mr. doug emhoff, second gentleman. now taking her seat is mrs.in. >> and taking her seat is mrs. cherine brown. >> attention! >> distinguished guests, please stand for the arrival of the official party and remain standing as honors are rendered and for the invocation given by chaplain colonel james d. key. taking their positions on the reviewing stand are the hosts for today's ceremony, the honorable lloyd j. austin iii, the 28th secretary of defense, accompanied by the 21st chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general charles q. brown jr. distinguished guests, the vice president of the united states, kamala harris. >> march! ♪ >> distinguished guests, the president of the united states. ♪ [gun salute] [gun salute] >> forward, march! >> distinguished guests, chaplain key. chaplain key: let's pause and bow our heads and close our eyes for a word of prayer. morning by morning the mercies i see, all i have needed, thy hand has provided. great is thy faithfulness. lord on to me. we pause now and ask that you bless today's farewell tribute to presid

mr. emhoff, miss emily, the senate secretary for the minority, the honorable garrick my re, the honorableor and mr. bruce fisher. ladies and gentlemen, dr. jill biden and mr. douglas emhoff. ♪ [applause] >> harris: coming in next are the first and second lady incoming. ben, these are situations that get watched around the world anyway but particularly at this moment. why for you? >> i think that what we're about to see is the very rapid addressing of a lot of different issues that affect our allies and other nations around the world. particularly you mentioned the executive orders related to mexico including naming mexican cartels as terrorist organizations. of course, we are aware of the issues regarding israel. also facing the fall of syria, recent coup in south korea and the issues related to the war and china. the trump world order will require shifts in all those different areas. this new team will be required to start working on day one to reverse the mistakes of the last four years. >> harris: getting those cabinet members confirmed, some as early as today. steve, i want to wait fo

mr. emhoff, department of defense leadership, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.idents. as secretary of defense, i have seen this and i've seen his leadership up close. he took the oath of office as america faced a moment of great challenge, the covid pandemic was raging and our allies and partners feared that america had lost its way. president biden helped america and the world recover from the pandemic. and he renewed american leadership around the planet. president biden dramatically strengthened our unmatched global network of allies and partners. he rallied the free world to help ukraine fight for its freedom after putin's indefensible invasion. he positioned america to succeed in strategic competition with the people's republic of china. he orchestrated a new convergence in the indo-pacific around a shared vision of security, openness, and prosperity. he reinforced nato, which is now larger, stronger, and more united than ever. he shored up israel's security after the vial october 7 terrorist assault by hamas. he helped defend israel from outrageous direct

mr. emhoff, the associate director of inaugural ceremonies, ms. nority representative myrick, and the honorable katherine spindor and the honorable bruce fisher. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, dr. jill biden and mr. douglas emhoff. ♪ ♪ ♪

mr. emhoff, director of joint committee on inaugural ceremonies, ms. emily leviner. use of representative chief administration officer catherine spindor and mr. bruce fisher. ladies and gentlemen, dr. jill biden is mr. douglas emhoff. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, performing oh america. welcome the armed forces chorus and america's tenor christopher d. maccio. ♪ o, america, you're calling i can hear you calling me: you are are calling me to be true to thee ♪ ♪ true to thee' i will be o, america no weeping let me heal your wounded heart ♪ ♪ i will keep you in my keeping till there be' a new start ♪ ♪♪ ♪ from your mountains grand, and all through this land you are beautiful to me ♪ ♪ and' o, america you're calling i can hear you calling me: you are calling me to be true to thee true to thee' i will be ♪ and we will be your voice ♪ ♪ you are beautiful to me ♪ ♪ o, america you're calling i will ever answer thee ♪ [ applause ] >> the honorable jackie barber, clerk of house of representatives, hob honorable kevin f. mccome be

mr. emhoff, and the recipients have departed the east room. ♪ [applause]

