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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — As protests continued across the country, one happened in Wilmington tonight.

A peaceful protest took place at the corner of Oleander Drive and College Road for a few hours this evening.

Protestors told us that they came together through Facebook groups to voice their disapproval of the inauguration of President
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There was some opposition to the protest as people shouted their support for the president from cars, but things stayed calm as a whole.

The protestors just wanted to let people know that they are going to resist.

“The majority of the people in this country did not vote for Donald Trump and we’re not happy about it,” Jeff Cohen, a protestor, said. “We’re going to let the other half know that we’re not going to be happy about it, we&rsquo

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States (all times EST):

5:40 p.m.

A video on social media shows District of Columbia police pepper-spraying a group of protesters – including an elderly woman and a man on crutches, as well as those trying to help them to move out of the way.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department declined to immediately provide comment. It was unclear what happened just before the video began.

The video shows

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Before: a woman screaming “my child” as she runs with her crying son in her arms. Others are hunched over or coughing as plumes of pink spray waft over hundreds of people in the street. Toward the end of the video, protesters appear to be breaking up cement blocks and some people are seen throwing objects toward police.

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5:35 p.m.

The Republican-led Senate has voted to confirm James Mattis to be President
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s defense secretary.

Senators cleared the retired Marine general’s nomination Friday.

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who challenged the idea of a former military leader in a civilian job, voted “no.” Republicans pushed for fast approval to ensure the post wouldn’t be empty even for a brief amount of time after Trump’s swearing-in.

Mattis will replace Ash Carter, who has been former President Barack Obama’s defense secretary since

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Mattis retired from the Marine Corps in 2013.

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5:30 p.m.

A group of protesters in downtown Washington jumped on the hood of a limousine, smashed its windows and then set it on fire, while hundreds of others waved signs and chanted slogans voicing their displeasure of their new president.

The protests came as President
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inaugural parade continued blocks away.

Pockets of demonstrators broke out into screaming matches with Trump supporters. Police deployed flash bang grenades. Helicopters circled above, taking in the scene.

A line of police officers wearing riot gear watched demonstrators marching. The officers moved in once the limo was set afire to allow fire officials to extinguish the blaze. A pile of overturned newspaper boxes, trash cans and a tire were also set alight.

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5:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and their wives are arriving at the reviewing stand near the White House to watch the inaugural parade.

Trump said the day was “unbelievable,” as he and wife Melania made their way along the North Lawn to the stand on Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump also flashed a thumbs-up.

The first couple are surrounded in the enclosed stand by their family members.
5:15 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: and first lady Melania Trump twice got out of their vehicles to walk and wave to the crowd during their escorted trip from the Capitol to the White House.

They first walked for about a block before reaching the Trump International Hotel, where the crowds on both sides of the street were at their loudest. As the Trumps neared the hotel, agents urged the couple to get back into their sedan.

A large crowd of protesters had gathered on the opposite side of the street, while supporters

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Before: ho did not give his name, told Army soldiers who came to his aid, “I was worried they were going to bash my brains out.”

Araquel Bloss, lead organizer of the Occupy Inauguration protest in McPherson Square, also came to the man’s aid. She says the protest was nonviolent and the man who struck the victim is not representative of the protesters.

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5:05 p.m.

A watchdog group is asking the General Services Administration to determine whether President
Match: Donald Trump
After: has violated his lease for the government-owned building that houses his luxury hotel a few blocks from the White House.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington issued the letter Friday shortly after Trump took the oath of office.

The 2013 lease Trump signed for the Old Post Office building specifically bars any “elected official of the Government of the United States” from benefiting. Trump announced earlier this month that he would hand over day-to-day c

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Before: wo of his sons, but there is no indication he has relinquished his ownership stake in the $200 million project.

A spokeswoman for the GSA declined to comment.

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4:35 p.m.

At least one vehicle is on fire as protests escalate in downtown Washington.

A plume of thick black smoke is billowing from a vandalized limousine at the corner of K and 13th Streets Northwest. Riot police are working to remove people from the area, which is just a few blocks from President
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inaugural parade route.

Police are using what appear to be flash bang grenades to help control the scene.

The activity follows a brief period of relative calm in the area.

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4:25 p.m.

The leader of Taiwan’s delegation to the U.S. presidential inauguration has dismissed China’s strong objections to his attendance as “small-minded.”

Former Premier Yu Shyi-kun says: “It’s hard to believe that a country with 5,0

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Before: 00 years of history and its glorious background is so focused on this. It just shows how petty they are.”

Yu was interviewed by The Associated Press after watching Trump’s swearing-in. He says he had a good seat, directly in front of the ceremony at the Capitol.

The U.S. has no formal relations with self-governing Taiwan in deference to China, which claims the island as its own. However, the two maintain robust informal ties. China is concerned that President
Match: Donald Trump
After: could seek to redefine relations between Beijing, Taipei and Washington.

