Governors not doing enough and how important the National Guard is area and i think he is, hes making a partisan issue where i think in the past seen president s reach out and try to be compassionate and to win people togetherinstead of divide them. So i think thats been something weve seen with the pandemic and with these recent protests. How did your book come about, whats the genesis of it . Ive written a book called the residence and a couple of other books about the white house and ive always been fascinated by what happens behind the scenes on inauguration day. To me thats just a dramatic day in our history when one new family moves in another family moves out the public is looking at this west front of the capital and you know that this swearingin ceremony that we all watch, but really behindthescenes theres controlled chaos at the white house. And theres this last inauguration i was fascinated by the obamas taking off in the helicopter as right after President Trump was sworn i
This is new day with chris cuomo and Alisyn Camerota. Wow, look how beautiful our capitol looks on this historic morning. Welcome. This is your knew day. 8 00 here in washington, its Inauguration Day in america, just four hours away from history. Thats when our constitution says Donald John Trump gets sworn in as the 45th president of the United States and executes the office. What an improbable journey has gotten us to this point. The eyes of the world are on the pageantry of this day which dates back 228 years to our nations first president , george washington. The peaceful transfer of power is steeped in tradition. It is, of course, a pillar of our democracy. What will the president elect say when hes president in his inaugural address . How will the weather impact the ceremony . We have it all covered for you. Lets begin with cnns Sunlen Serfaty live on the west front of the u. S. Capitol. Whats happening there, sunlen . Reporter alisyn, this is where that historic moment will take
service. it is a moment for prayer, for reflection before he assumes the awesome responsibility of leading this nation. soon he ll head to his new home and office. the white house will see the obamas welcome the trumps at the white house. we ll see all of that live. then they ll head inside for tea, coffee and conversation before the official handover of power. good morning, i m anderson cooper overlooking the national mall here in washington, d.c. what a view it is. all morning long we have seen thousands and thousands of people lining up through security in order to get a great spot so they can witness this historic day. i m here with the panel, michael smerconish, malik anderson, kate anderson bauer, dougly brinkley, all joining me. david axelrod, you know what it s like to be a president o n this day where their whole life changes. eric trump was asked what is the biggest fear for his dad.
largely with his children. now he s got to confront the reality of a congress that wants the answers to everything, bring in new people. what he values the most is loyalty. loyalty comes, he believes, from family and from know iing someo for decades. he is used to living and working in the same place, because at trump tower he, of course, lives up on the top of trump tower and he works down on a lower level there. but this is going to be a very, very different environment for him because he s going to have to broaden, and he won t always get what he wants. kate, for the family, too. much of the family, ivanka moving down here with jared kushner who will have a senior adviser role in the white house, the grown trump boys, eric and don junior staying in new york running the business. for the family this is completely true. for melania trump, this will be