Inauguration to triple 8, triple 7 when youre out this morning. So keep that in mind as well. That should be another good way to find out information. How to enter the National Mall, constitution avenue at 7th, 9th and 12th. Independence avenue at 7th and 12th. Metro opened at 4 00 theyre open till 2 00 tomorrow morning. These stations are closed. Smithsonian, archives and Mount Vernon Square and only if youre an inauguration Ticket Holder can you get off at union station, judiciary square, Capitol South and federal center. There will be Security Check points there as well, by the way. Lets go outside and show you what it looks like. At the 14th street bridge, right now its open but its 5 30, 14th street bridge will be diverted on to the southeast southwest freeway. Northbound 395 hov is closed at 9 00 a. M. More information coming up for you once again in a few minutes. Mike and andrea . Thank you, monika. Today well enjoy the inaugural motorcade, the swearing in ceremony and public speech from president obama and later the inaugural parade. The president needs to take the oath of office officially on january 20. With all the big events surrounding today, he had to do that yesterday. On sunday he took the official oath of office in a prate ceremony apartment the white house. Ceremony at the white house. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife and a few others looked on as chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath. Congratulations, mr. President. Thank you, mr. Chief justice, thank you so much. There is was. It was very quick. Now wed like to welcome chris brown. Hes here in our rooftop location. Chris is director of Public Affairs and he has been going to parties, parties, parties, nonstop. Were so glad youre partying with us this morning. Which parties did you go to . Good morning. For the last three days its been parties nonstop. I think really the first great party of this weekend was the Iowa State Society party as the National Museum of women of the arts. They take a serious responsibility in choosing who the nominees are to be president. We saw governor omalley was there and Vice President biden. Theyre jockeying already for 200016 . 2016 . Reporter Vice President biden showed up unexpectedly and said im so proud to be here as president of the United States. It was spectacular. Oh, that is reporter all the state societies want to do their own thing. Of course the texas guys with the black tie. The big party at gaylord national. We saw the bluegrass ball from the Kentucky State Society and north north carolinians took over nationals park. Huge party up there. Last night was the beginning of really 24 hours of nonstop partying. As we were coming up pennsylvania avenue this morning to this beautiful studio overlooking the white house which of course is just lit up, all the bars were still letting out. The revelers at 3 45 in the morning, it was insanity to me. People having a good time. You dont have opportunities to party like this. We never see traffic coming into work. You know something is happening in d. C. When theres traffic at 1 00 in the morning. People, like you said, were still partying, just leaving, some just getting to bed. Its incredible. Are there such things we talk about this in the oscars and a lot of award ceremonies and big events, are there snubs when it comes to ball season here . My god, yes. At the elite level, there are some tickets that are almost impossible to get. There was a brunch yesterday morning at cafe milano, the fancy italian place where the president took his wife this week. It was billionaires, news anchors. This was an impossible ticket. It was a spectacular party. Who else was there . We had so many different kinds of people hosted by newsweek and the daily beat. We had their cohorts. Pierce morgan. Bob schieffer was there. The billionaire from los angeles was there. Im just thinking, those are the private parties. You have food and drink. What about the official inaugural balls . There are only two this year. This is the fewest number since 1956 when dwight d. Eisenhower was reinaugurated. The president will be attending both of those. The general ball and the commander in chief ball. Tickets sold out in about four seconds. Both of those are at the Washington Convention center here in town. Chris brown, thanks a lot for joining us. So enthusiastic at this hour of the morning. Chris, have a great time tonight. Thanks for being with us. Now to todays big event. Metro opened an hour earlier than it usually does on the weekdays to try to accommodate the huge crowds expected on the National Mall. Thats right. Wusa9 reporter Delia Goncalves is live at the eastern end of metros orange line in New Carrollton where plenty of people are already filing past. Good morning, delia. Reporter good morning. I cant believe chris brown. How much energy did