in in washington, d.c. ally what matters in a lot of cases is connections, relationships, and if you are not in that closed circle, you are not going to get access to the funds. >> sean: you would think that these people that have a monopoly on compassion, steve would just look around them in some of these neighborhoods. i have been to many of them and they are struggling and people are starving and their kids need food stamps to feed themselves. >> it's unacceptable. also, if you look at that statistic that we had on the screen that the top 20% or top 5% is making $475,000 a year. i mean, of all the 50 wealthest cities in the country, it's the top as far as that concentration of wealth. so i think that compassion is all happy talk. i think when you look actually where the money is is spent, how the money is spent and hot money is spent on, you see you have a political class there that's really just concerned about themselves. >> sean: you pointed out too, peter. that doubled the amount of money that washing

and kaya henderson is spoon for example accusations and possible cheating in d.c. lic schools and that is? response to an episode that aired last night and they were featured. kathorne alludes to test cheating at her school in 2010- 2011 and henderson reiterates all investigations conclude said there was no widespread cheating. >>> coming up on the news edge, how they having them express themselves through play writing. writing. . >> you thought dad filmed a parody video, i'm a daddy and i know it. and that is for five kids. the video started as a gag gift for the family and -- amazing. right? yeah. next one's on you. yeah, okay. introducing dunkin's new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich. the surprisingly great taste of turkey sausage on a pepper-fried egg with under 400 calories. try it, you'll like it. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in for dunkin's new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich today! . >>> who would want to see the work on stage and in print. for kids, it's a bigger bost. this weekend, there is a book party in d.c. for a newly published group of authors.

police say they made an arrest in the murder of that teenage girl in northwest d.c. that we told you about at the top of the hour. 21-year-old alexander buckley is now charged with felony murder in the death of 18-year-old lee. police found lee's body in the middle of the road near 5th and nicholson streets in the brightwood area. investigators do believe the suspect and the victim knew each other. we have more details when we get them. >>> let's head outside where it is snowing. >> wow. >> we have almost a full moon. it's a magical friday night out there, but it's going to be tough getting home on those roads because it's slicker than you might think. we'll have more of our coverage coming up right after this. >>> right now we're here on wisconsin avenue heading south. we are approaching mccomb street. we have come across some slippery spots. make sure you slow down in your evening commute, keep distance between the car in front of you and your vehicle, as well. i'll tell you if you look outside over there, you can see the snow that has accumulated on the sidewalks a

in the region. it will mix to light snow. we expect no problems for d.c. on north. where we do get freezing temperatures overnight and down south where you get accumulation we are concerned there will be slick spots early in the morning. i noticed today there was a ton of salt on the road. good job crews! where the roads were not treated there could be problems in the morning. gary has more on radar and how much snow we expect to occur and where. >> driving around d.c. you'd think the snow occurred. the salt is blowing around. we'll show you the big picture. snow is lurking back southwest of us. you can see snow west of the mountains. as the sun begins to set and as this light rain moves in it will help tumble the temperature down. we'll get light snow in d.c. i'm talking light snow. that's the way the storm system looks. another picture where the center of the storm is. it is way down in central sections of georgia now. it will start to transfer energy to the coast. as that happens we'll see a broken pattern of snow. eventually it will dissipate. temperatures again

first of all, in d.c.re's just not enough seahawks to form a flock or a coffey or whatever they call a bunch of seahawks. and there's certainly not going to out-shout skins fans. >> no way from you. >> no way from me. >> no seahawks for you. >> absolutely not. we're going on the seahawks out to sea, where they belongs. >> reporter: so on sunday in the stands, i don't think we'll have to worry about one of those nightmarish moments where the visiting fans do a victory dance all around us. remember, this is our city. this is our team, this is our home field advantage. now, coming up at 6:00, i'm going to take you to a seahawk bar. patrick, ready? we're going to try this again. touchdown! see you at 6:00. >> what kind of fish is that? >> reporter: this is a rockfish. they're delicious, right out of the chesapeake bay, a nice sized one too. want me to bring one back? i'll put one in your desk when i get back tonight. >> put it in the mailbox. >> i'll smell it coming. thank you, collins. >> reporter: it's a fre

