A spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump is saying Governor Rauner won't be missed at the inauguration next month. Rauner says he's skipping the ceremony so he can concentrate on the problems facing the state of Illinois.
Trump spokesman Sean Spicer says that there will be no "shortage of Republicans, Independents and Democrats" who will line the Mall to welcome the next president. Spicer says there have been "endless requests" for tickets.