white house from the biden white house back into the trump white house. i know you were talking to chris emery before about just the machinations of how exactly that works. but there are essentially incoming and outgoing moving trucks close to the white house, ready on standby, and some hundred members of resident staff as our betsy klein reported, to move the biden stuff out and then begin the process of moving the trump stuff in after a period of, of course, a deep cleaning that goes on across the white house. there will probably be some five hours between now and when the staff here need to get everything done and later, when the trumps return here to the white house as the first couple once more, it will kind of be like maybe they never left. their furniture, art, clothing, all of that should be, if everything goes smoothly, in the places that they are supposed to be. so that they can now proceed to live at the white house once again for another four years. >> tim naftali, what we're about to witness, talk a little bit about the history of that, the h

he received mail at the white house. one of them, one of the letters arrived at still in the churchill archives holdings. and it was it was just addressed way. churchill the magnificent the white house washing dc we all get mail of that of that kind. and what i'm suggesting is he was he was becoming some and he using the new popular authority to advance his cause and his was the cause of democracy the cause of freedom. and for this partic killer visit, he wanted to make sure that even though the japanese had attacked pearl harbor, that the alliance would focus on germany first. very important to. get germany out of the way and then deal with japan. and as history unfolded, that's exactly what transpired after that, things settle down and they get to work and they put together the opening of the war linking the u.s. and the british troops. but it's a farce, an ending opening to the series of visits that he to the u.s. and seven different times he is staying at the white house in our business professor at cbs, we often use

more exits from the white house. we will watch the first lady and the incoming first lady, out -- come out. host: we'll see more of those exits as the morning progresses. as we head to the u.s. capitol, let's hear from raycen in tennessee, republican line. caller: hello. i want to say happy martin luther king day. and i want to say it is a great day for mostly all of america for, i don't know, donald trump winning. i'm really happy he won. there's a lot of reasons. i don't think there is enough time to list them all, but i want to be happy for the peaceful transition of power and everyone being civil about this. and everyone can be happy it was a nice transition of power. host: from joe in maryland, independent line. caller: hi, yes, sir, good morning. two questions for you and a quick statement. you called steny hoyer though former congressman. is he a former congressman? did he lose or is he still in there? host: he is a former congressman. caller: wow, he's out now, i didn't know that. and you call doug emhoff the

over to the white house. and that is joe biden's commitment to showing the world that democracy still works, that a real peaceful transition of power is still possible in the united states of america, and yet he began his last morning in office, protectively pardoning people who he is worried that donald trump will go after in a way that is perhaps not in keach keeping with what a president of a democracy should or would do. and so that is -- those are the twin contradictory realities and dynamics that these men are facing as they face one another. >> let's -- we're looking at on the right side of the screen st. john's church, inside there president-elect trump standing there. if you look closely in the middle of the screen, back toward the stained glass, you'll see a face that looks a lot like meta ceo mark zuckerberg. the genuflecting by tech ceos coming to donald trump hat in hand, wanting to make friends with the new administration, has been something to behold. is that joe rogan to the right? >> tim cook

all the action now is happening within a couple of blocks here of the white house. president-elect stayed across the street at blair house. just left there a short while ago. went around the corner to where alexandria hoff is to st. john's church. come back to the white house before heading to you and the capitol. the president of the united states for now, joe biden, he was busy this morning signing a number of pardons. he issued preemptive pardons to congresswoman liz cheney, general mark millie and dr. anthony fauci. in doing so biden says he believes in the rule of law and optimistic the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics. these are exceptional circumstances. can't in good conscious do nothing. the politically motivated investigations are an issue. he said they didn't do anything wrong but worried about the weaponization of government. so therefore he has issued those pardons. republicans were the ones saying it was a weaponization of government against then former president trump over the last four years. but then there will

paand now the trump white house.sk was in a significant position and spoke at capital arena before donald trump did and he's been seen in the west wing. >> elon musk has already been spotted in the west wing, he's been given an all access security pass to the white house and sources tell us he's likely to ultimately get an office in the west wing close to president trump. >> just before we came on the air i asked you this, the letter from joe biden, was in in the resolute desk and waiting for president trump? >> we saw donald trump discover the letter, pulled it out, teased reporters that he might read it. didn't do it. we saw joe biden's handwriting, number 47 on the front. >> continuing the tradition, 46 leaving a note for 47. thank you. president trump signing more than 200 executive actions, clearing the rioters, moving to the border, to energy, ending climate change initiatives, reversing many of biden's moves. rachel scott is at the white house. >> reporter: just hours after he was sworn in, president donald tr

