craig kaplin tweeting outside this picture of preparations. security barriers are set up surrounding u.s. capitol west front where friday's inauguration will be held. between now and friday, president-elect trump's cabinet picks will be visiting capitol hill to answer senator's questions and this afternoon at 2:15 eastern, the montana congressman will go before the senate energy and resources committee. cspan will have live coverage of that. then at 5:00 p.m. eastern, betsy devos will be answering questions. that will also be live on cspan. live here today, mike pence will be speaking at the annual gathering of the u.s. conference mayers this afternoon. he'll be talking about how trump plans to work with cities. live coverage of that starts at 2:30 and at 4:00 eastern, the center for strategic and international studies will host a conversation look iing at progress made in public diplomacy during the obama administration and bush administrations. he'll also discuss challenges and opportunities that president-elect trump will inherit. cspan 3 w