the scenes of confrontation in union square. and kron 4's da lin joins us from union square. >> reporter: black friday not only attracted shoppers, it also bout out occupy protesters to union square. a small group blocked intersections and store fronts to protest black friday and that led to a tense face-off between cops and demonstrators. >> reporter: a line of police rushed in friday afternoon to contain a group of occupy protesters. the group sat down on intersections and store fronts at union square, trying to convince shoppers not to shop because shopping helps the 1%. >> realize human relationships are the best gift of all. that's why we are here. >> reporter: they picked the busiest time to demonstrate near union square. tens of thousands of people packedust us to watch the tree lighting ceremony. >> we are trying to bring awareness to the problems that exist. >> protesters marched from intersection to intersection, traffic on some streets were backed up for blocks. >> we are trying to get around. we can't get around. dis

traffic not moving here in union square. still about a half block up that way a line of police officers, they have in the last hour or so issued several warnings to demonstrators to leave the area and get back on the sidewalks, so far they have not responded to those warnings. this he are they have staying in the streets. we haven't seen arrests or police take action but we will stay out here and let you know if anything happens. >> reporter: and obviously we will continue follow that breaking news throughout this newscast and the news at six. we should tell you it's causing traffic problems in union square. it's affecting muni service. they have delayed and rerouted some bus lines, due to the occupy protest that you are looking at right here. essentially here is what's happening. the f lines switching back at 11th street and at the ferry building. they also report that lines two, three three and 38 will being rerouted because of what's going on in the area of union square. >>> in los angeles the mayor and police chief have

we will go back live to union square at 8:30 p.m. to see how many people came to shop and talk about the kind of deals that they have been finding. >> mostly cloudy skies today highs in the '60s. we got to 60 degrees in oakland only 61 in san francisco. over all the temperatures are running a little warmer than what we saw yesterday anywhere from two degrees warmer to five degrees warmer. right now it is cold outside and the temperatures are in the 40's. your overnight lows once again are in the 40's. it will be cold and the temperatures will range from 41 of live to 46 degrees. here is a look at what we can expect tonight and we will have some fog that is moving in on shore. tomorrow we will have a lot of dance valley fog in the morning. and a bit warmer by the afternoon and the extended forecast will be dry and mild at least until thursday. then we will start to see some changes in your forecast. here is a look at what you can expect for tomorrow. you get up to 69 monday at about 66 degrees in fremont. i will have more high tempera

union square, santa clara. and jeff ranieri has the forecast. >>> yes, it was real nice out there for some of you. for others, the cloud cover did linger for quite a bit throughout the coastline, also the north bay. we want you to know we're monitoring the shot at union square for the tree lighting. the macy's tree. we'll bring that when it does happen. 60 for the high in santa rosa. 61 in oakland. 63 in san jose. 56 in san francisco. and the east bay, low 60s. a warm spot in the north bay with low to mid 60s today and plenty of sunshine. now in san francisco, the embarkadero plaza lit up for the holidays. temperatures in the mid 50s. a wind out here. once that wind kind of kicks up and throughout those downtown buildings, it surely feels like the 40s. if you are heading out to go shopping in san francisco, bring the jacket, wear those layers. 56 in athens. the winds fairly light. that is going to aide investment fog development. we'll find plenty of patchy fog. also areas of dense fog where visibility could be

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. >>> occupy protestors and police square off in san francisco's union square. demonstrators lock arms to block the doors to stores. determined shoppers are having none of it. good friday ecvening. thank you for joining us. if holiday shopping in san francisco's union square was part of your black friday plans, there were some hassles, no park, long check out lines. one you probably didn't. roving bands of protestors snarling traffic, blocking store entrances and tangling with police. and there tonight, george saw it all and joins us live. george. >> reporter: back to good old black friday self on union square. earlier, it got interesting with occupiers trying to stop commerce. seems to be a new battle between occupiers and shoppers. christmas time in union square. the tree is up. people are taking their holiday pictures. and of course the shoppers. thousands of them. joining them on this black friday, a group many of you are familiar with. occupy san francisco. keeping their usual eye on them. as soon as the officers moved some where else. occupiers moved in. >

christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> holiday shopping is being interrupted in san francisco's union square as "occupy" protestors are making their voices heard. [ yelling ] >> demonstrators marched through the square and then they sat down in front of nieman marcus at stockton and geary streets. besides shoppers, traffic had to stop. the protest is still under way. so far no one has been arrested. >>> checking some bay area headlines, an 8-year-old child has been found dead inside a home in concord. the child was discovered by the foster mother around 10 a.m. this morning in the house on oakwood drived drive. the child was severely disabled and may have died of natural causes. >>> muni's light rail is back on schedule after an early- morning accident involving a pedestrian. the person was hit below ground on market street between the embarcadero and montgomery stations at about 5:00 this morning. service was interrupted for several hours. the condition of the injured pedestrian is not being released. >>> and not just another happy family portrait taken on thanksgiving. man in the middle is brya

and toward union square. and there you can see they appear to be going by a group from occupy oakland. perhaps biggest skrupgs has been to cable cars which have been blocked. now, a couple dozen police officers mostly on motorcycles have been traveling with demonstrators. there have been back and forth but nothing major yet. we've heard demonstrators some are intent on getting arested before the day is through. they want to disrupt the shopping and want folks to spend in a different way in stead of buying for ourselves as individuals, we should be trying to redistribute wealth so everyone can have enough every day of the year, it's not about gifts. >> their cars are backed up here probably a mile and a half. but it's america. you have a right to protest, i guess. we have a right to go where we want to go, too. >> and there is traffic in this area is in gridlock. and besides union square area, they blocked the entrance, both macy's and saks fifth avenue, they marched into a food court pounding on drums before

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for now we are live at union square in san francisco. channel 2news. >> some incredible pictures of a massive water main break-in south san francisco that sent a wall of mud and water flowing down the street threatening homes, cars and people. we have been on the scene all day and tell you what's going on right now. >> reporter: frank this happened in the neighborhood that is right below that south san francisco sign that is in the hills. right behind me you can see this is where the water main break happened. they brought in halfy equip helicopter because they brought in sand and grav el to stabilize the slope. water was spraying every we are but neighbors back in their homes still drying out. you get a view of the water from the chopper shooting nearly a hundred feet in to the air. >> when that thing blew i tell you, i was grad i was up there. >> looked like a major flood coming down here. >> reporter: the public utilities commission said a 60- inch water main break on elm street. the water gushed down the street. >> must have been 30,

when union square business improvement district brought willy b.h productions in here, they worked hard, planned a lot. this is just the absolute best place to go skating in all of america. imagine this. we're in the heart of san francisco, the sun is coming up, getting ready form opening ceremonies. what better thing can you do? this is it! it's magic on ice right here in san francisco! >> is robert enthusiastic? grand opening ceremony today at 9:30. and from 10:00 to 11:30 every day. skate rentals, $13 to $18. >> $10 for admission, $5 for skate rental. figure r hockey. part of the proceeds go to the boys and girls club. that's a cool thing, give back to the city here in san francisco. it's a fun thing, december 1st, we have speed date skating. got to come to that. a great single event here on the ice. december 8th -- [ laughter ]. >> are you okay? >> i'm fine. how are you bob? >> okay. that guy is awesome. >> next time i won't try to get close. go to union square ice rink for more information. [ laughter ] i take full responsibility for that. >>

our second contract is currently under way in union square. that contract is approximately 60% complete, on time, within budget. it will relocate all the utilities underneath the asphalt area on stockton street between ellis and geary to accommodate for the future market street station, and it will be completed in may 2012. the hour tunnel contract, $233 million, $13.25 million under budget. the contractor has initially mobilized in the launchbox area. finally, the four major contracts that will deliver the program. these contracts encompass the actual construction of the three underground subway stations, and assistance contract that will install all of the track and guide way work, communications work, for the operation of the central subway. all of these contracts will go out to bid in the first three quarters of 2012. the fta has been very supportive of the program because of its intense user benefit and transportation benefits for the citizens of san francisco. we have received four years running a medium-i f t a new start reading. we are

they're over union square as we speak. just minutes ago there was tense moments in front of the entrance to macy's. which prompted a large contingent of police officers to move towards the profit yefrts. some in riot gear. and demonstrators were challenging the police. the police responded not to challenge them, demonstrators did back off. this has bnt case most of the day. protesters plant themselves in front of a store, police stand by, then they move on. earlier in front of the saks fifth avenue. they danced and chanted then moved on. and the goal here according to one demonstrateor is getting people not to spend money at the big stores. and they're not clear on where folks should spend money. businesses for the most part around union square as we've seen here, the lighting is about to begin and folks are gathered. and except for a roaming demonstration there hasn't been much in the way of folks having their days messed up. again, they go on. but so does christmas lighting and so does the shopping. >> thank you. >> and

