BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's police commissioner says more than 100,000 people are expected to come to see President-elect Barack Obama speak on Saturday, but the venue where he's expected to speak can only accommodate about 30,000.
Baltimore is one of Obama's "whistle stops" on his trip by train to Washington for his inauguration. He's expected to speak at the War Memorial Plaza next to City Hall.
Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld says officials are working on overflow sites.
He says officers will start ushering people through metal detectors around 11 a.m., but the action won't start until hours later.
Bealefeld says the department has a good track record of dealing with big events such as the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1995 and the annual Preakness, which draws more than 100,000 to a less central site.