he have . Wow. Okay. He was speaking a mile a minute. It was great fun listening to him and watching him. Here we are at New Carrollton. Folks have been coming. It seems all morning long. We got here around 3 30. We pulled up a little bit before 3 30 and we already started seeing folks pulling in and lining up for that first train that rolled through the station at 4 00 a. M. And you can hear the train just pulling out. So folks are heading to the inauguration. This was a recommendation that folks in the outskirts here come to the end of the line stations, park their vehicles, and then metro in. And everyone has been saying this is your best bet to get anywhere close to the inauguration ceremonies a little later this morning. We spoke to a woman from michigan, teresa doyle. She came with a contingent of about 30 people who loaded up in vans early this morning, came down to New Carrollton to head out very early in the morning to beat those massive crowds. Lets listen to what she had to say. We came to the last inauguration. Were just expecting a great celebration. Were excited that we get to do this two times. Reporter not as cold and not as crowded. Thank god. Thank god. Thank god not as cold. Were still anticipating a big crowd. Were here early because of the crowd before. You know, were happy to see that we dont have to stand in line as long. I think once we get to the inauguration, theres going to be a lot of people having a lot of fun. Reporter when you woke up this early morning, what went through your mind . Was it hard to get out of bed or you hopped out . I hopped out of bed. I got up at 2 30. Went to bed at 10 30 so didnt get much sleep. Hopped out of bed, got ready. The advance were on time. Reporter the adrenaline of the day will help keep you awake. Awake and warm. Reporter lets say, awake and warm. Lets hope it keeps us all awake and warp. Its going to be a long day but a pretty exciting one. So far so good here on metro. Back to you. The excitement and that cold slap in the face when the wind blows through, that will keep us going. Reporter maybe that, too. Delia live at New Carrollton metro station. We have barely just starred our day long coverage on wusa9. If youre headed our way, we want a view, your view, of the inauguration. Send us videos to our wusa9 social platform. You can also use the wusa9 app that will link us to you. Lights are on at the white house. Welcome back, your weather first. It will be a day with temperatures at or even slightly above average. 41 to 47. Average is 43. Breezy and chilly. Perhaps some late afternoon, evening flurries and snow showers. The arctic air is moving in tonight. Ill tell but that and a neat sky conjunction in about five minutes. Back to you. Thank you, howard. Were back live at our rooftop location overlooking the white house in Downtown Washington northwest. You can see the white house. Lights are on. Its beautiful. Lights are on. Well be watching the inauguration fest i. S below us festivities below us but many of you will be clamoring for a viewing space on the ground. Peggy fox is live along the National Mall waiting for the crowds to get to her which is much less crowded right now, but things will change in a few hours. Right, peggy . Good morning. Reporter hey, good morning, andrea. I want you to meet patty burrgis from tyler, texas. How you doing . Im doing great. Reporter she came up for the first inauguration of president obama four years ago with a whole group from Tyler Metro Chamber of commerce. Right, from tyler, texas. Reporter tyler, texas. You chartered a bus both times, right . Both times we chartered a bus and rode up to see president obama be inaugurated. Reporter you had a fabulous time. A fabulous time last time and this time even better. Reporter were showing some of the video from four years ago. It was so inspirational. Tell me about the feelings that you had coming up here and seeing president obama inaugurated four years ago . It was very inspiring. I saw all nationalities come together to honor our president and to see him sworn in. Reporter youre a teacher. You also told me tell me about your struggle and the sif Civil Rights Movement and because went and what you went through. I went to an integrated school. I was one of the first blacks going to the high school in texas. Reporter youre a trailblazer and bringing your group back again this year. Bringing them back. Reporter and a little easier this time. Easier getting in. Reporter tell me you where stayed last time . Last time we had to go to delaware. This time were staying in alexandria, virginia. Reporter theyre right in old town. You have a great spot and the charpter bus has driven them here this morning. Charter bus has driven them here this morning. Youll be watching on the jumbotrons. Thats right. Well be watching. Reporter patty, thank you so much from tyler texas