ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 20, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, BREAKING. NEWS, AS WE COME ON THE AIR FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RETURNS. TO THE WHITE HOUSE. PROMISING A GOLDEN AGE OF. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY. LAUNCHING HIS AGENDA, VOWING. SWEEPING CHANGES ON IMMIGRATION. AND THE BORDER, AND PROMISING. ACTION REGARDING HUNDREDS OF. JANUARY 6th DEFENDANTS. >>> TONIGHT THE INAUGURATION OF. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> David: AMERICA AND THE WORLD. WITNESSING PRESIDENT TRUMP. TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR A. SECOND TIME. THE CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY. TODAY, A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF. POWER. DANGEROUSLY COLD WEATHER MOVING.

THE INAUGURATION INDOORS FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE RONALD REAGAN. IN 1985. EXTRAORDINARY IMAGES UNFOLDING. THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE. AND THEN THE WELCOME AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. THE BIDENS REACHING OUT TO THE. TRUMPS. BIDEN TELLING TRUMP, WELCOME. HOME. PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERING HIS. INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO THE NATION, SAYING HE WANTS TO BE A. PEACEMAKER AND UNIFIER AND. PROMISING TO COMPLETELY AND. TOTALLY REVERSE THE WORK OF THE. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH JOE. BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS SITTING. RIGHT NEXT TO HIM.

AND AFTER FIVE DECADES IN. POLITICS, PRESIDENT BIDEN. TONIGHT LEAVING WASHINGTON FOR. THE LAST TIME. THE MOVING MOMENT FLYING OVER. WASHINGTON, THE CAPITOL, AND THE. WHITE HOUSE ONE FINAL TIME. PRESIDENT TRUMP WASTING NO TIME. SETTING THE TONE FOR HIS NEXT. FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE, HIS PLANS. TO SIGN AT LEAST 100 EXECUTIVE. ACTIONS, DECLARING A NATIONAL. EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. TONIGHT. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED HE PLANS TO. ISSUE SWEEPING PARDONS FOR. PRISONERS CONVICTED IN THE. JANUARY 6th ATTACK ON THE. CAPITOL. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TONIGHT.

MEANTIME IN HIS FINAL HOURS IN. OFFICE TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN. ISSUING LAST-MINUTE PARDONS TO. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, RETIRED. GENERAL MARK MILLEY, FORMER. CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY, AND. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. WHO INVESTIGATED JANUARY 6th. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING THEY DID. NOTHING WRONG BUT THAT HE STILL. WANTED TO PROTECT THEM. OUR TEAM IS SPREAD OUT TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THIS. HISTORIC NIGHT. >>> ALSO ON THIS MONDAY EVENING, THE DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND.

BRUTAL COLD FROM THE ROCKIES TO. THE DEEP SOUTH AND ALL THE WAY. UP INTO THE NORTHEAST. TONIGHT STATES OF EMERGENCY IN. PLACES, THE MAJOR PILEUP ON I-96. IN MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO INTO THE. SINGLE DIGITS. >>> AND ON THIS DAY, AMERICANS. ACROSS THE NATION PAUSED TO. HONOR THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN. LUTHER KING JR., AND WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID TODAY ABOUT. HIS INAUGURATION FALLING ON THIS. DAY. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS "ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR, REPORTING. TONIGHT FROM WASHINGTON.

>> David: AND GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT FROM WASHINGTON. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON AN. HISTORIC DAY IN AMERICA. THE INAUGURATION OF DONALD TRUMP. AS THE NATION'S 47th PRESIDENT. THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU LIVE ALL. DAY LONG. THIS DAY NOT LIKE ANYTHING WE'VE. SEEN BEFORE, TRUMP THE 45th. PRESIDENT, RETURNING AS THE 47th. PRESIDENT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS AS A. COUNTRY SINCE GROVER CLEVELAND, IN FACT. THE CEREMONY MOVED INDOORS. BECAUSE OF THE COLD. THE NEW PRESIDENT ON TRACK TO. TAKE A RECORD NUMBER OF.

EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY ONE. AND IN THE FINAL HOURS OF HIS. ADMINISTRATION, THE NOW FORMER. PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO ISSUING. LAST-MINUTE PARDONS. WE HAVE IT ALL COVERED TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING THE OATH. OF OFFICE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN. THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA, THE FIRST. TIME INSIDE SINCE RONALD. REAGAN'S SECOND TERM BACK IN. 1985. BUT IT BEGAN WITH THIS MOMENT. RIGHT HERE, DONALD AND MELANIA. TRUMP ARRIVING AT THE WHITE. HOUSE, GREETED BY THE BIDENS. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING, WELCOME. HOME, TO DONALD TRUMP. A TRADITION FOR DECADES, BUT ONE.

THAT DONALD TRUMP DID NOT HONOR. FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN JOE BIDEN. WON. AFTER HAVING THE TEA INSIDE THAT. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T DRINK TEA, THEY DID MEET FOR THE WHITE. HOUSE TEA THAT IS PART OF THE. INAUGURAL TRADITION. THE TWO PRESIDENTS LEAVING. TOGETHER. THEY SHARED A RIDE TOGETHER TO. THE CAPITOL. IN TRUMP'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISING A NEW. GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA, PROMISING. TO BE A PEACEMAKER AND A. UNIFIER, BUT ALSO HARSHLY. CRITICAL OF THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION WITH BIDEN AND. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SITTING. JUST BEHIND HIM. THAT FINAL MOMENT OF THE. TRANSFER OF POWER, THE NEW. PRESIDENT ESCORTING FORMER.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE FORMER. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN TO A. WAITING HELICOPTER, FLYING OVER. THE CAPITOL FOR THE LAST TIME, ENDING A DECADES-LONG POLITICAL. CAREER. INSTEAD OF THE PARADE THROUGH. THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON, A. RALLY JUST MOMENTS AGO AT THE. CAPITAL ONE ARENA. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FIRST. LADY WILL ATTEND THREE INAUGURAL. BALLS TONIGHT. WE WILL BE HERE FOR IT ALL. A PRIME-TIME SPECIAL 10:00 P.M. EASTERN TONIGHT. BUT WE BEGIN HERE WITH OUR CHIEF. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY. BRUCE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMERICA'S.

HISTORIC AND PEACEFUL TRANSFER. OF POWER ON FULL DISPLAY. JOE BIDEN GREETING DONALD TRUMP. AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH TWO. WORDS, WELCOME HOME. >> WELCOME HOME. >> Reporter: POLITE HANDSHAKES. BETWEEN THE BIDENS AND THE. TRUMPS. AND THEN THE FOUR ENTERING FOR. THE TRADITIONAL PRE-INAUGURATION. TEA. OVER AT THE CAPITOL, THE. AUDIENCE ASSEMBLING. AND IN PRIME SEATS AMONG THE. INCOMING CABINET SECRETARIES, SOME OF THE NATION'S TOP TECH. CEOs, AMAZON'S JEFF BEZOS,

META'S MARK ZUCKERBERG, APPLE'S. TIM COOK, AND OF COURSE TRUMP'S. CLOSE ADVISER, ELON MUSK. BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THE. TRUMPS AND BIDENS VISITING FOR. ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE EMERGING. FOR THAT RIDE TO THAT CAPITOL. THE FIRST LADIES WALKING TO. THEIR CAR.

>> Reporter: AND THEN, THE. PRESIDENTS. >> Reporter: AS THE MOTORCADE. ROLLED THROUGH THE STREETS, FORMER PRESIDENTS FILING INTO. THE ROTUNDA. THE CLINTONS, THE BUSHS, AND. BARACK OBAMA WALKING ALONE. FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA. NOT ATTENDING.

THE ROTUNDA PACKED, AS TRUMP. MADE HIS ENTRANCE. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED. STATES, THE HONORABLE DONALD. JOHN TRUMP. [ APPLAUSE ]. ♪♪. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT.

