1 00:00:09,777 --> 00:00:11,643 MY NAME IS JOE BIDEN. I'VE BEEN A UNITED STATES 2 00:00:11,744 --> 00:00:14,277 SENATOR FOR 15 YEARS. 3 00:00:14,376 --> 00:00:17,644 >> HE BECAME THE FIFTH TO SEEK THE NOMINATION. 4 00:00:17,744 --> 00:00:20,612 >> I HONEST TO GOD BELIEVE I'LL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE 5 00:00:20,711 --> 00:00:21,012 UNITED STATES. 6 00:00:21,112 --> 00:00:21,646 >> COME ON. 7 00:00:21,746 --> 00:00:23,746 >> HONEST TO GOD. 8 00:00:23,845 --> 00:00:28,414 >> SENATOR JOE BIDEN BOWS OUT. 9 00:00:28,513 --> 00:00:30,515 >> THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS AND I'LL 10 00:00:30,615 --> 00:00:31,682 BE THERE. 11 00:00:31,781 --> 00:00:35,682 >> FRIENDS, TODAY I FILED THE NECESSARY PAPERS TO BECOME 12 00:00:35,781 --> 00:00:37,215 CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 13 00:00:37,316 --> 00:00:40,683 THE WORLD IS READY. AMERICA IS READY AND I'M READY. 14 00:00:40,783 --> 00:00:43,251 >> JOE BIDEN. I'M RUNNING AS CANDIDATE FOR 15 00:00:43,349 --> 00:00:44,683 PRESIDENT. HOW ARE YOU? 16 00:00:44,783 --> 00:00:49,352 >> JOE BIDEN NOT DOING WELL IN IOWA, WILL DROP OUT. 17 00:00:49,451 --> 00:00:51,284 >> LET ME MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR TO YOU. 18 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:54,420 I AIN'T GOING AWAY. 19 00:00:54,519 --> 00:00:56,253 >> WHAT A MOMENT IN HISTORY. 20 00:00:56,352 --> 00:00:59,653 >> THE THIRD TIME HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE CHARM. 21 00:00:59,753 --> 00:01:03,454 >> JOE BIDEN FINALLY WINS THE PRESIDENCY. 22 00:01:03,554 --> 00:01:08,455 >> I PLEDGE TO BE A PRESIDENT WHO SEEKS NOT TO DIVIDE BUT 23 00:01:08,555 --> 00:01:11,022 UNIFY. WHO DOESN'T SEE RED STATES AND 24 00:01:11,122 --> 00:01:22,426 BLUE STATES, ONLY SEES THE UNITED STATES. 25 00:01:22,525 --> 00:01:25,426 >> PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN FACES A DAUNTING TASK. 26 00:01:25,525 --> 00:01:27,360 >> WHAT HE TAKES OVER IS A FRACTURED AND DIVIDED COUNTRY. 27 00:01:27,460 --> 00:01:28,393 >> IMPEACHMENT TRIAL LOOMING -- 28 00:01:28,492 --> 00:01:31,227 >> 400,000 AMERICANS DEAD FROM CORONAVIRUS. 29 00:01:31,328 --> 00:01:33,194 UNEMPLOYMENT, EVICTIONS, FORECLOSURES. 30 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:35,161 >> THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 31 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:40,429 >> THE RACIAL RECKONING WE'RE GOING THROUGH. 32 00:01:40,528 --> 00:01:43,530 >> THAT EACH GENERATION HAS LEFT BEHIND A COUNTRY A LITTLE BIT 33 00:01:43,629 --> 00:01:48,197 BETTER THAN THE COUNTRY THAT IT INHERITED. 34 00:01:48,296 --> 00:01:51,265 AND I BELIEVED I COULD AND I STILL BELIEVE I WILL MAKE A 35 00:01:51,365 --> 00:01:54,397 DIFFERENCE IN FULFILLING THAT LEGACY. 36 00:01:54,497 --> 00:02:02,233 >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT! 37 00:02:37,473 --> 00:02:38,175 >> HEY, GUYS. 38 00:02:38,275 --> 00:02:42,474 >> HEY, STRETCH. 39 00:02:42,574 --> 00:02:43,775 >> HEY! 40 00:02:43,875 --> 00:02:46,376 >> HOW IS IT GOING, GUYS? 41 00:02:46,476 --> 00:02:50,509 >> IT'S GOING WEIRD. I'M IN THE D.C. GREEN ZONE. 42 00:02:50,609 --> 00:02:53,144 >> IT'S MONDAY OF INAUGURATION WEEK, THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWS 43 00:02:53,244 --> 00:02:55,078 IMPEACHMENT WEEK WHICH WAS THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWED INSURRECTION 44 00:02:55,177 --> 00:03:01,079 WEEK. IT'S BEEN A BUSY JANUARY. 45 00:03:01,179 --> 00:03:03,045 >> I FOR ONE AM LOOKING FORWARD TO INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK. 46 00:03:03,145 --> 00:03:04,646 >> I WOULD KILL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK RIGHT NOW. 47 00:03:04,746 --> 00:03:07,114 >> AN INAUGURATION THAT WAS GOING TO BE STRANGE NO MATTER 48 00:03:07,213 --> 00:03:09,715 WHAT BECAUSE OF COVID NOW REALLY LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT. 49 00:03:09,814 --> 00:03:12,513 >> THE REALITY IS THAT JOE BIDEN WILL HAVE A HUGE CROWD BUT 50 00:03:12,614 --> 00:03:14,048 THEY'LL ALL BE IN CAMOUFLAGE. 51 00:03:14,147 --> 00:03:17,049 >> 25,000 NATIONAL GUARD, ZERO TICKETS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE 52 00:03:17,149 --> 00:03:20,750 PUBLIC. 