He will become the first US president to miss the ceremony in more than 150 years.

But Joe Biden said his decision was a good thing, one of the only things they'd ever agreed on.

He called President Trump on embarrassment to the country.

Our North America editor, John So Paul, reports words horse and stable door come to mind AST contract is brought into erects and proper security around the Capitol Hill complex so alarmingly and easily breached by the Trump supporting mob on Wednesday night on the repercussions are still being felt.

Last night, a chastened and tense president spoke words that had clearly Bean written for him.

I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack.

The change of tone and substance in just 24 hours is startling, whiplash inducing, as they say on school.

Essays compare.

On contrast, we're gonna walk down to the capital way, have just been through an intense election and emotions air high.

But now tempers must be cooled and calm restored.

You'll never take back our country with weakness.

You have to show strength and you have to be strong.

Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem.

The demonstrators who infiltrated the capital have defiled the seat of American democracy.

So go home.

We love you.

You're very special to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction.

You do not represent our country.

We had an election that was stolen from us.

It was a landslide election.

A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th.

My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power.

This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.

But from the reactivated presidential Twitter account today on unsurprising statement to all those who've asked, I will not be going to the inauguration on January the 20th.

Not that Joe Biden is shedding any tears.

That's what I am looking forward to him leaving office.

I was told that on the way up here away over here that he indicated he wasn't going to show up at the after inauguration, one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on.

It's a good thing I'm not showing up in the wake of the riots on the president's in century words, he's faced multiple resignations on the threat of removal from office.

That explains the astonishing vault fast from Donald Trump last night.

He had no option on There's this.

Just before he spoke, it was confirmed that one of the Capitol policeman Brian Sick Nick, had died from injuries he received while trying to hold the rioters at bay.

Today, it was ordered that flags should flat half mast in his honor.

But they're also flying at half staff for American Democracy on John, just 12 days left of President Trump's term in office.

But a lot can happen in 12 days, and it's going to be a very long 12 days because you can see already that the Democrats were planning to draw up articles of impeachment to impeach him a second time in the House.

Apparently, this is being planned when the raid on the Congress was taking place on.

They're going to accuse Donald Trump of intention to course on insurrection.

Eso that's that.

There is also Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House.

She has been in touch with the commander of the U.

S.

Military to say the president should be stripped of the nuclear codes because he is not a reliable person.

You've got the White House saying that this is going to so further division.

There are Republicans saying he ought to go.

So that is the next 12 days.

We don't know what Donald Trump might do or say next.

Last night, he was on auto cue.

He might let Rip if he's not on, so there's a lot of uncertainty.

But let's look at where we are right now, because this has been a week of turbulence in a way that American history has not seen before.

Yesterday, 4000 people died in one day of covert, the highest single total.

Today, the jobless totals have gone up as well as that.

We have seen the assault on Congress.

Americans are divided.

They are angry.

This is Donald Trump's legacy, but it's also Joe Biden's inheritance.