:00:00. > :00:12.Nicola Sturgeon has offered her congratulations to Donald Trump
:00:13. > :00:16.as he was sworn in as the 45th American President.
:00:17. > :00:20.She said she hoped that Scotland and the United States would continue
:00:21. > :00:23.to cooperate and have constructive dialogue on the issues
:00:24. > :00:29.President Trump's Scottish heritage was in evidence
:00:30. > :00:32.when he was sworn in using the Bible that his Hebridean mother gave him.
:00:33. > :00:35.So how have people here been reacting to today's events?
:00:36. > :00:49.Using a Bible, given to him by his Scottish mother, the new President
:00:50. > :00:55.of the United States is sworn in, a symbolic act that even thousands of
:00:56. > :01:01.miles away provokes strong reaction from some. In Glasgow, people took
:01:02. > :01:06.to the streets to say no to Trump on a day book-ended with protests.
:01:07. > :01:10.During the morning rush hour, banners were hung from the bridge in
:01:11. > :01:17.Edinburgh, the message echoed in Aberdeen was a reference to one of
:01:18. > :01:22.Donald Trump's most notorious campaigns. I would use the word
:01:23. > :01:28.solidarity, people think differently to Donald Trump and want a different
:01:29. > :01:37.world to the one he described in the presidential elections. One he won
:01:38. > :01:43.at the dismay of these students. Their approach to Inauguration Day
:01:44. > :01:47.is somewhat different. I don't want to play into his ego and watch it.
:01:48. > :01:51.I'm personally not going to watch it. I think that is an opinion that
:01:52. > :01:56.a lot of people, at least on this campus here. There are different
:01:57. > :02:00.views. A voter living in the Scottish Borders, Kimberley, is a
:02:01. > :02:06.Trump supporter. For her, the next four years are full of promise. I'm
:02:07. > :02:11.quite optimistic. The only thing that I think really can get in his
:02:12. > :02:14.way, sometimes is himself. I hope somebody filters his Twitter
:02:15. > :02:24.account. Remember Trump's a nice guy. Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire
:02:25. > :02:32.golf club tonight hosts a private party. The snooker was preferred
:02:33. > :02:37.viewing in some places. In this pub, it competed for customers'
:02:38. > :02:45.attention. He has no credibility but the American people voted for him
:02:46. > :02:50.so... Very fearful. It's a good thing for politics, it will shake-up
:02:51. > :02:54.the tree, make it different. In contrast to President Obama's
:02:55. > :02:57.inauguration eight years ago, the official response from Scotland has
:02:58. > :03:00.been somewhat muted. In a statement, the First Minister congratulated the
:03:01. > :03:04.new President on taking office, adding that she hoped he'd uphold
:03:05. > :03:10.shared fundamental values of tolerance, equality and human
:03:11. > :03:13.rights. Not since before the Civil War has a
:03:14. > :03:17.US President had such strong links with Scotland. Now that Donald Trump
:03:18. > :03:20.is in power, the question Scots share with the world is what happens
:03:21. > :03:23.next. Congratulations...
:03:24. > :03:26.Earlier I spoke to the SNP Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Alex Salmond,
:03:27. > :03:30.who was First Minister of Scotland when drunk was developing his golf
:03:31. > :03:48.We were in agreement that everything was hunk hunkiderry, I was the
:03:49. > :03:53.greatest politician on the planet! But I went from the greatest
:03:54. > :03:57.politician to mad Alex with no intervening period whatsoever. So
:03:58. > :04:01.when you agree with Donald things are fine, it's when disagreements
:04:02. > :04:06.start he goes into the Stratosphere. So how does that assessment and
:04:07. > :04:14.experience lead you to think he might be leader of the free world?
:04:15. > :04:18.Well, I hope the awesome responsibility of office changes the
:04:19. > :04:23.man because if it doesn't, we are in for a very Rocky ride indeed
:04:24. > :04:27.because, even if you are President of the United States, somebody will
:04:28. > :04:31.disagree with him and it's how he reacts to that. It's the character
:04:32. > :04:36.problem that I see as a main danger. If you take the inauguration speech
:04:37. > :04:42.today, I mean it was shorter, angrier, campaign rhetoric, there
:04:43. > :04:47.was much less than I expected of reaching out to all the Americans
:04:48. > :04:52.who voted for him. There was a lot of God in it. Maybe it's a case of
:04:53. > :05:04.may God bless America and God help the rest of us!
:05:05. > :05:07.Meanwhile, guests at the resort on the Menie estate in Aberdeenshire
:05:08. > :05:10.have been toasting the new President at a Burns Supper as they gave their
:05:11. > :05:21.Members there say they fully support the new President. I wish him every
:05:22. > :05:24.success. I've listened to the inauguration speech he made which
:05:25. > :05:30.was certainly a very interesting speech. I think it's pretty
:05:31. > :05:36.exceptional. I think it's great having a Scot-American as President
:05:37. > :05:38.of the US who's not only going to be good for Aberdeen but the UK.
