to glen canyon park. and of course, another unique feature in the neighborhood is the creek runs under the park and the only remaining remnant is the free-flowing peace within glen canyon park. the plan proposes conducting a study to see if there is opportunity for daylighting or raising the creek. there are concerned about what this might do or not do but that is the idea of conducting a story -- study to see about feasibility. in terms of the land use aspects, it is a pretty low-key plan in terms of development compared to the other plans. this is a page from the city's general plan that talks about the different plan areas and how many units are expected. in glen park we're projecting 100 units. this is a big development plan. the existing zoning in the area is nc2 in the core village neighborhood district. neighborhood commercial, small scale. surrounded by residential rh1 and rh2 zoning and public parcels. the plan addresses the neighborhood commercial zoning and focuses on that. that is 80 parcels.

to the rocket the replica of the mercury rocket onboard which john glen blasted off from cape canaveral the little capsule that black unit on the tip that was the tiny compartment where john glen road it out, and 50 years ago today, this is exactly what it sounded like. >> five, four, three, two, one, zero [ statice ] >> roger the clock is operating, we are under way >> with that john glen and nasa laid the ground work for what would eventually become, the defeat of the soviet union in the space race eventually putting man on to the moon it was a time of the cold war american ambition to beat the soviets, and embrace the space program was greater than it is today over the weekend surviving members of the mercury team accompanied john glen and scott carpenter the only still living original 7 astronauts out to the old

but last year glen campbell was diagnosed with alzheimers disease.rhinestone cow boy is making one last ride. ♪ galveston > the back-up band in his farewell tour includes two sons and daughter ashley. you're kind of keeping an eye on him out there. >> yeah, yeah. i feel a little protective of him. >> reporter: ahead on sunday morning, saying good-bye to glen campbell. ♪ is still on the line >> osgood: rita braver explores the world of on-line match making while another reporter looks at tv match making again gone wrong. bill geist looks back with last year's winner of the westminster dog show and more. but first the headlines for this sunday morning, the 12th of february 2012. as we told you grammy award winner super star whitney houston was found dead in her room at the beverly hilton yesterday afternoon. at her peak in the '80s and '90s, houston was one of the world's best selling artists. ♪ i get so emotional, baby >> osgood: the songs were familiar fare on the radio and in the movies. ♪ where do broken hearts go? ♪ ♪ can they find their way home?

. >> amending the various sections of the glen park area plan, for the glen park neighborhood transit district. item 8, amending the maps to create new zoning district as proposed in the glen park committee plan, and i am nine, and ordnance amending the general plan by adding the glen park area plan. president chiu: same house, same call. these ordinances are finally passed. >> approving the nomination to the board of appeals for the term ending july 1, 2012. president chiu: same house, same call. this item is approved. >> item 11, to change the cycle of treasurer to make sure they are within the same years as with the district attorney and municipal elections as such elections only occur in even numbered year and every other odd number year. supervisor wiener: i would like to move this item to the november election instead of june. i have a motion or i move on page one, the second paragraph, to change june 5, 2012, to november 6, 2012, and then refer this item back to the rules committee. president chiu: supervisor wiener has made a motion. is there a second? there is a second. unles

. >> amending the various sections of the glen park area plan, for the glen park neighborhood transit district. item 8, amending the maps to create new zoning district as proposed in the glen park committee plan, and i am nine, and ordnance amending the general plan by adding the glen park area plan. president chiu: same house, same call. these ordinances are finally passed. >> approving the nomination to the board of appeals for the term ending july 1, 2012. president chiu: same house, same call. this item is approved. >> item 11, to change the cycle of treasurer to make sure they are within the same years as with the district

was greater than it is today over the weekend surviving members of the mercury team accompanied john glennd scott carpenter the only still living original 7 astronauts out to the old launch pad, launch complex 14, where of course, that is where the mercury rocket blasted off and those early 1960 u.s. astronauts, truly became legends and national heros, john glen of course is the only person on the planet today, who can say 50 years ago today, i blasted off and or bitted our planet at kennedy space center phil keating, fox news. >> should government employees be allowed to bring guns to work. the legislation up for debate in virginia. >> protest as controversial abortion bills make their way through the state capital [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyra

