Captioning funded by cbs good morning. Be wu. Annemie green. Morning as President Biden starts his first full day in office. He was sworn in as the nations 46th president yesterday during a Historic Ceremony at the u. S. Capitol. Kamala harris took her oath of office as the first female Vice President. Later mr. Biden and the first lady watched fireworks from the white house, capping off a very busy day in our nations capital. Debra alfarone is in washington. What is on tap today for President Biden . Reporter well, after a busy day yesterday, hes got a lot going on today, as well. President biden is going to start off with a prayer service. Thats virtual. Then later on hes going to speak about his covid plan, meet with his covid team, and also sign a whole bunch of executive orders. So help me god reporter President Joe Biden called for unity in his inaugural address. Lets begin to listen to one another, hear one another, see one another, show respect to one another. Politics doesnt h
Saying democracy is precious and fragile, but emphatically reminding americans and people around the world who were watching that democracy has prevailed. Do you believe that . I believe it survived. Yeah. I got a little echo in my ear. Is it just me . Im very resonant. On these big occasions, my voice is very resonant. It wasnt my voice. Continue. I would say democracy survived. Is the president right to say it prevailed . Absolutely. Why . Because his job is primarily to capture the imagination of the American People. Yeah. To motive the american spirit. But were in a bad way, and i think that today was about relief and was a reminder of us being more than our worst. Ordinarily, you and i have covered a number of these, never in these kinds of situations. But i usually tire at a certain point of the different pomp and circumstance and the fife and drum. At a certain point, i get it. Lets get through some of this. Not today. Today i needed every piece. You did. Every single piece. I w
So lets fight with conviction. Odonnell welcome to cbs News Coverage of the fourth and final night of the virtual Democratic National convention. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell in the nations capital, and tonight, joe biden looks to deliver the speech of his life as he seeks to fulfill a lifelong dream. Soon he will accept his partys nomination for president in his home town of wilmington, delaware. Biden has been a major figure in the Democratic Party for nearly 50 years. This will be the seventh time hes addressed a convention. Hes only missed one convention, and that was in 1988 when he was recovering from a brain aneurysm. Its his third run for the nomination, and we can expect the former Vice President tonight to mount a fullthroated attack on President Trumps record while laying out his own goals. Tonights official theme americas promise. Youre watching cbs news 2020, america decides. And joining me tonight for analysis throughout the evening our senior political analyst and 60
and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say they ve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlanta s mayor all condemned such crimes. whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. we ve been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple of months and i think it is very, very troubling. i do want to say to our asian-american community that we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked and outraged. this is an issue that s happening across the country. it is unacceptable. it is hateful, and it has to stop. just today the director of national intelligence, the dni, released a new report about extremist violence compiled with the help of the justice
coronavirus pandemic, if he s he was really nearly in tears talking about his son, beau. elected. now, he did not mention the president by name, not once, but as someone who s known him for a he did slam the president s long time, as a friend, how did this moment hit you? response to the pandemic. well, first of all, thanks the president keeps telling us, the virus is going to for having me. you know, joe biden has been a disappear. he keeps waiting for america. great friend for decades, as you ve said. and i thought, you know, what we well, i have news for him. saw last night was an authentic, real joe biden. no miracle is coming. he feels deeply for all of us. and after all of this time, the president still does not have a plan. he knows the pains and joys that each of us have felt and i ve well, i do. if i m your president, on day seen that personally. you know. i just thought last night was a one, we ll implement the home run. we got to see the real joe national strat