20/01/2017 BBC News at One

Dawn breaks in Washington, as Donald Trump prepares to be sworn

The property tycoon will take the presidential oath of office

on Capitol Hill in just a few hours' time.

Addressing his supporters last night, Donald Trump

pledged to unify America, bring change and make the country

On the campaign I called it "the forgotten man

Here on Capitol Hill, the inaugural platform is ready for Donald Trump

to to 35 words written by America's founding Fathers, the oath of office

that will make the 45th President of the United States.

Fortress Washington - the city is in lock down.

Up to a million people are expected on the streets -

We've been to another Washington - Washington County, in this state,

to hear from Donald Trump supporters, and his critics.

On this unprecedented day in history, we will have

Two days after the avalanche, eight people, including two children,

have been found alive buried in the snow.

An inquiry finds widespread abuse at children's homes run

by the church, state and charity in Northern Ireland,

And the British doctors who say they've transformed the diagnosis

of prostate cancer - the most common kind for men.

And coming up in the sport on BBC News: Dan Evans' winning run

in Melbourne continues - the british player is in to

the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

In just under four hours' time, Donald Trump will be sworn

in as the 45th President of the United States.

Hundreds of thousands of people are gathering

in front of Capitol Hill, where the property tycoon

will recite the oath of office before delivering his inaugural

address in front of former presidents and first ladies -

Then the new president will begin the slow drive down

Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.

This is the scene there live - only eight o'clock in the morning

in Washington, but already large crowds gathering.

And a short ago Donald Trump tweeted, "It all begins today -

the movement continues - the work begins!"

Our first report is from our Washington

The capital, the nation and the world await.

At first light thousands started gathering for a front row seat.

A presidential inauguration is billed as one of the greatest

Taking centre stage, a reality TV star, property mogul and

billionaire. The pageantry has already been

on display, but on the eve of his oath of office,

Donald Trump welcomed his supporters with a concert on the steps

of the Lincoln Memorial, a musical warm up act

to the main event. He swayed and sang along before

taking a chance to thank those The polls started going up, up, up,

but they did not want to give us credit because they forgot

about a lot of us. On the campaign I called

it the forgotten men Well, you are not

forgotten any more. Few predicted he would be the 45th

president, but the businessman said We are going to make America great

for all of our people, everybody. As Trump supporters lined

up to cheer, others In New York, thousands, including

celebrities and politicians, marched to the Trump Hotel

with a message for the new We are all rooting for

the new administration, of course, to abandon the divisive,

racist, misogynist, ignorant plans it is trumpeting and lead us

with intelligence and compassion. In these final moments before

Donald Trump ascends the steps of the Capitol to take the oath

of office he has work to do, to put the final touches

to his first address to the nation, He has already won the hearts

of those he calls the forgotten, but how does he persuade those

who fear a Trump presidency? Donald Trump's journey

to the White House laid across an often disunited

United States. Many did not take him seriously,

and the Republican candidate They're bringing drugs, they bring

in crime, they are rapists. Donald J Trump is calling

for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering

the United States. You have got to see this guy,

I don't know what I said, I would like to punch

him in the face. But his popularity grew

and the outsider became the front runner as his supporters saw him

as an agent of change. And we will make

America great again! Donald Trump, the son

of an immigrant from Germany, He shrugged off suggestions

that his approval ratings are the lowest of any incoming

president in US history. Two Americas will face each other

in the nation's capital today, those who are nervous and those

who are hopeful. They may disagree, but for the sake

of the country both sides will be It will all happen in just a few

hours' time. Talk us through how it will all unfold today. Donald Trump

was my day begins in a house of prayer, a Church opposite the White

House. He'll travel to a short distance to the price piece of real

estate, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Americans pride themselves on this

peaceful transfer of power, and what could be more civil than coffee and

a chat with the Obamas, as they prepare to leave and Donald Trump

and his family prepare to become the new tenants of that building. Then

the final leg of this improbable journey, that was taken the White

House come up to Capitol Hill, where he'll be sworn in as president,

those 35 words written by America's founding fathers, and then he will

deliver his long-awaited inaugural address, a speech it said he has

written himself, a speech which will be philosophical, according to his

aides. Then, after that, president Obama will fly for the last time in

the presidential helicopter and leave town, as the ground beneath

him will have shifted very dramatically and the reverberations

will be felt not just here in Washington, but right around the

world. We can see even behind you how tight security is. What is the

mood like in Washington today? The mood in Washington is like the mood

in the nation. It's very polarised. The capital is filling up with many

of Donald Trump's supporters, the forgotten people, the people who

voted for him precisely because he wasn't a politician, he was an

outsider, somebody who they believed could fix the broken politics in

Washington and what they would regard as America's broken politics.

