Joe Biden returns to Washington DC to be sworn in as the 46th US President
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And, Kamal Harris will be the first African American and India-origin person to occupy the second most powerful position in the US Four years after he left the Beltway for his hometown in Delaware, Joe Biden returned to Washington DC a day before his swearing-in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday with the message of unity and the enormous task of healing a bitterly-divided country.
“I am honoured to be your next President and Commander in Chief,” Biden, 78, told his fellow Delawarians before boarding a private plane for Joint Air Force Base Andrews on his way to Washington DC. “I will always be a proud son of the state of Delaware,” he said.
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, January 20. All times are Eastern.
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The Inauguration Of Joseph R. Biden Jr. (basically everywhere, almost all day): We’d love to make jokes about the door not hitting the soon-to-be-former president on the way out, but it doesn’t feel right. Not the door part go ahead and hit him, door! Do your worst! Doors can punch white supremacists, too! but the jokes part. Today’s presidential inauguration won’t look like any other in history; if your nerves are a bit thin, that’s to be expected. Ours, too. Still, at approximately noon, let’s all take a collective deep breath and watch Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala Harris take their oaths of office. Here’s a rough schedule of what’s happening. And hey, parents make sure to take note of the kid-oriented option the Biden Inaugural Committee has put together.
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Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States later today.
The Democrat won the election that saw Republican opponent Donald Trump become the first one-term president for 20 years.
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Joe Biden returns to Washington DC, to be sworn in as 46th US President today
Joe Biden is set to swear-in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, with the message of unity and the enormous task of healing a bitterly divided country. Four years after he left the Beltway for his hometown in Delaware, Biden returned to Washington DC a day before his swearing-in. Before boarding a private plane for Joint Air Force Base Andrews on his way to Washington DC, Biden said, âI am honoured to be your next President and Commander in Chief. I will always be a proud son of the state of Delaware.