it here in 1969. >> but steve ray will not walk from the sideline. >> i'm the laugh yet -- lafayette park reviewing stand across from the presidential reviewing stand where the first family will be to enjoy the parade as it goes by. >> a coverted position. >> you will have a constant flow of entertainment and military units and high school bands and college bands. reporter: ray says it is a personal lifetime achievement no matter who is honored. >> i would have said the same thing if mr. sanders won or mrs. clinton won. no matter who won this is one of those things i had targeted as a bucket list item for my career. >> but there will be a crucial announcement for him at the start. >> the job is to announce the first lady and the first family. the first time i say the 45th president of the united states and then that name -- is the first time i say it. i won't give it away before we get there. reporter: in washington, d.c., kathleen karens, abc news. jonathan: we are just ten days away from the inauguration. we have the extensive coverage in days leading up to the inauguration and the

we also spoke the to steve ray on the phone. he says he expects charlie and hopes he accepts the new position. >>> we now now what the official stikts for the inauguration will look like. 250,000 tickets will be distributed next week to congress. mall. >> maryland senator chris van holen offered his first speech on the u.s. floor yesterday. the democrats clammed the gop's plan to repeal the affordable care act. i team's scott mcfarland said it is unusual for a new senator to make a speech on the floor so soon. >>> a virginia congressman is trying to make it he easier to cut federal workers pay. congressman morgan griffith represents virginia's 9th district. he and other house republicans are working to reinstate the holman rule from the late 1800s. it let's lawmakers cut an individual's pay to $1. but that rule could undermine decades of civil service. >> it's beyond silly. i don't know how to comment on it. >> is it an attack on civil service? >> >> there are about 350,000 federal workers in our area, plus the postal service, s

steve ray joins me now. >> good morning, carol. lots of friend here at cnn.f my favorite film clips of all time from the film "geographically desirable." >> first of all, congratulations. also, i understand you had a dress rehearsal in the past few days. what was that like? >> yesterday, we actually closed down pennsylvania avenue on a sunday morning from the capitol to the white house and we had a great dress rehearsal. the men and women of the joint task force as well as the military district of washington who are charged with doing all this did a tremendous job. so we're going to have a terrific parade that actually has, in addition to all those military units, high school, college, civic units like from up where you are now, the nypd, emerald society pipe and drum core. >> awesome. i understand the inaugural parade itself is expected to be much shorter this time around. usually it lasts a couple of hours. >> indeed. the longest for both kin difficult and mr. obama's second was about 3 1/2, four hours. the shortest is about an hour. we should come in at ab

trump's inauguration committee wants steve ray to take over.is an announcer in our area and volunteered for the trump campaign. his inauguration committee offered charlie the position of presidential announcer chairman ee mayor tuesday. charlie, though, said he had been looking forward to this position. >> i've got friends and family and expecting me to do this and i want to do this. >> steve ray says he respects charlie and he hopes he accepts the position. >>> congress meets in a joint session to officially count the electoral vote that will make donald trump the the 45th president. >> but now the president-elect is squaring off with top intelligence officials. tracey pots is here now to break et al. down for us. >> good morning, aaron and eun. president-elect trump has said that he's really not that the evidence is there to support a claim that russia tried to influence our election through hacking. today he finds out what evidence there really is. he's getting that briefing in new york after intelligence officials come back here to capitol

trump's inauguration committee wants steve ray to take over. ray is an announcer in our area and volunteered for the trump campaign. the inauguration committee has offered charlie the new position of presidential announcer chairman emeritus. charlie says he's been looking for the inauguration. >> i've got friends and family and expecting me to do this and i want to do this. >> steve ray says he respects charlie and hopes that he accepts the position. the president-elect tweeted about the inauguration this morning, saying hopefully all supporters and those who want to make america great again will go to d.c. on january 20th tweeted. gas prices are set to go up this year according to gas buddy. d.c. is one of the cities expected to see prices climb to $3 a gallon. kye martin tells us why the price is going up at the pump. >> reporter: new year, new realty. those year to year falling fuel prices of the past five years, history. on january 1st, opec implemented the oil price hike it promised in november. and drivers like lisa will pay. >> it makes

we're thrilled for steve ray to be introducing a new generation of americans to the grand traditionse inaugural parade. >> if i were the trump people, what i would have done is a transition period in the best interests of the parade and everybody connected with it, it should have been both of us up there. >> joe johns up there, cnn, washington. >>> all right. feeling the bern at a cnn town hall, bernie sanders had strong words for the president-elect. we have two people who got to question sanders, what their impressions were afterwards. they will join us next d. and i couldn't wait to get my pie chart. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% native american. i had no idea. just to know this is what i'm made of, this is where my ancestors came from. and i absolutely want to know more about my native american heritage. it's opened up a whole new world for me. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. it's my decision ito make beauty last. roc® retinol, started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, th

