Right now on news4 this week, the people headed to the mall on inauguration day. Signal booths. Cell phone providers spend millions to make sure youre connected during the events. The district and polaroid pictures, how one man captured the changing landscape over the past three decades. Welcome to news4 this week. Hi, everyone, im chris lawrence. The area around the National Mall is transforming into a fortress as crews get ready for the inauguration of donald trump. Nearly a Million People are expected for the event. As news4s tom sherwood reports, lots of folks means lots of temporary bathrooms. Reporter truckloads of toilets, part of every inaugural. Thousands of them. When you got to go, you got to go. Is this your first inaugural . This is my first one. Reporter lon van ruth is crew john for don johns toilets. The former long hawk truck driver from Prince William county wants them in place and working. How many portajohns will we see on the mall . Tom, theres going to be a lot. T
Festivities. The inauguration is over, but there is still plenty going on. A lot of people are headed to the National Mall for the womens march on washington, and metro is making changes to accommodate all those people attending. Trains started at 5 00 a. M. On saturday, two hours earlier than normal. And some two dozen Additional Trains will be added to the red and orange lines. Theyll be running every 12 minutes, and there will also be no track work. Madame Tussauds Museum lifted the curtain on its president ial wax figure this week. Donald trump is the first president to already have his likeness in wax as a celebrity. He was fitted for the first version at trump tower in new york back in 1997. It takes a team of 20 artists to roll out this updated version. They say each individual hair of trumps famous combover was inserted by hand. This week we also observe what would have been dr. Martin luther king the mlk memorial was packed on monday as people marked the cabin. As Kristin Wrig
Festivities. The inauguration is over, but there is still plenty going on. A lot of people are headed to the National Mall for the womens march on washington, and metro is making changes to accommodate all those people attending. Trains started at 5 00 a. M. On saturday, two hours earlier than normal. And some two dozen Additional Trains will be added to the red and orange lines. Theyll be running every 12 minutes, and there will also be no track work. Madame Tussauds Museum lifted the curtain on its president ial wax figure this week. Donald trump is the first president to already have his likeness in wax as a celebrity. He was fitted for the first version at trump tower in new york back in 1997. It takes a team of 20 artists to roll out this updated version. They say each individual hair of trumps famous combover was inserted by hand. This week we also observe what would have been dr. Martin luther king the mlk memorial was packed on monday as people marked the cabin. As Kristin Wrig
Y25eiy y16fy right now on news4 this week, the inauguration is behind us, but the weekends activities just getting started. How metro is helping people get around for the planned marches this weekend. We also Mark Martin Luther king day this week. Well show you how people honor the civil rights icon. And call for unity as a new president starts his term. Plus wiping the record clean. How people with a criminal past are getting a fresh start in maryland. Announcer welcome to news4 this week. Hi, everyone, im chris lawrence. Donald trump is now the 45th president of the United States after an Inauguration Day full of pageantry down on the National Mall. Check out the nbc washington app festivities. The inauguration is over, but there is still plenty going on. A lot of people are headed to the National Mall for the womens march on washington, and metro is making changes to accommodate all those people attending. Trains started at 5 00 a. M. On saturday, two hours earlier than normal. And
Good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us, im erika gonzal gonzales. We have breaking news just come in from oxen hill maryland, there was a shooting near oxen hill high school. Students were not involved. That school was at one point on lockdown but that has just ended. Prince georges county police say this started with an argument off School Grounds and that no one was hit by gunfire. They have arrested a suspect and were working to learn what charges that person could face. Stay with us for that. Now to a disruptive protest you may have seen it if you were downtown and we showed it to you first on news 4 midday yesterday. Seven pro testers were arrested after hanging that giant yellow banner with the word resist. They are in court today. News 4s Megan Mcgrath is there live on indiana avenue. Megan . Well, it between green peace protesters and the police. And later this afternoon, those protesters are going to make their very first court appearance. Take a look at this video, it