VANCE SWORN IN, HIS WIFE HOLDING. THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. VICE. PRESIDENT. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND REPEAT AFTER --. >> Reporter: AND THEN IT WAS. TRUMP'S TURN, TAKING THE OATH. FOR THE SECOND TIME. >> I DONALD JOHN TRUMP DO. SOLEMNLY SWEAR --. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY. EXECUTE --. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY. EXECUTE --. >> THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF. THE UNITED STATES --. >> THE OFF THIS OF PRESIDENT OF.

THE UNITED STATES --. >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY. ABILITY --. >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY. ABILITY --. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND. DEFEND --. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND. DEFEND --. >> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE. UNITED STATES --. >> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE. UNITED STATES --. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: A HANDSHAKE WITH. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP. LAUNCHING INTO HIS INAUGURAL. ADDRESS.

>> THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA. BEGINS RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: WITH BIDEN LOOKING. ON, TRUMP PLEDGING TO BRING BACK. WHAT HE CALLED A NATION IN. DECLINE. >> MY RECENT ELECTION IS A. MANDATE TO COMPLETELY AND. TOTALLY REVERSE A HORRIBLE. BETRAYAL AND ALL OF THESE MANY. BETRAYALS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. AND TO GIVE THE PEOPLE BACK. THEIR FAITH, THEIR WEALTH, THEIR. DEMOCRACY, AND, INDEED, THEIR.

FREEDOM. FROM THIS MOMENT ON, AMERICA'S. DECLINE IS OVER. >> Reporter: VOWING TO USHER IN. A, QUOTE, REVOLUTION OF COMMON. SENSE, STARTING WITH A SWEEPING. SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. >> I WILL DECLARE A NATIONAL. EMERGENCY AT OUR SOUTHERN. BORDER. [ APPLAUSE ]. ALL ILLEGAL ENTRY WILL.

IMMEDIATELY BE HALTED, AND WE. WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF. RETURNING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS. OF CRIMINAL ALIENS BACK TO THE. PLACES FROM WHICH THEY CAME. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WITH. THIS PROMISE. >> WE WILL MEASURE OUR SUCCESS. NOT ONLY BY THE BATTLES WE WIN, BUT ALSO BY THE WARS THAT WE END. AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WARS WE NEVER GET INTO. MY PROUDEST LEGACY WILL BE THAT.

OF A PEACEMAKER AND UNIFIER. >> Reporter: AND THIS VOW --. >> NEVER AGAIN WILL THE IMMENSE. POWER OF THE STATE BE WEAPONIZED. TO PERSECUTE POLITICAL. OPPONENTS, SOMETHING I KNOW. SOMETHING ABOUT. WE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT TO. HAPPEN. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> Reporter: HIS TONE, DEFIANT. >> MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS. IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO STAGE SUCH. A HISTORIC POLITICAL COMEBACK. BUT AS YOU SEE TODAY, HERE I AM.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: AFTER THE PRESIDENT. WAS FINISHED, CARRIE UNDERWOOD. WITH A LAST-MINUTE PIVOT TO SING. A CAPELLA. ♪ OH, BEAUTIFUL ♪. ♪ FOR SPACIOUS SKIES ♪. ♪ FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN ♪. >> Reporter: TRUMP FAMOUSLY.

SKIPPED JOE BIDEN'S. INAUGURATION, BUT BIDEN WAS. DETERMINED TO STICK WITH. TRADITION. AND SO TODAY, THE NEW PRESIDENT. AND FIRST LADY ESCORTING THE. BIDENS OUT OF THE CAPITOL TO THE. WAITING HELICOPTER. HANDSHAKES, THE FIRST LADIES. EXCHANGING HUGS, AND THEN THE. TRUMPS WAVING GOOD-BYE, AS THE. BIDENS FLEW OFF. BUT IN THE 11th HOUR OF HIS. PRESIDENCY, JOE BIDEN WITH SOME.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS, ISSUING. PRE-EMPTIVE PARDONS FOR PUBLIC. OFFICIALS WHO'D INCURRED TRUMP'S. WRATH, INCLUDING FORMER TOP. HEALTH ADVISER, DR. ANTHONY. FAUCI, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, MARK. MILLEY, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE. JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE, INCLUDING. CHAIRWOMAN LIZ CHENEY, WRITING. THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE. SERVED OUR NATION WITH HONOR AND. DISTINCTION AND DO NOT DESERVE. TO BE THE TARGETS OF UNJUSTIFIED. AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. PROSECUTIONS.

