Some of the folks have been covering me for a while. I think we can all agree that this has been a historic NATO Summit. Thank you very much for taking the time to be here. You’d think someone else walked in the room. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. KELLY: That is our White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez reporting from the White House.Ĭopyright © 2021 NPR. Anthony Fauci is going to be part of a World Health Organization meeting. And one of the first things that's going to happen on that front - tomorrow, Dr. And next month, President Biden will propose another recovery bill for Congress. ORDOÑEZ: Well, we're told to expect more executive orders through next week and beyond. KELLY: Just give us a quick preview of his calendar in the coming days. And that plan would cover vaccines and economic relief for families. But, you know, the real test of whether Biden can marshal some kind of unity is his proposal for a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. So this is going to continue to be a flashpoint between Republicans and Democrats. And because of that, before the bill even got to the Hill, we saw one senator say he will put a hold on Biden's nominee for the Department of Homeland Security over the measure. It'll offer a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country. This was something that he promised to do on Day 1. ORDOÑEZ: Well, today, he's planning to send a comprehensive immigration proposal to the Hill. What do we know about his legislative agenda? KELLY: And meanwhile, a lot of his agenda are things where he can't do it on his own, where he is going to need to work with Congress. But the actual reversal is going to take some more work. Just as an example, they've identified more than a hundred of Trump's environmental rollbacks that they want to reverse. But some of these orders are really just to get the ball rolling on things that are going to take more time. He's revoking a ban that Trump had on diversity training, and he's stopping construction of the border wall and the Keystone Pipeline. He is officially rejoining the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement. He's requiring people to wear masks in federal buildings. His chief of staff and other top advisers laid out the details for some of us reporters last night, and these are things he's been talking about for a while. He's going to - he's signing 17 executive actions today. He wants to tackle the pandemic, the economy, climate change, racial justice - big, thorny issues, not things anybody can fix in a day. So let's get into those policy priorities that we heard him lay out. And then, of course, Biden arrived around 4 p.m., you know, escorted by the military. And then staff started showing up, and they were getting their computers set up and saying hellos. And very soon after, photos of the Bidens were being put up on walls in the West Wing that had been left bare. Biden's first tweet, by the way, was that there's no time to waste. Then they took over the POTUS Twitter account. First, his team took over the White House website. But at noon, you know, as soon as President Biden was sworn in, we really started to see changes. You know, this morning, I saw aides to the now-former President Trump saying their final goodbyes and doing their last bit of cleanup. KELLY: Before I ask about these executive actions and everything else, you're at the White House right now. White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez joins us now.įRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise. These are steps he can take on his own to begin to take action. And today, he signed a series of executive actions. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: A raging virus, growing inequity, the sting of systemic racism, a climate in crisis, America's role in the world - any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways. A few minutes ago, he swore in dozens of his staffers, and he spent time in the Oval Office already, addressing some major challenges, which he laid out in his inaugural address.
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