this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. both in person and around the globe. >> right now on "news 4 today," seeking the truth. one version from president trump and a dispute whether video tells a different story about crowds at the inauguration. spreading a message from d.c. to around the globe, millions are calling on donald trump to hear their concerns. first comes the fog, then it's the rain. storm team 4 tracking showers and how you can plan for downpours head our way today. changeable forecast. it's been a little busy around

national hugging day. did you know that? hug time. >> hugs at 6:00 a.m. this morning. good morning to you. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. two days in a row dealing with the fog. >> tom kiran r kieren here with a look at the forecast. >> well, the weather is not huggable. we have some dense fog again this morning areas north and west of washington. the pavement is all damp this morning. temperatures are kind of chilly. we're in the 40s. all those areas you see in gray under this dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. visibility is there. a quarter mile or less. latest visibilities are about a tenth of a mile at dulles. right downtown, not bad at all. parts of the shenandoah valley down to half a mile visibility. not quite as thick as yesterday morning. we're in the low and mid-40s. look at that rain timing coming up in a fewmi

today is the second full day of president trump's new administration. >> and the president will have a very busy schedule today. news 4's david culver joining us live at the live desk with the breakdown. >> hey there. we are expecting what is to be a routine day for the president and his new job today. some of the more routine matters he's hoping to tackle, including overseeing the swearing in of some of his high-level staffers. tonight he'll attend a reception. as for white house staff, they're going to get an ethics briefing and a briefing on handling classified information. the president says he considers monday to be his first real day in office. that's when we can expect more action to take place. that includes the possibility of more executive orders. we're going to be looking into that and keeping tabsn to from the live desk. back to you. >> thank you, david. well, women's marches flooded

world as well as here in d.c. it overwhelmed metro stations and downtown streets. take a look at this line. i actually showed this video on twitter. adam, you were there. didn't you shoot this? >> some of that, yeah. >> the long line to get into greenbelt. it was huge. once the demonstrators, which included women and men of all ages and political parties, finally made it to the it national mall, they brought signs with them and loud voices. they were sending raw messages to the new trump administration. simply put, they want to ensure the progression of rights and social equality and not backtrack. >> well, it was crowded all over d.c. homeland security director estimates the crowd exceeded 500,000 people. not one person was arrested though. it's a stark difference from the day before when 217 out of control protesters were arrested. yesterday's marcs

>> we actually came out for the inauguration, believe it or not. i took my brother. he's a big trump fan. he came with me to the women's march. so we have different views on things, but we love each other and came together. i went with him yesterday, he came with me today. >> i'm 14. >> did you ever imagine you'd be out here in your nation's capital? >> i did not think i needed to be, but when the time come, the time comes. >> celeb tis like madonna, alicia keys, and well-known activists led the charge on the national mall. you can download our app to look back on what will surely be remembered as quite a historic day here in washington. fans of nbc washington on facebook can't stop commenting on this story. the white house scorned the press for the overall coverage of the size of the inauguration crowd. jackie benson has reaction from people who were there. >> reporter: the national park service twitter account retweeted this

side-by-side images of the 2009 and 2017 presidential inaugurations. the account then went dark until this tweet that says, we regret the mistaken retweet was posted. >> these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. >> reporter: white house communications director sean spicer brought up the issue at a press briefing he claimed many news images had been taken in ways to minimize the size of crowds on the mall during the inauguration. he added -- >> this was the largest audience to ever witness and inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. >> there are maybe thousands of people that weren't in there to be represented in that photograph. >> reporter: judy gilbert and her family were on the mall for president trump's inauguration. she thinks any gaps in the crowd were not due to a lack of attendees but problems with access. >> i also know that there were hundreds, maybe 2,000 people that weren't allowed in the mall because of security. an

the disrupt group. >> we were here both days. we believe for sure there was more people here today. >> that was jackie benson reporting. we've been asking on our nbc washington facebook page if you think the white house should comment on the women's march. the majority of you say the president should respond, but they don't think that he will. >> and we have also been tracking social media, watching it light up with reaction to the press secretary's comments about the crowds at president trump's inauguration. sean spicer accused the media of dishonestly while claiming the inauguration was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but he didn't provide any evidence. social media reacted with the hashtag spicer facts. here are some of the tweets we found. christmas is on december 22nd. vinegar and oil combine

seamlessly, period. i am iron man and the earth is flat. it goes on and on. we're going to continue to follow up and track what bubbles up on social media. back to you. >> my goodness. what a first day. well, you'll need the wipers on while you're out and about today. tom is tracking a day filled with showers and how to plan for the upcoming week ahead. out west, flooding is a major concern. dangerous rescues as flood waters force people from their cars and homes. we' back in a minute. re

a helicopter and team of divers swooped in to rescue two men who were stuck in a washed out creek. this is in arizona. the rescue was all caught on camera. the pair was trying to crosshe

their car out about 20 feet from the bank. one of the men rescued says it happened so fast that they had no time to react. though o no one was hurt. meanwhile, high water in california also created a dangerous situation. 21 people had to be rescued from flooding after a levee broke. this is the second time flooding has happened in two weeks in that part of the country. the water is too deep to drive through. in some spots, it's expected to get worse. forecasters say another storm is on the way and people may be forced to leave their homes again. thankfully we aren't dealing with that much, but we have the fog. you see the capitol building back here, which is just shrouded in fog. >> and we are expecting some rain drops. in fact, this could spill over into the start of our work weerk. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> but this time tomorrow, we'll be dealing with moderate to heavy downpours. between now and then, settled. just some low clouds and fog

around this morning. theedne dense fog advisory unti 10:00 this morning. visibilities may be down to a quarter mile or less. out driving early this morning, definitely use your low beams. temperatures right now are in the 40s from the shenandoah valley to the bay. reagan national is at 47 degrees. not going to warm very much today. temperatures by 10:00 still hovering in the upper 40s, chilly and damp. by mid afternoon, low 50s. not until after sunset we'll likely start seeing light rain showers moving through. light rain until 10:00 p.m. it's after midnight tonight that we'll likely see some rain. right now getting some moderate showers on the eastern shore. that's pulling away. the main area of rain i'm concerned about is way down here coming out of south korea into georgia. that's tracking up to the north. here's the hour-by-hour timing. by 5:00 p.m., maybe a few

it's after that we'll start to see the rain pick up a bit in intensity. all this area in yellow and orange, that's coming into west-central virginia by about 6:00 a.m. on monday. that advances for the morning commute. much of maryland and virginia passing moderate to heavy downpours, maybe even mixing with wet snow in the mountains and the panhandle of west virginia. by 6:00 p.m., just lingering light sprinkles and most of it's over by 10:00 tomorrow night. between now and then, we'll have temperatures hovering in the mid-50s this afternoon. 40s tomorrow morning. the rain tapers off tomorrow in the evening. we'll be in the mid-50s before that. then on tuesday, we'll have some welcome sunshine back by the afternoon. 40s in the morning. highs, mid-50s. wednesday, up near 60 degrees with bright sunshine. we stay dry all the way into next weekend. but it does get chilly. in fact, our first sub-freezing day in a long time may be next saturday morning and sunday morning. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom.