if and join the 35 that we have right now in d.c., 32 in dulles, 28 in winchester and gaithersburg. the wind chill factor is a little colder than that. about three degrees to 5 degrees on average. tomorrow morning, wind chill factors in the single digits. partly cloudy and 35 degrees at 9:00 a.m. today, 42 degrees at noon, and a chance of a sprinkle or snow flurries at 5:00 at 46 degrees. let's see how traffic is right now, with steve. it's the roosevelt bridge, traffic is being allowed across on 66 eastbound into the district. if you are crossing the roosevelt bridge, you're not getting very far. 23rd street is as far as you get unless you have a special permit. if you take the exit to the left would say if she to the eastern expressway, if you will not get as far as 18th street. the best thing to do it is turn left at 20th street off the eastern expressway from the roosevelt bridge and avoid trouble. there are metro stations closed today for the ongoing inauguration activity. archives, mount vernon square, and smithsonian are closed. if you have tickets for the inauguration, use t

in today's d.c., that's not going to happen. ar in january, this president has pretty much gotten everything he wants from the republicans. i think we as republicans, we are still searching for who we are post-election. we have not defined what our vision is going forward and the president had a clear vision and what's amazing, he reminded me of michael dukakis in '84. he said i'm going to raise your taxes. of course he got beat. but this president told the american people what he wanted to do and won. i'm amazed. i am totally amazed. >> as we move forward, the demands for the republican party, look, we need to talk specific spending cuts. the whiept house has dealt with generalities and has laid out a plan. what are some of your thoughts on that being the likelihood as we move forward? >> well, i think the mght has -- i think the president has played his hand marv juicily so -- marvelously so far. because we don't have a unified vision, the president is able to conquer us and divide us. we have to come up with two or three items

first time in d.c. my first time in d.c. his first time riding the subway in d.c. it was fun to have the experience this morning. >> is it cold in detroit right now? >> yes. >> how does this compare? >> it's warm. >> it is pretty warm. compared to last inaugural, it's a lot warmer. >> what are you hoping to see today? what are you going do? >> i want to be a part of everything. i want to hear him speak. i'm happy to be here. >> so it's starting to get busy here. people are hitting their starbucks and making a walk. this is the last place you can get in a car and from here on, it's all about the parade. i'm going to throw it back to you guys. >> all right, tisch a thompson. i like how he's from detroit. it looks like a lighter jacket. i would have four layers on. >>> still ahead this morning, inauguration day brings back bad memories for a lot of people. we'll tell you what's being done to prevent gridlock. >> what the president's daughter whispered to his father as he took the oath of office. >>> we'll go live to the national mall where the crowds are starting to ar

park police are investigating. >>> in d.c. investigating three separate shootings tonight, the first one early this morning at 1900 block many street in northeast. 1 person was shot -- block m street in northeast. one person was shot while sitting on their couch and the other shooting on the 3900 block of pennsylvania avenue in southeast, two people shot in a house party, no word on their conditions. >>> the news edge on maryland, state police charging 28-year- old david montgomery with the murder of a westminster man. saturday police found the body of a 61-year-old man on the back porch of his west main street house. montgomery was in custody late last night after state officials found him driving the victim's car erratically in a parking lot in anne arundel county no, word on a motive for the murder. >>> we saw a gorgeous weekend in d.c. will it continue into the workweek? we'll turn thing over to fox 5's gary mcgrady now for a last look at your forecast. >> super nice this weekend. i think it will continue. there may be a c

