Transfer of Power, Inauguration Security & Honoring Covid Victims

01/20/21 • 49 min

President-elect Joe Biden is preparing for the next four years. This includes a nationwide mask challenge and federal mandate to combat Covid-19, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, extending student loan forbearance and reversing the Muslim travel ban. Kayla Tausche joins Shepard Smith to discuss. Washington D.C. has 25,000 National Guard troops defending the Capitol ahead of tomorrow’s inauguration day ceremony. Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses the security measures being taken in Washington, D.C. and state capitals around the country. NBC’s Steve Kornacki reports on President-elect Biden’s popularity and whether voters believe he has the right characteristics to be president. Plus, Trump’s farewell speech and tributes all around the country to the nation’s 400,000 Americans who’ve died from Covid-19.

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Inauguration Security, Trump’s Final Days & Remembering MLK

Fencing, boarded-up windows and extra police and National Guard troops transformed some statehouses ahead of expected protests leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. Former DHS Deputy Chief of Staff Elizabeth Neumann discusses security in Washington, D.C. and at state capitol buildings around the country. Dr. Celine Gounder, of the Biden-Harris transition Covid advisory board, reports on the difficulties states are having getting vaccine doses to citizens. Plus, a celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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