just three days until president-elect donald trump is sworn into office, and not only is the capitol getting a makeover but hotels and businesses throughout the city are preparing for friday. during this busy week in washington, some hotel stays cost more than $60,000 chris jansing is following all the preparations. chris, that is a huge price tag. i m sure most people who just heard it cannot relate. i m also seeing reports i don t know why i put it in there i m also hearing at least anecdotally that some of the hotels have not been sold out. is that the case? reporter: well, we re hearing that as well. in fact, there aren t as many balls this year. that might be part of it. but, look, the $200 million event is going to be seen by tens of millions of people on telesion. i m standing on the east steps
are looking at it now. our darling friend al roker will be there with you on friday, has definitely warned you need rain gear. the first inauguration of barack obama, remember how cold that was? it was freezing. i ended up with a bronchial infection. in addition to trump supporters descending on washington, d.c., tens of thousands of protesters expected. inauguration security expenses are expected to exceed $100 million. cal perry has been speaking to some groups who are planning to protest. cal? reporter: it s har to say exactly how many protesters will be in town on friday, but one sort of indication we have is through the national park service. they say 22 groups have put in
protests. this is an administration that comes to power with one of the lowest approval ratings of any administration in history and we have the very large march scheduled for the day after the inauguration on saturday. 200,000 people have rsvp d saying they re coming to washington, d.c. to march for women s rights. the wife of the orlando pulse night club shooter is said to appear in court within the next hour. we ll have the latest on the charges against her and what her defense is saying today. we ll be right back.
out of the cul-de-sac he s in demographically and i can t rule it out because it s murky but i would be surprised if this evolves that big in 72 hours. all right, matt bennet, mike murphy, stay in your seats and wherever you are. hold on. we ll talk more about this story and other things to do with this race when we come back. if you re watching us on washington, d.c., you can listen to us on the radio at bloomberg 99.1 fm.
tin nguyen to be married next year. and harry bowman, 46. yvette velasco, 14 nint victims taken too soon. families now asking for support and answers. that was nbc s morgan radford reporting there. yesterday, the senate, the upper chamber, rejected several gun control measures introduced in response to wednesday s attack. joe manchin and pat toomey reintroduced their plan to expand gun background checks. it failed in the months after new towne a newtown and failed again yesterday. they also rejected senator dianne feinstein s amendment to prevent people on the government no fly list from buying guns. the house voted down that same measure earlier this week. more than a dozen white house hopefuls descended on washington, d.c. yesterday for a forum hosted by the republican jewish coalition.