nancy cordes, thank you so much.e watch the motorcade make its way to the national cathedral and we look at some of the dignitaries who are arriving, to also talk about president carter, because he overcame brain and liver cancer in 2015. i think we all know he died at the age of 100. even my young son said he was born in 1924, mom. [ laughter ] remarkable to think about anyone who makes it to 100 years old. jimmy carter talked a lot about not only his faith, but also about his legacy, how he wanted to be remembered and also about beating cancer. after he was diagnosed with cancer that spread to his brain and liver, while teaching sunday school at his local church in plains, georgia, mr. carter spoke about how his battle for life helped mold his outlook on death. listen. >> i didn't ask god to let me live. i asked god to give me a proper attitude toward death. and i found that i was absolutely and completely at ease with death. it didn't really matter to me whether i died or lived, except i was going to miss my famil

our nancy cordes has this introduction. >> pandas!bao li and qing bao put on a show in the snow friday. seemingly unfazed by the throngs of fans who waited months for this debut. >> he pretends to be a panda half the time, so he's excited to have them back. >> reporter: the 3-year-old pandas are on loan from china for at least the next decade. the result of some delicate panda diplomacy. >> it is a great delight to come to the district of panda. washington, d.c. is no longer unbearable. >> reporter: these two bears actually arrived in d.c. in october. but the zoo gave them a few months to acclimate in private before exposing them to the panda-monium. >> it's fun to get to know them, what they like, what they don't like. i was just telling someone qing bao loves to climb trees. so her happy place, she'll just like climb to the top of a tree and be happy up there. >> reporter: it's great for tourism and for science. since u.s. zoos began partnering with the chinese decades ago, the global panda population has gone from nearly 1,000 to c

the story from cbs' nancy cordes. >>> i, donald john trump -- >> reporter: when president-elect donald trump is sworn in at noon on monday, tiktok ceo shou chew will have a better seat than most members of congress. the invitation disappointed lawmakers from both sides. >> not my favorite thing. not my favorite thing. >> democrats and republicans agreed that tiktok is a huge national security concern. >> reporter: back in 2020, trump agreed and tried to force tiktok's chinese owners to sell the social media platform to a u.s. company. ♪ but an avalanche of pro-trump content on tiktok during the campaign appeared to change his mind. >> you know, i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok. >> reporter: now the trump team is looking for ways to buy tiktok some time with a u.s. ban on the app set to take effect this sunday. chew will be seated monday alongside other tech titans including tesla's elon musk, meta's mark zuckerburg, and amazon's jeff bezos. those three alone have a combined net worth close to $1 trillion. >> an oligarchy is taking shape -- >> reporter: president biden issued a

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cbs's nancy cordes is going to lead us off tonight from the white house. ning, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. here at the white house the changing of the guard is already complete. president trump and first lady melania trump will spend their first night here tonight. the moving vans arrived today as soon as the bidens left. in his inaugural address, trump did say he wanted to be a unifier. but he slammed the government as a radical and corrupt and called the last four years "a horrible betrayal." >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear. >> reporter: the nation's 47th president was sworn in at 12 oh 1:00 p.m. with chief justice john roberts administering the oath, just as he did eight years ago. j.d. vance was sworn in by supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, becoming the third youngest vice president ever. with every living president looking on, president trump condemned the past four years and declared this the start of a golden age. >> america's decline is over. >> reporter: he said the election gave him a mandate to dramatically remake gover

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nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: the world's best medical care doesn't come cheap.e to medical or dental bills. >> every credit card i've applied for has denied me. >> reporter: carly nier lives in northern wisconsin. an emergency flight for a seizure when she was 18 left her $100,000 in debt. her credit score is still below 500. >> my husband and i are first-time home buyer -- well, he was a first-time home buyer. when they ran my credit, they're like you can't even be on the loan. >> reporter: all that is set to change due to a new rule just finalized by the consumer financial protection bureau. the rule will prevent the three credit reporting agencies from including past due medical bills in credit reports. cfpb predicts the move will lift the credit scores of about 15 million americans by an average of 20 points. >> medical debt does not predict whether you are a high-risk person to lend money to. >> reporter: cbs medical contributor dr. celine gounder. >> this is not being irresponsible, going out shopping with their credit cards, spending more than they can af

