Democracy Now

Biden unveils a sweeping COVID strategy after Trump left him with no plan for a national vaccine rollout; Three tribal leaders on the devastating impact of the pandemic on Indigenous communities; Calls grow for Biden to cancel the Dakota Access pipeline.

We get reaction to Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States from scholar Cornel West and pioneering journalist Maria Hinojosa; We hear the inaugural poem by 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history.

As Biden and Harris take office, author and academic Michael Eric Dyson and Waleed Shahid of Justice Democrats talk about the role of social movements in the next administration; CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou on seeking a pardon from Trump.

Rashida Tlaib on Trump's impeachment and what needs to be on Biden's to-do list; The presence of police officers among the Capitol rioters raises alarm over right-wing radicalization in law enforcement; The ACLU warns against new domestic terrorism laws.

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words