spur has supported other projects. this has a 400-car garage, which i think will bring a lot more congestion in a part of town that is already congested. how did spur reconcile that piece of the project? >> there are two pieces to the parking. one is the one unit per space, which is pretty standard in the city. the other is simply replacing parking for the ferry building that is being lost due to the condition of those peers and to the desire to get a parking off of the peers and off of the waterfront. >> -- president chiu: so you are ok with 400-car parking? >> yes. president chiu: ok. >> my notes. good afternoon. my name is -- i have lived in san francisco for 32 years. i am here to oppose eight washington. the project looks at seeking luxury condominiums that we have already talked about. , only people who make over $1 million per year can afford it. this is not the kind of housing that san franciscans need or want, especially in this part of town. san francisco is a vibrant city because the activities are easily ac

spur has supported other projects. this has a 400-car garage, which i think will bring a lot more congestion in a part of town that is already congested. how did spur reconcile that piece of the project? >> there are two pieces to the parking. one is the one unit per space, which is pretty standard in the city. the other is simply replacing parking for the er

spur and i will support this important project. thank you. >> thank you. next. >> good afternoon, commissioner. corrine woods, speaking for myself. this is a good project, good for the poor, good for the city. the publicly accessible open spaces marvelous. opening it up to pacific and jackson streets to views and pedestrians is a tremendous benefit for this neighborhood. and for the city. i urge you to support it. thank you. >> thank you. jon stewart. >> thank you for your attention. i am -- in my business life, i am in the real-estate world. i am here speaking as a resident of telegraph hill, over here. and i am very much in support of the developers' proposal and almost every respect. in my business life, i got a lot of planning conferences, and there is a uniform the crying of the absence of projects, a lot of hand-wringing over the fact that we're not really getting the kind of quality that we want. many people say, why do we not have a product that has a nexus of transit, where we have people living and working in the same area? here, we have just tha

well spurs are in the top four with a game in hand over chelsea at the moment one lunch the city lead the way at the top a couple of points ahead of rivals manchester united. has been named african player of the year the ivory coast stopping barcelona saidee kita. toure whose twenty eight was voted for by managers of african national teams and over in spain barcelona reached the last sixteen of the copper del rey with a decent third tier side of let nine eleven leave camp to go pretend they are an aggregate that despite resting several key plays plenty also through to the next round with a foreigner win over this. but in our psyches. up to second in the western conference there after beating a moscow forty one the russian capital after and open the scoring through to me but here. be ended. by the end of the first period they would reply here on target from a side angle for the second. i then added another in the next period slicing through the army men. discarded managed to pull it back to three one before conceding another and even though danny's part should reduce the deficit again

be aware of that as you come off the spur.e'll take a live look at 270 heading south from germantown. this is pretty much what it has been looking like all morning long. very, very nice coming in from clarksburg all the way down to the point where the lanes divide with the exception of the accident on the spur. we'll take a look at the dulles toll road if you're hiding for the airport, everything is fine out at dulles. there is an accident at leesburg between the greenway and route 7. do be aware of that. i want to give you information about metro as well. we'll go back over to our graphics. if you're planning to use metro, extra trains this afternoon for you. regular weekend service on saturday and sunday. they'll be open until 3:00 a.m. on christmas eve saturday. holiday monday, the hours will be 7:00 a.m. to midnight. and coming up in my next report, we'll take another look around the area at 6:58. first, we'll take a live look at westfield wheaton mall. it is getting crowded here. i know that the "air" jordans are on sale.

hello good morning thanks for joining me and this is what is coming up on the happy harry spurs boss redknapp slams the referees falling his side's two one defeat to. clubs books liking to call keeps russia at the top spot top spot in the world rankings despite just slip up in front. and savoring his success goal for luke don't reflect on becoming the first man to top the european p.g.a. money. start there with the english premier league martin ale has made a winning start to sunderland manager after his side came from behind to be fellow strugglers blanc rovers had gone ahead at the stadium of light with the first half strike from some of his because the bitch about four minutes from time david boren five home an equaliser and then in stoppage time sebastian larsson killed in a super freak eight to lift sunderland and to the bottom three elsewhere talking a manager harry redknapp has criticised the referee on the his side see one defeat to study the home side worth two left at half time thanks to to go through matthew have ringtone but even though spurs got one back from the spot to

