At noon this Wednesday, Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States in a ceremony with pomp but no crowds on the esplanade of the Washington Mall, surrounded by an unprecedented deployment of security forces.
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Who are the guests?
He is expected to be attended by most members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, former Presidents Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle; George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, and Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, but not the outgoing one, Donald Trump, nor his wife, Melania.
The virtual program will be directed by the African American presenter Keke Palmer and will open with a message from Jill Biden, the wife of the president-elect, aimed at children and youth, about the history of the US presidency. UU.
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The time of the ceremony
Biden is expected to arrive at the Capitol around 11:15 a.m. when the ceremonies begin on a road mounted on the western façade of the Capitol and Leo J. O’Donovan, a Jesuit priest, uttered a religious invocation.
Next, Andrea Hall, the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of captain in the South Fulton Fire Department in Georgia, will recite the Oath of Allegiance.
Preparations include extensive security deployment in the vicinity of Capitol and Washington.
Who are the guest artists?
Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem and poet Amanda Gorman will read her verses composed for the occasion. Then Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks will sing, After that Silvester Beaman, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will give a blessing.
swearing
At 11:55 a.m., Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic magistrate of the Supreme Court, will take the oath as vice president of Kamala Harris, who will swear allegiance to the Constitution over two bibles: One that belonged to a friend, and another that belonged to Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American magistrate of the Supreme Court.
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As soon as the clock bells ring at noon, Supreme Court President John Roberts will take the constitutional oath that Biden will pronounce with his hand on an 1893 edition of the Bible, held by his wife.
The ceremony at the Capitol will culminate with a speech that the new president will address to the nation.
During Wednesday night there will be a whole musical and artistic show that can be followed virtually.
later, Biden and first lady Jill, along with Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will review a military training with squadrons of the four armed forces, in honor of the peaceful transfer of power to a new commander-in-chief, and will move to Arlington National Cemetery to place a floral offering at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Surrounded by honorary military escorts, Biden and Jill, accompanied by Harris and Emhoff, will then go to the White house, Of which the then ex – president will have gone a few hours before Donald Trump, who refused to participate in the transmission of command. During the afternoon there will be celebrations and artistic performances across the country.
Starting at 8:30 pm Tom Hanks, Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington will present a 90-minute virtual show featuring Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Jon Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Demi Lovato, Ant Celmons, Ozuna, Luis Fonsi and Lin-Manuel Miranda, among others.
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