53 00:03:20,849 --> 00:03:26,317 >> ONE THING THAT'S REALLY SAD, WE USUALLY SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL 54 00:03:26,417 --> 00:03:28,451 FORMALITY OF THE PRESIDENT HANDING OVER THE WHITE HOUSE TO 55 00:03:28,551 --> 00:03:32,385 THE NEXT PRESIDENT. WE SAW IT WITH H.W. TO CLINTON 56 00:03:32,485 --> 00:03:36,953 TO OBAMA AND THEN OBAMA TO TRUMP AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN THIS TIME. 57 00:03:37,052 --> 00:03:40,419 >> IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1869 WITH ANDREW JOHNSON 58 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,687 THAT THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO ATTEND THE 59 00:03:42,787 --> 00:03:55,323 INAUGURATION. TRUMP IS SHATTERING TRADITIONS 60 00:03:55,422 --> 00:03:56,491 THAT HAVE PRE-EXISTED THE AUTOMOBILE AND THE LIGHT BULB. 61 00:03:56,590 --> 00:04:00,590 >> WE KNOW HE'S LEAVING. THERE'S A LOT OF SP 62 00:04:00,691 --> 00:04:01,791 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 63 00:04:01,890 --> 00:04:03,859 >> AND HE IS THE PRESIDENT FACING ALL OF THIS STUFF, RIGHT? 64 00:04:03,958 --> 00:04:05,525 THAT HE'S COMING IN HOT. 65 00:04:05,624 --> 00:04:13,460 >> HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDO THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT 66 00:04:13,561 --> 00:04:14,693 DONALD TRUMP DID. THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE CONGRESS. 67 00:04:14,794 --> 00:04:19,028 SO HE CAN ACT ON THE TRAVEL BAN, ON JOINING THE PARIS CLIMATE 68 00:04:19,128 --> 00:04:20,861 ACCORD ACCORD. 69 00:04:20,962 --> 00:04:22,095 >> I THINK BIDEN THINKS THE ONLY WAY HE CAN SURVIVE LIKE THE 70 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:24,563 CRISES ON TOP OF CRISES ON TOP OF CRISES IS TO GO ON OFFENSE 71 00:04:24,662 --> 00:04:27,429 AND NEVER TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL. 72 00:04:27,530 --> 00:04:29,830 >> THE ONE THING THAT'S HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY THAT HAS 73 00:04:29,931 --> 00:04:33,431 NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, AN HISTORIC FIRST. 74 00:04:33,530 --> 00:04:35,299 WE'LL SEE A WOMAN SWORN IN AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 75 00:04:35,398 --> 00:04:38,732 STATES, NOT JUST A WOMAN BUT A WOMAN OF COLOR. 76 00:04:38,832 --> 00:04:42,200 >> YEAH. IT'S ONE MOMENT OF PROGRESS THAT 77 00:04:42,299 --> 00:04:47,467 YOU JUST, THAT CANNOT BE DENIED. HOW IMPORTANT IT WILL BE THAT 78 00:04:47,568 --> 00:04:50,602 LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS LOOK AND SEE A BIRACIAL WOMAN AS VICE 79 00:04:50,701 --> 00:04:57,037 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 80 00:04:57,137 --> 00:04:59,770 >> IT'S A REALLY POWERFUL LIGHT IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY DARK 81 00:04:59,869 --> 00:05:02,837 NIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY. 82 00:05:02,938 --> 00:05:04,371 >> IT IS AMAZING THAT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AGO WHEN THEY 83 00:05:04,472 --> 00:05:06,537 FINALLY CALLED THE ELECTION, PEOPLE WERE DANCING IN THE 84 00:05:06,638 --> 00:05:10,840 STREETS. LET'S GET PAST THE ABNORMALITY 85 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:13,373 OF THE TRUMP ERA AND RETURN TO NORMAL. 86 00:05:13,474 --> 00:05:19,541 >> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT IS TRUE, THIS WEEK WILL BE THE 87 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,075 LAST TIME WE SAY THE WORDS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FIRST 88 00:05:23,174 --> 00:05:30,342 TIME WE STAY WORDS PRESIDENT BIDEN. 89 00:05:32,510 --> 00:05:36,111 STARTING AT THIRD STREET, WE HAVE AN INSTALLATION THAT RUNS 90 00:05:36,212 --> 00:05:37,678 THE LENGTH OF THE MALL. WE'VE GOT THIS SCAFFOLDING 91 00:05:37,777 --> 00:05:46,446 STRUCTURE. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A GRID 92 00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:48,580 THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT 3,888, THREE BY FIVE AMERICAN FLAGS, 93 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:49,914 EIGHT FOOT TALL. 94 00:05:50,015 --> 00:05:51,114 >> WHY THAT NUMBER? 95 00:05:51,215 --> 00:05:56,015 >> BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER FITS ON THE GRID. 96 00:05:56,116 --> 00:06:02,816 >> WHEN YOU WERE DESIGNING THIS, YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE 97 00:06:02,916 --> 00:06:03,717 FLAGS AND NOT PEOPLE? 98 00:06:03,816 --> 00:06:04,850 >> YES. WE WANTED TO UTILIZE THE MALL IN 99 00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:06,217 SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD REPRESENT THAT WE COULD NOT 100 00:06:06,318 --> 00:06:08,717 SAFELY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THIS DAY BUT WE WANTED TO DO 101 00:06:08,818 --> 00:06:12,318 SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTED ALL OF THE UNITED STATES. 102 00:06:12,419 --> 00:06:15,818 >> HOW ARE YOU, SIR? THIS GROUP IS ALL OF US. 103 00:06:15,919 --> 00:06:22,653 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU CHECKING. 