coming up to watch the second inauguration of president obama. Thank you so much. Reporter have a great time. Okay. Byebye. Reporter byebye. Im wondering how many folks are coming back for a second time. Thats very interesting. Shes got a whole busload of people. They chartered a bus. Drove up on friday and theyve been sort of they went to Arlington Cemetery yesterday. So theyre trying to really take in all the sights and sounds of d. C. Whereas last time there war so many there were so many people who came, it was difficult to do things in the city because they had quite a drive time between delaware and here. Hopefully theyll have a great time. Back to you, andrea. Thank you, peggy fox live on the mall where people are starting to fill in. A lot of them who came four years ago, they know the drill. They know what to bring, what not to bring. But if youre rushing to get everything together for the mall, we want to make sure you do know what to bring so you can have an enjoyable time. Many of the items not to bring are obvious. They include aerosol sprays and air horns, alcoholic beverages, coolers, backpacks and no laser pointers of any color. Other things you need to leave home, leave home the strollers, the signs, the posters, no thermoses, glass containers, umbrellas, weapons. That seems obvious. Fireworks. Leave all that stuff at home. It is a long list. Go to wusa9. Com. Well have the entire list coming up right there and we will be back in just a moment with a special guest. Oh progressoh oh oh oh oh what do you know . Oh bacon . Oh oh oh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your story for a chance to win a progressoh makeover in hollywood. Go to facebook. Com progresso to enter. Welcome back to wusa9s special coverage of ow inauguration events here as we overlook the beautiful white house. The lights are on. It is cold. Howard says bundle up, right . Thats right. 30s this morning. Well be in the 40, 45degree range getting toward inauguration time and the parade this afternoon. And in you dont get enough cool things to see today, there is one neat thing i want you to check out tonight. Jupiter and the moon will be if you hold your index finger and in the sky tonight, it will happen again in march but really a cool scene tonight assuming we dont have flurries and snow showers with colder air moving in. So well be 40 by noon. A little breezy as we get into the afternoon. Some gusts could be 20 miles an hour or better with a southeast wind at 9. Shortly after that i expect it to kick to the northwest as the arctic boundary gets here, dropping us into the teens and 20s tonight and temperatures will barely move tomorrow. This morning a patch of clouds. Winds are just hitting the ridgetops here. So a patch of clouds. A little bit of a lift right over the region. A few snow showers there dying there in southwestern pennsylvania. And annual dray ya, youre asking and andrea, youre asking about temperatures. 32 in arlington. Yes, a chilly morning with 20s in montgomery county. Rockville 29. 34 in upper marlboro, one of our warmer spots with 30 at dulles. 32 leesburg. Good visibility this morning in spite of the clouds. No problems getting around weather wise. Reporting cloudy at national. 35. Feels like 28 though with an east, northeast wind at 9. The air is really drying out. Dew point down to 15. This thing will be below zero probably tomorrow as the arctic air moves in. You can see the arctic air as we look at the forecast highs today. 4 below in minneapolis. 11 in chicago. Well track this arctic air on tuesday moving toward the great lakes and the northeast. Austin 25 tomorrow and about the same on wednesday. With the boundary and the cold air, there may be just a few flurries or snow showers. Today 44. Tonight 23. Could see a flurry or snow shower tonight, tomorrow, especially in the mountains. Tomorrow and wednesday, yellow weather alerts because of the cold which is really going to impact your outdoor plans. Breezy tomorrow. Still chilly on wednesday. And as we head toward friday, it could be a wintry mess around here depending on how strong the storm gets. Cold on saturday. Lets go to monika right now with the latest timesaver traffic. A deer struck on the suitland parkway east of silver hill road. As you can see on the map behind me, the beltway is doing well. You have a tiny bit of slow traffic forming on the west side of town at the American Legion bridge and through the annandale area. No hov restrictions at all today on 95, 66, 270 and even on route 50. Actually route 50 in maryland, those hov restrictions always remain in place. I also want to let you know if you plan to use marc trains this morning, special Inauguration Day service on brunswick and penn lines and also the gw parkway remains open. Park police say if youre trying to get in and out of national airport, you should be okay. Lets