Waking up at blair house thisirs morning. That is the guest residence right across the white house. He. This was donald trump and hisd h wife last night at union un station a vip dinner alongsidep somedin of his biggest donors. D the president elect speakingdent to the crowd reflecting one hih campaign on the election andn th looking ahead to the presidency. Now before that dinner the president elect and his familyoy gathered with thousands ofsandsf supporters at the lincolnhecoln memorial. It was an impressive fireworksos show capped the make America Great again welcomecome celebration last night. Ni a concert also that ran aran little more than two hours hours took place. Pl president elect trumpside addressed the crowd as wellowd s getting them fired up for todays swearing in. N. This journey began 18 1 months ago. I had something to do with itwit but you had much more to doodo with it than i d im just the messenger. If it really pours its okays o because people will realize real its my real hair and okay. The president electok speaking there a little selfhe f deprecating humor as well. Well the welcome celebrationelebrati included performances byces Country Music stars toby keith and lee greenwood. And wo and of course we here at fox5 have you covered all dayouc long for all of theov inaugural events. Live team coverageco throughout the day. All the folks on the sthcreenros spread out all across the cityhe from the swearing in ceremonywer to the parade tointtens ofs of thousands of people expectedxpet to attend todays events. Vent right now people alreadyple alry lining up at security checkuritc points around the district. Ist lets head out right now to fox5s ronica cleary live ative 12 and e northwest. Rt its one of those checkpointshes that we were seeing a littlei stalling there not quite sure why folks werent getting ge through a little faster but le you got a smile on your face. F. Maybe things are better now. Good morning. Good reporter im justm just smiling cause im talking toaui you two. m but ti actually think last time t i said that it had been openeden i think the securityecury checkpoint is still closed. Nt it is 7 o iclos ck, it is not op. Ned yet. These people have been waiting h out hereav a long time. Time. Were going to ask some pe can we chat with you live onlivn fox5. Sure. Reporter tell me what you guys just got here, right. R we d we got here lastgot hert night. Reporter oh, where did oh, you com ewh from. Fr as a matter of fact we gotttr here the night before and we oe came from california. Al reporter are you hereou her for your support of donaldald trump . Are you here for justoru seeing this inauguration. Ugura. No, were here for here f supporting donald trump and the inauguration. Au reporter now, youre yore from california you said right. Correct, southern c california. Or reporter is it lonely to be a trump supporter inrect r i fornia. Nia. It can be a little bit, yeah. I didnt walk around sayingyng that i was for trump all the time. Reporter do you feelor different out here on the east coast. I do. T he its theres a lot of i goodd energy here and were veryery excited and its like yeah, go,o trump. Reporter all right. Eporter t President Trump. P thats wresihdeat he is very soo thank you guys so much. You ys s well take you around the line e and were just askingsng people you see peoplepe respect selling things here,lli theyre adding more barricadesrs here to this. Can i ask you a question onk yo fox5 . Whats yourqu number one right now would be theld b hats. Reporter that ones . I see these boat hats too. Oat hat. These are the best ones anded the buttons are the bestsellers. Reporter keep up theor good work out here today. Teout t well take you insideod the line and you can seal crowds justw hanging out vcalm, veryery peaceful energy. Ene i mean in a way i dont even feel like its excitement,xc its just a very calm tranquiltr environment which ill be honest is surprising to me as t i approach today and came into c today so lets see, can i chat with any of you guys on fox5 . Y were live right now aboutow abu what brought you out today. Toda. Sure. Reporter tell me aboutr teo what youre feeling right now. Im excited. Xcit. Im happy. Ha im very were going to the inaugural Prayer Breakfast soako we want to help make americaa great again and get it on thehe right track. Reporter all right. Ig. Well, thank you so much. Than have a wonderful day. Fua there you go, a Little Energy e like i said, pretty calm outm ut here at 12th and e. E. Were sending it back to you. Yu ronica thanks very much. A thv hopefully they get theer lines