i think brett would say a few things. >> my name is brett poffenbarger. our goal is to make a green space. this is the backyard for our house, for our child to play in. i think it has a positive visual impact for the neighborhood. even buildings that can see it will see a park-like structure with greenery. we want to make it safe and accessible from our unit so that our child will be able to go up there and be safe from falling off the walls using windscreens. that is all i have to say. thanks. >> thank you. mr. sider? >> thank you, commissioners. i am actually a little heartened by what the appellants have to say in this case. there was a presentation a few minutes ago about the letter itself and about the code and an interpretation of the code. previously, the argument had been one of my neighbors had it so why can't i. that, as you know, does not carry any weight in the planning code. i would like to briefly address the code issues that were raised with respect to the appellants, the issues and the diagnosis he made of the code. he is correct. there ar

brett haber is here with the big news on tiger woods today. brett. >> lesli, tiger was hoping to end his nearly two year winless drought, but it will not have happened not here, not next week. tiger's body betrayed him and for the first time in his procareer, he will miss the u.s. open. what it means for the rest of his season and how bummed we should be as the citizens of washington that he is not coming here. annie. >> not bad golfing weather for tonight. a little humid, but not too bad. here's a look at our almanac. 90 degrees. average high is 92. speaking of records, i think tomorrow a chance to beat some records or even also tie some records. your full forecast when i come back. >> all right annie. a week after that deadly bus crash on i-95. officials kick off an effort to make sure other buses and trucks follow the rules. >>> drivers share the road with buses and trucks every day, but local inspectors are trying to make sure those extra large vehicles are safe company. today is the start of road check 2011. it's a 72 hour campaign where

(laughter) chris brown's, brett favre, now congressman weiner. deviant? disgusting? what's your reaction to this rash of penis photos? >> well, jon, i mean, it depends. sometimes my reaction is (gasps) and then other times it's (oh, my god) and sometimes it's like... (laughter). bravo, sir. bravo. >> jon: right. what do you think is the issue behind all this? >> well, jon, sending photos of your penis craze can be chalked up to an age-old misconception that women want more information about your penis. (laughter) and that seeing it will make you more attractive. (laughter) >> jon: so... so that is not the case? >> no. no. men need to realize their penis has far more power over them than it does over us. (cheers and applause) if you're a seven-term congressman and a woman still isn't into you, showing her your penis isn't going to close the deal. (laughter) or in brett favre's case, if this picture doesn't win her heart, this one's not gonna help (audience reacts) (laughter) >> jon: now my eyes are bleeding. (laughter) kristen, to be fair, though, sometimes women send

woman still isn't into you, showing her your penis isn't going to close the deal. ( laughter ) or in brett picture doesn't win her heart, this one's not gonna help. ( audience reacts ) ( laughter ) >> jon: now my eyes are bleeding. ( laughter ) kristen, to be fair, though, sometimes women send men risquÉ photos as well. >> well, because the female body is beautiful. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: that is true. >> yes. and penises look like a species discovered living on the ocean floor near undersea sulfur beds. ( laughter ) >> jon: i'll give you that. so overall, you'd they the male urge to share visual penis information has had a negative affect? >> no, no, not at all. in fact, it's been the driving force behind centuries of technological innovations. for example, did you know the light bulb was first conceived as the penis lamp? because thomas edison realized there were 12 hours of every day when women couldn't see his penis. ( laughter ) and soon after that came the penis phone. >> jon: you mean, obviously, the telephone. >> yes, as it's known now, okay. ( laughter ) we all remember a

the two gentlemen leading that effort are brett and nick. you're trying this saturday. i see you have this rig here. how are you going to pull this off? do you think it will work? >> you obviously start with the world's largest barbecue. we've developed this here and on saturday we're going to attempt to pack 600 pounds of fresh ground meat and make the world's largest hamburger. >> that's at 7:00 a.m. it's on top of the grill. you've got this so you can flip it. how do you keep it from falling out, all that meat. >> first of all, we've got a few secret ingredients we'll reveal on saturday that will help be the glue for the meat in there. it helps when you have the 22 foot long hydraulically controlled grill which will raise and lower it on the charcoal pit. >> you've been in touch with guinness, what are their requirements. >> guinness is restrictive. we have to make sure we have qualified witnesses that witness the process start to finish. >> forklift it off. >> we have to make the hamburger off the scale, put the whole hamburger together with the bun. >> do you have