take a live look outside and show what you it looks like if youre planning to head here at the 14th street bridge. Hov restrictions are not in effect today so that should help you but if youre traveling inbound on the 14th street bridge, you want to watch out. Youll be diverted on to the southeastsouthwest freeway. Go dc go has established bike parking areas at 16th and i street for hundreds of bikes but take your own lock. Ill be back in a few minutes with more. Thank you, monika. Were here with rob marsiano new to entertainment tonight but a meteorologist. A lot of people probably recognize you. Welcome. How is it being on et going from telling us about forecasts to there are plenty of storms in hollywood to be sure. Its nice to be outside with you. I know youre not feeling well and its cold out. Just a little stuffy. Shes final. Shes a trooper. Its quite a ride. Theyre definitely throwing me in the fire as far as covering all the award shows and having to come up with intelligent questions for people i havent covered much. Its a quick learning country. I get to cover some real news in the inauguration and the super bowl so its been a great ride. Youre going to be busy this afternoon and tonight i imagine. What are some of the stops youll make. Well be here quite a bit thanks to wusa9, our partner in crime. Its just fantastic. Well be servicing some of our other affiliates from here as well. Youre doing fashion, the balls. Weve got all of et has been here for over a week now. We have ox si, one of our we have roxi, one of our new correspondents. Shell be right there in the mix. Christine mcclarty will be covering it as well. Youll be back in a little while. Well hear more from him in a little bit. The white house has just released the new official portrait of president obama as he gets ready to embark on a second term. White house photographer show us a smiling president standing in the oval office. The first photo featured a more serious looking obama taking a few days before he was inaugurated in 2009. We like the smiling photo. Take another look. Well be right back after this. These sweet honey clustery things have fiber . Fiber one. Almost tastes like one of jacks cereals. Uh, forgot jacks cereal. [ jack ] whats for breakfast . Uh, try the number one ive never heard of that. [ wife ] its great. Its a sweet honey cereal, youll love it. Yeah, this is pretty good. Are you guys alright . Yeah. [ male announcer ] over a third of a days fiber. Not that anyone has to know. Fiber beyond recognition. Fiber one. Welcome back. 5 26. Your weather first. We have a patch of clouds now, temps in the 20s and 30s out there. Not too windy, yet wea. Fight off these clouds a little later towards midday with partly sunny conditions. 40 at lunch time. Only in the 30s in the northern then down ya valley. High of northern shenandoah valley. High of 48. And cold, cold tonight. Back on our rooftop perch, were joined by raynar jackson. Hes been involved in campaigns for a long time. Great to have you here. Thanks for getting up early. Only for you guys. A lot of conservatives chose not to come in for the second inauguration. You just got off a plane. Only for you guys. Thank you. I think its kind of crazy that republicans have made it publicly known that theyre going to disappear from d. C. Because a president of the opposite party, i think this is a time for the country to pull together and i think theyre silly. Lets talk about the second term agenda for president bottom ma. What does he have to do to try and reach a compromise that we need to get america working . I dont know what that means, compromise. In todays d. C. , thats not going to happen. So far in january, this president has pretty much gotten everything he wants from the republicans. I think we as republicans, we are still searching for who we are postelection. We have not defined what our vision is Going Forward and the president had a clear vision and whats amazing, he reminded me of Michael Dukakis in 84. He said im going to raise your taxes. Of course he got beat. But this president told the American People what he wanted to do and won. Im amazed. I am totally amazed. As we move forward, the demands for the republican party, look, we need to talk specific spending cuts. The whiept house has dealt with generalities and has laid out a plan. What are some of your thoughts on that being the likelihood as we move forward . Well, i think the mght has i think the president has played his hand marv juicily so marvelously so far. Because we dont have a unified vision, the president is able to conquer us and divide us. We have to come up with two or three items were willing to fight for and not going to compromise on and we have not figured that out yet. The president is also fighting progressiveness in his own party. Entitlements have got to be on the table when it comes to