it was being called the great porta potty cover up on innaugzration 2017. some of the porta pots here had the name don, john. you can see the blue why was the name covered up here by the capitol. they didn't know why. they provided these porta pots and had been doing this for a long time. a company official told some of their workers to go ahead and peel off some of this tape. today we got an answer as to why this is happening. a spokesman for the architect of the capitol cotold nbc news the are in the process of covering or removing signage to bring them into compliance of advertising. our staff determined that the don's john's signs cannot and are being covered with tape. we saw tons of portable restrooms along the national mall by the wilson building. the signs were not covered over. apparently this sign advertising rule only johns that are here on the capitol ground. on capitol hill, i'm darcy spencer. >> hundreds of people got new things today. the d.c. tattoo expo is taking place. that includes artist competitions, body piercing and of course lots and

you will see a few of these porta potty's. the tape across it is something new. you will not see the brand name on any of these. why? anna-lysa gayle is live on the national mall. what is the deal with the blue tape? anna-lysa: jonathan, right now, this entire row of porta potty's covered with blue tape. if you look closely, you can see that it says don's johns. we found out this may be related to advertising. ahead on inauguration day, there are many portable toilets in position on the national mall. the one becoming the most eye-catching is don's johns. any of the affordable toilets with blue tape, but the phone number still displayed. >> i think it is an absurd work of the -- absurd use of a workers time. there is no reason to cover the name of the company. anna-lysa: a spokesperson for the architect of the capitol said logos were covered to comply with capital grounds restrictions on advertising. but the chief operating officer for don's johns said the company provide a portable toilets with their logos for the 2009 and 2013 inaugurations for president obama.

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. >>> there is a porta potty cover up having on the national mall right now. it's true. somebody is putting masking tape on all the portable bathrooms set up for the inauguration. the tape is covering the name of the company which owns the toilets, johns jodon's johns. a spokesperson for the company says there are times at certain events when sponsors want the name covered but that was not the agreement for the inauguration. >>> takata agrees to pay a billion dollars over deadly and defective air bags. what this means to the millions >>> this harrowing rescue changed the course of aviation history. now 35 years later see what's next for one of the then by the around 5:00 a.m., note some snow possible. d.c., leesburg, maybe winchester. and then freezing rain and sleet beginning to move up. 8:00 tomorrow morning you wake up to snow or sleet early. by noon, some rain down to the south, changing over. just about everybody seeing rain tomorrow afternoon. it's tomorrow morning we have the biggest impacts but even those impacts don't look to be huge. >> the good news is crews h

we were unable to move, even ten feet from our satellite truck to a porta-potty. it was remarkable. all ended up here just over my shoulder is the white house. and if you're looking out those win does right now, you are looking at the crowd. brian? >> so, you're down at the end of the lips. you are near the base of the washington monument. and we have been reading anecdotally all day today, we knew how much public transportation was funneling people into washington. all day yesterday, having nothing to do with the inauguration and everything to do with the protest. so we knew people couldn't get a train reservation, they couldn't get a plane ticket. they were taking, chartering buses to washington. coming up washington from all angles. buses leaving from the northeast, all kinds of cities. we knew this was going to be substantial. what's happening now after so many people had hotel rooms, they stayed on the couches of complete strangers, where are people going and is the crowd dissipating? >> well, brian, the city's a mess right now. i mean, to have that many people here and now eit

in some parts of this country, if you want to put a porta potty on a well site you have to get a permit and it takes weeks to do that. that's not even drilling a hole. it's not invasive, it's not anything. i think we've gotten a little permit nazi. >> i look forward to you your speedy confirmation. >> that is a good line of questioning. i know i have found the answers and responses on some of the trade issues to be reassuring. i think there are a lot of folks who were spooked when they hear rhetoric surrounding 35% tariff and that sort of thing. i think you have given good insights into how that might be interpreted today. senator nelson has a couple cleanup questions and then we can probably get you out of here shortly. >> you have certainly seen by the questions today, and the breath of the subjects covered by the commerce committee, the intense interest you have comported yourself quite well. you have been very detailed and noninvasive in your answers and that is appreciated, and albeit the length of this hearing, let me assure you this hearing is a piece of cake compared to some of

in some parts of this country if you want to put a porta potty on a wellsite i'm yet to go get a permitweeks to do that. that's not even drilling a hole in the ground. it's not invasive. it's not anything. i think we've gone a little permit nazi spirit i look forward to working with you on that and i look forward to your speedy confirmation. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator sullivan. all a good light a question, and i know i found the answers, response today on some of the trade issues to be somewhat reassuring. i think there are a lot of folks who are spooked when hear rhetoric surrounding 35% tariffs and that sort of thing. i think you have given good insights into how that would, might be interpreted today. senator nelson i think has a couple clean up questions and then we'll probably get you out of here shortly. >> well, you have certainly seen by the questions today, and breadth of the subjects that's covered by the commerce committee the intense interest you have comported yourself quite well. you have been very detailed and non-evasive in your answers. and that is a