01:17.2
It went very, very well.
01:19.9
I hope they enjoy this home as much as Jill and I have.
01:23.6
But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House,
01:26.9
he will forever and fundamentally
01:29.6
alter the character of this nation.
01:32.1
And I cannot stand by and watch that happen.
01:34.9
That's why today I'm announcing my candidacy
01:37.0
for President of the United States.
01:42.6
We're going to win this race.
01:44.5
We're going to beat Donald Trump.
01:46.1
And I promise you, we're going to change America,
01:49.7
all of America, for the better.
01:53.8
Now let me introduce to you,
01:55.4
for the first time,
01:58.1
your next Vice President of the United States,
02:01.6
Kamala, the floor is yours.
02:03.6
You were a Senator, and by the way, you were a Vice...
02:05.6
You're the worst President America has ever had.
02:09.6
Hey, let me just...
02:11.6
Wait a minute, you get the final word, Mr. President.
02:13.6
Well, it's hard to get any word in with this clown.
02:15.6
Excuse me, this person.
02:17.6
Hey, let me just say...
02:19.6
No, no, no, I'm Mr. President.
02:21.6
Three and a half million.
02:23.6
I'll never surrender.
02:25.6
We're going to beat this virus.
02:27.6
We're going to get it under control.
02:31.6
the first step to beating this virus
02:33.6
is beating Donald Trump.
02:39.6
You're going to be the next President
02:41.6
of the United States.
03:05.6
The people of this nation have spoken.
03:09.6
They've delivered us a clear victory.
03:11.6
A convincing victory.
03:19.6
We've won with the most votes
03:21.6
ever cast on a presidential ticket
03:23.6
in the history of the nation.
03:25.6
Seventy-four million.
03:27.6
Seventy-four million.
03:29.6
And when you take a step back
03:31.6
and you look at the way the President
03:33.6
is handling this, his refusal to concede,
03:35.6
what do you think is really going on here?
03:37.6
Well, I don't know
03:39.6
his motive, but I, I just think
03:41.6
he's totally irresponsible.
04:09.5
Let me be very clear.
04:17.8
The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America,
04:24.1
do not represent who we are.
04:27.6
What we're seeing are a small number of extremists
04:32.5
dedicated to lawlessness.
04:36.0
This is not dissent.
04:41.7
It borders on sedition.
04:44.4
And it must end now.
04:47.8
The votes for President of the United States are as follows.
04:51.1
Joseph R. Biden Jr. of the state of Delaware has received 306 votes.
04:57.6
Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 232 votes.
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The purpose of the joint session having concluded,
05:06.8
pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 117th Congress,
05:12.1
the Chair declares the joint session dissolved.
05:16.4
I, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., do solemnly swear
05:19.9
that I will faithfully execute
05:21.9
that I will faithfully execute
05:24.0
the office of President of the United States,
05:26.6
the office of President of the United States,
05:27.4
the office of President of the United States,
05:27.6
and will to the best of my ability
05:30.8
and will to the best of my ability
05:32.9
preserve, protect, and defend
05:34.9
preserve, protect, and defend
05:37.2
the Constitution of the United States
05:39.5
the Constitution of the United States
05:43.3
Congratulations, Mr. President.
05:51.2
We've learned again
05:52.7
that democracy is precious.
05:56.0
Democracy is fragile.
05:57.6
And at this hour, my friends,
06:00.4
democracy has prevailed.
06:08.4
Hey, Doctor, how are you?
06:09.9
Mr. President, how are you?
06:11.2
You're going to be doing a lot of talking for the next while.
06:13.6
We will get through this.
06:15.9
We will defeat this pandemic.
06:18.5
And to a nation waiting for action,
06:20.6
let me be the clearest on this point.
06:23.0
Help is on the way.
06:24.7
To heal, we must remember.
06:32.2
It's hard sometimes to remember.
06:36.3
But that's how we heal.
06:45.3
This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
06:49.2
That's why I'm moving forward
06:50.9
with vaccination requirements wherever I can.
06:54.7
As they study the Omicron variant,
07:02.6
we have just two cases reported here in the United States.
