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Im wolf blitzer reporting from here in washington, d. C. Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. Largest of the planned nationwide womens marches is under way. Hundreds of thousands of people are in the Nations Capital for the rally. For those who couldnt make the trip here to washington, they are marching in their hometowns from coast to coast. They are united in one thing, they want their voices to be heard. The president is not america. His cabinet is not america. Congress is not america. We are america. Having fought a lot of my life to get my rights as a woman, ill be tam oipgdam oipn going backwards. We win the white house but they walk through the door. Are you going to let this happen again in your lifetime . Im not. Im sorry, but the old guard of the Democratic Party has to go. It has to go. We need new leadership. We need young leadership. We need women leadership. Yesterday donald trump was sworn in as president. That sight is burned into my eyes forever. And i hope the same is true for you. Because we will not forget. We do not want to forget. We will use that vision to make sure that we fight harder, we fight tougher, and we fight more passionately than ever. Trump and his handlers have found a fox for every chicken coop in washington and a trigger finger must not become a trigger finger. He also said he was with the people. Instead, he was the people. To paraphrase a famous quote, i just want to say i have met the people and you are not them. Lets get started right now. Kian law is in the Nations Capital. We heard from senator Elizabeth Warren at that march in boston. What are you hearing there . Reporter we are also hearing from lawmakers like the junior senator Kamala Harris who hails from california. But what were hearing now a performer who just a short time ago led the entire crowd with the chant of im not afraid of donald trump. Trump is certainly the unifying factor of all these people that youre seeing behind me. And what i can tell bk tecan te this crowd, we dont note numt numbers, but it is a sea of pink hats that began again on social media, everyone started to wear them, to sew them, to knit them and they are all wearing them here in solidarity. What we are hearing from some of these young women, older women as you walk among the crowd and chat with them, they came from california, from new york, from the south, from the midwest. And a lot of them say that they may have disparate issues, ranging from reproductive rights to immigration, but they say what will unify them is their concern about donald trump and not having their voices heard. So what they are hoping and the reason why they came to washington and the wanted to be in his backyard is they are hoping that he will somehow look out the window and see all of these hands and all of these hats. All right. Were watching what is going on. I want to go to Miguel Marquez up in boston. I think the second largest march that were seeing here in the United States today. What are you seeing over there in boston . Reporter wolf, it is absolutely enormous here. This is the crowd as its trying to move out into the area where it will actually march. The crowd is so big, that they dont think the march area is big enough. The chief of police here said it will be like a snake trying to eat its tail. They planned for about 25,000 people for this march. A senior official with the Boston Police Department Says that they believe they saw photo analysis they have 120,000 to 125,000 people here. It is peaceful. It is noisy. And the people that have come here from all over new england, they want the president to understand that they are watching and that this is the beginning of a movement and they are not going away for the next four years. I want to go to ana cabrera in denver right now watching the womens march there. Whats going on . Reporter we are on the move. They are expecting tens of thousands of people here today and we have been marching thousand for hours on a route that is supposed to be about a mile or so. A little bit of buffing because there are so many people here. People of every generation. I talked to one woman who says that he was there for the march on washington with Martin Luther king and he is here in denver today with his wife, with his daughter and his granddaughter. So three generations. We are seeing people here protesting and really demonstrating for something, not against something is their message. For human rights, social justice and equality for all. And you see the signs that really send a lot of those messages, not just to the new strai administration, but to donald trump. Talk me through why it was important to be here. To let all the people know im going to into rupg ting for a moment. Scarlett johansson is speaking. I want to listen in. When the time came for us to be in cancer screenings, no judgment, no questions asked, planned parenthood provided a safe place where i could be treated with gentle guidance. I may have been 15 and surprisingly selfsufficient, but im sure there isnt one person here who has not been helped by planned parenthood directly or otherwise. When i knew i was coming to speak on behalf of womens reproductive and health issues, he have single one of my girlfriends had a story about planned parenthood. They saved me so many times one of high best girlfriends confided in me. Saying they saved my ass and some other parts, too. When i found out i had precancerous signs i never would have known about without my annual checkups and her speech grew more emphatic and emotional as she described how the organization had helped her decide between treatment options. She was able to make some difficult decisions, deciding made what was right for her, to her body and then thher then pa without anyone elses interference. My sister also used planned Parenthood Services for years after moving states. She had been living her whole life in new york city. In california, she had no contacts, no health insurance, but was able it regularly see a doctor at a planned parenthood clinic to screenings, advice, Birth Control and checkups. For the more than 2. 