where donald trump will begenalu sworn in amps w the 45th presidp of the united states. >> ♪♪ >> there is a live look at thea capitol dome right now on this s inauguration day.inau it is friday, january 20th and2a this is where in just a fewa few short hours the transfer ofer of power will take place.lae. maybe a little rainy out there today. today. a remind you're headed down to'e the national mall you mightght want to prepare take a jacket j for sure. fo and wily out there and with the chance of rain, small umbrellas, the tote sizetotesize umbrellas there collapse are ths allowed on the mall but not in n the ticketed areas.s. if you're fortunate enough toe have a ticket to b e up close c you cannot bring an umbrella.br. the security checkpoints,ecs, though, supposed to open one minute ago. >> good morning to you. y. i'm allison seymour.s >> and i'm steve chenevey. chene welcome to fox5 news morning.ing our special edition of the he 58th presidential inauguration.inaugution. overnight donald trump sendingmd out what was likely one of his final tweets as president-elect saying thank you for a wonderful evefiningnai washington, d.c. dc along with a from last night's preinauguralnl events which included a blackb tie dinner at union stationer with some of h ait s biggest donors. this morning donald an d melania trump waking up atup blair house across the streetthe from the white house these the official guest residence nearde the white house. >> fox5's wisdom martin monitoring activity close by.. wisdom is live in lafayetteafaye park right across from theoss fe white house this morning.hous good morningism good morning to you steve and allison.e ngisn lots of. activity planned forlar today. you just mentioned it in theth intro there that the trumpsat ts are going to be at prayere service this morning and after a that prayer service they'reyer going to head over here tose th white house.wh the trumpsit are going to meetto with the obamas that's around 9:55 this morning, then aroundod 10:35 or so the trumps and the obamas they're going to get in n the car and leave the whiteh house and go to capitol hill hl and that's when the inauguration 2017 will,will, somewhat officially kickoff kic and will start the process to o bring in the 45th president ofe the united states.thunit now, this throughout history hi has been known as a significant t significant peaceful transfer ta of power. power. association lots of activity aci going on today.oday also lots of activity at theat white house because you'ree bece talking about moving onevig one family out and another family in. in so, some background here.here. noon is the official time, weime know they're there's going tohes be a lot of activity going on g in the swearing in andi everything but noon at theat t official time that the new tim president can officially movemoe into the white house.ho it's described by many whowho have gone through this processtp as somewhat of a militarymi maneuver because a lot of planning takes place off site.si there's a lot to organize.o you're talking about movingmo one family out and moving a completely different familymily in. lots of items coming in.n. lots of items going out. o we're going to talk a lot l about that.out tha. we've got plenty of time to to talk about a lot of stuff thisst morning so we'll talk aboutl tat that throughout the morninglyor i'll send it back in to you asku we continue our coverage of inauguration 2017.augu allison and steve, back toac to you. >> whiz real quick while we have you though you're in theree middle of the soup he secure the area by the white house. soup w. how close can people get to g the wh >> reporter: well, just outside the fence, i don'the f know if you're familiar with fam this area, but just outsideoutie the fence is, you know, the streets are still out there soeo people can still walk up andll p down th ose streets and a shortt time ago probably about 15 or or 20 minutes ago we saw a long lg line of the big black suv'ssus and limos getting ready to talk part in this process manyrn people can walk around on theoue other side of the fence. the fec joe, you would say about aabou hundred yards or so on theso on other sifted fence.othe so people canr still walk andla they can still see but it isitis very secure.secre. took us probably about an hournu to get through the securitysecry line. that was just for the medialfore people can still come downan s here and stitill lookll around. it's going to be a busy day d here in washington, d.c.wa i don't need to say thaty because this happens every four years. year >> we have been through thish drill before.l befor wisdom thanks very much. uc >> reporter: absolutely. >> good advice if they tookte ak hour to get through securitycuiy already this morning probablyis want to get a move on mit orifi you're heading atround.ng aro >> and that's for the media.t's. right now thousands ofw thof people are doing just t getting a move on, gettinggeting down to the national mall foral the swearing in.earing i. also to pennsylvania avenue to o line the inaugural paradearde route and fox5's ronicaonia cleary is live at one of the security check point right nowei and you're ongh the move ronican what's going on.g >> reporter: we're on theoior move steve and allison.ter: we'a il actually found diamond and ad silk. they are open african-american trump supporters but they madeym it very clear to me first andstd foremost they are americans somc we are here walking with themine to where they will be for the inauguration festivities.stivi tell me how you feel today andad how you feel aboutel president-elect donald trumpelec getting to this moment.mo >> i feel liberated.el li i feel amazing and i just feel excited. excite >> reporter: how about you.te >> it's amazing.r: h>> it's ami. it's amazing.maz it's going to be an amazinga day. i want everybody to take itryboa iken. we're making it history.is we havea businessman, an, an outsider that's going to beg to running things.nning th i love it. i love it. everybody should watch --ody ouw look, this is huge. hug. >> yes. excted.and i'm very excited. >> peopl remember this is the unitede ed states, not the divideddi states.tate it's time for us to unite asnite one race and that's the humane race. >> reporter: what do you say to those whor: w are boycottingg today. i know you have been openoen supporters of him throughout this whole process.r can you find any common groundg with them or understanding whyra they're not coming or is it.. >> well, first of all i don'tl understand why they'reerst boycotting.an you know, obama was in office oe for eight years so the thingsths that they're boycotting whyg why didn't they boycott him. >> that's right.