AND STRESSING THE PARDONS SHOULD. NOT BE MISTAKEN AS AN. ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEY ENGAGED. IN ANY WRONG DOING. BIDEN ALSO ISSUING PRE-EMPTIVE. PARDONS TO FIVE MEMBERS OF HIS. OWN FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS. BROTHER AND SISTER, SAYING, MY. FAMILY HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO. UNRELENTING ATTACKS AND THREATS, MOTIVATED SOLELY BY A DESIRE TO. HURT ME. I HAVE TO NO REASON TO BELIEVE. THESE ATTACKS WILL END. TRUMP CLEARLY ANGERED BY THE. LAST-MINUTE PARDONS. >>. >> TERRIBLE WHAT HE SAID.

WHY ARE WE HELPING SOME OF THE. PEOPLE? >> Reporter: AS TRUMP SPOKE A. LONG AIRING OF GRIEVANCES, BIDEN. WAS HEADING FOR THE PLANE AND. HIS FAREWELL. >> IT'S BEEN THE HONOR OF MY. LIFE TO SERVE AS YOUR PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: WITH WASHINGTON IN. A DEEP FREEZE, THE TRADITIONAL. PARADE SCRAPPED, THE PRESIDENT. HEADING TO A CELEBRATION AT THE. CAPITAL ONE ARENA. THE JUBILANT PROCESSION OF. MARCHING BANDS, AND IN. WASHINGTON, A NEW ERA BEGINS. >> David: DONALD TRUMP, THE 47th.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE NOW. WE SAW ELON MUSK AT A FRONT ROW. SEAT IN THE ROTUNDA TODAY. HE SPOKE TO THE CROWD AT THE. CAPITAL ONE ARENA, ACTUALLY WENT. THERE BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP. DID. AND TONIGHT YOU'VE LEARNED HE'S. BEEN SPOTTED INSIDE THE WEST. WING. >> Reporter: DAVID, ELON MUSK. HAS BEEN SPOTTED INSIDE THE WEST. WING TONIGHT. HE'S BEEN GIVEN WHAT'S. ESSENTIALLY AN ALL ACCESS. SECURITY PASS. AND HE IS LIKELY TO GET AN. OFFICE THERE IN THE WEST WING AS. WELL. >> David: IN THE WEST WING AS. WELL. SOMETHING TO WATCH HERE.

MARY BRUCE. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MEANWHILE ON. TRACK TO SCORES OF EXECUTIVE. ACTIONS ON THIS DAY ONE OF HIS. ADMINISTRATION. AMONG THEM, DECLARING A NATIONAL. EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN. BORDER, DECLARING AN ENERGY. EMERGENCY, AND REVERSING MANY OF. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S. INITIATIVES. OUR SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT. TONIGHT AT THE CAPITAL ONE. ARENA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT JUST HOURS. AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN, PRESIDENT. TRUMP GETTING RIGHT DOWN TO. BUSINESS, SIGNING A RECORD. NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS. AT CAPITAL ONE ARENA IN FRONT OF. A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS, TRUMP.

PUTTING INTO MOTION HIS DAY ONE. ACTIONS. >> I'M ABOUT TO SIGN SOME VERY. IMPORTANT EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF. OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION. >> Reporter: SIGNING ORDERS ON. THE ECONOMY, GENDER, AND. IMMIGRATION, DECLARING THAT. NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE. SOUTHERN BORDER, REINSTATING THE. REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY, AND. DESIGNATING CARTELS AS FOREIGN. TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. >> AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, I HAVE. NO HIGHER RESPONSIBILITY THAN TO. DEFEND OUR COUNTRY FROM THREATS. AND INVASIONS, AND THAT IS.

