president obama s last inaugural. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe. there is a lot of talk about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable. i m here to tell you that it goes two ways. we will hold the press accountable as well. the numbers used by trump and spicer were widely disputed on sunday. spicer said the information about ridership on washington s metro system was given to him by the inaugural committee. it came up in a press briefing and reporters were courteous and orderly and polite and professional in the asking and the answering of questions. spicer was well prepare and it made news. the only dodgy machines were when the matter of size came up again. let s watch. do you stand by the statement that that was the most watched inaugural?
packed. i get up this morning and i turn on one of the networks and they show an empty field. i said wait a minute. i made a speech. i looked out and the field was it looked like a million, a million and a half people. spicer followed up later that evening. we know that 420,000 people used the d.c. metro public transit yesterday which compares to 317,000 that used it for esident obama s last inaugural. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe. there is a lot of talk about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable. i m here to tell you that it goes two ways. we will hold the press accountable as well. the numbers used by trump and spicer were widely disputed on sunday. spicer said the information about ridership on washington s metro system was given to him by the inaugural committee. it came up in a press briefing and reporters were courteous and orderly and polite and