You and me and others on his Inauguration Day. Were told that president elect joe biden is finalizing a speech that he hopes will help unite this deeply divided nation tomorrow as he stands on very same steps where the deadly insurrection took place just days ago. It damaged the podium where all of this will take place. But tomorrow he will deliver that speech in front of more flags than americans. This because of the raging pandemic and threats of more violence, both a stark reminder of the chaos that is left behind for him. As for President Trump and his final hours as president , he is set to issue a number of pardons, also to issue a farewell video. He will then snub the bidens by not welcoming them in person to the white house. Something that he had praised obamas for doing so graciously four years ago. He will also skip the inauguration. There is a lot to get to this hour. Lets begin with our Jeremy Diamond at the white house and our senior political analyst mark preston. Jeremy, to you first, tell us about the video the president will leave and if you could remind people, it is just so sad to see the state of affairs even after the birtherism lie, the obamas still gave him and the first lady a warm welcome on Inauguration Day and he will not extend the same to the bidens. Reporter that is right. President trump not coming anywhere close to giving president elect joe biden an ounce of the peaceful, dignified transfer of power and the humanity that president obama was able to show President Trump after the election as a sign to the country it is time to move on and that a new president has been installed. President trump has not invited joe biden to the white house for the traditional oval office meeting, he wont be greeting him on the steps of the white house tomorrow after joe biden is inaugurated. And he also, you know, is not expected to attend the inauguration tomorrow. Instead flying out in his final hours as president after an elaborate sendoff ceremony with military guard standing by at joints base andrews tomorrow. But President Trump has taped a farewell message. Hes not delivering a live prime time address like most departing president s. Instead, the president recorded a video message, a fair well address, touting his four years as president , yesterday in the blue room, we understand that video is expected to be released at some point today but the white house has not provided any details on that. It stands to be noted that this is far from the kind of dignified peaceful transfer of power that has been the hallmark of american democrat. President trump the first president in 152 years not to ascend the successors inauguration. The absence of dignity. Mark preston, youve covered your share of transitions here. Trump will be gone. Joe biden is the new president. There is a lot of talk about him attempting to unite the country with his words tomorrow. It is a tall order. Given the division. What are you looking for, from not just what he said tomorrow but what he does in his first several days in office. Well, jim, as you and i both know and as our viewers know, joe biden is good at being em pathetic and understanding and being a shoulder for somebody to lay their head on. Tomorrow hell have to try to start reaching out to the 74 plus million americans who voted for donald trump who might not think that he is the right person at the right time for this job. But i do think youre going to see him really try to do bite size major things. And i do think that covid obviously has to be front and center and weve already heard from his administration, weve heard from Health Officials that they are trackling this right now. In addition to that, you have to look longterm and wonder what could get done in a divided congress in a senate that is a 50 50 split. And there is a big question if anything could get done. But perhaps one thing that could get done is an infrastructure bill that could put people back to work, start putting money back into the economy and quite frankly rebuilding this infrastructure that weve left just in tatters for all of these years. Yeah. Jeremy, on the pardon front, there are a lot of names being floated, do we have any reporting on who is to be pardoned . And a lot of president s do a lot of pardons at the end. It is not unique to trump. It is a question about who. It is who and the way in which President Trump has gone about pardons in the final weeks in office and throughout his presidency. It is casebycase basis. Hes doll ug out pardons as political favors to some of his allies. Now we are expecting more than 100 pardons in this last batch of pardons that is in come mutations there have some rappers including potentially lil wayne and kodak black who are on the list of pardons for later today. But what is not expected at this point is a self pardon which is something that has been floated for weeks now. Were told that that consideration of a self pardon, the chances of that went down after the january 6th riots on capitol hill because of the idea that a self pardon now would be perceived as even more of a self dealing maneuver and perhaps something that would make it look like the president has done something wrong which, of course, the white house and the president insists he did not incite that riot on capitol hill. But will you see controversial names. And also see a little bit of criminal Justice Reform pardons