Summary
On his final day in office, President Trump gives his farewell address and gets ready to head back to Florida. And on the eve of their inauguration, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold a Covid memorial service to remember those who have lost their lives.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producer: Natalie Ktena Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It was a cold and really clear evening in Washington tonight. |
| 0:09.7 | And if you know the Lincoln Memorial, it rises up by the Potato River and looks out on the |
| 0:15.2 | Reflecting Pool and beyond that is the Washington Monument. |
| 0:19.0 | And around the Reflecting Pool, lights had been put, a lamp to commemorate the 400,000 |
| 0:25.6 | people who've now died as a result of the global pandemic in America. |
| 0:31.2 | And this was the scene in which Joe Biden and his wife Jill and Kamala Harris and her |
| 0:37.2 | husband came to pay their respects and honor the lives of the now 400,000 Americans that |
| 0:45.8 | have lost their lives to COVID. |
| 0:48.2 | And tonight we heard something that, to be honest, we haven't heard for a long time. |
| 0:53.6 | We heard the words of empathy, but it began with an extraordinary rendition and his Kamala |
| 1:01.4 | Harris. |
| 1:02.8 | It is now my great honor to introduce Laurie Marie Ki. |
| 1:07.9 | Laurie is a nurse at St. Mary Mercy, Livonia Hospital outside of Detroit. |
| 1:14.2 | Her community was hit hard when the virus struck and Laurie was assigned to the COVID unit. |
| 1:20.8 | Laurie is known for singing on the hospital floor and a video of her singing, a certain |
| 1:26.2 | hymn inspired our nation. |
| 1:30.0 | She joins us this evening to honor those we have lost with that same hymn, Amazing Grace. |
| 1:38.3 | Thank you so much, Vice President elect Harris. |
| 1:41.6 | It is an honor to be here with you and with President elect Biden. |
| 1:46.6 | Working as a COVID nurse was heartbreaking. |
| 1:49.4 | It was heartbreaking for the patients who are sick. |
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