brett lockett, new england patriots player sams he had a five-month, long-distance relationship withyan. she is saying no. absolutely not. the magazine is standing by its story. we'll have to see where this goes. she is obviously in another relationship now. >> right. they're saying the scandal, currently -- everybody still talking about the rock, really. it was just so out of control. >>> this story, also, out of control. it hits a soft spot with dog lovers, which, of course, i am. we have to talk about leona helmsley's dog. this made a lot of headlines. >> most spoiled pooch. in america. >> a very spoiled pooch. >> there is leona and the dog. maltese, trouble, trouble has passed away. trouble was 12 years old. let me do the math for you, 84 years in dog years. just so you know. >> nicely done. >> trouble was left $12 million from the helmsley estate. a judge then later reduced it down to $2 million. tough to survive as a maltese on $2 million. that's wrong. was cremated being held privately, the ashes are being well taken care of. >> all right. no more trouble. >> trouble. >>> fina

brett anderson will not need tommy john surgery. did receive an injection to help relieve pain.ll undergo six weeks of rehab. that's how it goes for the a's. he will be out 6 weeks. the a's lost 12-13. cal baseball run reached the college world series. last night, national tv going, espn u, if you have the ability to go up in the 180s you can find the game. cal won 6-2. their coach, david, got the gatorade shower and the cal bears return home this morning, party last evening, came home today, first world series since 1992. >> i saw it on paper, i knew it -- we won that game. >> i said it when i was 12 years old, i went to omaha and watched cal state fullerton win it. ever since then i wanted to win it. step one is getting there, step two is winning it. >> we found out who cal's opponent will be, virginia cavaliers. irvine was 1 strike away from advancing but chris taylor brought home a couple runs and virginia stormed the field 3-2. cal versus virginia this sunday morning at 11:00. the college world series can go up to 2 weeks. this is a big, big deal. the cal bears, you know, f

. -- child at brett hart and member of grace. "my concern are all the cuts that have affected our schools." >> [speaking spanish] >> it is necessary that we find funds for education and to improve services for our families. we need to be able to work and have the capacity to have good working jobs. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i am the political action share for seiu local 1021 and a nonprofit worker here in san francisco. we represent workers, rn's and other health-care providers in community clinics and in general hospitals. we represent the classified nutrition workers and the school secretaries and the folks that keep your schools clean. we also represent many of the nonprofits, especially supportive housing and mental health care. this is, for us, the third year of straight cuts in a row. we see things in san francisco that we have not seen before. we see recreation programs close, parks locked up during the day, basic city services take longer. lines are longer. and because of layoffs and freezing of front-line p

it was a bus brett michels said -- michaels was quote "a bit much." let us let her tell us what it is. >> it's not about me. it's not a heat-seeking tour. >> jon: i get it. you're in stealth mode. how do you get around when you are seeking publicity? [screaming] that's odd. why are we playing cat and mouse game? can't you tell the reporters where you are going so we can go back to our lives. >> i don't think i owe anything to the mainstream media. i think that it would be a mistake for me to become some kind of conventional politician. no, i want them to have to do a little bit of work on a tour like this. >> so this whole thing is just a (bleep) you for asking which newspapers you read? [laughter] you may have noticed that sarah palin gave those remarks about avoiding the press into what looked like a camera which was apparently allowed on to the bus. there's a simple explanation for that. she was giving an interview to greta van susteren who later explained on her blog that palin works for fox just as any employee or someone on contract with another