as well in the list of names coming later today. Mark, ill have to look up in the dictionary for the opposite of graciousness, right, in terms of simple steps. Not just recognizing the election, but welcoming the bidens into the white house as the obamas did to the trumps four years ago and something the president hasnt done nor the first lady. How is that being received . On the right, do they look at this as somehow just desserts. Is he getting criticism from the right nor not extending even the slightest of dignities to his successor. I think the further you get to the right and continue down that line, hes finding more and more support. As you come more toward the middle, and when i say that i mean republican establishment, like your parents might have been republicans, old school republicans. As as you move back toward the center, i do think youre finding criticism. And i was thinking, there is so much talk about the Republican Party in a focus on Ronald Reagan being the father of the new Republican Party. When he left office, when he gave his final speech, he talked about this shining city on the hill, right, this beacon for people to come into to make something of themselves. Just really inspiring. When donald trump gets on that airplane tomorrow and he flies out, hes going to look down on a washington that is militarized because of him, entirely because of him and it is going to be more of like sodom and gomorrah than a city on the hill. We shake hands with the other team whether you win or lose. We teach them that lesson. What is the lesson to them, goodness, when adults let you down. Thanks very much. To wilmington, delaware. M. J. Lee is there ahead of the president elect bidens departure for d. C. He wont ride the train, largely because of security. So tell us what his plans are today and in the next 24 hours. Reporter yeah, today does mark joe bidens final day here in wilmington, delaware, as president elect. He expected to attend a farewell event when we expect him to speak briefly. He had planned and hoped on taking the amtrak train down to washington, d. C. Ahead of tomorrows inauguration. He is no longer doing that because of security concerns. This is a train ride that he has made hundreds and hundreds of times throughout his washington career. This evening in washington, d. C. , when he gets there, he and Vice President elect will attend a memorial at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool to honor the thousands lives lost throughout the covid19 pandemic setting the tone for his upcoming presidency and a reminder of how much this pandemic looms over the biden harris time in office. And Vice President elect harris spoke about the challenge ahead yesterday. Here she is. We have a lot of work to do. It is not going to be easy. As weve discussed, joe outlined our plan for vaccination and relief for working people and for families. And there is a lot to do. Some would say that ours is an ambitious goal but we believe with hard work and the cooperation and collaboration of the congress that we could get it done. Reporter and were also learning new details about how biden plans on spending tomorrow morning. He is going to be attending Church Services in washington, d. C. And he has invited congressional leaders to join him sand among those who will be in attendance include Kevin Mccarthy and Mitch Mcconnell. Just noteworthy and sort of remarkable, given that this is the kind of deference and respect and a sign of National Unity that the outgoing president donald trump, as jeremy talked about, has not been showing the incoming president joe biden. So that is a fascinating dynamic and remarkable dynamic. And lastly i will just note, as far as his inauguration speech is concerned, it is something that he has been working on for a number of weeks. We know that the theme of National Unity will be a big one and will be especially important given what we saw happen on capitol hill two weeks ago. No question. M. J. Lee, thank you very much for being there for us. A new reporting just into cnn in last hour, were learning that the Biden Administration will make domestic terrorism a key focus of the National Security council according to a person familiar telling me. A reflection of the significant threat the country is facing as it deals with the aftermath of the capitol hill riot. Were told to expect early announcements of staff on the nsc where they are focused very much on this threat and it speaks to the seriousness as we see all of the troops there in d. C. Well, i think a good development, right, jim, that theyre taking this as seriously as it needs to be and putting the power there to try to get a handle on it. Good reporting. Thank you for that. Well massive force, 25,000 National Guard troops are right now this morning deployed across washington, d. C. But the Washington Post is reporting that the fbi has warn Law Enforcement that followers of the Conspiracy Theory qanon has discussed posing as National Guard members. Alarming. Cnns pete muntean and brian todd join us now. And brian, the security is real. They are taking everything seriously here. And you see the security out there. But we should note, to date they havent uncovered evidence yet, have they, of an Insider Threat. Theyre looking for it but they havent uncovered evidence of that . Reporter that is right, jim and poppy. Officials telling cnn they dont have