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WTTG Good Day DC January 19, 2017

And hes going out the same wayy he came in. I full of hope for the future of o the country. Ry well hear his message from his last president ial presspress conference. Er and the message he got from hish wife shortly after. Abuse allegations from the set of new movie a dogs purpose. Tmz posting video that hadt had Animal Rights active visitsis demanding answers. Nswers now, this morning, the studio and one of the movie stars is speaking out. And later bleep. Bleep. Reporter yeah. A new study shedding new lightel on swearing that may have you thinking twice about anyone with a foul mouth. Bleep. Leep good day at 9a starts now. You guys behave. Lets not start it on bad otot. Bleeping out all the bad words. Good day dc9 01 on this thursday january 19th im mauer even en alongside holly, steve andtevend wisdom. Wi we are t m counting until the big inauguration events get underwae right here in d. C. D well have much more on then transfer of power coming up u everything from road closures ts the parties to the celebritiesrs in town to the food. Ood first though lets talk t about the weathehor because thee is some rain on the way just inn time for the ceremoniesies tomorrow. Rr tucker has been following it for us. Weve been tracking it all week it looks likerackin unfortunate going the wrong direction hereee as far as the bulk of the peoplp he the mall. Eo yeah. I mean the problem tomorrow it hour by hour it looks likeks unfortunately the bulk of thef t rain showers which wont be wone heavy but theyll definitelyefit arrive between about 10 00 and 2 00 tomorrow. Orw. So, yes. Yes i think the swearing in ceremonm right at 12 noon looks like we k could have showers around. Ho aro wont be dealing with showersits today. I know weve got a lot of evento today as well and of courseourse saturday. Lots to talk about weather wise. 48 now in washington. Lets start with mildts t wi temperatures. Well be very mild laterat today mid to upper 50s. 5 and you may get a little ltl sunshine working in this thi afternoon. Origins of our next storm systee on the way from the south andth west going to be a warm front wm that will get in here during the early hours tomorrow starting to get clouds from that you can see those pushing inhi i here again from the south andtho west and the big picturing youti can see the rain showers nowwern breaking out back intok mississippi parts of alabama. Thats headed in our direction r as a warm front which will giveg us some shower activity tomorrow and again i think the showersho wont be with us all day justays for a couple of hours wont beot terribly heavy but the timingim looks a little suspect at the te moment where we could get it i moving in as early as nine or 1o in the morning and kind ofnd kif hanging around until one or two in the afternoon. Fterno so not going to rain all day tomorrow. Well revisit this. Wel ive got a future castl welle take look hour by hour tomorrow but 57 today. T rain showers tomorrow plan on those. The National Park serviceservi updated about an hour ago thatrg you can bring a small umbrella inside the secure perimetereter tomorrow so thats good news not the big penguin umbrellas the te small ones and saturday doesntt look great but at least it willl be dry. Be dry temperatures in the mid 50s. Mid. All right. T. Guys, today, dry. , dry mid to upper 50s. 0s clouds this afternoon. Fternoon. Back to you. All right. O thank you tucker. We have breaking news at 9 00 desperate search underwaynr in italy following a devastating avalanche. It buried a hotel trapping 30in people inside and sadly officials fear many are themm de. D. Rescue crews reached the hotel a site early this morning near tht epicenter of the earthquake which struck central italyly yesterday morning. Or now that region also taw saw bow 3 feet of snow in the past fewaf days which led to power outagesg and cut off towns. The other big story this morning the inauguration countat down donald trump spending the final hours before his opening o of office attending a series off events throughout d. C. President elect starts hisnte official events todleay with tow wreath laying ceremony at a Arlington National cemetery at a 3 00 p. M. From there he and vicepresident mike pence will move to the Lincoln Memorial make America Great againgain celebration runs from 4 00 until 6 00 p. M. President elect and vice and president elect will attend a special candlelit dinner at Union Station to thank largenk l money donor. Ney don he will not be attending the voices o off in just over an hour. Packed though 36 for the next n president and we will have liveh Team Coverage for all of it. F i as we countdown to the big evene annie is keeping us up to datett on the road closures and security preparations. Shes got everything you need to know if youre heading down toyg the mall d tomorrow. First, though, melanie joins uss live from the Lincoln Memorial. L where donald trump will beginlin his journey to 16 pennsylvania avenue. Aven good morning, mel. M reporter good morningor. So sometime after 4 00 we 4 believe when donald trump and a mike pence will make their way to the larger concert here at h the Lincoln Memorial. Morial. This morning as you mentioned, 10 30 is when the voices of thet people concert more sort of pryp laud concert featuring local groups, and you can see alreadyy people are lining up for thosehe security lines here. Er the official events have alreada begun and certainly looks like l town on security lock down. Reporter president electdent donald trump in washington lasts night with a surprise visit toio his hotel here for dinner. Inne he was in town for some pre p inauguration events. Augurant in a city that is transforming into in number of ways. Ws. Even the trash cans around hereh are not left to chance. The chairs are in place so arena the cameras and everywhere you u look there are fences and more fences as the area around the us Capitol Building is now largely sealed off with