07:08.0
But as I explained on money,
07:09.6
this new variant is cause for concern,
07:12.9
Even though worry is also a big attacker,
07:17.7
this country is strong enough to get ethnicallyить
07:19.0
the COVID-19 variants.
07:25.6
I'm announcing that I'll direct all states,
07:28.5
and our territories
07:30.2
to make all adults,
07:31.0
guys aged 18 and over,
07:33.5
eligible to get vaccinated
07:35.2
no later than May 1.
07:37.5
Hey folks guess you heard
07:39.3
This morning I tested positive for COVID
07:41.1
But i've been double vaccinated,
07:42.7
boosted. Symptoms are mild
07:44.7
and I really appreciate
07:47.0
your inquiries and your concerns.
07:57.6
I promise the American people
08:04.8
becoming an overused phrase that help was
08:10.6
with the American Rescue Plan,
08:12.7
now signed into law,
08:15.0
we've delivered on that promise.
08:16.9
And I don't mean I've delivered, we've delivered.
08:25.5
Madam Vice President,
08:35.0
those words from this
08:37.0
podium. No president has ever said those
08:39.2
words. And it's about time.
08:42.7
The worst pandemic
08:46.5
The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
08:50.9
on our democracy since the
08:58.6
I can report to the nation,
09:08.5
The American Jobs Plan is a
09:10.6
blue-collar blueprint to a
09:12.7
build America. That's
09:24.7
part of the infrastructure.
09:26.6
And like the rest of our infrastructure,
09:28.6
we're way behind the rest of the world
09:32.9
On this vote, the yeas
09:34.6
are 228 and the nays are
09:38.1
The motion is adopted.
09:40.4
I ran for president believing it was time
09:42.5
to rebuild the backbone of this nation,
09:44.5
which I characterize as working people
09:46.3
in the middle class. They're the ones who built
09:48.3
the country. And to rebuild the
09:50.4
economy from the bottom up and the middle out,
09:53.1
this law delivers on that
09:54.4
long-overdue promise, in my view.
09:56.7
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
10:12.5
We're going to cut the deficit point out by another $300 billion
10:26.4
with the Inflation Reduction Act
10:28.6
over the next decade.
10:30.5
We're cutting deficits to fight inflation
10:32.5
by having the wealthy
10:34.6
and big corporations finally begin
10:36.5
to pay part of their fair share.
10:42.5
We learned last month the inflation rate
10:44.5
came down, down more than
10:46.4
experts expected.
10:48.1
In a world where inflation is rising
10:50.3
at double digits in many major economies
10:52.3
around the world, inflation is
10:54.3
coming down in America.
11:05.7
One of the defining images, at least
11:08.2
from my perspective in this crisis, has been
11:11.7
insurrection was an existential
11:15.1
of whether our democracy could survive.
11:17.9
And it did. She recorded what took
11:23.9
first time in our history,
11:26.7
had not just lost an election,
11:30.1
he tried to prevent the
11:31.9
peaceful transfer of power
11:35.8
breached the Capitol.
11:41.7
And on this day of remembrance, we must make sure
11:44.1
that such attack never, never
11:56.2
of what's happening in our country today
12:02.3
and the MAGA Republicans
12:03.7
represent an extremism
12:05.9
that threatens the very foundations
12:10.5
We want a conflict.
12:11.7
We want a future where all nations
12:13.9
America is back. I speak today
12:15.9
as President of the United States
12:17.7
at the very start of my administration
12:20.0
and I'm sending a clear message
12:22.0
to the world. America
12:32.3
They're now projecting
12:36.4
I see stiff competition
12:41.7
China has an overall goal,
12:43.7
and I don't criticize them for the goal,
12:45.7
but they have an overall goal
12:47.7
to become the leading country in the world,
12:49.7
the wealthiest country in the world,
12:51.7
and the most powerful country in the world.
12:53.7
That's not going to happen on my watch.
13:11.7
I've concluded that it's time
13:13.7
to end America's longest war.
13:15.7
It's time for American troops
13:17.7
to come home. The United States
13:19.7
will begin our final withdrawal,
13:23.7
May 1 of this year.
13:25.7
We'll not conduct a hasty
13:27.7
rush to the exit.
13:29.7
We'll do it responsibly,
13:31.7
deliberately, and safely.
