fox's ronica cleary starts us off live from the white house. >>reporter: shawn and toned initial it has been fascinating to watch president elect donald trump's cabinet unfold and really today's announcement of the selection of rex tillerson x to be the nominee as secretary of state, it's just anotheranot example of what i'm callingng someone who is not a trump loyal list, if you will, being w selected for oneill of these cabinet positions.it let's take a look at a handfuldl of those loyalists who a lot of people thought would be filling trump's cabinet by now. governor chris christie, mayor rudy guiliani, governor mike huck bi, into the beginningnt seems unlikely that any of them will be included in trump's cabinet. insteaned we've seen others maye unexpected figures filling those rolls. general james mads for secretar of defense. tiller son which came out today, rex tillerson for secretary of state. senator jeff sessions for attorney general. governor nick i hail i for un ambassador and then dr. ben carson for secretary of housing and urban d

we want ronica cleary. you were at the supreme court ronica. let's talk a little bit about this. i think about merit garland with president obama months ago and we knew there wasn't going to be action but there's much more than supreme court on the table here. >> throughout this election, even these, the two candidates were not likeable candidates. but you needed to get out there and vote because it is so much more just about the presidency, now, you know, the obvious one, thing that everyone talked about was the supreme court vacancy left by justice antonin scalia but a report came out that said there are actually over 100 these are federal and district courts that president-elect trump will also influence, and at the end of the justices. i spoke with an attorney here in the district, bernard grim, really about the role there these justices and judges have in these local courts and also at the end of the day even though a judge is not supposed to bring bias into it. they're supposed to be the hand of law and justice and make these unbias decisions, no matter what, you bring some

ronica cleary is live in northwest with the story on this. hi, ronica. >> hey, jim, yes, it is normally uneventful day the day the electoral college cast their vote. but like you said a small group of people tried to make it a little more than that. now it started with a group of celebrities. they launched this #unite for america. now in it what they wanted to do is wanted to have electors not vote for trump those that needed to cast ballot for trump. i'll tell you a little background. give you information about this. basically when elector doesn't vote for the candidate they need to vote for the person that won the state are called faceless elector and to be clear they're actually not bound by the constitution to vote for that person instead they're boumd by state laws or pledges with parties and what this group #unite for america they were hoping for 3 electors to basically defect not vote for donald trump and that would have kept him from getting 270 electoral votes and move the vote into the house of representatives. now, you cannot help w

. >> super style, ronica cleary is live at the ritz carlton in downtown dc with a look at what you might call ultimate luxury. ronica? >> reporter: >>> less than a month until donald trump is sworn in. >>> if you're looking to enjoy the inauguration. the ritz carlton on taiwaned street in northwest has a special exclusive deal for you. ronica cleary is there to show us. lay it on us. >> reporter: my goodness, shawn and sarah. this is luxury beyond. i'm here with the director of sales and marketing at the ritz carlton, we're inside the suite. tell me about what you get >> one of the things we designed that you can see here is a blanket that was designed at a factory especially for us in paris. we also have an array that we deliver every night. monogrammed with the inaugural spiel. a backdrop of the dc city landscape. beautiful shaw, et cetera, created especially for our guests to be delivered each night. >> reporter: let's talk a walk, i love that blanket. did you hear it was designed inside the air mess factory? how fabulous is that? we're going to take you through the rest of this beaut

fox5's political reporter ronica cleary is here on the scene. >>reporter: third president obama term it's not possiblet' because of the 2 2*7bdthe amendment, but2 its something that president obama thinks he could have achieved had it been permitted. take a listen to president obama during an exit interview on the x files pod cast with david axelrod. i am confident in this viciousts because i'm confident i -- if i would run again and articulated i think i could have mobilized a majority of thethe people behind me. i know a conversation that i'vee had with people around the country, en with some people who disagreed with me, they would say a vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one.e. >> well, donald trump respondedd where else, via twitter. president obama said he thinks he would have won against me. he should say that i say no way, jobs leaving isis, obamacare. president obama a very highvery approval rating. a 53 percent. you can compare to president elect trim's favorability rating of 44.1 percent. of course we love to he

