This is not carnival day in pumpkin
center
it is the day of days in washington dc
the presidential
presidential oath of office here comes
the inaugural parade
are you prepared to take the oath of
office as president of the united states
i am sir
left hand on the bible and raised your
right hand raise your right hand
you will raise your right hand and
repeat after me after me
i william jefferson clinton do solemnly
swear hi jimmy carter i'm barack hussein
obama i'm george walker bush
and i will faithfully execute the office
i will faithfully execute the office
execute the office of president to the
united states faithfully
faithfully the president officer
president of the united states united
states paperwork will to the best of my
ability best of my ability
eisenhower began his second term as
leader not only of america but
vice president lyndon b johnson and the
great stricken widow with them
takes the presidential oath aboard the
jet which brings him
together with the body of the late
president back to washington
the flag flies at half staff president
truman asks the full roosevelt cabinet
to remain in office
so help you god so help me god
so help me god so help me god so help me
god
so help me god go help you god go help
me god
so help me god
up
and that's what's happening in
washington dc today as the term of the
45th u.s
president ends and the term of the 46th
leader begins
cnn.com will have live coverage like so
many major events
things will look very different this
time around a far cry from any of the
historic clips you just saw
normally u.s lawmakers each get hundreds
of tickets
to fill about 200 thousand seats near
the front of the capitol building where
the president is sworn in
and hundreds of thousands more people
usually come to the national mall to
watch the event from a distance
we don't know how many people will come
to watch this year because of concerns
surrounding coronavirus president-elect
joe biden's planning team has asked the
public to watch online or on tv from
homeas far as congressional tickets go each
member of congress will get
two one for him or herself and one for a
guestfor a total of 1070 seats instead of 200
000 there will be additional seats for
other government members
justices of the supreme court and the
incoming president's cabinet nominees
and every one of those folks will have
to wear a mask the 45th u.s president
donald trump will not be there
several u.s leaders are known to have
avoided their successors inaugurations
for political reasons
president trump is the first in 150
years to do so
his last full day in office was tuesday
the 19th
the white house's official schedule said
he'd be working through the day
holding calls and meetings the 46th u.s
president joe biden spent part of the
19th attending a vigil for coronavirus
victimshe said his first priority as leader
will be addressing the pandemic
but he's also expected to release a
major immigration proposal on his first
day in officeand as president-elect biden prepared to
take the oath of that office
the u.s senate held hearings for his
cabinet nominees giving the advice and
consent required by the constitution
ten-second trivia the waters off ecuador
are believed to hold the world's largest
population of what
bull sharks sea turtles manta rays or
humpback whales
large population of the world's largest
species of ray
is located off ecuador
manta rays are classified as vulnerable
by the international union for
conservation of nature
what that means is that there's a high
risk they could become extinct in the
wild
giant mantas can weigh thousands of
pounds and have a wingspan approaching
30 feet
but their numbers are decreasing the us
government says the biggest
threat to them is commercial fishing
whether they're caught accidentally or
targeted for their meat or gill plates
which are used in chinese medicine
environmentalists say deteriorating
conditions in the mantas habitats are
also a problem
but there are a number of organizations
working to protect manta rays around the
world
and advocates say these animals are easy
to love
our ultimate purpose is to get manta
rays protected
worldwide and also to protect their
habitat that we know they need to
survive
education is a huge tool for this
we do education with local communities
alsoguests and try and reach out to as many
people as possible
to inspire them the way we are inspired
by the ocean
when we're out in the field we collect
lots of data
so we collect the id photos
we also record environmentals when we're
in the water so
current plankton weather wind
as these are all things that may
influence manta sightings
we also have an ultrasound system that
we use
that can help us to research their
fecundity
and reproductive systems and we also
have a system called a stereo video that
allows us to measure the mantas
once you see a manta ray there's no way
you couldn't care about them
being in the water with them you
understand how gentle they are
how charismatic they are
the more people are aware of manta rays
and their environment the more they're
going to want to protect them
if you think i'm loud this hotline's a
scream
the idea you call it you scream you hang
up you maybe go to the website and hear
other callers screams
the hotline was created by an elementary
school teacher it says whether people
are unhappy
terrified frustrated or elated they have
perfectly good reasons to scream
tens of thousands have reportedly called
to do this
so it's obviously struck a vocal cord a
cry for yup from thousands who want to
let it all shout
of course critics might howl in protest
supporters might shriek with laughter
but i guess if
all the voices are raised in high
pitched humor
all's whale that ends well hey we want
to give a shout to saint martin high
school the students watching in st
martin mississippi hope you don't mind
us giving you a holler
that's all the yelling i'm going to do
today at least on air but we'll see you
right back here tomorrow
I'm Carl Azuz. right back here tomorrow
I'm Carl Azuz.