stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: the marathon, 26.2 miles, a grueling feat of mind over matterit was a big deal only 25,000 did. but by 2015, that number soared to over half a million. now just finishing doesn't feel that unique. finishing fast is what matters. some runners are even willing to break the rules just to get bragging rights or to qualify for the prestigious boston marathon. derek murphy has a message for them. not so fast. how many cheaters do you think you've caught in how many races? >> it's probably been over 50 races i've caught, i would say, over 200, 250 runners. >> once a marathoner himself, murphy is now a self-styled marathon investigator with a powerful blog that calls out the cheaters. a year ago he started punching in race stats on his laptop. just for fun. >> you said, oh, time for an algorithm. >> yeah. >> now using analysis together with race photos, murphy is out for what he calls irregularities. in philadelphia this year, he found a lot of them. >> he finished in 24.43, yet the report says differently. meaning the runner may have cut the course. st

stephanie gosk has been reporting on the protests in washington at ground level all day. stephanie, what do you have? >> reporter: you know, brian, we are not that far from that empty lectern and let's just say this is a very different scene out here every once in a while you hear a cheer, welcome to your first day, a chant and a taunt of sorts to the new president. and his team that is why they came here. you know, we watched this crowd grow all day long. organizers had said 200,000. the officialless here in the city said they were preparing for 500,000. and then late in the afternoon we got word that officials were concerned that the crowd had actually grown so big that they didn't want the formal march to happen. there's no way to confirm the numbers and that can get tricky and there's going to be a lot of contention on how many people came out here today. but from our vantage point, we saw crowds like i have never seen before and i have covered demonstrations here in the u.s., overseas. i've never quite seen a crowd like this. we were unable to move, even ten feet from

stephanie gosk is at one of the checkpoints we showed you a while ago, the navy memorial. ephanie, when we saw the higher shot, we saw kind of a line of police. will people have a pretty good view when they go by? >> reporter: they will. they'll have a reasonably good view. what you can't see is that navy memorial is actually elevated a little bit, so the people gathering there will be able to see. this is the largest protest along the parade route. the organizers told us they were hoping to get 20,000. i can tell you they're certainly nowhere near 20,000 out here right now, but they do have thousands. and they have been increasing in numbers all day long. the rain not a deterrent for them, and it is getting louder and louder. and we do see a larger presence of police here outside these barricades than perhaps on the other side of the street where there are stands for supporters. now, i do want to anticipate possib president trump possibly getting out of the motorcade at some point and walking along the parade route. it would seem that would be very unlikely in this particu

nbc's stephanie gosk is there. >> reporter: the cold and the snow didn't stop them. the massive show of force on moscow's streets didn't, either. police estimate a crowd of 25,000, the largest political demonstration since the early '90s. "russia without putin" they defiantly chanted. >> those were days of protests. days of protests. it was a different -- three different report there is from "nbc nightly news." over december, early days of december, 2011, the election was december 4, the protests started december 5. that was five years ago, 2011. these protests were really big. some of the biggest protests against any russian leader since the fall of the soviet union. even the last soviet leader, mikh said that that election was a disaster, it should be scrapped and redone. gorbachev came out and said "the country's leaders must admit there were numerous falsifications and rigging. the results do not reflect the people's will, i think they can only take one decision, annul the results of an election and hold a new one." gorbachev said that. as thousands and then tens

we have both kristen welker and stephanie gosk. first to kristen welker for an update on what to expect from the white house. kristen? >> reporter: it's a good question, brian. no indication of exactly what he's going to say. i was at the white house last night when sean spicer came out two times unannounced to let us know about those initial executive actions that president trump signed. the first one, of course, being with obamacare and essentially saying to various agencies that they don't have to necessarily live up to all of the regulations required by obamacare if they are overly burdensome. he also signed an executive action as it relates to the fha, essentially rolling back a lower interest rate. there were other actions taken by reince priebus telling agencies to freeze any new regulations. this see

stephanie gosk is at one of the checkpoints we showed you a while ago, the navy memorial. ephanie, when we saw the higher shot, we saw kind of a line of police. will people have a pretty good view when they go by? >> reporter: they will. they'll have a reasonably good view. what you can't see is that navy memorial is actually elevated a little bit, so the people gathering there will be able to see. this is the largest protest along the parade route. the organizers told us they were hoping to get 20,000. i can tell you they're certainly nowhere near 20,000 out here right now, but they do have thousands. and they have been increasing in numbers all day long. the rain not a deterrent for them, and it is getting louder and louder. and we do see a larger presence of police here outside these barricades than perhaps on the other side of the street where there are stands for supporters. now, i do want to anticipate possib president trump possibly getting out of the motorcade at some point and walking along the parade route. it would seem that would be very unlikely in this particu

