>> that is correct. >> i am matt williams, i guess i have to put my finger in. the permit was for a property line retaining wall with a six- foot high fence on that. as part of the negotiations with the neighbor, he is directly behind, bamboo was planted. >> show where. >> this is the line here, this is the screening wall that is 35 feet tall. >> house seat is that dropoff? >> from this retaining wall down to the other retaining wall is i believe 3 feet or 4 feet. it varies because it is slow. essentially, what is going on is that he is talking about a retaining wall permit, a landscape permit, which has nothing to do with the permit that we are here about. this photograph is taken from the roof of the structure, the actual permit under appeal. >> what is proposed to be built under this permit? >> the appealed permits is a horizontal addition at the basement level and the first level. >> will you point that out? >> i cannot, it is well below the roof. the roof of the structure. >> what is that? >> and that is the neighbor's basketball court which he dug down abo

attorneys for the owners of the home, also in the audience is matt williams of the architectural firm, and he will be available in case you have any questions are regarding the plans. just to focus the commission, the permit in the retaining wall at the fence that he is complaining about is not the subject of the permit that has been appealed.

attorneys for the owners of the home, also in the audience is matt williams of the architectural firm, and he will be available in case you have any questions are regarding the plans. just to focus the commission, the permit in the retaining wall at the fence that he is complaining about is not the subject of the permit that has been appealed. the permit that has been appealed his 2,010.1008. the retaining wall and borders the rear yard and has nothing to do with what was contemplated under the permit. this was also subject of discretionary review at the request of mr. rubin's anson. we negotiated extensively with him, and we entered into a letter agreement that is attached to our brief period of that is the result of extensive negotiations. the consultant approved those plans. we thought we were done. if you can tell in his brief, there are no objections to this plan that is subject of affirmative that has been appealed. the permanent that he is arguing is 2,011.03162. the planning department never makes a mistake. [laughter] except when it comes to parking. the permit application ha

. >> matt as william. ann as kate.ith as the queen. >> the "today" show in royal wedding style. >>> george clooney about his confessions with kids. >> i don't hate all children. >>> elisabetta on the record about their break-up. >>> new shots of robin gibb entering a clinic. what we know about his condition. >>> hollywood's plastic surgery nightmares. >> i had silicone in my blood. >> they found a leak in one side. >> are big breasts out? why stars are getting

it's pete williams and meredith vieira, and matt lauer. about meeting the team and starting a new era of primetime news. >> it will be a serious journalism, hard news magazine and a great tradition and will have things we're probably not used to seeing. it will be live. you will see me. and i think that's the best way to be current to guarantee that we're right where the news is. >> "rock center with pete williams" will premier monday october 31st at 10:00 p.m. >>> okay. pat has a preview of things to come. pat? >> coming up on news 4, why a group is pulling out of a michael jackson tribute concert. >>> and why "the simpsons" is in real danger of getting pulled off the air. >>> plus, preparing for the army ten miler. we tag along with wounded warriors to see what it's like to compete in one of the city's most popular races. those stories and a lot more starting on news 4 at 4:00. barbara? >> all right. thanks a lot. what a great day to get outside and have some exercise. >> it's training. chuck bell, you listen up. i know he's running in it

williams. the show will feature a team of award-winning correspondents, including harry smith, kate snow, meredith vieira, richard engel, and matt lauer. williams talked about leading the team and starting a new era of primetime news. >> it will be serious journalism, hard news magazine in the great tradition, and also it will have some things we're probably not used to seeing. it will be live. i'll be here when you see me, and i think that's the best way to be current to guarantee that we're right where the news is. >> rock center with brian williams will debut right here on nbc 4 monday, october 21st, as 10:00 p.m. he's so funny. i hope he gets to show some of his humor on the show. >> he's a very personable guy. he does a wonderful job. and it's great to have news again back in primetime. >> and that lineup, stellar journalists at work. exciting. >> let's find out about our forecast. we'll take a live look outside. we have a nice day dawning on this wednesday morning. >> it is wednesday. >> wednesday already. >> i know. >>> look at that. we've got a clear sky, stars sparkling above. today is going to be a little warmer. dress