>> tha >> now you got somebody that's's speaking about urban cities,cit, talking aboutout african-americans and what heerc can do foran them. them. >> right. >> hey, look at the homeless.thm can help the homeless. the h you see what i'm saying? now n you have somebody that can doca those things and that'sd that's talking about those things sohi i don't understand why theunde left is boycotting. i think the leboftyc isis embarrassed. >> exactly. lost. lse they >> reporter: diamond andrter silk i have seen a lot of yourer videos throughout this processgp and your support of donald trump. trump. tell our viewers who maybe are e just getting to know you where stuff so they can see and and learn about your support ofuppof him throughout this process.p >> they can go to diamond and a silk store.com or diamond and silk or we just say google us s diamond and silk and don'tilk at forget to follow us on us facebook diamond and silk.n >> reporter: girls after my afty heart. i dohe that after every lit.r e. enjoy your day today. to stay safe. st thank you very much.ay sry much. there you guys you have it sending it back to you. >> awesome. al andnde very voc visible when donald trump wasum running for office. ofice. thanks for bringing them to us. diamond and silk.di >> reporter: i saw themam in line with their sparkly trump pins so i immediatelymed recognized them.ized the there you. >> oh ronica thank you very much.nica tha >> 6:07. they're all bundled up thisbundu morning for good reason.g for gd it's a little chilly out rittlet there, tuck.t >> yeah, i was surprised byi wa the cool temperatures -- surprised -- >> you were surprised.ou >> by how cool i wt felt. ft >> you shouldn't say you'rehoul surprised. >> right.dn >> right. >> i've got more surprises.ur let's do the forecast.s do cool temperatures today. mid to upper 40's forempe daytie high showers will be moving ino overt next several hours and unfortunately looks like primeke time for showers between about 10:00wers a.m. and 2 p.m. so th president-elect i guess we'lllet get a chance to find out ifout f his hair is real. real. >> right. s thain at rain will be falling.will b there's your stor trackertr radar. light sprinkle out to the westws along 66 but the main event --ve and again this is not going toi be a heavy rain or a particularly eventful rainetf other than the timing on it.imin it will just be some showere shr activity that will move moe through between about 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. relativelyeat cool temperatures.em stale few degrees abovee fe normal.w certainly could be c older, has been colder but daytime highsay in the 40's here.hee. showers through about 2, 3bout,3 o'clock in the afternoon thener drizzle later today. >> going to be dandy? thatandyt always adds to the chilldds factor. >> not a lot of wind. ot nice and light. onice warm front. a t going twahrough.hr good d news. thanks tuck. check in with tuck in atuckn few minutes. in the meantime getting theree e is always part of thet challenger ring.challengering. >> absolutely. this is in alexandria dealing>> with a crash car lit a utility y pole. huntington road closed telegraph road.legraph roa keep to it kings highway ifit you're trying to get to the kine huntington metro stop and stop a maybe head down to the inauguration. let's go ahead and switch it over show you cameras around the area that are showing thath closures right now. this is the freewayowures obviov the entrance to main of a shutut down. traffic light right now on theoe freeway as a whole.ho as we forward our camerascam we'll show you a look at whatoul else is going on around theu district h street atistrict h massachusetts of a juststachuse outside the reofd zone ofneof closures has been pretty busy b for the last 45 minutes.i we're just seeing a steadya flow of traffic as folks that lt are driving in the area are are trying to navigate around that t giants closure zone. zone. down closer to the mall, youll can see a large police p presence. there's a lot of check points out there. folks kind of milling loat rofou ndar waiting to get throughing to geh security. this is all along constitutionct avenue near third all the way ti up to rd1 a2th so just have soms patience be prepared.tience be r you'll haveep to walk pretty fa if you're heading via bus tos to the closure area into theto the mall. this is a look at the keye ey bridge. seeing a lot of volume pickingfg up. the key bridge from rosslyn tolo georgetown is one of the main mi bridges that is opened sos th ea seeing this volume at thist hour indicates that we'rewe're going to see a large flow of a f traffic. right now metro is on time operating on peak hours.hou we'll keep you updated.ped we'll be back in just a few few moments with more inauguration coverage. >> ♪♪ >> you're watching live'r continuing coverage on fox5 d.c. the inauguration of donalde ng 5 trump. trump. >> ♪♪ >> of course we're waiting to see the president-elect today.t. he'll be joined by presidenty it obama as they take a walk andlkd then will go to the capitole c but another big event that'shas happening of course ing of courn washington a lot of folks lookingtg forward toon ait thee inaugural parade.rade. >> absolutely. it's set to begin at 3 o'clock thiso afternoon.ternoo holly, though, already waitingig to check in at the paraderade route. holly you were so on time.ti >> reporter: we have beenbn here since 4:00 a.m. a.m. this was supposed to open at o 6:00 a.m. 00 a.m as you can see it hasn't done'td that yet but you can see ee security in there working.wo they did come out here thoughho and actual to tell everybody that no back packs at all are allowed andwedn that's kind of a big deal deal especially for us the media.med there's my backpack on mem right now right so we told tld them here at the front we're we the media and they said we'llaie go back and discuss it so discus we're still waiting to heari what they say but when fox5y bu5 says they have team coveragecove we're not kidding.not k let me tell you who my line l mates r there's marina and a steve. be on theing to be on the ground. there's jason, he's going togoi be with matt who is over there my pat interin crime matt att t freedom plaza. >> hi guys.