refusing to attend biden s inauguration trump instead address supporters at andrews air force base before departing for his mar a lago resort in a florida he promised to return in some form. germany has extended its current lockdown until at least the mid of february with tighter restrictions on what types of masks may be worn in public places and more working from home chancellor angela merkel and state leaders announced the measures amid concerns over new variants of the coronavirus. this is due to the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at d w news or visit our website dot com. or forward or. 2 weeks ago a mob of donald trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol it was a near death experience for american democracy and the entire world watched in horror today in the same space american democracy s resilience joe biden became the new us president harris the new vice president there was no mention of truong instead a promise to end 4 years of america s split s
oh, say can you see and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god. this land is my land california in the norms and notions of what just is, isn t always justice. amazing grace, how sweet those were just some of the sights and sounds of today s inauguration as president joe biden takes office and kamala harris makes history as the first woman and woman of color to serve as vice president. such a historic day. good evening. i m ama daetz. it was indeed, and i m dan ashley. thank you for joining us. following a tumultuous four years, history today turned the page to a new chapter. after the initial inauguration, the extended families of both the president and vice president left their limousines to walk the last part of the route from the capitol to the white house. our coverage tonight begins with abc7 news anchor liz kreutz. liz, quite a day. reporter: such an historic day. a culmination of months of tense buildup to a transfer of power
refusing to attend biden s inauguration trump instead addressed supporters at andrews air force base before departing for his mar a lago resort in florida he promised to return in some form. hospitals in the u.k. are under pressure as daily coronavirus jack surprised at a record levels over $1800.00 people died of the virus on tuesday this comes as a variant of the virus believed to be more contagious spreads across the country health trusts have converted cathedrals into mass inoculation centers as the vaccine rollout continues. this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news or visit our website state of your dot com. 2 weeks ago a mob of donald trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol it was a near death experience for american democracy and the entire world watched in horror today in the same space american democracy s resilience job i became the new us president the new vice president there was no mention of truong instead a promise to end
transfer of power like we haven t seen in quite some time. oaths of office on the very steps where exactly two weeks ago a violent mob of trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol, fighting the results of a fair democratic election. former president trump only made himself seen much earlier in the morning, skipping the ceremony all together. former vice president pence represented the administration by passing the baton. he stepped aside to history in the form of the bay area s own kamala harris. iam harris solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. that i will support and defend the constitution born in oakland and raised in berkeley. now the first female black american and woman of southeast asian descent to hold the office. history made in many ways today. vice president harris sworn in by justice sonia sotomayor, the first latina supreme court justice. and 22-year-old poet amanda gorman of los angeles delivering her vis
i love democracy. welcome home. announcer: it s a late show live with stephen colbert. tonight: it s joe time! plus, stephen welcomes, live! pod save america and a special performance of together. featuring, live, jon batiste and stay human. and now, live from the ed sullivan theater office building in new york city, it s stephen colbert! stephen: hey, everybody! welcome to a special live late show. i am your host, stephen colbert. well, you did it. you survived the last four years. and your reward: a shiny, new, old president. good ol joe. because today at 11:49 a.m., joseph robinette biden jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. we watched it. evie s here. we watched it together. the inauguration was a joyful occasion. like i do at most happy things, i cried a lot. it was it s true! it was extremely emotional and not entirely in the way that i expected. because, i have to tell you, i have zero gloat in me. there s no en