Here in washington for his inauguration today. It is 6 00 a. M. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today coming to you live from washington. Im tracey davidson. Im vai sikahema. You can see in our screen were six hours away from the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states. Falls on a friday. Doesnt always happen that way. Feels like its a holiday. The last time it fell on a friday was George Herbert walker bush and the last two inaugurations obamas fell on a tuesday and monday. So kind of unique its on a friday. Really nice. We have your covered with everything happening, but before we dive in, want to get you caught up on friday forecast. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast for you, bill. It is cold start this morning. The temperatures are below freezing and still falling at this hour. Philadelphia now 33 degrees. Look at the 20s for the suburbs. 29 and 29 also in the lehigh valley. For new jersey, its 31 degrees to start with. Cold temperatures a problem with rain moving in, but before the rain gets here, well warm up into the 40s this afternoon. So only going to be rain. New jersey, 48 degrees at the shore as well with cloudy skied. Light rain due in this afternoon. Ill walk you through it hour by hour with the future dacast whei come back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. Starting on the blue route right around Germantown Pike onramp. Traffic light for right now. All directions on the blue route north and south looking okay. Thats a 13 minute trip. Speeds into the 60s. Not seeing delays. Moving towards center city right now. Heres 295. End in new jersey right now near the black horse pike. Both directions look good. Even through the work zone. Ramp from 295 southbound from the 42 freeway southbound thats reopened. Right now from 38 to black horse pike around the point. 12 minutes and average speeds into the 60s. No problems moving around on jersey roads either. Im be back with updates as soon as we start to sees delays. Donald trump will wake up this morning for the last time before becoming commander in chief. The president elect will spend the morning with his family in the historic blair house which is just across from the white house on pennsylvania aven avenue. From there t future first family will attend a Church Service this morning. Afterwards, donald trump will have coffee with president obama at the white house. And then it is off to the capitol where he will be sworn in at noon. Pillar of tradition is having form eer president s and first ly at the ceremony. Attending today, carter, bush, clinton and obamas. Relinquish role as first couple. The only living president who will not be here today is george h. W. Bush. Family spokesperson said he and his wife barbara are brooufing in the hospital. Prior to hospitalization, sent a very supportive letter to donald trump. Heres a live look this morning at the Nations Capital where the stage is set. Afterwar afterwards, trump will attend a congressional lunch. Then its partners time. President elect trump attend all three official inaugural balls tonight. The first one is the liberty ball where he will have first dance with the new first lady melania. Second is freedom ball. The third is the salute to armed forces ball. Its 6 04. You can imagine security is tight in and around washington and getting around today wont be very easy. Lets go to Pamela Osborne. Pam is outside the secure perimeter around the National Mall. Pam, tell us what youre seeing. Are people coming in yet . Yes, there are people walking and trying to get to the mall area, which they are able to do at this point. Again, its only pedestrian traffic. Vehicles arent allowed to get beyond this secure access point thats set up here by National Guards. Other Security Officials as well. Now when i saw you last hour, i told you a little bit about the history of the citys first troops. Going to be participating in the inaugural parade. Now we want the give you a behind the scenes look at what went into getting the horses together and the uniforms ready for the big day. You could call it a makeover from head to hooves. He wearing a little bit of a corrective shoe. Orthopedic support. Process of getting them ready began weeks earlier. Find your rhythm. When they leave this practice facility, the horses and their handlers, members of the first troop Philadelphia City calgary will take the National Stage for first time in a long time. Sergeant bennett gave us a look at the uniform the troop will wear. The design created by General Lafayette himself in 1825. Your stripes which indicate rank. Each piece of fabric indicates something special. Also, we have pendant Service Indicators rights down here. So for every one stripe, youll see is five years of service with a troop. If president ial escort duty began with george washington. Keep a replica of the handwritten thank you note at the tops museum. A duty the troops cant wait to fulfill again. Its a badge of honor for anyone. My family is excited about it. Reporter were back out here live right now. We want to show you whats going on. You can see only certain vehicles allowed past this point. There are dogs here checking the vehicles out as they go in. Now, i mentioned that ticketed people are actually beginning to make their way down to mall right now. Were going to see if we can get over there and give you pictures because we do know theres a line forming right now. Everyone looking forward to today. Getting in, getting access and seeing what happens as history is made with the 45th president of the united states. All right. Pam. Thank you. Coming up, hear from local students who just left of buses from d. C. First head back to studio for look at weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill henley with accurate forecast. Cold to start with. Seven minutes after 6 00. Temperatures have dropped for much of the area below freezing. It is cold, but also dry this morning. Both of those will change. Well see a warmup with clouds moving in this morning. Tracking light rain for this afternoon. By this evening, rain is out of here. Going to be a cloudy evening and keep temperatures mild overnight. Wont be this cold this even accident. Heading out the door, youll have to bundle up. Delaware right at freezing and 20s for south jersey and there are some neighborhoods below freezing in philadelphia too. While it is just shy of 40 degrees in center city, look at park side, andorra, below freezing. Northeast philadelphia and airport right at freezing for tars dale and park wood. Warmer in port mitrichmond. Here come the clouds. Temperatures climb as these clouds move in. The rain is going to hold off until probably early afternoon. Heres your hour by hour forecast. Watch the temperatures slowly climb as the clouds arrive. Might see a few showers moving through North Eastern maryland. 