spending cuts. Everyone said that. How much of a battle is he fighting intennally . Hes going to get worse. No matter what you give to the liberal left, they always want more. They dont believe in incremental itch. They want all or nothing right now. As reagan said, my 80 friend is not my 20 enemy. If youre not a hundred percent, then they dont want you to cut a deal. Hes going to run into that soon. You would see ted kennedy spout off. There would always be some sort of back room deal may not be the best way to put it but thats kind of how it happen. You can save face in front of the cameras but finally somebody gave why has that disappeared . You can point to the 1990 census when they redistributed republicans to save republican districts and democrats to save democratic districts. Youve got so much polarization as a result of restricting, thats where it came from in the 1990s. It seems like we havent moved the needle very much. Thank you for your analysis. Thanks for getting up off that plane and coming directly here. We appreciate it. Thank you. If you havent seen it yet, the first lady got a new do just in time for the inaugural event. The sleek page boy with bangs is getting rave reviews. The first lady, president obama and friends celebrated her 49th birthday last week at cafe milano in georgetown. He she also launched her own twitter handle. What do you think of the bangs . Let us know on our facebook fan page. Well be right back. She looks great. I got it when we could download an hd movie in like two minutes. [ male announcer ] once youve got verizon fios internet, you get it the difference 100 fiber optics makes. But dont take our word for it ask a real fios customer. Ask me why fiber optics matters. Ask me about the upload speeds theyre sick [ male announcer ] so go online and send a tweet to a real fios customer. Last chance to get fios for just 89. 99 a month for 2 years with a 2year agreement. Plus get 300 back. Visit got2getfios. Com for americas fastest, most reliable internet. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 8009746006 tty v. Good morning. Welcome back to todays president ial inauguration coverage. Were live from a roof top perch along i street all morning long overlooking the beautiful white house thats now very much illuminated. Looking great. Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for wakes up with us. Im mike hydeck. Its chipper outside this morning. Monika and howard are back in the studio. Well start with howard with a look at the weather first. In case youre coming down to the mall today, how should you prepare . Its in the 30s now, even upper 20s. Prepare for a cold day. Were looking at temperatures today 44, 45. So thats not too bad. Winds are going to gust at times 20 miles an hour and it should be dry most of the day. Heres a look at the day planner here on this monday morning. Its mlk and Inauguration Day. Temperatures by noon close to the 40degree mark. By 4 00 were looking at temperatures in the mid40s. 44. Thats my forecast high for the day. And late this afternoon dont be surprised especially north of town we get a few sprinkles, even flurries and snow showers as the cold air moves in. Notice how the winds turn northwest . Thats an arctic boundary. Going to keep some of the deep freeze around here tuesday, wednesday and thursday and maybe set the stage for a wintry mess on friday. This morning some patchy clouds across the region. A few snow showers up in southwestern pennsylvania. And the chill in the air. You guys outside, hey, its 35 at national, but away from there, many areas now in the upper 20s to lower 30s going to 44. Lets turn it over to monika samtani. A lot of folks are off but that doesnt mean you dont have a lot of traffic issues to deal with. We do have traffic issues in terms of the restrictions trying to get into the district. Let me just give you some perspective on what you should expect if you are planning to head into the district using our traffic map. Till 7 00 tomorrow morning, tuesday morning, parking will be restricted along 45 streets. Also till at 3 00 a. M. This morning, closures along 30 streets began. So that is to give you a little perspective if youre planning to head into the district, i think you should just go ahead and use metro. They have plans for 60,000 parking spots in their lots and garages. That should definitely help you. They open at 4 00 this morning. They will remain open till 2 00 tomorrow morning. Lets take a look outside and show what you it looks like across the 14th street bridge. Just now at 5 30 in the morning, 14th street bridge is now diverted only on to the southeastsouthwest freeway and now the 3rd street tunnel is shut down as well. So two things you want to remember. Across the 14th street bridge youre diverted only on to the southeastsouthwest freeway and no access north or southbound in the 