Trump motorcade to impact evening traffic as he heads to Kennedy Center board meeting

001meanwhile we have a traffic impact alert downtown you can expect a motorcade to tie up the commute right now president Donald Trump is overseeing his first Kennedy Center board meeting so you might see some delays or even road closures in the areas around the Kennedy Center of course you'll remember last month president Trump dissolved the Kennedy Center's board of directors and named himself chairman the president said he has concerns about some of the programs that the center hosts since then several shows have opted to cancel many groups have protested outside the center here's what president Trump had to say moments ago about his plans for the Kennedy Center you can't have this looking like it does I'm I'm so surprised because you know I know the the person who who was in charge of it and he's a good man I never realized this was in such bad shape I've been so busy I haven't been able to be here in a long time um and I shouldn't be with what I'm doing but I thought it was important because I've been hearing reports and I thought it was very important to make this good it's a very big part of the fabric of Washington DC the president has frequently cited what he calls quote woke content and drag shows as reasons for his overhaul of the Performing Arts Center