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Route. there it is, there's the parade route. let's start with steve rosen at john marshal park and pull you out of the map and very cool, james, if you could see it. >> i feel liberated. good afternoon, bret. we're in the section of washington d.c. known as judiciary square about three quarters after mile as the crow flies from the capitol itself. people are starting to line up for the parade which will take place after this luncheon concludes, i would say from my vantage point probably part of 1.5 mile long parade route, people are lined up eight to ten feet to see the procession. there will...

Graduate-handing with senator leahy. >> reporter: the crowds have been excited out here and i join the chorus of brit hume and others, that beyonce looked beautiful and i think she did get the loudest applause here, and might have been tied with the the president, but certainly had fans here today and we had a chance to talk to a lot of people, some here four years ago and some repeating this time around, how they feel, how they've seen the country change and progress in their opinion over the last four years, and a number of them said, the crowd was smaller this time and easier to navigate be...

Washington not like four years ago where with the wind chill it was in the teens. they come prepared and knew what they were in for, how badly they wanted to be a part of it. reminds me of a moment we had on fox news channel, four years ago, bret was anchoring, i was out on the mall and ran into a woman about whom our viewers still ask me. and why the people on the streets just stay. and they say, remember this moment? >> but people are ready, they came prepared, they have layers and food and meet tanya, quickly before i let you go. meet tanya from maryland. hello. >> megyn: all right. i have ...

The freedom agenda was noted for that reason. it led to things of a lot of people felt were unfortunate that this administration is trying to change. but many of the rest of those are kind of lost to history. >> jim is live on the mall. >> guesstimate used to be on the east side which is a very cramped space. ronald reger and move it in 1981. it was suggested to him and he thought it was a good idea and some say one of the reasons was he wanted new presidents looked on the national mall where you see all of these crowds and he wanted the president to be able to look at the monuments washington...

Need to come closer to the middle to find the common ground, that the president wasn't able to find in fourors, that he'll be able to complete the work. and crowds are hopeful, but subdued and much more realistic this time around about what he will or won't be able to accomplish and the fact that there's still some real friction here in washington and the fact that in their opinion, it's heating up, not cooling down and that's what we've heard from the crowds here today. back to you. >> shannon, thanks. moments ago we saw justice ruth bader ginsburg, one of the more, if not the most liberal ju...