coming up next. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. good morning. with the inauguration over, how will life change for workers and residents in the washington region? and how has the transition impacted the local economy? it's estimated our region could get a $1 billion bump from all the festivities, the demonstrations, the spending on hotels, restaurants, transportation, and other services. tom sherwood and adam tuss are with us this morning. gentlemen, what do you think will be some of the first changes that the people will notice? >> well, we get to say president trump instead of president-elect trump now. one of the big things is president obama staying in washington. he and michelle, the former first lady, now are going to be living in kalorama. so now there's two presidential moto

in traffic. >> not to mention ivanka. >> his wife lives a lot in new york. >> but there is something to be said for that. certain neighborhoods will get an influx of people. there will be different ways people go around and security will change in certain places. it's not going to be this big thing. i think we were kind of talking before the show about how there's kind of this myth about how d.c. changes every four years. not necessarily true that it does. yes, there are administrations that change hands every four or eight years, but it's not necessarily true that we have this huge influx of new people that come in. >> people who have lived here for a while would appreciate this. we used to be the company town for the federal government. now the city has grown to 680,000. many of them have nothing to do with the federal government or international government. they work here, live here, play here. so you'll have several thousand people, every new department head has to come into town and get a place to l

this is just a very democratic city. the one big question is whether or not president trump and this very republican congress will interfere with the local city government. >> well, let's talk first about the business, the transition. how has that impacted us? >> well, the transition is going to be playing out for months. we had all the events over the weekend. we had all of this, a lot of the protesters coming to try to disrupt. >> were hotels as full as they were four years ago? >> the washington business journal reported this past week that the hotels were only about 40% full compared to 60% for the last obama inauguration. i think even like 90% when he had this historic inauguration in 2009. but we're in different times. we don't know how much president trump is going to be involved in local issues. mayer bow ee eer

york. she still hasn't said what they talked about. she's looking forward to him being the infrastructure president. >> she did mention metro. she mentioned that was on the forefront and maybe her top priority, fixing the transit system. >> there are viewers in the whole region, though -- the federal government has done little operationally to help the metro. maybe there will be a reset. trump himself would recognize that to get the federal workers into their jobs, we need better metro. >> adam, the interior secretary nominee wants to make fixing infrastructure a priority. several local members of congress set out, did not go to the inauguration. do you think that could have any impact on projects, roads, bridges? >> that's a really tough call. i don't think -- people have been asking me this question all week long. what's going to happen, the way money gets doled out for transportation prje

divided. in every administration, that's something that's really contentious. you have to prove that projects meet a certain criteria. then the federal government, you know, be it the federal transit administration, whoever, doles out this money. the department of transportation. for projects they see fit. but every administration is different. i think back to the bush administration three terms ago where the silver line was kind of on its death bed, brought back to life, and then on its death bed. the bush administration had a lot to do with potentially killing it or bringing it back to life. there are decisions like that, that can affect big projects that can make a meaningful impact on everybody. we just don't know. it's a hard, hard question to ask because it's true that certain administrations also take a stronger look at roads and bridges and other ones take a stronger look at transit and those kind of things. we'll have to see how it all plays out. he's talked a lot about rebuilding airports, bridge, roads, transit, all

country. proof is going to be in the pudding. >> one thing, local politics-wise, i think it's interesting that the federal government, the general services administration, has not yet decided where the fbi headquarters is going to go. larry hogan's a strong republican, very popular in the state of maryland. he wants it to go to prince george's county. if things are all equal, if i'm president trump, i say larry hogan wouldn't even acknowledge me, spent an entire year not supporting the nominee for the republican party, but in virginia, which is a competitive state, a purple state, maybe i could build some goodwill there. now, you think this is not the way things are done. if, in fact, legally the general services administration says you can go to either the three places, the two in virginia or the one in prince george's, and somebody has to make the decision. maybe larry hogan will be left out in the cold. people forget this. we say it all the time, but they don't really think about it. we

the metropolitan region. for every one federal government job, it creates six private sector jobs. so there are a lot of people sitting at home right now wondering how they're going to be impacted by the president trump administration. >> time will tell. we've got to take a break. we'll be right back.

the fight for 15 in montgomery county. the council has voted to w ed d the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. council opponents are hoping to delay action so they can study the impact on businesses. the district has already done this. this is something

liggett is not sure about. >> he thinks a lot of small businesses can't afford $15 an hour. that's rapidly gaining attention across the country. the district will go to $15 by 2020, but it affects a lot of different people. this is another thing where the trump administration may or may not get involved and try to raise the federal minimum wage. it hasn't been raised since 2009, $7.25. most people say it needs to be raised. the question is how much on the federal level. ike liggett doesn't want to get ahead and have businesses not locate in montgomery county or perhaps move from montgomery county because of a higher minimum wage there. that has not been the case in the district. people worried people would move out of the district. the city raised the minimum wage and there's been no reaction. >> that's a tough thing to figure out, what the level is you can raise where are minimum wage to, keep your business happy. we'll have to see how that goes fo

gubernatorial race has attracted big money. the lieutenant governor ralph northam is leading the pack. he's raised $2.5 million so far. ed gillespie leads the republican field. former congressman tom perriello won't have to disclose his fundraising until april. size this race up for us so far. >> well, ed gillespie is the big foot in the race on the republican side. he nearly beat mark warner for the senate a couple years ago. he's been going around the entire state campaigning, just as terry mcauliffe did when he ran for governor the first time. he spent the next four years campaigning. ed gillespie's done something similar. cory is trying to out-trump trump saying the republican party needs more action, needs to be more aggressive. bute

something. he says it's no a matter of money. it's a matter of getting people excited. he thinks people aren't excited about ed gillespie, just as on the democratic side, lieutenant governor ralph northam is a very mild-mannered person. very progressive and votes a lot of ways democrats like. but tom perriello says we got to be more aggressive, he's more bernie sanders like. so it's an interesting rate. it's too early in the campaign. in virginia, you can spend whatever you want on the race. there's very few limits on campaign dollars, so you can see a lot more money flowing once people figure out who they think is going to win. >> the republican governor's association kicked in $5 million to a committee. that speaks volumes. >> yes, it does. this is a classic case. a lot of the election will be played out in the three corners of the virginia. here in northern virginia, where there's a strong democratic presence. the republicans have to make it up in the shenandoah

far southeast virginia and in the hampton roads area. turning to d.c. politics, vinson gray is back at the wilson building in the ward seven council seat. vincent gray has hit the ground working. he's chairing the council's health committee and already grabbing the spotlight, even taking a few jabs at the mayor and her work. >> you don't say. i don't think anybody sees that coming. >> it's the biggest news of 2017 so far. >> you think so? yeah, no, i think anyone who's inside that, they can say all they want. you've talked to the mayor, the former mayor and current mayor, extensively. vince gray is going to run for mayor again, don't you think? >> i don't think he's made that decision. >> he's not denied it. >> but there's a difference. he's a very cautious person, actually. does he want to run for mayor? i think most people would say he wants to run for mayor. will he just get into a race regardless of whether he has a good chance to

no, but he's playing the cards right. he say he's going to be the best ward seven councilmember he can be. he's going to focus on getting a hospital east of the river, which desperately needs one. he's introducing legislation to beef up the police department. he's doing things where he can challenge the mayor. mayor bowser is trying to respond to that, but she also doesn't want to give him a lot of attention by criticizing him. it's a tense relationship as they go forward. i don't think you'll see vince gray jumping out there too early. the attorney general also is doing a dance, if i can use that phrase. doing a lot of community events. very aggressive attorney general. he wants to run for mayor. will he run? we don't know yet. he said he would wait until the summer to decide what he's going to do next. >> if you use i-66 in virginia, you're going to soon see new electronic