104 00:06:22,754 --> 00:06:24,554 WE ARE STARTING WITH A 150 FOOT BY 300 FOOT AMERICAN FLAG. 105 00:06:24,653 --> 00:06:25,421 >> WOW! 106 00:06:25,522 --> 00:06:29,356 >> YEAH. IT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD. 107 00:06:29,455 --> 00:06:32,489 >> KNOWN IN OUR BUSNESS AS A BAF. 108 00:06:32,590 --> 00:06:41,392 A BIG ASS FLAG. IT WILL BE UP A LITTLE HIGHER. 109 00:06:41,491 --> 00:06:51,960 >> BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY GET. 110 00:06:53,193 --> 00:07:00,395 >> IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 24 HOURS, JOE BIDEN WILL BE SWORN 111 00:07:00,496 --> 00:07:03,263 IN AS THE 46th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 112 00:07:03,363 --> 00:07:04,696 HE WILL INHERIT AN INCREDIBLE SET OF CHALLENGES. 113 00:07:04,796 --> 00:07:09,897 AMERICA PASSING THE 400,000 DEATHS. 114 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:12,864 PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN WILL HONOR THE VICTIMS THIS AFTERNOON 115 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:15,232 AT A CEREMONY AT THE REFLECTING POOL. 116 00:07:15,332 --> 00:07:16,898 >> JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE STARTING THEIR INAUGURATION 117 00:07:16,998 --> 00:07:19,198 CEREMONIES HERE AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL WITH A MEMORIAL SERVICE 118 00:07:19,299 --> 00:07:22,799 FOR COVID VICTIMS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING TRUMP HAS 119 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:28,301 NEVER DONE. 400,000 DEATHS TODAY. 120 00:07:28,402 --> 00:07:35,970 THAT'S NEARLY AS MANY AMERICANS AS DIED IN WORLD WAR II. 121 00:07:41,003 --> 00:07:49,205 [ BELLS ] 122 00:07:50,638 --> 00:07:56,073 >> TO HEAL, WE MUST REMEMBER. IT IS HARD SOMETIMES TO 123 00:07:56,174 --> 00:08:00,607 REMEMBER. BUT THAT'S HOW WE HEAL. 124 00:08:00,707 --> 00:08:05,776 IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT AS A NATION. 125 00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:11,877 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND DUSK, LET US 126 00:08:11,976 --> 00:08:22,979 SHINE THE LIGHTS AND REMEMBER ALL WE LOST. 127 00:08:34,416 --> 00:08:35,548 >> THERE ARE OFFICIALLY 6 HOURS LEFT WITH DONALD J. TRUMP AS 128 00:08:35,648 --> 00:08:36,681 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 129 00:08:36,782 --> 00:08:40,782 HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 130 00:08:40,883 --> 00:08:48,884 >> IT'S SO HARD TO ENCAPSULATE IT INTO WORDS. 131 00:08:50,585 --> 00:08:55,152 FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO HAS A VERY MR. SMITH GOES TO 132 00:08:55,253 --> 00:09:00,888 WASHINGTON MENTALITY, YOU LOOK BACK ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND 133 00:09:00,987 --> 00:09:03,653 YOU COME TO MOVE TO D.C. SARAH SANDERS SAID SHE NEEDED 134 00:09:03,753 --> 00:09:05,821 YOUR HELP, BASICALLY. AND THE WEIGHT OF IT IS 135 00:09:05,921 --> 00:09:09,288 SOMETHING I DON'T THINK I EXPECTED WHEN I CAME HERE AND 136 00:09:09,388 --> 00:09:12,422 THE WEIGHT OF THIS MOMENT TODAY IS NOT SOMETHING I WAS 137 00:09:12,522 --> 00:09:19,391 EXPECTING, EITHER. 138 00:09:19,490 --> 00:09:23,858 >> SO LET ME GIVE YOU THIS CAMERA. 139 00:09:23,958 --> 00:09:27,792 I THINK YOU'VE HEARD OF IT. IT IS AN iPHONE. 140 00:09:27,893 --> 00:09:28,560 LIKE, YOU'RE OUR GO PRO. 141 00:09:28,660 --> 00:09:29,460 >> DO I HAVE TO DO THOSE MOTIONS? 142 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:30,460 CAN I JUST WALK IN AND DO IT? 143 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:42,028 >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE. 144 00:09:42,562 --> 00:09:44,695 >> NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY 145 00:09:44,796 --> 00:09:48,897 EXITING THE BACK OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 146 00:09:48,997 --> 00:09:51,763 ABOUT TO LEAVE WASHINGTON AS A TWICE IMPEACHED PRESIDENT WHO 147 00:09:51,864 --> 00:09:56,931 HAS INCITED AN INSURRECTION. THE DISGRACED 45th PRESIDENT OF 148 00:09:57,032 --> 00:10:10,868 THE UNITED STATES WALKING TO MARINE ONE FOR THEIR LAST RIDE. 149 00:10:13,869 --> 00:10:17,369 >> THERE IT GOES. 150 00:10:17,470 --> 00:10:20,370 >> DONALD J. TRUMP IS OF COURSE THROWING HIMSELF A POMP-FILLED 151 00:10:20,470 --> 00:10:24,071 SENDOFF AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS. 152 00:10:24,171 --> 00:10:29,604 >> ALL RIGHT. NOW HE'S COMING OVER HERE. 153 00:10:29,705 --> 00:10:36,641 >> ARE THOSE VULTURES CIRCLING? 154 00:10:37,007 --> 00:10:45,042 AND THERE HE IS. 155 00:10:45,142 --> 00:10:48,875 >> TRYING TO GET IN TO SEE THE PRESIDENT DEPART DOWN TO 156 00:10:48,975 --> 00:10:54,143 FLORIDA. THE SUN IS UP. 157 00:10:54,244 --> 00:11:01,845 SHOULD BE A GOOD DAY. 158 00:11:09,181 --> 00:11:16,282 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT IS MY GREATEST HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO 159 00:11:16,382 --> 00:11:25,883 HAVE BEEN YOUR PRESIDENT. SO JUST A GOODBYE. 