But there are thousands who have come to protest his presidency. They

would regard him as racist, misogynistic, and unhinged

demagogue, and they want to make their presence felt as well. I don't

think we've ever seen an Inauguration Day which has unleashed

such conflicting emotions. I don't think we've ever seen an incoming

president be so different in terms of policy, in terms of policy, than

the man he Stock we appear to have lost the link there but we will be

back with him later in the programme.

Around a million people are expected to flood the capital

to watch the inauguration - but many will march

in the streets to protest against Trump's presidency.

Our correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan is on The Mall

in Washington, where crowds are expected to gather

Close to a million people are expected on Washington's National

Mall. It might look like an ice rink, but this whitest sheets of

plastic, because we are expecting rain through the course of the

morning. When Nick was was that the US Capitol building over my

shoulder, in the distance, but for those who don't have tickets to

watch Donald Trump being sworn in up close, they will be standing here,

on the Mall, effectively we are in the cheap seats here. There will be

screened that, so people can watch proceedings. Supporters haven't been

allowed in just yet, but I met some through security, people who have

come for this inauguration from across America, from states like

North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Ohio. I even met a few people who

had come from California, on America's West Coast, a

traditionally Democratic state. But as well as people who have come from

across the country, there's a huge security presence here. Police

officers have been drafted in from a number of different states. Also,

there's a huge military presence here. The National Guard has been

brought in, with military from more than 40 different states. As you

said, there will also be planned protests in other parts of the city.

But for supporters of Donald Trump, this is all about the end of a long

journey and part of his appeal to them was that he was a

nonpolitician, a political outsider. But of course today, Donald Trump

becomes part of that Washington Establishment.

He has promised to make America great again.

So how will he begin to do that, and what will President Trump

turn his attention to the next few days and weeks?

Christian Fraser has been looking at what's in his in tray.

So, what are we likely to see in this first 100 days

Well, you might hear in the inauguration speech he has

written that he is going to pass a number of executive orders

Remember, the president does have considerable power under

the Constitution to sign into law those measures he deems most

important, with or without the support of Congress.

My agenda will be based on a simple core principle,

As part of this plan I've asked my transition team to develop

a list of executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws

So, here is a slogan with which you will be familiar

and straight off the bat he was pledging to introduce

a five-year ban on former congressional officials from working

For every regulation he introduces, he pledges that two will be cut.

The campaign was all about jobs, but they are axing the impending

deal that was to be signed with the Pacific Rim countries

in favour of bilateral trade deals more supportive of American jobs.

He is going to direct the Department of Defence to begin

this enormous project, defending American infrastructure

from cyber attacks, and the Department of Labour will be

directed to look at the abuse of visa programmes that

would undermine or undercut American workers.

But what about the key policy that defined the Obama years?

The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it became known.

Well, it is becoming more expensive for federal government and Congress

has already begun to repeal it, but what will replace it?

Certainly they are going to look at more competition among insurance

companies, and for those who can't afford it perhaps subsidies will be

And that brings us to the biggest policy of all,

the thousand mile policy, a wall which stretches,

or will stretch, along the Mexican border.

Donald Trump says it will be 12 metres high.

He estimates about $8 billion in cost, others put it

You don't have to build it right across the border

because there are some natural barriers like the Rio Grande,

the deserts in Arizona, mountain ranges in New Mexico,

but it is hugely complex getting those concrete slabs

to these remote areas, building the roads, housing,

feeding the workers, maintaining the wall in some

Well, the Mexican president says, I'm not paying for it,

but Donald Trump does have some levers.

He could increase visa fees, he could up the tariffs,

he could stop the wire transfers which Mexicans send home

So you might see a flurry of policies in the next few days,

but don't forget 79% of his supporters are

His mandate rests on that most controversial of policies.

Another big issue facing the Trump administration is climate change.

There was alarm when he threatened to pull out of the recently agreed

global climate treaty and kill President Obama's plan to cut

Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin assesses what he may

do, and how others are already moving to block him.

Ice is melting, world temperatures have hit a new records,

scientists blame carbon emissions, Donald Trump isn't worried.

His pick for Environment Chief campaigns against rules

His Energy Secretary was on the board of

His Secretary of State is an oilman from a firm accused of hiding

proof of climate change, now striking a more careful tone.

The risk of climate change does exist.

The consequences of it could be serious enough that

Mr Trump's advisers say leave it to the market.

I think there is going to be a healthy dose of scepticism

about international climate agreements because again it is more

of the same, it is all costs, no real meaningful climate benefit.

For the scientists monitoring global temperatures this

My gut response to Trump is that I am very frightened.

If the US carries on emitting carbon dioxide at the rate

that they are doing and if other countries follow suit,

that is going to mean huge impacts across the world for many people.

And near Professor Haigh's office, here is something to interest

This equipment is being developed to capture the emissions

It is part of a global revolution in clean technology.

Will President Trump want America to miss out on that?