in new york tonight. jon, thanks. as the clouds flock to d.c. y along traditional parade route to the white house. ♪ ♪ >> shepard: floats, marching bands, musicians, other performers, 8,000 in all. all part of the action. the president and the first lady watched from their viewing booth on pennsylvania avenue just behind me. and while officials say the crowds were smaller back in -- than back in 2009, they also say more people than expected came out for a first-hand look at the celebrations here. john roberts was along for the ride. is he in lafayette park just across the street from the white house. john, today you followed the parade route the entire way on a flatbed truck and it looked like the time of a lifetime. >> it really was, shep. this is the fourth inauguration i have covered. i covered the white house for seven years. and this was the most funny have ever had at an inauguration. you know, this inaugural parade is one of those moments, one of those opportunities that is as much for the people who are -- as it is for the president. it a

they say it really means struggling in the way of god. >> a d.c. woman is making sure all her doors are locked after she slept through a burglary. she was napping yesterday when a burglar kicked in her back door in northwest. later an officer spotted the man looking suspicious. and found stolen computers and iphone in his possession. using a photo on that phone, police tracked the stolen stuff back to rossman's house and woke her up to explain what had happened. >> the first shock and -- sort of fright. but -- you know? but then i realized how lucky i was. >> police believe he targeted the house because the security door wasn't closed. >> turn back to our weather now. video from the storm 4 weather desk. there it is. covered with rain drops. doug kammerer, is this over yet? >> not yet. see it right on through the night tonight. into early tomorrow morning. this could affect your morning rush hour too. you want to make sure you tune in early tomorrow morning at 4:30 for news 4 today. and the rain associated with the storm system as the it continues t

this is the weekend to be in washington, d.c. d glamour, celebrities walking around our street. you could confuse this place for either l.a. or miami. we're in front of the portrait gallery where the party has been going on all day. today we were talking about young voters out on the red carpet. take a look. >> our time.org inaugural party was a star-studded event with names like will i am and common, all of them talking about the importance of the young american vote. >> talk a little bit about how important this event is tonight, to continue to motivate the youth to show up and vote. >> oh, man, it's very significant. we need our youth. our youth are the future. >> hopefully the ones who didn't vote saw the power of those that activated themselves to inspire them next time around, not to just vote for a president, but local politicians as well. >> young people, if you don't get out and vote, one day it's going to happen to our life. amen. it feels like one more person that would have voted, it would have been okay. one day that

i'm live in washington, d.c. coming up we'll have a run down of the musical entertainment that will be performing at today's inauguration ceremonies. >>> very heartbreaking for us. i still don't believe it. >> deadly overnight gunfire in san francisco. a grieving mother talks about her devastating loss. >> reporter: the 49ers are going to the super bowl. we'll tell you how much tickets cost and show you where you can get championship gear. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook in for tori campbell, who is in washington, d.c. today, covering our presidential inauguration. it's monday january, 21st. martin luther king day as well. >>> happening right now in washington, d.c., thousands of people are in washington, d.c. along with tori campbell for president obama's inauguration for his second term. we're out there live right in the middle of the music, the pomp, the circumstance, thousands of people are out there as we look at the

over an inch in d.c., merely a four inches in culpeper. the green areas will coincide with the heaviest rainfall. that's where the flood warnings remain in effect now. 32 in elkins, 60 in d.c. it will be a blustery afternoon with temperatures falling into the 40's. details on the wind and what we can expect over the next seven days. coming up in a few minutes. now to steve. >> a couple road closures. on beach drive, south of noted way at the district line. porter street nw is closed between connecticut avenue and the drive because of wires on the road. that is still blocked. you probably want to stick with connecticut avenue. that will be a problem for a little longer. in the aspen hill area, georgia avenue at hewitt avenue is the water main work. the southbound side right there. only the left side squeezing by, just like yesterday. back to you. >> thank you. two people are dead after the severe storms swept through parts of the southeast. >> look at this video. a tv station carried a funnel cloud 60 miles northwest of. >>-- of atlanta. it