i'm brett haber. have a great tuesday, everybody. >> the congressman at the center of a lewd photo scandal admits he is responsible. we'll have a live report from capitol hill coming up. >> plus, after last week's deadly tour bus crash, virginia senators want some tougher regulations for these bus companies. quick check of traffic now, angie? >> thank you, mike. we're looking at 395 headed northbound. no major delays. continuing on toward the pentagon, still ahead, a check on your d.c. roads coming up at 5:30. keep it here on 9news now. >>> welcome back to 9news now. 5:29. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> thank you for joining us, i'm mike hydeck. angie will be here with traffic. mr. howard bernstein, the heat is on. >> the heat is on this afternoon. it starts and really cranks up tomorrow and thursday. this morning, it is nice out there. i'll be on the weather terrace in a few minutes. 50s in the suburbs. that won't last very long. here's your day planner. get ready for some heat this afternoon. te

brett haber live with today's surprising and disappointing announcement. >> it is surprising in as much as tiger hasn't missed the u.s. open since 1994. now he sits four major championships shy. every time he skips one of these, his chances decreased. but as you say, his body won't allow him to come to greater washington next week. tigers has been suffering from a knee injury and an acyly's injury. he played one round of golf since then and that one he had to quit half way through due to the pain. here's tiger's statement released on his website earlier today. i'm extremely disappointed, but it's time for me to listen to my doctors and focus on the future. i hope to be ready for the at&t national, the next two majors and the rest of the year. so if you are keeping score, since 2007 when tiger announced that he would be bringing his tournament to washington and playing here annually, he has played here twice. anita. >> brett, thank you. >>> sky 9 was over laurel this morning where a body was found inside a burning car. somebody called police after they saw a car on fire along i- 95 south

. >> brett anderson hoping to stop the bleeding. carl crawford waits on the curveball and blasts it over the fence in right. 3-0 sox. but the as fought back against john lackey who recently came off the disabled list. it's the fourth of the season, 3-1 boston. third inning, first pitch of the at bat, anderson drills crawford on the shoulder. both sides were warned. daric barton line as single to right. suzuki cuts boston's lead to just one. barton raises his average 18 points in this series, but adrian gonzalez puts the game away in the fourth with a 1 shot over the green monster. his 50th rbi of the season. anderson takes the loss. the as get swept and have now lost six straight. roger federer ended novak djokovic's streak. no one plays better on clay than rafael nadal. he fell behind in the first set. he tracks down federer's drop shot and brilliant let play resulting in a win for the king of clay. then, trading punches from the baseline, then he loads up and takes the -- that may have been federer's best chance. nadal has only lo

rookie jemile weeks making his major league debut for the a's who placed mark ellis and brett andersonon the dl... baltimore's jj hardy hit a solo shot in the first off guerllmo moscoso and that's all the orioles needed. they win 4-0... oakland's lost 8 straght... tiger woods pulled out of the us open today because of nagging injuries in his achilles and knee. woods hasn't missed the open since high school... thanks, dennis that does it for eyewitness news at 10. remember- the news is always on c-b-s s-f dot com. ♪ it's been over a decade since the us has won the world cup and while they've won tournaments in countries

brett gardener is your man. yanks and rangers tied 2-2. the throw to the plate not in time. yanks won 3-2. they're 3-0 without derek jeter. the cardinals matt holiday returned from the dl and it didn't take him lock to get sbak in the swing of things. game went into extras, and the rookie was the hero. danny espinoza exit stage right. the nationals won it 7-4 in ten. you've seen a walk-off single and a walkoff homer. how about a walkoff balk? a little hiccup on the mound and that's all the braves needed. atlanta won it 9-8. >>> u.s. open got underway with no tiger woods and no clear-cut favorite. ripe for the taking. let's go to congressional. yesterday phil mickelson celebrated his 41st birthday, but actually didn't have much to celebrate. first shot of the tournament found the water. he finished 3 over. everybody chasing rory mcilroy. the putt on 18. wait foirt, wait for it. birdie. he has a three-stroke lead heading into today's second round. >>> the mavericks threw a party for a quarter of a million people. the highlights or the lowlight, if you will, came when dirk nowi

