we have team coverage as we get closer to the first day. a closer look at the parking restrictions. brianne carter? >> it lacks quiet downtown. look across the street. you can see the open parking spaces at 5:00 on wednesday. it's unusual scene. this is the reason why. noon today when the first set of restrictions went in place and cars started to get towed. along major commuter roads downtown the number of the parking spaces is shrinkalling, security is tightening days ahead of the inauguration. today the first round of the parking restrictions highlighted on this map in red went into place. many drivers parked in the restricted areas after noon. came back to find they were ticketinged or towed. >> i must have missed the sign. it's right there. >> this maryland resident came around the corner to find her car hooked up to a tow truck. >> he was a nice

gave me my car back. you know, d.c. tickets and boots are expensive. it was totally my fault. >> nick in town for the inauguration from chicago came running back to his car. once he saw parking enforcement down the block. >> nice and kind. oh, you are next. >> the spot in green are off-limits later tonight and tomorrow morning. so many signs and many with the different times we found confused commuters who say they plan to keep the car off the road the rest of the week. >> uber or something else. >> this is also a familiar scene. the parking enforcement are out issuing tickets and towing the cars. most of the restrictions will remain in place until 1:00 a.m. on the 23rd. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: a few more notes here. metro wi

a.m. friday to get people to the inauguration. remember the archives, the federal triangle, mount vernon square, pentagon and the smithsonian stations, they are all going to be closed. then on saturday, metro says it will open at 5:00 a.m. that is for people attending the women's march on washington. that will include rush plus service on the yellow line from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. sign up for the metro texas alerts from abc7 news -- metro text alerts from wjla.com. larry: vice president elect mike pence says president obama's decision to commute chelsea manning's sentence was on the fake. and today he defended it. >> before taking questions a message for former president george h.w. bush and barbara bush both in the hospital. >> we want to send our prayers and our love to them. >> then president obama got down to business. >> first

clear. chelsea manning has served a tough prison sentence. >> calling his decision appropriate responding to republicans slamming him for commuting the 35-year sentence of manning. the former army intelligence officer convicted of giving the u.s. secrets to wikileaks. >> i feel comfortable that justice has been served. >> the questions then moved on to russia and the growing tensions surrounding the transfer of power with 60 democrats now boycotting the inauguration. >> i am not going to comment on those issues. all i know is i am going to be there. so is michelle. >> he is leaving office on a high note. a new abc news/"washington post" poll shows 60% of americans approve of obama's job performance. on this day he had this parting message to the nation. >> i think we are going to be okay. we have the fight for it. work for it. not ta

i know you will help us do that. thank you very much. good luck. >> in what many call not so subtle shot at trump, president obama told reporters to continue to ask tough questions and push those in power to get to the bottom of stories. in new york, i'm elizabeth hur for abc7 news. larry: abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman joins us live at the capitol hill bureau. what stood out to you in president bam's final news conference? scott: it was extraordinary trying to sum up eight years in one hour. not an easy task. president obama tried to do that and make closing state statements and wrap up his summation on what he thinks should happen moving forward. he hit on the theme of hope. that is nothing new. but there was a not so thinly veiled message to the i

administration donald trump. specific at time referencing things like the fought for two state solution in middle east. he says you have to "pay attention" to those who know what they are talking about on the subjects and you can't be "off the cuff" in some of the decisions moving forward. while he sounded supportive and the transformation and the transfer of power from one administration to the other he was letting trump know that he has to be very judicious and open minded with the full attention to a lot of the subject matter. larry: thank you. we'll talk to you soon. thank you. alison: it could be rainy as president obama moves out of the white house and trump moves in. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: hey there. the frustrating thing in the weather business even a couple of days out we can't say the precise minute the rain will begin. but it is looking more likely that the rain

midday on the west side of the capitol and downtown on friday. not there yet. it is beautiful. partly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 50's. 56 at reagan national airport. partly cloudy tonight. 33 to 40 degrees with a light wind out of the northwest. the future cast keeps the sunshine and a warmup ahead tomorrow. mid-50's and mostly sunny skies. as we get through the evening, the clouds roll in and that will set the stage for rain. it could move in between 11:00 and 1:00 p.m. that time frame. not an all day event. the rein will move through and clear. and that will bode well for the balls on friday night. we complete the inauguration weather forecast. include the weekend and the next ten days at no extra charge in ten minutes. larry: thanks. we are monitoring a developing story in the district in the last hour and a half police release video of a shooting that left a grandmother dead. stephen tschida is live at the headquarters with a look at the footage.

