Updated on: January 21, 2021 / 6:39 AM / CBS NEWS Biden sets tone with call for unity
Washington Joseph R. Biden, Jr., was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, urging a bitterly divided country to come together at a perilous time in American history while moving quickly to begin implementing his agenda. This is America s day. This is democracy s day, Mr. Biden said in his inaugural address. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause. The cause of democracy. The people, the will of the people, has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded.