The day before the big day. In less than 27 hours president elect biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris will take their oaths of office. By while most of the actual ceremony will look familiar literally Everything Else will be different. Where theres usually americans waving flags this time there will be National Guard troops carrying automatic weapons, standing behind fences and razor wire. Where there is usually a giant cheering crowd on the national mall, instead there will be 200,000 american flags waving silently in the wind. The special guest will be socially distanced, all virtual. Instead of one president peacefully handing power to another, a Great American tradition, by the time the ceremony actually starts donald trump will already be gone from washington. But you know trump cannot leave without one final act. Sometime today hes expected to grant dozens and dozens of president ial pardons. The question is, whos going to get them . There is so much to cover here in was
Yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. We begin with the very latest on the horrific attack on two new zealand mosques. Officials say 50 people are now confirm dead and several more remain in Critical Condition following fridays shootings at the Masjid Al Noor and linwood mosques. Thousands of people paid tribute to victims at makeshift materials around new zealand leaving candles, flowers and notes of unity. Authorities say the suspect a 28yearold Australian National whom we are not naming likely acted alone and has been charged with murder. Additional charges are expected. New zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the suspect had a firearms license and legally purchased the five guns used. They said the government discussed gun regulation at a meeting earlier today adding quote there will be changes in our gun laws. The suspect streamed part of the shootings live on facebook and wrote a racest and rambling antiimmigrant white supremacist manifesto. The Prime Minister has confirm