brett bear's show. that's on the news side. they were reporting on the crazy atf operation that allowed mexican drug cartels to purchase automatic weapons into america and sell them back to mexico. >> some say it was innocent. others believe it was allowed to happen to justify tougher gun laws in the u.s. >> jon: did you see that? he just threw it right in there. president obama is either incompetent making an innocent mistake or the architect of an evil conspiracy to wreak violent carnage in mexico as a way to take away america's guns. you know, both sides of the story. who said that nerk america was involved in this type of conspiracy that, if true, could openly lead to the impeachment of a president? who said it? >> others. >> jon: of course chris wallace's main claim to credibility was this. >> as we showed today we don't go easy on republicans. >> jon: that at least for one hour of fox's 168 hours of programming a week, really, it's three hours because it's repeated twice. mother said it's crazy to watch it like that but i

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> you know, there is an upside to stinking. their names are steven strosburg and bryce. being the worst team in baseball and tonight, they get to swing again. this year the nats have the number six pick and a number of mock drafts have them using it tonight on uva pitcher and bethesda native. the grad is second in the nation in strikeouts and i say the nats have done pretty well. i have ryan zimmerman with the fourth pick in 2005. >>> speaking of ryan zimmerman, old face of franchise began his rehab assignment last night in hagerstown. did well, two for two with a triple. he got to play half an inning. it's been six weeks since that surgery and he says he is getting closer. >> that felt good. everything felt great. i think obviously throwing was the thing that hurt the most before and that's the last thing that is coming back. running feels great, and i think we're right on schedule. >> continues his rehab tonight with the patomac nationals. their second look this year at tim lincecum. if it wasn't so tragically st

at the top of this year's hurricane list is arlene the list continues with brett, cindy and 18 others >>> we're still holding onto a winter-like weather pattern with off-and-on showers for today. get ready for the weekend forecast. we're talking about more significant rainfall. you can see the coverage out there. not a lot of green to show you but we do have some intense cells. right around the milpitas area, around 237, jacklin road and also at warm springs boulevard. you can see the live doppler sweep showing you some intense activity here. could be tracking a storm close to 880. i'm gonna move the maps up to the north and show you more activity in parts of the north bay. not a lot of coverage around st. helena. just to the north of concord and fairfield, once again, the wider perspective. the main action right now as far as the most intense activity, that's focused in the southern part of the bay area and just to the east of morgan hill. a look outside. there we go. it's -- it has a little bit of everything out there, sunshine, clouds and passing showers and the possibility of a th

this after in touch magazine reports she cheated on her fiancee with nfl player brett lockett. he says he has the pictures and text to prove it but she is threatening to sue. >>> finally, actress edie falco summed it up when asked about kim kardashian by saying, who are these people? why are they famous? >> i love edie, but that was the question we were asking like three years ago. >> welcome to the world of reality tv stars. being on every single tabloid magazine. >> i guess we all accept it at a different rate. >> exactly. >> we're shaking our heads in disbelief, but it is what it is. >>> this comes to us from west 2 news in orlando, florida, where even the wildlife know the best places to hang out for rest and relaxation. growing up in pennsylvania, bear encounters were common for jenny, but she was more than a little surprised encountering one poolside in florida. she discovered a black bear taking a dip in her jacuzzi. a bit shocked but not frightened. she showed hospitality letting the animal cool off before scaring it away. maybe she didn't get the memo the jacuzzi is pr

el catcher de los marlins brett hayes en vez de regresarle la pelota al pitcher le dio en el casco alanzamiento.... los filis terminaron ganando este partido por ocho a uno... esa es la informacion deportiva.... anchor esta semana estudiantes latinos de oakland estaban tan contentos de que finalizara el ano escolar que se pusieron a cantar...escuchelos... nat vo .... --son los pequeÑos de pre-escolar de la escuela charter "lighthouse", donde mas del 90% de los estudiantes es latino. --mire usted, la escuela es tan buena que el aÑo pasado recibio 700 solicitudes para llenar unos 60 asientos en el salon de clases. --la meta de "lighthouse," es que sus estudiantes vayan y se graduen de la universidad. blanca esquivel madre de niño graduado sot señora dice: "estar con ellos, luchand pa'delante con ellos, darles consejos de que tienen que... que luchar, que estudiar, para que sean alguien en la vida. me siento orgullosa, feliz, contenta, estoy orgullosisima de el, de mi niño, precioso." vo ---felicidades a todos estos pequeÑines que son el futuro de california y del pais... nos vamos a la