3rd street tunnel. The big closures have begun. Mike and andrea . Thank you very much. The action, the real action, the public swearing in ceremony takes place on the west front of the u. S. Capitol and guess whos there right now in a great position. Talk about a plum assignment. Jessica doyle is up close and personal this morning right near the riser or on the risers. Wow, good view, jess. Reporter not a bad sight to see. Ill tell you, andrea and mike, good morning to you and good morning to everybody at home. We have a plum seat here, right here on the risers, right on the u. S. Capitol complex. I want to show you the scene behind me because the setup has begun here. That blue platform area, thats where the president will take the oath of office. Of course, this is sorry money as youve this is ceremonial as youve been reporting. The main action happened at the white house on the 20th as is the system here in the United States. So theyre doing setup this morning. That glass enclosed area, thats going to be where the president takes the oath of office at noon today. If you look below, youre going to see thats where the musicians are going to set up later. The dignitaries will start filing in here around 9 00 a. M. I want to show you the scene with the media here because ive got a lot of company. Ive got a lot of friends here this morning. Weve been here since about 2 30. All of us had to wait in line for a long time to get through the Security Check points. So we didnt actually even get up on the risers till about 5 15 this morning. And when folks come here today, theyre going to have to be prepared for a lot of security. I want to give you a sense of whats going to be what theyre going to be facing. There are 42 agencies involved in setting up security today. D. C. Police have 3900 officers in place that are going to be working the event today. Theyve deputized 2000 Additional Police officers from other states who have come here to help out. Thats not even to mention the 6,000 National Guards troops and the 2000 National Guardsmen that are outside of the city all with security assignments today. Even the secret service is tweeting today. That shows you just how Different Things are than four years ago how the situation has changed. But it is blitzry. So blistery. People should be prepared to stand around for periods of time. So the hats, the glove, hand warmers will be vital pieces of equipment to bring with you today. But its very exciting. Setup is definitely going on. Were going to be live here throughout the morning for you. Im going to send it back to you guys. Very good. Jessica doyle live from one of the prime spots on the risers at the u. S. Capitol, the west front. Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks, jess. Look who we have here . The new anchor of enter time tonight, robert marciano. Welcome back. Thanks for having me. This never gets tired right here thcht is a fantastic Vantage Point you have. Thanks so much for allowing us to share your broadcast position. Youre new to enter time tonight but people are getting to know you because youve been along the red carpet for the golden gloabz and some of the globes and some of the other high profile events. How does this stack up to Something Like that . The inauguration itself . Yes. This to me, you know, being at cnn for so many years and local news before that, this is a historical event. It happens every four years. We know its coming. There may be a changing of the guard, there may not be but its still an historical event that only comes around a handful of times in anyones lifetime. To be a part of this and be able to see this it seems like in recent presidencies, more and more hollywood starts coming here, whether its to testify before congress or people shooting movies here in d. C. And then being involved in all the inaugural balls when it comes to inauguration time. Its like anything else, it gets a lot more media coverage. The 24hour News Networks helped that. We cover the celebrities as well. So there will be quite a few out there today and enter time tonight will be on enter time tonight will be on that. Entertainment tonight will be on that. Among the politicals, who are you excited to meet and talk with . I would always love to track down a few of the congress men just to see where heads are at and where theyll be going the next few months because it will get even more interesting. It seems like every deadline that comes and goes, theres another one around the bend. So with the bickering thats going on, just across the way there on capitol hill, its interesting to be a journalist. You always look forward to the opportunity to bump into a politician. What about the stars . I mean, its so exciting to think of the job that you have. I know its a lot of hard work. It is. You know, theres a lot of celebrities you have to learn. When