:00:12. > :00:17.I'm Philippa Thomas here with the BBC special programme as Donald
:00:18. > :00:26.Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. He has now taken
:00:27. > :00:36.part in the official parade after taking the oath of office. He is now
:00:37. > :00:40.beginning his journey from Capitol Hill to the White House which has
:00:41. > :00:53.been vacating by the Obama family. It will be Donald Trump and his new
:00:54. > :01:01.first Lady Melania Trump taking residence. Cheering crowds there
:01:02. > :01:07.along Pennsylvania Avenue. They might even go past the new Trump
:01:08. > :01:14.Hotel. You can see the Capitol Building behind that picture. It was
:01:15. > :01:18.on the steps of that building that Donald Trump took the oath and
:01:19. > :01:23.delivered his speech. We will bring you his speech later in the hour but
:01:24. > :01:31.he was speaking about transferring power from Washington, DC to bring
:01:32. > :01:52.it back to the people. We can join Laura Trevelyan among the crowd.
:01:53. > :02:07.Can you give is an idea of what it is like out there. I am joined by a
:02:08. > :02:17.loyal Donald Trump supporter from Alabama. It's the best day of my
:02:18. > :02:20.life. I campaigned for him in Alabama. I did not think this day
:02:21. > :02:30.was going to come. We were so surprised. Why were you so
:02:31. > :02:40.surprised. We thought that the Democrats... We were doubtful. What
:02:41. > :02:44.is your hope for the presidency? We want to get America back. We felt
:02:45. > :02:51.like it was going in the wrong direction under Obama. What did you
:02:52. > :02:56.think specifically was going wrong that you think Donald Trump can
:02:57. > :03:00.stop? He is a businessman and he is going to do what he has campaigned
:03:01. > :03:07.to do. The speech today was very hopeful. In Alabama, what are you
:03:08. > :03:14.seeing? A state suffering from not having too many jobs? Yes, we are.
:03:15. > :03:18.We are seeing people not having jobs. Our neighbours not having
:03:19. > :03:27.jobs. He really campaigned a lot in Alabama. The right behind us, we can
:03:28. > :03:38.see the parade is making its way towards us. What does it mean to you
:03:39. > :03:43.to witness this? To see it here is overwhelming. The crowd here are so
:03:44. > :03:48.happy. It's almost like a religious experience. The people here are
:03:49. > :03:53.overjoyed. There's really not that many people who are against him. I
:03:54. > :03:57.know there was going to be a lot of people here against him but there's
:03:58. > :04:03.not really been that many people here who have been doing bad things
:04:04. > :04:07.that I've been able to see. There are some protesters here. How'd you
:04:08. > :04:11.hope that Donald Trump can unite the country after a bruising election
:04:12. > :04:17.campaign? He seems like he really has the attitude of being able to do
:04:18. > :04:23.what he says he's going to do. That is the spirit. I think the speech he
:04:24. > :04:30.gave today was so uplifting. I know the crowd there was just really
:04:31. > :04:32.excited. That's what I feel. The spirit was overwhelming. Everybody
:04:33. > :04:38.around kept talking about how excited they were. He did paint
:04:39. > :04:46.quite a bleak vision of America. He spoke about stopping the carnage.
:04:47. > :04:50.It's been a bleak picture. Everybody has been really sad about our
:04:51. > :04:54.country and the flag and the soldiers. A lot of soldiers have
:04:55. > :05:05.been sad about it. I heard some soldiers that were around us. They
:05:06. > :05:08.were very excited to have a president that supported them. They
:05:09. > :05:20.did not feel like Obama supported them.
