[kristinn]

Beck takes stage, light blue shirt and purple tie, no suit jacket. Wearing headset mic, so he's not tied to a podium. Makes a joke about the crowd size. Says the media is reporting one thousand.

Says the Reflecting Pool holds 200,000, the adjacent field holds 250,000. Says those areas are packed, with people packed behind the stage and starting to fill in toward the Washington Monument.

[kristinn]

It should be noted that when Beck walked out he was protected by a security detail.

[Elvina]

Says the Reflecting Pool holds 200,000, the adjacent field holds 250,000. Says those areas are packed, with people packed behind the stage and starting to fill in toward the Washington Monument.

Thanks, Kristinn. So we are talking over 450,000 and counting.