160 00:11:25,984 --> 00:11:37,019 WE LOVE YOU. WE WILL BE BACK IN SOME FORM. 161 00:11:37,119 --> 00:11:41,120 SO HAVE A GOOD LIFE. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. 162 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:44,821 THANK YOU. 163 00:11:44,921 --> 00:11:49,756 >> HAVE A GOOD LIFE. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. 164 00:11:49,855 --> 00:11:54,522 >> HAVE A GOOD LIFE. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. 165 00:11:54,623 --> 00:11:58,490 >> HAVE A GOOD LIFE TO THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, YMCA. 166 00:11:58,590 --> 00:12:06,426 YMCA 167 00:12:29,696 --> 00:12:34,630 >> SO HE'S TAKEN OFF. WE'VE LEFT WASHINGTON. 168 00:12:34,730 --> 00:12:39,798 >> INSIDE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE CRYING, OF COURSE. 169 00:12:39,898 --> 00:12:43,267 I FELT ONE PERSON NEXT TO ME COMMENTED, THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS 170 00:12:43,365 --> 00:12:48,401 A FUNERAL.h2W THEY WERE AT A FUNERAL. 171 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:49,402 A PERSON SAID, IN MANY WAYS, THE COUNTRY DIED. 172 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:50,234 >> THAT'S DARK. 173 00:12:50,335 --> 00:12:54,636 >> IT WAS. WHEN THE PRESIDENT STARTED 174 00:12:54,734 --> 00:13:01,403 SPEAKING, A GIRL I KNOW THAT I WORKED WITH IN THE WHITE HOUSE 175 00:13:01,503 --> 00:13:04,771 WHO ALL DAY WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO BE FINE. 176 00:13:04,870 --> 00:13:06,205 IT'S ALL OKAY. THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE. 177 00:13:06,305 --> 00:13:07,772 EVERYTHING IS FINE. AS SOON AS HE START SPEAKING, I 178 00:13:07,872 --> 00:13:08,971 LOOKED OUT. TEARS WERE POURING OUT FROM HER 179 00:13:09,071 --> 00:13:10,272 GLASSES, AND SHE SAID, I'M NOT FINE, I'M NOT FINE, I'M NOT 180 00:13:10,372 --> 00:13:11,071 FINE. 181 00:13:11,171 --> 00:13:15,673 >> YOU SAW HIM GIVE THOSE REMARKS. 182 00:13:15,773 --> 00:13:18,307 IT WAS LIKE A PREEMPTIVE DEFENSE AGAINST A WIDESPREAD CHORUS OF 183 00:13:18,407 --> 00:13:21,907 CRITICISM. 184 00:13:22,008 --> 00:13:24,776 >> HE'S DEFENDING HIS RECORD AS WOULD ANY PRESIDENT. 185 00:13:24,875 --> 00:13:27,676 THAT'S A REITERATION OF LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF WE COULD 186 00:13:27,776 --> 00:13:29,008 ACCOMPLISH. IF THEY WON'T GIVE US CREDIT FOR 187 00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:31,143 IT, BUT REMEMBER THAT. 188 00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:37,643 >> YOU KNOW, HOGAN, THE THING HE'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR, THE 189 00:13:37,744 --> 00:13:46,346 FINAL ACT OF HIS PRESIDENCY, A WHITE SUPREMACIST MOB STORMING 190 00:13:46,445 --> 00:13:48,881 THE CAPITOL TRYING TO KILL LAWMAKERS. 191 00:13:48,979 --> 00:13:50,047 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF THING IN THAT ADMINISTRATION THAT 192 00:13:50,147 --> 00:13:51,248 HAPPENED IN FOUR YEARS THAT PEOPLE WILL TRY TO POINT TO, 193 00:13:51,348 --> 00:13:52,114 THIS ONE THING. 194 00:13:52,614 --> 00:13:53,647 >> HE'S GETTING IMPEACHED FOR A SECOND TIME FOR THIS THING. 195 00:13:53,748 --> 00:13:59,215 >> I'M JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT, HE 196 00:13:59,316 --> 00:14:01,484 ACCOMPLISHED A LOT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT. 197 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:05,550 HE WAS A LIGHTNING ROD FROM A PERSONALITY STANDPOINT. 198 00:14:05,649 --> 00:14:11,319 AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THIS LAST LITTLE BIT WAS A BLACK EYE. 199 00:14:11,418 --> 00:14:13,219 >> DO YOU THINK HE REGRETS ANYTHING ABOUT HOW HE HANDLED 200 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:17,552 IT? 201 00:14:17,652 --> 00:14:22,186 >> I DON'T KNOW. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT 202 00:14:22,287 --> 00:14:24,421 PARTICULAR THING. ALL I CAN DO IS LOOK AT WHAT HE 203 00:14:24,521 --> 00:14:29,754 SAID IN REAL-TIME. I DON'T KNOW. 204 00:14:29,855 --> 00:14:34,956 I DON'T KNOW IF HE REGRETS ANYTHING OR NOT. 205 00:14:35,056 --> 00:14:37,657 >> THERE ARE HISTORIANS THAT SAY THIS WAS THE WORST 206 00:14:37,757 --> 00:14:38,958 PRESIDENCY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS IS WORST ECONOMY SINCE THE 207 00:14:39,057 --> 00:14:40,425 GREAT DEPRESSION. THERE IS A SEPTEMBER 11th OF 208 00:14:40,524 --> 00:14:41,624 DEATH EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF COVID, ALL UNDER THIS 209 00:14:41,724 --> 00:14:43,892 PRESIDENT'S WATCH. 