Good morning. Good morning. We are outside the the red gate, as you can see behind me here on indiana avenue, third and indiana not too far from d. C. Police headquarters here. There are about 20 or so people standing here waiting to get inside and the folks there tell me their tickets get them behind the reflecting pool. They will be standing up for the entire ceremony. This is one of many security checkpoints along the way. As you can see, there are folks still coming. Police still out here, of course. And as you can see, across the street there, National Guard troops. Weve seen this scene all throughout the downtown area, of course. Theres a massive presence of security. Security that you can see and, of course, security that you cannot see. Weve been service about the streets being blocked off. And, look, the best bet, no public or street parking. Forget about it. Be prethe paired to walk quite a distance to get where youre going for the inaugural festivities and be prepared to sta
The first person in modern history to take the oath of office of president without holding an elected or military position. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. We are working for you because todays ceremony and all the events that come with it are sure to have an impact in our area. Lets get you right to the first pictures of the day. This is the scene on the National Mall where people are showing up for todays inauguration. Well let you know what you can and cant bring, especially when it comes to umbrellas. A lot of people will be using metro to get to a lot of the events. Here is a live look at the vienna metro station which opened about a half hour ago. And check out this scene in d. C. Where this is one of many road blocked areas this morning where d. C. Police and other agencies are set up to stop traffic. We have extensive Team Coverage for you this morning on air and online. These are all our reporters working to get you up to date on everything you ne
Lets take rds now. Good morning. So a couple of reminder here as far as what is shut down here overnight. Gw parkway, the ramp to memorial bridge, you cannot get into the city that ray here today. Key bridge, for example, is open today so thats a good route into town, out of town. All of those purple closures, again, have been in place since about oclock a. M. Yet. Our team is all across washington this morning bringing you the news as it happens from packed metro trains to capitol hill. We begin our covera molette green on the National Mall. Wove seen protesters take to some of the streets theyre in d. C. You know what with, aaron . I havent seen any protesters yet. Weve been hearing chants of usa. This gate is set to open at 6 00. So in just minutes, i cant tell from my Vantage Point that they started to let people in because im way in the back here. This crowd has swelled to several hundred here at third and indiana. Much bigger than when we got here at 4 30 had morning. There were
In Montgomery County. Live at the glenmont station, im mola lenghi for wusa9. Get back to us with new details on this one. Also breaking this afternoon, two women shot in d. C. Late this afternoon. Police confirming to us that two adult females were wounded in the 3700 block of hayes street northeast. At last word both women were conscious and breathing. Baltimore bracing for trouble this evening after a not guilty verdict for another Police Officer in the freddie gray case. This is officer edward nero who has been acquitted on all accounts. And members of his family were escorted from the courthouse in the wake of that verdict as anger erupted outside, but the streets have remained peaceful and scott broom joins us this evening from west baltimore to tell us more. Hey, scott. We are going to fight for freddie gray. Reporter anger erupts outside the courthouse in baltimore. I am really hurt. Reporter and the family of officer edward nero is whisked away after a not guilty verdict for n
County board chair who has supported the street car project all along. It would have affected businesses here along columbia pike at the county Government Office today. He announced that he will make it official today at the county Board Meeting and they just voted on it, 41, by offering a motion to discontinue the street car motion after seeing what happened on november 4 he he cant ignore the election and the fact that voters supported the candidate who made opposition to the street cars central part of his campaign. Now that they plan scrapping the project he and b. W. I. , thurgood marshall, those could be tied or broken. Were not suffering in says the will instead focus on improving the bus systems in the area. I believe that debating the street car issue further would continue discord and dueling facts will not serve our community and will distract us from addressing other pressing issues. And coming up all new at 5 00 well hear from Business Owners in the community that would ha