what landed barbara walters in a d.c. hospital. more inauguration trivia for you as we head to break. we will continue in a moment. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ this is how mommy learned... ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ >> i am specialist andres ryan with the u.s. army drill team. good morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. happy martin luther king jr. day as well. 5:45 is the time on this monday morning. a check on traffic and weather steve hershorn. >> we will start with metro rail. there are strategies involved. are completely closed stations. the archives station, mount vernon square station, and smithsonian, on the mall, those are completely blocked until 9:00 tonight. you are encouraged to use the following stations on metro rail union station judiciary square, capitol south, a federal center southwest, if you have tickets. if you don't, l'enfant plaza got replace, or metro center. a g

seth lemon has more on what date nights in d.c. bout. >> reporter: at the birds of paradise exhibit in the national geographic museum, they know all about love. mating calls, showing feathers and chests, all to attract female birds. >> unveiling our first ad. >> reporter: that's why destination d.c. picked the exhibit to announce their spicy new campaign. >> we hear feedback that people think of d.c. as just monuments and museums, but they don't think about the nightlife, the restaurant scene and other things as a romantic destination. >> reporter: it's bound to gram folks' attention. ♪ >> reporter: they hope to get people from new york city to richmond to stay-cation or near-cation. livingsocial partnered with them. >> focing on all up and down the east coast, anywhere that would be a great feeder mark to come into the city and explore and have a great date night. >> it's economic development. the more people coming to the city, the more people are employed, and the economic impact is greater. >> reporter: you can go online to look

temperatures are little better because of the clouds over night. 19 at dulles, 21 in d.c., 16 in gaithersburg have a winter weather advisory for all the metro area until 9:00 this morning. the worst of the snow is tapering off now. we will continue to see improvements through the morning. a little sunshine by 9:00 at 23 degrees. we will not the temperatures get to the upper 20s thiswe will see a second round of snowfall likely tomorrow afternoon. more details on that in a few minutes. first, jamee the roads have not been treated very well on 66. >> we have heard that a lot from early commuters. we have had a couple incidents on 95 in virginia. plan for extra time, take it slow. bridges, ramps, and overpasses especially. maryland you can see snow still coming down inside the beltway at connecticut avenue at bradley. near be to drive in this picture. it's better at some parts of the road. at 109 out of frederick on 270 in this picture. lanes are open. everyone needs to take it easy. no problems to report as far as incidents or accidents on the beltway. you might find snow. interstate 95 near th

coming up, we'll tell you why officials in d.c. uraging you to get a room. >>> and the first of its kind requirement at a local medical school to help treat wounded [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> in news for your health, a study shows cardiovascular exercise may have the edge over strength training if you're trying to shed pounds. researchers at duke university found that aerobic workouts burn fat better than lifting weights. they also found a workout that combines running and lifting is no better at burning fat than running alone. but health experts stress that any regular physical activity that you do is a

the west education campus in d.c. closed today because of a power outage. >> in virginia, culpeper, king george, page, stafford, spotsylvania and warren counties are all closed today. orange county and fredericksburg public schools on a two-hour delay. >>> anne arundel county public schools are doing a two-hour early dismissal this afternoon. that was apparently planned. ahead of the next storm, it's a smart move. tom kierein here with exactly what we should expect today. tom in. >> here we snow again. later today, a similar event like thursday morning. when we got that light snow. enough to cause problems. right now it's frigid had friday morning. we're down into the teens. prince george's county, article ton, fairfax, montgomery counties, down into mid and upper teens. right at reagan national near 20. in the upper teens near the bay. inland, southern maryland got the heavier snow yesterday. it's only around 10 degrees now. hour by hour throughout the day, we'll have thickening clouds through the morning. by 9:00, 10

live from the crime scene in northwest d.c. with the new details. >> her friend tell me they don't know why she was in this northwest d.c. neighborhood. now, this is where she was shot. right around this area near this bus stop according to police and the number 62 bus stops right here and would take her to tacoma park, but police are investigating why she was here. >> i was more angry than sad. >> genesis new yez is filled with pain. her close friend, 18-year-old friend was murdered. >> she didn't deserve it. >> reporter: tonight we learned d.c. police arrested 21-year-old alexander buckley. detectives say he shot and killed her at 2:00 this morning at this street and nickelson street northwest. police say the two knew each other but haven't released details about their relationship. do you know how she knew this guy? was he a boyfriend, a relative? >> i don't know how he lives. >> reporter: she just graduated from high school in silver spring. she worked at the starbucks coffee stand at giant and had a big heart for her family