all those folks inside atnsid least where they want to be at least inside the perimeter. Right. Lets check in with tomm fitzgerald live on capitol capil hill. He has one of the best vantages points of the day. Ints of th good morning, te om. Ning reporter , these areare pretty sweet digs unhere good morning steve and allison. All were overlooking the west we front of the United Statesstates capitol this morning and thisor is where the big deal is goingig to go down in just about fiveboe hours right now. N. Well step out of the way tryth to give you a little tour of tof what were looking at this this morning. Rning. Now, they are all going to bego filling in these seats ats little bit later on this morning. Those blue carpeted areas,areas, those are where most of the dignitaries are going to be,to b the former president s, thee outgoing president , president si obama and of course tdeherse president elect. Pr now, you see that plastic areaca right there, like right down do in the front. Fro those are actually leathere chairs that they just broughtjut out a few minutes ago ando and theyve set those up. U. Theyre covered in plasticpla right now because obviouslybvy the threat of rain that wereee looking at this mor nobodys really all down in those. Hose. Theyve got their own kind of like security guards keepingit an eye on them ny obody isdy allowed to sit down and take a e selfies. In front of that where you seere that man standing right with his back to you lined thoset kind of colonade area that iseas the president ial podium. Es they have a name idfor. Me for. That thats called the blue b falcon and that is thet president ial podium that you yu see year after year after year. Now, today these are custommade for eachommade ch president , so that blue falconu you can see them taking away the plastic right now, that is,s made for donald trump. Trumps a quite large man ivenv interviewed him about a half dozen times, probably about sixfour around that area. Ea. Black black was no slouch butnoc they have made a new podium everything is in plaelce. Ce. All we need right now is i president elect a president tel obama a and the chief justice os the United States and justed sta around 12 oclock everythingk will be in place eand well bebe here keeping an eye on it all al for you with this fronts rowthio seat. Steve and allison, got a little bit chillier out so weve thrown the coat on. Coat o. I see that. Th hey, speak of seeing tom, asas you so accurately describe thede area behind you whereea bind yoh everybody is going to beody is e sitting so much talk abouttalk a members of congress who willo not be showing up. Up. Their seats not replaceable. Plae where may those empty seats e be. Reporter thats a goodts ao question. We should talk about that ad taa litt bit. Tut. T were up to about 70 members, mostly house democraticouse demt members who have said now thatai they are not goid ng to attendad this inauguration. Ugurion. It started because of thef e comments donald trump madeald te about congressman john lewislews the civil rights icon who hadoh said that he does not viewvi donald trump as a legitimategite president. There. On from other reasons have floated in fn now from the questions ove 2016 election to some just general dislike of how donald trump has handled thisandled transition period. Tran what happens to those seats . S . Well, we spoke to congressmanngs Anthony Brown of maryland. A hes one of thorse who say hehe wont be here today. Ody. From what were told is brown br is providing tickets to any ofka his constituents that wanted wa to come here but thats ahats a special congressional area soreo unless youre able to kind of kd fill it in with your own n people on congressional hillresl staff those seats are probablyb going to stay empty but weveeve heard, steve and allison,alln, theres been a lot of horseof hr trading going on. Everybody says bipartisanship is dead but not when it comes co to these activities a lot ofctiv these republicans have been calling those democrats sayingpa hey, can i get some of thoseyint tickets. S right, yeah, the domem ocraticmocrat members of congress weveweve talked to have said that theid e tickets are in demand. Emnd. They just certain membersain mee todays choose not to go. Oose n. Right. Tom thanks very much. S very m see you again in little bit. Bit. Tom fitzgerald the chill in the area addingddig the tracks layer. The i dont think he can complain with those seats he has. Ontit youll feel the warmth ofh the people. Feel the warm exactly but it is chilly chil out there and rain is going to o move in. Temperature in the 30s. Ra im going to trtuyre to keep ths brief. Rain showers in the forecast. Ca. Unfortunately the timing isatelh between about 10 00 a. M. Ande 3 oclock. 