white house, bill allman. and we wanted to borrow a couple of that she had acquired for the exhibit. and i said to mr. allman, i said, you know, i'm sure you have some stuff the white could the white house has this huge warehouse of things. and i said, i'm sure you have some pieces in the warehouse that you could lend us. he said, oh, no, everything she is so good that it's all here in the in the residence, in the mansion. and they gave us a chair from the green room and a painting which was pretty cool. but you know, her, her efforts at the white house building on jackie kennedy started. tell us a little a little bit more about them. oh, indeed. white house historical association. of course, jackie kennedy starts this, i believe, 62 rooms around there. so mrs. kennedy deserves credit for starting that. but of her time in the white house was short then lady bird comes in and lady bird is into and outdoors of course famously and did a bang up job on that. to be fair to lady bird, she couldn't have touched anyth

both sides, the white house. and then any moment now they're gonna make a left and head down the 16 blocks on pennsylvania avenue. so here they are on 15th street here washington. you are. if you're wondering, how are we getting the shots? there is group known as the pool that get stuff that gets randomly assigns to the president and and they are the ones who are taking these images. i believe in any event event, the images of them going down, 15th street here and they're going to be moving down pennsylvania avenue block by block by block. potentially or maybe down constitution will seem like an event. and it is a very short ride. for these 2 men, mulvaney, someone who knows what it is like to be in side. this vehicle inside ndthe beast with donald trump joins me live a remarkable moment here. >> as we hear some cheers, it actually listen to this for a second and i'll get you momentarily. so, we're not this is a take different take on this because of the weather weathe today. but r still just a special. what's it

some capital one arena where he's viewing what's remaining of the parade and he will sign at the white housee house and senate leadership, republicans that is to make sure everything is on track legislatively that's what that requires if you deal with the tax situation before the end of the year. stuart: any moment president-elect trump and president biden will emerge from the white house and get into a limousine and head towards capitol hill, they will travel towards the same vehicle when he is like to know the tone of the discussion were what they talked about over tea will we get any indication of their relationship? >> i think it's like their meeting at the white house after the election, president-elect trump called it cordial in a good discussion. it is not campaign talk it is much more personal and knowing these two men in the personal sense i think they probably have a nice chat on the way to the capital. stuart: biden announced 11th hour preemptive pardons for general mark milley and doctor anthony fauci in members and staff of the january 6 select committee. i believe the left-hand

they still have the same office structure in a white house. in your opinion, what elements make for a successful transition? guest: transitions are made up of law that goes back to 1963. the law has really been very bipartisan in both houses of congress. you have people looking at how the transition worked, where their problems, and how do we fix it? it is one of those areas, there are very few of them left, that is bipartisan. in addition to the law, it is usually based on actions that are based on precedent. what did somebody do in the past? the trump transition out of office to biden, the person who was running the day to day operatio slidell, worked on the basis of precedent in talking with people in the government who were familiar with what happened in the past. but i think another element is a tacit understanding by both the incoming and outgoing presidents and their teams that, that, what is, what is happening is going to be more important than they are. there is a tacit understanding that, that they should do the best job possible, eve

.— white house.. former uk ambassador to _ white house. former uk ambassador to the - white house. former uk ambassador to the us, l white house. former uk - ambassador to the us, thank you for your time today. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. it just itjust being it just being reported itjust being reported now that the un says that 897 aid trucks have entered gaza today. and of course we are expecting another hostage and prisoner exchange at the weekend. earlier i spoke to our correspondent injerusalem, jonah fisher and asked him about the israeli military operation in the west bank and the resignation of the commander in chief of the israeli army. so we're three days into a cease—fire in gaza but tensions are rising in the west today. we had the israeli military going into janine that is a city in the northern part of the west bank which is known as being a stronghold for palestinian militant groups, they use drones, aircraft, armoured bulldozers as they wen

chief white house correspondent mary bruce starts us off. morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, donald trump is starting the day at blair house trb presidential guest house. in just a few hours he will again be sworn in, becoming the 47th president of the united states. but the day not going as originally envisioned. the bitter cold here is scrambling plans at the 11th hour, forcing the swearing in ceremony to move indoors to the capitol rotunda for the first time in 40 years. it means far fewer people will be able to attend the ceremony. the guest list has had to be slashed. and there will be no parade down pennsylvania avenue. it also means trump will be able to avoid the potential for smaller crowds because of the dangerous weather. now, in addition to former presidents, dignitaries and members of congress, tech billionaires elon musk, jeff zuckerberg made the list. >> george: mary, we're going to have the traditional departure from blair house in just a little bit for a ceremony at the church, st. john's church, this mo