EXACTLY WHAT I AM GOING TO DO. WE WILL DO IT AT A LEVEL THAT. NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. VOWING TO RENAME THE GULF OF. MEXICO THE GULF OF AMERICA. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING. THE NAME OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. TO THE GULF OF AMERICA. >> Reporter: TRUMP ALSO. DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. ON ENERGY. >> WE WILL DRILL, BABY, DRILL. AMERICA WILL BE A MANUFACTURING. NATION ONCE AGAIN, AND WE HAVE.

SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER. MANUFACTURING NATION WILL EVER. HAVE, THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF OIL. AND GAS OF ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH. AND WE ARE GOING TO USE IT. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN FRONT. OF THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS HERE. AT THE CAPITAL ONE ARENA, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED. SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, INCLUDING WITHDRAWING FROM THE. PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD. THE PRESIDENT MAKING CLEAR THAT. MANY MORE ARE ON THE WAY. BUT EVEN HIS ALLIES ON CAPITOL. HILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE WILL.

NEED THE HELP OF CONGRESS TO GET. MUCH OF HIS AGENDA ACROSS THE. FINISH LINE, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT. ANOTHER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ACTIONS TONIGHT, PARDONING OR. COMMUTING THE SENTENCES OF. HUNDREDS CONVICTED IN THE. JANUARY 6th ATTACK ON THE. CAPITOL. >> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF VIOLENT. OFFENDERS WENT TO PRISON FOR. ATTACKING POLICE AND JANUARY.

6th, USING EVERYTHING FROM FLAG. POLES, EVEN CATTLE PRODS. TONIGHT THE POSSIBILITY OF. SWEEPING PARDONS AND. COMMUTATIONS COULD PUT A NAIL IN. THE COFFINS OF -- IN HISTORY. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS, IN. ADDITION TO FREEING ALL. NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS, THE. PRESIDENT IS PREPARED TO FREE. SOME OR EVEN ALL OF THE MOST. VIOLENT. ALSO POTENTIALLY IMPACTED OATH. KEEPER FOUNDER STEWART RHODES, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE PROUD BOYS,

ENRIQUE TARRIO, BOTH CONVICTED. OF CONSPIRACY AND TRYING TO. OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. TRUMP PROMISED TO FREE THE. SO-CALLED J6 DEFENDANTS. AT THE INAUGURATION TODAY, SPEAKING TO THE OVER-FILLED. CROWD, PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN. TEASED THE POSSIBILITY. >> I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE. J6 HOSTAGES. BUT YOU'LL BE HAPPY BECAUSE YOU. KNOW IT'S ACTION, NOT WORDS, THAT COUNT.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF. ACTION ON THE J6 HOSTAGES. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS THAT TRUMP'S TOP ADVISERS. HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR PARDONS. FOR SOME TIME. BUT THOSE SAME SOURCES CONFIRM. NOTHING IS SET IN STONE UNTIL. TRUMP FORMALLY SIGNS THE. PAPERWORK. THEN WE CAN SEE THE DETAILS. DAVID? >> David: PIERRE THOMAS LIVE AT. THE CAPITOL TONIGHT. PIERRE, THANKS SO MUCH. >>> LET'S GET BACK TO THE TEAM. THAT'S BEEN WITH ME ALL DAY LONG. ON ABC. A QUICK LIGHTNING ROUND HERE. OUR CHIEF WASHINGTON. CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL,

WHAT DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS TO DO NOW IN THESE. EARLY DAYS OF HIS. ADMINISTRATION? >> LOOK, HE SET THE BAR. EXTREMELY HIGH. IN HIS SPEECH, HE SAID, THE. GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA STARTS. RIGHT NOW. HE MADE SPECIFIC PROMISES, LIKE. BRINGING PRICES DOWN. WE'RE MUCH BEYOND THAT. SO, NOW HE HAS TO DELIVER. AND DAVID, WE SAW HIM DO SOME. EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. GETTING STUFF THROUGH CONGRESS. IS GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH MORE. DIFFICULT, GIVEN THE NARROW. MAJORITY. HE'S GOT THE MAJORITY, BUT IT'S. OH SO NARROW. >> David: YOU MENTIONED PRICES.

