Hi, politics podcast. This is Chris from the City of Port Angeles, Washington State, seat

of Clallam County, the reigning Bellweather County in the U.S. picking presidential winners

since 1980. This podcast was recorded at 1.30 p.m. on Monday the 18th of January.

I can enjoy this show. I can hardly wait for the race in 2024. Not.

Alright, dude. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.

I'm Aisha Roscoe. I also cover the White House.

And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice correspondent.

Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the nation's 46th president in just two days. It's already

clear that it won't look anything like what we've seen before. Though it will be happening

in the same place on the West Front of the Capitol, which also happens to be the same place

where there was an insurrection two weeks ago. Are you sure what can we expect from this?

Well, as you said, it's not going to be the normal routine that we've had all these

other years. But you will have, you know, the ceremonies will begin with the National

Anthem and invocation around 1130. And then Kamala Harris, Vice President-elect Kamala

Harris, will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonja Sotomayor shortly before noon.

And then you will have President-elect Biden sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts. At

noon, as you said, on the Capitol's West Front where there were all those pictures of

all those rioters, you know, those those wild pictures of them standing up there, they

were like all over the platform. They were all over the platform. They're like fires

and stuff. It was just all lit up with people who were not supposed to be there. There will

be about a thousand guests in attendance. And most of those will be members of Congress

and their guests. So very stripped down, you're not going to have. And when I say stripped

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