he promised he would come — white house. he promised he would come in _ white house. in hard _ white house. he promised he would come in hard and - white house. he promised he would come in hard and fast. | would come in hard and fast. hit the ground running. he has done so, declaring a national emergency when it comes to immigration and energy. there is a lot of controversy about his decision to pardon almost 1600 people who were convicted as a consequence of the riots four years ago. he as a consequence of the riots four years age-— four years ago. he made it a promise _ four years ago. he made it a promise of— four years ago. he made it a promise of his _ four years ago. he made it a promise of his campaign - four years ago. he made it a| promise of his campaign that four years ago. he made it a - promise of his campaign that he would pardon them. i have been outside the jail house where the convicts are and the families are campaigning for their release and many said they voted for trump because he promised to pardon them. it is controversial. it is worth mentioni

the white house by president eisenhower. typical of the many receptions held throughout washington for the best in attending the inaugural ceremonies was this reception given by senator and mrs. bridges in honor of the governor of new hampshire. the senator and the receiving with lovely mrs. bridges with champagne music by this marine quartet directed, by lieutenant king. the morning of january 21st dawned cold, cold and overcast. the plaza, as seen from a navy blimp overhead. as the president and mamie came out of the white house. he paused momentarily, thought back to his first inauguration when he came to the white house to be accompanied by president truman on his first ride to the capitol capitol. the president continued down the steps. the the vice president waiting. and as the presidential caravan leaves the white house grounds, the president's his second such historic journey down pennsylvania avenue in four years. the waiting crowds herald, his arrival at the capitol, where the ceremonies are to be held. like ever t

in the white house, balm beach? >> the white house.palm beach, i'll be in palm beach. i want to be a mom, first lady and wife. when we are in january 20, serve the country. >> ainsley: first 100 days, what are you looking forwards to the most? >> i established my team. i have a few positions i still need to hire. i will not rush into that. i will see when i'm in the white house and what is needed. i don't want to hire too many people on my team and spend too much taxpayer money, i want to make sure every position they are talented, have merit, know what they are doing and as well, as they are team player. they don't have own agenda so they serving me, serving my office and serving the country. >> ainsley: will you continue with your platform be best? >> i will continue with my platform be best and expand be best. i started in first administration and did not have much support from anyone. i invited all of the streaming platforms to the white house, had the round table, and i didn't have much support from them. imagine what we could do

let's go to kaitlan collins at the white house.trump is about to sign more orders going back to the white house before he goes to those balls for the night. where does he go from here? >> reporter: kwae, this will be his first time at the white house since being sworn in earlier, erin. i've been up inside the west wing earlier today. they already rearranged everything. the photos on the wall are of trump and his familyfamily his team already. they do that pretty quickly. they even changed the portraits inside the oval office. he had andrew jackson up when he was here in the white house four years ago. they've since put andrew jackson's portrait back up inside the oval office. that is where your going to see president trump not far from here after his motorcade which is make its way over from capital one to the white house, i believe we'll see it come down the driveway behind me, not usually where the president pulls in. he's usually on the south lawn but typically on the day of the inauguration, the presidents pull in on the north

the official oath was taken in private in the white house because january 20 fell on a sunday. the next day, a public inaugural ceremony was held. this video, provided by the dwight d. eisenhower library and presidential museum, also shows highlights of the parade and balls that evening. >> the honor of your presence is requested at the ceremonies for the inauguration of the president and vice president of the united states, january 21, 1957. the committee of arrangements, senator theatre francis green, senator sparkman, speaker of the hearth, house majority leader, house minority leader. ♪ special musical score by the united states marine band. captain albert albert director. music composed by technical sergeant donald hunsberger, staff arranger. ♪ in the fall of 1956, our hand cameras were allowed to briefly cover a meeting of the joint inaugural committee as they met to discuss plans for the coming inauguration. chairman of the committee, senator stiles bridget of new hampshire. speaker sam rayburn of texas. senator theodore francis green of rhode island. house majority lead