nbc's stephanie gosk is there. >> reporter: the cold and the snow didn't stop them. the massive show of force on moscow's streets didn't, either. police estimate a crowd of 25,000, the largest political demonstration since the early '90s. "russia without putin" they defiantly chanted. >> those were days of protests. days of protests. it was a different -- three different report there is from "nbc nightly news." over december, early days of december, 2011, the election was december 4, the protests started december 5. that was five years ago, 2011. these protests were really big. some of the biggest protests against any russian leader since the fall of the soviet union. even the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev came out and said that that election was a disaster, it should be scrapped and redone. gorbachev came out and said "the country's leaders must admit there were numerous falsifications and rigging. the results do not reflect the people's will, i think they can only take one decision, annul the results of an election and hold a new one." gorbachev said that.

stephanie gosk is also on the national mall. it's fascinating i think that this started with just a facebook posting right after the election and people decided they wanted to get together and now we're talking about potentially 600 of these. but the big one of course where you are. give us a little rundown, what do we expect today? >> reporter: well, you will have a bunch of people speaking, some performances. indigo girls will perform. so the event really is just here for hours. the march doesn't start until around 2:00 or so. we'll see if they actually stay to schedule. and they will march down independence avenue and then to the eclipse which is the south laup of the white house. so anyone looking out of the window at the white house will certainly see them coming down. some interesting things about the numbers here. yesterday for the inauguration, there were bus permits for 200 buses. today for this event, there were permits for 1200. >> stephanie gosk on the national mall. let's go to chicago which is one of the cities whe

our stephanie gosk is here in washington, d.c. and we're listening or at least hearing from our perch up here by the capitol, stephanie, the noise and activity. talk to us about the feeling from the people you have met with on the ground, who have heard the different speeches. is there any disappointment that folks, that there were just too many of them and they weren't able to move toward the white house? >> reporter: you know, actually, thomas, a lot of people are just sort of going anyway. what you're seeing behind me right now is movement. and for the last four hours, you haven't been able to budge in this area. it's literally been shoulder to shoulder. yet an announcement came that a d.c. official said that the formal march itself couldn't take place because of the numbers, and someone came on the loudspeaker and said, actually, it can. turn around, go down the street, head to the washington monument. and so everyone did that. now it's hard to tell right now how much control the police have on this crowd. to be honest, i can't

. >> stephanie gosk is in washington. stephanie? >> hey. what was hundreds of thousands dwindled to a few hundred. you can call these people the die hards of a long day here, in a day that surprised many who came here, including officials in this city. the organizers recall say there was 100,000. the march ended up making it here where it was supposed to arrive and that is where it end today. >> thank you. >>> eli, is this the beginning of a movement? there's been some comparison with the creation of the tea party. is that what today is or is this going to be something we'll talk about for a few days and gone? >> this is a critical mass of people we saw today, you can visualize that. donald trump creates that mass with his twitter feed. this clearly real uprising how it manifests turnover next few years remains to be seen. there have to be other ways to manifest itself because he has a bully pulpit. the crowds were bigger today in part because of the speech he gave yesterday. it just got bigger because the speech he gave and spoke to such a

nbc's stephanie gosk was with him all day. >> when donald trump took the oath of office, the people here saying we shall overcome. >> reporter: similar demonstrations across the country. arrests outside trump tower, new york city. a human chain across san francisco's golden gate bridge. from phoenix to houston to chicago, people protesting the country's new president on his first day in office. tonight, thousands of protesters remain in downtown d.c. occasionally facing off with police. we have seen many people injured, both protesters and police officers. and tomorrow, d.c. police are preparing for a women's march on washington. organizers of that march say they expect a couple hundred thousand people. lester. >> jacob rascon here in d.c. tonight. thanks. >> we're joined by our political director, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd, and nbc political analyst nicolle wallace. let me start with you, chuck. i think when we heard the word carnage in the speech, we knew this would be an unusual message. >> my first reaction was i thought it was shockingly divisive for an inaugural. i

and i think we want to begin with stephanie gosk who is here in d.c. we've been checking in with her all day long. stephanie, they're estimating there are about 500,000 people who are expected to participate. you're there in a sea of people. >> reporter: i'm not surprised by that number. we had been talking about 200,000 earlier in the week. but it's just such an enormous crowd. i know, obviously, from the ground level we don't have the best perspective on it. al i can tell you from trying to walk through that crowd, it is next to impossible. and you think about it, in about an hour or so, maybe less, this crowd's going to have to turn around from the way they're facing right now and start marching towards the ellipse. that's just not going to happen quickly. this is a huge crowd. and i can't stress it enough, just the logistics of trying to make that work. you may know that earlier they had tried to get a permit for the mall. and they were denied that permit. when you look at this crowd, at how many people are here, you think, wow, they probably should