me this video and it's heartbreaking and demonstrates the carelessness, the lack of concern and the recklessness of those individuals who shoot up d.c. streets without any thought of those who might get caught in the crossfire. surveillance video from camera high position in the 2400 block of elvans road southeast. it shows the moments a suspect opens fire. you see people at the top of the screen. one individual takes off running toward the camera. the suspect takes off in another direction. a closeup shows 68-year-old viverrian in her wheelchair. the suspect unconcerned with her in the line of fire and shoots anyway. her wheelchair spins and you see her fall back. she and a man were hit by the spray of bullets. the man survived. after the shooting the su

foot. the shooting took place at 10:00 monday morning. you can see in the video the suspect is young and thin and apparently left-handed. the search continues. tonight, reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: thank you. two peak are in custody tonight after a -- two people in a custody after a shootout in shaw neighborhood. it started before 10:00 this morning when an off-duty d.c. police officer saw a man driving erratically. the man started firing when he saw he was followed. the driver took off and spun out a short time later. the names of the people arrested and the charges have not been released. alison: bars last-minute intervention from the u.s. supreme court ricky gray will be executed at 9:00 tonight. gray was convicted of kill ising a family of four on the richmond home on new year's day in 2006. his lawyers want the supreme court to stop t

over questions about virginia's lethal injection plan. >> supreme court has doubts about a law that bans trademarks. a band was denied because they say it disparages asians. the case is important to the washington redskins because they lost the trademark because it was deemed offensive to native americans. a win for the slants could be a win for the redskins. alison: a new amazon store is on the way to cecil county, maryland. the company announced a project for 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center. amazon employees more than 3,000 people at the fulfillment center in baltimore. the new facility could create 700 positions and is expected to be built by the end of 2020. larry: coming up at 5:00, heavy rains take a toll. find out why people are told to stay off the roads. alison: then later, what a

in honor of her six children killed in a fire. q: g.o.p. representative tom price likely expected to be grilled today in the confirmation hearing. that is what happened. coming up, the latest on his plan to replace obamacare. larry: as we go to break, congratulations to octavia. she has been named the woman of the year.

alison: the issue of climb change dominated issues on the hill today. this is as nasa announced the earth recorded the hottest ar on record. oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt says he does not believe climate change is a hoax but the pick to head the protection agency faced tough agencies about his record when it comes to things like protecting the oceans and the fisheries. >> i see nothing in your career to give those fishermen any confidence you will care one bit for their well being and

the fossil fuel industry. >> we must reject the false paradigm if you are pronorm, you are anti-environment or if you're anti-environment you are anti- -- proenvironment you are anti-energy. larry: he is just one nominees on the hill. nikki haley testifieded about being the next u.s. ambassador to united nations. wilbur ross spoke about being commerce secretary. but most eyes were on tom price. is there any insight to what is in store once the affordable care act is repealed? q: he didn't say much about the plan. he made one thing certain. obamacare won't be around for much longer if he has anything to do with it.

>> president elect trump vowed to repeal and replace the affordable care act. representative tom price has been trying to do this for years. >> we want to repeal the law and replacement with the positive common sense, patient-centered solutions that put patients and the families and the doctors in charge of healthcare. not washington, d.c. >> however, when asked to reveal his replacement plan today he would only say this. >> we would put together individual health pools to allow every person in the small group and the market challenged with the preexisting illness gain access to coverage they want. >> the latest stats show 20 million americans take advantage of obamacare right now. price's message to them? >> one of the important things we need to convey to the american people is that nobody, nobody is interested in pulling the rug out from under anybody. q: you may remember last week president-elect trump told