Look at China investing $360 billion into clean energy

Meanwhile, India plans to stop building coal-fired power stations.

Both emerging superpowers say the advance of clean

President Trump will need to judge his options with care.

Demonstrations against the Trump presidency are also expected

here and in other parts of the world.

This morning, campaigners hung a banner from Tower Bridge reading

"Build bridges not walls" - in reference to Trump's

pledge to build a wall on the Mexican border.

Anti-racism groups are expected to demonstrate in several

Mr Trump will be sworn in just before 4pm our time.

And you can watch full coverage of the inauguration ceremony live

from Washington here on BBC One, with coverage starting at four

In less than four hours, Donald Trump will be sworn

On the campaign, I called it, "the forgotten man

Coming up in sport at 1:30pm on BBC News: Eddie Jones

There are three uncapped players, and Dylan Hartley is included -

but he won't be guaranteed the captaincy.

After almost two days buried under snow and rubble,

eight people have been found alive, including two children,

at a hotel hit by an avalanche in central Italy.

They're the first of at least 25 missing staff and guests

Four people are known to have died in the avalanche on Wednesday.

James, what more can you tell us? We know that these people survived

underneath a collapsed ceiling at this hotel. Indeed we've just seen

pictures, they show one woman being taken out of the rubble to the

delight of firefighters. She was able to walk on her own and then

when she is put on the stretcher she appears to gesture to other people.

We have also seen pictures of a boy being rescued as well. We know that

men, women and children have all been seen sheltering under this

collapsed ceiling. Now that they have been taken out of this rubble,

they are being sent by helicopter to a hospital on the coast where they

will be examined and their relatives will be reunited with them. There

has been an emotional reaction to the news here. I was in one village

and people simply burst into tears when they found out. Extraordinary

pictures there. James Connor with the latest chronically, thank you.

The head of an inquiry into historical allegations of child

abuse at homes in Northern Ireland says there was widespread abuse

The 22 residential homes were run by the church,

Sir Anthony Hart has been giving the conclusions

Our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports from Belfast.

Church and state were given the responsibility of looking after

vulnerable children. But in too many cases, they failed. Northern

Ireland's historical institutional abuse inquiry has been examining

what happened during seven decades inside children's homes and other

places that were supposed to offer people shelter and support. Nobody

can pick up the pieces ever, after all these years. You suffered

beatings, humiliation, there were many people who suffered sexual

abuse. Across the UK like here at a home in Scotland, young people were

properly cared for but that was not the case for all. Hundreds of hours

of testimony about what happened in Northern Ireland was heard in the

inquiry. Describing those experiences was not always easy, in

fact at times it was clearly distressing and painful. We thank

them for their courage and determination in doing so. The

inquiry examines some of the most notorious cases of historical

physical and sexual abuse including the actions of Father Brendan Smith,

a priest thought to have abused dozens if not hundreds of children.