they have the tree lighting at union square about to take place. of the tree just about to be lit up and you can see tons of people out there now. if you have never been down to union square at this time of year whacks a gorgeous time to get out there and check out the beautiful lights. it's going to be spectacular. and more festivities to come. promising weather ahead as high pressure will build in nicely for the weekend. you get a sense of the ridge building in overhead right now. see those clouds buckling to the north of us? that's rolling over the top of the ridge. as it does we'll see warmer weather. the main concern tonight will be some of the tule fog in the valleys. still, not bad over the bay right now. temperatures cooling off. 54 concord, 54 oakland, 56 livermore, 55 san francisco. 53 san jose and 56 in santa rosa. i think by tomorrow afternoon many of these temperatures moving well into the 60s probably a lot of hazy sunshine around the bay area starting out with some tule fog in the early-morning hours giving way to lots of sunshine by

and the tree lighting on union square. and then later on "nightline." >> carolyn, coming up next on "light line" --" nightline" treating the littlest patients on the other side of the world. we go inside the incredible program designed to bring doctors to a place with almost none. >>> two of the three american students arrested and detained for days in egypt are on their way home tonight. police accused the students of throwing firebombs at security forces that clashed with protestors in tahrir square. the students deny the charges. an airport official says 21-year-old lou gates has left egypt and an attorney for gregory porter says his client is on a plane back to the u.s. 19-year-old derrick sweeney is expected to leave on a flight later tonight. the three were studying at the american university in cairo. >>> the most complex mars rover ever constructed will launch from cape canaveral. it is the size of a mini coper and armed with high-tech 3-d and high-tech vision. now here is clayton sandal with what they are searchin

for ci-devant >>pam: cruise around union square were busy today. that mandatory holiday break was planned and now shoppers will not have to deal with the noise or construction until january 3rd. alejandra cerball is live in union square tonight were the crews are pretty much done. >> that is right. the construction, noise and workers are all gone. as >> workers added take off the streets of marked crosswalk. it is a part of the cleanup in union square. cost >> they have been out here since january. i am looking for a few weeks of relative quiet. >> this was the scene on tuesday. these oranges barricades have been here for months. on wednesday, they were busy repaving streets and putting everything back in place. >> the noise hampers things. that does is flying, no one likes it. other than that, we do know there is a purpose for it. >>alejandra: we did get a chance to speak with an employee who told me her business had been down. when i spoke with her today felt she said that business is up. in san francisco, alejandra cerball, kron4 is. >>gabe: bla

the union square business community has supported the project since 1996, first through union square association and subsequently through the business improvement district. this is a good project. we stand behind it. we should let it roll forward. supervisor campos: next speaker. >> mr. moscovitz over the tells us he doesn't like surprises, but i have one for you. we do not know the cost of the central subway, and there is no way of knowing until the boring starts. the reason for that is this project is below the water table, next to the day. there will be ground water, and the watering plan is to use pumps. those pumps have a capacity, and if they get overwhelmed, that bore will have to be sealed from two aunts and pressurized with thousands of pounds per square inch in order to keep the water out. what that means is that workers will sit for three hours a shift in compression chambers in order to enter the excavation. the cost of that is enormous. it can be done, but it is enormous. it is something that could happen. proponents say that it will not happen. i am advocating you get s

don knapp is in union square on the elements for the perfect storm. reporter: that's right, liz. merchants and shoppers may have worried somewhat about the occupy protests here in downtown san francisco, but it turns out they need not have. it seems when the police blocked off the streets and the shoppers were in the streets walking with the protesters, they were ignoring them and everybody was in a pretty good mood. union square was already near gridlock with black friday shoppers when a relatively small group of occupy protesters brought things to a halt. moving from intersection to intersection and blocking them. police barricades closed down streets rerouting traffic, but the impact on foot traffic was nill. shoppers walked in the streets alongside the protesters. some shoppers had their pictures taken with a protester. if the protesters' message was to avoid retailing's single most important shopping day, they weren't having much success. >> i think the cause is lost when you have people out occupying because people were going to shop. their message was lost. reporter: meanw