14:01.7
I'm deeply saddened by the facts
14:05.7
But I do not regret my decision
14:07.7
to end America's war fighting in Afghanistan
14:09.7
and maintain a laser focus
14:11.7
on our counterterrorism missions
14:13.7
there and other parts of the world.
15:01.7
Russia's Vladimir Putin
15:03.7
sought to shake the very foundations
15:05.7
of the free world,
15:07.7
thinking he could make it bend
15:09.7
in many facing ways.
15:11.7
But he badly miscalculated.
15:13.7
He thought he could roll into Ukraine
15:15.7
and the world would roll over.
15:19.7
he met with a wall of strength
15:21.7
he never anticipated or imagined.
15:23.7
He met the Ukrainian people.
15:31.7
The United States
15:33.7
Department of Justice
15:35.7
is assembling a dedicated task force
15:37.7
to go after the crimes
15:39.7
committed by the U.S.
16:23.7
Truth of the matter is,
16:25.7
nothing has changed.
16:27.7
As many people came,
16:29.7
28% increase in children
16:31.7
to the border in my administration.
16:35.7
in the last year of 2019
16:37.7
before the pandemic.
16:39.7
In the Trump administration.
16:41.7
It happens every single
16:53.7
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States
16:55.7
expressly took away
16:57.7
the constitutional right
16:59.7
from the American people
17:01.7
that it had already recognized.
17:03.7
They didn't limit it.
17:05.7
They simply took it away.
17:09.7
That's never been done
17:11.7
to a right so important to so many Americans.
17:15.7
It's a sad day for the Court
17:17.7
and for the country.
17:21.7
My fellow Americans,
17:23.7
today, I'm honored to officially introduce
17:25.7
to you the next Associate Justice
17:27.7
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
17:29.7
Katonji Brown Jackson.
17:51.7
Look, we've seen the mass shootings
17:53.7
in Charleston, South Carolina,
17:59.7
last year in Atlanta,
18:01.7
this week in Dallas, Texas,
18:03.7
and now in Buffalo —
18:05.7
Buffalo, New York.
18:07.7
The white supremacy is
18:09.7
It's a poison running through our... It really is.
18:28.9
For God's sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept?
18:39.7
How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say enough? Enough.
18:53.9
Today we face an inflection point, one of those moments that comes around every three or four generations.
19:01.0
We know in our bones that our democracy is at risk and we know that this is your moment to defend it.
19:09.7
And the American people prove once again that democracy is who we are.
19:23.9
There's a strong rejection of election deniers at every level from those seeking to lead our states
19:29.3
and those seeking to serve in Congress and also those seeking to oversee the election.
19:39.7
Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, they're all connected.
19:47.5
But the antidote to hate is love.
19:51.9
This law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms.
20:05.5
Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans,
20:08.9
some Republicans, some Republicans, some Republicans, some Republicans,
20:09.7
some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset.
20:13.0
I'm not saying it's the majority.
20:17.9
Let me give you, anybody who doubts it, contact my office.
20:23.6
I'll give you a copy. I'll give you a copy of the proposal.
20:28.6
That means Congress doesn't vote.
20:32.6
Well, I'm glad to see you. I tell you, I enjoy conversion.
20:35.9
You know, it means if,
20:38.7
if Congress doesn't keep the programs the way they are, they'd go away.
20:42.1
Other Republicans say, I'm not saying it's the majority of you.
20:45.0
I don't even think it's even a significant,
20:47.2
but it's being proposed by individuals.
20:52.1
So folks, as we all apparently agree,
20:56.8
Social Security and Medicare is off the books now, right?
20:59.7
They're not to be stopped.
21:07.4
We got unanimity.
21:08.7
We got unanimity.
21:38.7
There's only one thing better than having a true friend like you standing with Israel,
21:48.5
and that is having you standing in Israel.
21:52.5
Your visit here is the first visit of an American president in Israel at a time of war.
21:58.3
It is deeply, deeply moving.
22:01.7
Israel, as they respond to these attacks,
22:05.6
it seems to me that they have to continue to ensure,
22:08.7
that you have what you need to defend yourselves.
22:13.5
And we're going to make sure that occurs, as you know.
22:17.4
And we have to also bear in mind
22:19.9
that Hamas does not represent all the Palestinian people.