replacement plan once the health and human services nominee is confirmed. we will keep you posted on what happens next. that is the latest from the "live desk." back to you. larry: today the senate armed services committee overwhelmingly approved the pick for the defense secretary. that means james mattis' appointment can be sent to the full senate for the vote. alison: 7 on storm watch now as the flash flood warnings are in effect in the houston, texas, region. look at the high water. this prompted 65 calls for rescues. a lot of people there were forced to leave the cars. some areas were hit with five inches of rain overnight. rain is expected to fall for the rest of the week. larry: wow! alison: no break for them at all. larry: it's like every year it seems like. doug: down there, yeah. it looks like at least the shorter term the rain is like showers rather hand the

continuous rainfall. maybe a net sum loss in water level. the question here is when will the rain start? itks like sooner than we thought. around midday, 11:00, 11:30. it's not torrential and it is not raining all day. but have your rain gear with you. you will need it. it's beautiful but it didn't start that way at the nationals park. you wouldn't know it was nationals park without the name up top. plenty of fog this morning. but it lifted and the clouds broke up. it's breezy to bring us in milder air. we have more sunshine tomorrow than today. the temperatures are well above average. today we are above it again. we think our trend will continue for seven to ten days above normal temperatures. 52 at dulles.

through the evening we are clear to party cloudy. nice weather. temperatures drop in 40's. we may have upper 30's by morning. we will get more sunshine today. the winds will be lighter today. 52, 54 for the high. it's delightful weather. later today the high will make a trip across the chesapeake bay. that will allow the cloudiness to increase. this is a question of timing. the best window for the rain to arrive in the west is between 11:30 and 12:30. this is not a huge area. the front will go through and the rain will clear out. we are looking

night. tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 to 6:00 the weather will be fine. dry and systemly mild. we will get to the specifics of the inauguration day. we start off with the cloudy skies. the temperatures are climbing in the 40's. the rain will arrive. several hours and period of rain. it won't rain every minute of the time span but there is a several hour stretch that it will be raining. by the weekend it clears out for one day on saturday. 55 for a high. on sunday the clouds roll back in. 52. much more substantial system approach the area sunday night through monday. talking about the possibility of heavy rain at times. mild. rain sunday and through the day and monday. we think it will clear out tuesday and wednesday. one thing that is curious about this is we will head through the end of the week. in the new year. or the new month with the temperatures

average. there is some indication, computer models that the western two of third of the country gets mighty cold. gooey weather. it used to be easy. january and february used to be predictable. now who knows? larry: nice and steady in the 50's. we will take it. alison: thank you. one of the district's favorite residents is about to leave town. larry: but he doesn't live in the white house or the naval observatory. find out how tow say bye-bye to bao bao. >> as people begin to pour into town for the inauguration we set up the soap box to find out what is on their minds. >> a look at what is coming up tonight on abc.

larry: soon we will say bye-bye to bao bao. the national zoo is planning a party for the 3-year-old panda in february. sometime after that bao bao will be sent to china as part of a plan to improve panda breeding worldwide. for security reasons they will not tell us the exact departure date. there won't be a big celebration and the parade. alison: exactly. larry: like for another departing person. alison: they are doing parties that week. all of the many fans

goodbye. very good. jonathan is standing by now to join in. you have a beautiful view behind you. jonathan: this is something else. this doesn't stink. you are talking about a famous resident bao bao moving. another moving in. trump is sworn in on friday. today, madame tussauds enshrines the likenesses of celebrities in wax. now they have trump, his figure and likeness in now in the madame tussauds wax museum. he will be sworn in on friday. a lot of folks come from around the country to be here for the momentous occasion. brad bell is out with the soap box. he had it on the campaign trail and now has it here. curious to see what people thought about what is coming up. brad: we are seeing that people come in. they are coming down here. a lot of them have the tickets. scouting out the areas to see. they are enjoying the view. we set

what people have on the minds to lead up to the inaugust ration. this is what -- inauguration. this is what they had to tell us. >> i'm excited to witness history with my kids. traveled here from florida. excited to be part of the celebration for the next president.

brad: not everybody loves the idea of trump becoming president but what we are hearing here is people are coming down, seeing the capitol and see it set up. the sense of history is setting in. people are telling us they do appreciate the idea they will be able to be here to see it. near the capitol, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you, brad. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- getting around in the inauguration. "7 on your side" to avoid road closures and potential headaches ahead. sam: the d.c. government has the parried reviewing stand as -- parade reviewing stand and the president has his. how will the two get along in the next several years? i'm sam ford and that is next on abc7 news.