i got into news and cnn, theres so Many Congress men that you have to research. The same with celebrities. Its just another genre. Theres a lot to cover. We saw a video of katie perry, so many people here. Thanks so much. Mario lopez. I danced with mario. I like mario. I do. I got a dip. Hes the koch competition. Im talking about the dancing. So nice to see you. Im going to dance with him later on. Four members of the military are selected to dance with the president and Vice President and their wives at the commander in chief ball. It is a huge honor. The whole dancing thing was a great segue. Air force Staff Sergeant brian nelson will be the president s first dance partner. The 29yearold medic is stationed at Bowling Air Force base and keisha vetino will dance with the Vice President. Shes currently a patrol explosive detective dog handler based in fort myer in arlington. Congratulations to those ladies. Well be right back. Welcome back. 5 44. Im outside for a change. Its a cold morning out here with temps in the low to mid 30s in town. We have 20s north and west. Thankfully the wind not that strong yet. Heres your day planner or a look at your inauguration forecast i should say on this monday. We have temperatures this afternoon 41 to 47. Forecasting a high of 44 here in d. C. It will be breezy and chilly with the winds gusting over 20 later on and a chance for a few flurries or snow showers late this afternoon into this evening. Arctic air comes tonight. Its not going to be pretty over the next few days. Lets check in now with andrea and michael. Thank you, howard. There are many military units taking part in this afternoons inaugural parade. Wusa9 reporter scott broom spent the night embedded with one of those units at fort myer. What was that like, scott . Reporter you heard the movie title o dark 30. Thats whats been going on here. These guys have been up since midnight as if on a combat mission except their attar is money old guard theyre the ceremonial old guard. Up all night with them. Take a look at some of the pictures i took at about 2 00 this morning as some of the soldiers here were measuring the medals. They were blackening their shoes. I have a few tricks to tell you how to get shoes shined. They like to use furniture polish, believe it or not. I was surprised by that as well as lighter fluid and everything else. This is a serious mission. The old guard is the oldest unit in the United States military. Its been around since 1784. Many, many of the soldiers i met today are veterans of both afghanistan and iraq. They take the ceremonial mission very, very seriously. For them it projects pride and professionalism of the military, but it also projects the dedication and the precision and the sacrifice that goes into this kind of duty. I mean, this is really, really hard work to make these uniforms look great and to make this mission go off exactly as it should. This is the president s guard. These are also the soldiers that guard arlington and the tomb of the unknown. So theyre professionals at getting their pictures taken. Theyre going to be seen by millions today. This is the largest deployment this regiment does every four years by far. Veterans day, memorial day, thats big but inauguration is huge and it went off with precision today. The buses, about 25 of them, are out of here to the pentagon. Theyll get formed up. When you watch the inaugural parade later today, the old guard will be the guys right in front of the president ial limousines. You can say hey, you saw them at 1 00 in the morning getting dressed today. Reporting live at fort myer, scott broom, wusa9. Thank you, scott. Our inauguration coverage just getting started. It goes all the way through midnight tonight. If youre headed to the mall, we want to see your view of the inauguration. Send your photos and videos to us via wusa9 social platform. You can also use the wusa9 app to send us your pictures from the inauguration. Have a good time. Let us know whats happening in your Little Corner of the mall. Well be right back. Welcome back. Howard here. Your weather first. Weve got good visibility but cloudy skies at the moment at national. Well see a mix of clouds and sun today. 40 by noon. South, southeast winds at 9 picking up to 11 and really picking up with the arctic boundary when it comes through this evening. Thats when we could have a few flurries or snow showers late this afternoon and this evening. After a high of 44 today, were going to be close to 20 degrees colder tomorrow and the next couple of days. This morning in d. C. , weve got 35 degrees. Feeling like 28 though with the east, northeast wind at 9 and the barometer steady at 30. 