to work hard, raise children, and pay taxes without having a vote in congress. d.c.'nvote in congress horton has introduced another bill to give the district a statehood. it would make the district the 51st state. that measure hasn't come close to approval in the past several years. there is a separate bill that would give the district final say over its budget authority. >>> a gun accidentally went off at a gun show at the north carolina state fairgrounds. when it was over, three people had been injured. state officials say a 12-gauge shotgun somehow discharged while its owner unzipped a case at a security entrance. two bystanders were hit by shotgun pellets and taken to a hospital. a retired deputy sheriff suffered a slight hand injury. there was a similar accident in ohio. a gun dealer accidentally shot a man while checking out a handgun he had just bought. the victim suffered wounds to an arm and >> some wusa 9 staffers jumped in to volunteer for today's national day of service, they packed bags for active service members and wounded warriors at the d.c. armory. s

it is such a big part of reporting in washington d.c. every day, we do with a lot. >> what are your own personal rules with dealing with an interview situation? >> one thing i have learned is that in law enforcement, when we get asked questions, we always say, no comment. we cannot talk about that. my rule of thumb is i always try to tell you what i can tell you. there is always something i can tell you. if i cannot comment on -- for example, there was a case where there was an allegation and an officer made a threat regarding the first lady. clearly, there is an investigation going on. what i can do is talk about, here is the process. we will do our investigation, the secret service will do a threat analysis investigation. it will be passed on for this and this. i try to find what it is i can tell the press because they have a got -- a job to do. that is my rule of thumb. >> i have a piece of people -- paper here. i go back to 1993. were you on the force? >> i was. >> there were 454 murders in the district of columbia. last year, 2012, t

in the nation's capital. today the president and first lady painted bookcases and helped with repairs inside a d.c. elementary school in northeast. thousands of volunteers in our area and across the country. they also volunteered for community service. it's all to honor the late martin luther king jr.. >> more importantly, everybody here, adults to children, understands the importance of his impact. >> tomorrow president obama takes the oath after office at noon to begin his -- of office at noon to begin his second term of office. it will be a private ceremony at the white house and the public swearing in takes place monday at the capitol followed by the inaugural parade. the service project today was at the d.c. armory. our surae chinn reports people who came out today were volunteering on behalf of the military men and women. >> reporter: navy commander rodney blevins is paying it forward and showing his son -- >> volunteering. >> reporter: along the way. >> one more. ♪ there you go. >> good job. >> it's all about giving something back to the community and what better way to do that than to bring

we'll explain coming up. >>> it was a really nice day here in the d.c. o despite the cloud cover. temperatures were pretty comfortable, but we do have a chilly breeze in tomorrow's forecast. everything you need to know to go back to work. >>> but up next thieves pull off a high-priced heist and it's all caught on camera. don't forget we are always on wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> caught on camera, a jewelry heist that looks like something right out of the movie. surveillance video shows a group of masked thieves robbing a jewelry store in ft. lauderdale, florida. they allegedly broke in through the roof, cut the alarm system, taking out one of the security cameras. then they torched their way into three safes. >>> police taking down an armed robbery suspect in southern california as they began pursuing the driver around 9:00 last night. the news chopper captured the car driving on the wrong side of the road and blowing through red lights. they blew out the cars tires. after a cruiser corners the driver, he gets out of the car and makes