. >> god speed john glen.>reporter: as the news at 9 continues 50 year anniversary of astronaut john glen orbiting the sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [ male announcer ] now everyone's up to speed. get high speed internet for $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one year term. at&t. . >> one of the last known survivors of the 19 06 great earthquake and fire died over the weekend today. she was remembered if san francisco. friends of rose gathered at johns grill this afternoon to celebrate her life. this is video of her three years ago at the same restaurant during a ceremony for the anniversary of the quake. rose nephew says she was an easy going person. >> as far as the quake itself it really didn't rock or roll

glen's team has finally come up to speed to the point where we can hand over to them. my job now as the crisis team is to get off shift and come up with some kind of game plan from here on out. as soon as glen hits the console, he's immediately challenged, because our final fuel cell is now dying and he's got 15 minutes to get over to get it powered up. but what's most important he has to transfer the navigation data from the land module computer which is dying over to the lunar module computer. this is all pencil and paper and slide rule. in those days we'd kill for a pocket calculator but they didn't exist. as glen's doing that i'm walking downstairs trying to figure out which direction to go. it's obvious whatever we come up has got to -- we're going to have to come up with answer and hours and days what normally takes months and years from a mission planning standpoint. we're going to be outside all known design and test boundaries of the spacecraft. we got to come up with the answers. walk in to this room. my team is down there and it's loaded with my controllers

. >> glen campbell's goodbye tour is an incredible career. arkansas. he has been the life of my generation, from 1967 hit, by the time i get to phoenix, ghost on the canvas to the new album. now, he is inspiring in a different way. by sharing his struggle. glen and kim are reminding all those people who are caring for loved ones around the country they aren't alone. for every story like glen millions of families are facing the same question. when should i stop driving? can move mom move back in? what do i do if dad doesn't recognize me? these are some of the hardest struggles family can ever face? that is why they are trying to find a cure for this disease. last year the president signed an alzheimer's act to create a council that is developing a national plan to fight alzheimer's. last week we announced the national institute of health is going to devote $50 million to alzheimer's research by pinpointing the genes that put people at next. next year we are proposing an increase in funding by $80 million because we want scientists to have the

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one problem in the glen burnie area. we have an accident, so use extra caution. this is the harrisburg expressway at york road. this is southbound traffic and a bit heavier this time of the morning. those delays will be cropping up shortly. moving well on 795 down towards the beltway as things start to slow up just a bit. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> president obama has freed 10 states from the no child left behind act. he said the law was flawed in its application. states faced an all or nothing approach to federal funding where every student has to test a grade level by 2014. a former top aide to gabrielle giffords says he will run for seats. ron barber said giffords asked him to run. she resigned last month. a special election takes place in june. the green light to the first new nuclear power reactors is the 19 7070's. construction of two new reactors will be near atlanta, georgia. there are safety concerns over aging reactors. the new reactors should be able to go online by 2016 or 2017. >> four million tea disks are being recalled to. this inc

amending the general plan by adding the glen park area plan. supervisor wiener: i am very proud that the glen park plan is at the board today. it is an amazing and residential and commercial neighborhood. unfortunately, back when we were crazy about freeways, it almost got destroyed by a freeway. now we have a partial free way that goes through the neighborhood. there are a lot of issues around traffic, transit accessibility in the neighborhood. almost 10 years ago, the neighborhood went through the initiation of a planning process to talk about the future of the neighborhood, improvements in transportation and zoning, better ways for the city to intersect with bart. after almost a decade, the plan is complete. it allows us to move forward on a lot of terrific transportation and pedestrian safety projects to really improve the neighborhood and making it even better than it already is. i am proud to be sponsoring and supporting this plan. there is one very minor amendment on no. 19, and that is on page two, line one, it says motion, the word ord

and we are following the accident reported in glen burnie in the final clearing stages. southbound 10 at mountain road. so a tap on the brakes to get you through there. here's shawan on the harrisburg expressway. not too bad here. on the top side of 695 it's starting to pick up as you pass harford road and, of course, the west side is where we are seeing the heavy delays making your way to baltimore at national pike. megan, over to you. >> thanks. >>> this morning the trial is set to begin for the annapolis man accused in a huge paving scheme. we have been following this story for month now. and abc2 news linda so is here with what's expected to happen today. linda. >> reporter: in just a few hours at 8:45, the trial will begin in glen burnie for tommy clack tried on three criminal cases. he was a no show in court at a hearing brought by the attorney general's office. agency claims he was operating a paving business without a license for 284 days in maryland. he is accused of offering no estimates or low bog customers and overcharging them. state says 16 people were hit