5 million patients a year that rely on planned Parenthood Services for cancer and std screenings, Birth Control, abortion and pregnancy planning, these are unserb acer and anxious times. Lawmaker in 24 states have tried to block patients from access to p planned parenthood and voted to block access to Reproductive Services nine times. There are very real and devastating consequences to limiting access to what should be considered basic health care. For millions of americans pl planned parenthood is the only trustworthy and affordable clinic that provides Sex Education and life saving services. President trump, i did not vote for you. That said, i respect that you are our president elect and i want to be able to support you. But first, i ask that you support me. Support my sister. Support my mother. Support my best friend. And all of our girlfriends. Support the men and women here today that are anxious lay waiting to see how your next moves hey drastically affect their lives. Support my daughter who may actually as a result of the appointments you have made grow up in a country that is moving backwards, not forwards, and who made potentially not have the right to make choices for her body and her future that your daughter ivanka has been privileged to have. I ask you to support all women and our fight for equality in all things. Including the fight to be recognized as individuals who know better for ourselves what is right for our bodies. Better than any elected official, popular or otherwise. It is a great honor for me to be speaking here in front of all of you today after the result of this novembers election, i felt as a woman, as an american citizen, a great weightbearing down on my shoulders. The feeling that the near future would present many obstacles, confrontation and division. My immediate thought after hearing the Election Results was oh, man, we have so much work to do. But once the heaviness began to subside, i realized that an opportunity has presented itself to make real long term change, not just for future americans, but in the way that we view our responsibilities to get involved with and stay active in our communities. Let this weight not drag you down, but help to got your heels stuck in. I pledge my relentless devotion to support Womens Health care initiatives. I will not stop fighting to make basic Womens Health care available to all. I believe with every fiber of my being that the conversations that we have with our partner and our doctors about what we do with our bodies and our future should not be made fodder for any politician political agenda, lawmaker and forprofit corporation. We must stand up for about what are our basic human rights and always move forward. Never backwards. The current Political Administration benefits from taking away the power from us. Dont give up your power. Dont, dont let the feelings of helplessness make you cyou complacent. Volunteer with organizations that help women seeking a safe place to make some of the most difficult decisions of their lives. Donate to causes. Guys, im not hearing. All right. I think we just lost audio from over there. Well continue to monitor the events going on. That was scarlet johannson the actress and the activist speaking out strongly at this womens march here in the Nations Capital. Coming up, marchers take the streets in fact in all 50 states. Well take you to antitrump protests around the country, indeed around the globe. Plus any minute now, President Trump will be leaving the whouts f white house for a visit to the ceo. He will head over to langley, virginia for a meeting with cia officials. Well have live coverage. Mom, i just saved a lot of money on my Car Insurance by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Great geico can help insure our mountain chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, one hundred and fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. Theres no butter in this churn. Do my tris look okay . Take a closer look at geico. Great savings. And a whole lot more. With sleep number, theres an adjustment for that. Tilt your tormentor and put those snores to sleep. Does your bed do that . Come into a sleep number store where the queen c4 mattress is now 1199. Its a no brainer. Marches certainly on protecting womens rights, civil rights under the Trump Administration. Protesters say theyre standing up for issues they see as threatened under the new american president. Democratic senator came mkamalas called it a Pivotal Moment in american history. Imperfect though we may be, i believe we are a great country. And part of what makes us great is we are a nation that was founded on certain ideals. Founded on the ideals that were spoken in 1776. That we are all and should be treated as equals. Lets get some perspective from dana bash and gloria borger. Gloria, what do you make of the size, the number of these protests here in washington, around the country, indeed around the world . Its quite impressive. I can tell you trying to get here to our studios today, it was incredibly difficult because of the amount of people on the street. In fact for me, it was more difficult than it was on Inauguration Day. I think that this was these marches were started in a very small way and it just kind of grew and grew organically. And in a way thats as it should be. This is a divided country. And people are allowed to demonstrate when they disagree. And i think its a healthy part of democracy. And the people that are speaking, the leaders of we have female leaders in congress. You just played one of them. Leaders in the feminist movement, hollywood stars, they are all being very, you know, sort of strong and at times strident understandably so. The people i ran into also coming here, its very different. Its sort of like i would imagine it was in the old days