right here smack dab in the middle of union square. unionsquareicerink.com. >> you can also buy your tickets only line there. >> earlier i said embarcadero. but you're union square, right? >> correct. >> i could tell with that macy's right there. having a lot of fun out there. thank you very much, bob. >>> in the meantime south bay families will get to use the outdoor ice rink in san jose. it opens up in just over a week. jon kelley and i will be down there at downtown ice. it will run from november 18 through january 29. it's open for 13 extra days this year in honor of the u.s. figure skating championships held at the hp pavilion in january. christy yamaguchi will talk about the competition at nbc bay area news at 11:00 a.m. got about a week to get ready, get our outfits. >> yeah, the sequence. she always picks what we wear. >>> feels like an ice rink in places like santa rosa. 42 degrees this morning in san mateo. headed towards a nice comfortable afternoon. we have low clouds to contend with in places like novato, reduced visibilit

occupy protesters are trying to bring san francisco's union square to a stand still on one of the busiest nights of the year. it is our top story. >> reporter: the small group of occupy protesters tried to make a run and make their way here into union square where the tree lighting ceremony was taking place an hour or so ago but the police blocked their way. they sort of formed a line down here on the street level to make sure the protesters could not make their way into the area where the tree lighting ceremony was taking place. earlier, though, this was the scene on stockton street in front of macy's. we will show you. about that point there was 100 or so occupy protestors in a protest against black friday targeting corporations on this busy shopping day. this was a standoff in the middle of the street. people were sitting down in the street as the police were giving them orders to vacate the area. the police and protesters coming face-to-face at one point. but, as far as we know there had been no arrests and at this point as we come back out live the occupy protesters the group is down

can finally get it. >> reporter: the line goes around the block, we are at union square, you can seee have been waiting here for as long as five hours to get their hands on this brand new video game which won't be available until the stroke of midnight. >> watch and learn. >> reporter: the air waves covered with commercials for the newest call of duty. as many as 5 million copies are expected to be sold in the first 24 hours. at $10 each that will make this the biggest entertainment premiere ever, bigger than hari potter, titanic or avatar. michael brock brown is first in line. >> i will jump online, start blasting with everybody all over the world. >> reporter: the game takes you through different combat situations, and can be played online with others. game stop union square has more than a thousand preorders. >> on hand for physical copies well over a thousand. we have over a thousand reserved. you. >> reporter: you could be wiped out after midnight. >> yep. >> reporter: it's more expensive than a movie ticket but lasts longer. it's entertainment even some on a budget say they can

to disrupt black friday shoppers at union squares, as well as the annual christmas tree lighting. and this morning the most complex mars rover recover of developed will launch from tape canaveral. it's armed with high-tech 3d and x-ray vision. >> good morning. there's fog in the north bay. temperatures in the 40s but we are beginning to see a drying trend. >> good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. occupy san francisco protestors plan to march through the mission district this afternoon where they will hold a 4:00 rally for immigrants rights. yesterday they confronted black friday shoppers in union square and blocked traffic for a time but there were no arrests. >> reporter: occupy oakland and san francisco together in union square as shoppers take in black friday festivities. for the protestors that means occupying the entrances to stores like macy's and saks fifth avenue where they didn't always get a warm welcome. [yelling] >> but police never far from the action, even as the demonstrators gathered at the tree lighting ceremony. >> it's a really good day to do it. people are hyped u

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can finally get it. >> reporter: the line goes around the block, we are at union square, you can sees long as five hours to get their hands on this brand new video game which won't be available until the stroke of midnight. >> watch and learn. >> reporter: the air waves covered with commercials for the newest call of duty. as many as 5 million copies are expected to be sold in the first 24 hours. at $10 each that will make this the biggest entertainment premiere ever, bigger than hari potter, titanic or avatar. michael brock brown is first in line. >> i will jump online, start blasting with everybody all over the world. >> reporter: the game takes you through different combat situations, and can be played online with others. game stop union square has more than a thousand preorders. >> on hand for physical copies well over a thousand. we have over a thousand reserved. you. >> reporter: you could be wiped out after midnight. >> yep. >> reporter: it's more expensive than a movie ticket but lasts longer. it's entertainment even some on a budget say they can't be without. >> i'm a colleg

