protect the grass on the mall. that had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing while in years past the grass eliminated in visual. inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted. no one had numbers because the national park service, which controls the national mall, does not put any out. we know that 420,000 people used the d.c. metro public transit yesterday, which compares to 317,000 that used it for president obama s last inaugural. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. a moment forever etched into our memories with a little help from saturday night live and the wonderful melissa mccarthy. the fiery debate of sean spicer exactly five years ago on what feels like a lifetime ago. with our thanks, for being with us, be sure to join me tomorrow morning for velshi at 8:00
not. welcome back. the man who put his hand on the bible and promised to protect the u.s. constitution has spent a good chunk of his time attacking the freedom of the press. the number six story in our countdown, trump s war on the media. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. we know that 420,000 people used the d.c. metro public transit yesterday, which compares to 317,000 that used it for president obama. according to the d.c. metro, 570,557 people took trips on the system throughout the entire day on inauguration day. the system saw 1.1 million trips on the same day in 2009. in other words, mr. spicer, not the largest number of people who
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
day of this administration going in and lambasting the news media. i thought listen, there s plenty of time to yell and scream at us. i ve had press secretaries yell at me over the phone. this was different. inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted. no one had numbers. because the national park service which controls the national mall does not put any out. by the way, this applies to any attempts to try to count the number of protesters today in the same fashion. we know a few things. let s go through the facts. we know that from the platform where the president was sworn in to fourth street holds about 250,000 people. from fourth street to the media tent is about another 220,000. and from the media tent to the washington monument, another 250,000 people. all of this space was full when the president took the oath of office. we know that 420,000 people used the d.c. metro public transit
office. we know that 420,000 people used the d.c. metro public transit yesterday, which actually compares to 317,000 that used it for president obama s last inaugural. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. even the new york times printed a photograph showing that a misrepresentation of the crowd in the original tweet, in their paper, which showed the full extent of the support, depth, and crowd and intensity that existed. these attempts to try to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. all right. here s the reality, though. you know, if they re going to lay down the gauntlet like this, then we re going to show you the facts. that is not what it looked like on the ground. when you compare these aerial images of trump s inauguration to president obama s in 2009.