you can find me on twitter at ronica cleary. we keep seeing this parade of celebrities through trumpbr towers. theitiep latest two nfl grates stopping by to meet with thethe president elect. e nfl gym brown reportedly discussed urban developments.evl after the meeting lewis told reporters he believes neurosurgeon beth parker carsonb is aet good person to head the house of urban developments. a the look of high power people flocking as jim mentioned to the trump tower and grammy award winning kanye west, add that to the list. he spent about an hour with the president elect.ect. reporters asked what the two men discussed and mr. trump says he and west have been friends for a long time and that they talk about life. west was recently hospitalized in los angeles for cancelling his possible low tour.s po the singer said he was suffering from exhaustion and mental health issues. on the heels of a divorce former nba star lamar owed objection to the form is checkingar o himself back into rehab. this comes after a year after he nearly di

reporting live in northwest, i'm ronica cleary, fox 5 local news. >> you see the line behind ronica, we're talking a wednesday night. weekends, it's ridiculous. >> i was there this weekend, ronica, the snickers and doodles and cookie dough. >> reporter: i got an hour to kill. maybe a little bit earlier. >> we'll see you at 6:30, ronica. >>> we're learning tonight the president-elect will be in violation maybe of the lease on the new trump international hotel district the day he takes office >> according to the agency. the lease states no elected official of the government of the united states shall be admitted to share or part of this lease to any bannon that may arise there from. this is one of the many complicates of interest facing the president-elect. he scheduled a press conference to address the issues. he has postponed it until next month, the g s a said not that i know of an official policy. they're going to wait to see what the plan is the business while in office then make an official ruling. >> there's a lot that leans on that >>> wreaths across america and thousands of vo

fox5's political reporterpr polc ronica cleary isal rep lorive wh details on why they werehewere excludedolitical headlines. ronica. >> reporter: a lot going around with that and certainlyty a surprise because we know how much the president-elect likes to use twitter. to top tech tech executives from apple, amazon,zo facebook, tesla, they were all at the table with theh president-elect. but like we said, the surprising company missing, twitter.witter. now, there are reports that an anonymous source says thehe reason is that twitter would wou not work with president-electt-c trump during the campaign to allow an emoji to go alonggo with the crooked hillary #. a top adviser to the trump t transition has said that these reports are false, that it wasis just simply, you know, an oversight or not intentionalnton and that, "the table is not not big enough, there's not roomherr for everyone."ryone. that's how they're respondingesn to those reports. those repor let's talk about ivanka trump. p there have been reports out out that ivanka trump will have an office in the white house inousi the same

you know where to find me facebook and twitter at ronica cleary. reporting live i'm ver ronica cleary, "fox5 local news". >> let's take it outside. chilly one. you know this is about what you expect around the holidays. >> i took a walk without a jacket on today. >> not bad. >> that's for sure. >> let's check in with caitlin and see the latest on the weather for us tonight and what it looks like tomorrow, >> hey there, both of you yesterday's holiday weather nice and we lost sunshine today. it has not been chilly. temperatures steady in the 40s and actually we're going to really warm up by tomorrow it will feel like nice spring afternoon. let's look live outside through the sat line and radar right now. a lot of cloud cover today. we were generally overcast. we're out ahead of a cold front brip showers across the ohio valley. green stretching from tore owe on toe to western kentucky and those showers slow sli move east ward overnight tonight and give us a chance for raindrops tomorrow morning and i don't think we'll squeeze nuch moisture out of thi