alison: the presidential inauguration will usher in the first republican administration in eight years. on the hill, members of congress started taking aim at the d.c. gun laws. and other measures like death with

the trump administration could mean for the capitol. sam: d.c. muriel bowser was a loyal hillary clinton's supporter. but once trump won, bowser was on her way to trump tower where she told us today -- >> i think it's our job to work with the members of the congress and the next president on the issues that are important to the d.c. residents. sam: with a republican congress there are contentious issue or the d.c. strict gun laws. public funding of abortion. marijuana. two years ago utah republican jason chaffetz threatened mayor bowser with jail if she allowed legal marijuana. she allowed it. >> i have a lot of things to the in the district of columbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. obama had her back. would trump? councilmember white running in one ward received

votes, which is more than twice that trump got in the whole city. >> he said he wanted to be the president for everybody, including the people that didn't vote for him. >> the mayor says she is optimistic, as dut the longest serving member. he says be careful. >> we have to pick our battles. i don't like to get in dispute over the social legislation that the republicans hate and the district likes. d.c. thrived before but it was before the tea party and the sharp turn right by the republicans. will it be different this time? reporting from the john wilson building i'm sam ford. abc7 news. larry: the presidential inauguration committee has been planning this for months. today is a celebration for the p.i.c.

that is the columbus band. that is mike pence's alma mater. today, all 150 members of the band gave the p.i.c. staff surprise performance. it was much needed. madison is a regional press secretary for the p.i.c. she is kind enough to join us now. this is a ton of preparation that goes into this. >> absolutely. we have been hard at work since december to put together not only the swearing in but multiple days of events. we are so excited to see everything, finally the day is here and it's coming together. we are putting final touches on what will happen friday, saturday. >> give everyone folk at home for the days you see. this is not putting in eight hours and going home. this is around the clock stuff. >> so much goes into it. we have to think about security and logistics, ticketing. so much. we have people from the united states, from all over the world >> what is hardes

part? >> security is difficult. you have hundreds of thousands of people. sometimes over a million people in one spot. one small area. we are working with the local law enforcement. over 37 federal agencies. every branch of the military and the homeland security that named this is a national special security event. this is the safest place to be in the country. jonathan: is there an easy part of planning this? >> it is easy because it's fun. it's long hours and a lot of poem are away from home but we are making history. we are inaugurating the 45th president of the united states. historic moment. jonathan: how many people are working on this? hundreds of people putting this together because you have the party the night before and the parade following the inauguration. then all the balls. ton of stuff going on. >> what we are kicking off with tomorrow is a wreath laying ceremony.

celebration after that. that is huge. we have the swearing in, parade and the prayer service. larry: the folks that are coming to the mall for free what do they look for? >> they want to come as early as possible. many roads are blocked off and there is going to be so many people coming. make sure you can get here. you don't want to miss it. jonathan: we put up the closures for you and the easiest ways to get around town. it's a pain. don't even drive. there is no place to park.

have a lot of fun. we want to see your picture. send us your pictures. upload them at burst.com. back to you. larry: still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a look at one of president obama's last official acts could mean down the line. alison: but first -- >> not happy. >> a woman who learned the woman she called mom her hole life may have stolen her from the maternity ward and what it is like to learn the truth. >> at 6:00, wild chase. at rush hour. the seemingly minor traffic violation that started it all and h

steve: i'm steve rudin. the money shot, washington monument. beautiful evening to enjoy the cooler temperatures. i will stay dry for this evening. fast forward to talk about inauguration day. looking at the temperatures that start off in the 40's and will make it to the upper 40's and close to 50. bring your rain gear. rain poncho. it will be cold and damp for the afternoon hours. areas of rain and the temperatures in the upper 40's. but the weekend, a lot is going on here saturday with the women's march. temperatures then are in the middle 50's. cool us down with the added clouds on sundays. but overall we will make sure

