It is wednesday, january 20th. It is 5 00, here in new york. Welcome to a special Inauguration Day edition of new day. History unfolding before our eyes. To be clear, weve never seen anything like this. At this moment, joe biden and donald trump are waking up as close as they might ever get to each other. Trump on the left, inside the white house. For the very last time. President elect biden is across the street in blair house. What must he be thinking . Just seven hours until he becomes the 46th president of the United States. Cnn is with you for every step of this day. And just hours, biden will attend a Church Service alongside congressional leaders, both democrats and republicans including senator Mitch Mcconnell who is now publicly accusing President Trump of provoking a deadly insurrection at the capitol. We have brandnew details just released about the action that biden will take starting at 12 01 p. M. Today. A combination executive action and proposed legislation with the pandemic front and center. On the pandemic, the inauguration schedule began eye were the commemoration of the 400,000 lives lost to coronavirus. Yes, we crossed that threshold, on the very last full day of the Trump Presidency. Biden marked the moment with five poignant words. To heal, we must remember. And breaking overnight, true to form, President Trump trying to extend the guessing game of surprises until the final moments. While you were sleeping, trump issuing a wave of pardons and commutations to 143 people. Among them, steve bannon, the president s former chief strategist who was charged with defrauding americans of millions of dollars, who thought they were giving money for a border wall. President trump will leave the white house in three hours bringing his chaotic presidency to an end. Mr. Trump will have a sendoff before flying home to florida. But Vice President mike pence will not be there. He will be attending bidens inauguration. Cnns jessica dean is live in washington to kick off our coverage. Tell us whats happening, jessica. Reporter good morning to you, alisyn. The moment has arrived. Today, president elect joe biden will see his decades long dream of welbecoming president come through as hes inaugurated here in the nations 46th president. And he takes the mantle of president as his nation faces crises across the country. It is fractured. It is grieving. Hes promising unity. He is promising healing. Were getting brandnew details about his schedule this Inauguration Day. They really illuminate the differences between what will be a Biden Administration and the Trump Administration. Well start first with a Church Service early this morning. Attending that Church Service with president elect biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris will be all of the congressional leadership, including majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. They were all invited by president elect biden. He will, of course, take place in the inauguration itself, the oath of office. We expect to see him issuing a number of executive order which is ill get to in just a moment. Hell also take part in a wreathlaying ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. And kind of the fun festivities, the lighter festivities with celebrities and various perform performances. Also of note, this is another contrast. The Daily Press Briefing will be coming back. Jen psaki will brief later today and they promised the brief to a daily brief. Now, back to the executive orders. Were also getting a number of details breaking right at this moment. Hes going to issue a number of executive orders and legislation. And theyre going to cover a vast number of subjects including the coronavirus pandemic. Theyre also talking climate change, racial equity, and also the economy. Those have all been those key things that the Biden Administration has targeted as their key focus as they assume office. John. Jessica dean for us in washington. Jessica, please keep us posted on this historic morning. Joining us cnn political analyst David Gregory and natasha alford. Youll see its dark right now. President trump, we presume, probably still sleeping on the left side of the building right now. There are some lights on the west end of the building. We dont know if people are in there, maybe packing up, lastminute items there. And across the street, david, at blair house, is where president elect joe biden is waking up this morning. And it always fascinates me, what must be going through his head this morning, as he wakes up just seven hours before he takes on one of the Biggest Challenges that any president will ever undertake. Well, you know, its a great question because when he came into the white house last with president obama, those were grave days. I mean, you know, the country was in the middle of a financial collapse and crisis that they were inheriting, the obama Biden Administration. So that was tough stuff. There was the pageantry and pomp of Inauguration Day. There was hist togory being mad with our first africanamerican president. But there was work to do, and they knew they had to do it fast. You knno, there is also this question of Political Capital, joe biden has a lot of Political Capital coming into the white house. Hell do that from day one. Even what joe biden will face, you can imagine joe biden a veteran of washington, cultural politics of this town. Is thinking about the daunting challenge of hitting a reset of four years of donald trump. What he attempted to do, what trump did, and the division in the country. The stakes are very, very high. And manifestations of that, the ravages of the pandemic on top of all of that, will be evident as the 46th president looks out across the National Mall on this chilly morning, and this chilly midday, to see no spectators. No fellow americans watching him because of a combination of the division in the country, which creates this armed encampment and the threats of his inauguration and the pandemic. So theres a lot for him to deal with. Theres no doubt i hope hes getting good sleep, but it makes for a difficult morning. Natasha, it feels as though were in this period of suspended animation. People holding their breath. The president still in the white house, he will fly off but it will take much longer than that, obviously, for americans and historians and everybody to process what has happened over the four years. Just the messages im getting from viewers is from grief to relief, from anxiety to joy. Theyre feeling the gamut of all of these emotions right now. It was captured yesterday, the stark difference between their style between President Trump and president elect biden in terms of the ceremony that was held of the 400,000 americans who have died. And it went from denial which is how President Trump has seen it. And empathy, seeing joe biden crying to americans who have lost so much. This is just a start of a stark contrast. Thats right, alisyn, many people felt relieved to see the humanity on their television screens. And this is a nation in need of healing, right . We think about the fact that joe biden had his theme of, you know, to heal, we must remember. And the administration thats on its way out, its almost as if they didnt want us to remember or acknowledge the pain and the death because it would be an acknowledgement of their failure in office, their failure to manage covid. So, this was such an important reset. And, you know, Vice President elect Kamala Harris, her message about how isolated weve all been and separated in our pain, it was just a beautiful moment. But also an important moment for us to recognize how much we have in common in terms of the suffering that weve gone through over this past year and even beyond that. So, again, very important for the reset. American needs a detox. So all of those feelings