Trends and perfect pictures. We have four copies of the originals of the portraits in the white house collection and hang in the east room. If you will note, these are completely brandnew reproductions that were done with the assistance of the White House Historical association beginning with the most famous of them all, the father of the country, George Washington. [applause] it is now a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. Really i cannot even begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be complete without at the same time his partner in the white house as he was father father of theas country, the mother of the country, Martha Washington on my immediate right. [applause] to her left is the one and only, from ohio i might add, William Mckinley. Im going to leave it to our guest speaker bill allman, curator of the white house for so many years, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. But he is in the east room a
Beginning with the most famous of them all, George Washington. [applause] a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. I cant begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be the same without housertner in the white as he was father of the country, Martha Washington. Mckinley. T is william i will leave it to our guest speaker, bill allman, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. On the far left, he needs no introduction, t. R. Teddy roosevelt. These are touches that anyone will see, the business groups that use it, the productions we do, the brides that are married here, but one other musthave was visual acuity. President nixon was a master communicator. He used television from the oval office on 37 occasions. He is known for his silent majority speech, for his resignation speech, for having moved history with words. For those of us who were here for the 50th anniversary will realize that when we showed the moon,f the wa
Prepare to step into power. The question is, will they be able to unify our divided nation. Meanwhile, donald trump is set to leave the white house for the final time as president in just a little while from now since trump will be in florida when biden is sworn in. The question is how exactly will he hand off the Nuclear Football. And a slew of new pardons from the outgoing president including steve bannon. And was that his final act . It is way too early for this. Welcome to way too early oig, the show that is along with you opening a new chapter this morning. Kasie hunt on this wednesday, january 20th. And the United States turnses page on the trump president city as joe biden will be sworn in as the nations 46th president. Donald trump is scheduled to depart the white house for the final time as president at 8 00 a. M. He will then head to joints base andrews for a final ride on air force one. Hes taking to palm beach florida and skipping the inauguration. Sources say the event wil
Those troops are being told to be on the lookout for potential impostors after an fbi warning that followers of that far right conspiracy have been talking about ways to infiltrate the inauguration. On capitol hill, senators are back to work today since the january 6th attack. They are waiting for the impeachment article that could be sent their way at any moment and we learn new details about a power sharing agreement between Mitch Mcconnell and Chuck Schumer. Confirmation hearings starting for key members of the Biden Cabinet and at the white house, new details on how donald trump plans to spend his last full day as president as we are on standby now for lastminute potential pardons. Im Halle Jackson along with our nbc news team. Talk about what were hearing from the National Guard about this unprecedented security presence one day before the inaugural. Its completely unpress departmented. Theres no other way to put it. The paradox of what we saw here on january 6th versus what we se
Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity makes moving easy. Go online to transfer your services in about a minute. Get started today. End of the first few days of the new Biden Administration the president signing executive orders expanding food stamps and speeding up the delivery of stimulus checks to americans financially devastated by the covid pandemic. Also breaking news tonight, the New York Times reporting that the previous president plotted with a Justice Department lawyer to oust the former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen in an attempt to advance trumps false claims that he won the election. And the senate announcing the start of arguments in Donald Trumps impeachment trial will begin on february 9th. The house will deliver the single article of impeachment to the senate on monday evening. And Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer saying the twoweek delay gives senators time to confirm President Bidens cabinet. Lots to discuss. Cnn White House Correspondent john harwood i