workers have put up the first pieces of a new toll road in place. there are other changes coming. adam, how's this dynamic tolling going to work? >> i-66 is going to be changed permanently, forever. the interesting thing about this project is that 66 is getting tolls inside and outside the beltway. inside the beltway, there are a whole set of rules for how you can use i-66. the state is taking control of that project rather than turning it over to a public company like they've done with some of the other projects on the beltway and outside on 66. but what's going to happen is in the rush hour periods, eastbound in the morning, westbound in the afternoon, you are now going to be able to pay a toll to use that road. if you're hov, you can use it for free. the promise there is you'll get a speedy commute. so the toll rises and falls based upon the level of congestion. the idea is that if too many people are in the lanes, the toll can rise up so that some people won't get

proceed at a fast clip. you're supposed to be able to go at least 55 miles an hour during rush hour. sounds great for i-66. >> sounds high tech. >> it does. here's the thing about northern virginia though. this is kind of where they are -- transportation officials are sliding their money. they have kind of figured out that the way to get through congestion is to pay for it. whether or not you're willing to pay, you get to make that decision. no one is charging you a toll. if you want to start a carpool, you can use that road for free. if you want to pay the toll, you have the option to do it. i'll tell you what, a lot of people say i'll pay that toll. >> if you go on to the toll road, it's not going to go up while you're on it. >> well, it could, but you know what the toll is once you get on it. >> we talked about -- you made it a life career doing northern virginia traffic. is there a point in the future where people look ahead and say, okay, we'll have the silver line out to dulles, this

have tolls, where we'll have manageable traffic, or is it always going to be behind the curve trying to fix things? >> i think when people ask about a silver bullet, there's no one thing. there's many different things. so part of the things you talk about are part of the overall solution of how to fix transportation. it's a rail, new toll roads, it's other things. but it's also a culture change. we need to figure out ways to not be in our cars. telework needs become more of a thing. self-driving cars, that's the wave of the future. and if people can shed their cars, well, then guess what, there are not as many cars on the roads. >> we can get out of traffic. >> that's the way we have to think about it. >> because the region is growing like crazy. 200,000 more people in the district. >> we got to go. thank you. that is "reporters notebook." "news 4 today" is next.

time right now is 6:29 on this sunday morning. here are the top stories we're following for you. no arrests were made during the women's march on washington. the d.c. homeland security director estimates that the women's march crowd exceeded 500,000 people. it is a very busy day for president trump in his second full day in office. the president will oversee the swearing in of his high-level staffers. he will also attend a reception for the first responders who supported his inauguration. the white house press secretary sean spicer slammed the media yesterday, criticizing the reporting on the size of friday's inauguration, claiming, quote, it was the largest audience to ever witness inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. spicer did not provide any evidence to support that. take a breath, right? >> these past couple of days, this is why you love to live in washington, but man, it has been busy. >> yeah, but in addition to

stories happening not only nationally but across the globe. so we're going to get to those in a minute. first, a very good sunday morning to you. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. we have weather to talk about here. look at the capitol building. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with more on our foggy start to sunday. >> yes, a day to exhale as we start off this sunday morning. we have some more fog around. not quite as dense as it was yesterday morning at this same time. pretty much the same areas north and west of the metro area. dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. visibility is a quarter mile or less. use your low beams as we'll have this patchy dense fog around for several more hours. temperatures low to mid-40s just about everywhere. reagan national is at 47 degrees. we'll be in the low 50s during the afternoon. probably no rain arriving until after sunset. into the evening hours, light rain. temperatures back down near 50 by late evening.

chances, new timing on that, coming right up. >> thank you, tom. a day after the inauguration, women's march crowds filled the national mall. this was on what was a very foggy day. so many people turned out for the event that the actual march never really moved. instead, the crowds stretched so long what was supposed to be the two-mile route. jay gray takes you into the middle of what exploded into an international movement. >> reporter: the streets and national mall started to fill early, some climbing trees, others standing on cars. 500,000 or more taking over the capital city. >> you're just going to run into barriers. you have to head north. >> reporter: the direction for most here was clear, evident from the homemade signs that so many were carrying and the words that echoed from the crowds. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: and the stage, where dozens of celebrities joined the grassroots effort. >> if we do not stand

for the next four years, then we will lose together. >> reporter: unity shared by tens of thousands topped in pink. >> it is a symbol of the woman grabbing back. >> reporter: and while the new president was the primary target for many of the women and men here, the message runs deeper. >> to me, it's about what we're for instead of what we're against. we're for women. we're for equality. >> reporter: there were hundreds of sister marches across the country, but the flash point was washington. >> this is important for me right now to engage in our democracy. >> reporter: a march and message that hundreds of thousands across the country hope will resonate in the nation's capital. jay gray, nbc news, washington. >> and many of you have been sharing pictures from the women's march on washington on social media. this picture shows a group of women with a sign that reads "women's rights are human

rights." the next picture, this is another picture here. be focused and be hopeful. be empowered. moving on to this picture, it shows two little girls with posters. finally, this poster says "science and every day life cannot and should not be separated." we would love to see all of your pictures and your thoughts. be sure to include #nbc4dc so we can find your post and share them on the air. adam? >> busy day yesterday. you may have noticed those pink hats with kitten ears being worn at the march. some of them were made here in the district. earlier this week, we talked to organizers who knitted the hats for the march. they told us wearing pink is a powerful statement about being unapologetically feminine as well as standing for women's rights. it was also a symbol of solidarity referencing president trump's comments about grabbing women by their private parts. tens of thousands of women

s sister marches. we have a report from london on the message that the participants wanted to send to president trump. >> reporter: a big day in washington, but countries around the world also reacting to friday's inauguration of donald trump. hundreds of women's marches this saturday all across the world, sister rallies to the main event in washington. one of the biggest was right here in london. we saw tens of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets just after midday. >> the very first day of his presidency is marked by an international wave of protests. that is historic. >> reporter: some of the banners they were carrying were about gender equality and congresswomen's rights. clearly a lot of folks intending to send a message to donald trump as well. some of the protesters expressing outrage over what was perceived as sexist behavior by him on and off the trail. >> we want to make a deference in the world. women shouldn't be

because of their gender. >> it's a free world. he thinks it's okay to grope women. what message does that send to all men of the world? >> reporter: the crowd in london was diverse. men, women, families. the mayor of london was also present. he's made no secret of his disdain for president trump. organizers say the turnout here in london was anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000, the second largest outside of the united states. nbc news, london. well, some of the inaugural day protesters have been released. one by one, some of the 230 people arrested were set free outside of d.c. superior court. police were donning riot gear just in case. crowds chanted as each person came out of that courtroom. part of the judge's release order told the protesters to, quoted, not get arrested again in d.c., end quote. a spokesperson for the u.s. attorney's office says

decade in prison and up to a $25,000 fine. well, president donald trump's first full day in the white house was a busy one. it started with a prayer and ended with sharp criticism of the media, of course. nbc's brian mooar has a look. >> reporter: president trump began his first full day in office on a traditional note at a national prayer service, but he veered into unconventional territory hours later during a peace mission at the cia. >> i am so behind you, and i know maybe sometimes you haven't gotten the backing that you've wanted. >> reporter: after weeks of dismissing intelligence community findings about russia hacking the election and claiming the cia's director leaked fake news, he now professes deep respect. >> i am with you a thousand percent, and the reason you're my first stop is a

