Vote, allowing joe biden to be president of the United States and Kamala Harris to be Vice President. It should be perfunctory. It should have been 25 to maybe 35 minutes. Their role is to just make sure that the electoral votes that are sent from the states are the ones that are counted. But they have turned it to Something Else that is ugly and the big reason we had an insurrection at the capitol. That would have happened, but we had a domestic terrorist event happen in the nations capitol. And were still dealing with the consequences tonight in the wee hours of the morning overnight word of a third resignation that we want to tell you about coming out of the white house. The resignations coming out of the white house, do they mean anything . Were not sure, because this one is a Deputy National security adviser. The former White House Press secretary among those who apparently had enough of this. After four years, though . After the bloodshed and all of this . This is their enough ti
Of protrump rioters breached the capitol setting off mayhem and destruction and death. Four people were killed. It came after the president urged his followers to march on the building as they physical followed his order it a tee laying siege on Law Enforcement contingent and taking over. It was a coup attempt in broad daylight but it back fired big. Even supporters of the president saying enough is enough. When its over its over, it is over. The final thing, joe biden, ive travelled the world with joe, i hoped he would lose, he won, hes the legitimate president of the United States. I want to go to garrett hank who is on capitol hill, were getting closer and closer and closer to the end. The end is inevitable. You see joe biden with 244 Electoral College votes. 157 for trump. Thats as far as the count got. Got to joe biden with 306 votes with it to end. This is the last o objection were going to see, in the process of being voted down, just a handful of votes outstanding, its not clea
President trumps doing. Business was suspended and the building evacuated after supporters of donald trump stormed congress. They were trying to stop the confirmation ofjoe bidens election victory. One person was shot. Police confirm shes now died. The president elect condemned the scenes in washington, saying they were unacceptable and un american. This is not dissent. Its disorder. Its chaos. It borders on sedition. This is the scene live in washington, where lawmakers continue the counting of the electoral votes. Hello and welcome. A joint session of the us congress has reconvened after protestors stormed the capitol hill building earlier in the day. The process of counting of the Electoral College votes, confirming joe biden as the next president , is expected to be completed soon. At least one senator, Kelly Loeffler of georgia, has rescinded her objection to the certification of president ial electors. She was one of two republicans at the centre of a dramatic night before, when
Trump will be flanked by two of the most historic administrations in American History. Both of which included joe biden. The president elect arrived in a city on lockdown this afternoon. Two weeks from a home grown insurrection sparked by the current president. Yet already exhibiting National Leadership in this unprecedented moment. They began by showing the compassion for the now 400,000 american dead that has been so lacking all this year, holding a solemn and moving ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial this evening. Illuminating two columns of light to represent those more than 400,000 americans who have died from covid19. It was a fitting and much belated tribute to those victims of the pandemic. To heal, we must remember that its hard sometimes to remember, but thats how we heal. It is important to do that as a nation. Thats why were here today. Between sundown and dusk, let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection, remember all whom we lost. While covid
And President Biden in the oval office. His first challenges, none more urgent than the pandemic that claimed 400,000 lives. The action hes taken in his first hours as the nation enters a new chapter. The inauguration of joseph r. Biden jr. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone. America witnessed the birth of a new presidency today, despite a raging pandemic and the threat of domestic terror, joe biden and Kamala Harris took the oaths of office, becoming president and Vice President. The peaceful transfer of power completed. President biden sworn in on the very capitol platform scaled just two weeks ago by a seething mob. The president in his inaugural address calling for unity and for the end to what he called americas uncivil war. A day draped in rich history, of not only the extraordinary circumstances but also the swearingin of the first woman and first woman of color to become Vice President. The Biden Administration wasting no time charting its course