Officers and setting fires, thousands more preparing to demonstrate today. And just hours into the new administration, the first orders to come from the white house. [ playing hail to the chief ] we have complete coverage around washington as President Trump begins his legacy. Hey, good morning. Donald j. Trump is waking up in the white house this morning for his first full day as the 45th president of the United States. Yeah, he will be attending a Prayer Service at the National Cathedral this morning at the same time as tens of thousands of people from across the country gather for the womens march on washington. Now, the number of protesters today could rival the crowd that actually assembled for the inauguration on friday. This morning were covering every angle of this historic story including the festivities and fashion overnight at the inaugural balls, but before we dive in, we need to tell you about some breaking news this morning. And we just learned this large tornado has turned deadly with multiple fatalities reported and, rob, what more can you tell us this morning . Paula, one if not several large damaging tornadoes rolling across mississippi and now into alabama. Take a look at some of the video coming out of Forest County where those fatalities occurred and you can see the damage done by that twister overnight. Early in the morning with roofs ripped off and people trapped, rescues and searches still ongoing and one of the universities there also reporting injuries and damage too. All right, we have a tornado watch up for southern alabama and much of the Florida Panhandle until 11 00 central time as these strong in some cases rotating cells continue to make their way to the east and maybe resurging across parts of the mississippi later in the day, but this is the focus point for Severe Weather today and then tomorrow this is a twoday event and stretch it into georgia, the carolinas and northern florida and gets into the northeast on monday. More on that in a sec. This is not over, rob will be back for more. Lets get more on this tornado, though, from someone who was right there. Aaron rigsby is a storm chaser. And he joins us on the phone from hattiesburg. Aaron, good morning. Thanks for doing this. Whats the situation right now from your Vantage Point . Right now things are still a little chaotic as this situation is still unfolding. The Emergency Services are overwhelmed right now. It looks like the hardest hit areas that i could find was just off highway 49 at south pines drive on the south side of hattiesburg where there was multiple injuries, multiple houses damaged and even vehicles thrown off of the highway right there. Aaron, can you tell us a little bit more about the injuries . We just heard rob say multiple injuries, but there are people trapped in homes. What do you know . Correct, yeah, when i was parked on highway 49 when the tornado crossed directly in front of me, it crossed in front of us only about 100 yards and after everything calmed down, there was just a bunch of people shouting help me, help me, we need help. So, i quickly went over to that side street i was talking about earlier and there was a group of people, there was probably eight or nine people that came up to me saying that they need help, they need an ambulance, and the four people i transported to the hospital, one of them appeared to have broken ribs and was breathing fairly heavily almost like he was going into shock and then there was two other people that had reported possible back injuries, and we could do nothing for them except just wait for the ambulance to get there, and like you were saying, there was a couple of people also trapped in their homes in that area as well. A hectic and scary morning for you and the people in hattiesburg. Aaron rigsby, thank you very much for your time this morning. Thanks for having me. Thanks again, aaron. Were going to be covering this story throughout the day on abc and on abcnews. Com. But were going to move back now to the history being made in washington where america has a new president. Overnight we saw donald trump occupying his new office, the oval office. We also saw him and First Lady Melania Trump dancing at the inaugural balls. We have Team Coverage this morning, and were going to start with abcs chief White House Correspondent jon karl. Jon, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan. This morning the trumps are waking up right over there in the white house for the first time, and as you can see, the lights were already on early this morning waking up after an Inauguration Day that was vintage trump. Hours after his swearing in, donald trump made his first trip to the oval office as president. The president ial office is already partially redecorated with signature trump flourishes including gold curtains and a new rug. Next is an executive order minimizing the economic burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act pending repeal. Reporter sitting behind the famous resolute desk, he signed an order on obamacare. I, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. Reporter hours earlier just before noon, donald j. Trump took the oath of office officially becoming the nations 45th president. Congratulations, mr. President. Reporter but in his inaugural address to the nation, President Trump said the day wasnt about him. January 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Reporter as former president s and his former rival looked on, the new president painted at times a dark vision of the country, saying once again that hell be the one to fix it. Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape, this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. Reporter shortly after, President Trump and the new first lady joined the obamas before they boarded their helicopter flight out of washington. At a luncheon in the capitol trump shook hands with Hillary Clinton for the First Time Since the campaign, and he offered a few words of graciousness. Because i was very honored, very, very honored when i heard that president bill clinton and secretary Hillary Clinton was coming today. Reporter it was a day filled with the pomp and pageantry of inaugurations past. Outside the white house, i asked the new leader of the free world about the day. Mr. President , how are you feeling . Really great, thank you. Reporter the trumps plan to attend the national Prayer Service later today at washington National Cathedral. And although hes already issued a few executive actions, the first full day of work, the president says, will be on monday, and right at the top of the list, paula, is getting his cabinet confirmed. The senate has only confirmed two cabinet secretaries, defense secretary mattis, Homeland Security secretary kelly, about 20 more to go. Hes getting ready to work. Its going to be a very busy youre going to be busy because were going to check in with you a little bit later in the show, jon. Sounds good. Youre going to tell us whats next for the former first family. Thanks, jon. And the other big story of the inauguration, the protests, many turning violent. I actually captured this video that youre going to see on my phone. Our news crew witnessed some of the looting, the broken windows, the destruction of property. Businesses were locking their doors. We tried to go outside and capture this, but we were ordered to stay inside. These particular protesters, they also set vehicles on fire, and matt gutman joins us from d. C. Right now. And, matt, you were covering the protesters all day and were hearing that more protests and marches are planned today. Reporter good morning, paula. Thats right, and the biggest protest of all is set to start right here. You can see them setting the soundstage behind me. Already hundreds of people out here for the womens march on washington. Hundreds of thousands of others expected. But with its alist celebrities and peaceful message, itll be a far different sight than those running street battles we saw over the past 12 hours. Overnight in washington, d. C. , protesters crashing one of the nights glamorous inaugural balls pushing their way into the freedom ball linking arms to try to prevent guests from coming in. Once pushed back, the protesters began tossing water on partygoers. Earlier blocks from the pageantry of the inaugural parade rioters smashing this limo then setting it on fire. The smoke clogging the street. Rioters then vandalizing this starbucks and a mcdonalds. Move back. Reporter riot Police Moving in. A wall of them pushing protesters back blasting them with pepper spray and stun grenades. Peaceful demonstrators scrambling for cover as bursts of rapidfire rubber bullets rang out. Nearby while being interviewed by another network are you the version reporter White NationalistRichard Spencer sucker punched by a passing protester. More than 200 arrested in the nations capital. At the university of washington, a shooting at a protest left one hospitalized with possible lifethreatening injuries. But as in washington, the majority of the protests in california, new york, chicago, missouri and other places were peaceful. [ chanting hes our president ] reporter meanwhile, Trump Supporters standing by the president. You know, when youre angry and youre yelling and screaming and youre destroying things, it takes away from your message. Reporter later this morning that massive womens march taking to the streets of washington, d. C. With sister marches extending across the country, over 600 of these marches in all, more than 2 Million People expected to turn out. Thousands in those pink beanies already in downtown washington. A plane full of women arriving in baltimore cheering after the Flight Attendant said this lets have a round of applause for all the nasty women on board. Reporter local Authorities Say they expect up to 400,000 protesters but organizers overnight told me they expect even more than that but what they hope happens today is this launches a National Movement warning against the loss of womens rights in a trump administration. Paula, dan. Matt gutman, thank you. President trumps message in his inaugural address was loud and clear, america first. Time magazine devoting much of its latest issue to the new president with this image on the cover, and joining us now to talk about all of this, Cokie Roberts and kristen soltisanderson. Cokie, let me start with you. Lets talk about this womens march on washington this morning. Do you imagine the message of the marchers is likely to have a real impact on President Trump . Well, its not entirely clear what the message is, and i think thats a problem. Obviously there are a lot of women, hundreds of thousands of them, who want to say were disturbed, were angry, were unhappy, but theres not a goal going forward. I mean, if they said something like, lets elect 100 women by 2020 and then tomorrow morning wake up and go out and start working on that, thats one thing. This is a little more amorphous than that. And, kristen, you know, there were moments of outreach during the president s speech yesterday, but it was largely tough, uncompromising, a lot of populist undertones. Do you think he