:05:21. > :05:29.What about the people who are fearful about what will happen? Do
:05:30. > :05:34.you feel for them? I think so. We want to support both sides. You
:05:35. > :05:40.know. We definitely want to support both sides. I want to support both
:05:41. > :05:49.parties but I don't want anybody to be hurt. So... We want everybody to
:05:50. > :05:55.unite. And how will you personally judge whether Donald Trump has
:05:56. > :06:02.succeeded? I think the biggest thing is bringing the jobs back. And the
:06:03. > :06:09.economy. Phyllis, thank you so much for joining us on BBC News. That is
:06:10. > :06:13.the view from a loyal Donald Trump supporter. Just as we see the
:06:14. > :06:20.inaugural parade begins to come here down Pennsylvania Avenue, as
:06:21. > :06:26.President Trump processes from Capitol Building to his new home,
:06:27. > :06:30.the White House. We will of course keep watching, especially for that
:06:31. > :06:37.moment when the crowds hope the car will stop and Donald and Melania
:06:38. > :06:41.Trump will get out and walk a little down Pennsylvania Avenue which is
:06:42. > :06:48.really part of the big tradition. It absolutely is. We'll Donald Trump
:06:49. > :06:53.get out and walk past his hotel which is just behind me? The big
:06:54. > :06:58.building with the clock tower. Will the showman in him be able to
:06:59. > :07:03.resist. Or will he wait as presidents normally do. They
:07:04. > :07:08.normally just walk that final block or two which is passed me, heading
:07:09. > :07:14.towards the White House. It's fascinating to see the change of
:07:15. > :07:19.tone with this parade. There's much more of an emphasis with links to
:07:20. > :07:23.the military. Donald Trump has spoken about rebuilding the
:07:24. > :07:28.military. There are many more groups from rural America in this parade.
:07:29. > :07:36.Under Barack Obama, there were many more marching bands from the cities,
:07:37. > :07:41.less of an emphasis on the military. You can see one of the marching
:07:42. > :07:50.bands there. That is the United States Army band. So, the crowd here
:07:51. > :07:53.just loving this. This is the kind of symbolic patriotism that they
:07:54. > :08:00.associate with Donald Trump. They are thrilled to see it. They can't
:08:01. > :08:06.wait to see the president himself. I know we were both in Washington for
:08:07. > :08:07.the Obama inauguration is. It was absolutely packed, especially on
:08:08. > :08:24.them more. -- the Mall. The crowd is not so
:08:25. > :08:30.densely packed today. No, the crowds not anything like that Obama
:08:31. > :08:36.inauguration in 2009. Being an the Mall for the inauguration in 2013,
:08:37. > :08:42.the crowds seem to be a bit thinner than they were. Certainly, one of
:08:43. > :08:47.the parade stands next to as wasn't full early on and we were told it
:08:48. > :08:53.would be opened up to mems of the public. It wasn't a ticketed event.
:08:54. > :08:57.This was such a brutal and divisive campaign and the opinion polls
:08:58. > :09:02.suggesting that Donald Trump comes in with a very low approval rating.
:09:03. > :09:06.There are a number of protesters here. Nevertheless, for those loyal
:09:07. > :09:14.fans that it is a very special moment indeed. Laura, stay with us.
:09:15. > :09:16.I know you can't go anywhere. Tell as if Mr Trump publicises his hotel
:09:17. > :09:20.on Pennsylvania Avenue. You're a professor of Politics
:09:21. > :09:24.at Birkbeck University, and just this summer you published
:09:25. > :09:35.a book - it's called After Obama. From the inaugural speech that you
:09:36. > :09:42.heard, what time does it set for you for American leadership? Really,
:09:43. > :09:48.really worrying. It's very difficult to think in living memory that we've
:09:49. > :09:53.seen such a stridently nationalist, parochial, insular and threatening,
:09:54. > :10:00.frankly, speech, as far as the rest of the world is concerned. He's
:10:01. > :10:05.really double down on his campaign rhetoric and anybody who thought he
:10:06. > :10:11.wasn't serious, I think, this is a message, he was serious and the rest
:10:12. > :10:19.of the world better brace themselves. We heard a young woman
:10:20. > :10:28.from Alabama talking of it like a religious experience. He's going to
:10:29. > :10:37.bring jobs back. Absolutely. It was striking, the poses he struck, it
:10:38. > :10:40.was like a rugby captain at Twickenham rather than a solemn
:10:41. > :10:46.moment of an American president taking power. He has doubled down.
:10:47. > :10:51.He even spoke saying protection brings prosperity. That is not what
:10:52. > :10:57.the historical record suggests at all. For his supposed to as --
:10:58. > :11:04.supporters this is a huge moment, religious or not, for the rest of as
:11:05. > :11:10.this is deeply, deeply troubling. Let's bring in Laura again. We are
:11:11. > :11:19.looking at pictures of crowds, with banners saying make America to gain
:11:20. > :11:23.-- make America great again. We should say that there have been
:11:24. > :11:29.protests. Lots of people anguished and angry at what has taken place.