visitors from all over pouring into the city. T ive always wanted to come to d. C. D. C. This is the per fact time. Per get to see the inauguration and get to see the inauguration ofi the candidate i like. Id reporter truatmp posted amp picture on twitter showing himhm working on his inaugura address. Its expected to be relativelyde short withly trump keen aware a growing number of democrats more than 60 now are refusing tog t attend. He has the capacity to surprises people and thats what he realll needs to do. He has to make people takeee another look at him, people whol are not just his political opponents or who didnt vote fof him who are genuinelyly reporter a tough sell for so those here to protest we saw one group last night near the home where Vice President elect mikem pence is staying dancing in in front of the house in in support of lgbt rights. Now, after that surpriset sue visit to the trump hotel, donald trump took his private planete e back to new york waking up thist morning at his home at trumpru tower and then tomorrow hell be taking up residence at thee at peoples house 1600 pennsylvania avenue. En live in northwest melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. N back to you guys. President elect trump ivanka is also of course counting downd Inauguration Day. Inau she sent out a tweet saying hash tag Inauguration Day has almostt arrived. Arri the last 19 months have beenavee remarkable but this amazingng journey is still getting started. All right. Lets go back to inauguration aceps right now. Already this morning thek to distripry ctth is very difficule to get around. Und lots and lots of roadlotsf rd closures and restrictions areonr taking effect and preparations for tomorrows inauguration. Downtown with the latest. T good morning, annie. Reporter hey, good morning to all of you. To af yo yeah, i mean a lot of press underway and theyre stillre sti working at this hour. In thi weve been out here since abouto 3 30 this morning, and have seee the transformation happening. Peg the perimeter getting further out. Ou but keep in mind this isnt jusj for today and tomorrow. Tomrow. This is also going into theo weekend and so a lot of thesehee road closures and restrictionsts arent going to be lived until l after the weekend because ofecse course you have the big march on saturday. So thats something you definitely want to keep ints n down town were at tenth and e a in the thick of pretty much whaa youre going to see at everyt ey block. A lot of barricades up. P cement barricades we saw small a army of trucks off loading lding though concrete barriers for f road closures. Sure theres heavy police presencence everywhere you look. K. Its Pretty Amazing though,ho guys, to see all of the agenciec involved coming together and executing the street closurest c and all the security measures mu that are due to take place for e the big day. Day now at this hour, the perimetert around the major land marks closed. Ed. Inaugurations inauguration ia planners are really calling thil area the red zony ecall and web showing i was map of that red rd zone. This is the area thats only onl designated for authorizedzed vehicles. So anywhere around pennsylvaniaa avenue, lip couldnt memorial, Union Station, the nationalat mall, all of those hot spots are just for authorized vehicles. Le the green zone is still open to people. Le host, it is restricted to justus residents as well as those whohw work in that area. Re weve been talking also about aa handful of bridges that areridg closed. Were talking memorial and a 14th street bridge those arehosa closed off but of course yououro have roosevelt and the key bridges work arounds as well a l lot to keep in mind. M i think the overall messagege really is to avoid downtown ifn you can. U c because theres a lot ofa t of security measures taking place. This right here is one of the ot entry points for the big parader route taking place on place o Inauguration Day. Inaugurati hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pour into the te district zone of course securitr is a top priority. Pit the goal is to get everyone invi and out of the district safely. F there are a number of working together. Oget you have d. C. Police. Other local law enforcemental l enforce, fbi secret service,vic, u. S. Park Police Coming together to make this thege safest possis and theyre prepared for anything surprises, any hiccupsa along the way. Alone w theyve been prepared for f anything from medical issues too all the way to the unexpected. Xp something worse and so theso the message is that they are readyry to be here for us ons Inauguration Day. Tion d but as far as closures go, theyy go into effect now and keep thaa in mind until monday morning. Y. Thats the very latest here from downtown. Downtown annie yu fox5 local news. New annie, thanks. Nks. 9 10 on the eve of the inauguration president electon p donald trump making his finalmpm cabiakinnet joyceg georgia govr sonny perdue to serve asve agriculture second. E se he is a 70yearold ago gray agg Business Owner and veterinariann he referred to himself asd tosef georgias ceo during his eight e years in office because of his focus on saving money and improving services at state s agencies. Cies get a chance to do so on theo oe titional stage. Confirmation hearings continuenu on capitol hill today. Ay. On this eve of the inauguration. With theur president elects secretary of Energy Nominee in the hot seat. E t seaovre in ricc perry is expected to face toughh questions from democrats aboutea the Keystone Pipeline which he h supports and talk this morning g about a report in the new yorkhr times that says when perry was w first nominated he misunderstooo the job not realizing hisng hs biggest responsibility would be to oversee the countrys Nuclear Arsenal much his transition teaa has since said hes educatingdui himself. 