>> >> reporter: there's matt. they'll be other gterour:ndgroud covering the answer coalitionalo protest that's going on right ploys at freedom plaza.plaa. there's really bright light as you can probably see that's shining down.own. here's the line again.ag everybody has been waiting for some time and so we're justeust waiting to see when we can gete in. i'll tell you we have seen police from all over.er. we ran into the george mason universities police thisrsit morning.ie with app jacketja homeland securityhome investigation.stigatio so, security presence isrity pss and it just looks like they'rikh trying to get all their ducksthr in a row. a ro. there they are. i don't thknow if you can see through the fences thereh th before they let us all in. i so, we are anxiously awaitingai to get in our spot where weere w will then go and stay for theta remainder of the day.inde i can tell you if you'rr eyou're coming down, i think it's ank ia good idea to come down early,eal because you probably are going g have to wait some time in line n to get through depending onepen how things go and we don't don't know what's going to happen h throughout the day.thro so, you need to allugow time ana i will tell you even though we talked a lot about how mild mld it's going to be, if you're, if' out here for some times it's tis still cold.still so, dress accordingly.corng dress in layers to be warm and d then of course to be wet we because we know some showers k are supposed to come through.no. nonetheless, that's the latestte from where we are ande and hopefully the next time we see e you we'll be on the other sideri in the secure zone. zon so, we'll check back in, guys.u back to you. >> we look forward to itrd tot holly. thank you very much.ank you ve to all of our colleaguesur g who are with you thank youwi very much.th ve our special covryerage of t muce inauguration continu a >> ♪♪>> ♪♪ >> 6:13 right now.o there's a live look at the he capitol continue right some of the folks who are already waiting in line toin uegetlks wr to the national mall. back after this. >> ♪♪ >> live picture right now union station on the big pivarer that you're seeing there isseeis actually right outside ofouts union station.sta some of the flags -- the city cy looks so patriotic this morning. alt flags across this greathreat city of ours.f >> love it. of course the white house and the capitol in the smaller smalr ctures thehere. tucker you mentioned thosetion flags earlier.ags earlier. it really is a sight to see.. >> it's beautiful.eau steve word of the day bunting. . >> without a doubt. do >> we need to hang some from som the weather center.th >> yes, it doese need to beeede bunted. bunted. >> we'll work on that later. la let's get to your forecast.reca. obviously concerned about a showers just whether or not jus you're going downtown orng downr you're just out and aboutt and later today we've got showerse g in the forecas hours and it's going to remain n cool. 40 now in washington.shinon. freezing temperatures in ttures frederick, 32 degrees., 32 it's chilly for everybody.veryd. 35 out at dulles, 39 thislles morning in quantico, 36 in leonardtown, 36 in annapolis.nna with not much of a warmup asarms the clouds moved n rainved rain showers right now we're dryrigho and that's good news because ieu know there's a lot of people that are already down at the th mall and they'll be doing thenge waiting game here. re. a sprinkle out to the west but when we look off to our southurs and west we have a warm front wf that will be lifting through the area. the ar that's going to giveea us a lotu of clouds today and a period p of showers.of sh you can see those now intoe nowt parts of extreme westernstern virginia. quickly pushing into our area so again prime time for showerrm activity around here between about 10 o'clock and two orand o 3 o'clock this morning.is m that's 9 o'clock this morning'co just clouds. here come the showers andowers and there we are at 11:00.1100. just scattered showers.sh. not going to beheavy butavyut enough to be a nuisance.ui between 11 o'clock and d 1 o'clock looks like showerslooo inside the beltway and things quickly push off to the east. es we drizzle late this afternoone la with highs in the upper 40's.tes going out to night, going to t one of the balls, got yourgo fancy dress on, you're going to be fine. fine. it will be dry just a littlea le drizzle. tomorrow mostly cloudy.mo it will not abbrighrrtow sunny y temperatures in the mid-50'ses i but we should generally be dry y maybe a little drizzlettle tomorrow. can't promise the same for sunday, monday.nday. showers, rain could return sunday into monday.o moay. maybe an inch or two of rain.. that's weather.that's weather. how are the roads and rails.ral how is metro.etro. >> the beltway really quiet.el u all open routes 95, 66, 270, 270 running smoothly.m if you're getting down to thee inauguration day celebrationscer here's the deal with metro. metro rail on rush hourrush ur service. opened at 4:00 peak fares inpeai effect until 9:00.ct until 90. metro service lasting through midnight. we're dealing with an issue with the lunting ton stop th edealinon s t yellow line they will be only by continuing to gallery placeng tl and then theer rest of the triph you'll have to take theak greenbelt line. also keep in mind the following stations are right no w for security security purposes archive federalderal triangle mount vernon squarenon pentagon and smithsonian.nd smit make sure you plhsan your triprp accordingly. aside from that, many designated metro stops arepsare entry or exit only. several escalators will belatorl turned off to help keep the larger crowds moving.smo things starting to pick up. u if you wants to skip metro and d take marc or vre marc trains operating penn and brunswicknn lines running but no servicenni on the camden line.but den lin vre on an "s" schedule.s" hedu taking a look at our capitalur beltway bikeshare info if you io want to bike down to the to inauguration it's not rainingon just jet sono stll good biking conditions. crowds are viable park yourar bike 17th street and k street northwest. fourth street and e street. there's a bike valet at 16th 16 street and i street northwest.. aside from that metrobus isus is operating on a saturdays schedule but some increasedcred route service available to thev perimeter arothund th closures.l that is where all the stops are so you'll have to beve t be prepared to walk at least foursr to seven blocks to get into gt the nation they also have uber lyft and taxi stations available.aille any questions at erin fox5tion d.c. on twitter but aside from the closures down ditowten ourwr routes towards the district thet are much quieter than usual.sua. allison and steve. >> ♪♪>> >> true al spectacular sight over the lincoln memorial onemoa the national mall last night.nit fireworks lighting up theg up te night sky duringt sk president-elect donald trump'sns make america great againica grtn celebration. the fireworks capped off yesterday's preinaugurationei rallies for the president-elect. >> after the break we're going check in with our heve bry on tm fitzgerald. tom is right in the middle of m things live on capitol hill this morning. we'll get a front row viewew from that scene right there t after the break.reak. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> you're watching live continuing coverage on fox5 d.c., the inauguration of donald t yrouump'rui >> 6:22 right now. no it is 40 degrees so bundle upunp if you're heading down to thewnh mall if you're not there the already and if you areready andf continue to watch us of c yourso on your phone, on your device, whatever it is that you haveit if you want to keep ituning inn we would love to hear fromh you. >> don't miss a thing.froma thi. >> speaking of let's get to 's the middle of the action right now where it is all going tos ao happen later this morning. thisg tom fitzgerald live on capitol a hill for us right now in theow prime viewing spot, tom. good morning. >> reporter: well, good rep morning.or we are watching you onter: our devices. great to see you. you. welcome to the west front offrtf the united states capitol.ed sta this is whertee today at noon, n donald trump is going to take the office in the 58thh presidential inauguration.ingurn so, we thought what we wouldat d do before people start millingst in filling up those seats and before they start taking up the spaces we would give you awo little bit of a tourul of whatoa we are looking a now, this inaugural stand has been under e construction well before theefoh election. they started this back inck in october before they even known w who was going to win election. on now, this is normally ar fountain area. everything you are looking atngt right now, that stage, the podium, those seats that arets angling up, there is allisall constructed.construcd. now, that is woodd construction. gainst the walle wal where you see that red curtain that is actually part of thethe capitol building itself.tol buil you see where that red curtainda is right there, that is where wh the president-elect himself isti going to be walking down the aisle. he is going to be there withg tb his family.e th we are also going to be having v three former presidents hereides as well, bill clinton, george, e w. bush and jimmy carter asy ca well. well now, what we're getting right rt now as far as the guidance asuie to actually what we are goingwe to see, nobody quite knows knos what donald trump'sd trp's inauguration speech is going to be but we are getting aett little bit of a view on howon hw long it's going to be. these 10 to vary folks from year to year. some go quite 10l tono g like bill lk clinton's did. we're hearing now, though, thug, this could be a about a 20 minute speech holds up, you know, with timeite factored in for applause, this could be one of the shortersho inaugural speeches we've everl p heard, but as we said, we'llee have to find out when donaldfinn trump is here at don noon, takes the oath of office and thenhen starts delivering his address.n. now, this is what we know. k a lot of the events here rightrt now have been planned for months. the marine corps band going toso be down underneath us playingdeh all the music for this. u this. now, down by the west front, fr that is where the crowd is all l going to be. i can tell you we'll get age pretty good idea on the sizee ze of this crowd as the sun comes s up this morning and we start str to see people once they arehey e able to file onto that mall ma because it's burned in a lot int of our memories what thosewhatte crowds looked like for thelike previous two inaugurations ofurs president obama. to be seen and wend we will see later this morningmorn just how many people show up mas here on watch donald j. trump become president.esent. we've got room up on thist riser, allison and steve, soeve if you guys feel like you want t to come down, you know -- >> look -- >> reporter: we're just allter:' cozy. jus service servir car tom and we'll be right downt there to join you.jo >> reporter: well, this isl, ths my car service.erve. >> exactly. >> well, okay. sideyou outok for you out in a few minutes. mn thanks buddy.than >> we'll stay here. here. >> we'll see you in a littlel bit.see tl it's a gr eat vantage point.ge p tom is bundled up.p. >> wow. >> what is this. shot. ss a new >> laugh. >> yes, it is. wait over in the corner.r >> you're right in everybody'sie living room. >> not the first time youot heard that. the. >> unfortunately. we have rain showers moving in from the south and>>in s west. w not here yet.et. that's good because i know aaus lot of people are doing thee doe waiting game down there butwn we'll have sh towers looks likee between about 10:00 a.m. andabo0 2, 3 o'clock this afternoon.k ts not going to abfte heavy buta enough to be a nuisance.uisance. 40 now washington.40 here's a quick look at the n a t radar.he nothing locally.cal. sprinkle there in loudoun i loun county but that's about it. tha might be a sp drizzle before our main eventent arrives again between abouta 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. pm showers quickly pushing inshing from western portions ofns of virginia and they'll be withi us here along with coolcol temperatures later thiserat morning during the afternoon.ur. upper 40's. 4's. bring that little umbrella ifref you're not going to be in onei of the ticketed areas.ars. >> right. r >> or a rain jacket.ket. >> thanks tuck. >> with erin. er how do we get there. t >> we have an inner loop crash right now.in look at that heavy volume.v it's blocking the right right shoulder. delays to route one. e one the crash is at cherryerry woodlane. traffic crawling along. volume increasing right nowaffin along thoe beltway.eltw. as we forward our camerascaeras track signals are are malfunctioning in thefunctiong district. h street at massachusetts,s this is out by third street strt northwest and you can see long g lines of traffic that is justi parked backed up vehicles ford r several miles there.there. d.c. police sending someone tocs try to fix that traffic light. r we'll certainly keep you updated. metro is on time right now. keep it to fox5.t to fox5 your inauguration day continues. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> welcome back to our special coverage of the ina buguracation of donald j. trump as our 45th president. en live look from three different f vantage points this morning,poin union station on your right. the top of that of course thers white house andoxng lines waitiw to get through the securitysecuy checkpoints. they were supposed to open uppe at 6 o'clock about a half hour ago.ago. >> #fox5potus use that to leto l us know what your experience exe is. you see these people waitinge pe in line. let us know what the process thp was like for you if you hadu ifd any hiccups along the way if it was smooth sailing use that #fox5potus so we can share theae news with others.ith othes. >> team coverage. >> live look at the capitol.ap let's start with maureen umeh. e she joins us from capitol hill. >> reporter:. >> reporter: yes, at the base of the capitol we'reepte o looking at thf e e securitycapi checkpoint. crowd gathered around there as they're trying to make theirke way into that ticketed securedse area. it has been smooth sailing fornm the most part fromooth swhat we seen this morning even on thein way down here some security scuy checkpoints. we saw lots and lots ofotsof security but again very smoothsh sailing. and when folks do get downet to see the president-elect inpr his inauguration and it willesio be a jamn packed day for thefo president-elect and hisesident-i family.s they're beginning the day ata blair house where they'll wakeeh up and head over to sainter john's episcopal church acrosssu the street whererc they'llthy'll attend service and from therethe back to the white house foref tea and coffee with president obama and the first lady. and then the two couples will o then come here to the capitola for the inauguration where the e events will get under way. w the president-elect donaldresine trump, lehis speech is expectedp to be about 20 minutes long. lo. after that speech then there is -- after the festivitiess here at the inauguration thenonn they will proceed to a luncheon that is not open to op the media and from then thethe festivities for the rest offor f the day continue.day co it is going to be a jam packedad day for the trumps but again,, beginning this morning withthism the church service and a lotn at of people just expecting thatect the tone of the day will bey one of perhaps some reconciliation and againagain setting the tone for what hisfot presidency should be.pr we look forwardesid to hear whaa will say as president trump.trup back to you guys in the studio. udio. >> maureen thanks very much. we'll check back in withn maureen as the morning goesong e on. we also want to talk about about some road closures that arees ta pretty much everywhere in thetue district. i it's not easy to get aro und aro today, we understand that.tand . maybe metro is the best betstbet after all. ter al >> so, if that is in fact your plan we've got you covered cered there, too. fox5's anjali hemphill is is live from union station. anjali, good morning.jali >> reporter: well, good morning, guys, , ryeepaorh trah seem to be running fairly wellry so far. take a look lined me here. lin union station lookingunion stg beautiful this morning in allthl its glory, that red white and blue stars and stripes sta obviously festive forfestive fr inauguration day.tion this is of course one of theonee closest metro stops to theops t national mall where folks arelk going to be getting off and heading down descending ontog on the area where the wherehe inauguration will take place.p we are seeing trickles ofso people come out already early e in the morning hoping to getorn that early spot and we're also o seeing vendors as you can vendo maybe see walkingyo across youry screen there getting set up a morning. morning. also this is where many of themn patrol groups planned forol g today are also meeting uprong up because this is a very central n location. you can see the beginnings ofngf a protest here in the middle m of the square out here justst beginning here and they -- they- they do plan to probably marchar on from here. from we'll go andhe talk to them in second but we have lots of we ha people coming out, some ofe o them their first inaugurationnan ever. we have a group of studentsoup s here from herndon who are very excited to join today's ivities.ies. steve, right. >> yeah. >> reporter: tell me what are you doing out here so early this morning. >> we got to beat the traffic out here to d.c., thatep'orste whyyo.u >> reporter: how did you getdoeo into d.c. b atand h how was youy trip? >> we drove in around likeove ie 3:00 in the morning. r it was all right.lr >> reporter: now, you told you o me you're not old enough to enoo vote. you didn't get to actually ac vote in this election so whys is it important that you're th here this morning?moing? >> see my first inaugutiona that's why.u i mean, yeah, owner than that. >> reporter: who are yo tuhaho o here with? these are all thesl friends from school. schoo >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: it mean to you to be here. >> mainly because it's myit' first inauguration, see whate wt it's like and, yeah, i want to t wiess itit. >> witness it. >> reporter: witness>> rep history, exoractly. ex there are like so many people that are coming here today,ing some of them from out ofof state. all very excited to join inoi in this very historic day.a again, things are just getting g started here at union stationioa but we expect a very, very busy day out here as the crowds start getting off the ofe trains and start heading backeac here towards the yellow andnd blue gate. and that's basically theasicalle secure zone. they'll get their bags checkedbc and then they'll head out to the national mall for the rest t of the day.al m that's the latest here at th union station.launion back to you. backo you. >> anjali thanks very much.ks v. take a look at some of theat soh folks there people starting tot trickle in. we did see some of the early,, early, early risers who hadrs w been in line before 6 o'clock o this morning, well before inbefn me cases trying to get the best spots so that they couldc have prime viewing locations.mei >> we saw the linnge lsoctill t least one of the checkpoints the we showed and i'm just'mjust learning from one of our producers that, this t checkpoint that it is notpoin opened yet. it was supposed to open at 6:00 a.m. .m. not opened yet.pene not sure exactly what thely whae holdup is but we have folksve all over town and we will get wg you up to date on why there'shes a backup and more importantlymon when it starts to loosen upo lo and folks can get into theo the secured zone.zone. >> right. that's what everybody is heres e for. will we need to worry aboutworrt staying warm and staying drytayd toda tuck?k? >> yeah, doing both. yeah, dng t temperatures will be in thees we 40's and once the rain startsst i think you'll feel evenen cooler than. co that looks like showers primeowp time between about 10,me betwe , 11 o'clock this morning andlo how about we'llck t stretch it t to until