hours from the oath as donald trump wakes up this morning to assume the mantle of the most powerful person in the world. >> celebrations were grand but so were the protests with many more planned for today and tomorrow. >> that as trump's cabinet nominees continue to face stiff opposition. >> extradited to the u.s. one of the world's most notorious drug lords el chapo faces federal charges. >> and a final walk through the white house on moving day. "early today" starts right now. >> good friday morning on this very historic day. i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> and i'm frances rivera. it is inauguration day, and in just hours billionaire businessman donald trump will

take the stage on the west side of the capitol and stand before his family, the incoming cabinet, members of congress and supporters taking the oath of office to become the 45th president of the united states. putting his hand on his bible and that of abraham lincoln, trump will take the oath administered by the very same man he once called an absolute disaster, chief justice john roberts. trump caps off what many agree was one of the most unorthodox and unprecedented political campaigns in a generation, and he reveled in the glory of his win last night, kicking off today's events with a concert on the national mall. standing arm in arm with his family members before the lincoln memorial with brilliant fireworks lighting up the night sky, trump made his final remarks before his transition of power. >> there's never been a movement like this, and it's something very, very special. i'm going to be cheering you on. you're going to cheer me on, but i'm going to be cheering you on because what we've done is so special.

all over the world they are talking about it, all over the world, and i love you folks, and we're going to work together and we are going to make america great again, and i'll add greater than ever before! >> it was just one of several d.c. events for the president-elect after he landed aboard an air force jet dining at the historic union station and stopping by his newly opened hotel in the process, but it was his final event of the night that had his supporters cheering en masse as he attended a dinner at union station and used the occasion to crack a joke about today's impending rain. >> it may rain. it may not rain. i don't care. it doesn't matter. i mean, the truth is, if it really pours, that's okay because people will realize it's my real hair and that's okay. that's okay. might be a mess, but they are going to see that it's my real hair.

>> mike pence chummed it up with the last vice president that hailed from indiana, dan quayle, before dancing the night away with his wife karen, but it was pence's brief moment of emotion when paying tribute to his state that had many talking. >> the truth is this is a bittersweet moment for us. for the past four years we've had the incredible privilege to serve of the people of indiana as governor, and for all that is before us i have to tell you words -- words cannot describe the honor and the gratitude we feel for having the chance to lead the state that we love these past four years. >> as trump and pence swept in washington, protesters had other plans blocking off streets and major intersections in the nation's capitol, making their voices heard in direct opposition to the president-elect. now, some groups vowing to create chaos and shut down the celebrations this weekend while in new york a who's who of hollywood actors stood up one by one to condemn the incoming

administration from alec baldwin and julianne moore to mark ruffalo and robert de niro, each one lamenting the state of affairs across the country. >> we're all rooting for the new administration, of course, to abandon the divisive, racist, misogynist, ignorant plans that's trumpeting. >> tonight we stand united with all immigrants. >> donald trump and steve bannon and mike pence and all these people that are part of the trump administration, they think that you are going to lay down. are you going to lay down? >> no! >> well, this morning trump will wake up in the historic blair house where incoming presidents have traditionally stayed the night before the inauguration. he and his family will then head to st. john's church across from the white house for a morning service at 8:30 a.m. at 9:30, the new first couple will arrive at the white house for tea with president obama and first lady michelle obama. following that the four will head to the u.s. capitol for the

swearing-in ceremony, and at approximately 11:25 vice president-elect mike pence will take the oath of office administered by justice clarence thomas. at high noon donald trump takes the oath of office and delivers his inaugural address. immediately after trump alongside his wife and vice president biden will attend lunch at the capitol with congressional leaders, and they will then travel the parade route from the capitol to the white house, and that's where they will then view the inauguration and the inaugural parade with their family. don't miss our special inauguration. it all begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific right here on nbc. >> let's get a check on some of the other stories that we've been tracking, especially this breaking news now. at least two adults and one child are dead after a car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in melbourne, australia. 20 others were injured, including five children who were sent to a hospital in critical condition. they were run over while in a popular shopping mall area. emergency services are treating this incident as a, quote, mass casualty event, and hospitals have been put on a code red. police shot the man who they say