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mr. emhoff, and the recipients have departed the east room. ♪ [applause] ♪ >> can we get a thumbs-up up orlause] >> how are you feeling? how are you feeling? >> do you have any regrets about your foreign dealings? ♪ >> you have been watching live coverage. we were turn out our scheduled program. we join it in progress. rescue in the city of miami, and i can tell you that the city became a battleground of gangsters killing one another for months after mr. carter allowed that particular catastrophe to go on. so, for those that want to believe that jimmy carter was a great man and a great president, i will conclude that he was not a bad man but a terrible president. i will not even go into the hostage scenario. part of the problem regarding the helicopters was due in part to the fact that jimmy carter did not give to the military all of thehi

mr. doug emhoff. [indistinct chatter] ? ["gloria" playing] ["great is thy faithfulness" playing] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcomed the armed forces and americas tenor, christopher dean maki l. [singing] [applause] >> the honorable jackie barber, clerk of the house of representatives, mr. johnson, misses kathy johnson, ira schumer and senator lee. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, escorting the president of the united states and vice president of the united states, ranking number of the joint congressional, the honorable deb fischer, the honorable hakeem jeffries, and the honorable robert duncan. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, the honorable joseph r biden jr. , and vice president of the united states, the honorable kamala harris. [applause] [hail to the chief plays] ladies and gentlemen, escorting the vice president-elect, the executive director for the joint congressional verbal ceremonies, mr. michael wagoner, doorkeeper jason bell, and sergeant in arms, sean keating. ♪ ladies and gentlem

mr. douglas emhoff. >> and first lady jill biden with a smile. doug emhoff who we've ever seen look fairly grim today, had the election gone the other way, he would have been in a historic position to become the nation's first first gentleman. instead, he is the outgoing second gentleman, husband of vice president kamala harris. we've had reporting about executive actions and executive orders expected on border issues, on discriminating against transgender people, on declaration of an emergency, at least on the border, if not elsewhere. it'll be interesting to see both how they how they how they manage some of those things. trump had sort of pounded his chest and bragged that he would be pardoning all the january 6th criminal, criminally convicted criminal convicts within moments of being sworn in. if he's going to actually try to do that, that means it will happen in this room, i guess, or at capital one arena. >> it could happen. >> there was some reporting they would bring death to capital one arena in front of those borders signings there. an

mr. douglas emhoff. ♪ >> there, the first lady of the united states, dr. lady of the united states. their son, beau biden, had served in the national guard and had served overseas, and they first started the initiative with michelle obama, first lady, and she continued the that then as first lady, making sure that military families received the attention that they deserve and the support that they need. it's been one of her hallmark issues, and of course, doug emhoff, the second gentlemn, has done a lot of initiatives to fight anti-semitism, and that has been at the forefront of his agenda, and you can see he's seated right next to bill clinton there, and it doesn't take any special analysis to see people are tightly packed in there. >> behind president clinton, you see a man with glasses. that's phil rouffin from las vegas, the casino owner, treasure island, one of the closest friends of president-elect trump, 89 years old, someone the president-elect talks to all the time, and he has a prime seat. >> one of the close supporters, and as you said, friends

emhoff supports. -- to small startups of the type that mhub supports. mr. babcock: it's critical. when you are a small company it is unlikely you will be successful. stacking more chips against e coanies makes it less likely they can raise the money they needed to bring their innovations to market. giving them a small arrow in the quiver of competitiveness would be essential. chair coons: you could give them a bigger arrow. mr. babcock: yes please. chair coons: some have argued the restore patent rights act does not go far enough because it establishes only a rebuttable presumption rather than a mandate that upon a finding of infringement there must be injunctive relief. what do you think of the balance the current statute, or the proposed bill, what you think of the balance it starts? does it go too far? does it go far enough? would you suggest additional changes? prof. osenga: thank you. i believe the one sentence bill is perfect. sorry. chair coons: i will record this moment. prof. osenga: for these reasons. first, the rebuttable presumption brings us back to the 200 years of h