President Joe Biden In Oval Office For First Time After Swearing In

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Joe Biden in the Oval Office for the first time since being sworn in. Biden signs 17 executive actions that undoes Trump policies. BIden signs his first executive order that mandates masks in federal buildings. While Biden signed actions on coronavirus, he also signed actions on immigration and climate change. Biden describes the executive actions that he signed on his first day as "bold." Democrats now have control in the senate after senators are sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden swears in presidential appointees. White House officials hold the first briefing with Biden. "It was generous," said Biden about the letter that Trump left him before leaving for Florida. Three ex-presidents deliver a joint message on democracy. Biden and Harris make remarks at inaugural celebration. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And welcome to our special coverage of the historic inauguration of Joe Biden.
0:12.4	I'm Erin Burnett along with
0:13.6	Wolf Blitzer and at this hour President Joe Biden is inside the Oval Office
0:18.1	for the first time since becoming president. It is an inauguration day unlike any other in American history amid a pandemic in a city that has become a fortress because of heightened security threats
0:29.0	Kamala Harris sworn in as the first woman and the first woman of color to be the vice president of this
0:35.1	nation, her husband of course the first ever second gentleman, and Joe Biden sworn in
0:39.8	is the 46th president of the United States.
0:42.6	His clarion call for unity during his inaugural address,
0:46.2	vowing to be a president for all Americans.
0:49.6	And just a short time ago, Vice President Harris
0:51.6	swearing in three new Democratic senators moments ago on the Senate floor. short time
0:55.0	a time ago, Vice President Harris, swearing in three new Democratic senators, moments ago on the Senate floor, that officially gives Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since 2014.
1:00.0	And President Biden is wasting no time.
1:02.0	He went into the White House and in just a few moments Wolf of course he is expected to be at business signing up to 17 executive orders.
1:09.5	A true true historic first day in the White House.
1:12.6	Those 17 executive actions, Aaron,
1:14.6	are expected to include a mask mandate on federal property
1:18.2	and reversing some of former President Trump's decisions.
1:21.2	For instance, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, ending the
1:24.8	travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries as well. We're going to take you inside
1:29.0	the White House for that. Also, unfolding this hour, the President is expected to swear in some of his political appointees
1:36.4	during a virtual ceremony.
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