. >> glen campbell's goodbye tour is an incredible career.s been the life of my generation, from 1967 hit, by the time i get to phoenix, ghost on the canvas to the new album. now, he is inspiring in a different way. by sharing his struggle. glen and kim are reminding all those people who are caring for loved ones around the country they aren't alone. for every story like glen millions of families are facing the same question. when should i stop driving? can move mom move back in? what do i do if dad doesn't recognize me? these are some of the hardest struggles family can ever face? that is why they are trying to find a cure for this disease. last year the president signed an alzheimer's act to create a council that is developing a national plan to fight alzheimer's. last week we announced the national institute of health is going to devote $50 million to alzheimer's research by pinpointing the genes that put people at next. next year we are proposing an increase in funding by $80 million because we want scientists to have the tools they need

and actress kristin ch chenoweth tweeted, rather than standing and applauding a living legend like glen todd berry tweeted, awful women who were texting during glen campbell's ovation should publicly apologize." >> i'm not going to comment any further on that. all right. tom, meanwhile -- it is freezing out there literally. 27 degrees. >> but the wind that had big fangs yesterday has retracted its fangs. >> thank goodness. >> those were vampire winds we had yesterday. long teeth. they were cold, cutting winds. we had winds gusting to 40 miles per hour saturday into sunday. thankfully now the winds have diminished. it's still cold, but at least it's more tolerable. there's the live view from our city camera showing the washington monument and the city lights under this starry morning. right now predawn, clear and cold. 25 at reagan national. we've got a light south/southwesterly breeze. thankfully the winds only around five miles per hour. the windchills, though, down to the teens. temperatures are down into the teens across parts of northern virginia, from prince william county down to

. >>> joan glen piloted the merry capsule into space. nasa flight and missions separations corrector, gene kranz. he was acting flight director when the apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon. as lead flight director of the "apollo 13" mission, he and his team played a significant role in guiding three astronauts back to earth after an explosion on the spacecraft. this is part two of an oral history interview conducted for nasa's johnson space center. >> it is time to move on to apollo 12. i can remember pete conrad since you were talking about one great test pilot, another said to me, lord, those guys landed on the moon. what do i do for an encore. was there a similar feeling here at mission control? >> no, i think that they -- in fact it didn't take a second for the program office to ratchet up the complexity, objectives. once you land on the moon, what are you going to do to top it? i'm going to land next to a surveyor satellite on the moon that was put up there a couple of years ago. we're going to give them a verbal guidance update

glen went around the world three times. he returned to space in 1998 taking a ride on shuttle discovery. glen says he can't understand the need to return to space after the international space station. >> the soon we get the capability to go back into space ourselves. the sooner we'll get the station operating up to the level that we have anticipated. >>> currently nasa has dependented on russia. each trip costs the u.s. $50 million. >>> a private burial was held today for legendary singer whitney houston. houston's casket arrived this morning in a gold hurst. today was the last of memorials. she was buried next to her father who died in 2003. houston died last saturday at a beverly hills hotel. the cause of her death is still being investigate. >>> it may be time for bay area dead heads to consider a road trip to cleveland. as the rock & roll hall of fame is honoring the band with a special exhibition. the exhibit entitled the long strange trip is set to open april 12th. drummer marr is scheduled to attend. in addition to