know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. >> reporter: he accused the media of piping a feud that doesn't exist, then claimed reporters lowballed crowd estimates for his inauguration. >> it looked like a million, million and a half people. they showed a field where there was nobody standing there. >> reporter: new press secretary sean spicer made the case in an unusual saturday briefing at the white house. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. >> reporter: this was the view from the washington monument as donald trump took the oath of office, an image that's now the subject of debate. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. well, president trump will meet with his first foreign leader this week. british prime minister theresa may is expected to visit trump on friday. the president will also meet with mexico's president at the end of the month. they're expected to talk about trade, immigration, and

proposed building a wall along the southern border and insists that mexico will pay for it. prayers are being offered for the new president and the nation. washington's archbishop cardinal donald whirl celebrated mass last night at the cathedral of st. matthew the apostle. he offered a special prayer for those part of the new administration. he asked the congregation to use religion as a way to unite the country through change. >> we bring our gifts, our vision, our hopes, our aspirations as we open a new chapter, and we pray that god's spirit be with all of us. >> the cardinal was also part of the national prayer service held for the trump and pence families earlier in the day. well, pope francis says he wants to see what president donald trump will do before giving an opinion of him.

to evaluate people too soon. when asked about populist style leaders, he warned against looking for a savior during times of crisis. well, the time right now is 6:40. president trump's first days in office will be the topic on "meet the press." moderator chuck todd will speak with senate minority leader chuck schumer and counselor to the president kellyanne conway. a mysterious homicide in prince george's county has police searching for clues. they say a man's body was found in the woods yesterday afternoon. police say there was trauma to his body, but they have not released any information about that victim. no suspect has been identified. meanwhile, train tragedy in india. at least 32 people died when a train derailed in southern india around midnight. rescue crewed tried to cut out the mangled coach cars. workers used flashlights to peer through the windows. police say most of the dead and i

sad story there. meanwhile, a massive earthquake has struck the solomon islands in the pacific ocean. the pacific tsunami warning center says it could create tsunami waves on nearby islands. there have been no immediate reports of deaths or damage. the islands are part of the geologically active ring of fire. right now we want to take a live look at storm team 4 radar. rain is here, and a round of heavy showers is headed our way. tom is closely tracking and timing what we need to watch. it's 6:41. stay with us.

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good morning. starting off this sunday morning with patchy, dense fog. all these areas in gray just north and west of washington, wi where visibilities are down a quarter of a mile in many locations. we'll stay that way until 10:00 this morning. that's when the weather advisory

flat lining throughout the morning in the upper 40s then start to climb into the low 50s early afternoon. i have new hour-by-hour rain timing coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. white house press secretary sean spicer came out swinging in his first briefing on saturday. >> you can say that. he took issue with media coverage, suggesting that the size of president trump's inauguration was smaller than previous crowds. let's bring in the moderator of nbc's "meet the press," chuck todd. you tweeted yesterday, i've run out of explanations, adjectives. why do we even care about this? >> i don't. i don't know why we're litigating it. the fact that the president of the united states asked his press secretary to go out there and make a statement that's provably false like the second he says it -- >> there's holes all over it. >> but this is setting a tone for day one of the presidency. so now you have a press secretary who you cannot-

word you cannot take him at. if the first time he meets the press officially -- and you have to remember, this is not the spokesperson for donald trump. there are times when the press secretary for the white house is the spokesperson for every single american. so to start out this way is essentially insulting the entire country. to lie on behalf of the entire country. i don't know if -- you know, it's their first day. i don't know if they realize exactly how much of a debacle this was for them. >> it's hard to ignore what happened here in washington yesterday. the hundreds and thousands of people on the national mall. i know in that press briefing, if i'm correct, there were questions about a response to the women's march on washington. but there were no answers. do you expect to get a response? >> kellyanne conway, who's the president's counselor,

his senior aides, she's going to be on the show. i assume she'll react. we have a statement. they didn't really respond. it's one thing to respond to a march in washington, this was -- look, i was stunned. to see these photos, aerial shot after aerial shot from every major city in this country. then we have things like anchorage, alaska. 2,000 people braved 15 degrees and snow. you see the worldwide response. antarctica even had a mini protest. we're a divided country. that was clear. president trump used his inaugural address in some ways to essentially point out the divide, not -- you negotiatiokn of folks, myself included, were surprised he didn't make some attempt to bridge the divide. the speech didn't do that. you can't help but wonder, what would the marches have looked like yesterday had there been more of an effort on friday by president trump to do what

single other president who has come into office in a divided time has done, which is to try to credibly call for unity. >> even this morning the white house has put out a statement about the marches. they didn't answer questions about it yesterday. a statement has come out this morning saying basically it's a shame that the pro-life march won't get the same amount of coverage this coming week. i mean, where is -- >> well, it's a typical response. it's not a response. it's just simply a deflection. >> here's another opportunity though to say, you fknow what, e heard you loud and clear. >> democracy in action. celebrate it. here's the beauty. it was democracy in action. we saw it all, full display. it's the sound of democracy. friday and saturday, there was the sounds of democracy, good, bad, and ugly. that's the upside. you can embrace that. there are a number of ways to deal with this. look at the nixon playbook. richard nixon made more efforts to talk to protesters. that famous time where he went out and spoke to protes.

of incredibly divided times, '68, the most divisive year arguably in the 20th century for america. he spoke of unity and made some efforts to talk to those protesters. so this is a head scratcher to me. i think it's -- you know, you never get your first day in office back. >> yeah. >> it's true. >> well, we have a lot more to talk with you about. thank goodness you're stopping back in the 10:00 hour. >> i may steal more time from to you. >> you should. absolutely. >> you'll be talking with kellyanne conway, the counsel to president trump on "meet the press." and chuck schumer. >> and scarlett johansson, who was at the march here. >> absolutely. >> she in house right now? adam wants to know. >> just asking for a friend. you can see "meet the press" every sunday at 10:30. meanwhile, former first lady barbara bush might get out of the hospital today in houston. she's been recovering from a case of bronchitis.

president george h.w. bush, is expected to stay in intensive care for a few more days. the 92-year-old is being treated for breathing problems from pneumonia. well, the first family, meanwhile, is settling into their new home on pennsylvania avenue. >> donald trump jr. posted this video to instagram and twitter. it shows his wife vanessa throwing the bowling ball down the white house bowling lane. don jr. took notice and said, quote, doing pretty well considering she's in heels. >> cool. which president put in the bowling alley? was it roosevelt? we'll have to get the answer to that question. somebody did that. but meanwhile, tom, look at the capitol behind us. nothing but fog out there. >> you can barely see it. >> but actually, right there at ground level, it's not bad at all. you get up about a hundred feet or so, the top of the capitol is kind of in the clouds. so depending on where you are, if you're at a higher elevation, you're seeing thick fog this morning. if you plan on getting out, getting exercise

with that fog this morning. temperatures by 10:00 still hovering in the upper 40s. during the afternoon, we'll be around 50 degrees or so. maybe in the low to mid-50s mid to late afternoon. a light rain coming in. if you plan on getting a run in or something, that's going to be moving in around 6:00 p.m. storm team 4 radar showing some of that rain on the eastern shore pulling away. this is the area of rain that's likely coming out of carolinas our way later tonight. the hour-by-hour timing on that, after 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. we'll see some of that off-and-on light rain this morning. for the morning commute on monday, we'll likely get some moderate downpours from time to time. maybe some ponding of water. no general flooding. ponding of water into the afternoon hours. some cold air comes in, may change over to rain and mixing it with some wet snow. panhandle of west virginia, maybe the northern shenandoah valley. for the monday commute, wet roads as well as through the noon hour and by 5:00 p.m. we'll be hovering around 50 degrees by then as well.