:05:39. > :05:42.The managing Director of The ScotRail Alliance
:05:43. > :05:45.is leaving his job to take up a new role in England.
:05:46. > :05:48.Phil Verster has faced intense pressure in recent months
:05:49. > :05:49.because ScotRail's services have failed to meet targets
:05:50. > :05:58.Our Transport Correspondent, David Henderson, reports.
:05:59. > :06:08.He's been the high profile boss of Scotland's main train operator and,
:06:09. > :06:10.for months, Phil Verster has been a conductor for discontent as
:06:11. > :06:15.passengers and politicians took aim at ScotRail. But the New Year brings
:06:16. > :06:23.a new job. He's moving on. What do rail passengers think? It's not
:06:24. > :06:27.always problem free. He can't take the blame for everything but he's at
:06:28. > :06:35.the top of the company and that's what happens. He's not to blame
:06:36. > :06:40.solely. He's to take the blame, whether Network Rail also needs to
:06:41. > :06:46.be implicated in this. He took charge of the firm less than two
:06:47. > :06:49.years ago. Last summer though, a big work
:06:50. > :06:53.programme began on the network, disrupting ScotRail services. More
:06:54. > :06:59.trains were late, more cancel and the Scottish Government called for
:07:00. > :07:04.an improve. Improvement. Since then, performance has picked up but it's
:07:05. > :07:18.still below where it should be. That brought huge pressure on ScotRail
:07:19. > :07:26.and Phil Verster. The most there's been tension. Earlier this week, in
:07:27. > :07:30.evidence to MSPs, he seemed to cast doubt on ScotRail's commitment to a
:07:31. > :07:35.free travel scheme promised in the Scottish Government Budget. This is
:07:36. > :07:39.where we are. We are busy discussing this with transport Scotland and I
:07:40. > :07:42.prefer not to commit yet. There's been certain tensions between him
:07:43. > :07:45.and the Scottish Government and whoever comes in, the Scottish
:07:46. > :07:48.Government cannot allow that to happen and to allow services to
:07:49. > :07:53.suffer on the network. Warm words from the Scottish Government, they
:07:54. > :07:55.wish him well, for whoever replaces him, expectations are high and the
:07:56. > :08:04.challenge is clear. The weather outlook for tonight,
:08:05. > :08:07.tomorrow and indeed the weekend now with Christopher.
:08:08. > :08:12.It's been an all-or-nothing day, many of us having the cloud. You can
:08:13. > :08:14.see the division on the satellite picture, plenty of sunshine further
:08:15. > :08:19.north and south of the border. Tomorrow, that dry, clean air comes
:08:20. > :08:26.our way. More sunshine for many more of us. Still cloudy through central
:08:27. > :08:29.parts. The cloud will thin and break and it will turn fairly frosty. High
:08:30. > :08:32.pressure still in charge as it will be throughout the course of the
:08:33. > :08:35.pressure still in charge as it will weekend and, bear in mind central
:08:36. > :08:38.and southern parts over the last few nights have been cloudy and mild.
:08:39. > :08:46.Tomorrow, a bit of a shock, it's going to be a cold, frosty start.
:08:47. > :08:52.There could be some stubborn fog patches around too. They should go
:08:53. > :08:57.and for most of us, it's dry, bright, crisp and cold. Stubborn
:08:58. > :09:02.cloud around Tayside towards Perthshire but for many, a lovely
:09:03. > :09:05.day in store. Stubborn cloud in eastern counties of England from
:09:06. > :09:08.Newcastle down towards East Anglia, in towards the south-west as well.
:09:09. > :09:12.The spine of England generally bright and sunny. Cloudy for
:09:13. > :09:15.northern England. By far we'll have the best of any sunshine tomorrow.
:09:16. > :09:18.What a difference compared with the last few days for central and
:09:19. > :09:21.southern Scotland where it's been cloudy and gloomy. There is the
:09:22. > :09:25.stubborn area of cloud which hopefully should clear. A beautiful
:09:26. > :09:28.day today across areas across the north-east and north-west. Tomorrow
:09:29. > :09:31.more of the same really, with some cloud coming and going at times.
:09:32. > :09:39.Shetland, some more cloud for you and it will be a cold, winter's day.
:09:40. > :09:42.Looking to Sunday, all change. Still chilly but it will be cloudy and
:09:43. > :09:49.grey. A few showers in the south and west
:09:50. > :09:52.and highs of five. That is Reporting Scotland. From
:09:53. > :09:55.everyone on the late team, goodbye.