. >> steve ray will be the new announcer. >> some say he's earned the right for himself to stop doing i would say he does have the right, but in this case the ia a partisan nonpresidential committee also has the right to choose how they put on the event. >> reporter: the critics note ray was a trump campaign volunteer, even so brotman doesn't blame him. >> not a bit. if i were him, i would be ecstatic too. >> in fact, brotman says, the story has a happy ending. he'll be covering friday's parade for a local tv station, reaching a much larger audience and getting paid to do it. >> but you're okay. >> i'm better than okay. i'm a shade above spectacular now. >> reporter: at age 89 -- >> the world has opened its arms to embrace me. >> reporter: brotman predicts his new broadcasting career is just getting started. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," outgoing white house press secretary josh earnest. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." no time for a bath? johnson's head-to-toe cleansing cloths. they're twice as b

." >> and steve ray volunteered for the trump campaign. >> i h and accepts the presidential chairmanritus announcer position graciously. i know the inauguration committee is going to do the right thing. >> reporter: are you going to go to the inauguration? >> i'm not sure. i'm considering it. >> and new inauguration day details just into our newsroom. the committee says it no longer needs the space around the elips. that means groups of protesters or supporters can apply for permits to use it. >> the official ticket for donald trump's inauguration was unveiled today. 250,000 of these will be distributed to members of congress next week to give to their constituents. if you are attending official inaugural events on capitol grounds, you will be required to have a ticket but you do not need one to watch the ceremony from the mall. >> a new look at plans to redevelop the rfk stadium. the project includes plans for indoor and outdoor community activities, park lands and athletic field. they made room for a potential nfl stadium. the team could build a new stadium at the site but city off

steve: her leg. thaddeus: oh! ray: ha ha ha! ahh... steve: that's a part of her. you got to--got to give it to him. you can't believe that's up there. christian: ha ha ha! i was worried. yes. it is. steve: that's why you got to say something. all right, uh, papa ray. name something of his cheating wife's a man might give to his dog to chew on. ray: her black book. steve: her black book. [buzzer] kristi: underwear, underwear, underwear, underwear, underwear. panties. bra. panties. lorie: come on. steve: this is funny. name something of his cheating wife's a man might give to his dog to chew on. lorie: her computer. [applause] steve: her computer. [buzzer] [cheering and applause] number 8. audience: her credit cards. steve: 6. audience: sex toy. steve: 5. audience: toothbrush. steve: let's go to question two. give me jimmy. give me christian. ha ha! ha! ha! ha ha! ha! ha ha! all right. top 5 answers on the board. ha ha ha! name a part of your body you might try to cl--clean out with your finger. jimmy: your bottom. [applause] steve: ha ha ha! your bottom. [buzzer] c

an announcer named steve ray. the brotman told us he was informed of the change by e- mail but not given a reason. >> now trump is saying in essence, hey man you did me good. is there anything i can do for you? well, i am an announcer. you got it baby. brotman. get that bum out of here. >> trump's team though has confirmed he will be honored as announcer chairman at the inauguration. >>> now is the perfect time to download the wusa9 app. if you are one stop shop for information about the inauguration. from a schedule of events to what's open to parking, public transportation schedules, and road closures. now it was taken down but a controversial painting inspired by ferguson, missouri is going back up again. law enforcement agencies are outraged over the painting depicting officers as pigs. california republican congressman duncan hunter took it down and returned it to the office of democratic congressman william lacey clay whose district includes ferguson's. today members of the congressional black caucus will ho

he learned last beak the presidential inauguration committee is replacing him with steve ray, a trump campaign volunteer, and fro lance announcer. >> at first this is yesterday, i was destroyed. i want him to do good. as opposed to hoping he fouls up, they say we want charlie back. no. i don't want that. >> ray said he is not replacing him, just filling his shoes, inaugural committee is offering to announce him as announcer chairman, emeritus. the three of us are look at this t still deciding whether he'll except. >> well, when we come back. how one community recycling christmas trees and feeding its animal hop population. >> we all i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now. what's up? gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. he's got a killer backhand. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down. why suffer? stand up to chronic migraine... with botox®. botox® is the only treatment for chron