:11:30. > :11:34.Absolutely. There is a divided America here. There are protesters
:11:35. > :11:38.who feel that this election was stolen from them that Hillary
:11:39. > :11:43.Clinton won the popular vote and that somehow the Russians have
:11:44. > :11:46.intervened in this election and that had an incalculable effect.
:11:47. > :11:52.Tomorrow, there will be a big protest here in Washington, a
:11:53. > :11:56.women's march and marches in major cities across America. For many who
:11:57. > :12:01.have come here, this is a special moment. Elisabeth, welcome to the
:12:02. > :12:06.BBC. What does it mean to you to be here today? It's the most exciting
:12:07. > :12:10.event I've been to in my whole life. It's a turning point for this
:12:11. > :12:14.country and it was really important for me to come today. I did
:12:15. > :12:19.everything in my power to help him get elected. I did everything in my
:12:20. > :12:25.power. Where did you campaign for Donald Trump? I did a lot of
:12:26. > :12:32.blogging for him, phone calling, cold calling. What are you hoping
:12:33. > :12:43.that America can be changed by Donald Trump? It's important to
:12:44. > :12:46.unite right now. With a very tough election, we need a healing process
:12:47. > :12:51.and he's trying to unite this country. He didn't sound very
:12:52. > :12:56.unifying note in his inaugural address. What did you think he did?
:12:57. > :13:03.I believe he did. I think he did a really good job. You felt his
:13:04. > :13:08.showing. You felt his love. I think that is going to do a whole lot of
:13:09. > :13:12.good. When you talk about the need for him to unite the country, we can
:13:13. > :13:19.see there are protesters here behind us. What do you want Donald Trump to
:13:20. > :13:23.attribute to unite the country? Reach out to the Democrats and to
:13:24. > :13:28.the people that are protesting. I think it might take time but they'll
:13:29. > :13:36.see his compassion for this country. He has a big compassion. It's Compal
:13:37. > :13:41.into the point he won. Donald Trump has got out of his car so he is
:13:42. > :13:47.walking down Pennsylvania Avenue behind us. What kind of moment is
:13:48. > :13:51.that for you? To know that the 45th president of the United States is
:13:52. > :13:57.right here now. This is such a huge deal. It is the first elected
:13:58. > :14:03.president of the United States that has won an election and he has not
:14:04. > :14:08.held office. He is a citizen like me, like you. He was just weary of
:14:09. > :14:15.whatever do direction this country... He decided to run and he
:14:16. > :14:19.was elected. It just amazes me. It is an extraordinary story. Elizabeth
:14:20. > :14:24.who campaign for Donald Trump. Thank you for joining us. One of many
:14:25. > :14:28.loyal Donald Trump supporters who are thrilled to learn that he is an
:14:29. > :14:35.Pennsylvania Avenue behind us and has got out of his car and is
:14:36. > :14:40.welcoming the crowds. As we look at this picture of Donald and Melania
:14:41. > :14:47.Trump greeting the crowds walking down the avenue. He looks like he
:14:48. > :14:51.owns the world. He said, he's a citizen like me and you. She was
:14:52. > :14:58.pleased he hadn't held elected office and could appear to her like
:14:59. > :14:59.one of the people. Completely thrilled, Philippa. That's
:15:00. > :15:06.absolutely something I heard over and over again across this campaign
:15:07. > :15:11.and across this nation. Because Congress has been so deadlocked for
:15:12. > :15:15.the last eight years Obama was in the White House. Initially, the
:15:16. > :15:20.Democrats had control and then they didn't and the two sides were
:15:21. > :15:24.against each other. Donald Trump's successful appeal is that he is a
:15:25. > :15:29.successful businessman, someone who hasn't had a political career,
:15:30. > :15:34.someone who gets things done, as he likes to say, on time and under
:15:35. > :15:39.budget. That's his mantra. His critics would say that he has gone
:15:40. > :15:43.bankrupt, writing off big debts, in a sense, that has been so powerful
:15:44. > :15:48.that people have responded to him and when he says I will bring back
:15:49. > :15:52.jobs, people in the rust belt where manufacturing jobs have gone feel
:15:53. > :15:57.like this is someone who knows what he is talking about. He's a
:15:58. > :16:01.businessman, an employer, he knows how to create jobs. He's talking
:16:02. > :16:06.about cutting regulation. Even those who had reservations about his and
:16:07. > :16:12.his experience, it was that simple economic message of, I will bring
:16:13. > :16:16.back your job and I will protect your job from those countries that
:16:17. > :16:21.want to undermine it, that was so powerful. That's what people
:16:22. > :16:29.responded to, Philippa. Laura, thank you. As Donald Trump gets back into
:16:30. > :16:35.the car, after their short walk. It was Donald and Melania Trump and
:16:36. > :16:38.their young son Barron Trump. Very difficult for a young boy to know
:16:39. > :16:43.what to do in the middle of the crowd. I saw Melania Trump put her
:16:44. > :16:49.arms around him to usher him back into the car. I want to ask Robert
:16:50. > :16:53.Singh from Birkbeck University, we heard from another support of their
:16:54. > :16:59.talking about this is going to be a healing president, he can unite is,
:17:00. > :17:03.because he is one of us. Whatever you think of that, he certainly
:17:04. > :17:08.played that part really well. That's why he was swept into office? Let's
:17:09. > :17:16.be careful. He was swept into office. He wasn't swept into office.
