. >> melissa, it was a very emotional day as i try to yell over tony orlando which i normally wouldn't do except he is on stage. you met a lot of people from the bay area in d.c. we saw the couple from danville. are they going to be there tomorrow? >> reporter: in the parade, no. the couple from danville was here to see donald trump. most of the people we have met from the bay area, though, have been here since before the parade. again, we'll be covering the parade tomorrow for you. now, tomorrow the parade starts at 11:15 eastern time and wraps up hopefully around 4 p.m. and we'll be there with live coverage and in the meantime we are waiting for donald trump and listening to tony orlando. >> thank you, melissa caen reporting live from dc. >>> while the parties are still going on, work is getting done at the white house. in just the past 30 minutes, word that president trump has signed an executive order dealing with obamacare. also this evening, a directive has just gone out putting a freeze on new federal regulations. this is a side-by-side comparison of president obama's first inau

one of the few known entertainers, tony orlando, he will be here.ome thoughts on the inauguration. also, martha maccallum with threats of violence as donald trump as sworn in. we hope you stay tuned. of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief ♪ >> bill: "unresolved problems" segment. as everyone knows, if you'd named entertainers want anything to do with the inauguration. the exception, tony orlando. mr. orlando joins us now from springfield, missouri. why do you think about this whole controversy at the inauguration? >> it saddens me, bill, quite honestly. i guess they come from an old-fashioned frame of mind. it may be back was great. i have a red, white, and blue state of mind. not a red state, blue state, but a red, white, and blue state of mind. it saddens me to see this country it is being torn apart at a moment in time, we are about to see a transition of power. hillary clinton is going to be there. bill clinton is going to be there. barack obama is going to be there. the bushes are going to be there. it just kills me to see thi

the exception, singer tony orlando. mr. orlando joins us now from springfield, missouri.u think about this whole controversy at the inauguration? >> it saddens me, bill, quite honestly. i guess i come from an old-fashioned frame of mind. maybe back when america was great. because i have a red, white, and blue state of mind. not a red state, blue state, but a red, white, and blue state of mind. it just saddens me to see this country is being torn apart at a moment in time, we are about to see a transition of power. hillary clinton is going to be there. bill clinton is going to be there. barack obama is going to be there. the bushes are going to be there. it just kills me to see this. i believe it is my patriotic duty, bill, when the president-elect asked me to sing for the armed services that i worked hard for the last 43 years. i have spent my whole career working on behalf of veterans, as you know.ou if the president-elect said, i think tony is the right performer for the armed services inaugural ball, what an honor! >> bill: it is. you have done things for the democrats

anna marie cox, we learned from hallie jackson that tony orlando was singing.ned that hallie had to google him to figure out who he was. >> yes. and she did seem to assume that you knew who he was. >> i don't know. who could the guy be? >> i think it's sort of interesting we're expecting trump to do tailored remarks at the armed services -- salute to armed services ball. because he hasn't really listened to the armed services veterans very much. as i'm sure you know that that's one of the groups of people he hasn't met p during the transition. and i know there are various veteran service organization that's were pretty concerned about that. i mean, basically we all know this about trump but i'll say it again. he talks a good game about veterans and the military but he failed to actually serve in it and he didn't do a very good job of actually fulfilling his promise to donate very much money to veterans. he seems to really like uniforms, i think, more than the people in them. that's my suspicion. >> and yamiche, the time is rung out about make promises on fixing

we learned from hallie jackson that tony orlando was singing.nd we learned that she had to google him to figure out who he was. >> she did seem to assume you knew who he was. >> who could he be? >> that is one of the groups of people he hasn't met with during the transition. i know there are veteran service organizations that were concerned about that. basically we all know this about trump but i will say it again, he talks a good game about veterans and the military but he failed to actually serve in it. and he didn't do a good job of fulfilling his promise to donate very much money to veterans. he seems to really like uniforms i think more than people in them. >> you -- this is the time is running out on making promises about fixing veterans health care and all of the other issues he's raised in terms of armed services personnel. so, this is one of the moments where he will be able to make those promises again, but pretty soon it will be time to deliver. >> it is going to be time to deliver. the question i have and the question that a lot of j

tell us something interesting, jennifer. >> as you mentioned, tony orlando came out, saying all his classicsectric atmosphee here. there are medal of honor recipients, there are people who are currently serving in the fight against isis. it's been apsley amazing. you can see they're all waiting for donald trump and his wife melania to arrive. at about 9:29, there expected here. what we just learned is that after their first dance, they're going to allow two members of the armed services to come in and dance with the first lady and with the president. they're also going to do a video link to afghanistan where there are 8,500 members serving. they will link to afghanistan so that some members of the armed forces can be a part of this. >> bill: it's early in the morning and afghanistan now. they have cable television and are watching all of the events. jennifer griffin is one of the driving forces behind the wheel chairs for the severely wounded vets. jennifer has done unbelievable work for them, i just wanted to tell everybody and the country that you are a real patriot, jen. everybody should