. >> steve ray will be the new announcer.people will say he's earned the right to decide for himself when to stop doing this. >> i would say he does have that right. but in this case, the apolitical, nonpartisan presidential inauguration committee also has the right to choose how they put on the event. >> reporter: critics of the decision noted that ray was a trump campaign volunteer. even so, brotman doesn't blame him. >> not a bit! if i were he, i'd be ecstatic, too. >> reporter: in fact, brotman says, the story has a happy ending. he'll be covering friday's parade for a local tv station, reaching a much larger audience, and getting paid to do it. but you're okay? >> i'm-- i'm-- i'm better than okay. i'm a shade above spectacular now. >> reporter: at age 89... >> the world has opened its arms to embrace me. >> reporter: brotman predicts that his new broadcasting career is just getting started. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the wo

president eisenhower's second term, but this year the trump team is bigging in a new voice, announcer steve ray. he spoke to us earlier tonight on off script with brucetonson. he was -- bruce johnson. he was informed by e-mail, and he was not giving a reason. he says it appears ray is being awarded for working on his campaign. >> he is saying in essence, hey, man, you did me good. anything i can do for you? i'm an announcer. you brockman, get that bum out of here. >> of course you are no bum. >> ouch. >> download the wusa 9 app. it's your one-stop shop about the inauguration, and the schedule of events. it will have public transportation and road closures. download it now and access when you need it. >>> one of the beacons of the capital city went dark again. power problems hitting the washington monument for the second a weak. the -- in a week. the lights were off for an hour. >> reporter: the washington monument was only black for a short time tonight, but it once again left the locals curious. what exactly is going on with one of the country's most recognized monuments? this group hikes arou

. >> steve ray will be the new announcer. some people will say he's earned the right to decide for himself when to stop doing this. >> i would say he does have that right. but in this case, the apolitical, nonpartisan presidential inauguration committee also has the right to choose how they put on the event. >> reporter: critics of the decisiot even so, brotman doesn't blame him. >> not a bit! if i were he, i'd be ecstatic, too. >> reporter: in fact, brotman says, the story has a happy ending. he'll be covering friday's parade for a local tv station, reaching a much larger audience, and getting paid to do it. but you're okay? >> i'm-- i'm-- i'm better than okay. i'm a shade above spectacular now. >> reporter: at age 89 -- >> the world has opened its arms to embrace me. >> reporter: brotman predicts that his new broadcasting career is just getting started. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later fo

ray: good, steve. they took after their pops. steve: i see that. ray: yeah. eve: well, you've done a heck of a job as a father. you get all your kids through college. ray: yes. yes. [cheering and applause] steve: let me tell you something, brother. that's good parenting, man. ray: my wife and i couldn't have done it alone. it's with the

based freelance announcer steve ray. >> you will have a constant flow of entertainment. >> the presidential given august ration committee offered brotman v.i.p. speech and the special recognition in the parade as announcer chairman emeritus. >> i adore and respect brotman. he is an >> brotman says he suspects that ray was a trump supporter and the new president values the loyalty. >> so trump is saying thank you. >> still, he says he wishes the successor well. >> good luck, young man. i hope you do spectacular. >> he will be in a studio for the parade and won't be at the white house for the special recognition. reporting live, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: a herndon woman shares new information about a day of violence she won't soon forget and what she knew about the people next door. last minute preparation and the security lessons learned ahead of trump's big day. it may rain on friday but it's nothing compared to the inauguration days past. we look back to the weather extreme on a president's day. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. alison: the breaking

base announcer named steve ray and finally, we won't see a dc public school marching band participatingthe parade this year for the past five inaugurations, a local marching band from a local high school has marched in the parade, none apply to do so this year, though. abby: i talk today kellyanne con way, she said it would be much shorter than what many people expect. president hoover and fdr drove in complete silence. it's going to be interesting to see, fly on the wall in the car for president obama and mr. trump. >> absolutely. we have no idea what they'll be -- they've been amicable. abby: all right. thanks for being here this morning. good to have you. >> thank you. heather: let's check with ainsley earhardt, i have a feeling you talked to somebody pretty important. ainsley: i did. you were at trump tower recently and we got a chance to go over yesterday and sit down with donald trump, you're only going to see it on fox. piggy back on the last interview, he said that the obamas have been nothing but lovely to his family, ivanka talked on the phone to the first lady for about 45 mi

