national mall. the grass covering had effect of highlighting where people weren t standing. this was also the first time that fencing and magnetometers went as far back on the wall which prevented people from accessing the mall as quickly as they had in inaugurations past. no one had numbers because the national park service which controls the national mall does not put numbers out. this applies to any attempts to try to count the number of protests today in the sam fashion. lets go through the facts. we know from the platform where the president was sworn in to 4th street holds 250,000 people. from 4th street to the media tent is another 220,000. from the media tent to the washington monument, another 250,000 people. all of this space was full with the president took the oath of