Thousands of passengers clogged D.C.'s Metro system this morning, forcing transit officials to close several stops on the way to the inauguration site.

Trains full of passengers stopped and opened their doors at several stations, but there was no room to handle the thousands of people trying to get on board.

At Capitol South, the stop nearest the nation's capitol, a Metro worker got on the subway public address system and yelled to the thousands of off-loading passengers, "Walk through the gate, walk through the gate. Keep it moving, keep it moving — you're doing great people."

Thousands of people jammed inside the station then picked up her chant and repeated each phrase. After several minutes, the Metro worker picked up Obama's catch phrase, and the crowd repeated after her, "Yes we can, yes we can!"