Oval office and hear her this historic address from president Joseph Robinette biden my fellow americans im speaking to you tonight from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office this sacred space im surrounded by portraits, extraordinary american presence Thomas Jefferson wrote the immortal words that guide this nation. George washington showed, us President S are not kings Abraham Lincoln implored us to reject malice franklin roosevelt, who inspired us to reject fear i revere this office i love my country more its been the honor of my life to serve as your president but in the defense of democracy which has a stake, i think is more important than a title i draw strength and i find joy and working for the american people but this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me its about you your families your futures. Its about we, the people. We can never forget that and i never have ive made it clear that i believe america is at an Inflection Point 0. 1 of those rare moments i
Night. Laura coates live starts right now. President biden takes the test but will it matter tonight on Laura Coates . Its live alright, Zero Tolerance no room for error, no mistakes. Size of any which way you want. That seems to be the center of that biden has to not only meet, but exceed every time he speaks and even then, it might not be good enough. The question is whether tonights Highstakes Press Conference was good enough for him to live to fight another day. Now, he said thinks that he will i always have an inclination. Were there is playing sports or politics just to keep going, not style. I just got to just paste myself a little more. Im determined on running. But i think its important that i real i allay fears. I see let them see me out there but however, biden performed tonight or how he does next week or the week after or lets be honest, the day after the hour after it may not matter to those in his own party who have their minds made up, but anything is maybe a day late a
Who she said were not adequate picks for the select committee. As a result, Kevin Mccarthy said he wasnt going to seat a single one of his picks. The select committee is ultimately not going to have bipartisan support from Mccarthy And Pelosi instead. Here is what mccarthy was threatening. We think its too important that those two questions why were we ill prepared. Why did they know on december 14th. Why would they jeopardize the lives of the Capitol Police . We will write our own investigation. Reporter House Speaker Nancy pelosi already asked Liz Cheney, a republican member who was a former member of Gop Leadership a couple of months ago to serve with her democratic members on this committee. There is one republican and she said today that she was standing by the Speakers Decision not the seat Jim Banks and Jim Jordan. I think that any person who would be third in line to the presidency must demonstrate a commitment to the constitution and a commitment to the rule of Law And Minorit
Detained in russia. However, he also sought to tamp down the impression that either side is seeking to rerun the Cold War. I dont think he is looking for a Cold War with the united states. I dont think its about, as i said to him, i said, your Generation And Mine were about ten years apart. This is not a Kumbaya Moment as you used to say back in the 60s in the united states. Like, lets Hug And Love each other. But its, clearly, not in anybodys interest. Your countrys or mine, for us to be in a situation, where were in a newCold War. And i truly believe he thinks that. He understands that. Well, for his part, mr. Putin deflected. And denied accusations of russian misconduct. But also, expressed a measure of hope for the future. Translator the first general appraisal. I think there was no hostility. Quite the contrary. Our meeting took place, principally speaking. Many of our positions, we dont share the same positions, in many areas. But i think that both of these sides showed a willing
elena kagan, the supreme court justices. there s bret kavanaugh, also, walking in. we did expect several of the supreme court justices to attend today s festivities. we re also expecting momentarily the arrival of the former presidents barack obama and bill clinton. we did see, also, george w. bush pull up along with his wife laura. we re expecting former vice president dan quayle to be in attendance. mike pence is coming here today. we don t expect him to come in front of the doors where we are, but we do expect him here. of course, the big absence, donald trump not here at the moment, not planning to come, of course. many former top republicans in attendance, lawmakers and former presidents bush and justices nominated by republican presidents all here in this show of support for this peaceful this transition of power we re about to witness. manu raju on capitol hill. dan, i think that was supreme court justice sonia sotomayor that we saw walking into the capitol, the fi