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00:00First hours as president, Joe Biden signed a record 17 executive orders.
00:04Most were reversals of Trump policies like rejoining the Paris Climate Accords
00:08or halting construction of the US-Mexico border wall.
00:12But others went a little further, like freezing student debt collection.
00:16As the outgoing vice president of the White House,
00:18Kamala Harris' first day may look a little different.
00:21She hasn't specifically discussed the signing of executive orders,
00:24but says day one will be about implementing her plan
00:27for what she calls an opportunity economy.
00:30At the top of my list is bringing down the cost of living for you.
00:37That will be my focus every single day as president.
00:41I will give a middle class tax cut to over 100 million Americans.
00:47In contrast, Donald Trump has made at least 40 distinct first day promises,
00:51telling Fox News last year he wouldn't be a dictator except for day one.
00:56In his own words, he's pledged to close the border and drill, drill, drill.
01:01He's also vowed to fire Jack Smith,
01:03the special counsel who brought two federal cases against him within two seconds.
01:08Mass deportation is also top of his list.
01:12On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program
01:17of criminals in American history.
01:20It's going to be the largest deportation of criminals.
01:23We're going to get them out of here fast.
01:25But legal experts say a lot of his promises
01:27fall outside the scope of a president's authority under the constitution.
01:31Most of Trump's agenda will require sign-off
01:33or legal defence from the Justice Department,
01:35and even his vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance recently declared
01:39that the attorney general would be the second most important person in government.

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