square. mark meredith is live with more and the problem with standing in a thunderstorm is there is thunder and lightning. >> reporter: we saw strong storms in the dc area. as you mentioned, for those men and women working in lafayette park, it was a mess. two military personnel taken to the hospital tied to injuries from the lightning strike, their condition is not life-threatening. that is the good news but we saw multiple strike throughout the night and into this morning. more bad weather is forecast for today, that could make things difficult later on. it is unclear how many people could show up to protest later today, we did not have a curfew in dc, the mayor's office can always put another one in if she chooses to. this as the attorney general says the protests we have seen were targeted by outside groups, the white house stepped up its