9 11. President george bush and his wife still hospitalized thigesos morning. Well have update on theirvepdan condition and a look at thea oka letter the former commander inmn chief wrote the next one comingm up. Up plus president obamas finalmas White House Press conference. Nce his message to the media anded d look back at his legacy after a eight years in the oval office. Former president George Hw Bush remains in intensive care this morning at a houston hospital. Mr. Bush is recovering after a procedure to help clear his airway wasre ssiucce issn fuornl. Recoe to h former president had the the procedure yesterday after having been in the hospital sincelin saturday battling pneumonia. Bush had already made the made e decision not to attend tomorrows inauguration because his trip because of his tripp to the hospital. Tol. In personal letter to donalddond trump bush wrote in part, myartm doctor says if i sit outside inn january it likely will put me 6 feet under same for barbara ss i guess were stuck in texas he also told the president elect he would be supporting him in hi spirit. I love that note. Ove at n yeah. Nice personal note, right . T washington gets ready to welcoml a new president , we also say goodbye of course to the currene one. One. Today marks president obamass n last full day in the white house. And hell spend it handing downn a final round of pardons and commutations. Ions yesterday he held his final neww conference as commander incomndr chief. And he used it to defend some oo his final decisions in the white house. E. He also weighed in on o consideration by the incomingomn Trump Administration about possibly relocating the whitete house press core briefing area. E foxs Leland Vitter has more. Me reporter president obamantba beginning his final white housee News Conference offering prayere to former president george hww bush and his wife after the two were hospitalized with healthlth issues. Es they have have been a constant source of friendship and support and good counsel for michelle and me over the year. Reporter old going g president went ton note the note importance of having press core complex. Having you in this building has made this place work bettere it keeps us honest. H it makes us work harder. Hde reporter meantime thehe president also weighing in on his controversial decision toiso grant clemency to convictedvictd intelligence leaker chelseacheea manning. Lets be clear, Chelsea Manning has served a tough prison sentence. Te reporter mr. Obamar. Obama defended his relationship withih russia. That return to an adversaryea shall spirit that i thinkt i in existed during the cold war hass made the relationship more mor difficult. Reporter reporters alsoter o pressed the president aboutut democratic lawmakers choosing to boycott president elect trumps inauguration. Gu with respect to the t inauguration im not going tooni comment on those issuems. Sess all i know im going to bengo be there. Reporter while theepr w president says hes proud of his concerned about the Israeli Palestinian conflict calling tht status quo unsustainable. Inab. In washington, Leland Vittert,te fox news. S during his News Conference mr. Obama also called claims ofo voter fraud in us elections elet quote fake news. Ns. Saying the u. S. Is the onlyhe ol democracy that makes it hard for citizens to vote. E time will tell whatl what president obamas ultimateate legacy will be earlier thislier morning we took a closer look at chief. And frustrations of his administrationfrustr with dan, s the policy manager at the center for the study of the presidencyc and congress. Today were we say already ala even though the president is ni office for another day as far aa successes and fails for president obama . Lets start with domestic successobama . Domestic side even when heheh faced a very difficult situation with the republican congress, cs one of the most deadlockeddlockd washington environments inon e history, the accomplishmentsishn early on the stimulus, auto motive bailout, dodd frank addressing the concerns the moving front there, the t, t Affordable Care act expanding cc health care and then using executive power on lgbtqgbtq requires the greatest expansiono weve seen of them as well as a actions on the environment, expanding Marine Protection areas, reserve areas, strongon progressive legacy that he h leaves behind on the domesticomi side. What about where he fell short on the domestic sidabe . Oud i think where he tried toriet reach out to the middle there t was some movement he had withadt the simpson bolds commissionmiso trying to solve some of our very longterm and tractable fiscal susues. Such as Social Security of theye future of medicare. That was an opportunity he hadoy that he didnt run with whenithe there was a bipartisan consensus behind it. But also areas too where he, yoy know, he described his own shortcomings on the issues ofueo race, saying that younger yng generations need to continue that as well. Those who want to support thr president hundreds of folks will show their love for president obama by saying thank you laterr today several events scheduledsd across the district for those reflect on his legacy. Leg lie say this in talking with dan. His organization studiesrgan presidencies of the past andes t what we can learn and what we have learned from them. Fthem and one of the things that is i asked was how long does it takee before youre kind of cementedk that legacy is ccememented . Hee said really it changes over time. Ti. Not just as memoirs are published and insiders are freee to talk about their experiencese working with a certain presideni which can shape pins over thehe years. S. But he said its interesting itt seems like common sense, too, aa we change as our lives change cg sometimes you become morebeor nostalgic about certain times is your life when somebody was inyn office. Obviously if things get worsehio you think back to the times that re better. R. Maybe that was great president e or or you know if times get tim better you think back and say, okay, maybe that wasnt as good as we thought. We thought. Its an ever evolving process as far as leg

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