biden to catch up. >> they didn't want this at an industrial a

strom thurmond is the ranking member in the senate judicial committee and joseph r. biden is a member of the committee. stephen breyer is counsel to that committee and there's a vacancy in the federal appeals court out of boston, massachusetts. senator kennedy, who was obviously having a contentious time with jimmy carter running against him in a presidential primary, wants archibald cox to get the open slot. carter says, no, not happening. time passes. kennedy withdraws from the presidency, and ken feinberg, who went on to become the pay czar, ran ted kennedy's office suggests that steve breyer, the counsel, get the slot. kennedy asks carter to nominate breyer to the federal appeals court in boston. carter agrees to it. he becomes a federal judge in 1980, and 14 years later when there was an opening on the court ted kennedy asks bill clinton to put stephen breyer on the court. that's how it happened. strom thurmond was instrumental in asking ronald reagan after he beat carter handily in 1980 not to remove breyer's then nomination from the list because strom thurmond tells