>> within the office of white house counsel, yes, senator. >> and is working within the white house counsel's office different than representing donald trump individually as his personal lawyer? >> absolutely. >> how is it different? >> you are working for the government. you are working for the office of white house counsel. you are not representing him in his personal capacity. >> so you have not represented him in his business affairs, personal life, or in any of the criminal trials he has faced. >> no, senator. >> and you know when it comes to weaponization it is worth noting in more than two centuries of our nation's history, no president had previously been indicted, no president had previously been prosecuted until the biden-harris white house came along and in the last four years we've seen donald trump indicted and prosecuted not once, not twice, not three times but four separate times. >> and to assassination attempts, senator. >> i have to say, the character from les mis at the efforts to do anything possible to take him down. the real target in this was not president trump but the

>> bill: we're about to get moving at the white house. we should be maybe 90 seconds, two minutes away from president biden and the president-elect emerging from that door and then they will get on board the big souped up cadillac and make their way up to capitol hill. in the past, we have been given information as to what the two presidents, former president barack obama who fits right into this story because in the past we've been given some clues as to their conversation and i mentioned this a few hours ago just bring it up again, with barack obama, he told donald trump on january 20th, 2017, is that his biggest problem would be north korea and trump and mike pompeo went after that issue. they tried very hard with summits in singapore and summits in vietnam. in the end they were unsuccessful to kim. vivek ramaswamy is part of doge to get rid of the waste. rumors yesterday he might stay in ohio and run for governor. anybody's guess on his future. >> dana: as you said maybe we're about 30 seconds away from the motorcade leaving the white

you know, it was only ten years after he left the white house. and so most most of his papers were still classified. so i back off from the idea, but it you know, i was still curious about carter. i went on to other projects. and then in 2015, i sat down and wrote a proposal and i was still ignorant. i think about the south and all those other issues, but i was still curious and i wanted to learn. and you know, you write a book to try to satisfy your own curiosity. in the first instance, i sold the proposal in 2015 and then just a few weeks later, carter had that incredible press conference where he announced that he had brain cancer and was probably not going to be with us very much longer. so i thought i'd never get a chance to interview him. but as we all know, he survived. and i did get a chance to have four or five good interviews. and six years later, i have produced the book. yeah, well, talking about those interviews, i wanted to ask you about, you mentioned the prolog. you had access to president carter to interview him. i wonder what wa

correspondent outside the white house.jia, you have covered this president so closely. what do you make of how he made up this address, not only the accomplishments, that he feels he did not get credit for, but also this morning in a very populist tone. >> reporter: well, norah, frankly i expected much more about his accomplishments and his personal story in this farewell address because white house sources had talked about leading up to this moment how this was not just an exit from the white house, but this was an exit from 50 years of his public service, and he really wanted this to be personal and positive and nonpartisan, but certainly his message was dark, in many ways, as he issued those warnings, and even though he did not mention any of his political opponents by name, including trump, even though he did not talk about those tech tycoons who are now weaved into the trump administration, certainly almost every warning he had was a veiled strike at them, whether it was miss amp this information, talking about the la

i was in the white house on 9/11.staff in the white house. what i saw was a government that was not well prepared to handle a terrorist attack. how much of that is due to the truncated transition we had? it's hard to say. we didn't have as many national security senior leaders in place as we could have had, had we had a full transition. the 9/11 commission, which was sort of the most important summary of what happened for our country and why, highlighted the fact that, for president bush, the fact that he had not had his top national security team in place or in place for very long, was an important contributing factor to what occurred in our country. post—9/11, there has been a recognition that we live in a very dangerous world, and that understanding those dangers is a fundamental responsibility of the leadership of the united states government. the first weeks after the installation of a new president is a period of real vulnerability for the united states. inauguration day, even- as ijust say that, i literally get

why is the j-6 committee having people go to the white house to beg for blanket pardons. why is jack smith quitting early and-- . they're worried about the political persecution in the same way that you claim-- >> if they thought it was political persecution they wouldn't be worried. this has to be adjudicated you have to adjudicate 2020, you have to a. >> you had kate j6, the vast criminal conspiracy against president trump and on this one we're adamant. president trump needs to do this for this country not for himself, you see last night the jack smith thing is a nothing berger, total nothing berger. >> look, president trump himself has said he wants to look to the future so let's keep doing that, otherwise we'll get off the rails fast here. >> president trump does want to look to the future. he says his retribution will be peace and prosperity, that doesn't mean that some of his colleagues that understand what they-- not just tried to do to him, but did to this country has to be adjudicated and this is going to be a big effort, i think, of people trying to get presiden