we'll be glad to dry out because you'll need a raincoat, rain boots, umbrella, and poncho for monday. drying out on tuesday and toward midweek. near 60 on wednesday. next weekend, getting chilly and cold. highs just in the 40s. morning lows maybe below freezing. that's the way it looks. >> tom, thank you very much. coming up, celebrating donald trump's presidency. how russian lawmakers are welcoming the new administration and how long until putin and the president may et in person. me

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it looks like russia is embracing president donald trump. some russians threw parties to celebrate his inauguration. the u.s. government has accused russia of attempting to interfere with the election to help trump win, an accusation russia has denied. some russian lawmakers are welcoming the new administration. >> trump is a real american. of course, he will be pro-american. but it doesn't mean he shoulde

anti-russian. >> a spokesperson for the russian leader says putin is ready to meet with president trump and adds the meeting may take months. well, as expected, "saturday night live" took a jab at the new president last night. >> while we didn't see alec baldwin's portrayal of the new president, "snl" took a different approach using a fake vladimir putin to hit the crowd size of his inauguration. >> donald, let's talk as friends. you're not off to a great start, man. i thought you'd be better at this. however, i'm glad to see so many people show up to your inauguration. oh, wait, that's the women's march. here is inauguration. >> oh, yeah. at the end of the show, the "snl" cast paid tribute to former president barack obama. they stood in front of a large black and white portrait of the former president and sang "to sir, with love." so much happening over these last two days. f

spin on it for you. >> but big sean, he performed. >> tune in for that if you didn't see it. we do have much more ahead on "news 4 today." that includes an hour-by-hour look at our forecast. >> with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, who says we're off to a foggy start. stay with us.

as you know, i have a running war with the media. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. right now on "news 4 today," seeking the truth. one version from president trump and a dispute whether video tells a different story about crowds at the inauguration. >> spre spreading a message. from d.c. around the globe, millions are calling on donald trump to hear their concerns. first comes the rain, now the fog. storm team 4 tracking showers and how you can plan for downpours headed our way. first, it is 7:00 on this sunday morning. exhale. made it through the inauguration, the march, and everything is looking all right. good morning to you. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. we're so glad you could join us early on this sunday morning. in parts of our region, the fog is starting to finally lift. >> a little bit. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> visibility is not too bad in the metro

we do have some patchy dense fog. visibilities in many of those locations are down to a quarter of a mile or less. this map showing those areas with the densest fog. it's mainly northern montgomery county. dulles down to a tenth of a mile now. elsewhere, visibilities are in the too bad. we will have this fog around with us here through 10:00. temperatures hovering in the upper 40s. by 2:00, the low 50s. cloudy and school afternoon. light rain arrives by 6:00 p.m. that continues into the evening. back down to near 50 by 10:00 p.m. i've got new hour-by-hour timing for the heavier rain on monday. that's coming up. >> tom, thank you very much. for the first time, the white house is reacting to yesterday's women's march on washington. >> news 4's david culver is at the live desk with the statement. >> hey there. we just got this in within the past half hour. i want to show you a live look from the white house rig

you can see this is a picture of it. we'll pull it up shortly. the trump administration official putting this out this morning. we can actually go now to this statement. i know you referenced it when you were talking to chuck todd a short time ago. we look live at the white house. the statement reads, quote, it's a shame that the march for life, which estimates the same number of marchers in d.c., 650,000 in 2013, and will be happening next friday, will not get anywhere near the same amount of coverage that this march got. and goes on to say those pro-life members were not welcome. meanwhile, the president going to have a very busy day. let's look ahead at his agenda. he's going to oversee the swearing in of some of his high-level staffers. tonight he'll attend a reception for law enforcement as well as first responders, those who po

they also have a busy sunday. an ethics briefing will take place. there's going to be a briefing on handling classified information later today. if you want to read that full statement that was sent out this morning, i tweeted it out a short time ago. >> all right. thank you, david. meanwhile, women's marches flooded the streets around the world. here in d.c., it overwhelmed the metro stations as well as downtown streets. i shared this video on my twitter page. adam shot some of it. it's the long lines we saw to get into the greenbelt station. once the demonstrators, which included men and women of all ages and religious and political parties, finally made it to the national mall, they brought signs with them and also their loud voices. there was a lot of chanting. they were sending a raw message, they say, to the new trump administration. simply put, they want to ensure the progression of rights and social equality and they don't want us to backtrack. >> it was one of the busiest days all around. d.c. homeland security director estimates that the women's march

500,000 people. not one person was arrested, actually. that's a stark difference from the day before when 217 out of control protesters were arrested. yesterday's march was peaceful and went well into the night. >> we actually came out for the inauguration, believe it or not. i took my brother. he's a big trump fan. then he came with me to the women's march. so we have different views on things, but we love each other, and we came together. i went with him yesterday, he came with me today. >> i'm 14. >> you're 14? did you ever imagine you'd be out here in your nation's capital? >> i did not think i ever needed to be, but when the time comes, the time comes. you have to make a difference. >> meanwhile, celebrities like madonna, alicia keys and well-known activists led the charge on the washington mall. you can look on our app for more. fans of nbc washington on facebook can't stop commenting on this next story. the white house got so upset at the press for the overall coverage of the size of the inauguratcr

there. >> reporter: the national park service twitter account retweeted this post, side-by-side images of the 2009 and 2017 presidential inaugurations. the account then went dark until this tweet that says, we regret the mistaken retweet was posted. >> these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. >> reporter: white house communications director sean spicer brought up the issue at a press briefing he claimed many news images had been taken in ways to minimize the size of crowds on the mall during the inauguration. he added -- >> this was the largest audience to ever witness and inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. >> there are maybe thousands of people that weren't in there to be represented in that photograph. >> reporter: judy gilbert and her family were on the mall for president trump's inauguration. she thinks any gaps in the crowd were not due to a lack

access. >> i also know that there were hundreds, maybe 2,000 people that weren't allowed in the mall because of security. and they were being blocked by the disrupt group. >> we were here both days. we believe for sure there was more people here today. >> that was jackie benson is reporting. well, don't tell the white house the sides doesn't matter. >> there is growing controversy over the inauguration attendance numbers this morning, especially when compared with yesterday's women's march on washington. david culver is the a the live desk with more. >> hey again, angie and adam. you heard there in jackie's piece, the white house press secretary sean spicer using what was his very first press conference as the white house spokesperson to focus on this issue, arguing that the inauguration crowds were far larger than are being portrayed by the media. he even had a monitor next to him, pulling up pictures to prove his point in the briefing room. now, unofa