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4:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump has stepped out of his limousine to briefly walk along the inaugural parade route.

Trump was joined by the new first lady Melania Trump and their 10-year-old son, Barron.

The president rode in his official vehicle for the first portion of the parade and stepped out in front of FBI headquarters along Pennsylvania Avenue.

He got back in his vehicl

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4:05 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: is making his way down Constitution Avenue with a military escort as his inauguration parade begins in Washington.

The president will review the parade from a viewing stand near the White House.

He and first lady Melania Trump are riding in the presidential limousine nicknamed “The Beast.”

Trump is being cheered by supporters as his car passes.

Others are shouting “Media sucks” while a group of protesters chants, “Not my president, not m

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Before: the start of the inaugural parade.

Police officers on motorcycles are following closely behind as the parade participants begin the slow trek down Constitution Avenue.

Hundreds of police officers have lined both sides of the street. Service members are also standing at attention on both sides.

There are only a few onlookers along the first couple of blocks but the crowds appear to grow as the parade approaches the National Mall.

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3:15 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: – in brief remarks at his inaugural lunch at the Capitol – says he was honored that Hillary Clinton, his rival in the White House race, came to the event.

The bipartisan crowd of lawmakers and other dignitaries gave Clinton a standing ovation after Trump asked her to rise.

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, sat with members of Trump’s family at the event.

Trump ended by saying he has “a lot of respect for those two people.”

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Contrast that with some of his rhetoric during the campaign.

Back then, Trump repeatedly said Hillary Clinton deserved to be in jail because of her private email server issues. And Trump invited women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault to sit in the audience of one of the presidential debates.

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3:10 p.m.

Far fewer people were at President
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inauguration than attended President Barack Obama’s first swearing-in eight years ago.

Photos of the National Mall from Obama’s inauguration in January 2009 show a teeming crowd stretching from the West Front of the Capitol all the way to the Washington Monument.

Photos taken from the same position on Friday show large swaths of empty space on the Mall.

Thin crowds and semi-empty bleachers also dotted the inaugural parade route.

Hotels across the

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Before: District of Columbia reported vacancies, a rarity for an event as large as a presidential inauguration.

And ridership on the Washington’s Metro system didn’t match that of recent inaugurations.

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3:05 p.m.

Partisan rivalries in Washington appear to have eased for at least one meal.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: is dining with a group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Capitol shortly after his inauguration.

Trump has spent much of the lunch in animated conversation with Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer, who’s threatened to slow votes on some Cabinet nominees.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat, walked up to the head table at one point to join the conversation.

Trump’s rival in the presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton, sat

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Before: shington for a confrontation with police. Authorities are again using pepper spray, and some demonstrators appear to have difficulty breathing.

Some in the crowd are throwing cups, water bottles and objects – including chunks of concrete. Some protesters have rolled large steel trash cans at police.

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2 p.m.

Rick Perry -the former Texas governor who’s in line to be energy secretary – was seen chewing gum and blowing bubbles as a rabbi spoke during
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inauguration.

That image has drawn lots of attention on social media.

It comes on the heels of Perry’s comments at his confirmation hearing Thursday when he told Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., that he enjoyed meeting him at Franken’s Senate office. And Perry then said: “I hope you are as much fun on that dais as you were on your couch.”

Franken, a former comedian, paused for effect as Perry asked to rephrase. “Please,” Franken said.

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1:50 p.m.

President
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After: has arrived at the inaugural luncheon in Capitol – and he immediately walked to Hillary Clinton’s table and shook the hand of the defeated Democratic nominee.

The menu features three courses and includes Maine lobster, Virginia beef and shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.

Later, Republican and Democratic congressional leaders will give toasts.

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1:45 p.m.

“Unbelievably humbling.”

That’s what President Donald Trump’s for

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Before: mer campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, says after watching the inauguration not far from where the new president took the oath of office.

Lewandowski says this about Trump: “I knew a winner when I saw one. I don’t think anybody realized how angry the country was with Washington.”

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1:40 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: has formally nominated his Cabinet.

Trump made his nominations official just after he took office. He signed a series of documents in an ornate room steps from the Senate floor.

The president distributed pens to congressional leaders according to whether they liked his choices. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for instance, received the pen that Trump used to nominate Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife, to be transportation secretary.

House Democratic leader Nancy P

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Before: elosi jokingly objected to getting a pen used to nominate Tom Price to be health secretary. At that point, House Speaker Paul Ryan chimed in, “I’ll take it.”

After nominating Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, Trump said he’d heard Pompeo would be confirmed “momentarily.”

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer piped up: “It depends what you mean by momentarily.”

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1:35 p.m.

Hillary Clinton is attending President
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inaugural luncheon at the Capitol.

