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Nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander got a look inside. >> reporter: a new look for the oval office. the room at the center of the american presidency. president biden putting his imprint on the iconic space, surrounding himself with portraits of presidents past. like fdr who led the country through times of crisis and political rivals alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson. emphasizing the value of differing views in a democracy. replacing a painting of andrew jackson that stared back at president trump, one of america's founding fathers, benjamin franklin. highlighting presid...

Large view, much deeper than any of us had in 2017, into what was happening when they started to separate these families. so i think what it does is it gives us the next set of questions to hold our leaders accountable, no matter who they're working for, whether it be the trump administration or the biden administration. if you care about these families who were separated and want to see justice done, you start to look at who is in charge of seeing that something like this never happens again. >> thank you, julia. that's nbc's julia ainsley with the latest tonight. up next, it could be the w...

The oval office is joe biden's office now. he's already put his personal touch on it with portraits of f.d.r., thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton. nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander got a look inside. >> reporter: a new look for the oval office, the room at the center of the american presidency. president biden putting his imprint on the iconic space, surrounding himself with portraits of presidents past. like f.d.r. who led the country through times of crisis. and political rivals, alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson, emphasizing the val you'll of differing views in ...

But let's start with the basics. what is an executive order? simply put, it's how the president uses his executive authority. it's a rule or an order that's issued to an executive agency within the government, and it has the force of law. all presidents issue executive orders. since george washington took office back in 1789, there have been nearly 14,000 of them. these are different from legislation. they don't require approval from congress, and congress can't just overturn them. only a sitting president can roll back an existing order. mr. biden says he plans to announce dozens of measures ...

Johnson tweeted the two countries are looking forward to deepening their longstanding alliance. he praised president biden's decision to rejoin the world health organization and the paris climate accord. president biden has signed well over two dozen executive orders focusing on the pandemic, the climate crisis, immigration, and racial equity, and more. we're devoting each segment this hour to these topics and to what legislation might look like under the new administration. let's start with the basics. what is an executive order? simply put, it's how the president uses his executive authori...