cbs's nancy cordes reports on the events of the day from inside the white house. >> i donald john trumpo solemnly swear. >> reporter: the nation's 47th president was sworn in at 12:01 p.m. with chief justice john roberts administering the oath just as he did eight years ago. >> so help me god. >> reporter: j.d. vance was sworn in by supreme court justice brent kavanaugh, becoming the third youngest vice president ever. >> that i will bear true faith. >> reporter: with every living president looking on president trump condemned the past four years and declared this the start of a golden age. >> america's decline is over. >> reporter: he said the election gave him a mandate to dramatically remake government, starting today. >> first, i will declare a national emergency at our southern border. we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens. >> reporter: roughly 800 people squeezed into the capitol rotunda, forced inside by frigid temperatures. among trump's invited guests, a row of tech titans who were seated in front of his cabinet picks. trump described his win as divine

cbs' nancy cordes reports on the increasingly cozy relationship between the incoming president and some the world. >> i donald john trump -- >> reporter: when president-elect trump is sworn in at noon on monday, tiktok ceo chu will have a better seat than most members of congress. the invitation disappointed lawmakers from both sides. >> not my favorite thing. not my favorite things. >> democrats and republicans agree that tiktok is a huge national security concern. >> reporter: back in 2020, trump agreed and tried to force tiktok's chinese owners to sell the social media platform to a u.s. company. ♪ we voted donald trump, baby ♪ >> reporter: but an avalanche of pro-trump content on tiktok during the campaign appeared to change his mind. >> you know, i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok. >> reporter: now the trump team is looking for ways to buy tiktok some time, with a u.s. ban on the app set to take effect this sunday. chu will be seated monday alongside other tech titans, including tesla's elon musk, meta's mark zuckerberg and amazon's jeff bezos. those three alone have a combi

. ♪ ♪ >> i am nancy cordes, thank you for joining us.begin with trump cross country visit to two disaster zones. he is wrapping up its first week in the white house with a trip to western north carolina, an area reeling from hurricane helene in september and from there he travels to southern california to see firsthand the devastation from this month deadly wildfires. trump is using these visits to hammer his political foes in california, especially gavin newsom, and the federal emergency management agency, or fema. he is putting conditions on disaster aid for california, suggesting before helping devastated areas with federal funds, he wants california to enact voter i.d. and direct water in reservoirs to fight wildfires. jonathan leads us off tonight from l.a. >> as air force one touchdown, fires were smoldering throughout southern california, as they have been for 18 days. >> i don't understand what is happening. we cannot get a break. >> it has left behind overwhelming devastation. at least $250 billion in damage. trump met with fire

let's go to nancy cordes is emancipation hall. in this room would appreciate because they are his hard court supporters. and donors. there were times where the speaker of the house mike johnson behind him looked a little bit pained, possibly because he is aware that there is an enormous a roomful of dignitaries upstairs waiting for trump before they can talk into the traditional inaugural luncheon. >> thank you. let's bring in our chief washington correspondent major garrett. major. >> it's worth pointing out nora that there have been rituals today, patriotic songs. but this transition is one done through gritted teeth with pardons issued by president biden just before his presidency ended. he effectively told the country i believe my family would be criminally prosecuted unfairly by the next president of the united states. and with his remarks just now, president trump said he still believes those who have pled guilty to crimes on january 6 or were convicted by jurors are american political hostages. that is a hostility one admini

so, this morning with nancy cordes we will be looking back at the legacy president biden leaves behindert costa looks ahead to the promises and prospects of a second trump administration. >> it's been the highest honor of my life to lead you as commander-in-chief. >> after 52 years in washington, joe biden's long political career is coming to an end. >> it's hard to imagine somebody is going to have the same faith in american establishment and institutions that i thin drove him in the course of his presidency. >> reporter: ahead this sunday morning, the biden legacy. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> beyond the white house, washington is bracing. >> trump is a little bit crazy but he is not stupid. >> reporter: for the return of president trump. what should they be expecting day one of this presidency? >> i think shock and awe. >> reporter: how different another term be later on "sunday morning." >>> once upon a time, in a very different washington, socialite perle mesta became something of a power broker while throwing the best parties in town. with erin moriarty we celebrate a mos