Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
Ladies and gentlemen, please stand as the Armed Forces Color Guard presents our national colors. Ladies and gentlemen, the 39th president of the United States, jimmy carter and mrs. Rosalynn carter. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the 42nd president of the United States, William Jefferson clinton and the honorable Hillary Rodham clinton. [applause] hillary, were here for you. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ladies and gentlemen, the 43rd president of the United States, george w. Bush and mrs. Laura bush. Present arms. Ladies and gentlemen, the children of Vice President mike ence ladies and gentlemen, the children of president elect trump, donald trump junior, ivanka trump, eric trump, tiffany trump, and barron trump. Escorted by the Senate Secretary and house of representatives chief administrative officer. [applause] [crow
World. Im poppy harlow. This is the inauguration of donald j. Trump. Final inaugural ball wrapped up a short time ago. The new president and wife dancing to Frank Sinatras my way. Before the balls, President Trump managed to squeeze in work at the oval office signing an executive order relate the to the repeal of obamacare. He also reversed the cut on federal mortgage insurance premiums that president obama had Just Announced earlier this month. So far, only two of trumps cabinet picks have been confirmed including defense secretary james maddis. This as a fight looms over the rest of his nominees all of it covered including the fashion live tonight from capitol hill. We begin right now. I Donald John Trump do solemnly swe swear from this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action. So to all americans in every city near and far, hear these words. You will never be ignored again. We will make america proud again. We wi