22:24.4
And it has brought them only suffering.
22:27.7
That's why I'm running for re-election.
22:31.2
Because I know America.
22:33.7
And this is our moment.
22:38.7
Let's finish this job.
22:42.5
Because this is the United States of America.
22:44.9
There's nothing, simply nothing we cannot do if we do it together.
22:57.4
What do you say to them?
22:58.8
What do you say to those Americans who are watching and aren't convinced?
23:02.7
You've said you can beat Trump again.
23:04.8
Do you think you're the only one?
23:06.9
I may not be the only one.
23:08.7
But I know him well.
23:11.3
And I know the danger he presents to our democracy.
23:14.3
And we've been down this road before.
23:19.4
With regard to age,
23:21.6
I can't even say, I guess how old I am,
23:24.3
I can't even say the number.
23:25.9
It doesn't register with me.
23:28.7
But the only thing I can say is that
23:31.2
one of the things that people are going to find out,
23:34.5
they're going to see a race,
23:35.9
and they're going to judge
23:36.8
whether or not I have it or don't have it.
23:39.1
I respect them taking a hard look at it.
23:41.2
I take a hard look at it as well.
23:43.0
I took a hard look at it before I decided to run.
23:47.5
I feel excited about the prospects.
23:49.3
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
23:54.9
Donald Trump, when he was commander-in-chief,
23:58.9
refused to visit a cemetery,
24:00.9
a U.S. cemetery outside of Paris
24:02.8
for fallen American soldiers.
24:05.8
And he referred to those heroes, and I quote,
24:08.7
He actually said that.
24:13.3
How dare he say that.
24:15.4
How dare he talk about my son
24:17.1
and all of us just like that.
24:19.0
Look, I call them patriots and heroes.
24:23.0
The only loser I see is Donald Trump.
24:29.3
It makes me angry.
24:37.1
the president of Mexico,
24:39.3
did not want to open up the gate
24:40.8
to allow humanitarian material to get in.
24:46.0
I convinced him to open the gate.
24:48.3
My memory is not good.
24:49.5
My memory is fine.
24:51.8
take a look at what I've done since I've become president.
24:54.4
None of you thought I could pass any of the things I got passed.
24:57.1
How'd that happen?
24:58.6
You know, I guess I just forgot what was going on.
25:35.5
Some president may never try the same thing again.
25:38.2
If they just paid 24 percent or 25 percent, either one of those numbers,
25:52.9
they'd raise $500 million, billion dollars I should say, in a 10-year period.
25:58.3
We'd be able to wipe out his debt.
25:59.9
We'd be able to help make sure that all those things we need to do,
26:02.9
child care, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system,
26:08.5
making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible
26:13.9
for what I've been able to do with the COVID,
26:18.0
excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with.
26:23.6
Look, if we finally beat Medicare,
26:32.9
folks, let me close with this.
26:41.9
I know I'm not a young man.
26:44.5
State the obvious.
27:10.4
I don't walk as easy as I used to.
27:13.8
I don't speak as smoothly as I used to.
27:16.2
I don't debate as well as I used to.
27:19.1
But I know what I do know.
27:21.8
I know how to tell the truth.
27:32.9
I know how to get things done.
27:33.9
I know how to get things done.
27:36.1
And I know how to do this job.
27:39.8
I know how to get things done.
27:43.0
And I know like millions of Americans know,
27:45.8
when you get knocked down, you get back up.
27:59.6
well, let me say this as clearly as I can.
28:02.8
I'm staying in the race.
28:06.2
I'll beat Donald Trump.
28:08.0
I will beat him again in 2020.
28:13.8
And by the way, we're going to do it again in 2024.
28:17.6
I'm not letting one 90-minute debate wipe out three and a half years of work.
28:25.3
I'm the nominee of this party because millions of Democrats like you just voted for me.
28:29.0
You probably also noticed a lot of discussion about my age.
28:32.8
I know I look 40.
28:47.8
I won't forget this.
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So please join me in raising your glasses.
29:02.7
One for the boss.
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To NATO and to our neighborhood of nations,
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may we continue to grow stronger and closer in all the years ahead.
29:18.4
So, cheers for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO.