3 ocloc so, wish we could push this push back a little bit further this afternoon. Af 41 now washington. Well start with the cool41 nstr temperth tatures. Mper most of the area in the 30s in here to start your morning. Orin. Nothing showing up locally on on our Storm Tracker radar butrb heads up here. Heads up here just off to our south and west the rain showers especiallyseci with the warm front are very quickly moving inform i wouldm expect showers as he willy as 10 00 a. M. And agweain wellrs l have scattered showers in the ie forecast right inside thee te beltway here includingncding washington through aboutgton tbo 3 oclock and then well turn wr cloudy with just some light lig drizzle for this evening butvent heres your forecast. Your fo youre going to want a jacketa as well as the rain jacket jat later today as temperatures will be in the 40s with wi showers around by noon. Y noo okay, plenty more weather. A well focus on the weekendwee lets do traffic now with erin. D. C. Police just tweetedtwetd that all nonticketted entryentry points security checkpoints tokp the National Mall are noware now opened so were hoping thoseng e large crowds will start tol stto move. If youre taking metro down d into the district to enjoy the Inauguration Day celebrations Metro Rail Service such andnd running kicked in at 4 00 rush0r hour service is in effecteffe until 9 p. M. Metro Service Operating until midnightl miight tonight. Tonight. Metro is one of your best betst because park sag problem and roads closed around the capitol, the National Mall as ss around the white house,ho archives federal triangle Mount Vernon Square pentagone ea and smithsonian all closed. Clos many designated as entry ortryr exit only. You can reach ouext to me onn twitter at erin fox5 d. C. Onc. N twitter with questions viationsv metro or traffic. R capital bikeshare also an option. They have corrals where youhere can rents or return a bike retue 17th and k, fourth and e for personal bikes 16th street and i street if you want to bik secure your bike there. Y metrobus operatingou on a ona saturday schedule and thele ande metro stops are all around theu outer perimeter of those roadd closures. Were keeping a close eye on everything. 270, 66, 9566 on and the beltway if youre justf trying to get to work this k ths morning. Steve and allison. Steve analliso erin thanks very much. Much. Some pictures right nows riw outside of Union Station where w there is some protest activity a that has already started thisrt morning so were going to keep k an eye on that obviously. Ily. We saw some activity last activ night and through thed througthe overnight hours and now just ju starting to pick up a little tle bit outside of Union Station. St. Right in the center theren of theth capitol. A last people coming in thatm way taking metro coming into int Union Station and workingation i their way to the mall veryhe mae close to the capitol. Capi however youre getting there t car, bus, metro rail foot thee crowds descending on the mall. Bob barnard is right in thei middle of it, hes now joining g us with a look at how manyat people have already arrived arid what the scene is there. Re. Hes with annie yu. U. As we take a protestors at Union Station sttn there, looks peaceful righteace now and that is a good thing. Th. But many of our colleagues areoe down of course in the commonc areas where most people will wl watch todays inaugural events unfold. Bob some distance away ate da about 12th street right nowt riw but as we have seen in inaugurations past bob itbob doesnt take long for the mall to fill up. Good morning. Reporter theyre on me. Toe hi bob. Reporter hey, guys. Uys sorry, theyre playing the music here so hard to hear you u here down at the 12th streeth st and madison here and look, i got a slice of america here. Am. Maggie and mike are here hre because they dont agree withw ld tld trump. I and theyre fromru philly. Hi. Leon is here from detroit andde you are wearing the trump makeme America Great president of thetr hat. Hat. Tell us why youre here andour what do you make of this day. Just here to experience the inauguration and celebrateelbrae with our new president. Res reporter and when youreh here with mike and maggie, whoho dont agree with thish well, its america. Ts ameri. Welcome. I mean, its a democracy. Theres winners, therestheres losers. I lost last two years. Ye. Two elections. And i stepped in line. Line i supported the last last