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Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's.

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Speaker 2: Well Overnight, America has started its next chapter in the

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Speaker 2: early hours of this morning, for US America's forty sixth

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Speaker 2: president was sworn in Joe Biden. It was eleven minutes early.

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Speaker 2: Very strange experience I'm imagining in COVID times and added security.

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Speaker 2: Amelia Adams Channel nine's Amelia Adams has been a woman

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Speaker 2: on the spot for the last few months in America.

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Speaker 2: When she joins US now, Hi, Amelia.

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Speaker 1: Yes, good morning to you both. That afternoon from a

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Speaker 1: very empty National Hall, it has been very unusual, not

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Speaker 1: a person in sight, not the crowds and the vibes

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Speaker 1: that were used to seeing every four years, but nonetheless

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Speaker 1: a lovely celebration. We saw Lady Gaga and j Low

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Speaker 1: and lovely emotional moments when Kamala Harris made his street,

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Speaker 1: of course, the first woman to be sworn in as

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Speaker 1: the US Vice President. And then you know you've got

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Speaker 1: a hand it to Joe Biden. He's had a long

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Speaker 1: career in politics, fifty years and sixth Senate terms and

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Speaker 1: two terms as vice president, three runs for presidents, and

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Speaker 1: today he got to stand on that stage and make

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Speaker 1: his innovable speech and.

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Speaker 3: His detractors will say that he's been trying to he's

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Speaker 3: been at it for forty eight years and trying to

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Speaker 3: get there, and he hasn't done anything. That's pretty unfair,

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Speaker 3: isn't it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. He's had a very long and involved

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Speaker 1: in wealth, some will say successful career in politics, and

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Speaker 1: obviously he was President Obama's right ham man for eight years.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's certainly a man of resilience, and I

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Speaker 1: think a lot of people would probably agree that. So

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Speaker 1: many people expected Joe Biden to become president, you know

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Speaker 1: this time last year, certainly January last year, in the primary,

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Speaker 1: got picked off. He was far from the top of

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Speaker 1: the list of Democratic contenders. He didn't do well in

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Speaker 1: the debate. In fact, Kamala Harris smashed him in one

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Speaker 1: of them. So you know, to see him men get

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Speaker 1: to the point where he was nominated and he was

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Speaker 1: seen as the right person for the job and perhaps

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Speaker 1: you know, the voice of reason that brought the voice

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Speaker 1: of experience. And he's also had a lot of you know,

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Speaker 1: personal tragedy in his life. He lost the wife, his

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Speaker 1: lost children. So he comes to the job, I think

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Speaker 1: with a great deal of empathy and he has wasted

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Speaker 1: absolutely no time in making it very clear, which you

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Speaker 1: know he really did throughout the campaign, that his priority

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Speaker 1: is to get this pandemic on track, because we're just

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Speaker 1: kind of spiraling out of control here in the US

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Speaker 1: with the figures and the death holes that you would

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Speaker 1: have been seeing. And even in his in Orgal's breach today,

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Speaker 1: Joe Biden led a moment's silence silence at prayer for

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Speaker 1: the COVID victims, and his first act as president was

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Speaker 1: to sign an executive order mandating masks, face masks, and

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Speaker 1: all fodial property. So, uh yeah, he's gotten straight down

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Speaker 1: to work. Even as the formalities continued, there.

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Speaker 2: Was some discussion that I saw some people calling for

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Speaker 2: almost like a virtual inauguration because of the because of COVID,

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Speaker 2: because of the security issues that are so heightened at

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Speaker 2: the moment. But it did seem to go off without

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Speaker 2: any any any fear today, any.

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Speaker 1: Hitches so far, and the security is so intense, so

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Speaker 1: it's hard to sort of understand it if you're not looking,

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Speaker 1: you know, when you're seeing all these troops with their

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Speaker 1: guns and sensors with razor wire, it is quite confronting.

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Speaker 1: There haven't been any protests or travel. Yet we've got

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Speaker 1: a couple of hours of celebrations to get through. A

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Speaker 1: lot of this is actually virtual. In fact, all afternoon

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Speaker 1: and evening there's a big virtual like a TV showed.

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Speaker 1: I think Tom Hanks is he's hosting it. You know,

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Speaker 1: they've been Joe Biden's inauguration team has been asking Americans

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Speaker 1: to stay home and not come to this event for months,

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Speaker 1: and so people have listened. And then, of course two

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Speaker 1: weeks ago, with the attack on the Capitol here and

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Speaker 1: the security that followed, I think, you know, people have

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Speaker 1: heeded that advice that you've.

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Speaker 3: Been front and center, and I've been watching on the Telly.

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Speaker 3: So how weird was it to be there for the

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Speaker 3: insurrection a couple of weeks ago to now that that

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Speaker 1: It is, it is surreal, Jonesy, And I mean right

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Speaker 1: now I'm standing, I'm standing where I'm standing exactly two

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Speaker 1: weeks ago today as a sort of a crush of

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Speaker 1: Trump supporters moved up them all with it and then

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Speaker 1: you know, smashing their way into the hallways of power

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Speaker 1: and all of the drama and violence that followed. And

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Speaker 1: then you know, to look at it now as I

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Speaker 1: am transformed into this beautiful, peaceful stage where democracy, you know,

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Speaker 1: has has prevailed. And then only last week, you know,

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Speaker 1: there was an impeachment, another impeachment boat here in the House.

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Speaker 1: But the Capitol buildings had a pretty tumultuous history throughout

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Speaker 1: American history. But even to the last two weeks have

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Speaker 1: been unbelievable, really unpredictable. And you know, obviously, one glaring,

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Speaker 1: glaring difference the day, apart from the lack of clouds

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Speaker 1: and all the truths, is the lack of the outgoing president,

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Speaker 1: which hasn't happened for more than one hundred and fifty years,

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Speaker 1: and an outgoing commander in chief would skip inauguration and that.

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Speaker 3: Kind of speaks volumes as well. I just noticed with

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Speaker 3: Mike Pence being there, he is showing out because obviously

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Speaker 3: he wants a career in politics down the track. So

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Speaker 3: even he is considered, but Trump hasn't.

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Speaker 2: And Trump's final words, Amelia, Trump's final words, He still

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Speaker 2: never conceded, did.

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Speaker 1: He He did? He did concede. Yeah, he put out

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Speaker 1: a video or message the night after the riots. I

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Speaker 1: was here, and he put a Twitter video out just

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Speaker 1: before he got Baan considered I think in which he

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Speaker 1: said there will be a new administration on the twentieth

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Speaker 1: of January. So you know that was a concession. But

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Speaker 1: he had never reached out to Joe Biden. I've thoughts

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Speaker 1: he has never reached out for the Bidens in any way,

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Speaker 1: shape or form. He took off early this morning to Florida.

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Speaker 1: We are told he did leave the letter in the

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Speaker 1: death gives the Oval Office. That is maybe the only

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Speaker 1: tradition that he is honored and he wouldn't you love

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Speaker 1: to Nobody wrote I.

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Speaker 3: Wouldn't you love to see that letter?

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Speaker 1: Amelia.

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Speaker 3: Come on us, stay safe. You've done such a great

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Speaker 3: job over there, and thank you for joining us this morning. Amelia.

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Speaker 3: We'll be watching on Channel nine, no doubt, throughout the

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Speaker 3: day and tonight with Peter's News.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Great to talk to you both. Bye.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Amelia.

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Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's