on photos put the attendance at a quarter of a million people. president trump says from his vantage point it was a million, million and a half attending. the reality is there is no official count, as the national parks service no longer gives those assessments. numbers we can verify, however, metro rail ridership. let's look at friday, for example. the transit system tweeting out that for inauguration day, they recorded 193,000 trips by 11:00 in the morning. remember, the swearing in began around noon. 24 hours later for the women's march on washington, metro tweeted they had 275,000 rides for saturday. that was, of course, up until 11:00 in the morning. that's about eight times more than a normal saturday. we don't have full numbers for ridership for inauguration day or the march even. adam, i know you put in a request for those. we anticipate an update at some point with those latest figures. back to you. >> that's right, david. we'll definitely get those

we've en asking on our facebook page if you think the white house should comment on the white house march. so far the majority of you say you think president trump should respond but don't think he will. social media continues to light up with reaction to the press secretary's comments about the crowds at president trump's inauguration. sean spicer, as david mentioned, accused the media of dishonesty while claiming the inauguration was the largest audience to ever witness that event ever. he didn't provide numbers though. social media reacted with the hashtag spicer facts. this one saying christmas on december 22nd. this person writing, vinegar and oil combine seamlessly, period. another one here, the earth is flat, period. we want you to let us know what you think by using #nbc4dc. time right now is 7:08. thanks, angie. daj and debris not far from the

several parked cars appear to have been hit overnight. a trail of debris was left behind. this happened near minnesota avenue and quarrels street, which is near the border between d.c. and prince george's county. we reached out to police and are waiting to hear back about what may have happened. you may need the wipers on while you're out and about today. tom is tracking the rain and how you can plan for the week ahead. meanwhile, out west, check this out. flooding a major concern. the dangerous rescues as flood waters force people from their .ars and homes

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as a tornado tears through mississippi. the destruction as families clean up what's left of their homes. it's 7:12.

welcome back. clean up and recovery under way in mississippi after a series of tornadoes hit that region. take a look here. my goodness. damage right there. at least four people were killed and dozens more injured. gabe gutierrez shows us the damage from

mississippi. >> reporter: the destruction in mississippi is overwhelming. >> you can hear, like, glass shattering. you can hear the roof caving. i feel like i'm blessed to be alive. >> reporter: donna thompson says the terrifying tornado was over in seconds. >> it was dark. people were everywhere. i didn't know who was still alive, who wasn't. i was scared. >> reporter: at least four people are dead, more than 20 others injured. search and rescue teams are looking for more. >> i know what the families go through when they say tornado. it's devastating. it really is. >> reporter: near downtown hattiesburg, william carey university is shut down, students evacuated, cars tossed, dorms damaged. >> we got everybody into the bathrooms, and it got pretty bad out there. just wind and power went out, lightning striking all around us. >> reporter:

winds knocked out power to thousands. the fast-moving storm system spawning more than a dozen tornadoes, leaving a trail of damage across three states. and flooding communities in alabama and georgia. in mississippi, the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> all of the sudden the windows come in and the house gets floating. i'm going through the room, trying to dive on my daughters. >> reporter: darrell mcmorris somehow survived the chaos, pulling his fiance and two daughters to safety. >> all that came crashing down on me. and i had to -- i got strength from somewhere. like i said, god wasn't ready for me to go. >> reporter: the national weather service now says the tornado that shredded this neighborhood with at least an ef-3, packing winds of more than 135 miles an hour. >> that was nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting. and in italy, an intense rescue mission is under way in the mountains of central italy. take a look. an avalanche buried a hotel there three days

nbc's reports more people are still being rescued. >> reporter: just as hopes were beginning to fade, this incredible moment. this 6-year-old emerges from the ruins of a mountainside hotel, cold after being buried for nearly three days but well enough to ask for her favorite cookie. rescue teams say pockets of air forms in the snow, and that's what kept nine people pulled from the rubble alive. they were taken by a helicopter to a nearby hospital, but the mission isn't over. at least 20 people are still missing, and time is running out. for families desperate for word of loved ones, there's anger. this man's son has yet to be found. he says, you need to ask them why they didn't get people out the day before the tragedy. they left them trapped in this hotel. prosecutors have

investigation. five bodies have been recovered so far. emergency crews say they'll continue working day and night until everyone is accounted for. nbc news, london. some new additions are coming to pennsylvania avenue starting tomorrow to help out bicyclists. crews will start to install rubber parking stops to protect the bike lanes. they prevent drivers from making illegal u-turns across the bike lanes. more rubber stops will be added starting tomorrow morning. that's good news. it's been a problem on pennsylvania avenue ever since the bike lanes were installed right down the middle. stay safe out there for everybody. >> of course. okay. things are starting to light up just a little bit behind us. we're hoping to see some sun today. >> well, keep on hoping. >> good luck. >> keep hope alive. not likely going to see it unless you go straight up about 4,000 feet. you might get above the overcast. between here and there, yes, we've got a lot of low clouds here. a day for a

like to ride bikes. it should stay dry. we have this dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. sunrise here just a few minutes from now. your fitness forecast, if you want to get in a bike ride or run or hike or walk, we'll stay dry throughout much of the day, although we still have these low clouds. it will be kind of damp. still in the upper 40s 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. the low 50s. if you want to get a run before rain arrivearrives, do it befor p.m. we'll have this morning rain over the eastern shore continuing to pull away, but this is the area of rain that's well down here in the carolinas that's going to be coming up later today. by around 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., we'll see that rain start to move in. just some occasion gnat light rain after that until around midnight. the hour by hour timing, 6:00 a.m. monday we'll start to see moderate to heavy downpours coming across northern

right through the metro area between 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. then it tapers off at noontime. into the afternoon, might get a little cold air mixes some of the rain with some wet snow out here in the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. likely very little accumulation, if at all. for the monday commute, wet roads all day long. upper 40s in the morning with some blustery winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. winds will diminish by noontime. they'll be near 50. may actually get into the low 50s or so around 3:00 or 4:00. by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, back down to near 50 degrees. that rain all ends late on monday night. tuesday morning, some clouds and sun back in the afternoon with highs reaching the mid-50s. it may actually get to around 60 degrees on wednesday with some sunshine. then we start to get chilly after that but remain dry into the weekend. maybe our first sub-freezing morning in a long time. maybe next saturday morning. the weekend looking chilly but dry with sunshine. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. from d.c. to across the

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meanwhile in chicago, at least 75,000 people were expected to attend the women's march there, but the estimates grew to roughly 250,000. that's according to organizers. now, due to the large record crowd numbers, the march transitioned to a rally in grant park, which is in downtown chicago. well, from georgia to the big apple, where tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in new york city. >> the march stretched from the united nations headquarters to trump tower. nbc's michael george was there to record their messages to the new president. >> reporter: unprecedented. hundreds of thousands marched on trump tower, demonstrators as far as the eye could see, all hoping to send a message to president trump. >> so it's very important for us to speak our minds and make it known that now that he's the president, we still have a voice. >> reporter: many told us this is the first time they'd ever participated in a protest. they came from new york, new jersey, and connecticut. wom