dolphins quarterback matt moore sacked by d.j. williams spinning him just right, fumble, too.ecovers, sets up a kick from 52 yards, good from, i don't know, 75, he clutched it through the uprights. the broncos win 18-15. tebow inspired the comeback against one of the very worst teams in football. cam newton, like tebow, a better pro and athlete, look at him go. 16-yard touchdown run. panthers take a 16-6 lead. he is cool. john beck earned his first start in four years. scrambling for the touchdown, a good decision. mixed results on the game, though, 16-13 your score there. fourth quarter, newton and the shotgun, a strike making it 30-13. newton threw for 256 yards, ran for 59, two total touchdowns, no turnovers. beck, they didn't match that effort. hit by chris gamble. carolina knocks off washington 33-20. hightower ran well for the redskins, left with a knee injury. santana moss with a broken hand. bad day for. let's look at this pregame with norv turner. first quarter, mark sanchez, complete to keller who did not enjoy those pair of hits, fumbled. donald butler going the oth

matt as prince william, and kate middleton.een. they're telling me -- what? the queen has decided to join us? >> hello! hello! hello! happy wedding, darling. oh! my hat fell off! oh, my god! >> that's good to see meredith. americans spent more than 2.5 billion on halloween costumes this year, and they're already gearing up for the christmas holidays. a survey found that 39% of americans began their holiday shopping in october. meanwhile, retailers are opening up a new host of strategies to encourage early buying. courtney reagan. i can't believe it's halloween and we're already talking christmas. >> of course. doesn't that just go hand in hand, halloween and christmas? we're here at the manhattan mall because many retailers think this is a really, really important time of year, and they want to snap up those consumer dollars. they figure if they can get them earlier, it's better than not getting them at all. in fact, one of the consumer economists we spoke to thinks that this period between october and november is actually grow

matt playing prince william today. ann, kate middleton. along with the rest of the wedding party.ecial guest. >> the only shame is we don't have the queen. which would be -- what? they're telling me, wait. what? that the queen has decided to join us? >> hello! hello! hello! >> it's meredith! oh, my god! >> my wig fell off! oh, my god. >> those wacky folks at the "today" show. >>> check out this zombie flash mob dancing to "thriller." the ghoulish moves rocked dallas, texas. flash mobs keep popping up everywhere. >>> different zombie in california saturday night trying to set the world record for most zombies on the move at one time. there's actually already a record set in seattle by 4,700 people. >>> ha could be cuter than dogs in halloween costumes? these southern california puppies got all decked out for the tenth annual ought dog howloween parade. proceeds went to an animal charity. >>> if you're looking to fight the undead this halloween, you don't need to call ghostbusters. down load an app. the ghost hunter app uses phones' built in magnotometer to measure electronic fields

william police department. warren would be extremely grateful. mattveral months before his death steve jobs contacted a man about writing his biography. in an exclusive interview tonight he showed some of the more than 40 interviews he conducted with jobs including why the genius never moveed from a middle class neighborhood after his company became a huge success. >> i saw a lot of other people at apple especially how we went public how it changed them. and a lot of people thought they had to start being rush. so they would -- i mean, a few people went out and bought rolls royces and homes and their wives got plastic surgery and i saw these people who were really nice simple people turn into this different people and i made a promise to myself that i'm not going to let this money ruin my life. >> jobs also told him that he delayed lifesaving surgery when he found out he had cancer because he did not want to be cut open. that cancer took his life. >>> celebrating the gifts of people with special needs. people with physical and mental challenges took p

become a winner not a masterpiece yesterday but good enough talking a lot about matt forte deservedly so but she roy williamsefense had not had a takeaway in two weeks came up with four yesterday all interceptions including this one from brian urlacher iffy about the london trip going in but not coming out >> to me this is pretty cool not looking forward to it troubling and playing so quickly but the schedule cries when not tired and not rest stadium was cool the fans pretty loud at times it was great >> beautiful great city defense great fans great support for chicago fans out here, overall accident experience for us great experience great experience never been to london a great thing for the nfl we should keep this up >> blackhawks back at it tomorrow night at home against anaheim they are 4 1 2 first seven games could be better but shaky work and to shut out six cracks have not scored at practice today by cox ran a contest joel quenville holding auditions with one thought in mind about production something you want to talk about at the same time to not want the guys all the sudden more pressure anxiety go