that youre describing, i think it makes sense for what people have been through over the past four years. I have to say, when i heard the words to heal, we must remember. One of few things, i thought, oh, my god, biden is using his best line tonight when he should save it for his inaugural address. Because its a heck of a line. It has to do with the pandemic, but more than that, because biden does have to deal with that and does have to deal with the lingering effects of these four years that will leave a mark on america, have left a america on so Many American psyche. I think what biden is saying what i want you to weigh in here, we cant forget what its been like the last four years to be torn apart, as a strategy, as a political strategy, that is something we need to heed, as we move forward. Yeah, its a good point. And i havent really thought of the double meaning, but i think its an important double meaning because in a way, hes acknowledging that we have to process and we have to acknowledge the forces that gave rise to a figure like trump. There are the dark forces that gave rise to him that we have to stand up to, that we have to combat with a push towards racial justice. With the idea of standing up against the idea that a political figure would tap into grievance. Or would look for scapegoats and would make that a part of his platform to seek the highest office in the land. But we do have to remember and not take for granted an assault only our institutions. An assault on our politics as normal. Theres a lot thats wrong with our politics as normal. I was so happy to hear there would be a White House Briefing today. Thats a very washington insidery thing to care about. But it signals there was something rogue about the last four years. People may have liked some of that. But to have normal government function, while also learning some lessons about the antiestablishment part of the Trump Presidency that i think a lot of americans would like biden to learn from and not forget, but to have that respect for the institutions. And to have like natasha said, detox. But also less drama. I really do think people want some less drama out of their president. And they want a president to carry the office well, to respect the presidency. I really dont think that donald trump has respected the presidency. And americans should expect and demand that respect. David, natasha, stand by. We have many more questions for you but right now, we want to get to this because breaking overnight, in the final hours, President Trump issuing a slew of pardons and commutations including one for steve bannon. Cnns joe johns is live at the white house. Ive learned these may not be over yet . Reporter its definitely possible, alisyn. The clemancy list is noted for who is on it but who is not not. 146 commutations and pardons. That breaks down to 73 commutations and 40 pardons in all. As you mentioned steve bannon the adviser from the Trump Administration at the very beginning is one of those names. Of course, he has been locked up on charges of defrauding people who were trying to contribute to Donald Trumps border wall. Other names include lil wayne, the rapper, a number of former members of congress. Who got locked up and convicted. And some political operatives. The people whose names are not on that list include the president himself, as well as members of his family who work at the white house, though there are still a few hours left in this administration. And we cant say for sure how thats going to go. Now, agency to the president s day, it is notable for what hes doing and what hes not doing. In fact, the president is not meeting with joe biden who is in blair house, less than a hundred yards away from the white house this morning. The president is not attending the inaugural at the capitol at noon. The president and the first lady are leaving the white house around 8 00 eastern time, final destination will be florida. But before that, they are going to joint base andrews in the maryland suburbs for that big sendoff the president has been hoping for. Not clear how many people are going to show up. They invited a lot of people who are former officials in the administration, as well as people who are working there now. A lot of hard feelings involved there, perhaps. Also the Vice President himself is not going to be at that sendoff. He has opted to stay at the inauguration. Now, the other thing i have to tell you about is just last night, the president signed an executive order revoking a rule he signed early in his term that included a fiveyear ban on lobbying. He revoked that rule which apparently means that people leaving the administration will no longer be constrained by it. So a lot of news in the last 24 hours. Back to you. So, to be clear, he wants people in his administration to immediately be able to make money off of having served in his administration. This afternoon, they can go lobby the agencies they just left. I dont know, if i didnt know any better, i would say that sounds swampy. Joe, thank you very much. Its quite a morning here. And across the country. As all americans process whats happening, as joe biden becomes the next president in just a few hours. 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So, ladies and gentlemen, i have only one regret, hes not here, because we should be introducing him as president. That was president elect joe biden getting emotional saying farewell to his home state of delaware. And talking about his son before departing for washington to become the next president. Back with us, David Gregory and natasha alford. Natasha, who knows what President Biden will be able to accomplish during his administration. None of us can know that right now. Bull stylistically, i think we know what were getting. We are getting someone who doesnt have to pretend at empathy, someone who the role of commander in chief and he was misty eyed yesterday. He is taking on a country in the middle of grieving. And he just seems able to share that mood easily. Yes. This will be a president who understands what so many families are going through as we speak. Right. We know that covid, although it was downplayed by the last administration, its only getge getting worse. And president elect biden has been very honest that some of our darkest days may be ahead of us. But whats been remarkable is his action plan. Hes been very clear about the fact that in the first 100 days, you know, he wants to get vaccinations increased. The production increased to get fema centers set up. These are very specific things. And they are things that are not focused on himself. And i think that is the mood and the toneship that well see. That this is not a presidency, one mans ego. But this is a presidency that is about america. And we see that in the diverse cabinet nominations that president elect joe biden has put forward. And the people that hes put in positions of power and leadership, in real leadership positions. Not just sort of symbolic positions. So i think all of these things are really important. And they make people feel as though they can relate to this new administration. And that people who showed up to vote, im thinking of, you know, black, latino, people of color, who came out and who were discounted. They helped to put this administration in office. And hes been very clear that he hes going to remember that. And prioritize the issues that concern them the most. Another metaphor for that departure from delaware, for the biden family, delaware was the place to put the bidens back together again. Joe bidens father had lost his job in pennsylvania, in scranton, but they moved to delaware to put their lives back together. And now joe biden is leaving delaware to try to put his life back together again. I want to talk about what the governor talked about