deliberately drove into those people. he was arrested at the scene. people were pitting down this man who was wearing red underwear and white shoes. they say the incident is not related to terrorism. >> mexican drug lord joaqin "el chapo" guzman is now in the united states extradited from mexico landing in mcarthur airport landing on long island in new york. in a government reversal, mexican law enforcement took him earlier in the day whisking him on to a helicopter. authorities there had originally insisted that el chapo would serve a long sentence in mexico before extradition. however, officials began to reconsider after the drug kingpin made a brazen escape from a maximum security prison in 2015. he slipped into a hole and a shower and then fled on a motor bike through a mile-long tunnel that led to a residential construction side. guzman was recaptured by the mexican navy six months later and has remained in custody since then. mexican authorities apparently wanted el chapo sent under the obama administration before donald trump assumes the presidency. he's expected to appear in

federal court in brooklyn this morning on drug trafficking charges. all right. rescuers are still searching for survivors from the avalanche that buried a hotel in italy. authorities say that 34 people were at the site when be a avalanche came roaring down after an earthquake. dozens of rescuers are still digging through the snow and rubble trying to find anyone alive. they've made their way into parts of the hotel. at least two victims' bodies have been recovered, but rescuers say that they still have hope because the hotel is big, and there could be pockets of air. 4 of the 24 guests at the hotel were children. so far eight people, including the man you see on your video, have been found alive. >> remarkable, hopefully they have sources of food, water and some way to keep warm. >> back to the big event of the day. will it be a beautiful or damp inauguration for donald trump >> it will be beautiful one way or another. will the weather contribute to that? >> it's a great start.

beautiful sunrise over washington, d.c. right now. as we go throughout the day. you can see it there. in the distance, there's a gorgeous shot. but unfortunately the clouds are thickening up. we have rain in the forecast. you can see the rain in the ohio valley. heading up through virginia. this is going to be a narrow line. go through d.c. the timing is less than ideal. here's the timeline, east coast time. the inauguration is right then at noon. the green shows you the rain. it's light. maybe we'll get lucky, maybe it will miss. but it calls for .1 of an inch of rain. enough to make things a little damp during the inauguration. otherwise the parade should be dry. it stas at rthe los angeles area. over the weekend, could see as much as three to four inches of rain. so over the weekend, the two

stories will be the big storm on the west coast and tornadoes in the northeast. >> we hope it doesn't slow down the events in the capitol. >> it won't. >> i'm sure they're used to in the past. it's d.c. after all. >> all right. just ahead, president obama leaves office with a record number of commutations including 536 people with life sentences it and will donald trump's energy and treasury nominees be approved after a rough day of hearings? ordinary tissue was near. the fiery tissue left her nose sore and red. so dad slayed the problem with puffs plus lotion, instead. puffs have pillowy softness for dakota's tender nose. with lotion to comfort and soothe when she blows. don't get burned by ordinary tissues. a nose in need deserves puffs, indeed. now get puffs plus lotion in the squeezable softpack. jimmy dean delights frittatas. a delicious, savory egg breakfast, without all the bread and carbs.

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hopefully they were well behaved. leading the news, george h.w. bush and his wife barbara, bush 41 remains in intensive care as in intensive care, in stable condition. as he battles pneumonia in a houston hospital. doctors are considering whether to remove a breathing tube inserted earlier this week to clear his airway. bush's spokesman says he hopes the former president will be discharged from the icu within a few days. meanwhile, barbara bush is said to be feeling, quote, 1,000% better after being hospitalized with bronchitis. >> in between making his final good-byes in the last full day in the oval office, president obama made history with the largest single batch of white house commutations, 339 drug offenders bringing his total number of clemencies to 1,715, more than any other president and more than the past 12 presidents combined. >> more of president-elect trump's cabinet picks were on the hot seat thursday. treasury nominee steve mnuchin came under fire during his senate confirmation hearing, and energy secretary nominee rick

perry had to explain why he wants to lead a department he once wanted to abolish. nbc's capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt brings us more. >> reporter: on capitol hill, donald trump's pick for treasury secretary immediately on defense over his role in the 2008 housing crisis. >> in the press it has been said that i ran a foreclosure machine. this is not an accurate description of my role at one west bank. >> reporter: former goldman sachs executive steve mnuchin ran one west bank beginning in 2009, the height of the housing crisis. the bank foreclosed on tens of thousands of homes before mnuchin sold the bank in 2015 for $3.4 billion. it's made him the top target for democrats, sparking the contentious hearing. >> senator wyden, i've got a valium pill here that you might want to take. >> and pressed by democratic senator sherrod brown, mnuchin also acknowledging foreclosing on military families.

