TOPSHOT - A woman walks her dog near the US Capitol as snow falls during a winter storm in Washington, DC on January 6, 2025. A massive storm system dumped heavy snow and freezing rain on large swaths of the eastern United States Monday, disrupting travel and work for millions of Americans from the Ohio Valley to the capital Washington. (Photo by Jemal COUNTESS / AFP) (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)
Brutal cold is coming for Trump's second inauguration day

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in Washington, DC. It's the first time since President Ronald Regan’s second inauguration in 1985 that cold temperatures will force the event into the Capitol Rotunda. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam explains how cold it will get.

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TOPSHOT - A woman walks her dog near the US Capitol as snow falls during a winter storm in Washington, DC on January 6, 2025. A massive storm system dumped heavy snow and freezing rain on large swaths of the eastern United States Monday, disrupting travel and work for millions of Americans from the Ohio Valley to the capital Washington. (Photo by Jemal COUNTESS / AFP) (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)
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