01/20/2021 12:44
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Updated 01/20/2021 12:53 PM
After a mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington,
Joe Biden
and his wife Jill arrived at
the Capitol
at noon
on
Wednesday
for the official inauguration ceremony of the new president of the United States.
Important guests also arrived:
former presidents
.
The Obamas and the Clintons.
Republican George W. Bush and his wife Laura also joined the ceremony.
Each was announced
with a fanfare.
Legislative leaders were also present, as formula Joe Biden-Kamala Harris got ready to take the oath on the steps of the Capitol, where on January 6 a mob of Trumpists
took Congress by storm.
The Obamas go to Congress.
Photo: EFE
The only person who shouldn't have missed but did
was Donald Trump
.
The outgoing president is the first in more than a century to miss the handover ceremony.
Hours earlier on Wednesday, the inauguration of the new president began at the Cathedral of San Mateo Apóstol, just minutes after Donald Trump took off for Florida without greeting his successor.
Biden attended mass along with his vice
Kamala Harris
and the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress, as the outgoing president flew to his residence in Mar-a-Largo, promising that he will return soon and without naming the incoming president, although he did wish him luck. to the new administration.
Nancy Pelosi and her husband arrive at the Capitol.
Photo: EFE
"I'll be watching, I'll be listening ... we'll see you soon," Trump said at his almost private ceremony, with a group of supporters and family at Andrews Base.
In Washington, it will be a long day, one that Biden himself inaugurated with his own tweet:
"It's a new day in America
.
"
And then he added:
"Today, we start again, stay tuned."
It's a new day in America.
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 20, 2021
Today, we begin anew.
Tune in for # Inauguration2021.
https://t.co/HxfU8q5riA
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 20, 2021
Official agenda
This is
Joe Biden's
official schedule
for his inauguration as President of the United States and his first hours in the White House.
Always with Argentina time.
10:45 AM - President-elect, his wife, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her husband attended
church services
at St. Matthew the Apostle Cathedral in Washington DC.
Members of Congress at Mass in San Mateo Apostol.
Photo: AP
12:30 pm - President-elect, his wife, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her husband arrive at the Capitol.
1:15 PM - President-elect, his wife, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her husband participate in the swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill.
2:00 PM - Biden and Harris will be sworn in and the president-elect will deliver a keynote address on Capitol Hill.
3:40 PM - Biden and Harris will review the military on Capitol Hill
4:25 PM - Once in office, the President, First Lady, Vice President, and Second Knight will participate in an offering-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
5:15 PM - Biden, Harris and their respective partners are escorted into the White House.
Donald J. Trump says goodbye while boarding Marine One. Photo: EFE
First measures
7:15 PM - Biden will sign his first
executive orders
and other presidential actions in the Oval Office of the White House.
7:45 PM - Biden will swear in members of his team and cabinet from the Oval Office, although the ceremony will be held virtually.
21 - First media conference by press secretary Jen Psaki.
10:48 PM - Biden, Harris and their respective partners will participate in the show
"Celebrando América"
, which will feature great music stars and will be televised.
Then the president and vice president will speak.
11:55 PM Biden and Harris will appear on one of the White House balconies.
Look also
Donald Trump left the White House before Joe Biden's inauguration: "We'll be back."
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