days after glen's return from space, president kennedy arrived at cape canaveral to present him with a nasa service medal. glen had hoped for another flight but was reportedly considered by the kennedy administration to be too much of a national icon to risk his return to space. instead he found another avenue to prominent public service, representing his home state of ohio in the senate for 24 years and campaigning for president in 1984. in the end john glenn did get his wish to return to space. in 1998 at age 77 he became the oldest american to orbit the earth aboard the space shuttle discovery. >> warner: earlier today judy woodruff spoke to john glenn from ohio. >> woodruff: senator glen, thank you for talking with us. you were piloting this space craft manually. you were dealing with the possibility that that heat shield was burning up. on reentry. your flight director said there was nothing about this flight that was easy. how much more dangerous was it than you had expected? >> well, obviously you train for all the things that may happen. you don't train for a normal mission w

there have been robberies in glen park and parts of the valley. there have been shootings in diamond heights. one of the challenges is making sure that the police department understands that even though we may not have the same crime levels as some neighborhoods, we still need attention from the police department. >> let's talk about the city's economic development. are we on the right track? what would you like to change about the approach to developing the economy? >> we are getting better. the city as got more proactive about attracting businesses and new industries and providing incentives for them to come and stay here. it is still a very expensive place to do business in terms of the cost of labor, land. we need to make sure that we are not taxing businesses to the point that it is not profitable and we are not attractive for them to be here. we need to reform our payroll tax. that is an incentive not to create jobs. i know the board president david chu is working on possibility this there -- possibilities there. i look forward to working wi

. >> reporter: last summer glen campbell made a stunning announcement. >> what did they diagnose me at? >> alzheimer's. >> what's alzheimer'alzheimer's? >> you start losing your memory. and your ability to reason. ♪ some days i'm so confused, lord ♪ >> reporter: but now after five decades as a music icon, the 75-year-old entertainer says he's calling it a day. in august, campbell released his final album, ghost on the canvas. now he's in the midst of his farewell tour with a backing band that features three of his kids including daughter ashley. >> he looks at me sometimes if he's confused and i'll just smile at him. i just try to make him feel like he's surrounded by people that love him on stage. ♪ i am a line man for the county ♪ >> reporter: the recording cad smi honoring chasm bell with a lifetime achievement word and he'll be performing at the 54th annual grammy telecast. >> i'm flattered.

as glen's doing that i'm walking downstairs trying to figure out which direction to go. it's obvious whatever we come up has got to -- we're going to have to come up with answer and hours and days what normally takes months and years from a mission planning standpoint. we're going to be outside all known design and test boundaries of the spacecraft. we got to come up with the answers. walk in to this room. my team is down there and it's loaded with my controllers and their back room people. is a data room. it is a room that is used only when there's trouble and you can sense trouble in this room. it's got two overhead tv monitors, it's got one small com panel in there but it is just filled with gray government desks around all sides where people can start spreading out their records and going over them. we were in the data room and the orange telemetry records were scattered all over. one of the very difficult problems that we faced was that there was no instantaneous data retrieval in those days. it was literally hours from the time we would request a print-out of the t

what glen could not imagine then is that half a sen ri later, the u.s. would be depending on the russians for rides into orbit. >> i'm sorry we're not maximizing the research return on the space program. the international space station is the most unique laboratory ever put together. we have no way of getting into space ourselves. >> today, exotic robots and landers go where 50 years ago we imagined man himself would some day travel. but none of it would have been possible. >> and that was nbc's lester holt reporting. >>> the thunder make history. mickleson and some fans get a lit 8 more le broken than they gardened for. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching first look on msnbc. that's why i recommend crest pro-health clinical gum protection. it helps eliminate plaque at the gum line, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. crest pro-health clinical gum protection. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. but is she e

if you are traveling through glen burnie. over on i-97, no accidents to slow you down on i-97., moving well through glen burnie, up to 695 on the east side. >>> can certain foods get you in the mood for love? >> we tend to associate aphrodisiacs with valentines day. linda so is here to tell us if the foods have any power to make you feel the love. >> i know you guys are giving me a hard time about this today. sorry to say, there is no scientific evidence that proves foods stimulate sex organs. that's not going to say you are out of luck. a dietitian with the cleveland clinic says exotic foods like oysters can stimulate excitement but it's not necessarily the food that will create the spark. it's the feeling it might evoke between you and your partner, chocolate are foods that create warmth, curry dishes can alhelp. share foods that you both find sensual. >> just knowing that your partner. -- knowing what your partner's favorite meal is or something from their childhood that brings back good memories. >> if you are planning to have a romantic dinner out, you don't have to kill y