of the peace love. There is a lot of everybody is kind of happy and talking to each other, where are you from, and, you know, a lot of love, peace and understanding as opposed to, you know, really anger coming from the protesters. Me play you a clip, this is senator Elizabeth Warren speaking at the womens march in boston. The fact is that the Playing Field has been tilted badly in favor of those at the top for a generation now. And now President Trump and the Republican Congress are ready to ram through laws that will tilt it even harder. Now, we can whimper, we can whine or we can fight back. Me, im here to fight back. So gloria, it looks like there is gok is going to be the first full day of the new administration and there is already a lot of tension. And Elizabeth Warren does not have a majority in the senate and that is her problem. Right how there is a Republican Congress and a republican in the white house and i think shes doing what she should do. Saying we will push back on the undoing of what the Obama Administration passed. The question is how successful will they be able to be. There is a Midterm Election in two years. They will have to see if they can add to their ranks. But this is what i would expect to occur. And that is a really good point, that this is obviously about fundamental of democracy coming out and protesting, having your voice heard. Because they are allowed to. And, you know, encouraged to with the first amendment. But the question is whether this is going to translate to the polls which is where they can really have a voice in two years during the midterms. And my suspicion is that the political leaders are hoping that the people marching in the streets who made it their business to come here, come hell or high water from wherever they live, will turn that into action, political action, back home and with regard to their political leaders. You can only be successful as a Political Movement if you get people to the polls. And we saw that this time, democrats fell short. And in the electoral college. And i think that this is this may wake up some Younger Voters who did not vote. But were just going to have to see. All in all, i think the turnout today here in washington and around the country is impressive, but that has to translate into something else. Democrats didnt just fall short in the electoral college. They fell short in the house votes, the senate votes, the gubernatorial votes, the state legislature votes. It was a disaster all around for democrats. And now theyre hoping to create a new movement if you will, almost like the republicans did with the Tea Party Movement to see if they can get their act together in two years and four years down the road. Absolutely. Theyre trying to galvanize people to be active in a way that frankly they havent been. Part of the issue is not to get too technical, but part of the issue is with the house in particular, the house districts are so jerrygerrymandered that republicans are mostly representing republican districts. Arent a lot of people likely from heavily republican districts marching in this march. And the democrats already represented by a lot of people here when im talking about the house. The senate is a little bit different and obviously when it comes to the presidency and the next election in four years, that is also different. But part of the frustration that the Clinton Campaign had is that they didnt feel that they had this kind of Energy Behind it. And her vote came out, i mean she did win the popular vote. But they didnt have that Energy Behind them in the key states where perhaps they should have or else she would have won the electoral college. And they did not have win necessarily. If you look at donald trump won lower income, less educated women by 28 points. So it wasnt about gender. It was about income equality. And it was about people including women obviously who felt that they were left behind. So if the democrats are going to make some kind after a comeback, those are the women that they have to convince that the Democratic Party still cares about them because they didnt feel that way during the election and they voted for donald trump margin. And im not guessing that a lot of those women are here. There is a divide even among and especially among women. And the president started the day at this Interfaith Prayer Service at the national cathedral. And pretty soon hes heading over to the cia to express his support for the Intelligence Community, the men and women who work there. That is significant on this first full day in office. And very necessary, which is why hes doing it. Weve been talking about this for weeks now. That in going after what he intended i assume was the obama appointed leadership of the Intelligence Community, a lot of people who are risking their lives and nameless and faceless people every day felt undermined by their current commander in chief. That visit is essential for him because he needs them do his job properly. And general mattis sent a note which was to the pentagon employees after his confirmation and made a point of saying that he would work with the Intelligence Community. And i think that was not so subtle way of communicating to folks over at langley at the cia that, yes, we respect you and admire you and yes, we are going to work with you. Gloria, dana, stand by. There is more coming up. Were getting new information as well. Take a look at these live pictures coming in from los angeles as the womens marches are continuing. Well get a live report on the ground. [vo] quickbooks introduces rodney. He has a new business teaching lessons. 