Justin Webb

Yeah. And that whole business then, Professor Franklin, of what a biological parent is, because in theory, you could then have a parent who was the embryo and the people who donated the skin would be your grandparents. And that feels like something very different from what we are used to, to put it mildly.

Give us a kind of case study, as it were, of who it was who would be potentially helped by that ability.

And that, Professor Franklin, is a much more difficult area, society-wide.

Are there areas... Professor Lovell-Badge, that will simply be possible, but clearly right from the beginning just will be banned legally in areas that we can think of quite easily?

And when it comes to him and his way of governing, and we've been using the word chaos, does that matter to them?

Let's see if we get better. Yeah. The other big change, I suppose, from the Trump presidency compared with the Biden presidency is simply the energy of the man. And I wonder whether that makes a political difference that continues actually for months, if not years.

And they don't say that about Trump, of course.

We've come to the Silver Diner just outside Washington, D.C. It's in suburban Maryland. We're going to talk to people here about politics in the inauguration. But first, of course, brunch.

have a side of turkey yes ma'am you want ranch blue cheese honey mustard thousand island or balsamic vinaigrette ranch yes ma'am my name's carol this is my husband rick and we're from massachusetts away from the politics i just wonder whether a lot of americans including people who didn't vote for donald trump want want this to be the beginning of something that's good for the country

Are you going to watch it on the TV? I am. Do you think a lot of people will? I mean, even those who didn't vote for him?

Yes. It's always an exciting time to see.

Why not?

The inauguration, is that a big part of your life? Is that a big part of your day on Monday?

Why not?

Do you think a lot of Americans, including a lot of people who didn't vote for him, maybe some people who really dislike him, will still be hoping that this day is a success, the inauguration, and that actually something of what he wants to do works?

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