stephanie gosk. that is something that will be debated for quite some time. we're going to discuss all of the fast moving developments. we have a number of people to do with us. sally quinn, katie packer who is a former campaign aide to romney. jennifer ruben, who is an opinion writer. and i want to welcome all of you, thank you so much for being here. sally, thank you. let me start with you. your reaction to this march today. these crowds who have come out in these stunning number? >> well, you know, when they first announced the march, it was kind of people were sort of saying, well, i don't know. what's the theme. what's the message. it didn't really -- it wasn't very cohesive to begin with. women are marching for what. is it for men or equality? and it became more cohesive as it got closer and closer. suddenly i found i had friends coming from not only new york and all over the country, but all over the world. so many people that i know -- i'm talking about women who are people in very high powered positions in every field around the country. all coming h

beth fouhy is in chicago, morgan radford is in new york, and nbc's jacob rascon, cal perry and stephanie goskre in the nation's capital nap's where we begin with stephanie. set the scene. what are folks there telling you? and how much anticipation is there where you are? >> reporter: kristen, there's a lot. a lot of anticipation and excitement. all you need to see to set the scene is this crowd. the cameraman will pan out there. people are shoulder to shoulder. those trying to even cross the street are having difficulty. just in the last hour or so i've talked to people from missouri, from north carolina, from california, from florida, and i'm joined right now by a couple of ladies who drove from missouri. now, so far they hold the record for me, an 18-hour drive. angie and stephanie, angie tell me a little bit about why you guys made that unbelievable drive here. >> when we voted, it didn't work out the way we wanted it to, but we can't act like it's over. this has to be our start, not our finish. >> is there a particular message you want to send today? >> if you don't do something, you vote

we want to go to nbc's stephanie gosk. she has a rundown of the national mall. how's the energy?hey, chris. there's a lot of energy right now. just in the last hour and a half this crowd has really gotten dense. people are pouring in here. people like the asheville nine. [ cheers ] you get a sense of it there. these women are from north carolina. they drove up yesterday, an eight-hour drive. eight out of the nine have never protested in washington before. the only one who has is lee ann. lee ann, tell me a little bit about what motivates this group and why you guys are out here today. >> we come out representing civility and equal rights for all people, no matter their color or their religious background or their former national status or their sexual orientation. and we are here also in honor of granny annie. >> reporter: tell me about granny annie. >> she is a representative of the love for all people. and we honor that today when we march. we want our elected representatives to see that we care about all people no matter their background and we're rally concerned about environ

that's stephanie gosk. the most painful thing i have ever experienced. >> i mix it up. what you do. how do you stay motivated? >> workout with don. >>> let's show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. you can see we have snow coming across the great lakes and it's going to make its way here into the northeast already seeing snow flakes in the new york area and eventually gets into boston. the evening commute is going to be a bit of a mess. in fact we have anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of snow or more. western pa where phil will be look for his shadow later this week and we're looking for anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of snow >>> you may be seeing some haze as you make your way outdoors. we're seeing temps in the 40s right now. peninsula 48, south bay 46, trivalley warming up to 37 right now. north bay, 38 degrees. san francisco still looking hazy out there. 47 degrees. today will be our last day of dry conditions before the next several days. we see rain moving in tomorrow night sticking around through the weekend. >> now do you mix it up? >> i swing kett

that's stephanie gosk. the most painful thing i have ever experienced. >> i mix it up.ood tuesday morning to you. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. still a lot of clouds around. most of the snow showers are across the keystone state. they're headed up into new york and new england. should be leaving us alone. it's breezy and cold outside. temperatures, windchill temperatures in the mid to upper 20s right now. we'll get more and more sunshine as the afternoon goes along. westerly breezes, 15 to as much as 30 miles per hour. it will feel cooler than the 53 that it will be. tomorrow clouds increasing, cooler tomorrow, highs in the 40s. maybe a few sprinkles late. >> now do you mix it up? >> i swing kettle bells sometimes. i do high intensity interval training. >> i'm going to try to workout three days in a row. >> if i looked like you i'd take a couple of weeks >> if you looked like her that would be concerning. >> if you're going to break your new year's diet resolution make it count. wait until you see the deserts we're making. in a hurry? no time for