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And take a look ash, youround, are a lot of moms here with their young daughters, as well. The organizers tell us that there is about 150,000 people participating and just to give you an idea, wolf, we had to walk several blocks from the Actual Center of this protest just to bring you this live picture because our signal was so weak because there are so many people concentrated shoulder to shoulder block to block all around mitch avenue here in chicago. And to share some of the stories that ive been hearing from some of the very emotional moms who are here, some moms in tears saying that the reason why theyre protesting today is because they want to stand up for the rights of women, for the rights of women who have been violated in their past, for the just here in the United States, but arnound the world. I talked to a teacher who said she was very concerned after watching the inauguration speech yesterday with her students in her class because her students, second graders, 7, 8yearolds, were are asking her if donald trump was actually going build a wall and what that meant. And these 7yearolds were asking if planes can fly over this wall, then why does it matter, why does the wall have to be built. And then these second graders also asking her about mexicans and if mexicans really were really bad. And then they asked an interesting question, wolf, about the slogan make America Great again. The second graders asked does that mean that all of the other president s before donald trump were not good, were they bad. So these are all of the questions that some of the teachers here in the suburbs of chicago are getting from students who are listening to what is going on. Theyre listening to the inauguration speech and have all of these questions in their mind. But take a look, were walking done Michigan Avenue here in chicago towards the magnificent mile. And again, wolf, we had to walk away from the bigger crowds in order for us to bring you this picture and you can see that there is a lot of people here, a lot of response. There was a protest here yesterday, as well, those numbers were a lot smaller. But today again organizers telling us that 150,000 people turned out here in chicago. Wolf. All right, rosa, thank you. Rosa flores in chicago for us. Meanwhile its President Trumps first full day in office. But he and his staff are hitting the ground running. The president is expected to visit the headquarters of the Central Intelligence agency in langley, virginia across the Potomac River just a little while. In a tweet the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the president was excited to thank the men and women of the u. S. Intelligence community. Lets bring in Barbara Starr and jim acosta and manu raju. Barbara, has a lot of us remember, it was only a few days ago that the president then will the president elect was comparing a leak that he accused the u. S. Intelligence community of doing to what was done during nazi germany and the outgoing former cia director was furious about that comparison with nazi germany and all of a sudden now today on his first full day in office, hes heading out to cia headquarters to thank the men and women of the Intelligence Community. How do you anticipate the response to this visit will be . I think it is fair to say he will get a very professional response. Look, this is a saturday in washington. Officially the federal government is closed. But our understanding is that there will be a few hundred employees that have come into listen to the president , they will be in the lobby of the cia Headquarters Building and he will get a very professional response from them. I feel very certain its fair to say they will listen, they will applaud. And what these career professionals in the Intelligence Community continue to believe in their mind may be slightly different than their public persona. But what we will see as far as the first time for him is the Memorial Wall inside the cia lobby. Youve seen it, ive seen it, very few americans have reason to go into the cia headquarters. There is a marble wall there with 117 gold stars on it. And that symbolizes a star for each cia officer who has given their lives in service of this country. Many of them still not publicly named because they were involved in covert operations. Mr. Trump is expected to see that wall and that will be the message from the professional intelligence corps, please take a looking see the sacrifices we make and that we are professionals. I think its fair to say that that is the message mr. Trump will be getting. Its a very moving moment to be in that lobby. Ive been there, ive seen that Memorial Wall. And even decades later, some of the names remain secret because of the operations these individuals were engaged in. Barbara, stand by for a moment. Jim acosta, the president s nominee to lead the cia, kansas congressman mike pompeo, he has yet to be confirmed by the senate. He will be con firmed presumably on monday. The white house wanted him confirmed on friday. What happened . Thats right. Senate democrats including ron widen put out a statement saying that they just did not want Mike Pompeo Confirmed on Inauguration Day saying that typically cia directors are not confirmed on Inauguration Day and so donald trump, the president , will have to wait until after this weekend is over. He will be going out there as you and barbara mentioned. And i think youre quite right that this is an attempt by the new white house to perhaps make some peace with this Intelligence Community, because after all, the Trump Administration will be relying heavily on this Intelligence Community that its been at war with the last several weeks in order to keep peace around the world and keep this country safe. And so is ththis is a very impo moment for this new president today. Donald trump last night issued a statement, his First White House statement, thanking the senate for confirming general mattis at the defense department, general kelly over it tat the departmen homeland security. But there was a message say has gone they want the rest of the key cabinet positions confirmed as soon as possible. So there is a good deal of frustration over here at the white house and you saw it echoed in a statement that arkansas republican senator tom cotton put out late last night saying im