While it dismissed claims of a paedophile ring in Belfast and the

intelligence services, it did find failures there and elsewhere. We now

recommend that the Northern Ireland executive and those responsible for

each of the institutions with systemic failings should make a

public apology. The apology should be a wholehearted and unconditional

recognition that they failed to protect children from abuse. What

happened inside institutions still casts a shadow and time has not

lessened the impact of that abuse. Sir Anthony Hart is just finishing

off giving his lengthy statement but on top of an apology, he has also

called for compensation to be given by the power-sharing government here

to those that suffered inside those institutions. That is something they

will welcome, but of course given that that power-sharing government

has collapsed, the question of when that will take place is yet to be

determined. A group of British doctors say

they've transformed the treatment They've used MRI scans,

which nearly doubled the number of aggressive tumours

that are caught. Prostate cancer - the most common

type of cancer in men in the UK - is normally confirmed

with an invasive biopsy. Winning the World Cup for GB

in 94, I think that was Fred Searle is a former Olympian

who represented Great Britain Two years ago, he was diagnosed

with prostate cancer. You know where you're at,

as opposed to ignoring the problem, and then one day you've got some

kind of chronic discomfort, then you go to the doctor and then

you have got months, That will be far more

devastating for your loved ones than handling the

situation up front. Getting checked out saved

Fred's life, but the way that tests are carried

out could soon change. Biopsies are commonly

used to find cancer. A needle is inserted

into the prostate and samples But new research published

in the main medical journal, the Lancet has found 93% of cancers

were detected by MRI scans, If we can diagnose cancers currently

being missed by this very inaccurate standard transrectal biopsy test,

and find important cancers early and treat them early,

then I think we could see a significant impact

on long-term survival. MRI scanning could be a solution

for thousands of men but there is also a problem,

a shortage of machines So whilst there is hope

that this could be a big leap forward in diagnosis,

there are challenges in how widely The British sailor Alex Thomson has

crossed the finish line to come second in the Vendee solo

round-the-world yacht race. Despite setting a new world record

for the furthest distance sailed solo in 24 hours,

and at one point halving the lead of eventual winner, Thomson

could not close the gap on his French rival,

who claimed first place yesterday. And in tennis,

Britain's Dan Evans has made it through to the last 16 of a Grand

Slam for the first time in his career, at the Australian Open,

joining Andy Murray. Evans had a brilliant win over 27th

seed and Australian favourite His win means Britain has two men

in the fourth round of a Grand Slam Back to our main story now

and the inauguration in just a few hours' time of Donald Trump

as the 45th President It is already shaping up to be one

of the most divisive All this week, our

correspondent Jon Kay has been from Wisconsin in the North

to Alabama in the South, finding out what Americans along

the road are anticipating We've arrived, but this

is Washington County, Alabama, And on a wet morning,

the busiest spot we find... These volunteers hand out hundreds

of parcels every week. To people like Roosevelt,

a President's name, but he is out of work and he trusts Donald Trump

to make life better. I hope he's right

about getting the jobs. If he don't get that going,

we aint gonna like it. Catherine and Willeen run the front

desk and say some of the poverty Well, some of them come

in and they don't have They believe Donald Trump

will invest in this community. He spent a lot of time

campaigning here and it worked. He has been out in the community,

out in the countryside and has seen how people need help and he has been

there with the money He's not afraid to go into poverty

areas and talk to the people, where most politicians you don't see

around unless you got $1000. Along this section

of Route 45, a quarter Many believe Trump can make

America great again. We joined him and his family

as the inauguration event began and this former soldier fears

Donald Trump will only make He is doing everything he can

to try to make us feel like this is not our America again,

but this hat will show you I am an American and I fought

for this country. And I will never respect him

as my president, never. We have met so many people this

week, pro-Trump and anti-Trump, On his porch, he told me it doesn't

matter who is sitting Yeah, I do, I really do,

the small counties really do. Bad roads, bad bridges, you know,

they don't look out for us. Do you think Donald Trump

will change that? Is he going to look out

for the likes of you? Because the politicians,

the governors, they've all got their hands out like

crabs in a bucket. After 1000 miles crossing

the United States, we reach the end of Route 45 and this divided nation

will try to move on and Let's get a last word

now from Nick Bryant. With so much division in America

come what a journey it is going to be. I think even the name of this

country sounds like a -- an oxymoron now, the States of America is not

any more and this election exposed it more than any other in recent

history. Donald Trump is such a polarising figure. Never before have

we seen an incoming president be so different to the outgoing president.

Many see him as this figure of hope but many see him as a figure of

hate. The polarisation has become a permanent feature of American

politics for 30 years will stop but I don't think we seen it like this

in modern times. We will begin with America just to

show you what is going on with the inauguration, the new president.

Very unsettled over the Sierra Nevada. A weather front pushing into

the DC area. It will end up being a chilly afternoon and breezy. Not the

case back home, we have got virtually unbroken sunshine across

England and Wales, like this weather watcher picture in Kent. Sunny skies

creeping their way northwards into Northern Ireland and the far north

of England. We have a weak weather front which has been producing a lot

of misty and murky grey weather. It has been sunny in the north of

England and remained sunny through the course of the afternoon. Rather

murky and grey, a contrast to how it is further south. Holding on to the

cloud for most of the afternoon. Look at that for England and Wales,

a glorious afternoon. Lots of sunshine, nearly unbroken in places.

That really is about it, light winds elsewhere, temperatures of seven or

eight Celsius. Temperatures fall away as that blue hue is developing.

A bit of cloud across the far south-west and a bit across eastern

Scotland with some mist and fog. Temperatures in the towns and cities

falling. In the weekend it is looking pretty quiet thanks to high

pressure. Mainly dry, lovely usable weather to be out and about. It will

stay chilly but the best of the sunshine will be on Saturday. We

will start to see some clout rolling in off the North Sea across central

and eastern parts of England, the odd spit spot of light rain and

wintry in places. Lots of sunshine around, another fine day as you can

see with temperatures in mid single figures. Through Saturday night it

looks like we will see the rain picking up a bit more. We could see

a dusting of snow over the Pennines. For Sunday, that will leave a

remnants of cloud around. Some sunshine around, it will not be

completely grey and it will be another chilly one. Monday and

Tuesday more high pressure with us. Fogg might be a problem across

central and southern parts of England. Things turn a bit more

unsettled. In less than four hours' time,

Donald Trump will be sworn in as America's 41st president.

On the campaign, I called it, "the forgotten man

And since we have been on air, a woman has been pulled out alive and

rescuers are trying to pull out seven other survivors including two

children, after two days I read in the wreckage after the earthquake in

Italy. There is full coverage of the

inauguration ceremony from 4pm