AUDIO: MONDAY, JAN. 18, 2021

UP FIRST BY NPR

Despite months of attempts to overturn democracy, the presidential transfer of power will happen this week. Thousands of U.S. troops will guard the inauguration as Joe Biden takes the oath of office. Vaccine distribution is moving more slowly than expected. Also, what does the Kremlin plan for Alexei Navalny? The critic of Russia's Vladimir Putin returned to his home country. Officials there arrested him.

Editor’s note: Segment regarding the COVID-19 mass vaccination site at Gillette Stadium begins around the 6-minute mark.