trish: we have tony orlando on stage behind me. he is singing all the favorite tunes and the crowd is responding pretty well. it's the host of "lou dobbs tonight" mr. lou dobbs and lou what a ride it's been. everyone is so excited in this town tonight and we have heard lots in the way of bringing power back to the people today. that seemed to be a rope theme. is that the essence would you say of this campaign? lou: without question. this president of ours has been president for just about eight hours, has talked about populist issues from the moment he declared his search for enough support to win the presidency of the united states. he was scoffed at and he was laughed at as you well know in his early days particularly by media elite who were just so sure that all of those very unestablishment types in the republican party would disappoint him mightily. he tore them to pieces by talking about the people, the issues that matter to the american people and they were soon in his rearview mirror and here we are on inauguration night an

tony orlando has just taken the stage here at this salute to arms services ball.e inaugural balls. they will spend a few minutes visiting with members of the armed services door behind me and then the president and the first lady will have their dance and then they will allow some of the armed services members to break-in and they will dance with some of those members. we understand that there are some surprises in store. there will be a live connection to afghanistan where of course, there are still 8,500 u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. this very important to president trump. of course, there were 15,000 members of the armed forces who marched in the parade to the white house from the capital, but tony orlando has taken a stage, he's a first entertainment here at the ball at the national building. back to you, martha. >> martha: you so much. what historic day. we want to leave you tonight with one of the more powerful lines from president trump earlier today as he delivered his inaugural address. this is our quote of the day, watch. >> at the bedrock of our p

the rockettes and tony orlando will be performing along with several others groups as well. >> a lotook at the fashion. >> uh-huh. >> they will be paying attention to what melania trump will be wearing. speaking of that, let's look at some fashions from previous inauguration festivities. >>> a live look at the united states capital. we are hours away from the next president of the united states take office. good evening and thank you for watching our special coverage of the inauguration of donald trump. >> we are counting down to the inauguration. there's a lot that will happen before taking the oath. >> a church service will be held at st. john's close to the white house. the president-elect will have coffee with president obama. >> as for the oath, donald trump will use two bibles, one, a gift from his mother when he was much, much young irand the other, the lynn kaincoln bible. >> music is also a big part of the inauguration festivities. during the ceremony as the capitol, the morman tabernacle choir will perform. >> inauguration is of course a celebratory event. you have to know

trish: we have tony orlando on stage behind me. he is singing all the favorite tunes and the crowd is responding pretty well. it's the host of "lou dobbs tonight" mr. lou dobbs and lou what a ride it's been. everyone is so excited in this town tonight and we have heard lots in the way of bringing power back to the people today. that seemed to be a rope theme. is that the essence would you say of this campaign? lou: without question. this president of ours has been president for just about eight hours, has talked about populist issues from the moment he declared his search for enough support to win the presidency of the united states. he was scoffed at and he was laughed at as you well know in his early days particularly by media elite who were just so sure that all of those very unestablishment types in the republican party would disappoint him mightily. he tore them to pieces by talking about the people, the issues that matter to the american people and they were soon in his rearview mirror and here we are on inauguration night an

. ♪ >>> tony orlando is one of the entertainers performing at galas around washington the night of donaldump's inauguration. he is said to perform at the salute to our armed services ball. it is only for members and veterans of the armed forces. >>> a group of local troopers are on their way to washington. our inauguration coverage continues at 4:30 with a look at the role they'll play at the historic event. >>> nbc 10 is your home for around-the-clock inauguration coverage. we'll be live from washington, d.c., tomorrow afternoon. and tomorrow morning the entire morning team will be live from the nation's capitol on nbc 10 news today. >>> then tomorrow night, join us for a one-hour special. the inauguration of donald trump. live coverage from washington begins at 7:00 p.m. >>> on to weather now. a warm up is on the way. >> yeah. it's going to be a lot warmer than usual for this time of year, right, glenn? >> yeah. even with cloud cover. we are getting way above average. 47 degrees in philadelphia. the average high is 40. we're going to have a lot of nights that aren't even going to get be

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. >> tony orlando was on with o'reilly last night saying if hillary clinton won, i would be singing atates as of tomorrow of noon has been tweeting already this morning. >> here we go. >> and clearly he was watching fox and friends about an hour ago. he just tweeted out quote it wasn't donald trump that divided this country. this country has been divided for a long time by reverend franklin graham. and then he writes getting ready to leave for wdc. the journey begins and making a journey for the american people. i have no doubt that we will together make america great again. and, ed, while the democrats are doing their best to rain on donald trump's parade as of noon tomorrow, there are so many people coming to washington d.c. of the future of this country. >> they are. and i think he's absolutely right. the country was already divided. he's right. however, there's a challenge for him now. he's got to rise above it. he's got to be better than the critics. he has a golden opportunity here to try to bring people together. look, some people aren't going to come along no matter what you d