10 00 this morning. Not really arrive into our area into lunchtime. Wilmington seeing the first rain drops at noon. Chance well see light rain showers also for the d. C. Area at noon. Theres washington, d. C. At lunchtime. Those showers continue to push towards the north. Steady rain end in d. C. Weve got a 3 00 this afternoon and into the evening hours, but the early evening hours will see showers taper off and be 9 00 the rain is done. The temperatures will remain mild overnight. Thats not the end of the rain. The weekend sees heavy rain returning into the area and strong gusty wind too. Take a look at that when im back in ten minutes. Good morning, everyone, Jessica Boyington and checking in on your morning drive right now. Watching route 202. Cameras right around route 29. Looks like an okay trip right here. 7 minutes northbound from route 29 to schuylkill expressway. Speeds in the mid 60s there. No problems on 202. Checking in with 95. We had earlier construction on the northbound side of 95 right around 295. All lanes closed for that construction that cleared around 5 00 this morning. No problems or delays. Ten minutes in both directions north and south. Speeds also into the 60s. Well end here, 76 and glauser city. Right around Market Street right here is the northbound side. Moving up towards the philadelphia area. No major problems or delays getting up and over the bridges for right now. Thank you. About third of House Democrats are planning to boycott Donald Trumps inauguration today. Thats leading to black lash from the gop. Their message to lawmakers who are skipping out. Thats next. Plus this, next move, how barack obama and joe biden will spend their first days out of office. Sg reporter good morning. Matt delucia. Imagine getting the chance to watch the inauguration firsthand. Now imagine being a High School Student getting that opportunity. Talked with students on their way to washington right now. What they have to say about an experience of a lifetime. Thats next. With simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. And theres no minimum balance. Youre alright with simply right checking from santander bank. Are you feeling alright, baby . President obama will be there when president elect trump takes the oath of office. The peaceful transfer of power hasnt always been cordial. John adams skipped the inauguration and John Quincy Adams followed suit missing jacksons swearing in. Not everyone showing support for trump today either. Entire philadelphia congressional delegation is skipping inauguration. Includes boyle, brady, evans. Part of nationwide boycott on democratic lawmakers. Spoke to pennsylvanias gop chairman who said that wont help the divide especially for a city that will need president elect trumps help over the next four years. All the people in philadelphia who live in the city need a lot of help. Even mayor kenny sent a tweet he wants to meet with the president. Why would he want to meet with him. Because he understands that. We need to get the navy yard open. Why not build them in the navy yard. They would create wonderful jobs in philadelphia. Well overlook the politics. Its politics. Theyre going on. Its disappointing. Its rude they dont show up. Chairman also says the president is bigger italithan t boycott and will help philadelphia. The could will be big today. Many people from pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey be on hand to witness history firsthand. Matt delucia with a group of kids who were headed here. Matt, tell us about it. Reporter what better way to learn than to experience history firsthand. The students at Central High School are part of a Student Government class and they just boarded a bus here about an hour ago. On the way to washington right now. Take a look at video we shot. This is about an hour ago. They got on the bus about 25 of them. Along with a handful of chaperons. Going to the inauguration. The students are going to be acting as journalists. Researching and documenting what they see and hear. Some of them are not yet old enough to vote, but i did speak with a few before they left. Their kboel is to interact with government leaders along with thousands of spectators and protesters. A lot of students dont get this opportunity so im really fortunate and blessed. I feel like just being there makes it more important. Even with Sporting Team and watching on tv and going is two different things. Being there and seeing history is going the be great. Theyre going the be back pretty late. Not planning to get pack here until 3, 4 00 in the morning. They are going to be tweeting all day about what they see, what they here, what they experience. You can follow them at chs inauguration on twitter. Now live in albany. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. We are bringing you complete coverage of the inauguration. We want to help you goet ready for the day with traffic and weather. Check in with Jessica Boyington. What are seeing today. We are watching. Slow morning so far. Around the schuylkill and south street. You can see thing schuylkill looking typical for right now. All traffic moving on east and westbound side. Everything seems to be clear. 