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

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

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

we should not pass from the biden white house to the trump white house without noting the grotesque double standard that the washington press corps has applied to joe biden and donald trump entirely to donald trump's benefit. it's not just republican members of the house and republican members of the senate who know better, who have accommodated themselves to donald trump. we all know that republicans in congress who know better, who have accommodated themselves to donald trump, do that completely out of fear, the fear of losing their reelections to a trump favored candidate. bravery is not a typical characteristic of politicians, so there's no surprise in politicians, republican politicians fear of donald trump. and it doesn't take bravery for a reporter to scream at karine jean-pierre in a white house press briefing. and it didn't take bravery for reporters to scream at joe biden in the oval office as they did, or in the roosevelt room as they did. but it would take bravery for them to scream at donald trump or at the white house press secretary working for donald trump if she ever shows

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

trump white house.point. is exactly correct. >> having conversations with somebody who's only lying to you has extremely limited value, and i hope my colleagues in the press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he is when you converse with him, how what kind of play your story. >> gets. >> how much your face. >> gets. >> on television. the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it affect american citizens? how does it affect the interests of the united states? and i think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given the fact that donald trump almost never says anything, that's true. i think the access, as patrick. >> indicated. >> has very. >> very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mark is not an

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

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

white house visit. for some of those who stormed the capitol four years ago on january 6th. plus, the trump administration showing the door to government dei staffers shutting down programs and initiatives, and making good on a controversial campaign promise. >> and a school shooting in nashville. at least two students are wounded after that shooting, which began in the cafeteria. we are following these major developing stories for you and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news center. >> we are grateful that you're sharing part of your afternoon with us. i'm boris sanchez, alongside erica hill in for brianna keilar today in washington. great to have you here. >> it's nice to be with you. >> yeah, it's been a busy few days for the second trump administration. the president moving quickly to transform the federal government. and right now, dea is on the chopping block. employees who work in diversity, equity and inclusion roles have just three hours left to vacate their offices. they've been put

trump white house.th somebody. who's only lying. >> to you. >> has extremely. limited value, and i hope my colleagues. >> in the. >> press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not. >> how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he. >> is. >> when you. converse with. >> him. >> how what. >> kind of play your. >> story gets, how much. >> your face. >> gets on television. >> the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it. affect american citizens? how does it affect the. >> interests of the united states? and i. >> think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given. >> the fact that. >> donald trump almost never says. >> anything, that's true. >> i think the. >> access, as. patrick indicated, has. >> very, very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mar

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

the white house has just released these images. migrants lined up, handcuffed and led onto a military aircraft. we should note cnn cannot independently confirm the details because our crews were not there on the ground when these images were being captured. cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez is here to talk about this. priscilla, what are we learning about these flights? and we should note just we were just showing this a few moments ago. those images were tweeted out or posted by the white house press secretary. so this is coming from the white house. >> that's right. this is part of their show of force. after the president signed his executive order declaring a national emergency at the u.s. southern border. now, if we can bring the photos up again, because i do want to point out what's different here, it is the use of military aircraft that marks a difference from the way this was handled before. now the you see there a line of migrants. they are arrested as they or rather they are handcuffed as they are boarding th

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

white house.n the city, america is coming together and roaring back again and it begins today as the president just told us. i know we would rather be gathered together on the national mall with hundreds of thousands of our closest friends, but our disappointment as well overcome with our excitement for the future. we have a chance to make the next four years the most consequential period in our nation's history. as speaker of the house it is my great honor to introduce to you the man who will lead us to this new golden age, the decisive winner of the electoral college and the popular vote, the 45th and 47th and greatest president of our lifetimes, donald j. trump. [applause] ♪ [crowd chanting "usa"] ♪ [applause] [crowd chanting "usa"] [applause] vp vance: thank you all for being here. was that a hell of a speech or what? good way this started off. i did not know what the president would put in that speech. i hoped he would not hold back and start, you did not hold back. a helluva way to start the

