Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. First, lets check on the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. Its a nice day out there right now. The temperatures keep moving up and up. You know, weve got plenty of sunshine too. The clouds kind of broke, the fog lifted out of the area. Now were seeing sunshine finally. We were due for it. Because we hadnt had sunshine for quite some time. Now, as we continue into really the rest of the afternoon, the radar looking good. Were just seeing a few spotty showers down through Southern Maryland and as the temperature is going to really its not going up any further, well stay in the upper 50s and lower 60s a little bit of a breeze out there. But plenty of sunshine out there. And heres a look at your temperatures. Oh, boy. Its not not going to be that bad. But friday could be a little on the wet side. Breaking news right now, out of mexico. Shots fired at a private school there. Police say a student fired a gun injuring a teacher, another student and himself. Now, this happened in the northern mexican city of monterey at a private elementary and secondary there. This is the latest in a series of shootings in mexico in the past two days. A couple different shootings there, in all nine people in the shootings have been killed and others of course injured. All right, melissa, thank you. Former president hw bush is in the hospital right now and hes been there since saturday. We have the latest from houston. Reporter our nations 41st president resting comfortably in a houston hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath. Overnight, his office chief of staff saying hes in condition and quote, doing fine. President bush now 92 years old needs a wheelchair to get around. And his public appearances have become increasingly rare. His most recent, 11 days ago appearing alongside family at a Houston Texans playoff game. Earlier this month the family spokesperson told nbc news the 41st president and his wife barbara now 91 would not be attending fridays inauguration. Citing their advanced ages and quote, all that entails. The couple who just celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary also did not attend president obamas inauguration in 2013. This latest hospital stay marks the fifth in the past five years. Doctors here at houston me Methodist Hospital said hes responding well to treatment and they hope to release him soon and they dont know when that will be. Back to you. From now and we are seeing the changes taking effect around town. It starts with closures and a lot of them. News4s justin finch is live on the National Mall for us. Good morning. Reporter eun, good morning. We are at seventh and madison, and preparations are fast under way. You wont see cars here very soon and thats because parking restrictions go into effect with road closures to follow tomorrow morning. Drivers and National Area parking is drying up. Here it is mapped out. That green dotted line shows the restrictions going into effect today at noon. That means no parking around the lincoln memorial, white house and capitol hill until restrictions lift at 1 00 a. M. Monday. Only special placard holders can forego those rules which called for the thursday closing to traffic of main ate cordoned off in red, spanning constitutional avenues. If youre driving down that means you have to park your car somewhere and for that, the app parking panda has you covered. Act fast because demand is high and supply is running out. Or maybe you ditch the car and take metro instead. Well, plan ahead because some stations like federal triangle will be closed. The security plan also calls for the inauguration closing of mt. Vernon square, National Mall, pentagon and smithsonian stations. Peak service will stop at 9 00. On the mall preparations are nonstop as its expected to number a million this weekend from the inauguration to demonstrations to follow. U. S. Parks Police Sergeant anna rose says a network of local and federal Law Enforcement have been around the clock working to keep it all safe. Youre going to want to tell us if you see something. Let us be theci reporter as you can see the setup here is actively under way. Of course authorities are prepped for many demonstrations within the National Mall area and theyre urging the public to speak up if they see something. A long list of dos and donts, we are tracking them all on the news4 app. We are live on the National Mall. Justin, thank you. Right now on capitol hill, several hearings for president elect trumps cabinet picks are under way. Tom price is being questioned by lawmakers and price just wrapped up his Opening Statement where he described his priorities. So if confirmed my obligation will be to carry to the department of health and Human Services for Bipartisan Team driven policy making and what is a lifetime commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of the american people. Meanwhile, more democrati lawmakers are refusing to attend Donald Trumps inauguration. Jerry conley is the latest member from our area to boycott the event. This comes as trump prepares to enter office with historically low approval numbers. Tracie potts has details. Reporter president elect trump heads into fridays inaugural as the most unpopular incoming president ever. With the 52 disapproval rating in nbcs latest polls. Overnight, he told diplomats, bikers for trump, are headed for washington. Like additional security with those guys. Reporter security will be tight. Nearly 100 demonstrations are planned this week. The National Park service got five times as many application as normal. The challenge is to make sure those competing interests are able to utilize the space at the same time. Reporter some groups plan to set up along the parade route. Were going to inaugurate the resistance on january 20th. Reporter at least 50 democrats are boycotting th hearings. Four more are scheduled today. Including health and Human Services nominee tom price. Facing questions over his investments in Health Care Companies and his ideas to revamp the Affordable Care act. His approach would make a difficult situation even worse. Reporter the focus today an historic inaugural Getting Started today. The parking restrictions and the street closures, expecting up to 900,000 people in the Nations Capital for this inauguration. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. A 90yearold fairfax woman will be amongst the crowds expected at this weekends womens march in washington. The month she heard about the march she knew she wanted to go. She is a former teacher and ballroom dancer who protested u. S. Involvement in vietnam when she was much younger. And now, this daughter of cuban immigrants plans to march family, even if its in a wheelchair. I think it will be joyous. Well all be there, telling mr. Trump that he is not going to change our rights and our freedoms in this country. And she is also worried about the possible repeal of the Affordable Care act. As for the crowds on saturday, she said shes not too worried. New this morning, after all the reaction the white house is defending president obamas decision to end Chelsea Mannings sentence early. The former Army Intelligence officer was convicted of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents. She will be released in may instead of 30 years from now. This morning, white house spokes man josh earnest said that the president believes manning received quote an appropriate punishment already. In addition to manning, the president issued pardons yesterday. The president will hold his final press conference today. You can expect questions about the russians role in the election and make sure you have the app close by. Joe biden is in switzerland, hes giving a special address to talk about globalization. The speech however took a turn toward russia. Biden says theyre the biggest threat to the international order. The purpose is clear. To collapse the liberal international order. Simply put, mr. Putin is a different has a different vision of the future. One in which russia is pursuing across the board. He went on to say after what happened in the u. S. President ial elections the entire world is at risk for such intelligence hacking. Tonight, this man, ricky gray, is expected to be put to death in virginia for killing a richmond family. For the first time the commonwealth will use lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy. His attorneys objected, but a federal judge has refused to stop the execution. The state says the drugs appropriately prepared and tested. Her husband is already serving life in prison and now alicia shmull will learn her fate. The sentencing is under way. In september, the former lawyer pleaded guilty for her role in the vicious attack on her exboss and his wife. Her former boss is leo fisher. He took the stand this morning. He described the 2014 attack in mclean. He said that she was not the house, but her husband was. Follow david culver on twitter for more on whats happening in the courtroom. The deadly bus crash that took the lives of six children on their way a major case at the Supreme Court today and it could have an impact on the redskins name. A ban called the slant is arguing for a trademark. The bans application was denied six years ago because its name is considered a racial slur. In 2015, the skins had their trademark protections cancelled for the same reason. Federal law forbids issuing trademarks that may disparage people. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation safety board is a tough reminder of the deadly Chattanooga School bus crash in november, and the driver left the normal route, hit a utility pole and then transportation of students to and from home is exempt from many federal regulations including routine physicals for drivers. To a developing story, d. C. Police are waiting for the medical examiners report in the death of a 3yearold boy. Sterling moore stopped breathing yesterday while at the Daycare Center inside the u. S. Department of labor. His mom is a Labor Department employee. According to a day care worker, sterling choked on a meatball during lunch time. He died at the hospital. Now his grandmother is demanding more answers. I want to know where the teachers were. What were they doing . How long did it take for them to realize that he was choking . The Daycare Center released a statement saying that they are devastated and are working with police. Were learning how an officer involved shooting unfolded in herndon, virginia. On monday. Before the hostage situation, he got in an argument with his girlfriend and shot the two brothers. They got away and called the police and the officer who shot the man is on administrative leave now. Anyone with information is asked to call the police. Take a look at your screen right now. This woman is missing and police in frederick, maryland, are asking for help finding her. Dorothy simms was last seen last november, a month ago. She was wearing a black hoodie, black yoga pants. If you have any Information Contact the frederick police. Montgomery county workers could get a raise if legislation is signed. Yesterday the county council narrowly approved the plan to gradually increase the minimum wage to 15. He has raised concerns that it could hurt the local businesses. Its currently hour. The president elects childhood home is up for sale. Donald trumps father built be the tudor style home in queens, new york. The president elect lived there until he was 4 years old. As you can see its more modest compared to trump tower. The home first hit the Auction Block last fall. City records show an investor bought it last month for 1. 