>>> police think two men are burglarying several homes in the -- burglarizing several homes in the glen burnie and severn neighborhoods. >> reporter: the suspect's mo is simple. hit a house in the middle of the day and make out with cash and sometimes property. do it quick. do it often and as this map reflects, keep them close. that's what she's doing with her three children has she learned one of her neighbors was a victim. >> scared. it makes me think twice. lock the doors. now dealing with a loss of security in a neighborhood she grew up in, an unare in offing feeling -- unnerving feeling police are doing their best to settle. >> be on the lookout for your neighbors, suspicious suspects, even if it's a little bit of uncertainty. it raises that if something isn't right, it probably isn't. >> reporter: police are adding patrols, a move neighbors say they've seen, now looking to notice what dectses gather are two -- detectives gather are two men trolling through west glen burnie in the middle of the day, a description the stay at home mom shannon will do her best. >> now that i know it'

the woman was at a walmart in glen burnie when she was approached by a man who robbed her. she was in her collar when the man -- car when the man placed something in her back and took the purse. he disappeared into a wooded area. >> it was a little bit different as far as the identification. he only had one black glove on. >> police surrounded the area and used k9 units to search for the suspect. so far he has not been found. police are asking anyone with information to call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. abc2 is always working for you trying to keep your family safe. according to the site women's defense federation, when you are near your car, make sure you park in a well lit area. look around the lot for suspicious persons before you get in and out of your vehicle. avoid carrying large bags and make sure you have your car keys in your hand f you feel unsafe, always ask the security guard at the store for an escort and if possible, it's always a good idea to shop in a group with friends or family and leave an area if you feel unsafe. kelly swoope. >> police are lo

glen right now, tony you are the one who wanted to be an astronaut you know and so seeing john glen backen all those years ago and the world was so different do you have any recollections after that? >> not of that time i was a little baby but, you know the thing that is extraordinary about this achievement we do kind of take all this foregranted now back then it was in the middle of the space race with the soviets and all w able to get a man up there first then john glen did it and it really ignited the race and got america started on the path to landing a man on the moon july 1969 this was an extraordinary achievement this was a man who has continued to push for space exploration, even going up into space, not that long ago as a senior citizen, doing it again it is extraordinary what he accomplished way back then that really started all of this. >> wow and 50 years later, i was one of our producers passed on a message i am anxious to ask him we are waiting to talk to him now from ohio state university columbus campus who are his heros when you are such an american icon who do you look

the temperature glen burnie, 27 degrees.more of the same in to stevensville, around 30 degrees and no windchill whatsoever. as we check out fact that we have the clouds trying to stream in here, mostly clear now. turning mostly cloudy in to the afternoon, we will have more clouds moving in. get out and enjoy it. that system, that rain, that snow, is going to stay away from us as it enter it is dry air across the area. >>> nearly two years, he went on a crime spree that included burglaries and murder. >> brian kuebler has been tracking the case and this morning a preview of how police were able to stop this man. >> a live look now at bourbon streetis fat tuesday. there is a lot of people out there. >> ten minutes after 4:00. >> brett michaels, cindy lopper, hosting that parade. it will be a fun time. life picture of the inner harbor, we'll be right back. it's 27 degrees. buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty g

did you in the glen beck idolizes or sort of idolizes ore send wells? this is his first book he talks about how he really likes ore orsen wells and there is a photo of beck doing a radio drama, and i said that picture looks familiar. and i looked it up and it's the same pose as orsen wells during the war of the worlds profit, and that's when the light went on in my head. he doesn't admire ors enwells. it's war of the worlds, the martians are coming, and i suddenly got it. that explained it to me. yes? >> i happened to hear today your interview on npr, and in that interview you talked a bit about the problem of experts, and the democrats' reliance on experts. could you elaborate on that and also answer the, we if you don't have the answer, do you go to the amateurs? >> that's a good question. this is both the democrats -- the modern democratic party's strength and their achilles heels. the reference for experts. no individual where this is more clearly defined than barack obama. man produced by harvard and the university of chicago, and he looks to acade