face book and twitter at ronica cleary. reporting live at the wilson building i'm ronica cleary "fox5 local news". >> in interview monday night on cbs the first lady said her husband gave the nation hope. she sat with oprah winfrey five weeks after election of donald trump and the campaign aggressively against president-elect and argued trump is unfit to the president. >> having a grown up in the white house who can say to you in times of crisis and turmoil, hey, it's going to be okay, let's remember the good things we have. let's look at the future. let's look at all the things we're building. all of this is important for our kids to stay focused. >> the president he leblingt responded saturday predicting "tremendous hope in the nation's fruit fewer" adding it's a truly exciting time to be alive. "fox5" is your station for politics. tweet us your thoughts on anything political related and use the 5@630 and you'll see the stweets on the board coming up next at 6 two hag hag. #5@630. >> and that's why i'm not going to be her

supreme court, ronica cleary, fox 5 local news. >>> a busy day of meetings for donald trump as he vets a couple candidates for agriculture secretary. he met with lieutenant governor able moldanado and elson, morono. the president-elect still has four cabinet positions left to fill. two could be announced by friday >>> secretary of state john kerry defended the decision by the united states to abstain from a un security council declaring israeli illegal. they of shielding israel against certain diplomatic actions, it caused major backlash from netanyahu who accused the u.s. of conspireing with the palestinians. kerry denied those claims saying his job is to protect u.s. values. >> the united states of america that has done more to support israel than any other country. this friend that has blocked countless efforts to delegitimize israel cannot be true to our own values or even the stated democratic values of israel. and we cannot properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes >> netanyahu wasted no time denouncing it calli

. >> fox5's political reporterepor ronica cleary live with more wim on d.c.'inistration.ion. ronica, what's going on? o >> reporter: hey, sarah andnd tttt. well, with this new administration, it comes more m than president-elect trump, itde comes the entire trump team.ru district home for at leaf theath next four years and with thath comes new homes, new schoolschos and new communities.munities but has the district been very enthusiastic or has it beenas i more of a chilly welcome forelco that trump administration? istro let's talk about some recentut r news withec kellyanne conway con counselor to the president.nt now, she's looking for schools for her four children tor ch attend here in the district. dir conway reportedly told an anonymous source of her search for schools saying "i would not characterize myself as myses worried as much amused by the silence and sighs on the otherhh end of the phone when friends p and allies have made preliminary inquiries on my behalf and of course there cou were reports of the communityomi and neighbors surrounding vicede p

. >> ronica cleary is joining us at the miracle on 7th street, a christmas themed bar there i enjoyeds weekend, ronica. what are folks having to say there? . >> reporter: jim and sarah, let me tell you this bar is packed. people having a great time. we're going to right to the pulse of the people. what do you guys say? merry christmas or happy holidays >> as a jewish fellow i start with happy holidays but if somebody merry christmases me, i will merry christmas the hell out of them >> how about you? >> i say happy holidays. it's pretty standard. >> reporter: you play it safe >> i play it safe. i want to be a nice person. >> reporter: a nice person, you heard that. let's come over here and ask more people. ladies, what do you say? merry christmas or happy holidays >> happy holidays. >> ok. >> i always say happy holidays >> let me sneak through here. >> in festive christmas environment. i want to offend anybody. holidays covers it all. why not? this is awesome. >> reporter: we have a gentleman back here, let's come over here, what do you guys say, merry christmas? happy holidays >> i'm

fox5's political reporter ror ronica cleary is live in live i northwest tonight with the story.or >> reporter: hey, laura and sarah.sah. well, donald trump he isdona tru making good on his promise pmi keeping jobs here in thee in united states starting withtater the carrier plant with over ave thousand jobs that he'she's keeping here instead of beingera moved to mexico.d to mo. it's a promise he made time and time again on the campaign g trail and with that also promising to make business --usn make life more difficult foriffi businesses by increasing taxes on those businesses if they t move jobs abroad. abr >> we can't allow this tolow tht country.untr so many jobs are leaving andnd going to other countries.ou not just mexico. many, many country. i will tell you that unitednite technologies and carrier car stepped it up and now they're te keeping actually the number is over 1100 people which is soichs great. which is so good.gr [applause] >> reporter:la well, the president-elect and viceel president elect they toureden the carrier plant, met witht elh workers there and when vice wn