210 00:14:43,992 --> 00:14:45,959 >> TO PUT THE STATE OF WHERE THE COUNTRY IS AT THE FEET OF THE 211 00:14:46,058 --> 00:14:48,692 PRESIDENT IS -- 212 00:14:48,792 --> 00:14:54,460 >> WHO ELSE'S FEET SHOULD IT BE AT IF NOT HIS? 213 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:57,961 >> I'M SAYING, THE VITRIOL. THEY ATTACKED HIM BEFORE HE EVEN 214 00:14:58,061 --> 00:15:01,295 BECAME PRESIDENT. OF COURSE, THEY ATTACKED HIM 215 00:15:01,394 --> 00:15:02,762 DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPEACH 216 00:15:02,863 --> 00:15:04,296 HIM AFTER HE'S GONE? THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS 217 00:15:04,396 --> 00:15:06,596 GUY. 218 00:15:06,696 --> 00:15:08,131 >> HE ENDED WITH GOODBYE, WE LOVE YOU, WE WILL BE BACK IN 219 00:15:08,230 --> 00:15:09,564 SOME FORM. 220 00:15:09,663 --> 00:15:12,197 >> YES. HE LIKES TO LEAVE IT OPEN-ENDED 221 00:15:12,297 --> 00:15:15,565 LIKE THAT. 91% OF REPUBLICANS SAID THEY 222 00:15:15,665 --> 00:15:17,731 WOULD VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN SO WHO KNOWS? 223 00:15:17,831 --> 00:15:19,898 >> YOU'RE SAYING THE TRUE HEART OF THE PARTY REMAINS WITH HIM, 224 00:15:19,998 --> 00:15:21,800 STAUNCHLY. 225 00:15:21,899 --> 00:15:27,200 >> YEAH. THE GOP OF THE LOVABLE LOSER I 226 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:36,668 THINK IS OVER. I THINK THE SELF-LOATHING 227 00:15:36,768 --> 00:15:38,237 REPUBLICAN IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A PLACE IN THE PARTY, I THINK, 228 00:15:38,336 --> 00:15:44,838 FOR QUITE SOME TIME.wY■ 229 00:15:48,806 --> 00:15:52,806 >> SOMETHING I THINK WILL HAPPEN UPSTAIRS HERE, DIVINE ENTER 230 00:15:52,906 --> 00:15:58,240 SPRENGS WILL PREVENT JOE BIDEN FROM PUTTING HIS HANDS ON THE 231 00:15:58,340 --> 00:16:00,807 PEDESTAL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. 232 00:16:06,642 --> 00:16:11,310 >> BIDEN MOTORCADE STRETCHING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STREETS OF 233 00:16:11,410 --> 00:16:13,811 WASHL ON ROUTE UP TO THE CAPITOL. 234 00:16:13,911 --> 00:16:16,978 THIS IS A MESSAGE OF NOT TONIGHT TRANSITION OF POWER BUT THE 235 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:19,378 STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THE SYSTEM. 236 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:23,112 >> THE BIDEN MOTORCADE DRIVING RIGHT PAST ALL THE NATIONAL 237 00:16:23,211 --> 00:16:29,214 GUARD TROOPS. O SAY CAN YOU SEE 238 00:16:29,314 --> 00:16:34,015 >> THE DIGNITARIES ARRIVING ON CAPITOL HILL AS WE GET CLOSER 239 00:16:34,114 --> 00:16:38,582 AND CLOSER TO THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY. 240 00:16:38,681 --> 00:16:41,115 WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAIL 241 00:16:41,216 --> 00:16:45,550 >> THIS IS THE PRIZE FOR JOE BIDEN AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF 242 00:16:45,651 --> 00:16:53,185 TRYING, AFTER SO MANY YEARS, A MEMBER OF THE U.S. SENATE. 243 00:16:53,286 --> 00:17:09,155 THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE 244 00:17:11,355 --> 00:17:13,489 >> SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- 245 00:17:13,588 --> 00:17:18,789 >> I SOLEMNLY SWEAR --? THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND 246 00:17:18,891 --> 00:17:21,825 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HELP ME GOD. 247 00:17:21,924 --> 00:17:23,790 >> SO HELP ME GOD. 248 00:17:23,892 --> 00:17:29,026 >> ALL RIGHT! 249 00:17:29,125 --> 00:17:33,693 >> DID NOT FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE NEXT CHAPTER AFTER TRUMP. 250 00:17:33,793 --> 00:17:34,794 BUT IT IS. 251 00:17:34,894 --> 00:17:38,795 >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. 252 00:17:38,894 --> 00:17:42,129 >> THE PRESIDENT'S OATH IS ABOUT TO BE ADMINISTERED. 253 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:46,429 >> I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- 254 00:17:46,529 --> 00:17:52,597 >> DO I JOSEPH ROBINETT BIDEN SOLEMNLY SWEAR. 255 00:17:52,698 --> 00:17:53,832 SO HELP ME GOD. 256 00:17:53,931 --> 00:18:00,298 >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT. 257 00:18:00,399 --> 00:18:07,168 >> JOE BIDEN TAKING THE OATH. NOW HE WILL GIVE HIS SPEECH. 258 00:18:10,468 --> 00:18:14,902 >> WE FACE AN ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND ON TRUTH. 259 00:18:15,002 --> 00:18:21,437 A RAGING VIRUS, GROWING INEQUITY, THE STING OF SYSTEMIC 260 00:18:21,537 --> 00:18:27,005 RACISM, CLIMATE CRISIS, AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD. 261 00:18:27,104 --> 00:18:31,338 WE WILL BE JUDGED BY HOW WE RESOLVE THESE CASCADING CRISES. 