dad. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i joseph robinette biden, jr. do solemnly swear. i joseph robinette biedzen, jr. do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. that i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. and will to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend. preserve, protect and defend. the constitution of the united states. the constitution. united states. so help you god. so help me god. congratulations mr. president. (applause). trevor: i done know about you, but this moment will stay in my memory forever. joe biden s middle name is robinette? what? that s right. as of noon eastern time today america welcomed the fresh young face of joseph r biden as its 46th president. and despite the pandemic, this inauguration had it all. former president, the youngest inaugural poet, an amazing singer wear
of a long campaign, election, and the peaceful transition of power. getting to work in his first hours in office. president biden signing a series of executive orders, many undoing his predecessor s legacyendi, the so-called muslim travel ban and construction on the border wall. the reaction from republicans on capitol hill as the new administration turns its focus to the covid crisis today. how do they plan to tackle a surge in cases and deaths and the slow start to the vaccine rollout? the new director of the cdc joins us for a live interview. show of solidarity your success is our country s success. former presidents bush, clinton, and obama come together to deliver a rare and united message. we ve got to not just listen to folks we agree with, but listen to folks we don t just ahead, their powerful words for the new president and all americans. those stories, plus visiting his neck of the woods. mr. president the moment president biden broke from the parad
announcer: tonight on late night with seth meyers, chris hayes, an all-new closer look. featuring the 8g band with sarah thawer and now, seth meyers seth: good evening, i m seth meyers and this is late night. how is everybody doing tonight well, it is about time let s get to the news. former president trump today, wow, you wait so long to say those words and then, when you finally can, you don t know how to react former president trump, it s like the new cellar door donald trump is no longer the president of the united states, and look, this isn t going to solve all our problems, but it will remove a big one. if you are addicted to heroin, gambling and prostitutes and you only quit heroin, that s still a huge step. joe biden was sworn in today as the 46th president of the united states. it s the moment he has been working towards my entire life in his inaugural address today, president biden promised he would be quote, a president for all americans, though, it
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? i m very resonant. on these big occasions, my voice is very resonant. it wasn t 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 we re 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. let s get through some of this. not today. today i needed every piece. you did.
hello, democracy. welcome home. announcer: it s a late show live with stephen colbert. tonight: it s joe time! plus, stephen welcom 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