you knowow where to find me on facebookn fk and twitter at ronica cleary. local news. >> so, when was donald trump t snubbed. >> a lot of people are talking about this tonight forpeop sures about the president-elect'sthe face not being on metro's inaugural smart trip card.d. >> now this was what the 2017 inauguration day cards will w lo trump will become the first f president-elect in recentiden years not to bet- featured onre the card. instead, it shows a picture of u the white house on an americann flag.ag metro says it's working withki w the presidential inaugural committee to design a special sleeve for the smart trip card that features the trump. trump >> previous cards featured ftu president barack obama in 2009ba and then again 2013.then a 2 metro even created a versioner for the 2012 gop nominee mitt romney.romn bill clinton. why is trump not on the trip cards. >> metro requested permission rq to use a photo butue received no response from the campaign.amig due to the long lead time to t produce the cards, the new pass commemorates the national celeb

ronica cleary is back with that story. >>reporter: it is a historic visit by japan's prime minister after aand follows president obama's historic trip earlier this year as president obama was the first sitting president to visit the city. neither leader apologized forlo the events that took place in those sit adver visits signaled the strongg alliance that the two countries share today.. now, the primary minister's remarks, they were sincere and thoughtful. he spoke about visiting the memorial and said it brought him silence rendering him speechless. of those whonames lost their lives and he spoke of leaving flowers. during president obama's remarks he told individual stories of those who lost their lives at pearl harbor and he then spoke about how pearl harbor transformed america forever. here at pearl harbor america's first battle of the second world war rued the nation. here in so am ways america came of age. generations of americans, including my grandparents, the greatest generation, not seek war, but they refused to

ronica cleary getting the pulse of the people on this one. >> she's at station four a vawpt on the water front in southwest. ronica, i know you're talking to people to find out what they think about the electoral college? >> hey, shawn, jim, yes we are out here getting pulse of the people. we're checking in. do you not -- not just what do you think of the electoral college there's a lot of talk of replacing the popular vote. what's your name. >> kevin bliss. >> what do you think should be replaced >> probably but it serve as i purpose. >> it's interesting to see people debate it. thank you so much. that pizza look good. >> who is your name. >> laru graves. >> replace the electoral college with popular vote. >> should have been replaced a long time ago. it's an instrument that goes back to any south to count slaves we're long past that era. as president said it's antiquated instrument. >> do you ever worry as a residents of d.c. would the vote not matter. they talk about emphasis on popular states like california, populous states. do you think that would hurt you or do you think you would

you will hear more from the th governor with ronica cleary. tweet us right now and use the #5@6:30 what do you think t governor hogan's formerly harsh words with donald trump.rum we all know this is the time off giving and some local first responders really stepped up bip time today. earlier firefighters, policers, officers and other public safety officials in prince george'sals county gathered at a fire station in gathered to put together food baskets for families in need. the volunteers will distribute about 2,000 bass et ceteraeter across the county this week. it's aee labor of love for a lot of us. i've got a member of shear i's ' office, corrections, fire departments, police departmentn, and homeland security, as a team we work together to put all this together and we've been working on it since mid november. this gentleman right hearsays ha has been helping for 15 yearseas with the food basket distribution program.dist a lot of families in need will certainly appreciate that. >> yes, they will.es, > do you have a good worklife balance.ba