262 00:18:31,439 --> 00:18:34,039 WILL WE MASTER THIS RARE AND DIFFICULT HOUR? 263 00:18:34,140 --> 00:18:38,274 WILL WE MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS AND PASS ALONG A NEW AND BETTER 264 00:18:38,373 --> 00:18:41,107 WORLD TO OUR CHILDREN? I BELIEVE WE MUST. 265 00:18:41,208 --> 00:18:45,975 I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL. I BELIEVE WE WILL. 266 00:18:46,075 --> 00:18:50,343 TOGETHER, WE SHALL WRITE AN AMERICAN STORY OF HOPE, NOT 267 00:18:50,442 --> 00:18:53,076 FEAR. OF UNITY, NOT DIVISION. 268 00:18:53,178 --> 00:18:56,443 OF LIGHT, NOT DARKNESS. MAY THIS BE THE STORY THAT 269 00:18:56,545 --> 00:18:59,479 GUIDES US. THE STORY THAT INSPIRES US. 270 00:18:59,578 --> 00:19:04,479 AND THE STORY THAT TELLS AGES YET TO COME THAT WE ANSWER THE 271 00:19:04,579 --> 00:19:09,381 CALL OF HISTORY. WE MET THE MOMENT. 272 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:15,515 DEMOCRACY AND HOPE, TRUTH AND JUSTICE DID NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH 273 00:19:15,614 --> 00:19:19,850 BUT THRIVED. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY 274 00:19:19,949 --> 00:19:24,918 GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS. 275 00:19:25,017 --> 00:19:30,585 >> WE SAW THIS STEELY DETERMINATION AND COMPASSION OF 276 00:19:30,684 --> 00:19:31,884 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 277 00:19:31,985 --> 00:19:37,287 >> THE STAKES COULD NOT BE MORE WITH REGARD TO WHO JOE BIDEN IS, 278 00:19:37,386 --> 00:19:44,321 WHAT HIS MESSAGE IS, AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO COME. 279 00:19:44,421 --> 00:19:49,689 >> THAT SPEECH WAS, I THOUGHT, A REALLY BEAUTIFUL SPEECH. 280 00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:51,721 >> HE IS KIND OF PHYSICIAN IN CHIEF. 281 00:19:51,822 --> 00:19:55,355 IT IS LIKE EM, I KNOW YOU HAD A TEMPERATURE. 282 00:19:55,456 --> 00:19:59,423 I'LL GIVE YOU A COLD COMPRESS, I'LL TUCK YOU IN, MANAGER, AND 283 00:19:59,524 --> 00:20:00,790 MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. 284 00:20:00,891 --> 00:20:03,758 >> THERE WAS A LOT OF SPEECH LIKE HAVING COME AT THE END OF 285 00:20:03,858 --> 00:20:08,559 FOUR YEARS OF MAKE BELIEVE AND BULL SHIT AND LIES, WE'LL JUST 286 00:20:08,660 --> 00:20:10,559 TELL YOU HOW IT IS ALL THE TIME. 287 00:20:10,660 --> 00:20:14,360 >> THERE WILL BE BATTLES OVER POLICY FOR SURE IN CONGRESS THAT 288 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:18,694 DOES FEEL LIKE THE TRUE BATTLE IS TO FORCE PEOPLE TO FACE FACTS 289 00:20:18,795 --> 00:20:21,662 AND FACE TRUTH AND TRY UNIFY THE COUNTRY. 290 00:20:21,761 --> 00:20:25,762 >> IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE MITCH McCONNELL ON THE 291 00:20:25,863 --> 00:20:29,264 STAGE. LIKE IT'S THE LOOMING SHADOW OF 292 00:20:29,363 --> 00:20:29,864 DISCORD. 293 00:20:30,364 --> 00:20:32,565 >> THE REMINDER OF THE FIGHT THAT LIES AHEAD. 294 00:20:32,664 --> 00:20:39,200 >> YEAH. THE THING THAT HAS BEEN MOST AD 295 00:20:39,299 --> 00:20:39,998 NOISHL NOI 296 00:20:40,098 --> 00:20:42,432 , ADMIRABLE, TO SAY WE HAVE THIS. 297 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:47,166 WE'LL HAVE TO BUCKLE UP AND DO IT. 298 00:20:47,267 --> 00:20:49,468 >> THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON ALREADY EVEN THOUGH JOE BIDEN 299 00:20:49,567 --> 00:20:50,934 HAS JUST ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE. 300 00:20:51,035 --> 00:20:56,502 >> INSIDE THE OVAL OFFICE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A SERIES 301 00:20:56,603 --> 00:20:57,569 OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. 302 00:20:57,835 --> 00:21:01,836 >> WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST PRESS 303 00:21:01,938 --> 00:21:04,137 BRIEFING. IT IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY 304 00:21:04,238 --> 00:21:05,371 AT ANY MOMENT NOW. 305 00:21:05,470 --> 00:21:12,140 >> GOOD LUCK, THANK YOU, MA'AM! 306 00:21:17,339 --> 00:21:22,575 >> ALL RIGHT. 307 00:21:22,674 --> 00:21:26,308 >> OKAY. HERE WE GO. 308 00:21:26,409 --> 00:21:29,008 READY? 309 00:21:29,108 --> 00:21:32,210 >> ARE WE GOOD? ARE WE GOOD, ANGELA? 310 00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:36,077 >> 40 SECONDS. 311 00:21:47,012 --> 00:21:47,614 [ LAUGHTER ] 312 00:21:47,712 --> 00:21:51,347 >> WE'RE VERY PATRIOTIC TODAY. 313 00:21:51,447 --> 00:21:52,081 >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD? 314 00:21:52,181 --> 00:21:57,682 >> WE'RE GOOD. 315 00:21:57,781 --> 00:22:01,016 >> WHETHER THEY CAN DO IT AT THE SAME TIME WITH LEGISLATIVE 316 00:22:01,115 --> 00:22:05,417 THINGS. BUT THAT NO DOUBT -- HERE COMES 317 00:22:05,517 --> 00:22:08,617 JEN PSAKI. LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE PRESS 318 00:22:08,718 --> 00:22:09,317 SECRETARY. 