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

.— 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

>> 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

we're giving you a live look at the white house. because any moment now, president trump will leave for his first trip of his second term. the president traveling to north carolina first and california after to see the devastation left behind from hurricanes and wildfires. trump will go first to asheville, still reeling from hurricane helene, and then west to los angeles, where wildfires are still burning at this hour, trump has threatened to withhold federal aid to california. i spoke earlier with the mayor of pasadena, who is urging him to put politics aside. >> i'm calling on all sides, including president trump, to set politics aside. this is not a time to engage in political gamesmanship, to hold hostage entire communities or even threatened communities with withholding desperately needed aid at a time that they need it most. >> let's get right to cnn's alayna treene, who is at the white house awaiting the president. his first trip of his second term. are you expecting to hear when he goes out to these different places, him use

he then headed to a swearing-in ceremony in the east room of the white house. at noon, chief justice warren burger administered the oath of office. president ford then delivered remarks before gather family, dignitaries, and the press. it was the shortest presidential inaugural speech since abraham lincoln's second inaugural in 1865. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states and mrs. ford. [applause] >> mr. vice president, are you prepared to take the oath of office as president of the united states? raise your right hand and repeat after me. i gerald r. ford do solemnly swear, that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. congratulations, mr. president. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] pres. ford: mr. chief justice, my dear friends, my fellow americans, the oath that i have taken is the same oath that was taken by george washington and by

he brought in these three tech ceos into the white house.was his first full day in office, and he dedicated an entire event to this. and then elon musk came out hours later and poured cold water on it, saying, one of the ceos, they don't have the money that they were promising. he said he had it on good authority. been feuding with sam altman, the openai ceo. trump was asked about this today, specifically elon musk, and this is what his view of that was. >> i don't know if they do, but, you know, they're putting up the money. the government is not putting up anything. they're putting up money. they're very rich people. so i hope they do well. but elon, one of the people he happens to hate, but i have certain hatreds of people to. >> he seemed a lot less bothered by it than some white house people i've spoken to who were quite bothered by it. >> right. i mean, donald trump loves to create drama, but he doesn't love it when other people create drama. so i think he's willing to put up with this for now. but if elon musk keeps, you know, throwin

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

in his first full day in the white house, donald trump has been joined white house, donald trump hasoracle and the japanese investment fund softbank, the firms announce plan a huge new us are deficient to jewellers that could see hundreds of billions of dollars pumped into the technology. michelle fleury has the details from new york. four months, even years, 0penai, the maker of chatgpt has been raising finance to build the massive computing power, data centres but its artificial intelligence technological needs. in the past, its part in the project has been microsoft which is also its largest shareholders. now, 0penai is bringing other major backers on board. now the white house, 0racle's and softbank appeared with president trump as he announced that they will enter a joint venture with 0penai called stargate. stargate will initially open a data centre in texas and open to other investors, mr drum claims the deal is evident of his success in building america's ai infrastructure, claims the ceos were obtained to endorse. this monument _ were obtained to endorse. this monument under

presidents of the united states told me the 2nd president in the country's history to win back the white house after losing 4 years prior. welcome to houses here, a special coverage of the non duration of donald trump. i'm several venue from our studio overlooking capitol hill. thank you. taking you through it all over the coming hours, as well earlier presidential by then 1st lady jill bye and welcome to the trumps to the white house. it's a long standing tradition when the outgoing president, hosts his successor for 2 years, what has been his home for the last 4 years? the 2 political rivals have been working together recently to achieve a ceasefire deal in gaza. i want to acknowledge the live footage that we are seeing the vice president elect jd events was now coming out of the white house along with his wife wife. i shall benz they will be making their way shortly to capitol hill. we will for the next few hours to be looking at all the live events coming out of the united states, federal capital for the 1st time and 40 years since ronald reagan's 2nd inauguration, that was in 1985. the ce

peter alexander joining us now from the white house.er, president trump is expected to issue some pardons of his own? >> lester, president trump late tonight signing pardons for what he said was roughly 1500 january 6th capitol rioters. it comes as president biden's last actions in office focused on pardoning several high-profile names. from outgoing president biden what amounts to a protective shield for some of president trump's most prominent adversaries, a series of preemptive pardons to avoid trump's promised prosecution. among the recipients, general mark milley, trump's chosen chief chairman who later became a fierce critic, dr. anthony fauci who helped lead the country's covid response, and all of the members of the bipartisan house committee that invested the january 6th capitol attack, including republican liz cheney. biden writing the pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing. president trump texted nbc news it is disgraceful. >> why are we helping some of the people --

