De - we will disagree on this one. The crowd is short of the monument ONLY because of security concerns - in this case, the monument is a MAJOR security issue - and HAD to be shut-off (including access to it, ie. the area in front of it - due to sniper concerns.
Ditto for the streets on either side - too many buildings with high vantage points.
Reposting the VERY MISLEADING 'side-by-side' picture, which mine CLEARLY disproves, is pretty disingenuous.
The shadows in the two sides of the pic you post absolutely prove the difference in time-of-day that Brit Hume claimed.
So - we will disagee. My post and position stand.