Good morning, everybody, im aaron gilchrist. Were 25 hours away from the swearing in of the 45th president of the United States, donald j. Trump. Were already seeing major changes across the city. We want to show you live images coming in from the National Mall this morning that will be crowded with people at this time tomorrow. We can also see rain at this time tomorrow which is prompted a revision to that no umbrella policy for tomorrows inaugural events. Small umbrellas that collapse will be allowed on the parade route as well as the National Mall. Lauren rick ets is here with the timing on that rain. Good morning. Good morning, guys, we are going to have rain tomorrow. Im glad they kind of revised that policy. Those small tote like umbrellas allowed tomorrow and thats all youll need. It looks like well see light showers. Its going to rain out there today but well get sunshine and nothing showing up on the radar. Clouds trying to break up. You can see north of baltimore getting sunshine. But were going to see sunshine start to roll in as the clouds erode through the afternoon. Temperatures will respond. Were already at 50 degrees right now. Just a little bit of a breeze outside. Temperatures are going to be moving in the mid50s today after we get that sunshine. Now, were going to time everything out for tomorrow. If youre heading down to the mall, youll want to know what to expect in terms of rain if youre getting there early. We have the details on that. Everything looks good for the preaugust race ceremonies. President elect donald trump is on the way to washington. The motorcade left 30 minutes ago. In washington, his incoming press secretary briefed reporters about tomorrows inauguration schedule. Vice president elect mike pence also spoke and talked about the importance of naming trumps cabinet nominees before inauguration day. Im proud to say to be at a place where we named our entire cabinet before we reach that historic day tomorrow. Hes been chosen to lead the energy department. The confirmation hearing is also under way right now. Live picture there, hes trumps choice for secretary of the treasury. Sonny purdue to lead the agriculture department, t it is First Time Since the rag aera where a cabinet did not include a latino. Several events leading to the inauguration are taking place. Justin finch is live at Freedom Plaza now. Justin . Reporter good morning, were really seeing lots of clouds beginning to show up at Freedom Plaza. Things are getting under way now. We know the president elect himself is on his way here. His motorcade having to part at new york city. Once he arrived through he has a full day ahead including the free welcome concert where he is set to make remarks. We were just so excited to be here. After a tenhour drive from indiana, these four have finally arrived. Im thrilled to death. To see in person donald trump take the president ial oath and their former governor mike pence be sworn in as Vice President. We have such extraordinary talent coming into the office and to be a part of it and to them. Arriving just behind him, the president elect who tweeted this morning hes getting ready to leave for washington, d. C. The journey begins and i will working and fighting hard to make it a great journey for the american people. On the ground, some inauguration volunteers are scrambling to make last minute prepz. Everything is blocked off, im having a hard time trying to get to where i need to go. Mr. Trump booked his public appearances, 3 30 p. M. Wreath laying ceremony and mike pence joins him for that. Then off to the Lincoln Memorial for the making America Great again welcome celebration concert from 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. Mr. Trump is set for remarks at that event and he and mr. Pence are due for a private dinner at union station. The Lincoln Memorial war memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and the world war ii memorial are closed and are set to reop we know mr. Trump tonight will close out at the blair house where hell be staying, this is a tradition for incoming president and if youre coming out tonight, be sure to plan ahead, its kind of hard to get around down here with those clouds it wont be any easier. Back into you. Justin finch, thank you. Today youre going to have limited access to union station. That main hall is already shut down for a private event tonight for the president elect. You can enter the station on first street and eighth street and the west portico, the massachusetts avenue entrance is closed. At 2 00 the food court and other restaurants will close and station will reopen fully tomorrow. This is just the start really, lots of roads are shut down but were working to keep you moving. The arlington Memorial Bridge closed, pennsylvania avenue west of the capitol and roads around Lincoln Memorial, closed. Of the rock creek parkway go along with that between the tidal basin and kennedy center, also closed. Constitution avenue between 17th and 23rd streets is closed and citywide parking restrictions in place. Everything around the capitol will close at 5 00. You get an idea of how impossible its going to move around town tomorrow. Take a look at the secret service map. Everything lined out in red here. Most of the area around the capitol, the third street tunnel will close at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow for the inaugural balls, clos e closures start at 10 00 a. M. And mass avenue and new york avenue will be offlimits we have a full list of all closures in the nbc washington app. Were also following a developing story out of houston this morning where former president George Hw Bush and his wife remain in the hospital. The former president is showing signs of improvement and sle according to a family spokesperson, we expect another update in the next hour or so. The 92yearold went into the icu for a problem stemming from pneumonia. No timetable for their release. Right now Business Owners