intelligence indicating there is a specific Insider Threat in the National Guard. But you mentioned that Washington Post report about the qanon followers discussing possibly posing as National Guardsman to try to breach security just discussing it, according to the post. No significant plots as of yet according to officials and officials telling cnn they do not have any intelligence about an Insider Threat inside of the National Guard. But they are vetting the guardsman further. More and more layers of vetting for the guardsman just to make sure. Here is another layer, this is the 14th street bridge from virginia to washington, d. C. Extraordinary scene here. Empty. This is one of the most heavily trafficked bridges in the midatlantic region, part of the 14th street bridge shut down only to people who are to everyone except for people who could prove they live in this area or security vehicles. But really hardly any traffic coming this way. They are letting traffic go from d. C. Into virginia. But this extraordinary measure, this bridge seeing no traffic on this is really incredible because between these two bridges and the two others, the Memorial Bridge and the Theodore Roosevelt bridge to the north of us, those are also shut down. About 800,000 cars a day pass over those two bridges. So to not see any cars on the bridges, an extraordinary visual and extraordinary example of the security measures here. Totally. And remember why it is happening. It doesnt have to be this way. Pete, youve been watching as these National Guard members take up their positions. What is it like . Reporter you know, it is a little startling, poppy. Especially when you consider the fact this is different from inaugurations past. Things get more and more clomped down here in d. C. All of the time. This is one of the National Guard check points. You mentioned that fbi reported to the Washington Post concern about possible armed protesters posing as members of the guard. We know 25,000 members of the guard here right noer, it is a secure area but when you consider the size of the area, it is relatively small when you consider the entirety of washington, d. C. And there is a bit of a rub there, considering the fact that this could potentially spill over, if there were armed protests, in to other neighborhoods. Here is what d. C. Officials have to say about that. The metropolitan Police Department is redeploying forces across the city. And we certainly recognize that as we harden the federal enslave in the center of the city, that other parts of the city could be viewed as soft targets so mpd is making sure that we have security in our neighborhoods, for our residents, for the over 700,000 people who live in those neighborhoods, to make sure that they have access to police and fire resources. Reporter jim and poppy, i want to put into context where we are. We are blocks away from the capitol and this is about as close as a member of the general public to get to the capitol on foot right now. You could see more businesses are boarding up here in washington. More and more of this happening all of the time. Metro Public Transit stations are closing and the air space is about to be more restricted, truly an Inauguration Day like no other. For sure. Pete, brian, thank you both very much for that reporting. Join us here on cnn for all day live coverage tomorrow of the inauguration of joe biden. A historymaking event, an unprecedented times and it starts tomorrow on cnn. Important words to hear tomorrow. Still to come this hour, a showdown on capitol hill. Confirmation hearings have begun this hour for president elects cabinet and treasury secretary janet yellen is making waves over Coronavirus Relief push by this administration. Also sharing power in the senate. Chuck schumer and Mitch Mcconnell are meeting today to discuss how the chamber will operate when it is a 50 50 even split. They have to get along, next. M. Rock music man so im not taking any chances s when something happens to it. So when mymy windshield cracked. My friend recommendedd safelite autoglass. 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Lets gib with Christine Romans covering the janet yellen hearing. And the testimony fired a shot but at least about the administrations intentions when it comes to covid. She said the smartest thing we could do is act big in terms of a new stimulus plan. So that is clearly going to be a priority this Incoming Administration. Will they get it. And shes battle tested, an economist who ran the most central bank in the world, taking over this top job in this crisis makes her one of the most powerful women in the world. All former living treasure secretaries have endorsed her swift confirmation. Her job today is to be the salesperson for the rescue of the battered american economy. 1. 9 trillion to expand medical leave and sell a vaccine program, more money to state and local governments, money for schools and Small Businesses and 1,400 stimulus checks and 400 extra in jobless benefits through september. Thats what she has to sell on the hill. It is a big haul after 4 trillion already spent but she will argue that the cite is demands it. Neither the president elect nor i propose this package with the debt burden but the smartest thing we could do is act big. Years of job market gains have been wiped away by the crisis. Were down 9. 8 million jobs in the pandemic. The prepared rem