in his place, a freelance announcer named steve ray who reportedly volunteered for trump. joins me live, thanks for being here. >> it's a pleasure, looking forward to it. >> a pleasure to have you here. you found out in an e-mail, did it just pop into your "in" box? >> i looked at my e-mail, then i got the shock of my life. i felt like muhammad ali had hit me in the stomach. and all in all, it went fine. i'm sure the new announcer is going to do spectacular also. >> you're a kind man to say so. but i'm curious as to what exactly that e-mail said. >> it's been a thrill to be a part of this. i've done 15 inaugurals. and ten different presidents. and every one i treat like it's the first time. it's never ho-hum, i've been there before. it's really exciting. and i have had the pleasure of meeting many of these presidents. i have some of the pictures. >> share, yes. >> here, clinton. and another, nixon. >> oh, my goodness. >> these are all fun stuff. bush. >> i see that. >> reagan. i have several others. >> i know, i covered so many inaugurations where i had the pleasure of hea

. >> i interviewed steve ray who will be announcing the inaugural parade this time around. he told me there will be even more surprises than you just outlined. i'll let my viewers listen to what he had to say, and you can comment on the other side. here he is. >> i've never met him. i should have that honor, once the parade is done. i think really this is so uniquely american, that we get to celebrate the transition of power as opposed to, as you know, right after the brexit vote, mr. cameron was out as pm on a tuesday and theresa may in on a thursday. again, uniquely american. this is truly an honor. >> okay. specifically what he's talking about, he says the inaugural parade will be much shorter than in years past, it will only last an hour and a half. why is that? >> we wanted to make sure we had an enjoyable performance for everybody. we had a lot of applicants apply, and we weren't actually able to include all of them. we're putting those individuals into the voices of the people concert. we have a lot of military performances and we wanted to celebrate our military. we

they cast him aside, giving the gig to freelance announcer and trump campaign volunteer steve ray.rprise the trump team has shown little reverence for the american tradition and for basic human kindness. but let's face it, treating charlie brotman, a man who looks forward to that phone call from the white house every four years, a phone call he sometimes makes himself to remind an administration of his duty, to treat him with so little compassion on the thing that is his thing just seems downright shabby. joining me now is charlie brotman. charlie, and i'm going to let my friends and the audience know, you did know i can call you charlie, so i'm going to call you charlie. >> yes, please. >> charlie, how did you find out that you were not going to be announcing the trump inaugural? >> i received an e-mail that says, charlie, you are so spectacular. you are so wonderful. you sound great. and you're like the leader of the pack here in the capitol can city. but i wanted to let you know, you're not going to be the announcer. and i'm saying, impossible. is this an imposter there? what ar

g>> steve ray new paradeade announcers.ce thanks very much.uc let's check in with tuckercker barnes andt the weatherfo. it's good news for us here.s h we'll be in the low to mid 50sis later this afternoon reagan rga national now 39 up in baltimore.. dulles 38 degrees.ee sunshine, had a little rain rn overnight that's east of us andd should be looking at partly ptl sunny conditions for the firsthe last day. we'll cloud up late thise afternoon and these rain showers will arrive late this afternoono probably this evening, five, fe, six, 7:00 o'clock tonight we'll' get rain showers.howe this is warmer air for the day d tomorrow. we'll be in the 60s tomorrow.or. 53 today.oday winds out of the south here at t five to 10.hefive10. momentarily i'll be back withact the seven day. stay tuned. you'll want to see it. seet. we got all kinds of weather to look to.o. >> final vote for tomorrow lou u ya party. ardwick road a crash at heididi lanes. nes. multiple injuries reported i getting thisnj information fromf prince george's mark brady.dy several injuries reported usetee caution through thatthroug

. >> reporter: steve ray, a well known announcer in the d.c. area will announce at the parade.r the trump campaign. he told me he respects charlie. >> and i hope he comes to this parade and sets the presidential announcer chairman emeritus position graciously. i know the inauguration committee is going to do the right thing. >> are you going to go to the parade? >> i'm not sure. i'm considering it. >> you can't help but feel for charlie. that was nbc reporting. the inauguration is january 20 ths and nbc 10 will be in washington, d.c. to provide live coverage. >>> well, no water? it's no problem for the georgia tech men's swim team. this wideout wiped out the meet in virginia over the weekend. what to do with your time, huh? swim in the snow of course. few members dove in and did some laps at their virginia hotel. that's the way to pass time, right erica, got snow around you? >> yeah, no problem, apparently, denise. i don't know if everybody loves that around here. but, you know, conditions right now are really cold. the snow has passed and now frigid conditions tonight into tom

