Biden set to acknowledge ground-shaking history of the last year in first speech to Congress

When President Joe Biden delivers his first address to Congress on Wednesday, two of the past year's ground-shaking events will be hard to ignore.

The room where he'll deliver it is exactly where a riot of would-be insurrectionists tried to prevent him from becoming president. And for the first time in history, a pair of women will be seated on the rostrum -- and both will be wearing face masks. When the President enters the House chamber to the shouted introduction from the House Sergeant at Arms, he will also be wearing a mask before removing it to speak. Biden plans to reference both the January 6 riot and the historic tableau behind him during his remarks, according to people familiar with his speech preparations, a nod to the weighty environment in which he will make the highly symbolic yearly address for the first time. Before he speaks, he'll meet with Capitol staff who weathered the insurrection attempt.