. >> matt lauer took on the role as prince william. yep, that's him, the prince.ker was prince harry's brother. savannah guthrie, the future king, prince charles. >> that was brave. >> kay think lee and hoda were pea tris. ann curry was kate middleton. >> natalie morales was pippa middleton. it was a surprise to some of the cast, meredith vieria surprised everyone as queen elizabeth with her dogs, the yorkies. they all looked so thrilled. she's back. look at this. >> look at the backdrop. it looks like they were there. >> they were there across the pond, that whole day, they were together. >> they were. they always put on an extensive and elaborate show. >> they do. >>> rock center with brian williams debuts tonight after the sing off. this is a big night for nbc. it's a news magazine that offers in-depth reporting. williams will be joined by kate snow, nbc news established core of reporters. this is the first news magazine launch in two decades. brian will anchor it live. >> it's the best way to be current to guarantee that we are right where the news is. >> stor

. >> i think matt lauer is in the plaza just having a good laugh. out there just seeing if williams would show up for work. >> you were working last night. >> he knows i love a good world series game. so let's make the one night b.w. has to be in bed the greatest game in history. >> so the whining has started already? >> it's not all about me. it's great to see you. thanks for having me. >> it's lovely to have you here. we predicted the whining would start already. >> here we go. >> we think you need this. there you go. it's hard to walk with it fast, but there you go. >> oh, good. a giant coffee. thank you so much. i'm actually right-handed. that's actually coffee. wow, that's a lot of coffee. >> it's a steaming cup of coffee. we have a serious story including this big story expected to impact weekend plans in the biggest cities on the east coast including here in new york. al will tell us what to expect and which spots are going to get hit the hardest and there is a verdict and sentencing in the case of a former ohio teacher accused of having sex with at least five of her students

william mcquain. >> he is the germantown boy still missing after two weeks. his mother was found murdered last thursday. matt jablow joins us live where the search was focused today. >> reporter: police and prosecutors say they have not given up on the possibility that william mcquain will be found alive, but clearly with every passing day that possibility becomes increasingly remote. four days after jane mcquain was found beaten and stabbed to death in her germantown home, the search continues for her 11-year-old son william. the hoping and praying continues as well. among the mcquain's frightened friends. >> i hope they don't find him in the woods. i hope that he's somewhere and he can find his way back, you know. >> reporter: today acting on a tip that they wouldn't discuss, montgomery county police used cadaver dogs to home through the woods in clarksburg. >> i can tell you it's not a hunch and a guess but it's based on the investigative leads and information detectives have that brought us here. >> reporter: meanwhile the suspect in the case 45-year-old curtis lopez, jane mcquain's estranged husband, ha

. >>> also, we're very excited because nbc's brian williams will be filling in for matt. batten down the hatches as we get started on a friday morning here on "today." >> that's going to be quite a show. ann, thanks so much. >> i'm getting ready. >> have a great weekend. >> have a great weekend. >>> 6:38 is our time. [ siren ] [ applause ] [ jackhammer ] [ crowd cheering ] [ speeding car ] [ siren ] [ horse whinnying ] [ bell dings ] your true self -- uncover it, embrace it, protect it. what's healthier than that? of free gas this morning. >>> 6:41 on this friday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. winter storm watch outside the red outline. up to six inches of snow possible beginning late tonight through midnight and off and on through the day on saturday. includes northern maryland, east and west virginia and the shenandoah valley. higher amount in the higher elevations. we have high clouds over us right now. we'll have them in and out here. it's a cold start this morning. we're down into the 30s in most locations. near 40 in washington and southern maryland. and th

matt jablow has been following this all day and has more. >> right now they simply don't know the whereabouts of 11-year-old william mcquain and it seems to be an increasing possibility that he'll never be found alive. >> reporter: the body of 51-year-old jane mcquain was found early this morning. >> there was evidence of trauma to her upper body. >> oh, my god. oh, god. oh, gosh. i mean, i was shaking just like this. >> reporter: according to police, mcquain and her son were last seen about two weeks ago. but only reported missing yesterday afternoon. an amber alert was activated for her vehicle. a few hours after police discovered her body, her car was found in charlotte, north carolina, as was her estranged husband, her son's stepfather, curtis lopez. >> mr. lopez based on his inconsistent statements became a person of interest. >> reporter: he has now been charged with killing mcquain. >> mr. lopez was recently seen in the area of miss mcquain's residents and was scenery moving property from the residents and loading it into the victim's vehicle. >> reporter: now police are focused on finding her 11-year-old son william, a student at

matt. >> thank you very much. >>> hank williams jr. is lashing out at the media, one week after the controversial comment he made about president obama that led es. n to drop his monday night football anthem. savannah guthrie has more. >> williams is not going away quietly and put it all to muse which can a brand new song. ♪ this country should as hell going down the drain ♪ >> reporter: sound familiar? hank williams is back and firing back. ♪ united socialist states of america ♪ >> reporter: after parting ways with monday night football, the conservative country music star dropped by espn after comparing president obama to hitler on fox news hit the recording studio friday and stuck to his guns. ♪ so fox & friends wanna put me down, ask for my opinion ♪ ♪ then twist it all around >> reporter: it's been only a week since this controversial fox appearance. >> come on, it would be like hitler playing golf with netanyahu. >> reporter: which led espn pull the plug from his iconic words for monday night football. >> are you ready for some f

williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. matt sits down with wife and son of convicted ponzi schemer bernard madoff as they talk about life inside the scandal. >>> and matt and natalie and ann reveal their costumes for this year's halloween spectacular. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com 6

williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. matt lauer sits down with billionaire businessman donald trump to find out who he will be endorsing in the gop presidential race. music legend sting celebrates his 60th birthday with a live performance in studio. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

matt damon for "we bought a zoo." george will be rubbing elbows with anne hathaway, ben affleck and michelle williams. >> i'm burstingith pride to tell you, drum roll, please, that our own nancy o'dell is hosting for the first time. you got it worked out what you're going to wear? >> i'm going to wear the green dress or possibly the black one or the blue. >> you have work ahead of you. you'll get it all sorted out. you're going to get backstage scoop for us. >> i am, a lot of big stars there. speaking of big stars. eddie murphy has a lot of time to rehearse. 125 days until hollywood's biggest award ceremony, the oscars on sunday, february 26. our christina mclarty talked to eddie about how he's getting ready. >> congratulations. you are hosting the oscars. are you so excited? >> i am excited. looking forward to it. i'm going to wear a powder sky blue tuxedo. >> got an exclusive here. >> in his role as first time host, eddie is already warming up. >> clint eastwood. >> eddie is already warming up. eddie and ben star in tower heist, the film out november 4th is directed by brett ratner who is co-producing the oscar cer

william mcquain. >> the discovery was made this morning in the woods off route 131. his mother was found murdered last wednesday. tonight matt jablow spoke to the mother and son who counted the mcquains as their closest friends. >> we located the remains of a young african-american male. >> reporter: the news that the body found appears to belong to 11-year-old william mcquain has had an especially devastating effect on the doin. nel-- donnell family of montgomery. >> do you miss them. >> yes. >> reporter: that's because william was one of jeremy's best friends. and jeremy's mother jacqueline was very good friend with jane mcquain, william's mother, whose battered body was found six days ago in her home. you were close? >> yes. >> reporter: today they were trying to focus on all the good times they shared with the mcquains. >> no one can make you laugh at yourself the way jane could. >> reporter: the boy scout outings and the trip to six flag. >> she had me laughing so hard. >> reporter: but not surprisingly, they said they spent a lot of time thinking about the way the mcquains died. the apparent brutality and senselessness