>>> historic's georgetown house >>> ronica cleary stopped by >> i'm here with the curator, tell us a little bit about the house and the rooms >>> it's a significant house, designed by william author ton, it was owned by the same people martha peter was martha washington granddaughter, we have a significant collection of washington objects >> i love the story of the christmas tree and why it's >> home for the holidays in 1945, due to war time shortages, a lot of people had to go with an artificial tree that career just because live trees were ladder to come by because of labor shortages for harvesting them as well as transportation difficulties to get the trees to market as far as ornaments on the tree we've gone with things like brightly colored glass ball ornaments >> tell me about some of the rooms >> visitors can i objects decorations in every space of the house, in the servants's sitting room, visitors can see how the servants are preparing for the holidays, some of the challenge that is anyone would have faced because products like sugar were still being raged even though the wa

but ronica cleary is out and about getting the pulse of the people. have to say as you're attaches at friend ship heights. >>reporter: frien the 22nd amendment would stop this scenario from ever happening but i'm here at chad's.d's. we're going to start with thehe bartender who apparently knows a handful of people from fox5. we won't name names.t do you think president obamama would win a third name if themei opportunity presented itself.ite >> i'll tell you what, i couldcl cancel my plans to leave town oo the 20th if that were the case. > where are you going in you're everyone's favorite bartender.td >> i'm going to take the week off and come back in time for monday. > let's check in. in. we've got some other people. you said you're from out ofut o town. >> yes. > what are your names. >> i am bob and vanessa.ane > what do you think? could he win a third term. >> i don't think so, but he hade to do is wait because his wife h is going to run in four years. e > you think michelle reallyea going to do >> absolutely. > i don't think so. i believe her when

ago and brought the b united states into the second world war.worl fox5 a's political reporter ronica clearys here with the story. >>reporter: thank you, tony. it is an historic by japan's prime minister yeah yea and follows presidenistte obama's historic trip that took place a. president obama was the firstth sitting president to visit that city. while neither leader apologized for the events, the visit signaled a strong alliance thatn the would countries share today. the prime minister's remarks were sincere and thoughtful. he spoke about visiting the memorial at pearl harbor and said it brought him to silence rendering him speechless. he noted the names listed of those who lost their lives at the memorial and he spoke about leaving flowers in the waters at pearl harbor to remember those lives lost. now, during president obama's remarks he told individualold stories of those who lost their lives at pearl harbor and then he then spoke about pearl harbor transformed america forever. you're at pearl harbor, america's first battle of the second world war rued the nation. here in so am ways of

ronica cleary out therey ou getting the pulse of theg e pu >> ronica you're live at theivat mad hatter in dupont circle.ir what's going on. >> reporter: hey shawn andnd sarah. ra we're keeping with the theme of the fact that it's thes the holiday christmas treetm tree lighting and it's the lastt's et time that president obama willps do it. we're here at thell bar asking k people about their favoriteeir v memories president as hees prest approaches a new journey. journ hey guys what's your game. your >> my name is reggie. r >> reporter: reggie and. >> amend today. >> -- amanda.ma favorite memory.em >> at the 2004 democraticdecr national convention and eechch. very inspiring very fresh very different. >> reporter: big moment on men the stage put him in the him ine national spotlight.tional spotl. how about you. vilegead the privilege of seeing him in person in 20's 20' 12 at the apac conference. he went on stage and he wasn ste about a foot tailor and than t every -- they were all kind of older men on the stage and and obama was like 20 years younger, 2 feet taller and he just brought ev

fox5's ronica cleary live at the u.s. nic garden withn w we're hearing some christmas chr ronica. ro what's going on?'s gng >> reporter: we are hearing some christmas music jim andnd shawn. let me tell you i can imagine ie how cold tom was. w i was that cold at 5 o'clockat k but now if you want to see some amazing sights arounds aro d.c. and the world you canou stay warm inside the u.s. botanic garden. gar i'm inside with devon johnson. s this is pretty spectacular.ctacl what are we listening to.re wstn >> good evening.evg. we're listening to some jazze zz sic.c. tonight we have tony craddockrac part of our concert series month of december we're openr we until 8:00 p.m. live concertson free of charge.rg >> reporter: oureporte photographer joe is going toer j show you we've got the white whi house here.use tell me about what it is made it's incredible.ble. >> we got more than 53 different and landmarks somearks of them here from d.c. they're made out of plant pla parts. if you look at details you'll yl see cinnamon sticks a