not saying this verbatim, but basically saying that i hope that there is not a terrorist attack over the weekend while mike pompeo has not been confirmed as cia. So there is certainly a lot of pressure being brought to bear on those Senate Democrats and the white house is very near to getting Mike Pompeo Confirmed. Hold on for a moment, jim. He will be confirmed on monday, mike pompeo, the congressman from kansas. A west point grad. Harvard law school grad. Member of the House Community Intelligence Community. Even democrats have told me they respect him. They like him. He will be confirmed. The Trump Administration has bigger problems getting some others confirmed. Yeah, thats right. Democrats are targeting eight nominees right now everyone ranging from Jeff Sessions to Rex Tillerson, steve mnuchin. What they want to do is try to drag out the process, delay donald trump from getting that team in place because theyre very concerned about not just their policy issues, but in some cases their potential conflicts of interest that have been raised on ethics grounds like betsy devos to be head of education department. Monday the Foreign Relations committee will vote on rex tills ntil tillersons nomination. Marco rubio is considering joining the democrats on the committee to vote against tillerson. And if he does, it would send a really bad signal to the prospects of Rex Tillerson getting confirmed, but republican leadership, theyre threatening to circumvent the committee, bring him straight to the floor in that case and try to push him through even though there is still resist gance. So it 00 rely on democrats saving him on the floor of the senate. But that is the one nomination, him and also mick mulvaney, poly in trouble. The rest likely to get their jobs. But marco rubio still on the fence. He hasnt committed either way. Thats right. There are 11 republicans on the senate Foreign Relations committee, 10 democrats. So one voteassuming all the democrats stay opposed could being significant. And i asked marco rubio where are you on this right now. And he said hes still undecided. He did have a conversation with Rex Tillerson this past week. I had tried to ask Rex Tillerson leaving that lunch yesterday how that conversation went and he totally ignored me. Shocking. So we dont know if hes been persuaded since the hearing. Gloria, there are democrats especially from states that donald trump won decisively who are themselves up for reelection in two years who may decide, you know what, this is the time to go with the republicans. And theyre nervous and theyre not quite sure what to do, which is why most of his nominees will get confirmed i believe. An there is precedent however for somebody like tillerson not to get a vote in committee and to end up on the floor. I believe that happened with john tower in 1989. John bolton. Right. And so they could do that. Theyre risking it. I think the interesting point here is the role marco rubio is playing. We know some democrats will be on the line, too, obviously. But marco rubio, no fan of donald trump as we know. Hes taking a stand here potentially for another run for the presidency being very firm, antirussia, and that will guide the republican party. And i think the world awaits marco rubios decision on tillerson which is probably what he wants. And ive talked to some republicans in the senate who have said that they are trying people not fans of donald trump or Rex Tillerson for that matter, but have said that they are trying to tell marco rubio, you know what, we could do a lot worse than Rex Tillerson and by the way, the fight shouldnt necessarily be about him because we have very large fights to fight with donald trump. And russia. And the policy. Sanctions and other things that are coming up. The issue, though, and manu, youve been covering this, rubio is out on a limb here. He was really aggressive given the fact that he is a republican in his questioning of tillerson. And the fact that he is still publicly undecided means that if he ends up vote ing yes, he haso do a lot of explaining. And general mattis confirmed almost unanimously by the United States senate. 981. General kelly is the secretary of homeland security, he was also impressively confirmed with a huge lopsided majority. 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Demonstrators are also taken to the streets in mexico city. And that is where leyla santiago is joining us. We saw tense protests there friday. What are we seeing there today . Reporter people are saying a lot of the same rooms, respect, love. And i want too show you what is happening in front of the u. S. Embassy. Protesters have actually managed to shut down several lanes of one of the main roads in mexico city. This is the same road that leads to the angel of independence here in mexico city. And one of the interesting things about this crowd, these are not just mexicans. As a matter of fact, a good chunk of these are americans protesting right here in front of the embassy in unity to show that solidarity that you talked about. And ill share a few of the stories that i have come across while i have been here. I met one woman from minnesota, she is here because she is an american, her daughter is a mexicanamerican. And she thinks its important toer herbe here. And i also met a woman who in tear told me that she lived in the United States undocumented and came back here and again in tears told me this is tough, this is painful. Both of these places are my home and there needs to be a greater understanding amongst not only u. S. Citizens, but also the 45th president of the United States. Wolf. All right, leyla, thank you. President trumps message to the world in yesterdays inaugural address was a pretty wide departure from president obama and he message back in 2009. Just take a quick listen. To all the other peoples and governments who are watching today from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born, know that america is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more. From