we'll dip into the 20s once again in most of the suburbs to about 30 in d.c. ustery day tomorrow but sunny with highs in the low 40s. as we break down the forecast now, today's high only about 40 or so. some areas staying in the 30s with a mix of clouds and sun. again more sun this afternoon. tonight back in the 20s and mainly clear skies to near 30 in town. 43 but breezy tomorrow so press like it's going to be in the 30s on your friday. the weekend 44 on saturday. sunday 46. some clouds saturday night. but dry weather for both home playoff games here in d.c. and up in baltimore. monday 46 and then a warming trend tuesday and wednesday. we could make a run toward 60 next wednesday. that makes a happy monika samtani right here who's got your timesaver traffic right now. >>> we can skip over january and february. i like warmer weather. that's for sure. if you're planning to head around town, you may not like this very much. on the southbound side of i- 270, look at all the red behind me. that means it's slow from frederick down past 109 into germantown. we'll tak

. >>> and here at home hockey is back in d.c.. the caps practiced in front of thousands of fans last night at verizon center. a scaled down version of fan appreciation night all because of the lockout. they start the season saturday in tampa bay. the home opener is tuesday against the jets. the puck drops at 7:00. >>> the d.c. public school closure list is out and it's not as long as first feared. the original list presented by school chancellor henderson included 20 schools. >> there have been a few protests associated with this. the new list though names 15 schools 13 of which on the list are expected to close at the end of this school year. ko im has reaction. >> reporter: the signs for help at this northwest d.c. elementary school can come down now. >> garrison is not closing. >> oh really? i'm sure everybody will be excited to hear that. i didn't know that. that's good. okay. good. so everything worked. we had little signs up and everything. save our school. that's awesome. for the people who wanted on the able to -- to be abl

we are in washington, d.c. with more on what's ahead. >> reporter: with the national day of service behind us, preparations are underway for here in washington, d.c. for the official swearing in. president barack obama's official swearing in will happen today as wills have biden's. both ceremonies will be small and private. by law, they have to happen on january 20th. and that means that the inaugural parade and ceremony will happen on the following monday. that is also the 50th anniversary of the martin luther king, jr. "i have a dream speech." in washington, d.c., cbs 5 5. >>> vice president biden was sworn in this morning. the supreme court justice administered the oath. tomorrow, he will take the oath again right before the president on the steps of the capitol with people looking on from the national mall. >>> more star power on tap this year. >> lady gaga is set to perform during the festivities. the pop star will sing at tuesday's ball for the staffers. typically, a private affair. and she will perform a

many people living in the d.c.p thisea are waking looking out the window wondering what happened to forecast?hat was ?> snow s travel to crew virginia and southwestern virginia was the hardest hit. many of the salt trucks could their nextd wait for assignment, you're closer to home. the threat is over. , very jeras is incognito subtle. on.ome >> we're not rubbing it in much. >> i used to work for cnn and aboutrecast for just every city in the country. d.c. is a really challenging forecast, for so many reasons, our proximity to the ocean, how close we are to the air, and we're always on edge of the rain and snow. 20 or 30 miles to make all the difference between all or nothing. so it's definitely a challenge something we have to get better and better at. that's for sure. we knew this was going to be close. i missed this one. some people are happy and some are not. it basically stayed to our south and east. we worked in some dry air earlier. high-pressure, dance saturated. was a ring around there was sleet to the sou

they were sworn in as the d.c. armory, part of a 6,000 soldier and airmen contingent, brought in to work with existing law enforcement. >> they have the powers, but they're not carrying weapons, and they'll augment the people out there getting paid to do this. >> while there's lots of new signage. >> reporter: you'll likely see them. >> the national guard will operate over 100 traffic control and crowd management points up 23rd, across k street and massachusetts avenue to north cap 208 street. >> reporter: the first group to put boots on the ground came from pennsylvania, others from puerto rico and wisconsin. most of them have been here before so well familiar with the city and the support that's needed. >> captain nick o'brien has been here before, but was just a kid. during the last inauguration, he was preparing for the transition of power in iraq. it makes him all more aware and proud of the way it's done here. >> the power transition is definitely not peaceful. the security we have here is not nothing like wha

