Science and health alone, not what the political consequences are. The Vice President harris and i and our entire administration will always be honest and transparent with you about both the good news and the bad. We will level with you when we make a mistake. Well straight up say what happened. And i said at the outset, the honest truth is were still in a dark winter of this pandemic. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Its going to take many months to get where we need to be. Progress from our plan will take time to measure as people getting infected today, they dont show up as case counts for weeks. And those who perish die weeks after their exposure. Despite the best intentions, were going to face setbacks which i will always explain to you. But i also know we can do this if we come together. Thats why ultimately our plan is based on unity and all of us acting as one nation. It requires families and neighbors looking out for one another. Health care providers and business
Business, working to unravel the last four years, signing 17 executive actions, including a mask mandate exactly one year since the first case of coronavirus came to our shores. applause odonnell the trailblazing Kamala Harris story tonight, how she is inspiring young girls and boys across america. This land was made for you and this land was made for you and me odonnell the sights and sounds of a timehonored tradition. Nthtke don thstff america on display. This is a special edition of the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell the president ial inauguration. Reporting tonight from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Tnight, the United States has a new president. Declaring that democracy has prevailed, joseph r. Biden jr. Took the oath of office today as the nations 46th commander in chief, promising to help unite a country deeply divided and suffering from a deadly pandemic. Then in the shadow of the u. S. Capitol and over
We track it. Luckily, tonight we have a fair broker to let us know the truth about what made things hard in fighting this pandemic and what is needed to make things better. That broker americas doctor tony fauci President Bidens new chief covid medical adviser. He was able to survive in trumpdom without becoming a patsy, without having to echo lies to survive. We have him for the Straight Talk about what could not be said freely then. We go forward with three goals, transparency, responsibility, and accountability. Those must be our Guiding Principles to get to a better place. Together, you and i can make sure that the power of the people controls the people in power. We need to heal culturally but just as important have to get well physically. Only when we can live our lives, fully function, work, school, home, then we can deal with Everything Else that ails us. And if the pandemic is handled with a sense of equity, urgency, accountability, a lot of other problems that we have will be
Science and wont guess if they dont know the answer. This as the covid death toll here in the United States climbs above 409,000 and total cases near 25 million, exactly one year after the first infection was confirmed in this country. Lets start our coverage this hour with our senior White House Correspondent Phil Mattingly. The new administration is putting the pandemic clearly front and center. This is priority number one with so many thousands of americans dying every single day. We heard from President Biden. We heard from dr. Fauci. We heard from the White House Press secretary jen psaki. Update our viewers. This time is different. If there is one way to frame what the white house from the top down is trying to make sure they convey to the American People its that there is a new administration in charge. There is a new focus on the pandemic and on the issue that has ravaged the country for more than a year whether on tangible executive action or symbolic messaging there is a sing
Well see when the senate is ready for the trial. They should be afforded a full day of court. I think democrats will be open to considering a delay if we are making progress on confirming the team that President Joe Biden has nominated to serve in his cabinet. Reporter this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to new day. Friday, january 22nd. 5 00 in the east and breaking news. Two new executive orders just released seconds ago by the Biden White House including one to push the federal government towards a 15 minimum wage for federal workers. Today the new administration wants to highlight its focus on the struggling economy. The real work, the real struggle is behind the scenes with congress. The president wants a 1. 9 trillion Economic Relief package and the president wants it to be a bipartisan demonstration of the message of unity provided in his inaugural address. He wants that. I want a pony. You deserve one. Its unclear whether well g