Trump inauguration: preparations ramp up
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Preparations ramp up for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as 47th president of the United States. We hear from our correspondents across Washington D.C., and speak to the singer performing the national anthem in today’s ceremony, and to a member of Donald Trump’s transition team.
Also in the programme: on day two of the ceasefire in Gaza, we hear from released Israeli hostages and released Palestinian detainees, And as much-needed aid finally enters the Strip, why has it taken so long to get there?
(IMAGE: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump pose for a photo with U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on inauguration day of Donald Trump's second presidential term in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025 / CREDIT: Reuters / Carlos Barria)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour with me, Nula McGovern in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:08.9 | Tim Franks is in London. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a freezing, beautiful, clear morning in this city |
| 0:14.0 | where in just a few hours' time, Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States. |
| 0:20.0 | The events of the day, as you will have heard, |
| 0:22.1 | are now indoors in the rotunda of the US Capitol building, that iconic dome that is a landmark |
| 0:27.7 | of Washington politics and home to the US Congress and Senate. The temperature of minus 4 Celsius, |
| 0:34.2 | that's approximately 24 degrees Fahrenheit, means that well-wishers won't see President-elect Trump in the traditional format |
| 0:40.7 | on the steps of the Capitol. |
| 0:42.8 | But despite the weather and that disappointment, |
| 0:45.3 | you can't miss the warmth and jubilation on every corner |
| 0:49.0 | from supporters of Mr. Trump, |
| 0:51.3 | who they have come in the hundreds of thousands to make their way to D.C. |
| 0:56.6 | to celebrate his victory and inauguration. |
| 1:00.2 | President-elect Trump is about to begin what some thought would be out of reach. |
| 1:04.5 | That is his second non-consecutive term as president of the United States. |
| 1:10.2 | Let us begin by turning to some of our |
| 1:12.1 | correspondents that are out in D.C. this morning. Let me begin with Neda Tauffique, BBC North |
| 1:17.5 | America correspondent at Capitol Hill. Welcome to the program, Neda. What is happening where you are? |
| 1:24.3 | Well, we are here in the Capitol indoors, as you say. First time in 150 years that this has |
| 1:30.8 | happened, we are so used to seeing the inauguration in person live. But I can tell you that |
| 1:36.1 | here everyone is broadcasting. You have surrogates of Donald Trump coming out to speak ahead of the |
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