>> why? because it affects everybody. it affects us all. >> we believe it's important that trump and his administration understand they are public servants. >> reporter: the march attracted many celebrities, like whoopi goldberg. >> i think it's phenomenal because, you know, if we don't do it, who's going to fight for us? >> reporter: and protecting the protest, hundreds of members of the nypd. but the protests remained peaceful, even into the night, and even as a small group of pro-trump supporters confronted the crowd. demonstrators told us they felt they were able to send a message without violence. >> it empowers people to speak their voice. and it doesn't have to be violent. it can be peaceful. from coast to coast to around the world, how the women's march spread its message around the world. we're off to a foggy start. tom is updating the forecast with hour-by-hour timing on the showers. st w

time right now, 7:29 on this sunday morning. here's what's going on. no arrests were made during the women's march on washington. the d.c. homeland security director estimates that the crowd there was about 500,000 people. it is a busy day for president trump in his second full day in office. the president will oversee the swearing in of his high-level

for the first responders who supported the inauguration. white house press secretary sean spicer slammed the media yesterday, criticizing the reporting on the size of friday's inauguration. he claimed, quote, it was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. spicer did not provide any evidence to support that claim. hope you're having a great start to your sunday so far. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. also joining us this morning, he's back, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with our forecast. hey, tom. >> good morning. we've had some fog again this morning, but it's not as dense as it was yesterday morning. and temperatures are rather chilly. we're hovering in the upper 40s here. hour by hour going forward into the afternoon hours, we'll have these temperatures hold steady here in the upper 40s until about 11:00. then it'll start to climb into the low 50s after that as we get into the afternoon. so not much of a warmin

very similar to yesterday. right downtown it may briefly get into the mid-50s. all these areas in gray under a dense fog advisory. visibilities are a quarter mile or less. definitely use your low beams this morning. we'll have this fog around until late morning. then it clears in the afternoon. rain likely after that. we'll take a look at new timing for that rain into the commute on monday. that's in just a few minutes. >> tom, thanks. a day after the inauguration, women's march crowds filled the national mall on what was a foggy day. so many people turned out for the event that the actual march never actually really moved much. instead, those crowds stretched along what was supposed to be that two-mile route. and jay gray takes you right in the middle of what exploded into an international movement. >> reporter: the streets and national mall started to fill early, some climbing trees, others standing on cars. 500,000 or more taking over the

>> you're just going to run into barriers. you have to head north. >> reporter: the direction for most here was clear, evident from the homemade signs that so many were carrying and the words that echoed from the crowds. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: and the stage, where dozens of celebrities joined the grassroots effort. >> if we do not stand together, march together, fight together for the next four years, then we will lose together. >> reporter: unity shared by tens of thousands topped in pink. >> it is a symbol of the woman grabbing back. >> reporter: and while the new president was the primary target for many of the women and men here, the message runs deeper. >> to me, it's about what we're for instead of what we're against. we're for women. we're for equality. >> reporter: there were hundreds of sister marches across the country, but the flash point was washington. >> this is important for me

democracy. >> reporter: a march and message that hundreds of thousands across the country hope will resonate in the nation's capital. jay gray, nbc news, washington. >> many of you there on the ground sharing a lot of your pictures and signs from the women's march on social media. here's one that reads, my daughters deserve to be treated fairly and with respect. take a look at the next picture. this one says, she's someone. crossed out, every title beneath it. this picture shows participating stacking their signs to build an illusion of a wall right there. we would love to see all of your pictures and your thoughts. be sure to use the hashtag #nbc4dc. >> thanks, angie. you might have noticed the pink hats with kitten heres being worn

some of them were made here in the district. earlier this week, we talked to organizers who knitted the hats for the march. they told us wearing pink is a powerful statement about being unapologetically feminine as well as standing for women's rights. it was also a symbol of solidarity referencing president trump's comments about grabbing women by their private parts. tens of thousands of women held sister marches. we have a report from london on the message that the participants wanted to send to president trump. >> reporter: a big day in washington, but countries around the world also reacting to friday's inauguration of donald trump. hundreds of women's marches this saturday all across the world, sister rallies to the main event in washington. one of the biggest was right here in london. we saw tens of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets just after midday. >> the very first day of his presidency is marked by an international wave of protests. that is historic.

they were carrying were about gender equality and congresswomen's rights. clearly a lot of folks intending to send a message to donald trump as well. some of the protesters expressing outrage over what was perceived as sexist behavior by him on and off the trail. >> we want to make a deference in the world. women shouldn't be treated badly because of their gender. >> it's a free world. he thinks it's okay to grope women. what message does that send to all men of the world? >> reporter: the crowd in london was diverse. men, women, families. the mayor of london was also present. he's made no secret of his disdain for president trump. organizers say the turnout here in london was anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000, the second largest outside of the united states. nbc news, london. some of the inaugural day protesters have been released. one by one, some of the 230 people arrested were set free outside of d.c. superior court.

just in case. crowds chanted as each person came out of that courtroom. part of the judge's release order told the protesters to, quoted, not get arrested again in d.c., end quote. a spokesperson for the u.s. attorney's office says many could face a sentence of up to a decade in prison and up to a $25,000 fine. president trump's first full day in office will be the topic on "meet the press" today. chuck todd will speak with minority leader chuck schumer and president trump's counselor kellyanne conway. chuck will be join us at 10:15 this morning. many of us are waking up to thick fog, making it hard to see. a little bit of low visibility this morning. tom's updating your forecast, when this fog is going to burn off and the rain will arrive. and developing right now, dozens killed as a train goes off the tracks in india. the massive rescue effort as crews cut riders out of coach cars. it's 7:36.

a mysterious homicide in prince george's county has police searching for clues now. they say that a man's body was found in the woods yesterday afternoon. police say that there was trauma to his body, but they have not released any information about the victim. no suspect has been identified. train tragedy in india. at least 32 people dead, 50 others hurt after a train derailed in southern india around midnight. rescue crews trying to cut out the mangled coach cars in an effort to rescue riders there. workers using flashlights to peer through windows. police say most of the dead an injured were in sleeper cars. a massive earthquake has struck the solomon islands. the tsunami warning center says it could create tsunami waves on nearby islands. there have been no immediate reports of deaths or damage. these islands are

geologically active ring of fire. zbrnc right now we want to take a live look at storm team 4 radar. a round of heavy showers is headed our way. tom is tracking t timing. whee'

good morning. we have a little bit of drizzle around. otherwise, most of the rain we had overnight is now pulling east of the metro area, crossing the eastern shore. a litt

morning with some of that dense fog as well. that's going to be with us through late morning with temperatures hovering in the upper 40s. then by early to mid afternoon, we ought to make it into the low 50s for a time. then this evening some steadier rain moves in. light rain after 6:00 p.m. in the metro area. that's going to continue all the way until midnight. could get heavy at times tomorrow morning. a look at the new timing on that coming up if a few minutes. >> tom, thanks a lot. president donald trump's first full day in the white house was a busy one. it started with a prayer service and ended with sharp criticism of the media. nbc's brian mooar has a look. >> reporter: president trump began his first full day in office on a traditional note at a national prayer service, but he veered into unconventional territory hours later during a peace mission at the cia. >> i am so behind you, and i know maybe sometimes you haven't

wanted. >> reporter: after weeks of dismissing intelligence community findings about russia hacking the election and claiming the cia's director leaked fake news, he now professes deep respect. >> i am with you a thousand percent, and the reason you're my first stop is a that, as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. >> reporter: he accused the media of piping a feud that doesn't exist, then claimed reporters lowballed crowd estimates for his inauguration. >> it looked like a million, million and a half people. they showed a field where there was nobody standing there. >> reporter: new press secretary sean spicer made the case in an unusual saturday briefing at the white house. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and o

