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As he walked away from the podium on Friday after outlining his plan to speed up the country's co vid 19 vaccination roll out, President elect Joe Biden said he feels safe taking the oath of office at his inauguration next week despite possible security threats at their last week's assault on the capital.

The National Park Service said on Friday it was immediately closing the National Mall and iconic U.

S landmarks in Washington, D.

C.

Until at least the day after Biden's inauguration on January 20th.

A very riel and present threat, D.

C Mayor Muriel Bowser suggested that closures and heightened security could remain in effect until well after that date.

With an eye on possible threats from armed far right groups, we saw white extremists stormed the capital building who were trained and organized eso.

We all have to think about a new posture while we're focused on January the 20th, we're also focused on January the 21st and every day thereafter in the nation's capital, U.

S officials said they expect the number of National Guard troops to rise to 25,000 in the capital a number that could increase even further, and the city set up vehicle checkpoints at a security perimeter surrounding central Washington.

Neighboring Virginia said it would close several bridges connecting the state with the federal district and Maryland, the other state bordering D.

C, declared a state of emergency related to the inauguration.

We are seeing an extensive amount of concerning online chatter.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that his agency was tracking calls for potential armed protest in the lead up to Wednesday's inauguration, Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the U.

S Department of Homeland Security, told CNN that Biden's team had decided to delay Sunday's inauguration rehearsal by one day due to concerning online chatter.