should have done more to unify . I think its going to take more than words to unify. I think its going to take action. His speech sounded in many ways like a slightly more professionalized version of a Campaign Rally speech, very populist in tone focused on going after those elites in washington. I think hes going to have to make sure that when he in the future says he wants to be a president for all americans, that he has actions, that those who when they hear donald trump say all americans, they dont really think they count in his definition of all. Theyre going to need to see action from him to feel like theyre really a part of that. Cokie, what about the democrats . Theyre locked out of power largely in washington right now. What is there any way that they can find to work constructively with this new president . Well, i dont think they want to work constructively with the president , and yesterday the symbolism of a boycott by many democratic members of Congress Really underlines that. The republicans through the Obama Administration acted like a Traditional Party in opposition, and i think the democrats are likely to act the same way with President Trump. The problem with that, of course, is that it Means Nothing gets done and that frustration about washington and the washington elites, quote unquote, remains and that then becomes trumps problem. Cokie and kristen, thank you very much for your analysis on this historic morning. The inauguration is a time for americans to take stock, to look forward and also to debate our values, but it is also, lets not forget, a party complete with galas and gowns and abcs mary bruce has more on that. [ playing hail to the chief ] reporter President Trump and first lady melania hitting the Party Circuit in their new new hometown, showstopping at three inaugural balls. We knew we were going to win and we won. Reporter after brief remarks from the president , it was time for that much anticipated moment. So now its a tremendous honor to have the first dance with melania. Reporter for the president who rose to power doing things his way, a fitting first song. Trump singing along to Frank Sinatras my way. I did it my way reporter the trump family, Vice President mike pence and wife karen pence joining them on stage. The balls filled with entertainment from the rockettes to the lord of the dance and the piano guys performing a familiar fight song. The anthem of Hillary Clintons campaign. At the final ball of the night, Melania Trump making her first remarks as first lady. Im honored to be our first lady. Reporter capping off the historic evening, the president and first lady each dancing with members of the military. Now as for that little political oops with the Clinton Campaign song, the band says it had nothing to do with politics but the artist Rachel Platten tweeted that while she respects the office of the president , they did not have her permission and she did not endorse their decision to play her song. Dan and paula. Thank you, mary. Appreciate that. I know were going to be talking fashion later, but quickly, what did you think of the dress, melanias dress . I think melania just knocked it out i think all of the ladies in the trump family knocked it out of the park all day. I know that was really the analysis that you were going for dan. That was the first order of business. Were going to be talking about the fashion a little later in the show. Yeah, yeah, i was digging Melissa Rivers. Barron trumps skinny tie. I thought he rocked it well. How about barron trump, 10 years old, the way he handled himself. Absolutely, to be in the sight of the global attention all day long. He handled it really well. Just like you would have done as a 10yearold or i would have done as a 10yearold. No, absolutely not. Lets turn back to the weather, though, because, as we said at the top of the show, theres some breaking news. Rob tracking that Severe Weather moving through the south. Hey, rob, good morning. Hey, good morning again, guys. Circumstan circling back, the threat is up until noon eastern time for the Florida Panhandle and the southern parts of alabama but this line will progress off to the east, not just today but tomorrow as well and by noon or 2 00 p. M. Afternoon, birmingham to atlanta as the bulk of this front purrs across the southeast so a twoday event then it rolls into the carolinas and kind of develops into a coastal low. Look for heavy rain and wind across the cape and the delmarva there and looking for winds that could exceed 50 or 60 miles an hour during the day tomorrow and monday and then monday night and this includes the jersey shore, long island, eastern parts of new england, as well, so coastal flooding, big waves and maybe some Power Outages too and another storm yet again rolling into the west. More on that in good saturday morning. Heres the storm impact scale. Tonight were anticipating a strong system. Its a 2 with gusty winds and heavy downpours through sunday evening. Rapid rises on creeks, and ponding. Today scattered showers. Mid to upper 50s. Leftover showers on monday. Then were dry into next week with some sunshine and temperatures near 60 the end o dan, as always, looking for a private forecast just asked me what its going to be like if hes driving from boston to new york on monday. It will be rainy and windy but snow in the mountains, so just hold on to the steering wheel. Thats what friends are for. Come on. There has to be some privileges in this job. I should also point out rons home state of california has been getting hammered with a lot of rain and wind there, s