from the washington monument as donald trump took the oath of office, an image that's now the subject of debate. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. president trump will meet with his first foreign leader this week. british prime minister theresa may is expected to visit trump on friday. the president will also meet with mexico's president at the end of the month. they're expected to talk about trade, immigration, and security. of course, president trump has proposed building a wall along the southern border and insists that mexico will pay for it. prayers are being offered for the new president and the nation. washington's archbishop cardinal donald whirl celebrated mass last night at the cathedral of st. matthew the apostle. he offered a special prayer for those part of the new administration. he asked the congregation to use religion as a way to unite the country through change. >> we bring our gifts, our vision, our hopes, our aspirations as we open a new chapter, and we pray that god's spirit be with all of us. >> the cardinal was also part of the national prayer service held

for the trump and pence families earlier in the day. pope francis says he wants to see what president donald trump will do before giving an opinion of him. he spoke with a spanish newspaper saying he doesn't like to evaluate people too soon. when asked about populist style leaders, he warned against looking for a savior during times of crisis. former first lady barbara bush might get out of the hospital in houston today. she's been recovering from a case of bronchitis. however, former president george h.w. bush is expected to stay in intensive care for a few more days. the 92-year-old is being treated for breathing problems from pneumonia. meanwhile, the first family settling into their new home on pennsylvania avenue. >> donald trump jr. posted this video to instagram and twitter. >> strike. not exactly. >> she still got a lot of them. it shows his wife vanessa throwing the bowling ball,

hitting some of those pins. don jr. said, quote, doing pretty well considers she's in heels, end quote. by the way, the bowling alley has only one lane. it was first built by president truman, some white house facts for you. in '69, president nixon moved it to its current location in the basement under the front entrance. >> that must be a mirror right next to it then. it looks like two lanes. >> most bowling alleys have those. >> where are you boll iwling? >> i like when they have the bumpers. >> absolutely. that is pretty cool. well, tom, the weather is not really settled right now. we're a little foggy. >> yeah, another morning a lot like yesterday morning with some fog north and west of us. not quite as thick as it was yesterday morning. nonetheless, we'll be dealing with it. in addition, the low overcast is producing just a little bit of mist a little bit of drizzle throughout much of the region. so the pavement is all wet this morni

an umbrella because of the drizzling. all those areas in gray under a dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. visibilities there not as low as yesterday. in fact, we had near zero visibilities in the shenandoah valley yesterday. for today, if you want to get some exercise, get in a bike ride or a walk or a run or a hike, it should be good through the morning and into the afternoon hours. we'll begin to climb out of the upper 40s at 10:00 a.m. to the low 50s by 2:00 p.m. just kind of damp. some low clouds around. then by 6:00 p.m., we'll likely see light rain moving in. if you want to get in some outdoor exercise, do it before 6:00 p.m. we've had some of this light rain passing to our east this morning. it's going to pull away, but this is the area of rain near the carolinas that's going to be coming our way later today. here's the hour-by-hour timing. by 5:00 p.m., we'll see it move across northern virginia and

midnight or so. after that, between 6:00 a.m. monday through noontime monday, we'll get several waves of moderate to heavy downpours coming through. enough maybe to cause some ponding of water for the morning commute tomorrow but not enough rain to cause flooding. maybe an inch or less of rain by the time it tapers off. just some light rain showers during the afternoon on monday. by the way, this area in lavender, may be some wet snowflakes mixing into the rain. that's the in the highlands of west virginia and western maryland. that's going to taper off. a wet commute tomorrow. we'll be hovering in the upper 40s in the morning. noontime for your lunch hour, still wet roads with rain showers and staying wet into the afternoon commute as well. although, it will be lighter rain. temperatures will be hovering in the low to mid-50s tomorrow mid afternoon. then on tuesday, sunshine returns in the afternoon with highs mid-50s. may soar to near 60 degrees on wednesday afternoon with welcome sunshine. finally after so many daysf

have plenty of sunshine each day as we get into next weekend and the first part of the following week. what's missing? snow. no snow. subfreezing temperatures maybe for the first time. some of the rural areas maybe friday morning. even in the metro area, we may get a little below freezing next saturday and sunday morning with afternoon highs into the mid-40s each of those days next weekend. so finally january trying to act like a winter month by next weekend and the first part of next week. that's the way it looks. >> i'm not going to complain. >> no way. >> keep the snow away. fine by me. coming up, celebrating donald trump's presidency. how russian lawmakers are celebrating.

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well t appears some russians are embracing the u.s.'s new president. nbc's bill neely explains why some members of that nation are supporting president donald trump. >> reporter: russian celebrations for donald trump, a u.s. president welcomed here as never before. they heard him talk of new alliances and believe trump will mean better relations. >> it will be good both for america and for russia. >> in

>> the relationship will be more friendly. >> reporter: putin is ready to meet trump, said his spokesman, though it may take months. many see trump as a gift to russia. >> it looks like christmas gift. >> reporter: the kremlin has now got what it wanted, trump as president. but in here, they don't want to make america great again. they want to make russia great again. putin is ambitious. he denies accusations russia hacked the u.s. election to help trump. he's expected to test the meddle of his fourth u.s. president. >> he will test trump. >> they test each other, of course. >> trump is a real american, and of course he will be pro-american, but it doesn't mean he should be anti-russian. >> reporter: putin will call trump in the coming days to

message. what's russia's message to america? we want to cooperate, he says, in fighting terrorism, on syria, and trump is different. russian dolls depicting trump and his whole family are selling out here. less clear is how long the trump feel good will last. bill neely, nbc news, moscow. as expected, saturday night live took a jab at the new president. >> we knew they were going to do that. while we didn't see alec baldwin's portrayal of the new president, they used a fake vladimir putin to hit the crowd size of the inauguration. >> donald, let's talk as friends. you're not off to a great start, man. i thought you'd be better at this. however, i'm glad to see so many people showed up to your inauguration. oh, wait. that's the

here is inauguration. >> at the end of the show, the "snl" cast paid tribute to former president barack obama. they stood in front of a large black and white portrait of the president and sang "to sir, with love." cool there. all right. time right now is 7:56 on this sunday morning. here are the four things you need to know. no arrests made during the women's march on washington yesterday. the d.c. homeland sectydictor et crowd size there exceeded 500,000 people. pmp responding to yesterday's marches just within the last few minutes. he tweeted a couple tweets. quote, watched protest yesterday but was under the impression that with e just had an election. why didn't these people vote? crowd size controversy. white house press secretary sean spicer hits back at the media for suggesting the attendance to friday's inauguration was smaller than those in the past. recovery and rebuilding is now under way in southern mississippi after a deadly twister tore through the .

at least four people were killed and hundreds of buildings damaged in the severe weather's wake. we're going to get this fog out of here, tom? >> yeah, by late morning. a little drizzle to deal with too. then steadier rain moves in after sunset today. you can track it all into the monday morning commute with the nbc 4 washington app. >> going to want to stay on top of it. factor in a few extra minutes. >> slublg. that's all for "news 4 today." >> see you back here again at 9:00. until then, have a great sunday morning.

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swear. >> i am not going to take this lying down! good morning, and welcome to "sunday today." i'm willie geist. it was the tale of two days in america as donald trump was inaugerated on friday followed by massive demonstrations here in the united states and around the globe. mostly women taking to the streets