in tacoma park looking at what can be saved after an Early Morning fire. As many as 75 firefighters were called off of the piney branch road. You may remember all of the breaking news we had on news 4 today. Megan mcgrath joins us live with a closer look at the damage. Well, you can see theres quite a bit of damage here. If you look over night shoulder, this is the side of the manor restaurant. You can see the broken window and ceilings are down. If you pan to the other side here, to the rear of the building, this is an auto body shop that is also connected the two businesses sharing a wall there. You can see it was also heavily damaged. The cause of this fire under investigation. This is an old building. A shocking Early Morning call from a customer. Thats how his family learned that their tacoma park restaurant had been damaged by a fire. It was something tragic that happened because now were going to be out of a job for a few months, its really bad. It looks like they broke the floor and then hosed down the whole thing with water but right now we still havent seen anything but i can see like on the back its all flooded. The back of the roof. Nearby residents awoke to see thick smoke arising from the building. There are three businesses clustered together and they share some common walls frm the car repair shop on the back side appears to have taken the brunt of the smoke and second restaurant had more minor damage. It was like smoke, it started from the back of the body shop and spread restaurant here. Manor restaurant has been a fixture here on flower avenue for about 12 years. The owners plan to rebuild but it will no doubt take some time. In the meantime, francisco says he will miss his regular customers. My telephone from calls that we will be okay. Reporter while the cause of the fire is still under investigation, they believe they pinpointed an area an origin where it may have started and that would be that wall separating these two businesses but they have to do a little more investigation. The damage estimate here 350,000. Back to you in the studio. All right, thank you. Meanwhile, fire officials in prince georges are hoping the anniversary of a tragedy can save lives. Onear the lives of and two children. Officials are going back to the neighborhood how to talk about how they can protect themselves and be in the area starting at 1 00 this afternoon. Were following two developing stories first from iran, high rise on fire, collapses the devastating toll it has taken on the firefighters sent in to save the people from the building. Search for survivors in italy hit first by an earthquake and destrauktive avalanche. A hotel almost mmmmm the family favorite. Protein. Protein proteiny protein. Proteiny protein . Protein proteiny protein. At least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. New greek 100 protein. From yoplait. New amidday, rescue crews surveying rubble where a high rise came crashing down. It went up in flalz and completely collapsed. Tv stations are reporting 30 firefighters were killed there. Its not clear how that fire started. We do know that building was decades old and at least 75 were hurt. Heavy machinery is working to reach people who may be trapped our buried alive in italy. An avalanche dropped tons of snow and almost 30 people, guests and staff were inside at the time. We know at least one person has died. And there are reports that some people texted an emergency trapped and they are freezing to death. This all comes after a series of earthquakes in italy but its not clear if these events are connected. At the live desk, breaking news, Vice President elect mike pence called the officer who was struck by pences motorcade yesterday afternoon. Police called the officer and interim metropolitan police chief earlier this morning. And he expressed his appreciation to that officer involved and the men and women of npd. Erika. Thank you. Weve been telling you about all of the police and Law Enforcement personnel who will be working security for the inaug inauguration. Thousands ever National Guard members from across the country will also be assisting. They will be sworn in as special officers today. Mike sea graves was at the armory in southeast. Charlie delta, right . Reporter m janine spent hours on a bus from michigan to get to d. C. For this weekend. They are two of the more than 7,000 National Guard members who will be providing security during the inauguration and parade. Im very excited to be here in washington, d. C. Because i love my country and its an important important place to our country. A lot of important things happen here. And im excited for this inauguration because i support the peaceful transfer of power and honored to be a part of that. Once they arrive, each National Guard unit is taken into this underground garage inside the d. C. Army for a briefing. On issues like staying warm and hydrated during the parade, as well as what they are and arent allowed to post on social media. The briefing also includes a discussion on the use of force, including deadly force. They left family and friends behind in we asked if they were worried about the safety working this inauguration. Not too much. I work with good people, all people we have each others backs and view each other as a family. Were coming here knowing that the people were coming here to support to help us just as we are to help them. I dont feel any concerns at all at this moment. One thing many were concerned about was the weather. Im glad its not cold. Its nice to be here and represent the National Guard. Coming where they left snow behind, they are happy about the prospect of only rain on friday. Im excited. Came in, blue skies, cant help for anything better than that. Theres going to be rain but its going to be 50 degrees, cant complain about that. Youre looking at the dance party protest near the temporary home of the Vice President elect mike pence and Chevy Chase Section of bbc, the group the