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larry: new development with a woman charged kidnapping two daughters. today elaine yates pleaded not guilty in road island courtroom. police tracked her down in texas after anonymous tips. the girls were 10 years about 3 months old when they disappeared. yates is free on bond. alison: the young woman stolen at birth spoke out about it for the first time. alexis known as baby kamaya says the woman who kidnapped her will always be her mother. gloria williams faces charges for kidnapping but alexis didn't want to sea her mother locked up. the on thing she did wrong was take her from a hospital in 1998. >> there that one mistake i was given the best life. i was. i had everything i needed or wanted. i had love especiall

alison: she owes it to her biological parents to give them a chance but feels she has to protect her biological mother. she won't say how she found out. larry: wow! difficult situation to be in. alison: no question. she is handling it in a mature way. larry: no question. a story that touched our heart, the woman who lost six of the nine children in the devastating house fire in baltimore is off the breathing tube tonight. in a facebook post kate malone is tarting to eat ice chip and thank people for the support and she asked people to honor her kids. for bridget, make art, or sing "hamilton "tune. speak out against violence. or sit down with your best friend or the worst enemy and figure something out and solve a problem. for billy, be helpful. for daniel smi

the six children she lost in a devastating fire. her husband was at work when the blaze started. she and three others were able to get out alive. the cause is being investigated. >> coming up at 5:00, she is part coach, part tv analyst and a full-time mom. how the coach of the week finds time for everyone while keeping a while on her face. >> with the road kryzs going in place, parking restrictions. what about metro. coming up, we have the guide to gettin

with road closures, driving and parking is expected to be a real headache. >> if you are traveling by car you really have to plan ahead and think through whether the trip is necessary. >> depending on the day trying

union station could be anything but easy. h.o .v. lanes will be shut down friday morning and won't reopen until after the parade. major thoroughfare downtown will also be closed to cars starting thursday. >> pennsylvania avenue needs to be closed to set up the parade route. >> if you plan to trade four whales for two bikes won't be allowed inside perimeter. the capitol bike shares will be set up downtown so thebeck action is public transit. am track is expanding the schedule in the next coming days. friday metro is opening early and running rush hour until 9:00 a.m. >> metro is urging anyone using a system to buy a smart trip card now. the one-day pass costing

is being sold at c.v.s. stations across the region. brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: time for a check of the roads. jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: we will start off with a live look at what you can see crossing the key bridge. this vantage point is lacking into rosslyn. the two lanes are getting into rosslyn, not too bad. if you have to head to canal, this heavy volume from rosslyn getting in to georgetown closer to m street. talk about the congested spot in addition to what we have here as we move to the map. 395 leaving the city from the pentagon continuing south closer to the mixing bowl. 36 minutes is the average. the big picture look. both directions slowing in 50. that is in maryland. if you are traveling in virginia, 66, stop and go traffic. typical. same on the iner and the outer loop between tysons corner and the american legion bridge. a live

legion bridge shows you. there are no major crashes on the interstate. nothing to slow you down. this is just typical afternoon traffic. alison: ahead new at 6:00, we now have a list of speakers for the women's march on washington. plus thousands of national guardmen arrived in the district. what they are expecting as they help ensure the peaceful transition of power. what prompted a chase down i-66 at rush hour. that is coming up at 6:00. larry: time to get over to doug. lunchbox weather time. doug: yea. molly went to the alexandria country day school in alexandria. [laughter] good time there as they always do. we put a lot of effort into putting together the programs for fourth graders. that is universally the fourth graders studying the weather. i got a special behind the scenes video

and show how we do the weather at abc7 and newschannel8. conducted a few weather experiments inside the classroom. the kids are starting to get squirmy, time to take them outside to check out the stormwatch7. it has equipment in it. we show it there. and the skies cleared out and the sun came out. running the kid nam was carla. and we have a weather question from seneca. >> hi. i'm a fourth grader at alexandria country day school. my question is -- how are you able to predict or forecast the difference between regular rain or when thunder or lightning may occur? doug: good question. how do you predict the difference between the regular rainstorm or one producing thunder and lightning? there is a difference between the two. the one causing thunder and lightning or when it is possible is in a situation where you have strong