some of them right here in the d.c. area. parker has the story. >> reporter: as this van rolls in, 13 animals get a little closer to home. they are dogs and cats. >> this is fur ball. >> rescued after hurricane sandy. anna is from the washington animal rescue league went to new york to retrieve them from a giant warehouse that served as a temporary shelter. >> we have animals that were surrendered. they lost everything. >> it's a little bit of a tough time for them. if i could offer them some sort of comfort, then it's my pleasure. >> that is chewy. there's this one man that comes in every day to take care of his dog and another little russian woman who came in every single day to take care of her chihuahua. she would feed him whole carrots. she would sit there every day. she would come in really grumpy and she was happy and warm and she still had no place to live. >> since a lot of these dogs were found out in the streets, they had to give them names. this is taxi. then right over here is manhattan. very new york. the next s

we found technology on display here in d.c. and at home. t's check out this video at nbc camera crew catching the family on the smartphone taking pictures. who says only those in the audience want to tweet about what is going on today. back here at home, we caught up with a bay area blogger that brought his family to the san brew oh, park to play, but not before talking to them and blogging to his audience on social media about why this inauguration is unlike most others in america's past. >> still, looking at the crowds, i was kind of shocked at how joye joyeous and diverse everyone was. and that was a good feeling. >> he said when it comes to letting young people know how significant today is. social media is the perfect tool. coming up tonight, how twitter was overwhelmed by today's inauguration, and why social media can keep young people from learning about important moments. >> the president was using his blackberry and sash a&m alia were creating their own kids' cam and photo bombing each other. here is malia photo bombing, it was quit

in chicago. it's like -- >> the whole family? >> ben's chili bowl to d.c.. t this condiment -- you eat it with anything. we're even going to put it on a salad for you in a minute. we have a piece of french bread. >> want me to do this to help you? >> sure. piece of french bread. got the nice hot beef. put it all in there. >> put it all in there? okay. all right. i don't want to drop my ring in this juice. i don't want to do that. okay. so. >> so we have our nice beef in there. nice hot juicy and then we're going to take a nice spoonful of the sauce. >> okay, oh gosh that looks good. so you're serving this. >> we're serving this for the next week. >> okay. >> for the inauguration. >> and wildfire. >> wildfire. >> wildfire is known for its chopped salads and you have several here. this is -- which one is this? >> that's our chopped salad. that's the specialty salad. >> what's this one? >> that's the special salad. it's a spicy salad. we took some of the sauce and tossed it in caesar ranch dressing. >> look hat this. this is the citrus lime vinaigrette. and and

lake-effect snow is going on as well. 38 degrees now in d.c., 36 adults, 34 in winchester now. we will be cooling down. --it's 36 degrees at dulles. it will be 34 degrees at 9:00, 36 at noon, 37 at 5:00, highs in the upper 30's. sunshine this weekend. we will have a blast of a cool down in the seven-day forecast, minutes away. now to jamee with traffic. >> open roads now around the beltway, no problems in silver spring, passing new hampshire avenue, and landover, new carrollton 270 looking great past middlebrook road. no problems in gaithersburg. 270 new shady grove road plant and on 355 at shady grove road

a big contract to the 45 in d.c. 43 in annapolis. 49 in easton. and not too bad here either where it is also 39 degrees. you can see the showers and even pockets of heavier rain showing up on satellite and radar. it is all continuing to move off to the east as you head into wednesday. so you will still have the rain in southern virginia down towards norfolk and the neck of virginia, but that is all going to head out to the east as we head into wednesday and here in the d.c. metro, we're just going to see bright sunshine to start out the day. however the sunshine a little deceiving because it will be a little bit on the cool and breezy side. winds are out of the north with an area of high pressure situated to the west, which will continue to keep things breezy as we head into the afternoon on wednesday. but overnight tonight just the clouds moving out. it will be chilly. but those winds are not too bad. 26 to 32 for your overnight lows. winds are out of the north at 5 to 10 miles per hour. and it will be a bit breezy under mostly sunny skies. make