42 freeway headed north or southbound. Heres route 73. Just back here in the bridge toll plaza. No scheduled openings for right now. Traffic moving smoothly through the toll plaza. End on the rest of the bridges. Looking at the Burlington Bristol no scheduled openings for right now. Also the betsy is nice and clear. No problems over the walt and philadelphia so far this morning either. More updates of course for the rest of the morning when i come back in ten. 18 minutes after 6 00. Cold morning in easton. Should stay dry for most of the morning. Do expect rain this afternoon. Rain today and this weekend a storm, coastal storm could lead to flooding. Right now just looking at cold. Allentown, wilmington at 32. 33 in philadelphia. Look at the 20s. Going to be a cold morning at the bus stop. Cloud increase. Temperatures in the 30s just below freezing in allentown. Philadelphia at 32 degrees. Definitely need to bundle up this morning. Take your rain gear. The ride home on the bus, theres going if be rain until the air. Not here yet. Completely dry for hatfield. Rain im watching and tracking is to southwest. Towards d. C. , looks like well get daytime showers. Just light showers around lunchtime. Thats line of showers there. Going to fall apart as it moves north. Just enough shower activity to provide some scattered light showers around lunchtime. Theres a chance of a shower at 9 00. Mostly cloudy and cloudy skies through the day. Temperatures through the 40s for d. C. Thats today. Watching rain go through. Only light rainfall will move through area today. This weekend theres a storm moving out the west coast and thats got a long way to go. Starts moving in on sunday. Race across and thats going to see heavy rain strong gusty winds issued a first alert for the entire area. Sunday afternoon. The rain will start in the morning. During the afternoon on sunday will be heavy at times. Strong gusty winds developing especially sunday night and monday. That could lead to changes. Clouds will be here in the morning. Showers develop in the afternoon. Light rainfall and 46 degrees. Winds light today too. 54 tomorrow. Here comes the rain on sunday. 48 degrees high temperature. Winds picking up sunday night. Periods of heavy rabin. Temperatures stuck in the 40s all day monday. Finally drying out on tuesday. Sunshine and nice warmup. Beautiful day ahead for wednesday. Turns chillier starting on thursday. Come friday, saturday, sunday temperatures much closer to normal. Bill, thank you. 6 21. Nbc 10 is live in washington with the largest team of journalists from philadelphia covering it from every angle. Heres a question. What do you do after spending eight years as commander in chief of the free world. Have that answer coming up. Also these bikers have a message for any respective president ial candidate in the future. Well have that for you. 6 24 when donald trump takes the oath of office today, it will officially end the presidency of barack obama. First family will head to palm springs, california for a little get away. Before that go, the tradition is to fly from the capital to Andrews Air Force mr. Obamaca wl speak there. Joe biden and his wife jill will leave washington for a more familiar setting after the inaugural. Taking amtrak train home to wilmington just as he did as u. S. Senator. Head over to chase center. Former Vice President and wife will great the public at a Free Public Party this afternoon. Now, the inauguration here in washington is more than 100 miles away from philadelphia, but still having impacts there. Yes, the next up area philly Police Say People should avoid. From reality tv star to candidate, president elect. Were going to have four incredible years. Today millionaire mogul donald trump becomes the 45th president of the united states. Live coverage so you dont miss a moment. And the sun will rise over our Nations Capital where today history will be made. Donald trump will be sworn in as next president. Good morning. Im vai sikahema. Special edition of nbc news today on the road to washington. Tracey davidson. 6 30. Five and a half hours away from donald trump taking the oath of office. Live coverage of everything happening here. Local stories plus behind the scenes here at the inauguration. Before we dive in, lets get back to the studio and check in with bill henley for the most accurate forecast. I notice your bundled up again today. Its a little colder in d. C. And philadelphia too. Look at numbers this morning. Looki ing at temperatures below freezing. Lehigh valley and 28 degrees. Getting a little bit of light. We will see clouds takeover and any sunshine. 28 degrees right now. 35 degrees with cloudy skies at 9 00. Umbrellas going up. Not expecting any frozen precipitation rain. We will see the cold before the rain. The entire area will warm to the 40s this afternoon. Low 40s for lehigh valley. Up to 47 degrees for new jersey. 48 at the shore. And middle 40s for suburbs. Ill walk you through it hour by hour when i come back. First Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. Starting out at coatesville. Around route 340. Accident. Disabled vehicle here. Looks like we have a crew there. Just got to the scene. Tow truck. Everything in the green on the turnpike. 22 minute trip. Watch for the 20 minute day septa. Check before you go there. Might affect morning commute. Patco, amtrak, all running on time. Meanwhile, in a few short hours from now, donald trump. With the world watching the real estate tycoon considered the outsider. Will be sworn in as 45th president of the united states. President elect day begins with private breakfast at the blair house. Church service at saint johns. Followed by coffee with president obama. At the white house before riding over to the capital for the swearing in ceremony at noon. The official changeover, donald trump and mike pence will take the oath of office. Trump will take the oath