hundreds of thousands of people are gathering for today's women's march. you're looking at the nation's capitol there and susan malvo is there. they are just at the steps of the lincoln memorial. so is there one objective that brings so many people out coast to coast here? >> reporter: good morning, fred. well yes, there is an objective. there are many different objectives. but what many people are telling me this morning, they want to seize the momentum from last year. this is not going to be the kind of anticipated crowd that you saw from last year. maybe ten thousand or so. i was here at the march one year ago when it was so jam packed. you could barely move madonna and scarlet johansen and celebrity power but it is strategic that those folks will be in l.a. and in las vegas.