20 Jan 2021

Inauguration eve in the US

From Afternoons, 1:27 pm on 20 January 2021

On the day before a new presidents is sworn into office in the U.S, Feature Story chief correspondent Simon Marks talks to Jesse about the legacy of the outgoing administration.

He also explains how different tomorrow's ceremony will be against a backdrop of a pandemic and threat of violence by far right extremists.

Members of the US National Guard stand watch at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 17, 2021, during a nationwide protest called by anti-government and far-right groups supporting US President Donald Trump and his claim of electoral fraud in the November 3 presidential election.

Photo: AFP

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