:17:17. > :17:23.Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million. The I meant to say
:17:24. > :17:31.that was the essence of his appeal. He adopted a populist pose of being
:17:32. > :17:46.a man of the people despite being a sub -- celebrity millionaire. The
:17:47. > :17:50.speech was clearly targeted at his base. The rhetoric and symbolism is
:17:51. > :17:55.all about the people. Ordinary folks, I am your voice. Against this
:17:56. > :18:02.establishment. This is just carrying on. In which case, it is in his
:18:03. > :18:08.interest to say and his supporters believe it to be true that factories
:18:09. > :18:14.are scattered like tombstones across America, families trapped in
:18:15. > :18:18.poverty, crime, American carnage. His vocabulary, trapped, bleeding,
:18:19. > :18:24.desperate, there's chaos with Obama sitting behind him. Yes. It was
:18:25. > :18:31.really embarrassing. Far more embarrassing than eight years ago
:18:32. > :18:34.when Obama was talking about no conflict between our values and
:18:35. > :18:40.security when George W Bush was sitting behind him. This was a
:18:41. > :18:45.condemnation of 30 or 40 years of the United States, including other
:18:46. > :18:52.Republican presidents. The two bushes, Ronald Reagan. It's very
:18:53. > :19:01.difficult to think of such an inaugural speech that has painted
:19:02. > :19:05.such a dystopian speech that paints America as in crisis and decline and
:19:06. > :19:10.only he can save it. We've never seen anything as demagogic as this
:19:11. > :19:15.from an incoming president before. We'll talk about the facts behind
:19:16. > :19:21.that. The real economy in America. I just want to remind people that, of
:19:22. > :19:24.course, this is a historic day, there have been many historic
:19:25. > :19:33.moments, we want to show you one of those. The moment that Donald Trump
:19:34. > :19:41.took the oath of office. I Donald John Tromp solemnly swear that I
:19:42. > :19:47.will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States
:19:48. > :19:55.and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the
:19:56. > :20:06.Constitution of the United States. So help me God. Congratulations, Mr
:20:07. > :20:11.President. Let's talk about how Donald Trump might affect the rest
:20:12. > :20:16.of the world because America first foreign policy is the new heading on
:20:17. > :20:21.the White House website as of a few hours ago with pledges to rebuild
:20:22. > :20:26.the American military and destroy Islamic terror groups. The German
:20:27. > :20:33.vice Chancellor said in a television interview...
:20:34. > :20:44.The president of Taiwan, Richard at Mr Trump.
:20:45. > :20:55.Couple of different reactions. To discuss foreign policy and the
:20:56. > :21:01.impact across the world, we can talk to our correspondent in Mexico City
:21:02. > :21:06.will grant and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow. He promised to build a wall
:21:07. > :21:13.and make Mexico pay for it. Do people think this will happen?