about 2, 3 o'clock.o 40 in washington.i most of the region outside the beltway in the 30's this3 morning so taking the dog outheo for a walk that kind of thingt be ready for al chilly start st to your day.to all right.all righ you're wondering about theri rain showers. nothing locally.ly. we're quiet at the moment. moen. can't promise that it willt look this quiet in a couplea oul hours. we've got showers off to our tor south and west and they'rest anh moving in very quickly here. just kind of hang up acrossacro our area later this afternoon.at so once the showers are ouhits here by 2, 3 o'clock today we'll keep the clouds around aod late this afternoon.te t might behi a little leftoverletr drizzle tonight along withght ai clouds and we'll keep thell keee clouds into the first part ofrsr our weekend as well. wel. here's your friday forecast. i would expect showers byex 11:00 a.m. and again things t will wind down by 2, 3 o'clocko' but the clouds and rain willnwil keep temperatures quite cool col today. 49 your daytime high. h let's find out about metro istr where it's at.t. >> metro doing pretty goodro d right now tuck tear.uck we'll talk about a couple coupl problems on the roads.n the r inner loop near the marche greenbelt metro line earliert mr crash cleared but heavierav volume increasing on the innerng loop and outer loo op.er lop. as we forward our cameras to a a look in alexandria virginia huntington avenue still closedcd at telegraph road.a a car hitt a utility poletilite there. if you're trying to get to the huntington metro station takea kings highway.highw that will save you time thisyou morning still a big police presence lots of flashingots ofn lights. we'll look at our maps and show you major roads that willal until thed th parade concludes.n fourteenth street bridge hovie h lanes, memorial bridge is onlyly opened to pedestrian.pe third street tunnel closed closd ninth street 12th street and e e street tunnels closed as well. . independence avenue from 12thomh street southwest to memorial me bridge portions of ohio drive de as well and rock creek pork cre way is only accessible northessh of virginia avenue.anue. as for the inaugural ceremony cr today on the west side of the capitol, you can see security gates did open at 6:00. 6 the opening remarks are set toet begin at 11:30 and noon is the e official swearing in parade pa will begin after that going that along portions ofpor constitution, pennsylvania, all the way to the whiteut house, so a lot of fioolkthse t now patiently waiting to get toe h rough security. parking restrictions streetons t closures in place right nowt now around the red zone. zoe. green zone restrictions only accessible to people who liveo e in work in that area. are for inauguration day as tuckerer mentioned metro is the thinghe i to do. running on rush hour service. sv they picked up at 4:00. 0 crowds at national mall next. keep it to fox5 news morning mog as our inauguration coverageorae continues. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ hambone! sally! 22! hut hut! tiki barber running a barber shop? yes!!! surprising. yes!!! what's not surprising? how much money david saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. who's next? >> continuing coverage on fox5go d.c. the inauguration of donaldx5 trump.trump. >> ♪♪ you on this historic morning.rn. thousands of people arele expected to be on the nationaltn mall to watch history, theory, t swearing in of our 45th 45h president. >> security of course veryitof u tight this morning.ornng. inauguration goers will haveonow to go through security checkty c points some of which are are opened some of which are not. annie yu bob barnard live with h more on what visitors canrs expect. good morning, guys. >> reporter: hey, goodgo morning, steve andod a mleplisoa good morning, everybody.lor youni know, it's smooth sailingh so far and we came in through the 12th and constitutionth andn entry and that's one ofstit theh one of four entrances that youac can take.can ta. and there weren't any linesy li and so while the public -- weble haven't seen any members ofmembf the public yet.e public we do have some volunteersl that are just getting ready,re things are getting set up. up >> reporter: we've roundedve them up. rthem up. we're 12 blocks from thebl capitol and we're on the mall. l we're not along the parade pa route which will be active later on today.tod look who we have here.he >> reporter: we are claire sharon and ari all volunteersuns getting ready to set thin for us.for us. who wants to talk about why you're volunteering.un >> well, i want to volunteerto r because i want america to be b great again. aga and that's what we group ofgrouo people out here are helping.he >> reporter: claire you say you come from faierrfa: x county >> fairfax, yes, county., ye >> reporter: fairfs,ax, virginia. sharon is from maryland. >> middle river maryland. i >> reporter:s dle ribut ari has come from.om. >> brooklyn new york. bro >> reporter: new york. >>ok reporter: ephow did oryou o about getting like to be able to volunteer here? >> i filled out an applicationpn and it took about a month or o so to go through the process.c >> reporter: and why? why w did you want to volunteer?olur? >> help everybody who is here,h, perform a civic duty.orm >> reporter: very cool.a coo. claire, do you know what your yu job is today? wha kt are youare doing today?y? >> yes. >> yes. my job is going to be behind beh us and we're going to takee're care of allta the people that is handicapped, that needs help hp so this is the special areaarea for them. reporter: very coolism co thank you guys.u stay warm and we'll see you ou throughout the morning.moring. >> thank you guys. g >> reporter: i don't want toan thought i saw a rain drop.n >> you did. i saw>> y the same rain drop. >> reporter: did you? you? that's warm enough, i mean, mea you can see our breath but theu rain is coming and we've seen our first drops so, oh, myy goodness. go >> reporter: the day is onlyod y beginning. b back to you guys in theegin studio. to you udio. >> okay. what's the head gear plan folks, the fox5 hoodie on thee jacket? >> reporter: well, right, well,, we've got our raincoatri hoodies, yeah, and then we've got our tote style umbrellasu which are allowed today on then national mall and elsewhereelse but you cannot bring golf g stall umbrellas the ones that are noncollapsible those aree ae not allowed.all >> reporter: i know peoplepeople who have tickets to be seated t and you're not umbrellasot umbrs there. if you're in the ticked ti seating area apparently nono umbrellas. br out here in the general public just the collapsible kind.i >> reporter: i saw otherother rain drop. dr >> reporter: they're fallingre g on my head.h >> we'll get the details fortaso you guys from tucker in just a a minute. >> reporter: of course social media haso literallyite played a huge role in the he election itself providing avidia huge role in today's in inauguration and we're hopinghog it provides a huge role in ourr coverage. this is where you can come nmen let us know what you're seeing e feeling hearing along the way.t. we'll share your tweets andour d pictures. >> our special coverageo continues right after theues ri break. it is 6:45 on friday morning,mo, 40 degrees in our nation's capitol. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> stage is getting set, folks. just a couple of hours from staf now donald trump wilrlo take th oath of office there theth capitol our tom fitzgerald haslh a great vantage point thisageoii morning. he'll be bringing us allall the -- what the insiders see as he sites and of course aursea wider look there, beautifulbea with the american flagserican fs hanging from the capitol thisg r morning. just gorgeousoms tucker.. >> fortunate to have that viewhe this morning. fortunate to be here,th too.too. tucker you heard it. i annie and bob say they'rey t starting to feel a little rainit t t there. >> i'm not seeing any --g anything we're getting righte'ri now is going to be very, very ey light. >> might have been some birdsht crossing their path. >> that's what i was thinking hs >> didn't want to say ith.idn't. >> uh-huh. >> right. >> >> migrating birds.>> 40 now in washington. now in shn hey, we got. 30's just aboutstb for everybody else here. he. 39 in quantico.ntico. fredericksburg good morning mo 39. 38 manassas. it is cold -- i38 mean, it's i's cool, cold the in spots. frederick 32 this morning.32 th 36 in winchester.win let's take a look together. t storm tracker radar is s pretty quiet. this is pretty good radar. r it will tell me when we startn t to get anything you havehinu hae significance. sprinkle or two in loudoun loun county. off to the south and west we anw have developing rain showers.eln the main event as it weret w still set to arrive between bete about 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock today and we'll have someand wea scattered showers around for aoa time. this is a warm front that will t be lifting through. u verybeyoto show yo quickly on futurecast therecas showers moving in.showermoving there we are at noon scatteredod showers. we'll keep that threat around.tu there we are at 1 o'clock at 1 o right into 2, 3 o'clock and an then things will exit out,exit we'll be looking at cloud clo cover and just a littlever anjue drizzle to end the day so thehee showers won't be terribly terril heavy but they'll be arrivingbei again between about 10:00 and 2, 3 o'clock today.lockay there's your seven-daythere's yn forecast. forecast. cloudy tomorrow if you'redy going to g tet involved inolvedi activity down at the mallmall tomorrow it will be cloudy butdt dry. maybe a little drizzle. drizle. erin is -- she's here. here. hi. hi. >> hi. i'm here tracking roads and rails and trying to keep to kep everyone moving in they'ren they just trying to get to work andeo maybe head down to participatert in the inaugural celebration.leb right now this is a look ninth n and pennsylvania where you can see a lot of people millingeople around getting to security chnts.oints. large police presence as i getce out of the way block offer thefe roads trying to keep everyoneeve safe down there. this is inside that restrictedrd red zone where traffic isn't i al lloyd. loyd. as for your commute this is aut look at the key bridge inboundde traffic is heavy right now. hean key bridge is one of your bestot bridges to get in fromm virginia. memorial bridge is only available to pedestrianslabl closedtraffiaffic.e roosevelt bridge is anothers anh option but they're diverting traffic. we'll switch it over from ourswr cameras to a look at our maps. let's help you pick out theutt way you want to get downtown. because of the green zonezone restrictions and red zone on restrictions traveling via caraa bus uber lyft cab you'll have a to walk five to nine blocks to get down tots national mall so just keep that in minds.n fourteenth street bridge hoven lanes closed.th s again the third street tunnelu all of the tunnels real arer closed in the city right now.tyn just have some patience. pa any questions at erin fox5ques d.c. on twitter #fox5potus.ox5 >> erin thank you.rin thank so let's go out to ronica cleary at 12th and e and e northwest. this is a shot we have been showing you this morning. >> ronica we talked to annie w and bob.b. they're on the other sifted're mall. they got in no problem butoniftt where you are doesn't look like anybody i s dmoving. movin. what's going on.ing >> reporter: there is someome movement at the very front ofv the line. we see people i guess startingst through but i don't actuallyctuy see much movement but it looksis like they have opened up ifve oe you will. this line has been here for at t least an hour if not longer lo than that. it is supposed to open up at uat 6 o'clock but like i said i don't see much movement here. he people generally speaking inpean good spirits.sp a handful of people excited e for the inauguration excited to get through security.securit. how you guys doing today. tda g great, great. we're here from florida.here >> reporter: you came in f just for t rephiors.h >> just for this, yes., >> reporter: are you worriedort: at all wher aere ythere's been' lot of talk about protests, security concerns. do you feel safe?ou feel sa? >> yes. >> yes, as a matter of fact weaa were at the celebration last night t anthd it was very it was reefally good. go and standing in line today itod met an indian chief right herefe a native american nativeative american indian chief.dian >> reporter: what brings youor here today.te >> i'm here on t he crusade forsade christ for the inaugural i prayer breakfast. br >> reporter: and do you feel excited for today and do youod feel safe today as we approach. >> i feel very safe.l very >> reporter: and. reporter: a >> as a 28 year army veteran i feel very safe 'cause we havee v the secret service, we have we a all the first responders, i feel very safe.y sa there's a protective covering, c christ is the protectiveproectie covering for us here toring foro protect us and our newur ne president donald trump.es >> reporter: thank you soidep much and thankr: you for yourory service. sounds like they're making an a announcement about those with a the prayer breakfast. come overthe here gentlemen.re. you got out bright