the white house by president eisenhower. typical of the many receptions held throughout washington for the best in attending the inaugural ceremonies was this reception given by senator and mrs. bridges in honor of the governor of new hampshire. the senator and the receiving with lovely mrs. bridges with champagne music by this marine quartet directed, by lieutenant king. the morning of january 21st dawned cold, cold and overcast. the plaza, as seen from a navy blimp overhead. as the president and mamie came out of the white house. he paused momentarily, thought back to his first inauguration when he came to the white house to be accompanied by president truman on his first ride to the capitol capitol. the president continued down the steps. the the vice president waiting. and as the presidential caravan leaves the white house grounds, the president's his second such historic journey down pennsylvania avenue in four years. the waiting crowds herald, his arrival at the capitol, where the ceremonies are to be held. like ever t

white house is across the street. not to be ignored in 11th hour of presidency, joe biden, breaking news is he's pardoned dr. anthony fauci, mark milley, liz cheney and others. i read it all. what he says is essentially he's turned the president's constitutional power of forgiveness into a protective shield for those people and joe biden does not believe they committed any crime but worry the new administration would come after them, he does not want to cause them to get lawyers, he issued the pardons at last minute he could as president. >> brian: pretty amazing, is this a president you want? you want to do a protective shield around people? >> lawrence: truly way to end presidency after he promised to restore norms. i will not pardon my son and does it anyway. four hours before scheduled to leave office he releases this. >> ainsley: i wonder if he'll pardon his brother? four more hours until donald trump is sworn in. looking at st. john's church and blair house. there is a tent in front of blair house, we will proba

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i read them that statement from the white house. tiktok has no immediate response to the white house. we'll see if they comment later today. but for now, this app will stop working right after midnight, and that will be tiktok's choice because technically, the law would allow it to be online. if if there was action from the biden administration or in this case, the biden administration saying we're not going to enforce it, don't worry. the problem, i think, fred, is the white house and the doj saying those words in a kind of in a statement is different from a legal letter. the general counsel's the lawyers for these tech companies. they believe they need it in writing in a more serious way. so there's a little bit of a standoff now between the government and tiktok. and i think, frankly, tiktok is trying to assert its power and leverage here. if they turn off the lights at midnight, that's going to send a big, bold message, and it's going to put even more pressure on trump to resolve this on monday and beyond. >> brian stelter, than

but let's start with jeff zeleny live for us at the white house. jeff, walk us through what this meeting with republican leaders is all about. >> and so it begins, boris, this meeting is going to be the first of several with president trump and republican leaders in congress. of course, republicans control all the levers of the government here. but the question now, the challenge now is moving ahead to enact an agenda. exactly how that will be done. how many bills? one big, beautiful bill, as the president often talks about or separate bills as some members of congress, particularly on the senate side, would prefer? that, of course, is the open question. now, there's no doubt that this is the republican era. you know, the new day certainly has dawned here in washington. but the the majorities are so small, particularly in the house, far smaller than eight years ago. there was, if i recall, about a 17 seat house majority back in 2017. there is a one seat house majority now for republicans, however, it is much more of a trump aligned republican party

it was never a formalized process like in other white houses. and that was will sharp, who was formerly the attorney general of missouri, but also donald trump's attorney who represented him and argued before the supreme court on several cases. he is now one of several personal attorneys that trump is bringing into his administration that was standing there with him as he was taking all these questions, signing all these executive orders, and really, you know, reprising a role that we saw often saw trump occupy the first time he was in the white house which was the extended q&a sessions. people who went to court, were convicted by evidence, or either plead guilty to this. >> without question, when you actually get down to fact of a mass pardon and shine the light on what is actually the consequences of that, it is much different than just a saying at a rally, as he has been doing for the last couple of years that i'm going to pardon the january 6th hostages. we have said endless times they are not hostages. but kaitlan, i am struck by from being

you're not in the white house this time around but is there gonna be the same shock and all viable or something different altogether. >> i think it's gonna be much more tense. we refer to it right now as days of thunder. i think the days of thunder starting next week are to be incredibly incredibly ntense. we spent years people developing the policies developing executive orders in the direction of where we want to take the movement and developing personnel many more people hit the beach many more cabinet people get confirmed much quicker gonna be many more executive orders most of these are the beginning all of them at the beginning the 50 they hit right away will be office of legal counsel days of thunder i think would be the concept starting next monday. >> heritage foundation aspi the groups that have been building playbooks like project 2025 and things that will infiltrate and have an impact on some of the policies of the administration? steve, did we lose you? that is the futuristic excitement i was talking about. can you hear me steve? >> i'm afraid i didn't hear you, can you r

