Donald Trump has become the 47th, as well as the 45th President. But the question is this: what will actually change when his new term begins?

The team assemble to separate the fact from fiction - will he really declassify the JFK files and end the war in Ukraine on his first day in office?

And Kamala Harris has conceded the election. Justin was on the ground and reports back on what the mood was like in the losing camp.

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