ronica cleary went out to get get the polls from the people on pel this one to see what they they thinka. >> reporter: hey, shawn and sarah.ra i had a lot of fun hearing hea what people had to say with this. this. took me by surprise and i thinke by s the lighthearted nae of the way people took this. thi we have seen presidents on actually quite recent.ent. 2009 and 2013, there were inauguration commemorativetion cards made out for for f f president barack obama.iden they also made one for mt itt romney in 2012 before he lost ls the race.ac but prior to that, it's really y a spotty history of whether or not the president was actuallycy put on the card.d. we saw bill clinton in 1993. 199 it wasn't his picture but ite bu was a signature but actually metro, you know, just came outat with it and said with georgeithe bush they said "there's not a a large public interest."nterest. i think there might be maybe less controversy if maybe theybe had said that there was a a different reason why he wasn't on the card. car i think the thing that doestoe have people shaking theirshakin heads is oh we

fox5's ronica cleary is live liv with the pulse of the peopleuls tonight. d ronica you spokepo to maryland governor larryr larr hogan, too.. what dd well, we'reorte here in northweh and we're talking about new n year's resolutions.esolutio last week i had thelastk i opportunity to sit down for anor interview with governor larrynoy hogan and i couldn't let theethe opportunity pass up withoutut asking him his new year's resolutions first.lution take a listen. >> new year's resolution is probably lose some weight.eight. because during my chemo,y chemo cancer battle they filled me with steroids and i gained i gad about 40 pounds.40 p i'm now trying to get back in shape. i'm going hair and i'm trying ty to slim down a little bit.do that's what i'm goingwn have tot document governor if you everovr want to do a sessinoon at the at gym and let us come, i will w work out with you. y >> wow. >> reporter: and we cane break news there. there. >> i'm going have to practicetoc a few times first because ist b don't want to embarrass myself l on tv but once i get a little a

yeah it's rich with war time artifacts and of course aao little holiday cheer as well.era fox5's ronica cleary stoppedy so by to check it out. o >> reporter: president truman called the christmas of 1945, one the war weary word families reunited with theirhe loved ones including here attitude door place inde door pn georgetown. let's take a look insides. i'm take here with grant curator cur attitude door place. tell us a little bit about the houselitt and the rooms inside.s >> tudor place is a verylace isr significant house actuallyctll designed by william thornton the architect who designedig capitol building. e wasca owned by they peter until 1983.3. martha peter was martha washington's granddaughter. we have a significantigfi collection of washington objects here i love the story of the christmas tree and whyhe tell me about that. >> well, in caring with ourl, i theme of home for the holidaysn in 1945 due to war timee shortages a lot of people had h to go with an artificial treeiat that year just because liveaue trees were hard to come by ce because of labor shortages for harvesting them as

fox5's ronica cleary out to get the pulse of the people, where are you at. >> i'm at the oval room. it's a nice little l piece of history. counted da lease a rise once said this was her favorite place to dine. probably the best thing to have might be the bartender. with kanye west in the news today meeting with donald trumpp it has us thinking about celebrities. who would you like to perform at the inaugeration. >> ted knew gent. do you think it>> matters if the threaten rate supported donald trump or do you think it's abous coming together. >> i would assume you would want someone performing that wouldwol select the president. probably not that would be the last person.es this gentleman is not dripping at the bar alone. his friends were not braverav enough to do this with him. what about you when you thinkyo about celebrities? who would wo you like to see. >> i hear kanye is open, but actually i think tom hangs woulh be a really great guy do have ae a celebrity to come out.. if anything ever goes southoes under the next administration, hopefully it doesn't, he's ahe's good guy to r

