<Anchor>
Elect Joe Vineden takes office as the new president of the United States at 2 a.m. our time.
Less than two hours are left, but Washington is said to be engulfed in anticipation and tensions for the new US ahead of the inauguration ceremony.
We will connect with a local correspondent to find out more about the news.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won, where are you now?
<Reporter>
I am now in downtown Washington DC, as deep as possible for our reporters.
If you look behind me, you can see reporters from all over the world, and if you see, there are barricades and checkpoints, and soldiers line up in front of them.
Because the red zone is beyond that, the access of the general public is strictly controlled.
Less than a couple of hours later, after a while from the Capitol, a 10-minute walk from here.
Biden's inauguration ceremony takes place and the new owner of the White House appears.
<Anchor> The
inauguration ceremony will be held soon, and Biden has already started the schedule today (21st)?
<Reporter>
Yes, it is.
Elect Biden left his home in Delaware yesterday and entered Washington.
I stayed one night at the White House guesthouse, and before the inauguration ceremony, I started my day early this morning by visiting a nearby church with my wife, Mrs.
This is where the message of integration was thrown.
After taking the presidential oath at the inauguration ceremony at 12:00 noon here, about two hours later, the term of office officially begins.
<Anchor>
Biden-elect, yesterday you held a memorial service for the victims of Corona?
<Reporter>
Yes, it is.
After entering Washington yesterday, Elect Biden first visited the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the deaths of 400,000 Americans who died of coronavirus.
[Biden/President-Elect: We must remember.
Sometimes it's hard to remember.
But by remembering, we will heal.]
This commemoration event took place not only here in Washington, but also across the United States.
This year, the number of attendance at the inauguration ceremony was minimized as a terrorist warning is being issued along with the coronavirus in the United States. I decided to do it.
<Anchor>
Correspondent Kim and President Trump are also curious.
<Reporter>
Yes, it is.
President Trump left the White House, where he stayed for four years, about two hours ago.
President Trump took his last presidential plane to Florida, where he lived, just before leaving the White House, where he was invited to hold a self-farewell party just before leaving the White House.
Listen to President Trump's last farewell message.
[Trump/US President: I will always fight for you.
I will watch you.
I'll hear from you.]
But, while Vice President Pence isn't attending, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, said yesterday that "the capitol riot was due to Trump's agitation." I literally made a lonely exit, such as asking questions.