8,000 National Guard members deployed to support 60th Presidential Inauguration

Troops set up a security perimeter around the National Gallery of Art ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

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00:00Thousands of National Guard members from roughly 40 states are headed to Washington, D.C.,

00:07to support Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

00:11Troops from the U.S. National Guard have set up a security perimeter around the National

00:15Gallery of Art ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration.

00:20Earlier on Saturday, before Trump's arrival to the Capitol, thousands of protesters took

00:24to the streets for women's rights and other causes they believe are under threat from

00:28the incoming administration.

00:33Inauguration Day is largely a traditional ceremony to mark a new president getting sworn

00:38into office and moving into the White House.

00:41However, Trump pledged he would sign a stack of executive orders starting on his first

00:45day in office.

00:48The swearing-in of the president usually takes place on the steps of the Capitol, but a last-minute

00:53decision to move the ceremony indoors was made as freezing temperatures were forecast.