welcome to our special coverage of the inauguration of joe biden. i m aaron burnett along with wolf blitzer. it is an inauguration day unlike any other in american history, amid a pandemic, in a city that s become a fortress because of heightened security threats. kamala harris sworn in as the first woman and the first woman of color to be the vice president of this nation. her husband, of course, the first-ever second gentleman. and joe biden sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. his clarion call for unity, vowing to be a president for all americans. just a short time ago, vice president harris swearing in three new democratic senators moments ago on the senate floor, officially giving democrats the control of the senate floor since 2014. president biden is wasting no time. in a few minutes, wolf, of course, he is expected to be at business, signing up to 17 executive orders. a true, true, historic first day in the white house. those 17 executive actions, er
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
pfizer and moderna. that s 100 million more doses of pfizer. and 100 million more doses of moderna. 200 million doses than the federal government had previously secured. not on hand yet, but ordered. to a nation awaiting action, let me be clearest on this point, help is on the way. and the need is immediate. january is now the deadliest month of the pandemic. tuesday was one of the deadliest reported days, 3,990 lives lost. now, the new doses would bring the total from moderna and pfizer to 600 million, theoretically, enough to vaccinate the entire country. biden s announcement was a bold and politically risky response from criticism from his plan lacking ambition. mr. biden has started a countdown on a return to some semblance of normal life. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins has the latest. reporter: good morning, laura and christine, yeah, these big announcements coming from president biden yesterday, talking about how many doses they have secured commi
million more doses, a surge in vaccines, a surge to the states, all part of what he described as a war time undertaking. we will increase overall weekly vaccination distributions to states, tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses. starting next week that s increase of 1.4 million doses per week. this can allow millions of more americans to get vaccinated sooner than previously anticipated. the president also had a few things to say about the trump administration s vaccine distribution program. we have recently discovered in the final days of the transition, and it wasn t until the final days we got the cooperation we needed, that once we arrived, a vaccine program was in worse shape than we anticipated or expected. again the headline is this, the president says he s directed his team to buy an additional 200 million doses, that would be enough to vaccinate most americans by the end of this coming summer. there s much more on the
needed. the headline is this. the president said he directed his team to provide an additional 200 million doses. that would be enough for most americans by this coming summer. there s have more ahead. biden is moving forward with erasing more signs of the trump era because elections have consequences. nbc news reporting trump zero tolerance policy at border that led to separation of migrant families has been rescinded. signed four executive orders with a goal to addressing systemic racism. on capitol hill, senators were sworn in for donald trump s second impeachment trial slated to begin the week of february 8. not long after that, kentucky republican rand paul forced a vote on whether the trial itself is unconstitutional because trump is no longer in office. this proceeding, which would try a private citizen and not a president, vice president or civil officer violates the constitution and is not in order. the history and precedent is clear. the senate has the power