trump at the white house for tea, a tradition. also making history, and we see the former president barack obama arriving now at capitol hill. the indoor swearing in ceremony and those executive orders that americans will begin to see roll out right there live on television is about to happen with barack obama arriving. i will toggle back and forth and tell you what is going on live. this day is making history despite the frigid landscape left by yesterday's winter storm. trump supporters are filling up the streets of washington to witness this historic day. a former minnesota news anchor i'm experiencing a lot of sunshine to couple those biting temperatures. trump's return to the white house, the first time in 132 years that a president will serve a non-consecutive second term. you might say we're living in a time of one of the biggest political comebacks in history. with me today ben domenech and spectator editor at large and molly hemingway fox news contributor and steve hilton is here, fox news contributor. some of you are bra

my next source tonight was at the white house. today. was one of three house republicans who were there meeting with president trump. all three of them represent districts that the former vice president, kamala harris, won in november, we saw two of them moments before that meeting happened. >> that's what everyone. >> said yesterday. how do you feel being here. >> with. >> you guys? >> well, i haven't. >> been in the. >> white house. >> in the west wing west wing in four. >> years, so it's good to. >> be back. will you come out to talk to us after the meeting? >> it depends. what? the president. >> i don't. >> want to. >> keep our. >> conversations private. >> unless he doesn't. >> it's all right. >> i'm pete muntean at reagan national airport. >> this is cnn. >> after the led. >> mask, i brushed. >> my teeth. >> susan. toothbrush. love the digital derm routine. why are you still brushing like it's 1990? no. thank you. you want oral care? >> turn to philips sonicare. >> make the sonicare switch. like and. >> subscribe. >> nobody's born

peter doozy at the white house.member of the senate met with president trump on sunday senator kennedy welcomed. always good to have you with us. you know, this whole question of one big beautiful bill as he just heard the speaker talking about the other day i sat down with majority leader senator thune and had asked him about what this is going to look like since all three -- you have all three branches right now this is what he said. >> there is been other times when one party had the house and the senate and white house and often people look back and say why didn't they get it all done win they had all three? >> us here in the senate the president and his team we're on the same page and that's a function know how to figure out how to make everything work in a way that enables to get to the finish line. >> senator welcome again for what does it look like to you and will it be different this time? will there be a lot of republican paragraphs given the leverage you have right now? >> well, .1 martha, one bill or two

and quickly took over the white house website.re were striking moments today, the departing president and first lady, welcoming the trumps to the white house and riding with them to the capital. transfer of power traditions that did not take place four years ago when angry trump left early. >> 2020, that election was totally rigged. >> reporter: in an unscripted speech this afternoon, trump made it clear he still nursing some grievances. >> liz cheney is a disaster, a crying lunatic. crying adam kinzinger. i never saw the guy not cry. >> reporter: in a third speech this evening, trump said he will be issuing pardons for january 6th defendants tonight in the oval office. also tonight, marco rubio just became the first of trump's nominees to be confirmed by the senate. it was unanimous. he is now secretary of state. tomorrow, on his full day in office, trump will be meeting with congressional leaders here at the white house. the republicans at least. and then he's expected to head to north carolina and los angeles on friday to visit

it started with donald and melania trump arriving at the white house. president biden saying, welcome home, to donald trump. after having the tea inside that donald trump doesn't drink tea, they did meet for the white house tea that is part of the inaugural tradition. the two presidents leaving together. they shared a ride together to the capitol. in trump's inaugural address, president trump promising a new golden age of america, promising to be a peacemaker and a unifier, but also harshly critical of the biden administration with biden and vice president harris sitting just behind him. that final moment of the transfer of power, the president escorting former president joe biden to the helicopter, ending a decades long political career. instead of the parade through the streets of washington, a rally just moments ago at the capital one arena. president trump and the first lady will attend three inaugural balls tonight. we will be there for it all. we begin with mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: tonight, america's historic and peaceful transfer of power

if you sat me down there in the white house, i wouldn't have a clue.ry do you feel about this? because there are some who call themselves tiktok refugees, who are signing up to a mandarin service called rednote and, at the same time, accepting all the rules that are put down by the communist party in china. would that be an avenue that you would go down to protect your business? no, i would not — i would not go to that degree, and i think my friends who are doing so, i say you need to rethink your priorities and you need to rethink what you hold dear in this life. because, no, it's not that serious. there's the other social media companies, and i don't feel like a revolutionary, because we're not refugees. you're in the reporting business. you know, quite frankly, what real tragedy and real downfall looks like, and this is quite a... you know, we are so pampered to think that this is such a tragedy that it is. it is upsetting, but it kind of stops there. dyla n was dylan was speaking to me in the last hour. after a 90 day extension would help. after a