they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

the san francisco spca kicked off the animal holiday adoption event at union square.ix years, the holiday windows helped the aspca raise thousands of dollars and find homes for 2000 animals. >>> is it worth spending the night on a sidewalk to look cool? >> for dozens of people tonight, the answer is most definitely yes. with a group of people, robert, what should we call these folks. >> fashionistas. >> you might be able to call it fashionistas or profiteering with the sagging economy and that is the exactly what's under yards and all in sleeping bags. they have been camped out here for hours. they say they'll be here until 8:00 a.m. they're trying to score what they say is italy's top designer versace at rock bottom prices. profiteers in the midst. >> reporter: union square don't know what to think. >> are they here for occupy san francisco? >> reporter: yes, there are tents. >> i love versace. >> reporter: form add line around the building to be their first to lay their hands on versace at hm prices. >> reporter: they'll rye lie to get it. >> i said i would go chris

and we're looking pretty good. >> wow, jeff ranieri -- >> not bad. >> at union square.e is going to go shopping now. >> thank you, jeff. >>> let's have a look at sports. >> a lot going on in the sports world tonight. we bring in henry woofer. how are you doing? >> doing great. very serious story. 46 years at penn state and no one could have imagined joe paterno leaving the game this way. the winningest football coach in division i history told his team he will retire at the end of the season. paterno made the announcement a few days after the public became aware of an alleged child sex abuse scandal involving the defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. paterno released this statement today. quote, i am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case. i grieve for the children and the families. i pray for their comfort and relief. at this moment, the board of trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. they have far more important matters to address. i want to make it easy for them as i possibly can. by the way, the university has called a press

it's the annual macy's holiday windows in union square. they feature kittens and puppies up for adoption from the san francisco spca. in the past six years, they helped raise more than $30,000 and find homes for more than 2,000 little critters. >> three, two, one, begin. also tonight, the holiday lights were turned on in san francisco's center. it is the 25th year of the lighting ceremony. and our own, roberta gonzalez was there in her elf suit. the 17,000 lights on the buildings are energy efficient led's. >>> customers lined up around the block anxious to get their hands on items at rock bottom prices. now, we're not talking about black friday yet. tonight, there's just one label that is in demand. robert lyles is outside h and m where a new wallet friendly line goes on sale in a few hours. >> dana, some would argue this economy is in free fall and so is unemployment. especially for the 20 something crowd. as you walk with me, that's exactly who is underneath these yards of plastics and umbrellas. a 20 something crowd with credit cards a

out here live, you can see that union square outside of macy's is a very busy evening has been a veryy couple of weeks as many of the department stores and stores in the area have extended their sale hours. again, i have been searching through the papers all day long i have been looking at the store fronts and going into the store is and where you want a deal, you can usually find it. in the store i did not mention apple very much traditionally did not give very big deals on backs-- black friday. >>pam: according to a new survey more than one-third of americans will be traveling this week either by train or car and that is an increase of 5% from last year. dan kerman went to sfo to see how the holiday getaway is progressing. he tells us what to expect in the days ahead. >>reporter: the holiday travel season is in full swing. this thanksgiving more people are traveling through sf 0 than last year. >>reporter: more than 127,000 people pass through sfo on monday. the next to the travel dates will be the wednesday before thanksgiving and the sunday after thanksgiving and 129,1206000 peopl

it also includes the civic center in union square. the section of this document that pertains to a city park land is being drafted primarily by liv, from our staff, and working closely with the mayor's office of economic and workforce development. and in close cooperation with our own operations staff, which has been providing regular feedback into the document. liv is down in san diego with the entire americas cup team to learn from the world series exhibition races in meeting with the city of santiago representatives for a better understanding of the event. i will be joining him for the day tomorrow to attend a series of meetings as well. the goal of the document is to list all of the recreational resources that can conceivably impacted by america's cup events. and to this action that can be taken to preempt problems before and during the event, and to expeditiously mitigate this. the event has not yet been approved in the location and structure is not finalized, so the actual protective measures are not delineated in the document.

>>reporter: the streets around union square will soon be a construction free zone for the holiday. people have been crossing the street safely walking around the work that is being done. recruiter records and >> it makes it hard to walk around crosswalk and you could only go when they tell you to go slow and this will make a real nice. i am here every morning and i really happy that they will be going over the holidays it makes a lot marty is reputed >>reporter: for the past the few months, hollywood they have been working here malia and this break is a planned moratorium. right this man says of the year he is a now used to the noise but he welcomes the break. and this moment works a flower shop that said she had to move because of the construction. is this talk she says that she almost went out of business this summer and now she's looking for to the noise, the clinic and the crew is being gone even if it is just temporary. as corporate a puckishly starts tomorrow the construction but officially starts tomorrow isaac some crewmembers working here and asked him how long it would be

