On Friday, many Americans will be looking for how to watch the Presidential Inauguration 2017 live streaming and televised coverage. Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the newest President of the United States, taking over for Barack Obama. The event will receive news coverage throughout the day and includes pre-inauguration concert performers, Trump's swearing in, his first speech as president, and an official parade in his honor. Here are the details for how to watch the Donald Trump Inauguration event live stream or TV coverage on Friday.
When is the TV coverage?
Consider the Inauguration like the Super Bowl of Presidential events as a new leader takes over the White House. The coverage of Trump's big day will start bright and early on Friday, as many morning news programs will begin with the reporting. This will include CBS, NBC, and ABC, among other networks, immediately having coverage as of 6 or 7 a.m. Eastern Time. The actual Inauguration event will be a bit later on, though.
Some networks list their coverage beginning at 9 a.m., while others list it as starting around 11 a.m. Eastern Time. There are musical performances around the 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time slot, and then the actual swearing in gets started with opening remarks at 11:30 a.m.
ET. Donald Trump will be officially sworn in at noon by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and then make his speech.
Th official inauguration will be followed by other events including the Inauguration parade and three balls that Trump will attend. Some networks, including CNN, list the parade coverage starting around 2 p.m.
Eastern Time and extending through 7 p.m. ET, making it a full day of coverage as the latest President and Vice President take office.
How to watch Inauguration live
As mentioned, televised coverage will be plentiful for the Donald Trump Inauguration event. It will be hard to find many networks that aren't showing coverage of the event including CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, and others.
That means cable and satellite television subscribers or even those viewers with a simple HD antenna on their TV will be able to watch it live.
Live streaming of the event will be available in many ways as well. Many of the networks mentioned may offer online coverage via their respective websites or apps. Some may offer the live streaming free, while others will require that customers log in using their cable or satellite provider account. SlingTV offers a one-week free trial which includes CNN among other channels for viewers to use in order to see the event live as it takes place.
Social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube may offer free live coverage so be on alert. The Right Side Broadcasting website or YouTube channel are other popular online locations for free live streaming of various Donald Trump live events. They recently had footage of the Inaugural concert on Thursday and are likely to offer unique coverage of Friday's Presidential Inauguration events as well.