1 inches of mercury. While its in the 30s here, phillies 29. We have low 20s hoe and pennsylvania you 20s ohio and pennsylvania but this is the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Some areas in northern minnesota approaching 20 below. This arctic air mass, it is moving east, southeast and it is going to be dropping our temps big Time Starting tonight. Were going to stay in the deep freeze for the next three days after today. In fact, with the arctic air coming in, you can see how the flow here around the lakes, even away from the lakes producing some snow showers. Actually its going to form a little storm that may just get areas right from boston to down east maine with a bunch of snow, maybe six or more inches. For us just patchy clouds in and out of the region for today today for the day today before it starts to get much colder. You see the snow showers up here. If theres any good news out of this, the ski areas, the snow guns will be blowing full force the next few days so the manmade base will have a chance to get built up along with snow showers from mother nature. 44 today, breezy. Tonight 23. But look, thats in d. C. Teens north and west. Tomorrow and wednesday, yellow alerts for the cold. If youre going to work outside in this, its really going to slow you down with highs in the mid20s. 16, the low at national. We could have Single Digits by wednesday morning. Wednesdays high 25. Still cold on thursday, 27 with 35 friday. Friday a storm system could bring us a wintry mess. Then over the weekend warming up to 40 by sunday. Lets go over to monika samtani. Lots you need to know this monday morning. Thank you so much, howard. 500 to 700,000 people expected along the National Mall today for Inauguration Day. If youre one of those that needs to know some of your pedestrian routes, here are some suggestions. Constitution avenue 23rd to 7th, arlington Memorial Bridge coming from virginia, youll go around the lincoln circle to constitution avenue, independence avenue 23rd to 7th. Enter the mall at constitution 7th, 9th and 12th. At the 14th street bridge youll be diverted to the southeastsouthwest freeway. 3rd street tunnel is closed off to pedestrians and vehicular traffic now in both directions. Im going to step out and show you a live look from our sky 9. This is the New Carrollton metro station. Metro has now got 60,000 Parking Spaces available in their lots and garages. The closest ones to the National Mall once you get on are lenfant plaza, metro center and gallery place. Ill have more information for you coming up in a few minutes. Andrea and mike . Thank you, monika. See you then. It is january 21, 2013. The big ceremonial inauguration of course. The president was officially sworn in yesterday as by the constitution he has to do that on january 20. Today is also of course Martin Luther king, jr. Day, thage day of service was held this past weekend and it folded into the events leading up to todays inauguration. But the inaugural weekend is also a boom for many more organizations around washington. The chair of the d. C. Commission on the arts and humanities joins us live from our studios in northwest drk. Judith, northwest d. C. Judith, good morning. Good morning. Its wonderful to be up so early. Were so glad you decided to get up early with us. People have been asking us and i know theyve been asking me, what else can we do while were waiting around. I remember four years ago people took the opportunity to see some of the sights, the museums here in Washington Free to the public. How does an inaugural event impact the museums and other arts programs . I think its going to be a tremendous impact. One of the problems would be security and getting to different places but if youre on the mall and things are open, i think it would be fabulous because we are the Nations Capital and were trying to make it the Cultural Capital of the until. We just have incredible museums and spaces where people can go when theyre having to wait for things to happen. Of course d. C. Wants to put its best foot forward. Are you ware of any special events at any of the museums are things going on to help people be infused with the culture that is d. C. . I know theyve been having different events. I was just at a luncheon the other day for the Washington Performing Arts Society which was very exciting. We honored not we but they honored jesse norman and it was just an amazing event. I think a lot of things are happening at different cultural institutions around the city. Judith, two must see things that people who are new to the area should try and see before they go back home . I think if they can go to some of our great museums that would be fabulous. They probably wont have time to go to the theater. Washington has the second largest theater attendance outside of new york. So if they have spare time between the balls, we have amazing theaters from shakespeare studio, arena. I would suggest they try to get into the National Museums. Good vice, judith terra. 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