. >> for the new announcer, steve ray. >> correct. >> reporter: he's 56 years old. little bit younger. >> a little bit, yes. >> reporter: so you think maybe this was politics? >> lots of politics. that's what i believe. and i'm sure he's going to do fine. he's a professional. >> reporter: you talked to him on the phone. >> on the phone, yeah. >> reporter: what did you say? >> good luck. i'm rooting for you. i know you'll do terrific. and i want you to do terrific. >> reporter: you had told me four years ago, when we visited, that you were going to do this, i think you said, for 20 more years. >> at least 20, yes. >> reporter: when you're 109. >> 120. >> reporter: so i can understand how that was disappointing to be told they didn't need you, thank you very much. >> yeah. >> reporter: and it also happened to come right after you lost your wife, right? >> yes, that was very sad. and -- >> reporter: i'm sorry. >> yes. just one of those things. and it was something that i had planned on as far as the announcing is concerned. and i was looking forward to that. >> reporte

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scoop becausu he was there for all of itt yesterday and he'll be there foe all of it on friday.riy steve raycial announcer fort inauguration.ug good to see you.goo thanks for joining us onces oe again. >> good to sigh. it's nice t>>o see you found a picture of m d adhering to allison's goldd monday. monday. >> everybody has the yellow look today. >> i went with purple. i didn't get the wen memo. >> you'll have to come back on o thursday. >> good idea. esayow did it go yesterday. >> we a great dress eyeye rehearsal.sal joint task force and militaryy district of washington ran the n dress rehearsal for the parade we just shouldn't pennsylvaniaya avenue, and my scoop for you -- >> yes. >> -- you know all five y military braounches are usually represented.represen you may be at a big event get one flyover, right will havel he each fly over after their unitiu passes the presidentialnt reviewing stand. so five groups of yet will bewib flying over as each of theirfher units come up which is huge.sug that's never been done before. r all in all, this should time out to be about an hour, hour and 15.

this year, the honor will go to steve ray.ld trump supporter and announcer who worked with the washington nationals. mr. trump has a chance to weigh in on all of this when he holds his first news conference since being elected on wednesday. back to you. >> kristen welker. that news conference, one of the major events looking forward to this week. steve kornacki's here. >> a really busy week in washington. in washington, they start their weeks on tuesday. so, that's when the action really begins. but president obama, the farewell address. not every president does this. he will be in chicago, his hometown. and everybody looking for messages he sends to donald trump in this speech. also tomorrow, this will be in washington. the confirmation hearings get under way. and this is the one to circle on tuesday. jeff sessions, the nominee for attorney general. actually 30 years ago, he went before the same senate committee for a federal judgeship. he was rejected because of racial insensitivity. if there's going to be fireworks, this is

this year the honor will go to steve ray, a 58-year-old trump supporter and announcer who worked withhe washington national. mr. trump will have a chance to weigh in when he holds his first news conference sincing elected, on wednesday. back to you. >> kristin, thank you very much. that news conference as we said one of the major events we're looking forward to this week. help us keep track of this. steve is here. >> let's take you through it. really busy week in washington. in washington they start their weeks ones to so that's when the action begins. president obama that farewell address not every president does this. in chicago. of course looking for messages to donald trump in this speech. also tomorrow this actually will be in washington, confirmation hearings get under way and of course this is the one to circle on tuesday, jeff sessions, the nominee for attorney general. actually 30 years ago he went before this same senate committee for a federal judgeship. he was rejected because of allegations of racial insensitivity. those expected to come out if there are going to be firew

steve ray a 56-year-old broadcaster who is an early trump supporter is going to broadcast the parade.ch. will either president trump or the first lady see al roker along the parade route? >> joe biden did. >> al will make it happen. >> i know. come on now. >> it will happen. the morning just getting started. much more of our live inauguration coverage after this. ration coverage right after this. what's happened to snacking? how did it become absent-mindedly eating one after the next? we are a creamy cheese that still believes in savoring our food. are how clear windexith makes your windows? introducing...schmindex! look! windex makes glass too spotless and too dangerous... but shmindex makes it dirty shmindex. order yours today if you're taking does your mouth prescripoften feel dry?s, a dry mouth can cause cavities and bad breath. over 400 medications can cause a dry mouth. that's why there's biotene. biotene can provide soothing dry mouth relief. and it keeps your mouth refreshed too. remember wh