this day forward, its going to be only america first. America first. That message was certainly heard around the world. Causing some concern about what impact the Trump Presidency will have internationally. Help us gauge the immediate reaction, at least a little bit of it so far. Cnn international. And Frederik Pleitgen in tehran, iran, and Senior International correspondent Matthew Chance in moscow and nina, britain, one of the u. S. s closest allies now. The president s speech had some strong protectionist tones. The Prime Minister weighed on the address . Reporter she hasnt formally sa made statements but congratulated. Used the interview to lay out what she thinks of the special relationship these two countries enjoy will develop from here and the unity of the european union. Thats interesting, some people might say considering the United Kingdom is the country thats voted to lead the eu. That itself might talk the whole political project that keeps these 28 countries together. And will remind donald trump when she meets with him soon in the spring of the importance of nato here. This is just a couple of days after teresa melay laying out h big brexit game plan and despite the fact the uk would be leaving the eu, its still steadfastly committed to nato and not reminding the importance of some of the alliances but remember, shes got to beef up the trading relationship with the u. S. So she has to tread cautiously, wolf. Everybody stand by for a moment. Quickly want to go back to the womens march here in washington, dc. Called the mothers of the movement now speaking. Lets listen in briefly. Continue to participate, continue to pray, and womens rights are human rights. Thank you. Yall ready to march, i know, but i have a very, very special surprise for you right now. Real special. I need yall to give me a round of applause just to get me pumped up so i can bring this person out. We have a grammy Award Winning sister in the house. My dear sister and friend, u alicia keys. Ladies and gentlemen, are we here . Are you ready to march, say yeah out of the hearts of history shame, i rise. Up from a past that is rooted in pain, i rise. Im a black ocean leaping in wide, welling and swelling, i bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, i rise. Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear. I rise. Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, i am the dream and the hope of the slaves. I rise. Now, i know youve been hearing a lot of talking and we have so much to say inside of us. I just want to thank you so much for your courage. Thank you so much for your womanliness. Thank you so much for your strength. Thank you so much. Lets continue to honor all thats beautiful about being feminine. We are mothers. We are caregivers. We are artists. We are activists. We are entrepreneurs, doctors, leaders of industry and technology, our potential is unlimited. We rise. We rise. We will not allowed our bodies to be owned and controlled by men in government or men anywhere ifffor that matter. We will not allow our compassionate souls to be stepped on. No hate, no bigotry, no muslim registry. We value education, health care, and equality. We will continue to rise until our voices are heard, until our planets safety is not deferred, until our bombs stop dropping in other lands, until our dollar is the same dollar as a mans. We continue to recognize that, yes, we can. Until everyone respects Mother Energy and everyone with a belly button must agree, so i need you to repeat after me. We are here we are here. Were on fire. Were on fire. Living in a world. Living in a world. Thats on fire. Thats on fire. Feet on the ground. Tefeet on the ground. Not backing down. Not backing down. Feet on the ground. Feet on the ground. Not backing down. Not backing down. This girl is on fire this girl is on fire we were walking on fire these girls are on fire put your hands in the air. Oh oh whoa we are girls on fire put your fists up. Put your fists up. Put your fists up. I see your strength. I see your strength. We feel you. All right. We are live looking at pictures across the country and around the world. Im Brooke Baldwin on this saturday. Youre watching cnn special live coverage of a historic day all around the world. Hundreds of thousands of women and women gathering to march in major american cities. Weve got all kinds of live pictures for you from all corners of the country where demonstrators of all generations out amongst women. Filling in the streets here in the Nations Capital. This is the movement hq. This is headquarters here. This march concludes just south of the white house where President Trump is spending his first full day as the nations new commander in chief. And just a short time from now, mr. Trump will speak from the cia headquarters, a major moment after a contentious couple of months. Well take that live. Thats an important piece of the day. But lets just talk about the juxtaposition. Outside of the federal buildings, it is stark. You have thousands of men and a lot of ladies united in their message to the president. Because this, this is the upside of the downside. It is wide in age, it is deep in diversity and the constitution does not begin with the president but with the people. We will not go from being a nation of immigrants to a nation of ignorance. The oligarch has to go. We need new leadership, young leadership, women leadership. President trump. I did not vote for you. That said, i respect that you are our president elect and i want to be able to support you, but first, i ask that you support me. Support my sister, support my mother, support my best friend and all of our girlfriends. I wish every single one of them could see you are beautiful, some in congress are terrifying one. I got it. And organizers of the womens march on washington say there are 2. 5 million demonstrators participating in sister marches all over the world today. I can tell you, i was in the thick of it covering it