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White house press secretary josh earnest said today when the obamas leave the white house friday they'll be heading to palm springs, california, and seem to be getting a head start. movers moving boxing into a house they'll be leasing in washington. of course the trump family comes in right behind them. it is a practiced choreography. randy kaye has more on what happens in moving day. >> reporter: organized chaos inside the white house on inauguration day. by 10:45 a.m. the obamas likely leave the white house for good, giving the chief usher and his staff six hours to get the mansion ready for...

Walters helped hillary clinton and laura bush. even a dance as well choreographed as this one is not always perfect. in 1993, he lost his voice and had to write all directions on a note pad when bill clinton arrived, he welcomed him with a whisper. the ball gown disappeared during the move. >> there was a frightful time until we located the dress. >> on inauguration day 1989, bush 41's granddaughter surprised the white house staff by showing up 2 1/2 hours early in the middle of the move. this year if all goes smoothly, the trumps will never know the chaos that preceded their arrival. the chie...

Bush. it's exhausting thinking about that. it does sound like controlled chaos. >> it is. to think about this inauguration and the parade is an hour and a half or two hours shorter. it's less time for that. >> it's amazing that everything of the obamas has to be out. do they send stuff that they already have earmarked what they want in various rooms? >> typically that is what happened. after the first meeting where we saw mrs. obama greeted mrs. trump. the chief usher had a conversation with people on the trump team to start to go through the checklist of things they will want to move in and w...

Next friday at 10:30 a.m. begins a moving day like none other. one family picks up and leaves and from the other side of the driveway, the next family moves in. the entire process must be completed in six short hours. one of many abrupt transitions, including having a nonresident first lady. joining me now, kate anderson brour covered the obama white house for bloomberg news, author of two relevant books on residents in the white house and modern first ladies. if it were my house, it would be in cartons anticipating what transpires. what makes this move most unique? >> by this time in 2009 the...

Resident staff. and usually the chief usher is involved, too, and meets the first lady elect and discusses with her what kinds of furniture there are that she can draw on, there are two briefings books. i don't know if she got them today or that will be done later but there are a couple of briefings books that have pictures of the items in the collection that are in a white house so that if they wanted to they could simply choose furniture from that and not have to bring anything into the white house although i don't think they're going to choose to do that. but that meeting her as well as the...