EXECUTIVE ACTION ON THE BORDER. WILL DEFINITELY BE COMING. BRINGING PRICES DOWN MIGHT BE. THE BIGGER CHALLENGE AS WE MOVE. AHEAD IN THE MONTHS TO COME. MARTHA RADDATZ, YOU TOOK NOTE. THAT THE FAMILIES OF THE. HOSTAGES WERE IN THE ARENA, AND. MANY OF THEM IN RECENT DAYS HAVE. GIVEN DONALD TRUMP CREDIT FOR. GETTING THE CEASEFIRE ACROSS THE. FINISH LINE. >> ABSOLUTELY. THEY EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR. WHAT HE DID AND HIS TEAM DID TO. GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. OF COURSE JOE BIDEN'S BEEN. WORKING ON IT 15 MONTHS. BUT THE HARD PART IS AHEAD. THIS IS NOT OVER. THIS IS A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE, PHASE ONE. ALTHOUGH DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE.

VERY CLEAR THERE WILL BE HELL TO. PAY IF ALL THE HOSTAGES ARE NOT. RELEASED, DAVID. >> David: I THINK I THANK ALL OF. YOU STEADY AND BALANCED ALL DAY. LONG IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL. COMING UP TONIGHT, A FULL WRAP. UP, INCLUDING THE EVENING'S. INAUGURAL BALLS AND EVENTS, AND. IF FIRST 100 DAYS, WHAT TO. EXPECT IN THESE EARLY MONTHS OF. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. A VERY SPECIAL "2020" TONIGHT. 10:00 P.M. EASTERN. OUR POWER HOUSE POLITICAL TEAM. WILL BE RIGHT BACK HERE, 10:00.

P.M. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE DANGEROUS WINTER. STORM FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE. NORTHEAST. ALSO WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW. SAYING TONIGHT ABOUT THE FUTURE. OF TIKTOK. AND OF COURSE THE NATION ALSO. HONORING THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TONIGHT. TONIGHT HERE, WE'RE TRACKING. A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM FROM. THE ROCKIES TO THE NORTHEAST. ALABAMA AND GEORGIA IN FACT. DECLARING STATES OF EMERGENCY. TONIGHT. SNOW AND ICE CAUSING A MAJOR. PILEUP ON I-96 NEAR GRAND. RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. LOOK AT THE IMAGES TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. EXPECTED FROM TEXAS TO GEORGIA.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON "WORLD. NEWS TONIGHT," WHAT PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS SIGNALING ABOUT THE. FUTURE OF TIKTOK IN THE U.S. THE NATION TONIGHT PAYING. TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER. KING JR. IN A MOMENT. >> David: TONIGHT, TIKTOK BACK. UP AND RUNNING FOR ITS 170. MILLION USERS AFTER A BRIEF. SHUTDOWN. PRESIDENT TRUMP PLANNING TO SIGN. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DELAYING THE. NATIONWIDE BAN OF THE. CHINESE-OWNED APP FOR AT LEAST. 90 DAYS. THE BIPARTISAN LAW PASSED BY. CONGRESS AND UPHELD BY THE. SUPREME COURT CITING NATIONAL. SECURITY CONCERNS OVER AMERICANS. AND THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE NATION PAYS TRIBUTE.

TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING LATER. TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON ABC. >> David: BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT. HERE, THE NATION HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ON WHAT. WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 96th. BIRTHDAY. IN NASHVILLE, YOUNG CHILDREN. MARCHED IN AN MLK DAY PARADE. IN SAN FRANCISCO THEY CARRIED. SIGNS TO KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP PAYING. TRIBUTE IN HIS INAUGURAL. ADDRESS, SAYING, QUOTE, IN HIS. HONOR, WE WILL STRIVE TOGETHER. TO MAKE HISTORY A REALITY. WE WILL MAKE HIS DREAM COME. TRUE.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ON ABC. ALL DAY LONG. I'LL SEE YOU FOR THAT PRIME-TIME. SPECIAL, 10:00 P.M. EASTERN, WHAT TO EXPECT IN THESE FIRST. 100 DAYS. I'LL SEE YOU THEN. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.