and i'm told i will see you at some fancy ball in d.c. > caller: hey, steph. i have a question about the nra. i'm curious to know what the perks are to be members because if all of the members are so disagreeing with the leadership why don't they just stage a massive un-membering? >> stephanie: i said that yesterday, i wish a lot of people would have torn up their cards after that ridiculous ad that criticized the president's children. and what about the video game they just came out with? they criticized violent video games, and then they just came out with one. >> caller: i know it's crazy. i don't understand how they have so much power. >> stephanie: i know. there is a new poll 90% of americans want background checks. so everybody is not the nra, by the way. >> when you said that i looked up the benefits to membership and all you get is some extra insurance coverage in case you shoot somebody and representation in congress. so it should be easy to tear up your nra card. you don't get 20% off at chile's or anything like that. >> stephani

. >> the official two inaugural balls are tonight here in d.c. but last night's events were not the only ones. >> there was a celebration for the official swearing in yesterday. the obamas and the bide ens attended at the national building museum. it came hours after president obama and vice president biden took their official oaths of office. the constitution says a president's new term must start january 20th. the president wanted to save his good lines for today's address in front of the capitol but he made one comment about the first lady. >> i love michelle obama. and to address the most significant event of this weekend, i love her bangs. >> he's a smart man. the president went on to thank his supporters and said the celebration is not one for him but for the country and its future. president obama made headlines when he started using d.c. license plates for his presidential limousine.

taxi in washington d.c. like many other cities you can't always get a cab when and where you need one but when you do catch a taxi and meet its driver and my name is not. always right you know it's almost too for you. like nasser he or she can offer up a reason when and why cabs becomes scarce of them you notice when you're driving cabs to the dad that is. unsafe. too dangerous unsafe and on top of that the business is controlled by a commission that decides everything from how many cabs are on the road to where they can pick up to what they can charge them into the fair. because the prices they're never going to have. a sit in and making it difficult to rack up those fares and serve customers are the cabs and city limits. so we just arrived at reagan airport which is just right outside of washington d.c. and nasr our cab driver was nice enough to drop us off here only he can't get a return fare back he has to leave and go all the way back to d.c. without anybody in his cab simply because of the regulations.

she was in d.c. to cover the inauguration no word on when she will be released. >>> and he joined 6 5% of the team and has agreed to share the shouldn't and has a deal with seattle to build a new arena. the nba must still approve the sale and the teams have until march 1st to apply to move. >>> there will be several events across the bay area in honor of dr. martin luther king, jr. among them, the annual freedom train and it will leave san francisco at 9:30 a.m. and they will sew the seeds of peace. it will start at the community center and volunteers will plant native plants to restore the line. and the route will continue along san pablo and end at the high school. so plenty of things to do for that. 4:54, oh, my, it is almost 5:00. >> you know it is allowed, pam, it is monday. >> sometimes it's just hard to speak at 4:30 a.m. >>> we will start off with an issue in contra costa county and this is actually alameda county northbound 680 as you come to the san ramon area and it is right there just at

new gaithersburg, 40 in lesion burg, 28 in manassas, 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts in d.c., we'll see the wind settle just a bit tonight, and still another breezy to windy day coming our way tomorrow. windchill temperature of 32 degrees here, but already feels like we're in the 20s. it feels like we are in the 20s.

it's friday january twenty fifth four pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you're watching r.t. . starting off this hour after a long and tedious trial process former cia official john kiriakou was sentenced today to two and a half years in federal prison last october the forty eight year old pled guilty to violating the intelligence identities protection act by leaking the name of a covert official's name to reporter. something that u.s. district judge when they were in kemah says was not a form of whistleblowing the district judge said that if she had been given the choice she would have sentenced kiriakou to much more time behind bars than the relatively light sentence received kiriakou was also one of the first cia insiders to confirm reports that the agency used torture tactics like waterboarding in order to extract information from detainees now at an event honoring him curiosity was quick to point out the hypocrisy of prosecuting the whistleblower and not the people who actually performed the enhanced terror gay sions. i never tortu