Transfer of power following the deadly siege on the Capitol Building by protrump rioters. We should note that an expected arm protest yesterday did not materialize on the capitol but on edge in the coming days facing a divided nation and out of control health crisis. Were learning more about joe bidens aggressive agenda to begin on day one. And new details about President Trumps final plans as he stays out of the public eye in the final days in the white house. Lets begin this hour with pete muntean on this Extraordinary Security turn out in the capitol today. Pete, i said this before but i havent seen a u. S. Military presence like this outside of war zones up to 25,000 by wednesday . Reporter that is right, jim. More and more extraordinary here all of the time. The fortress only getting more fortified. You could see the National Guard behind me here. We had to pass by two encampments to get where we are which is about as close as one could get on foot to the capitol. Which is really
You and me and others on his Inauguration Day. Were told that president elect joe biden is finalizing a speech that he hopes will help unite this deeply divided nation tomorrow as he stands on very same steps where the deadly insurrection took place just days ago. It damaged the podium where all of this will take place. But tomorrow he will deliver that speech in front of more flags than americans. This because of the raging pandemic and threats of more violence, both a stark reminder of the chaos that is left behind for him. As for President Trump and his final hours as president , he is set to issue a number of pardons, also to issue a farewell video. He will then snub the bidens by not welcoming them in person to the white house. Something that he had praised obamas for doing so graciously four years ago. He will also skip the inauguration. There is a lot to get to this hour. Lets begin with our Jeremy Diamond at the white house and our senior political analyst mark preston. Jeremy,
Be can he in fact be an extremely progressive president. What happened to senator hawley is a snapshot. Bark with a vengeance. What these corporations want is control. And they want you to have the same opinions and if you dont, then they are willing to use every power at their disposal to shut you down. Its a good morning wake up to a brand new day this morning nothing in my way good morning. Steve good morning. Ainsley good morning, everyone. Its friday. Its been quite a week for america. So now you get a little break over the next few days. Thanks for waking up with us. Pete, good to have you here. Pete its great to be here. Thank you. I had a date night last night. My wife and i went out for dinner. Because we do a morning show we had dinner at 4 15. Steve thats okay. Ainsley thats normal for us. Steve a lot of people watching from florida do the exactly the same thing. Pete there you go. Steve its great to have you here on the show. Pete great to be here. Ainsley jen psaki get cal
Look at these pictures. From the air on sunday. You could just see the quiet all across the district. Security there incredibly tight with barricades around the capitol. The National Mall close to the public. About 25,000 National Guard troops will be in place by the inauguration. And we are now learning all of those troops are facing new background vetting before they land in d. C. Because of the concerns now of a possible insider threat. And new video out also with a new perspective on this the siege of the u. S. Capitol that left five people dead. The video shot by a journalist with the new yorker. [ crowd chanting ] this morning there is new details on how President Trump plans to spend his final hours in the white house. Just think pardons, pardons and more pardons. Were going to get all of that. We want to start with a security situation in d. C. And arrests of people involved on the attack on the capitol. Shimon prokupecz is joining us and also is josh campbell. Shimon, if i cou
Jobs lost on his watch. So were keeping a close eye on the white house today. As we know donald trump has taped something of a farewell address and no word what he said in that recording or when it will be released. But he hasnt been seen in public in seven days. And hes expected to issue about maybe as many as a hundred pardons and commutations as he heads out of the door. Were covering all of the angles. John harwood is live at the white house and m. J. Lee is in wilmington, delaware, covering joe biden. John, what are you expecting from trump in his final full day in office . Well, it is a bit of a mystery because donald trump has stayed out of the view. He suffered such a psychological blow from losing the election that hes been hiding out from cameras bathing in that fantasy that he won the election and it was stolen from him and one of the few sets of public remarks he made was that speech on january 6th that now left him with legal exposure for the deadly insurrection that follo