Its nice toriday but rain mayum be on the way for a part of t the inauguration tomorrow. On well have weather and trafficta on the 5s for you at 7 05. 7 0 good thursday morning,rnin everybody. Y. Im allison seymour. Im alliso and im steve chenevey. N im welcome to fox5 news s temornin. Our big story this morning ofy f course the president ialtial inauguration. Now just one day away. A well get to the very latest on the finalst o preparations from todaysn ar events to roatadio closures noww place in just a momennt. A mom first though the latest on ln those two major breakingbreang stories overseas. Stories overs first a desperate search underh way in italy for as many as 30 0 people following an avalanche. Va officials sadly fear manyr many people may be dead. May be ad. Rescue crews reached the hotele site early this morning. Early. It all happened near the t epicenter of the earthquakea will that struck central italyri yesterday morning. Moning. That region saw about 3 feetout of snow
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
The trumps as they begin whatgin is bound to be a very long dayga for them. Them. It begins at saint johns. Sai theyre waking up at blairair house saint johns episcopalint church is s wheepre theyll have service. That will last about an hour. Hu after there they head back toeao the white house where theyrewhe expected to have tea and coffee with the obamas. B the trumps and the obamas will l go to the celebration together. A lot of people surprised that the two families will be head to thelies inauguration togetheg during the inauguration viceugue president elect mike penceenele will first be sworn in and then president elect donald trump will be sworn in. Esid his speech expected to be about 20 minutes long but that is what were hearing rightre now. Could be a little longer butger if it is 20 minutes it will be b one of the shortest speeches in recent memory for aent memora president to have given and giv then after that they head toheao the luncheon while the obamasobs make their way