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>> bill: if tradition were to hold, president trump probably would have left from the east front of the capital. of course, the order of the day is different from what it typically would be. so potentially if you decided to attend the celebration he would have come as well but i did notice that former vice president pence is not on the list here. its likely that he would have left from the east end of the capital to joint base andrews but you never know the way that these things are planned and ...

Earlier, youve been with the president throughout the day. what stuck out to me is not only talking about what happened at the capital last weekend and your speech there on the steps but you also talked about democracy picking itself up, and what are you about to see the presidency? >> i think you saw some of it on the stage. the president went out of his way to talk to leader mcconnell went out of his way to talk to vice president pence. if he wants to give you a chance to vote for him, and you...

World health organization. the president asking all americans to wear a mask for the next 100 days. saying we may be approaching the toughest and deadliest days of the pandemic. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> former president trump leaving the new administration with tremendous job losses due to the pandemic. 140,000 jobs were lost last month. more than 18 million people are currently on unemployment. president biden has proposed a $14,000 stimulus check and called for extending bans...

Remember, but thats how we heal. it is important to do that as a nation. thats why were here today. between sundown and dusk, let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection, remember all whom we lost. >> while covid restrictions have precluded a large turnout, the national mall will have a field of flags to represent those unable to attend. incoming president biden is also planning a show of bipartisan unity tomorrow. at his invitation, congressional leaders of both ...

Really are. so theres a lot yet to come over the course of the day as we head toward the last two or three hours of daylight in washington, d.c. >> you know, friends, im struck and i dont know if the rest of you, to pick up on what youre saying, rachel, im struck by the formality of it. these are always extremely obviously very formal events, but the people who put this together, you know, the folks who planned this inaugural, despite all the challenges, you know, they went to great lengths to s...

Grander and bigger than us im disappointed that former president donald trump did everything he could to break our traditions in painful ways and skirted them and violating those traditions. but were seeing them continue. and if i can say, you know, im looking at this accept tear, and i cant help but feel another great american who fell, the best measure of his devotions, the last measure of his devotions, by dieing. and it is still a time of grief hanging over our country. as i look out that ce...

Violent white supremacy. now on the committee that im in we can call hearings. we can governor the agenda of the united states senate. what we focused on. what bills come to the floor. we have not even had a chance to vote on the minimum wage. we can control that agenda now and drive the peoples agenda in a way that is very exciting to me. so yes, those people who will do everything they can to undermine the success. have it in the house of representatives and in the white house. it is a new day...

>> let me ask you to reflect on that. were reflecting in almost equal measure. a period of american history that has just come to close with the vice president driving off and the outgoing president nowhere to be seen. it is the start of something very, very, very different. how are those two story lines interdefining for you, sir? >> i was there four years ago. in that same spot in the bleachers and i heard him talking about american carnage. unfortunately his last days ended with just that, am...

The estate they make washington dc, and they started bearing union soldiers here. putting the remains of union soldiers inside of the house so it would not be afeeling for anyone to ever come back here again. thats how this began. and john kennedy would come out here from time to time, very much like this on veterans day. it came once, and looked back at the view of washington dc which as you know is commanding across the potomac.

Jacqueline kennedy remembered that and that is one reason why the federal government took five acres of land for john kennedys grave site that is there with an internal flame. one of the design coincidences, michael, in washington was the fact that the late senator ted kennedy could, from his senate office based on seniority, across the potomac. >> exactly right. the bone chilling aspects, it is like this, and robert kennedy when he was murdered in june of 1968 was buried right next to