welcome back everyone hope you had a
nice long weekend and an awesome Martin
Luther King Jr holiday today we have a
special inauguration edition of CNN 10
I'm KY wire it's Tuesday January 21st
and the US has sworn in a new but very
familiar president on Monday Donald J
Trump was sworn in as the 47th president
of the United States returning to the
office after serving as the 45th
president as well before Joe Biden he
joins Grover Cleveland as the only two
presidents to serve two non-consecutive
terms presidential inaugurations are
written into the US Constitution's 20th
Amendment that was ratified in
1933 it sets January 20th for the
swearing in of a new or reelected
president and marks the end of a
preceding president's term the
Constitution is where we find the
president's oath of office read and
recited at the swearing in ceremony
president Trump's second inauguration
ceremony looked much different than his
first after bitterly cold weather in
Washington DC compelled organizers to
move it indoors it's the first time an
inauguration has been held inside the US
capital since Ronald Reagan's second
term in
1985 roughly 700 seats were placed in
the the Rotunda where the swearing in
ceremony took place another 1,00 seats
were set up inside an overflow area in
emancipation Hall a large Hall in the
Capitol Visitor Center while the
ceremony looked different in many ways
some traditions remained supreme court
Chief Justice John Roberts administered
the oath of office preserve protect and
defend preserve protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States the
Constitution of the United States so
help me God so help me go
congratulations
Mr the crowds of onlookers were also
moved indoors to DC's Capital 1 Arena
which served as not only a public
viewing space but also hosted the
inaugural parade you might remember the
parade also had to be changed in 2021
because of the Corona virus pandemic
when it was held virtually with
participants across the United States
even before the inauguration Trump's
team had been planning executive actions
to be signed on day one while these
orders for members of the executive
branch are directed at specific topics
and don't usually affect as many people
as congressional laws they do establish
presidential policy and set the tone of
an Administration president Trump's new
executive actions span from immigration
and Border policy to energy production
and diversity equity and inclusion
initiatives in the federal government a
new tone was not only set by the signed
executive actions on inauguration day
but was also laid out in president
Trump's inauguration speech to the
nation here are some key
moments the Golden Age of America begins
right
now from this day forward our country
will flourish and be respected again all
over the
world we will be the Envy of every
nation and we will not allow ourselves
to be taken advantage of any
longer during every single day of the
Trump
Administration I will very simply put
America
first our sovereignty will be reclaimed
our safety will be restored the scales
of Justice will be
rebalanced the vicious violent and
unfair weaponization of the justice
department and our government will
end and our top priority will be to
create a nation that is proud prosper
prous and
free America will soon be greater
stronger and far more exceptional than
ever
before I return to the presidency
confident and optimistic that we are at
the start of a thrilling New Era of
national success a tired of Chang is
sweeping the country sunlight is pouring
over the entire world and America has
the chance to seize this opportunity
like never before but first we must be
honest about the challenges we face
while they are plentiful they will be
annihilated by this great momentum that
the world is now witnessing in the
United States of
America As We Gather today our
government confronts a crisis of trust
for many years are radical and corrupt
establishment has extracted power and
wealth from our citizens while the
pillars of our society lay broken and
seemingly in complete
disrepair we now have a government that
cannot manage even a simple crisis at
home while at the same time stumbling
into a continuing catalog of
catastrophic events
abroad it fails to protect our
magnificent law-abiding American
citizens but provide sanctuary and
protection for Dangerous criminals many
from prisons and mental
institutions that have illegally entered
our country from all over the world we
have a government that has given
unlimited funding to the defense of
foreign borders but refuses to defend
American borders or more importantly its
own people our country can no longer
deliver basic services in times of
emergency as recently shown by the
wonderful people of North Carolina been
treated so
badly and other states who are still
suffering from a hurricane that took
place many months ago or more recently
Los Angeles where we are watching fires
still tragically burn from weeks ago
without even a token of defense they're
raging through the houses and
communities even affecting some of the
wealthiest and most powerful individuals
in our country some of whom are sitting
here right now they don't have a home
any longer that's
interesting but we can't let this happen
everyone is unable to do anything about
it that's going to change we have a
public health system that does not
deliver in times of disaster yet more
money is spent on it than any country
anywhere in the world and we have an
education system that teaches our
children to be a ashamed of themselves
in many cases to hate our country
despite the love that we try so
desperately to provide to them all of
this will change starting today and it
will change very
quickly Pop Quiz Hot Shot the 20th
Amendment specifies what time as the end
of an outgoing president's term 8:30
a.m. 11:59 a.m. 12:00 p.m. or no time
specified
the 20th Amendment says at noon the term
for an outgoing president and vice
president ends the peaceful transfer of
power that begins president Trump's term
also marks the end of President Joe
Biden's four years in office in his last
moments as president on Monday Biden
used his executive powers to Grant
preemptive pardons to public officials
and family members as a way to protect
several outspoken critics of the
incoming president Trump and Biden spent
several moments together before the
inauguration ceremonies including a tea
and coffee reception for the incoming
and outgoing presidents and their
spouses at the White House the two men
rode together in the presidential limo
to the capital for the inauguration
something that did not happen four years
ago when Trump skipped Biden's swearing
in after the day ceremonies ended
President Biden was flown by helicopter
to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for a
farewell event the inauguration marks
the end of a lengthy five deade
political career for Joe Biden that he
punctuated with a farewell speech where
he said serving as president was the
honor of his lifetime Biden thanked
supporters and urge them to stay engaged
in politics despite his party's defeat
in the last election the bidens then
boarded Air Force One for one last
presidential ride to California all
right Superstars that marks the
beginning of a new four-year term for
president Trump and the end of our
special inaugural edition of CNN 10
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