brett nelson said interesting smaller men make less money on average.t's a physical hierarchy, runts of the liter sort of thing. >> so much of hogwash, i'm 5'4", 130 pounds and do better than most of my male counterparts. it all depends on one's individual drive to succeed and to be the best that he or she can be. al less san dro, you're right. >> word hogwash such a good word. >> not an italian word, really. >>> kristen cramer on facebook writes this does not surprise me but it's very sad and shows how sexist society is as a whole and how people want women to be eye candy. >> i'm not sure i read this as a cause and effect thing. in other words, you can make a poll that says anything, right? just statistically is. i don't know it means you will make more money. >> a lot interpreting it to mean if you're more attractive you make more money. >> and bigger guys are more attractive? >> what do we view as attractive, women being thin and men muscular or slightly overweight. >> keep your comments coming, e-mail, tweet, facebook. we'll read more of your respon

gail goldman, mike terio, and brett luellen. >> i am a native born and raised in laurel heights. everyone keeps referencing the bus yard. i grew up on the other side of that. i wish i was fortunate enough to attend drew school now that they are getting this new gymnasium that is a very big deal. i am and several phone profit -- philanthropic boards throughout the city. community support is the key to making sure that any community organization is run successfully in the neighborhood. you have the option and opportunity of full community support with supervisor farrell's this in and compromise of the 41-unit building. we all support booker t. washington. we support affordable housing and transitional housing as well. those nine units might be a transitional or low-income units. those could be made up in another project. the conformity of the neighborhood is key. another side note i wanted to make is that the gymnasium in its current location is -- [tone!] 1 basketball net will be flipped. it will be infringing on several backyard neighborhoods -- neighborhood backyards. it will af

. >>> brett comes next. the pitch. flip to third. he baked it into right field. coming in to score is booker. brenden swift, he is coming in. he is safe. and california wins it. 9-8. i cannot believe it. i apologize, folks. i'm sure you didn't hear any of that. devon rodriguez. my voice is gone. i called two games yesterday. >> i will rest my voice. i'm on the diet of tea and lemon and honey. >> that's a good thing. because risinger will node his voice for the bears three -- need his voice for the bears three-game series against dallas baptist. >> it is hard to get words across in a moment like that and for him to really capture it like that was pretty amazing. it is all over the place. it has gone viral. pretty sweet. >> do you think joe starky is proud of danny? >> yes, absolutely. >> right now, cal is taking on dallas baptist in game one of their series. second inning, chad bunting launches a three-run shot to give the bears a 3-0 lead. right now, cal leads 4-0. in the 7th. >>> 20-1 shot animal kingdom won the kentucky derby. 12 to one underdog shackleford too

he drills one off brett anderson. this is the grandevon anderson highlight. yanks up 2-0 in the fourth. again off anderson again and singles home two more. anderson got shelfed and gave up 10 runs on 11 hits. the yankees cruise 10-3. french open men's quarterfinals in paris are. federer won the first two sets now and down 6-5. check out the forehand winner down the line. it heads to a tie break. club fed and mmm. that means winner. that's the french for winner. 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. he goes on to meet joe -- jokavich. >> that should be the final. >> shuttle endeavor on proach to cape canaveral. >> on board is gabrielle giffords' husband, mark kelly, and five other astronauts. >> shuttle atlantis is scheduled to blast into space in july in the last mission of the 30-year u.s. shuttle program. button defer is expected to be -- but endeavor is expected to be back on the ground in the next half hour. >> it has been up there for 16 days now. >> that's our report. "nightline" is up next. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel, thanks for joining us, everyone. >> appreciate y