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Operation. it's really -- it's really something. everybody in the building that we see and working for the secretary of defense, the army, navy, air force, marines, all the services, there's a lot of uncertainty. just like with the rest of government, it was somewhat of a surprise that trump won. they're not new, they're not part of the usual machine of government, so people are wondering who's going to have the next job and are there enough jobs filled? we've gotten some very late announcements just this week that these are the pentagon official who is will stay behind. the deputy secretary i...

Moment for them, i would think. this is their introduction -- i'm just told by our control room, we don't see barron. but we see the four elder children. this will be a moment for them as a family. i mean, they're transitioning their lives to washington right now. and everything's changing tomorrow. >> welcome to washington. i think there were a lot of questions about trump's temperament on the campaign. someone said, could you imagine him presiding over such a ceremony? >> you see melania walking in. excuse me for interrupting. >> that's fine. >> i'm sorry. >> few places as sacred as the tomb...

I'm sure you do, too. >> if you're in the army,n active duty, "taps" is played every night. it's times like this when you're doing funerals and memorial services that it really -- it really grabs you. one of you mentioned earlier in this hour about going down to take a look at the tombstones. one of the things that strikes you, as you said, is the very young age of the people who are buried there. i mean, they're kids. when i first came in the army, i was a lot older. i was 20 years old. everybody else was 18 or 19. my father served in new guinea and philippines in the second world war. he was...

>> reporter: i hope so. thank you so much. thank you. >> my conversation with one of the sweetest men you will ever meet, charlie brotman, long-time announcer for the inaugural parade. can you catch him here in washington on nbc 4 all day long tomorrow. i'll bet they'll put up clips on the web, too. by the way, president-elect trump tweeting he's en route to arlington national cemetery where he and vice president-elect pence will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony. it's the first public event of the inauguration. stay with us for live coverage of that after a quick break.

Inauguration. you heard the chief, there are state funerals. we have a lot of these events here in d.c. listen, if your coming down here to the mall for tomorrow's inauguration, you want to be down here at 5:00 a.m. or 6 5:0 kate. we'll have a very early morning getting through the security checkpoints. they say pack your patience. that's what we'll do. >> good advice for everybody. start early, bring a small umbrella. bring a small one but not a golf size umbrella. it is supposed to rain tomorrow. it's not just tomorrow that c. has to worry about. thousands more people are on their way fora...