Live cams of the National Mall area:

[demmiblue]

Travel to America's capital and watch as the National Mall is revitalized during phase II of the turf restoration project! From the vantage point of the Smithsonian Castle's North Flag Tower, enjoy live views of the Washington Monument, US Capitol Building and everything in between.

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/nationalmall/?cam=nationalmall

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/washingtonmonument/?cam=wamo

Explore America's capital from over 500 feet in the air with EarthCam's live streaming webcam embedded in the Washington Monument's pyramidion! Sponsored by the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, the camera offers one-of-a-kind views of the WWII Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool.

Gotta keep them honest about crowd size. No way in hell will it compare to this:

[NCTraveler]

1. K&R nt.

[SouthernIrish]

2. K&R

Good idea

[LittleGirl]

3. That photo

Just wow. I can't wait for the comparison later.

[n2doc]

4. Just you wait- some RWNJ will post a pic of 2009 and claim it is from today n/t

[Ligyron]

5. Yup, and it will be on Faux.

They're famous for that crap and their followers never use any alternate news source so they are easy to fool. Even when it's pointed out for them, they refuse to see.

I hope they get everything they wished for.

The only thing I wish for is that I was someplace else,

[demmiblue]

6. +1

[George II]

17. Breitbart used a picture of the Cleveland Cavaliers victory celebration as the "crowd"...

....at a Trump rally in Jacksonville, then used it AGAIN, the same picture, as the crowd at a rally in Maine!



Cleveland celebration:

[KittyWampus]

42. when you have no shame I guess it's easy to lie like it means nothing.

[demmiblue]

9. Earlier this morning, the National Mall cam (the first link)...

moved around every so often to show different perspectives...like a shot toward the Washington Monument.

If it stays static, we won't get to see the true scope of the situation.

[2naSalit]

7. K&R

[japple]

8. Fox will probably report that SHE showed up to sing

America the Beautiful.

""

[mnhtnbb]

10. It's due to start raining around 11:30 am. haha Gonna' rain on Cheeto's parade.

[machoneman]

12. Oh Lord, I don't ask for much but pulleezzee let it rain like never before!

A torrent of rain!
A veritable downpour!
A tsunami of H2o!
Rain like we've never seen before!
A hurricane force of wind and lightning!

Please, please, please? Come on big sky guy, do your stuff!

A thankful nation!

[secondwind]

14. And WIND! LOTS OF WIND!

[montana_hazeleyes]

24. Oh, there will be a lot of wind alright!

[sarah FAILIN]

25. no, that would give him an excuse

I want bearable weather so no excuses for small crowds

[JudyM]

39. Exactly. No excuses, please!

[Roland99]

33. Still 15F warmer than Obama's first inauguration

[brooklynite]

11. Four years ago I was just in front and to the right of the camera platform...

[n2doc]

13. Well 8 years ago I was at the base of the Washington Monument in that pic.

Which was about as close as I could get at 7 am. What a Day!

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. As friends of a Senator we got closer, but not very close. Didn't matter because we

all were in the same heavenly choir that glorious day. The bitter cold was just a trifle to laugh about later.

[wordpix]

60. I was same - it was the only place there was a small amt of space to stand

[wordpix]

15. I'm there, near the Wash Monument - Trump will be lucky to get the first tier filled

[Princess Turandot]

16. If you go to the first link in your post and scroll down past the camera window...

you'll see sequential screen captures that people are adding. It gives an idea of how the crowd is filling in. Or not!

[demmiblue]

35. Lol... I didn't even notice that!

I have been taking my own screen shots.

Thank you!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. 8:30 a.m.: it has started raining in Alexandria, Virginia.

Traffic and Weather on the Eights

[Roland99]

19. Hmm...starts in just about 2 hours and the mall is EMPTY. Completely EMPTY!

What did it look like 8 years ago 2hrs before the start on Obama's first inauguration (when the temps were the 5th coldest inauguration in history)?

[Roland99]

20. Oh wow...pics #2 and...yeah...wow... #19! (link to 2009 inauguration pics below)

http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html

[bdamomma]

31. oh geez, will we ever come back

again to sanity again. We were so happy to see Bush II leave we need to get busy and impeach this man.

But it seems all logic has gone out the window.

[tazkcmo]

54. Can't impeach him

until he's sworn in. Hopefully, the simple act of being sworn in puts him in violation of one or more laws. Of course, getting the HoR to begin impeachment proceedings is another story.

[annabanana]

21. It (mall cam) seems to be keeping a pretty tight circle around it's base..

Can't get any shots of the venue or the Wash Monument..

[leftynyc]

22. Thanks for posting

That place is EMPTY. How pathetic.

[annabanana]

23. Someone's screwing with it now

(rooftop shots of security details prob freaked them out)

Someone on top of the Smithsonian is manhandling it apparently

[Roland99]

26. Quite the diverse crowd entering the area

[underpants]

29. Well, the red caps make it hard to see who they are

except of course that if you see a red MAGA cap you can be pretty sure who they are.

[bdamomma]

27. this will show really how many people are there

it looks awfully quiet.

[malthaussen]

28. Funny, all I get at 0934 Eastern is a black screen. n/t

[annabanana]

32. HA.. nothing but a thin stream of stragglers

[annabanana]

34. They just aimed it back to the Capital Buiding..

still pretty sparse

[Dave Starsky]

36. Is this for real? There's no one there!

I've seen that mall much busier on just an ordinary workday.

[Roland99]

37. It's starting to fill in by the Capitol bldg and the first few sections across from it

[annabanana]

38. cam just became useless...

tight shot on front of Capitol..

no scale anymore

[Roland99]

40. And Washington Monument cam is pointing the opposite way

Another cam shows the base of the monument and it's completely empty around it

[demmiblue]

41. That one has been pointing that way the entire time (at least when I viewed it).

I wonder if it is just a static camera.

[Roland99]

43. Shouldn't be. I believe it's the same as this (pic 2)

http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html

[demmiblue]

44. I don't think it is for a few reasons.

1) I think that the monument is too tall to capture a pic that close to the base.

2) The picture quality is better than what I would expect to see from this type of camera.

3) The photo is attributed to: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images.

[Roland99]

45. Either way, we're being shafted on all-around images. Hmmm...wonder who's manning the controls?

[demmiblue]

46. Finally moved!

I am taking screen shoots...

[Roland99]

48. And the crowd levels in the sections across from the Capitol bldg haven't grown in the last half hr!

Only 45 min til Der Twitler bloviates!

[joshcryer]

47. I had the exact same idea as you, looking for this, it's EMPTY.

Holy shit. EMPTY.

Don't ever let anyone forget this: http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/washingtonmonument/?cam=wamo

Ever.

[underpants]

49. Stewart & Colbert had a better turnout

[joshcryer]

50. I wonder why they're not turning the camera around.

Total bullshit. I bet the SS told them not to show the crowd live for "security reasons" or some shit.

[demmiblue]

52. Go to the first link.

That cam hasn't moved all day... it might be a static cam.

[joshcryer]

51. They finally turned the camera around, hahahaha

[riversedge]

53. Where is everybody?? Seems the live cam is updated but looks space!

[matt819]

55. You know full well

that they will post this photo and claim it is theirs, right?

[SHRED]

56. Is this live??

[demmiblue]

57. Yes.

Amazing, isn't it?!

[SHRED]

58. Is there the same angle for Obama's??

I'd love to do a side by side.

[Roland99]

59. Link in post #20