. >> union square was near gridlock with black friday shoppers when a relatively small group of occupy protesters brought things to a halt. moving from intersection to intersection and blocking them. police barricades closed down streets. shoppers poured into streets. many enjoyed the protests. some shoppers paused to have their pictures taken with a protester. if the protester's message was to avoid retailing the shopping day, they weren't having much success. >> i think the cause gets lost when you have people out occupying, but some people are going to shop. >> meanwhile, a perfect storm was in the making. a possible collision of black friday crowds, occupy protesters and critical mass all building up at about the same time. the monthly bicycling crowd headed off in another direction and few downtown were paying much attention to the occupy protesters. a crowd gathered to watch the annual christmas tree lighting. but the message of the 99% was not falling entirely on deaf ears. >> even though it is convenient, i think it finally people are talking about it. >> occupiers were in frie

to union square tonight, blocking shoppers in the name of corporate greed. >> we are live where thell underway. laura? >> that is right. they're getting ready to lilt the tree. protests here have been an

>>catherine: here is a look union square in downtown san francisco is busy a lot of people out there. a lot of these people are shopping the some are waiting for the big christmas tree lighting ceremony that happens in union square at 6:00 p.m.. there was a rally today for occupy protesters all long --along market street in san francisco. they were blocking traffic in a the powell street near market carrying signs, the city is thinking about moving the occupy in kama to the mission district.--the occupy encampment to the mission district. >>catherine: now this was shot about an hour ago. this is at king felt. is smooth sailing. the traffic was moving just fine. you can get an update on driving conditions anytime we have live cameras like this when you click on the traffic link. [music] >> we will head outside and take a look at san francisco this is a beautiful shot it is cloudy and cold. here is a little we can expect for tomorrow it will be a little bit warmer by tomorrow morning we will have some dense fog with temperatures in the '40's. over all and tomorrow will be a little bit w

we are talking about union square, which is where the entire bay area comes to shop, and we are talkingut chinatown, one of the oldest communities in san francisco that also attract many of our 16 million visitors every year and that also happens to be the locale where our muni buses currently travel at 2 miles an hour. much has been said about the billion dollars we will lose if we do not do this project, the 30,000 jobs we will lose, the fact that this project at the highest rating in the country, but again, all that being said, i do think that the discussion, as always, is healthy, but i do think at some point, we have got to move on. we have got to move this project forward, and with that, obviously, i think i speak on behalf of many of my colleagues in wanting to do that. that said, we do have a resolution in front of us. i am curious to hear from our colleagues what people would like to do on the resolution that does not specifically address the project but deals with muni management and finance issues, and i would like to hear from my colleague, supervisor farrell. supervisor far

come out, and you can go to union square ice rink.com.here you can find out about all the session times, all the major events, like december 1st, we have speed date skating. >> that sounds like a lot of fun. >> we're going to have mistletoe and everything. >> real quick, for people coming out, this is also going to at least part of the proceeds go towards benefiting the boys and girls club, is that correct? >> that is correct. it's a big part of the union square business improvement district. part of the proceeds go to the boys and girls club. >> we really appreciate it, robert keith. we'll do a few more moves out here. hopefully won't scare too many people away. once i get back from the weather graphic. but to let you know, guys, this ice rink is actually built on one of the first underground parking structures in the world. unbelievable. let's get a look at the weather headlines. throughout tonight we have a few clouds, it will stay cold.no t quite as cold as it is out on the ice. they keep the ice at about 19 degrees to help reduce tha

at the consumerwatch, julie watts is at union square where buyers are already lining up in the rain. >> reporter: i'm surprised you're not out here with them. i wouldn't put it past you coming out here later tonight. the line here is wrapped around the corner. folks have umbrellas and makeshift tents, almost everyone has garbage bags on them as attire. i'm here with casey one of the gals wearing garbage bags today what could possibly make you line up in the rain in the cold? what are you here to buy? >> this little babydoll dress, with rhinestones and a -- >> is it worth standing in the rain? >> it is. its my birthday present from my parents. so might as well do it right, right? >> reporter: so for those of you who are maybe not so fashion savvy, let me explain, versace is a high-end italian retailer usually retails for a couple of thousand dollars. now, much like target, they created a line with a more reasonable price point for h & m and this rollout actually started last week in new york. that's where they had a star- studded fashion show. followed by yesterday's frenzied internat