we need to look forward and not always to the past. >> i am jim chapel, also representing spur, and i concur with the previous comments of ms. nordberg. it is important to understand the planning process that has gone into a washington and where it has come. this is out of place since you cannot get the principles and guidelines that have shaped eight washington to maximize the site for the public, not just for a private club members, a few neighbors, and cars. today, we have heard from some long retired city bureaucrats, and it was clear to me from their testimony that they have never seen the plan, because the project they are describing is not the project at eight washington. this was done with the help of thousands of stakeholders recommending combining seawall lot 351 with the adjacent golden gateway land to develop housing. this plan has been almost fully implemented from the ferry building two pier 5. 8 washington is the last piece of the pulse poll, and the plan recommends exactly this type of -- is the last piece of the puzzle, and the plan recommends exactly this type of thi

those delays continue all the way to the spur. > if you're traveling on 395, still have the accident. 395 at duke street on the right side of the roadway. fire department is on the scene. got to stick to the left. two of your left lanes will get

from the chelsea captain john terry put his off field problems to one side to help the blues hold spurs at white hart lane . while in moscow i plan to go second in the k h l western conference after handing to scar their seventh straight defeat. and i want to be a legend russian pole vaulter unionism by this sets aside from an historic lympics gold medal. but first chelsea skipper john terry was back in action last night just twenty four hours after receiving a court summons for racially abusing q.p.r. as anton ferdinand the blues coming from behind to grab a point in their one one draw with tottenham terry putting in a solid performance at the back although he couldn't stop spurs taking nearly through the manual added by all however the blues got an equaliser from their important strike it down your storage will break through the first half and despite third chances for both sides one one is how it finished half of which chelsea boss andre vs boas praised terry's commitment by harry redknapp gushed about his side season so far. this is performances have increased since the incident hap

businesses and not going to put that much money in the the bottom line for us to go out and actually spur unemployment, so, the pipeline absolutely hands down, short and long-term is better and for the future growth let alone changing the power to bring us as an alternative back to the u.s. for oil. >> brenda: you like those payroll tax cuts, huh? >> i do like the payroll tax cuts. the tax cuts pay for themselves. look, this pipeline, it's a pipe dream. it's not going to create the jobs that everybody says it's going to create. the g.o.p. is trying to mange it out to be that this is an environmental argument, that they're going to actually be able to pump in all of this oil, the oil sands to the gulf of mexico and a lot of people digging ditches for the pipe, but that's temporary amelia, you're going to look at a couple of jobs and that's going to end. if anything it's not going to help the overall economy and not going to pump up a lot of oil supplies and bring down gas prices. >> brenda: and susan, what is todd shovelling. >> it might be freaky friday because i'm agreeing with todd. he'

it will help them pay their bills, it will spur spending.ring and it's the right thing to do. >> tom: republicans argue tax breaks for workers do little to stimulate the economy. they also believe the tax breaks should be paid for with cuts elsewhere in the budget, rather than relying on a surtax on millionaires as democrats have proposed. >> tom: reports about a looming credit outlook downgrade for european government bonds took some of the steam out of u.s. stocks today. right from the opening bell, we saw some follow-through buying after last week's big rally, but around 2 p.m. eastern, when the first reports hit about s&p threatening to downgrade the credit ratings of europe and the index took a hit. a second hit came when more reports indicated a ratings cut was expected after the close today. it finished off the lows of the session, ending with a 1% gain. oddly enough, big banks were not hurt by the threat of a european government debt downgrade. this exchange-traded fund is made up of big u.s. banks. with today's 2% rally, the fund is

chappell testifying for spur. but moving forward with the land use plan, project early in life that the port is not a port that used to be a poor. it is something that needs to be balancing the objections -- objectives of waterfront development with an operation that still makes sense. otherwise, the port will remain a relic or something of the past without any liability for today. and that is a very, very difficult task because the port is very well aware of the limitations of what it can do, including the support and the lack of support for change. this is an issue of change. i am concerned that the real project, which we do not even really know in this current configuration, is being basically described and perched in front of us without us having a real full overview of what it is, what we're commenting on. it is a wall. it is glass. it is this than that. the project is unknown to the majority of us. and i think that makes it very difficult to support one way or the other, while what we're doing today is not g