319 00:22:09,918 --> 00:22:13,352 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WHEN THE PRESIDENT ASKED ME TO 320 00:22:13,451 --> 00:22:16,420 SERVE IN THIS ROLE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING 321 00:22:16,519 --> 00:22:20,987 TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY BACK TO THE BRIEFING ROOM. 322 00:22:21,086 --> 00:22:24,754 REBUILDING TRUST WILL BE CENTRAL TO OUR FOCUS EVERY SINGLE DAY 323 00:22:24,854 --> 00:22:27,421 WITH. THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOUR 324 00:22:27,521 --> 00:22:28,121 QUESTIONS. 325 00:22:28,788 --> 00:22:31,021 >> JEN, HAS PRESIDENT BIDEN INVITED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO 326 00:22:31,122 --> 00:22:33,789 SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE COVID RELIEF MEASURE THAT HE 327 00:22:33,890 --> 00:22:34,523 INTRODUCED? 328 00:22:35,123 --> 00:22:36,922 >> HE'S BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 329 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:39,556 SINCE LONG BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN TODAY. 330 00:22:39,656 --> 00:22:43,258 IN TERMS OF WHEN HE WILL MEET IN PERSON, I WILL SAY SOON. 331 00:22:43,357 --> 00:22:50,759 WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE OF AN UPDATE ON THAT FOR YOU. 332 00:22:50,858 --> 00:22:51,759 >> HI! 333 00:22:51,860 --> 00:22:54,960 >> YOU'RE SO NICE TO GET US ON THE DANCE CARD. 334 00:22:55,060 --> 00:22:56,995 I KNOW HOW CRAZY IT HAS GOT TO BE. 335 00:22:57,095 --> 00:22:59,760 >> WELL, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE. 336 00:22:59,861 --> 00:23:02,562 >> YEAH. SO YOU'VE BEEN AT THE PODIUM 337 00:23:02,662 --> 00:23:04,296 BEFORE. NOT THIS SPECIFIC ONE. 338 00:23:04,395 --> 00:23:05,395 HOW DID IT FEEL? 339 00:23:05,496 --> 00:23:08,697 >> EVEN THOUGH I HAD DONE A SIMILAR JOB AT THE STATE 340 00:23:08,796 --> 00:23:12,030 DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE THE WEIGHT OF, I WANT TO REPRESENT THE 341 00:23:12,131 --> 00:23:15,664 PRESIDENT. I WANT TO MEET THIS MOMENT. 342 00:23:15,765 --> 00:23:19,498 YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. I WANT MY MOM TO BE PROUD. 343 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,033 ALL THE THINGS. ONCE I GOT OUT THERE, IT FELT 344 00:23:23,133 --> 00:23:25,601 GREAT. I USED HIM AS MY GUIDE. 345 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:28,602 THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, HOW TO MAKE SURE 346 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,102 THAT I'M ALINED WITH WHERE HE IS. 347 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:35,035 AND YOU KNOW, FROM HAVING WORKED FOR A PRESIDENT BEFORE, IT HELPS 348 00:23:35,134 --> 00:23:36,768 JUST TO LISTEN TO THEM. 349 00:23:36,868 --> 00:23:40,703 >> I REMEMBER HEARING FROM MY BOSS AFTER HE READ THE 350 00:23:40,804 --> 00:23:42,703 NEWSPAPER. EMI CAN GET PEOPLE TO SAY THAT 351 00:23:42,804 --> 00:23:44,104 ABOUT ME FOR FREE. 352 00:23:44,203 --> 00:23:47,637 >> THERE WILL BE DAYS WHERE I DO NOT SAY THINGS IN THE WAY HE 353 00:23:47,738 --> 00:23:50,671 WANTS ME TO SO I'M PREPARED FOR THAT, TOO. 354 00:23:50,771 --> 00:23:53,707 >> HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN THE 355 00:23:53,806 --> 00:23:56,274 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION? 356 00:23:56,373 --> 00:23:58,708 >> WELL, THEY'RE NOT MY MODEL. 357 00:23:58,807 --> 00:24:01,275 >> THIS WAS THE LARGEST AUDIENCE TO EVER WITNESS AN INAUGURATION, 358 00:24:01,374 --> 00:24:04,208 PERIOD. 359 00:24:04,307 --> 00:24:08,142 >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, SELF-IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY 360 00:24:08,242 --> 00:24:12,509 TO CONVEY YESTERDAY THAT WE WOULD DISAGREE AT TIMES IN THE 361 00:24:12,611 --> 00:24:15,643 BRIEFING ROOM AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR 362 00:24:15,743 --> 00:24:17,277 THAT. THAT'S PART OF THE HEALTHY BACK 363 00:24:17,377 --> 00:24:20,545 AND FORTH AND THAT'S PART OF DEMOCRACY. 364 00:24:20,644 --> 00:24:25,512 >> SO THE, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS COME IN WITH A PLEDGE TO 365 00:24:25,613 --> 00:24:30,146 BIPARTISANSHIP. IT IS KIND OF HIS DNA. 366 00:24:30,248 --> 00:24:32,648 YOU HAVE BIG STUFF TO DO. HOW WILL YOU SQUARE THE THINGS 367 00:24:32,748 --> 00:24:36,481 YOU NEED 22nd THE PARTISAN SMIP WILL CERTAINLY COME WITH AN 368 00:24:36,582 --> 00:24:39,548 IMPEACHMENT TRIAL? WELL, FIRST WE HAVE TO KIND OF 369 00:24:39,649 --> 00:24:43,717 KEEP OUR BLINDERS ON AND FOCUS WHAT WE FEEL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 370 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:47,116 ELECTED HIM TO DO. TO ADDRESS COVID. 371 00:24:47,217 --> 00:24:49,883 ADDRESS COVID, ADDRESS COVID. GET IT UNDER CONTROL. 