>> we, unfortunately, did foreclose on certain people in the military. it was quite unfortunate. >> reporter: repeatedly apologizing. >> i earnestly feel terrible for any mistakes at the bank. >> reporter: one floor above that hearing former presidential candidate rick perry who once couldn't remember he wanted to abolish the energy department. >> oops. >> reporter: now saying he values the agency he's tapped to lead. >> in fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. >> reporter: if confirmed, perry will oversee the country's nuclear arsenal, succeeding ernest moniz, a nuclear physicist. >> that was nbc's kasie hunt reporting. >> well, just ahead the tweeter in chief may have become target number one for hackers worldwide and security in and around the capital as you can probably imagine is at an all-time high and what do security experts fear most? we'll tell you about that as well. every day is a gift.

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fast forwarding today inauguration day is also moving day at the white house. moving crews have just five hours to move out of president obama and his family and welcome donald trump and his, and they may just have less time considering the president-elect's speech is expected to be shorter than his predecessor's. >> and the senate is expected to vote on at least two of donald trump's cabinet nominees after he's sworn in. retired generals john kelly to be the next homeland secretary

security and james mattis, to lead the defense department. >> and last night the atlas 5 rocket launch at cape canaveral has been rescheduled for tonight at 7:42 eastern time due to technical and range issues. the atlas 5 will be delivering a u.s. missile warning satellite into orbit. protests in opposition to donald trump's presidency have already been under way in washington, d.c. with some groups vowing to create chaos and shut down the celebrations. and that's just one of several security concerns ensconcing is secret service today. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams brings us more. >> reporter: more than 100 blocks of downtown washington are closed to traffic with big heavy vehicles in place to stop any attacks by trucks, like those carried out last year in france and germany. >> that is a precaution that we are doubling down on in particular this inauguration. >> reporter: the coast guard is enforcing a no-boat zone on the potomac river with extra security and eyes in the sky overhead. helicopters from customs and border protection will patrol an expanded no-fly zone for private

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well as far as the inauguration goes, we're watching this forecast and it does look like we're going to get everything in. no events will be canceled, a little light rain during the swearing-in ceremony and the rain will end and the parade should be dry. in the west a lot of problems, heavy mountain snow and flash flood watches for areas that don't usually see it. look at the green and yellow on the map, that's heavy rain right over the top of los angeles and more to come as we go throughout the day today. california continues storm after storm. it will be a stormy weekend. >> southern california is not used to that. >> three inches of rain is a huge deal. not here on the east coast, where we know the clock is ticking, hours until a new era as donald trump becomes the nation's 45th president. >> nbc's tracie potts is live

for us in the nation's capitol. a very busy day ahead. a busy day and a crowded day, too, i am on a platform with hundreds of journalists kind of packed in like sardines, just across from the west front podium and stage where donald trump will deliver a speech today that his aides say is going to be a lot less about politics and a lot more about his vision for the nation. about what he wants to do, what he wants to accomplish over the next four years. now there's a lot of anticipation today of that ride, about a mile from the white house here. with president obama and president-elect trump. but also, the weather. it's a little chilly, not too bad. but it's supposed to rain at some point during the ceremony and so, there are a lot of people out here who may end up seeing a very wet president-elect take that oath of office today. >> tracie potts with a front-row seat to history live in

washington, d.c. to that. well ellen degeneres paid a final tribute to president obama. check this out. >> well today is the last day that barack obama will be our president. i want to personally thank him for changing my life. his courage and compassion created equality for everyone. he moved us forward. i love him, i love michelle. here's a little bit of time we spent together over the past eight years. >> you got to really want that job bad. because that's tons of pressure. >> it's like being the host of "ellen." >> almost that kind of pressure, yeah. >> your husband is a good dancer, but you're a better dancer. >> i know! that's what i've been telling him. >> thank you. god bless the united states of america. >> certainly the end of an era and the end of "early today" on this inauguration day.

a reminder, inauguration coverage begin two top stories....two storms

brewing this morning. the first--- in washington d.c.--- where the nation is preparing for an inauguration ceremony, unlike any in history. >> two top stories. two storms brewing. but first washington, d.c. where the nation is preparing for an inauguration ceremony unlike any in history. a live look at the capitol. live reports from washington. the second storm is by nature. a live look by our radar lit up in green and yellow. reports of trees topples, power lines down, cars spinning out. welcome to friday. today in the bay starts right now. >> it is really crazy out there. >> the drive in was interesting,