twenty third however blues manager and they did for us still selected his skiff but for the games spurs to get eight minute lead through emmanuel adebayor or a quarter of an hour later the visitors levelled thanks to daniel sturridge both sides had more chances but one one is how it finished and afterwards when i first praise terrorist commitment or how you read not praised his side season so far it's performances have increased since the incident there but for the strictly his commitment to the ring dogs and his quality and talent is never in doubt so all i mean is completely for good stewards of the causes. before which is a. simple look we've got a great start six thirty four point draw city stage of the season is incredible charlie losing the first two games so we're going great liverpool be their own. children. going to be choice talk for is going to be very close. after that much of white hart lane talk of say thirty nine points adrift of the top part of the game in hand chelsea remain fourth to force behind spurs russia city are top of the table for christmas two points and ten g

i know that spur was working with us as well. individuals spend some good quality nights writing the application, making sure it reflected the strong collaboration. because i think that is -- leader policy, that is what makes san francisco so special to you know that as much as i do. when people come together with a good cause and then they speak to everybody and they get the best ideas, and collaborate, there are no boundaries as to what we can do. i am excited because it is not just the $5 million that we are getting. it is what that money will leverage with everything else. in fact, it immediately will leverage the local dollar is pretty awesome making the commitment that we're going to use this money and the rigid with other monies that we have to make the planning process even more vigorous, more complete, more inclusive, so that we can get the best planning ideas and balance all of these issues. because we are always going to be challenged by the lack of resources. planning and planning better and better with everybody is g

here's west montgomery avenue, as you travel south towards the spur, volume is very light. north is almost empty this time of day. if you're continuing onto the beltway, here's a view of the beltway in virginia. this is robinson terminal, inner loop as well as outer loop, not seeing any issues. i'll give you a travel speed. making your way from the interchange to the dulles toll road, you're at 65 miles per hour, and that trip only taking 14 minutes. happy friday. back to you both. >> yes. it is now 4:43. >> it is indeed. >>> a new recall warning overnight. why honda says it needs to fix problems on hundreds of thousands of its popular cars. >>> welcome back. los angeles county has declared a state of emergency after a powerful wind storm walloped that state. wind gusts topped 100 miles per hour in parts of california, tearing down trees and sparking electrical fires. more than 250,000 people lost power. several flights in and out of l.a.x. had to be diverted as well. strong winds are expected to hit oklahoma and missouri and indiana apparently they will not be quite that s

well as mentioned earlier tottenham host fourth place chelsea tonight spurs could go within seven points of man city with a win over the blues but despite a great run of form this season spurs boss harry redknapp reckons it will be a tight encounter. for a very choice between two good teams and. here we have come a long way for sure you know a few years ago we would be sitting here talking about. you know an even game if you do it between us and looks at the moment the two evenly matched teams. russia will play your acquire in their final friendly match before the start of the european championships next summer pick up because man will face the south americans in moscow on may the twenty fifth and more then head to a week long training camp in switzerland before the tournament starts in ukraine and poland on june the eight russia will play one more friendly before the tone and away match against their market share july fifth february the twenty ninth. in the meantime spade event of the year on top of the fee for world rankings the world and european champions reigning supremes for a four

well as mentioned earlier tottenham his fourth place chelsea tonight spurs could go within seven points of man city with a win over the blues but despite a great run of form this season spurs boss harry redknapp reckons it will be a close game. going you know between two good teams and. you know we have come a long way for sure you know a few years ago we would be certainly talking about. you know an even game if you do it between us and it looks at the moment the two evenly matched. but also tonight barcelona hope to reach the last sixteen of the copper del rey when they face hospital a tete from the spanish division the catalans have a one hour leave from the first leg but will be resting several key plays after their club world cup triumph over brazilian champion santos at the weekend that victory means they've now won an incredible thirteen trophies out of a possible sixteen and even though ryall madrid coach josie marino suggested their latest achievement was mine a faster boss pep guardiola believes it will benefit the club. margaret said it yesterday as a compliment with thank yo

and taking the beltway, new hampshire avenue, delays continue as you head towards the spur.speed about 31 miles per hour. traveling across 395, have an accident here northbound at duke street. it's now on the right side of the roadway, and it looks like you have three lanes here to get by the accident. you're delayed all the way to the 14th street bridge. look at this as you make your way across here, slow. joe, travel speed in that area, 18 miles per hour. back to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> a high school girl from montgomery county is recovering after she was stabbed in a school parking lot. police said that she was stabbed several times outside of northwood high school when she and about five or six other girls got into a fight. the girls had all attended a basketball game between northwood and kennedy high school. police are not saying what the victim's condition is, but they do expect her to survive, and they're also still looking for the person who did the stabbing. >>> d.c. community leaders are discussing easing the tough handgun laws. phil mendelson introduced a