It's Monday, January 20th, Inauguration Day.
I'm Jane Coston, and this is what a Day.
The show that remembers that.
It's also Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, a day to honor a truly American hero.
Happy birthday, Dr.
King.
On today's show, TikTok goes dark in the US for, like, half a day.
But now it's back.
But for how long?
And a tenuous ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas leads to the war's first meaningful pause in fighting in more than a year.
Today is inauguration day in D.C.
and because it's apparently too cold for the typical outdoor ceremony, President Elect Donald Trump and Vice President Elect JD Vance will be sworn in at the Capitol Rotunda.
Afterwards, Trump will hold a big party at Capitol One arena in Chinatown.
And yes, that's the same Chinatown Trump seemed to believe was controlled by the country of China back in 2023.
Anyway, there will be much pageantry.
Carrie Underwood will take a break from singing the theme to Sunday Night Football to Sing America the Beautiful.
And then there's the Liberty Inaugural Ball, which will feature a cursed combination of performances by the rapper Nelly, country singer Jason Aldean, and disco band the Village People.
And there will be money.
Lots of money.