williams with "nbc nightly news." here's a look at what's coming up later today on the "today" show. after his campaign plummeted, governor rick perry talks live to matt lauer about staging a comeback. the woman caught on tape trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband. was she just trying to get on reality tv? the latest on her appeal. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

williams will be working overtime. he will host a show called rock center that features stories reported by an all-star cast of esrrespond epts and contrib on are with matt lauer, ted coppell and harry smith. >> you will see news magazine story telling you might have seen on another network. brip will be hosting the show live every monday and all the correspondents will do a debrief with brian during the show live unscripted. we will have no idea what he will ask. he will not have any idea what we will say either. >> rock center with brian williams premiers monday night at 10:00 before bay area news at 11:00. maybe you will get invited. let's work on that. >> it's 10 times the size of ours. >> like to get invited. >> nice weekend into halloween. >> upper 70s and dry weather headed out to the beach. we will be fog-free tomorrow morning and looks nice. >> gorgeous.>> seero >> y see you on monday. and "scary pranks on the

william and prince harry aboard heading to westminster abbey. >> there are the brothers in their military uniforms. go ahead, ann. >> mattee people very excited. i'm going to let you hear their roar. >> well, looks like the girls are late again. >> we're seeing a live shot of the bridesmaids preparing to go to westminster abbey. they look just beautiful, with flowers innier hair. >> i don't know if you saw in between the two little ones there was pippa the maid of honor. >> i noticed meredith had her hair down. >> there's pippa. >> hello, harry. call me. >> i believe this is charles and camilla. >> yes, it will be. they are the next most senior to leave buckingham palace and arrive here at westminster abbey. >> look at the prince of wales dressed in full regalia. >> hello, dad. >> hello, sons. who is your daddy? >> nice to see you. s where' camilla. >> she's right here. >> somebody said off with her head. >> this is now the senior royal family leaving buckingham palace, the duke of york andby stress eugene. >> two daughters in magnificent he headdresses. >> we have no excuse actually. >> except of course the british roya

matt schaub to jones. ray rice, watch him switch hands. he found brings him down. ray, 160 yards rushing. ray rice said it was a satisfying win. >> it was great to watch ricky williams gave touchdown. that guy is here for a reason. i wanted to see him get his motor going. are going to need ricky williams -- we are going to need ricky williams. >> the texas rangers against the st. louis cardinals in the world series. the cardinals beat milwaukee last night. cardinals wasted little time. this is one of three cardinals home runs. doesn't have as many as albert pujols. 12-6, cardinals win. the world series opens up on wednesday in st. louis. i was impressed with houston. a very talented defense. the ravens needed some time to knock them out. >> coming up, a savage attack inside a new york city mcdonald's. a look to the footage is coming up. >> than a dozen city schools are expected to be closed. >> a performance on the wings of a plane. why are these women dressed as cats? >> they can hang on better? they have nine lives? >> it is pretty quiet right now. we have some rain to talk about in the seven-day forecast. >> we have problems of the severn river bridge. woman: wor

william, we will leave it there. thank you for the culprit we move on to chattanooga, tenn., matt, who gained a job in the last six monthscaller: a lot of people have given up. that last caller had his own problems and he should take that up with his place of work, but a lot of people, they quit looking. you have to keep going at it and follow your job. host: where did you find your new job? caller: i was out of work for two weeks. the place i am working out right now, it was looking for people for the last two to three months. no one even came in. people get laid out and they would give up. i do not know, -- host: we will leave it there. john than is the chairman of the republican policy committee -- thune is the chairman of the republican policy committee and gave the republican address this weekend. he says that president's plan is the same all ideas. >> it is so flawed that senate democrats have rejected it and are rewriting it. they want to improve the political standing. nothing but a rehash of the same failed ideas he already tried combined with a huge tax increase. this is a cynical political ploy designed not to