and early this morning. what time did you get in line.u ge >> in line, 3:30. >> reporter: you were hereport 3:30 this morning.3:30 thi >> yes. >> reporter: all right, sounds like what when i got to >> repat when i d.c. this t omorning. m bout yout you. >> around 3:30 as well.s >> reporter: how are you >> cold. >> col but other than thatbu exciteddism i like your bowm i k tie. >> thank you. >> reporter: you got more rep donald trumpor tesr:wag? you gg to buy more stuff. buy more s >> i don't know about all thatua but i'll definitely go to the t store sometime. >> reporter: all right. what brought you here today? hi>>s rtory? eprought hi is it about support for donaldpl trump? what are you feeling?f >> i'm here for the wholethe experience really. i'm not really for or against a donald trump.trup. i'm just waiting to see whato sw he brings to the table. tble i love the atmosphere here.ere i'm sure it's going to beng to crazy once i get inside theree later on with all of theallof te people expressing theirpe opinions. it's going to be great.ople i really want to seer thioisnges historic election, you know.tion >> reporter: i love that. reporh it's not about forat or againstt you're just here to be a part j of history and democracy.emocray guys, thank you so much andmuch we've got a family up here. he you brought -- is this your ttttle girl. >> this is my daughter and my mother. and my sweet nephew.sweet >> reporter: i love how youowyo all came coordinateed.cor >> we d my mom ordered theseed e for us from the white house hse gift shop. >> rep orter: and how do you feelbo you here -- do you worry at all? there's been concernse's about safety.be like thisill be this will be a safe day for you and your gleam i do. i wouldn't put her iner something i think is harm'si way. i think anywhere you go youre y have to be aware of yourour surroundings and know what'snd o goinwg on. if i sense anything wrong, wro then we have a plan to get outou fast but. >> reporter: how old is she.ld e >> she's three and a half.he's r >> reporter: are you excited? excited? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: yeah. yeah. >> yeah. >> reporter: well she's soeporth cute i hope she stays warm.s w i hope you and your familyf have a wonderful day today.derfo thanks for giving us some givine time. little feel from the crowd. a lot ofeel positive energy ann not everyone here saying san they're necessarily a trump trum support just here to be a partsa of this historic day, this hi historic event. evnt. lines are not really moving mvin but it does look like some likeo sort of security check iseck going on beyond those gates. gat we'll certainly keep youl certay posted. we're sending it back to you.iac >> all right ronica. ronica. yeah, really you're seeing au' little bit of everything.ver those who are obviously areviouy die hard donald trumpdie hard supporters and then like then lt witness history. >> i love that. >> to be here in this great ie t city during this great event. e >> this is happening right now n and he's going to be a part ofao it in the years to come.year i love that expression. ex thank you ronica.nic so, he is taking a break bak from weather to talk aboutalk bu trending topics today.opic of course we're talking aboutg o our weather guy mike thomas he's our social mediaocial correspondent this morning tracking what's makingespong whg headlines on social media on mei this historic inaugurationnaugao day. >> if you wants mike to find your tweet oyoru your post this morning make sure you use #fox5potus. #fox5pot what did you find mike.at >> reporter: steve i'm steve i finding a lot of emotion.a lot . mixed bag all this morning happiness sorrow joy.sorrow joy. lots of tweets coming through.tm again please continue to tweetet us uses that #fox5potus. love seeing these tweets. t tim this morning says hey on heo twitter prayers for a safe inauguration. and that everyone comescomes together and puts their hatee aside and gives at the real donald trump a chance.nce. so, very inspiring wordsspirings there. onto the next one a map of the f states where donald trump willml become regardless of your opinion.inion that's from earl shea thisrl shs morning. today is of courseourse inauguration day. all right onto the next one. n let's do maybe one more here. we have time from joe braxton prayers for all the protestorsrs against hatred and racism. raci. please be safe out there. thanks for taking a stand. very strong opinions on social o media today. i do want to mention and i'llon andl be back next hour with anotherto look so keep those tweets coming. you can also do it on facebook as well as instagram. use #fox5potus.#fo wefind you you. later on sarah fraser willer l join me in the social mediae sia trenches with a live recap of of the best social media moments from this morning lie on thehis fox5 d.moc. facebook page.ge. again keep those tweets cominges and we'll see you again next hour. >> thanks mike. appreciate it. >> take a look around the areank round he right now as we areare celebrating this inaugurationnai day we're bringing live coverage throughout the dayge tg today. not just throughout thenot justu morning but we'll be righting b here through the parade thishe r afternoon. now, that is your front row seat right there at the u.s.he . capitol that is where donaldl th trump will take the oath ofheath office in just a matter of hours. >> ♪♪ >> blank >> we are so happy you're with h us this morning asap we take aa live look at the u.s. capitol this morning. theie right side of screen of course there's theere' white house and we've havee have live pictures from across a washington, d.c. for youd. throughout the morc.ning.hout te it is 7:00 a.m. now on this th friday morning, it's january 20th 2017.ary you're watching2 fox5 morningmog news' special coverage of theere inauguration of donald trumpon o in just a matter of hoursors mr. trump will be on his way w to the capitol to be sworn in te as our nation's 45th5th president. >> good morning, steve.rning, there sis tight securitysecty throughout d.c. with hundreds hu of thousands of people pe expected to attend today's toays historic events.evets. already this morning we'veornine seen delays at security checkpoints where they're day.e. >> not everybody heading erybo downtown, though. supporters of thesupp president-elect. there were protests last night, protestspr esowevreernigv there are protests expectedts ed today. security teams are keeping aneep eye on all potential threats.tha >> live look right there for you. good morning up to i'm allison seymour. seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. president-elect donald t