dance party protest against home phobia last night. There were 100 people there and closed some streets towards pences home. As we head into the inauguration, an associate professor of Political Science at howard university. Michael, thanks for joining us today. When we listen in for trumps speech tomorrow, what is it we should be attuned to . For first time hes going to stand before a Million People as president of the United States and that has a way of checking you up a little. Making anybody nervous. Ill see if he understands the gravity of the moment and his words are will take on a new resonance. You cant unify the country if you dont use the words that demonstrate respect for everybody else, i think at this point, particularly during what bumpy transition, he needs to demonstration that hes really serious about bringing people together. More than just words but it does begin with important statements. We know that previous first families will be in attendance at this event. The clintons will be there and obamas will be there. Anything you would be looking for for them as they sit on the platform there . This is where we can get in trouble. All we have is body language. Im not an expert in body language but i think the cameras cant help but find them to see what their facial expressions are during the course of the new president s speech. Ill be curious to see what the body language looks like and trying not to reach too much into it. Historically, previous president s come to this events and theres a there arent angry looks across the platform, right . Listen, president clinton and george h. W. Bush arrived together in a limousine beat president bush for reelection. Its not an easy day. People understand that they are rivalries and people understand all of this sort of thing but also understand that the inauguration is a celebration of the constitution, celebration of the country and everybody is supposed to move forward in that vain. Can we look ahead to the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency and maybe what things we can expect to see within that timeline . Layout two things. One weve talked about a lot. That is executive orders, hes there have been reports that there are going to be dozens if not hundreds of executive orders issued within the first month or so of this campaign. So i will expect to see some of that immigration, federal contracting rules, federal hiring freeze potentially, which could impact what goes on in the local economy. The second piece that doesnt get enough play, filling out the re each new president has to fill 3,000 spots an we spend a lot of time talking about the cabinet picks and we understand that but these other positions are critical in terms of advancing the president s agenda as well. Michael, we appreciate your time this morning. This reminder that news 4 has you covered on inauguration day, make sure you download the nbc washington app. The news team will be joined by special guests throughout the day, including dr. Flauntroy and talk about all things d. C. And inauguration a day long from the cafe on capitol hill. The inauguration isnt the only major event happening this weekend. Hundreds for the womens march on saturday. Metro will open early in order to handle the crowd. The system will open at 5 00 a. M. And metro will add a dozen extra trains on the red and orange lines to accommodate the crowds. The key to listening, sounds like a s perfecting it could save some of your most important relationships. And warming up pretty nicely again this morning. Temperatures should not be a problem for any of the inauguration events. As we have been saying, rain could be a pron. Well feel being the effects of several feet of snow. A mix of snow and heavy rain this was a building that was once a Grocery Store and three hours into northwest to the northwest in washington county, more than 30 roads have been either closed or partially blocked off because of flooding from the snow melt there. Not everyone suffering in the elements. An elephant named lilly at the Portland Oregon zoo sometimes youve got to make do, right . Love that. Look at her. Little water in there. Oh, my goodness. Those videos with the animals in the zoos that get snow and pandas and polar bears whatever, its just so cute. Love that. Well be experiencing some very mild weather which is very unusual for inauguration day. Most people that have covered inauguration think of a frigid day but now we have concerns for rain. For peopling spending lots of time downtown, how do they dress . Warm side because temperatures will be in the upper 40s but still with upper 40s, this is t inauguration since theyve been hain with rain in the forecast, this is only one of three inaugurations that have rain predicted for tomorrow. So again, we will have some rain showers through the day tomorrow. And you know, its going to be light but i think dress a little warm because its going to be chilly with temperatures in the upper 40s. It looks like its going to rain any minute out there. Were trying to get clearing and sunshine. I do believe we can get some by this afternoon. Plan for rain on friday. You can now bring an umbrella down there. Has to be a collapsable tote up bra umbrella, heavy rain possible sunday into monday. Temperatures now starting to come up. Were at the 50 degree mark in washington. 47 in fredericksburg and 50 in leesburg. Mid50s for daytime highs today, its going to be fairly mild and wreath laying ceremonies looking good as well as the concert at Lincoln Memorial. Nothing showing up on the except for a few clouds but thats about it. Let me take you hour by hour. Were looking good through tonight, could see a few sprinkles but here comes the main swath moving in after 9 00 or 10 00. Right around noon well continue to site rain. Were left with drizzle and fog but what happens on saturday, a lot of people coming in for the march on washington. 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