372 00:24:49,985 --> 00:24:55,852 >> IS THERE A POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT BIPARTISANSHIP ASIDE 373 00:24:55,951 --> 00:24:57,152 AND GET RESOLUTIONS PASSED? 374 00:24:57,252 --> 00:24:58,819 >> MAYBE. WE'LL SEE. 375 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:06,153 WE WON'T WAIT FOR A KUMBAYA. WE'LL TRY FOR A BIPARTISAN 376 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:07,854 PACKAGE AND A BIPARTISAN APPROACH. 377 00:25:07,954 --> 00:25:12,421 THAT REQUIRES LOTS OF TALK, ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS. 378 00:25:12,521 --> 00:25:16,257 IT IS OUR FIRST GOAL. WE'LL SEE IF IT STICKS. 379 00:25:16,356 --> 00:25:19,524 >> WE ALL KNOW THE OLD AXIOM THAT OVERNIGHT? 380 00:25:19,624 --> 00:25:23,424 A LONG TIME AND A WEEK IS FOREVER IN AMERICAN POLITICS. 381 00:25:23,525 --> 00:25:28,959 >> SO THINGS CAN CHANGE FAST. I CAST MY FIRST PRESIDENTIAL 382 00:25:29,058 --> 00:25:33,126 VOTE IN 1964 FOR BARRY GOLDWATER. 383 00:25:33,227 --> 00:25:36,260 HE CARRIED SIX STATES. 384 00:25:36,361 --> 00:25:39,694 >> YEAH. A LAND SLIDE AGAINST BARRY 385 00:25:39,795 --> 00:25:43,595 GOLDWATER. IT PRODUCED LOP SIDE DEMOCRATIC 386 00:25:43,696 --> 00:25:47,729 MAJORITIES SINCE 1965 AND 1966. LYNDON JOHNSON COULD DO WHATEVER 387 00:25:47,829 --> 00:25:50,963 HE WANTED AND HE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING AND HE DID IT. 388 00:25:51,064 --> 00:25:56,098 AND THEN THE REACTION SET IN. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WON FIVE OF 389 00:25:56,199 --> 00:25:59,732 THE LAST SIX PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. 390 00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:03,432 >> IF WRITE SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN, I WOULD SAY, 391 00:26:03,533 --> 00:26:06,468 DON'T OVERREACH. 392 00:26:12,568 --> 00:26:17,236 >> THESE FOUR CRISES, COVID, ECONOMY, RACE, CLIMATE. 393 00:26:17,335 --> 00:26:20,970 THE MOST URGENT ONE IS COVID. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IN ITS 394 00:26:21,069 --> 00:26:24,071 FIRST HOURS OF OFFICE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT HE GOES TO SLEEP 395 00:26:24,171 --> 00:26:27,604 THINKING ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT HE WAKES UP THINKING ABOUT. 396 00:26:27,704 --> 00:26:31,538 DO YOU THINK IF THEY GET COVID RIGHT, HE'LL BE ON A PRETTY GOOD 397 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,206 PATH? 398 00:26:32,306 --> 00:26:33,972 >> IF. I THINK IT IS A HIGH 399 00:26:34,073 --> 00:26:36,140 PROBABILITY. WE REACH SOMETHING LIKE HERD 400 00:26:36,239 --> 00:26:38,606 IMMUNITY. WE GET THE CRITICAL MASS OF 401 00:26:38,707 --> 00:26:44,108 VACCINES AND WE GET, ON THE WAY THERE, COMPLIANCE WITH MASK 402 00:26:44,209 --> 00:26:46,276 WEARING, SIMPLE PROTOCOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 403 00:26:46,375 --> 00:26:50,776 IF WE DO THAT, I THINK HE'S APT TO BE ON A ROCKET SHIP BECAUSE 404 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:54,610 THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE WITH PENT-UP DEMAND. 405 00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:58,178 PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO RESTAURANTS TORSION GET BACK ON AIRPLANES. 406 00:26:58,278 --> 00:27:01,912 >> WE'RE AT THE END OF THE INAUGURAL WEEK. 407 00:27:02,012 --> 00:27:05,313 THIS EXTRAORDINARY, UNUSUAL, UNPRECEDENTED INAUGURAL. 408 00:27:05,412 --> 00:27:11,913 YOU THINK ABOUT THE VARIOUS THINGS YOU THINK THAT JOE BIDEN 409 00:27:12,015 --> 00:27:13,481 DID RIGHT THIS WEEK. THE INAUGURAL WAS A SUCCESS. 410 00:27:13,581 --> 00:27:23,682 IT HAD A LITURGICAL FUNCTION. THE NATION HAS BEEN WAITING 411 00:27:23,783 --> 00:27:25,517 MONTHS TO EXHALE AND I THINK THEY DID THAT BAT 412 00:27:25,616 --> 00:27:31,184 THEY DID THAT BABOUT NOON ON TH 20th. 413 00:27:31,285 --> 00:27:34,685 PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST NOW AS HE TAKES OFFICE, 74 MILLION PEOPLE 414 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:38,220 VOTED NOT JUST FOR HIS OPPONENT BUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STYLE 415 00:27:38,319 --> 00:27:42,987 OF RHETORIC AND POLITICS AND COMPORTMENT AND DEMEANOR. 416 00:27:43,086 --> 00:27:49,721 AND HE GAVE THEM THE OPPOSITE. HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS 417 00:27:49,822 --> 00:27:54,123 RHETORICAL OATMEAL, NOURISHING, GOOD FOR US, NOT VERY EXCITING. 418 00:27:54,222 --> 00:27:58,923 AND I MEAN THAT IN THE NICEST, POSSIBLE WAY. 419 00:27:59,024 --> 00:28:01,923 DONALD TRUMP TRIED INJURY HIM BY SAYING SLEEPY JOE BIDEN. 420 00:28:02,025 --> 00:28:09,125 I THINK MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SAID, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.