right after our show. ♪ ♪ >>> it is sunday, december 18th, i'm ronica cleary >> tom fitzgerald with youdays before christmas: the year has flown by in big ways and in small. we appreciate you taking the time to spend this next half hour with you here on fox 5 news on the hill. in the last shot bid, thousands of electoral college petitions are being circulated to block the election of the president-elect. lors will convene. donald trump lost the popular vote the number is up to about 3 million. this is a situation unlike -- very different than 2000 where we had that mystery. we know wh won this election, however, this is ths movement afoot to change the outcome of this election. you spoken to a lot of people this week. is there a sense of folks who want this to happen, that were what we saw on november 8 did not actually takes place, that somehow the electoral college could sweep in and changes that you >> that's an interesting question because i'm out there for our 6:30 show we call it the pulse of the people. a lot of the people i speak with really seem to have a feeling of acceptance

weeks the first family will be moving out, but they made sure to decorate the let me know and ronica cleary with an inside look at 1600 put >> reporter: we have an inside look at the holiday magic that happens at the white house. deck creator and author, colleen christian berk joins us. >> thanks for having me >> we have a preview of a christmas ornament collection you created. tell us about that. >> this is a sneak peak, so it's special. the collection, the name is a little bit of a mouthful, colleen christian berk first lady's collection by fitz and floyd and it's inspired by the amazing history and decorating of our first ladies. lots of historical details >> i love all the pieces. i love more are the stories behind them. tell me about the salt and pepper shaker and story behind the shoes. >> this first collection, the premier collection features nancy reagan and jackie kennedy and their style. these little adorable salt and pepper shakers are a nod to nancy's holiday shoes. so every year, nancy reagan, a fashion icon would glue red pom, pom's on to her black high heels. and then the rea

ronica cleary went inside to i look at all the holiday magic that happens at the white house. >>reporter: we have an insideni look at all the holiday magic that happens at the white house. decorator christian burke joins us today. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us.hank we have a preview of a christmas ornament and holiday collection that you've created. tell us about that. >> this is a sneak peak so it's very special. the name is a about it of a mouthful colleen burke fitz. it is inspired by the amazing history and decorating by ourur first ladies. i love all of the pieces. what i love more are the stories behind them. tell me about the salt and pepper shaker and the story t behind thehe shoes. this first collection, the premier collection features nancy reagan and jackie kennedyd and their style.styl these little adorable salt and pepper shakers are a nod to nancy's holiday shoes. so every year nancy reagan, aa fashion icon would glue red pom-poms onto her black high our little teddy bears because nancy also decorated with teddy bears is wearing black shoes with

the city is busy >> ronica cleary is live at the ritz carlton along with a sneak >> reporter: we're getting ready for inauguration weekend. we still do not know if any big name celebrities will perform at the event. inauguration committee released a schedule what we can expect. it will start thursday, jan 19th, the events will begin with the president and president-elect they're going to be at arlington national ceremoniesth cemetery where the two will lay wreath and there will be a welcome concert at the linc couldn't memorial. we'll wait to see who will be attending. on friday, january 20th is inauguration day, the inauguration ceremony is going to take place at the u.s. capitol. there will be an inaugural parade along pennsylvania avenue and again, you do not need tickets to be with the general public and attend the parade. in the evening, both donald trump and mike pence will attend the inaugural balls. on the event, there will be a national prayer service. we're inside the ritz carlton and part of the reason we're here, local events and businesses, local restaurant, businesses hotels a

ronica cleary has been tushing this situation more details. >> reporter: the finding that individualgton immigration court were scheduled out to 024 that's eight years from now, was shocking. our initial request found that 380 hearings wring sketched in 023 and 2024 and think about where where you are life will be in seven or eight years. that's how long hundreds of individuals were scheduled to wait for their hearing in immigration court. a new request submitted just months later revealed a surprising result. all 30 hearings praev yutsly scheduled for 2023 and 2024 were gone. where this did they go? crystal remade with a simple cases in the out years were brought forward. when pushed for more details i was given little how were the court dates changed and why were they changed. i asked was it because of fox5 coverage ever the hearing scheduled years out and even now how there's saidenly the chas to hear that earlier when previously they immediateed to be heard in 204. i was told my follow-up questions were outside the scope of the request and of course that didn't stop us from looki