air lifting up through the clouds. in the clouds there are positive and negative charges. you will learn about this as you go on in school. larger the separationed the higher density of the positive charges in the clouds and negative charges lower in the clouds on the ground. the fact that rain drops and sleet and snowflakes collide into each other help to get the charges established and separate them. you can get a spark of lightning from separation of the charges. lightning taken to the simple form, statistic electricity is lightning. just like at home if you touch something metal that is how it is constructed with complicating features but a great question. alison: great answer. thank you. larry: i always learn something from the fourth graders. absolutely. thank you. wizards are one of

teams in nba. alison: ahrens has details on this. enders 13 isn't usually a whether you can -- erin: 13 isn't usually a lucky number but it is tonight. it could be the 13th straight home win and the wizards have the longest home winning streak in the nba. that is the longest since 1989. the fourth longest streak in history. what is the franchise record? 22 games. they are halfway there. since i have been here i had an opportunity to work with the former terp christie winter scott. not only was she a basketball star and assistant coach at maryland she is on georgetown and george mason's coaching staff. robert burton tells us more in the coach of the week. robert: what doesn't she do? a her of three. wife. wnba and nb ab analyst. >> they have been knocking down the shot after shot. robert: colleg

analyst. she coaches high school basketball. >> when all of four us have something in the evening or my husband wants to play in the adult league for basketball it's crazy. the crock-pot works really well. we have a great plan of action. robert: when she is not you breaking down the wizards or the terps she is dealing with her own x's and o's. >> someone asked me if i would have been coaching here i would have said no. here i am. it's a blessing to be here around the young women and know we bleed the same blue and green. a lot to be said for that. >> she has been coaching for 12 years and she still gets goosebump before every tip. >> it is given valuable to me.

i am by hind them 100%. robert: with the coach of the week. robert burton. erin: i love her. alison: she is so strikingly beautiful and tall and smart. erin: beautiful. and the sweetest person. i love her. awesome. larry: so talented. erin: looking at her why bio, she did that and that? alison: and love a crock-pot. larry: the key to life. exactly. >> thanks. talk to you soon. it's a final act of the presidency. >> but when we come back we talk about the impact the pardons and the commutations could have down the line.

larry: scott thuman is breaking down reaction. scott: last-minute moves by the presidents often make headlines but don't often catch so many on capitol hill so off-guard as the decision to commute chelsea manning 35-year sentence. >> traitor. it should have been 35 years. >> what message do we send to the next person? >> why did he do it? >> due process was carried out. she took responsibility for her crime. the sentence she received was does proportionm. >> did the chelsea manning move surprise you at all? >> it did. i'm not sure why he did that. it was continued support for that community. >> she is referring to president obamas support of the lgbt community. there is some speculation it could be part of an

get wikileaks founder julian assange to turn himself in. >> i think you come to expect them. the biggest, most historic one was president ford pardoning richard nixon for crimes against the state. that was a pretty costly one. you can argue that contributed to ford losing his election. >> this critics say could be costly in a much more damaging way. >> for the president, especially president who has made so much recently about the danger that wikileaks posed to the national security to commute private manning's sentence is disappointing. >> so would or could trump do anything about this? no indication yet from the team. but several experts we talk to said once the decisions are made and made public, they cannot be rescinded. i'm scott thuman. larry: is it for five five. eight now at 6:00, the major security efforts in place two days ahead of the

monitoring the 41st president as george h.w. bush and barbara bush are both hospitalized. new video showing the man accused of killing a d.c. grandmother. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. >> now, abc7 news at 6:00. on your side. >> two days to go in the presidential inauguration. this is a live look at the final preparations are underway at the capitol. oath of office will be administered. michelle: that is a small part of the big picture. we have team coverage. we will check in with richard reeve in a moment. alison: but first, jonathan elias leads coverage from the studios overlooking the capitol. jonathan: we have great seats. you can see the capitol over the right shoulder. on the left of me is the parade route down constitution avenue. we will be here friday for the

we have -- parade and the inauguration. one, parking is nonexist tant. two, security. there are thousands of law enforcement members here. national guard, 7,500 will be here. dozens of roads are set to close at 3:00 in the morning. something else is the security. start with that. richard reeve joining us from the armory with that part of the coverage. rich? richard: the national guard units have been arriving all afternoon long. they cannot carry side arms. they don't have arrest power. but they will be a key part of the security this week. s. >> grabbing the gear. the first time ever leaving the s