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, posed for pictures with a bipartisan group of attendees. Republican Trump defeated Democrat Clinton in the November election.

Former President Jimmy Carter is also at the luncheon.

Also attending are members of Congress, Supreme Court justices and some of Trump’s Cabinet picks.

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1:33 p.m.

Far fewer riders used Washington’s Metro system on Fr

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At the same hour eight years ago for President Barack Obama’s first inaugural, there had been 513,000 trips. Four years later, there were 317,000 for Obama’s second inauguration.

There were 197,000 at 11 a.m. in 2005 for President George W. Bush’s second inauguration.

The Metro system also posted that only two parking lots at stations were more than 60 percent full.

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1:30 p.m.

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After: isn’t wasting much time before signing some presidential paperwork.

Press secretary Sean Spicer says on Twitter that the new president is signing formal nominations for each of his Cabinet picks and other members of the new administration.

He’s also signing a proclamation for a National Day of Patriotism and legislation that clears the way for retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to run the Pentagon, if confirmed by the Senate.

Trump signed the documents as he was s

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Before: urrounded by lawmakers and his family members, and he handed out ceremonial pens to members of Congress.

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1:24 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama is thanking supporters before he departs for a vacation in California – saying that they “proved the power of hope.”

Obama was joined by former first lady Michelle Obama at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. They took a helicopter there from the Capitol following President
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s swearing-in ceremonies.

The outgoing president says he and his wife have sometimes been the “voice out front” but his push for changes in the country that began with his 2008 presidential campaign “has never been about us. It has always been about you.”

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1:20 p.m.

Police in the nation’s capital says two officers were injured and some police cars were damaged by protesters.

Police say officers used pepper spray to subdue

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Before: protesters who were damaging cars, setting fires and destroying the property of businesses.

Police say they made “numerous arrests” and that an unspecified number of demonstrators have been charged with rioting.

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1:15 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: has signed legislation that clears the way for his defense secretary pick – retired Marine Gen. James Mattis – to run the Pentagon, if confirmed by the Senate.

A vote on Mattis is expected Friday.

There’s a law that bars former service members who’ve been out of uniform for less than seven years from holding the top Pentagon job. The restriction is meant to preserve civilian control of the military.

The measure signed by Trump soon after his took off

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Before: ice grants Mattis a one-time exception.

Congress last allowed an exception to the law in 1950 for George Marshall, a former five-star Army general.

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1:10 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: is pledging to eliminate President Barack Obama’s environmental regulations. That includes Obama’s plan to address climate change.

As Trump was giving his inaugural address, the White House website listed several actions Trump will take to cancel “harmful and unnecessary policies.” Among them are Obama’s climate action plan and a clean water rule imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The climate plan is intended as a broad-based strategy to

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Before: cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. The plan includes a series of rules that limit carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants.

The water rule is intended to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands from development.

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1 p.m.

Randy Showalter says he felt inspired as he stood on the National Mall and listened to
Match: Donald Trump
After: ’s inauguration speech.

Showalter is a 36-year-old diesel mechanic and father of five from Mount Solon, Virginia. He’d never attended an inauguration before and says Trump spoke to him in a way that no other politician has.

Showalter says: “I feel like there’s an American pride that I’ve never felt, honestly, in my life.”

He was wearing the Trump campaign’s signature red “Make America Great Again” hat, says he’s opt

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Before: imistic about Trump’s pledges to improve the economy and create working-class jobs.

Showalter says the billionaire “understands that the working man is what makes him rich. He understands what a real blue-collar working man is.”

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12:55 p.m.

The prime minister of Japan – one of America’s closest allies – is congratulating
Match: Donald Trump
After: on his inauguration and says he wants to strengthen the “unwavering” ties between the two nations.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued his statement minutes after Trump took the oath of office as the 45th U.S. president.

Abe says he looks forward to meeting Trump again “at the earliest possible occasion” to send a message to the world on the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance.

Japanese media have reported Abe may visit the U.S. in late January.

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12:50 p.m.

Foreign ministers from Poland and Lithuania say they’re looking forward to working constructively with the Trump administration. They’re playing down anxieties that President
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After: ’s pro-Russian views could hurt the region’s interests.

Witold Waszczykowski says Poland is hopeful about the U.S. change. He’s noting with some bitterness that the region felt neglected by former President Barack Obama in the early years of his administration.

Trump has caused unease in Central and Eastern Europe nations that he might sacrifice their security needs at a time they are especially fearful of Russia.

Linas Linkevicius of Lithuania says some of

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Before: Trump’s statements have been “confusing” but says he’s not jumping to any conclusions.

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12:39 p.m.

Pope Francis has congratulated
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After: on his inauguration and urged the new U.S. president to show concern for the poor, the outcast and those in need who “stand before our door.”

