Others still reporting that the marching part of the protest won't be going ahead or it won't be going along the planned route.:
A crowd of demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday is too large to continue its planned march toward the White House, organizers said Saturday afternoon.
“They are going to tell the crowd they can go to the Ellipse if they want, but they are not doing the normal parade route, there [are] too many people,” Christopher Geldart, director of D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, told The Washington Post.
The decision was not made by the D.C. mayor’s office, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kevin Donahue said, according to the newspaper, which reported that the decision was made by organizers.
From our man in Washington, Carl Schreck:
Pretty big crowd in New York City by the looks of things:
Bit of a buzz of excitement now, as Amy Schumer has just introduced Madonna to the crowd...
A pretty feisty speech from Madonna:
Telling the crowd that she was there because the current milieu means that it's "not just women in danger, but all marginalized people," she also told the protesters that the gathering had shown "that we are not afraid, that we are not alone, and that we will not back down; that there is power in our unity and that no opposing force stands a chance in the face of true solidarity."
She also took a swipe at "detractors that insist that this march will never add up to anything ("F*** you! F*** You!").
And she warned protesters that the journey ahead would be hard, but that this was the "hallmark of revolution"
"Yes, I am angry," she said. "Yes, I am outraged and thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House, but this won't change [anything]."
She then quoted WH Auden's famous poem September 1, 1939 -- "We must love one another or die" -- before launching into a feisty rendition of Express Yourself and an expletive-laced version of Human Nature (I'm Not Your B****), which she dedicated to Donald Trump.
After getting the crowd to join them in chanting "The people united will not be defeated," march organizers have called on the protesters to march with them toward the Washington monument. Still no real sign of anyone leaving yet though.
Here's a video of Norah Jones' appearance, which we mentioned earlier:
From RFE/RL's Washington correspondent Carl Schreck: