Biden, Harris Take Oath of Office Today; Biden to Emphasize Unity During Speech

  • Staff Consortium
  • January 20, 2021
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take the Oath of Office today, with Mr. Biden becoming the 46th elected president of the United States, while Ms. Harris will become the first woman elected vice president.

During his speech, projected to be 20 to 30 minutes long, Mr. Biden will speak specifically to American unity. Advisers said Mr. Biden would put forth a “forward-looking vision for his presidency,” and he would “speak about the need to bring the country together during an unprecedented moment of crisis," (via Wall Street Journal).

Here are some details of today's inauguration

Ms. Harris will first be sworn in as vice president by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Moments after, before 12 p.m., Mr. Biden will be sworn in as president by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. The ceremony is expected to feature musical performances from Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks and Jennifer Lopez, with Ms. Lopez singing the national anthem. 

The newly sworn-in president and vice president, along with their spouses, Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff, will then conduct a review of the military and visit Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. They will then be joined by three former presidents and their wives: Barack and Michelle Obama, George W. and Laura Bush, and Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Thereafter, the president and vice president will go to the White House. A virtual parade procession, which will include performances from the U.S. Virgin Islands and across America, will be hosted by Actor Tony Goldwyn at 3:15 p.m.

How to Watch

  • The Consortium will carry the event live on our website and Facebook platforms. 
  • The Biden Inaugural website, and the inaugural committee's social media platforms, including YouTubeFacebookTwitter, and Twitch.
  • Television networks carrying live include CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox,NBC, MSNBC, C-SPAN and PBS.
  • Roku will have streams from several of the news outlets
  • The inaugural committee's streaming partners, including Amazon Prime Video, Microsoft Bing, NewsNOW from Fox, and AT&T U-verse (Channel 212/1212 in SD/HD) and DIRECTV (Channel 201), will also carry the program live.

 

 

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