Francis says in a message that he’s praying Trump’s decisions will be guided by the “rich spiritual and ethical values” that have shaped America’s history.

The pope also offers these words: “Under your leadership, may America’s stature continue to be measured above all by its concern for

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Before: the poor, the outcast and those in need.”

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12:36 p.m.

Match: Donald Trump
After: has closed his first speech as president with his campaign slogan: “Make America great again.”

Trump is borrowing from his campaign speeches and promising this: “Together we will make America strong again,” wealthy again, strong again and proud again.

“And yes,” he says, “together, we will make America great again.”

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12:34 p.m.

Donald Trump says that when Americans open their heart to patriotism, “there

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Before: is no room for prejudice.”

In his inauguration address, Trump is repeating a campaign promise to eradicate “radical Islam” from the face of the earth.

Trump is promising to seek friendship with all nations by reinforcing existing alliances and forming new ones.

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12:30 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: is suggesting that his election will lead to a “new national pride” that will “heal our divisions.”

Trump, after beginning his speech with a dark accounting of America, says “the time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action.”

Trump suggested that Americans from different backgrounds are united by the same goals and hopes.

He says kids in cities such as Detroit or rural areas like Nebraska “look up at the same sky&rdqu

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Before: o; and that soldiers of different races “bleed the same red of patriotism.”

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12:22 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: says in his inauguration speech that an America united is an America that’s “totally unstoppable.”

Trump says Americans must speak their minds openly and disagree honestly, but they must always pursue solidarity.

Trump says Americans need not fear – they’re protected by military and law enforcement personnel.

But most importantly, he says, “we will be protected by God.”

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12:18 p.m.

President Donald Trump says

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Before: to patriotism, “there is no room for prejudice.”

Trump is repeating a campaign promise to eradicate “radical Islam.” He says he’ll rebuild America’s roads, bridges, airports and railways by following “two simple rules: buy American and hire American.”

Trump is promising to seek friendship with all nations by reinforcing existing alliances and forming new ones.

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12:15 p.m.

In his inauguration speech, President
Match: Donald Trump
After: is repeating the dark vision and the list of the country’s woes that he hit on during the campaign.

Trump describes closed factories as “tombstones” that dot the county and says the federal government has spent billions defending “other nations’ borders while refusing to defend our own.”

The Republican president says the U.S. “will confront hardships but we will get the job done.”

He says the oath of office he just took &ldquo

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Before: ;is an oath of allegiance to all Americans” and said that the country will share “one glorious destiny.”

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12:12 p.m.

President
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After: says that he will govern the country by putting America first.

Trump is saying in his first speech as president that “from this day forward, a new vision will govern our hand” and that “from this day forward it’s going to be only America first.”

Trump says that every decision he makes, on issues from trade to taxes to immigration and foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and families.

He says “We must protect our border

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Before: s from the ravages of other countries” taking American jobs.

Trump says that under his leadership, America “will start winning like never before.”

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12:11 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: says Americans came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement “the likes of which the world has never seen before.”

Trump says the United States exists to serve its citizens.

He says Americans want great schools, safe neighborhoods and good jobs.

But he says too many people face a different reality: rusted-out factories, a bad education system, crime, gangs and drugs.

Trump says the “carnage stops right here and right now.”

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12:10 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: is declaring his victory a victory for working people.

Trump says in his inauguration speech: “Today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another,” but “transferring power from Washington D.C. and giving it back to you, the people”

Trump says that, for too long, too few have had power and the people have paid the price.

He says: “Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered b

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Before: ut the jobs left and the factories closed.”

He says, “That all changes starting right here and right now.”

Trump is also thanking former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama for their “gracious” aid through the transition.

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12:09 p.m.

President
Match: Donald Trump
After: says change starts “right here and right now.”

The new president is using his inaugural address to say it doesn’t matter which party controls the government. He says that what matters is “whether our government is controlled by the people.”

Trump says the forgotten men and women of the country “will be forgotten no longer.”

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12:05 p.m.

President Donald Trump is beginning his inaugural address by saying that “t

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Before: great national effort to build our country and restore its promise for all people.”

It began to rain in Washington as Trump started speaking.

Trump also thanked all of the past presidents in attendance, including former campaign foes Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

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11:45 a.m.

U.S. embassies and consulates in at least 10 nations in Asia, Europe and Latin America are warning of potentially violent protests through the weekend against the inauguration of
Match: Donald Trump
After: as U.S. president.

Security notices posted by U.S. diplomatic missions in Chile, Denmark, France, Greece, Haiti, Italy the Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal and the Philippines advise American in those countries to steer clear of embassies and consulates on Friday and, in some cases, on Saturday and Sunday. That’s due to the possibility of unrest and clashes with police.

The notices say the planned demonstrations are either focused on “U.S. politics” or are “

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