president. Now i have my president inn line to see what we can do. Do. So, thats how it works. Wor reporter thank you veryyoury much. Maggie, mike from from philadelphia. Ph tell me, you ilbrought somet soe signs. I mean, there was no stopping sp you coming in, right . Youreyoe allowed to come in here and speak freely. Ely. Everyone was very nice. Ice. We came on the train and no n ones been, you know, bad. Bd. We just came to peacefullyacfuly protest the inauguration of President Trump and be heard. E reporter okay, guys, iguys, want you to listen to this. T explain they were on the very vr first train at 4 00 this 00is morning coming down from shady grove. At 4 00 a. M. A. Rter at 4 00 a. M they then took another train down to Lenfant Plaza. P when you got out at Lenfant Plaza what to get to where you are now. Nw. We walked about 2 miles mes around asking secret service see how to get here eventually to be where we could, you know, k hold up our signs. Reporter thank you. Let me ask you was it hard . Had were they helpful in gettinggett you here . Her . Not really. Ughter]ter] unfortunately nobody knewna what was goingte on or i guess g because we were so early, so, o we walked like my husband says almost 2 miles around the entire independence not, not, im sorry. Reporter around the hall arh mall. E ha the hall mall and then wee wound up here and were stillwel going to try to find a spota st near the parade so we can holdcn up our signs. I reporter very cool. Eporter o maggie, olmike, thank you very y much. Thank you. Y. Show them what were seeingseeig here. Here the sun is rising behind thende capitol here and i think mikeine and maggie had the story. Sto they basically took the rede r line down they were told to to take i believe it was yellowwas line train to Lenfant Plaza get out on Lenfant Plaza anda d they literally had to walk all the way around by the lincolncon memorial and down constitution where they could get in here cli then didnt get a lot of helpa l along the way withay wi instructions. So, keep that in mind. Mnd. For us as well, getting down here to the mall was prettyprety difficult. You really just kind of pick p and choosing where you could cod maybe get through where they w t had trucks and buses andand humvees and all kinds of heavy v equipment to try to keep this is area safe even though we just,u you know, showed a nice nie display there of someone whoe ho is for trump and a couple whocoo are not for trump and they can get along and everythingseryth fine. Not that there wont bet e trouble later on but at leastatt here early this morning asning s dawn breaks, guys, not so bad, the two sides mixing here one on the mall. All. Bob a couple things that you can look forward to. One is that spirit ofe is tha togetherness and understanding which is what we hopend u that e get from here forward. Rwa. And two, before the rain movesrv in, it looks like theresooks le going to be a bau sunrise over the capitol. A so, enjoy that view while weew have it, bob. Bo reporter yeah, lets t well send you off here. Send yo. You see some speakers betweentwn us and the capitol but theres s the sun rising over therisingvee capitol. It is a beautiful sight upght up there where my buddy tom t fitzgerald is hanging out. Ou. Fantastic. Bob thanks. Well check in with ith as little bit as bob barnardbaard continues to monitor theor t crowds. Hes on 12th street so hes a solid 12 blocks from the from te capitol. Weve seen in inaugurationsugurs past it doesnt take long tong fill up all that space withce the folks heading down. D we can see it today. I well be witht you all morningr long as we work our wayk ouay through the morning traditionta pomp and circumstance andums well be right here with you. Y. Our special coverageovrage continues right after this. Thi. You cant predict the market. But through good times and bad. At t. Rowe price. Weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. Call us or your advis. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. Our live coverage starts now. Now. Back. Kome you can hear chanting there thr and what were talking aboutal right now is some folks nots not happy with todays events. Evnts. We see there are people in theee streets. Line thereher earlier we saw Union Stationstt based protestors. Po im not sure exactly where this is, 12th and f is what wee believe where this is going on, 12th and f is what werewha looking at right here and ofandf course the protests that wevee seen ever since the electioneltn was called in favor of donaldvod trump, this is nothing new inhi the city iof washington and wee did expect t