meanwhile president biden preparing to be the president-elect at the entrance of the white house.rough what is happening. >> the north side entrance, you can see the gates are open to the white house complex, the president-elect can come in and they're going to be there to president biden and president-elect trump, melodia and the president, current president and the first lady 40 and coffee inside of there, it could be a very interesting conversation going on inside the white house because of the 11th hour pardon, president biden has made party general milley a anthony fauci your president trump claims for misleading americans of the covid causes and misleading himself president-elect try during the lockdown situation. the president pardoning the members of the general e-cigs commission, members of congress in the staff, that goes as far as to cover the d.c. police officers who were also testifying before the committee, members on the committee include former representative liz cheney and current senator adam schiff, the white house or the republicans in congress the head of the

was it a big blind spot in this white house?d, have seen the immigration issue play out in different ways, as the world has just changed so dramatically. this was a tough issue for the administration. it was one where we continually asked congress for more money to secure that southern border, and congress was unwilling to give it to this president, where, as you pointed out, a bipartisan broader solution that addressed so many of the issues was negotiated and was scuttled by the republicans because they didn't want to give biden a success and where finally he took executive action, which, um...was necessary but, again, without the funding we really need for the southern border. i think that it is, you know, an unfortunate example of how issues get caught in the political process here in the united states sometimes, and where problems that need to be addressed are not addressed, because one side or the other sees a political benefit or a political detriment to actually addressing the problem. one of the things that biden i think

>> with an office of white house counsel? yes, senator. >> and is working within the white house counsel's office different than representing donald j. trump individually as his personal lawyer? >> absolutely. >> how is it different? >> you're working for the government. you're working for the office of white house counsel. you're not representing him in his personal capacity. >> and so you have not represented him in his business affairs, in his personal life, or in any of the criminal trials he has faced. >> no, senator. >> and, you know, when it comes to weaponization, it's worth noting that in more than two centuries of our nation's history, no president had previously been indicted. no president had previously been prosecuted until the biden-harris white house came along. and in the last four years, we've seen donald trump indicted and prosecuted not once, not twice, not three times, but four separate times. >> and two assassination attempts. >> senator, i have to say javert from les miz would be chagrined at the efforts

he went back to the white house.the evening, so it wouldn't dominate the coverage all day long. they knew he didn't mention it in his inaugural speech. 57% of americans said they disapprove of this when they were asked by "the wall street journal." 50 of them strongly disapprove. so, i'll give him credit for political courage, i guess, because he did something that was deeply unpopular here by paroling these people. but, there's really no way to justify it. the fact that he showed a lot of stamina today doesn't really -- >> i want to hear from erin because we haven't heard from erin. >> i think if you're part of the trump team that's now in the white house today, that shock and awe, this big delivery today, of all the executive actions, but j6th especially, those pardons, this is exactly what donald trump said they were going to do. that is going to be the trump team's stance coming out of today. you wanted us to come in and getget of the paris climate accord. he has been talking about j6 detainees, hostages, whateve

this is his first time being back at the white house since january 2021. a lot of his staff i should note has been here for a few hours, erin, including the chief of staff, susie wiles. elon musk was seen here on the white house grounds earlier actually going inside the west wing at one point earlier. but this is the first time that president trump himself has returned to the white house since he was here obviously briefly earlier for that meeting with president biden, the coffee and tea that they had. but this is the first time he's been back since it's his white house and he has been sworn in again. >> yeah. and watching him get out of that car, the beast, and walk in, we will get the salute. he will -- he is back. >> he's back. >> he is back. you see that here. this is the visual manifestation of it. but that has been the tone and the feeling. i spent the day in that capitol arena. that is the way that his supporters feel. they are back. he is back. >> in his speech, one of the lines that really stuck out to me was he said, i returned to the presidency,

who headed the rnc of course helping donald trump propel to the white house. from blair house to the white house for that tea, which will be absolutely fascinating, especially jonathan lemire, given what's taking place just this morning, it got a lot more interesting. we got on the air at six to about 8:00 when joe biden, the president, announced these pardons as perhaps his last act, really, as president of general milley, of doctor fauci, of members of the january 6th select committee and their staffs of capitol police officers, anyone perceived to have been in the crosshairs of this incoming administration, receiving a penalty which protects them from prosecution under the law. as we see ivanka trump, jared kushner, who had large role, of course, in that first administration, have stepped back publicly anyway, but obviously still very influential figures in the trump orbit. >> yeah. and there has been a real debate within the biden administration in recent months about these preemptive pardons. we know some who might receive them had spoken out and said, no