the east coast earthquake. the first step of assessing the washington monument is underway today. teams of engineers are inspecting every single inch of the monument. john hanrahan with more of the pain saking process. photographing, inspecting, documenting. something has changed here. after a lengthy breaks, one of the expert climbers came back out. he was at the very top moments ago, i believe, checking the anchor lines again. i would not be surprised if the team comes out again. yesterday, they all god chased away by thunderstorms. today, the weather cooperate. actual inspection began. at once pipe, four people were at one time, four people were dangling from the rope. we found many tourists taking pictures of the washington monument. they spotted a figure on the top of the monument. they figured it was a stunt of some sort. it was a tourist or something. maybe trial to scale the top or jump off with a pair chute or something. reporter: no, no base jumping. after a