now others might say what we need is money to pay for vaccinate or s and clinics and things like that. obviously, yes, that as well but i think we could have all the money we want for vaccines that we do not have a predictable supply vaccine, it will be a real limiting steps i back it up to the manufacturer. the president is expected to use the defense reduction asked to those ends but there is a more complicated expectation for his administration that new management, new intent alone will change the course. we must set aside politics and finally faced this pandemic as one nation. one nation. i think having goodwill at the top, and the people at the top makes a huge difference. huge difference, and i think having competent people who are not come you know, i m now thinking of the certain stanford colleague of mine who, you know, was not, you know, pushing an agenda. and just trying to play the cards, as they fall. is a huge difference. what else, what else can out of
conversation starts now. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i m lesli foster. i m adam longo. tonight s show is about your questions. our city, your voice. we will look back at inauguration weekend and the first 100 days of president trump. we are pent the day getting facts to present to you, and we are on social media asking questions like what issues do you think should be on the top of the list for the trump administration s first 100 days? take the poll on the wusa 9 facebook page now, and we will share the results in a bit. let s start with president trump s big moves today, first ordering a hiring freeze. the decision will impact many people in the dmv. our john henry with more on the president s big decision. this freeze does not imply to the hiring of military personnel, but they hope to shrink the size of the federal government. that has some current fede workers concerned. i think we are all pretty hesitant to see what will happen. so ma
petrae petraeus. he resigned in 2012 after admitting to giving classified information to his mistress. he met with trump when he was being considered for secretary of state. i turn on the tv, open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos. chaos. yet it is the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. now, coming up in about ten minutes, edward lawrence takes an indepth look at the latest news conference and the challenges facing the administration. new this morning we re working to learn how two people are doing after this bad crash on the suitland parkway. you can see how badly damaged this car is. two people had to be flown to the hospital. our news partner tells us one person was seriously hurt. u.s. park police have not said whether more than one car was involved in this crash. police are urging people to be on high alert. that s because eight armed robberies have been reported since mid december. many of those are happening in one
for all the work they did ahead of time. feels like we re a small family, and everybody is supporting each other. and that s what small business is all about. we are a big family. and everybody works together. reporter: in mount pleasant, nellie closed the taqueria that supports her and her family. even though she has only owned the place for 15 days. if all immigrants are together, we ll make it strong. we are strong. reporter: now, plenty of immigrants did show up for work today, despite the protests, even in mount pleasant, which is really a center of latino and immigrant culture. there were plenty of restaurants and stores that were open. and at the mcdonald s on wisconsin avenue, there did not seem to be any longer lines than usual. live at the penn quarter in northeast d.c., bruce leshan. one police hit particularly hard by a day without immigrants is the pentagon. burger king, taco bell, sbarro. tacoall closed because of too few workers. head to wusa 9 to
heavy rainstorms. first, though, jackie ward in soggy santa rosa. jackie? reporter: well, frank, this roof collapse goes to show you just how powerful rainfall can be, especially as it adds up quickly over the course of a few days. check out the damage behind me here in santa rosa. no one was hurt when this happened around 7:30 this morning. take these storms seriously, officials say. it started off as light to moderate rain rainfall in rohnert park, no matter where you were on 101 in the north bay driving conditions weren t great water flying off the roads from everyone s tires making visibility poor forcing drivers go slow. people here are willing to put up with the slower commute as more rain dumps down. everybody talks about how they need the rain. it s a good thing. wetter than usual, don t mind? i love the rain, the more the better. reporter: public works in santa rosa have been gearing up for the storms for days. weekends spend a good portion of this week c