:21:14. > :21:17.People here are furious that the suggestion that they would have to
:21:18. > :21:22.pay for a wall that they don't want that is designed to keep them out
:21:23. > :21:26.and stop their families living together, people being able to work
:21:27. > :21:31.in the United States, this whole foreign policy, that you mention,
:21:32. > :21:39.America first. If it's going to affect anywhere it will be Mexico
:21:40. > :21:45.first and foremost. The lines," from here on in, it will be higher
:21:46. > :21:51.American and buy American". That's going to affect Mexicans. If you
:21:52. > :21:55.export to the United States, it's going to affect you if you are
:21:56. > :21:59.working in a car plant for a US car firm based here in Mexico. A lot of
:22:00. > :22:00.people are very frightened about what this will mean to individual
:22:01. > :22:15.families. I went to San Luis Potosi which has
:22:16. > :22:19.been affected by Ford pulling out of a ?1.3 billion investment in a car
:22:20. > :22:25.assembly plant. People are genuinely frightened about what will be
:22:26. > :22:29.coming. President Trump made it clearer that he will be focusing on
:22:30. > :22:38.American jobs at the cost, if need be with his relationship with
:22:39. > :22:42.Mexico. The inaugural speech was largely domestic. We know that
:22:43. > :22:48.Donald Trump as a more positive outlook towards Russia. Is this
:22:49. > :22:52.where we get the Russian reset? I think it's possible. There's been a
:22:53. > :22:59.very positive reaction here in Russia to Donald Trump's speech. Two
:23:00. > :23:03.senior Russian senators, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the
:23:04. > :23:08.upper house, he said that the speech was impressive, not a bad start,
:23:09. > :23:15.room for discussion. And we heard from another senator who said it was
:23:16. > :23:17.powerful, a speech of a new age. I think it is a positive reaction
:23:18. > :23:25.because there was a lot in that speech that would have been music to
:23:26. > :23:31.Moscow's is. For example, Donald Trump's pledge that the US wouldn't
:23:32. > :23:38.impose its lifestyle on anyone else. A pledge to defend its own borders
:23:39. > :23:43.not anywhere else. In other words, his message was that America should
:23:44. > :23:49.focus now on America. That is what Russia has been saying for a long
:23:50. > :23:52.time. The Russians have been criticising US administrations for
:23:53. > :23:59.interfering, or meddling as they put it, in other parts of the world,
:24:00. > :24:04.including in Russia's backyard, an area that Moscow considers to be its
:24:05. > :24:07.sphere of influence, countries like Georgia and Ukraine. I think it's
:24:08. > :24:12.highly likely that if Donald Trump is determined to focus on America,
:24:13. > :24:17.the Russians will see it as an opportunity to increase their
:24:18. > :24:24.influence in this post-Soviet space. Thank you. I want to come back to
:24:25. > :24:29.you to talk about immigration. Donald Trump Mayfield a need to live
:24:30. > :24:34.up to his pledges to his base because there is a lot of anger at
:24:35. > :24:40.what is perceived to be for example Mexicans taking jobs. That's right.
:24:41. > :24:44.What will be happening today is that other countries are looking at
:24:45. > :24:49.what's happening with Mexico and using that as a litmus test for
:24:50. > :24:53.themselves. The discussion of the war affects all of the countries in
:24:54. > :24:57.Central America, particularly Honduras and El Salvador. The vast
:24:58. > :25:02.majority of Central American migrants from those countries. We
:25:03. > :25:08.wonder what will happen with the thaw with Cuba that was a key part
:25:09. > :25:13.of President Obama's legacy. We'll Donald Trump try to unpick that and
:25:14. > :25:21.change further the rules of engagement with Cuba? Questions of
:25:22. > :25:24.engagement with Colombia which is an important regional ally. Plenty to
:25:25. > :25:31.be picked in terms of trade but, as you say, particularly in terms of
:25:32. > :25:36.immigration. So many Latin Americans have family existing already in the
:25:37. > :25:40.United States and they see, particularly in Mexico, a seasonal
:25:41. > :25:43.movement of working in the United States but coming back to Mexico to
:25:44. > :25:49.use those dollars to prop up their families back here. Thank you very
:25:50. > :26:05.much. Much more in just a minute's time. Do stay with us.
:26:06. > :26:14.Good evening. Temperatures are already falling but it has been a
:26:15. > :26:19.smashing day for many. This was sent in by Alan from a little town in the
:26:20. > :26:20.foothills of