4 million. This time around, interested buyers had to submit written bids. On friday, the first family will leave the white house and head to their new home in d. C. News4 spotted moving trucks outside the home in the kalorama neighborhood. Before that, they are traveling to palm springs, california, to enjoy a sunny vacation and then head off after donald trump is sworn in. That quick trip to the store in reon townst if you dont pay for your parking at the Reston Town Center you might get stung. Theyre using a tough new enforcement tool. Take a look. This is nicknamed the bumblebee. The device suctioned on to your windshield and prevents you from driving away until you pay your parking. Security has to remove it. A couple of weeks ago paid parking began at the town center. Some customers arent too happy you have to use a cell phone to pay. Its not eas meter in there and just pay by meter like everybody else . Now, a spokesperson says that new device has not been used yet. Parking is 2 an hour in the garage and 3 an hour on the street. Hi, im brittany johnson. Youll be able to eat, drink around give back as more than and give back all weekend long, as the restaurants will donate to their charities. It lasts through t he well, as the first family leaves the white house, people will be in town to thank the president for his service. Thanks obama is being held and the attendees can thank him. We have more on this event. We appreciate you coming in today. Thank you. And good morning. Tell me first about where this idea came from . Well, the idea came from a conversation with one of my older brothers. He actually lives in maryland. We were driving around the city and we were talking about politics. This is probably may of last year and we talked about how, you know, no matter who wins the election, we will miss president obama. I said i wish there was a way to thank him and i said, maybe ill go outside of the white house and clap for him. Give him a round of applause. My states a fifth grade clapout . I said, maybe we should. He probably would like that. It went from there. Your Facebook Page shows a lot a huge amount of interest and backing for this. How many people do you expect to show up . Oh, man, so we have a soldout venue. We get emails for people asking for more tickets or somewhere else to assemble. It has 170,000 people in it, attending, divided between attending or interested. Were trying to mike provisions for everyone. But space is limited because of inauguration. Thats going to be huge. This is a political person, obviously. So i have to ask if all of the feedback has been positive or gotten a bit of a mix . Well, it is definitely a mix. I mean, you have you know, with it being on facebook you have the facebook trolls. People who have different types of points of view, but, you know, you have to learn how to focus on the positive. And appreciate him. Theres more of them than those who are detractors. We know you have obviously thanked the president , but theres performances, art planned as well. What else do you have there . We have a local hula troupe, they danced at both of president obamas inaugurations. We have a few artists coming in from one love massive, a local d. C. Shop. They have four artists who are performing. Then we have a local recording artist summer who is singing the National Anthem and god bless america. Then we have for music just general music. So you mentioned the fact that obviously the response has been so big. Have you thought about what else you might do, if there might be a second event planned to sort of accommodate some of the people who cant get well, we actually did want to do more and more satellite events. We encourage everyone if you cant make it to the actual d. C. Event, stand up and well be periscoping and going life. We were going to try to reach everyone through social media. So people can stand and clap with us at 7 00. So 7 00 p. M. Is the event time. From 3 00 to 8 00. But the actual clapout, the fifth grade clapout is going to happen at 7 00 p. M. Sharp. They will see that on the feed. Where is this happening . The mead center for american center. All right. We appreciate you coming in and telling us about it. Im going to say your name wrong ago. Baja day. Eun, over to you. Thank you. We are following brandnew earthquakes in italy right now. They hit the central part of the country this morning thats near the same area which was levelled by several deadly quakes last year. New video from rome where if subway was closed. So far, we are not hearing any new reports of damage or injuries. A n the inauguration friday, scammers are targeting the people who are trying to attend. Consumer reporter susan hogan with what you need know. We spoke with the Inauguration Committee and they told us that they heard there are tickets actually for sale for a number of these inauguration events. Bottom line they tell us, if you bought any of these tickets, youve been scammed. Now, there are a ton of inauguration events starting with the voice of the people concert on thursday. And the make america celebration again with toby keith and and these are totally free. If you see tickets online, do not buy them. There are tickets for various events but theyre all free and they have the actual Ticket Holders name on the ticket. So if you buy it, youll be asked to show id. If it doesnt match youre not getting in. One of the worst things that people can do is go online to craigslist, looking for tickets to celebrate this president and come pay a lot m in a hotel, pay a lot of money for the tickets and they show up and theyre fraudulent. If you want a ticket to the parade, one of the balls or a commemorative ticket, you really need to go to the official inauguration website. We have a link to that website right now on our nbc washington app. Just search tickets. So we have an entire section on the nbc washington app focused on the inauguration. Download the app for the new information to that you need to know if youre going and plus all the news on president trumps transition and the legacy of president obama. Im melissa malay at the liv