commissioner maine delaware: thank you. commissioner antonini: 90. i believe that was extremely well done, and i agree with your belief that this eir is complete and thorough. i would also like to point out that in regards to the analysis, which you mentioned of the office space and residential space in the area approximately between market and probably folsom and fremont, actually, 1/3 of the square footage, as you pointed out, of the office space in the downtown financial district is now located there. or about, rather, 15%, but the residential space is about 1/3 of the office space in the area, said they are both uses that are quite well studied in the area, and i also appreciated your historical analysis, in particular, the reference to 631 howard st., which was very well done. so i think it is well done. i would move to certify. >> second. again for the general public, remember the eir addresses the alternatives, and some of the issues brought up. we will discuss later, but the eir itself i think is very well done, and michael here is extremely

. >> we all hear about the wave and then we hear about a candidate outside the main stream in delawareigns, i know we have to work every day to win. >> so when you talk to people who are involved these this races, some are up to 55 or 60. others say they have about 30, 35. my question to john and eric first of all, how much do you do the race by race look in figuring this out? well are the races going today 7 in 10 americans think the race is going in a bad direction. how do people feel this country's direction is going, if those numbers hold, will republicans have any excuse if they don't get at least one c m chamber of congress? >> we see this year democrats going in and in some places really viciously attacking, like alan grayson down in florida, his republican opponent sometimes with distorted attacks, it's kind of icky out there in some of these races, i do think some republicans are setting themselves up for failure if they don't take one house of congress. john boehner is going to be out of a job given the expectations that they're going to. it's become a nationalized election g

if delaware can't do it and we really are down to maine, then yeah. we are seeing the end of what would have been, what used to be, there used to be something that i think we'll lose the young audience on this. there used to be a thing in washington called a liberal republican. they actually existed. connecticut had a liberal republican in the senate who was replaced by joe lieberman who ended up being to the right of the republican that he replaced. there was the so-called rockefeller republican which was considered a liberal republican named for the governor of new york. governor rockefeller. no such thing, nothing even close to a liberal republican. the moderate republican was the outer edge of that side of the republican party for a couple decades. and now they are becoming extinct. >> chris, am i right that you don't believe the common wisdom that republicans getting less moderate, really purging the moderates and going with very conservative candidates, that reduces their electability? >> not this year. not this year. this year is a year of righ

delaware, christine o'donnell scored a senate nomination. main stream republicans had been reluctant to back tea party candidates. now that seems to have changed. >> the republic tan national committee supports all of our nominees across the board without hesitation or doubt. >> one tea party upstart was brian murphy who lost to bob ehrlich. . >>> well, what a fantastic september day. we had out there. you had to love it. great weather was certainly the story out there for us today. let's get you right into the map. 74 downtown right now. 54, though, up in york. this time of year you see a big difference between the kind of weather we get in the downtown areas and the outlying areas and certainly that's true as you head toward the maryland, pnz line. take a look off to the west. we have active weather brewing. a few clouds are drifting in. our chances for train begin to go up late in the day tomorrow. here is a look at your hour by hour forecast. 80 by noon, warm, a day for increasing clouds and late scattered showers, rain that we could use arou

delaware county is the main county in the seventh congressional district. it is right outside the city of philadelphia. it includes ethnically diverse old, port towns and the main line. the philadelphia story and grace kelly and all that kind of stuff. republicans still have registration edge, but it is shrinking quite a bit. and delaware county in particular, which is 70% of the district, has been voting for democrats in national and statewide races for a long time now. the court representative from the seventh congressional district -- career representative from the seventh congressional district is the first democrats in 26 years to have won an election there. the democrats that preceded him was from the water gate area. it took water gate to get another democrat in there. it really does encapsulate all of the competitive dynamics piercing, and you add to the fact that these are good candidates and that is what makes a really competitive. when you've run for congress in the philadelphia area, these races are won and lost on tv. this is an expensive place

the main attraction was a late addition, the new senate candidate from delaware wooing with her palinesquestage craft. >> thank you. ♪ >> where are my fellow bumble bees from delaware? hey. you guys are doing an awesome job. the small elite don't get us. they call us wacky. they call us wingnuts. we call us, we, the people. >> eve carrington is in the house. other speakers included two presidential hopefuls hoping to win sunday's presidential straw poll. mike huckabee and mitt romney scripting multiple jokes. romney's jokes apparently written by uncle floyd. >> yes we have serious enemies and growing threats around the world. unfortunately we have an administration whose idea of a rogue state is arizona. >> uncle floyd is in the house! and there was michele bachmann after fielding criticism from her fellow opponent from minnesota electing to pull her name from the presidential straw poll. her speech however was not polled by anyone or anything. >> unlimited credit cards for our elected leaders have become an in entitlement. like speaker pelosi, who has been busy sticking the taxpayer with

they're hoping, in some of these local races like delaware, with o'donnell, like nevada with angle, that they can portray these conditions as outside of the main stream and win the election on the ground. >> well, we will all be watching all across this country, as we say. it begins sbegins. 48 days to go. >>> another headline from washington today. the topic was the modern era of sex danger and trafficking in america. fueled by giant internet shopping sites like krakslist. an executive was summoned to answer for it all. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: today for the first time since craigslist censored its adult services, an executive from the company had to answer for its role in an epidemic of prostitute. some of it involving children. >> craigslist is one of the bright spots in fighting sexual exploitation. >> reporter: craigslist's story, it's actually been fighting online prostitution, even though graphic ads had been appearing on its pages and even though it had made more than $30 million from adult services last year ago. >> we have never been, never been a friendly place for criminal activity. >> reporter: some members of congress a

delaware county is the main county in the seventh congressional district, and it is right outside theity of philadelphia. suburbs including ethnically diverse, port towns, the home of the blue bloods. republicans still have a registration edge, but it is shrinking a bit. delaware county, in particular, 70% of the district, has been voting for democrats in national and statewide races for a long time now. the current representative, joe sestak, who is running for the senate, he is the first democrat in 26 years to have won an election there. the democrats that preceded him was from the watergate era. guest: >> it really encapsulates the political signory in these districts. there are two good candidate, and that is what makes it difficult. these races are won and lost on tv. this is an expensive place to run, costs half a million a week to be on the air. this could really come down to who has the more compelling narrative to put on tv and who has the money to put it into people's homes. host: peter wehner is the former speechwriter for president bush. he is not a senior fellow for the

delaware county is the main county in the seventh congressional district. it is right outside the city of philadelphia, and includes ethnically diverse, old, a port towns, and the main line home of the blue bloods, grace kelly, all that kind of stuff. republicans still have a registration edge in the district, but it is shrinking and the district. delaware county in particular, which is 70% of the district, has been voting for democrats in national and statewide races for a long time now. the current representative from the seventh congressional district, who is running for the senate, creating the open seat, he is the first democrat in 26 years to have won election there. the election that preceded him was from the watergate era. it took watergate to get another democrat in there. >> it really encapsulates all the dynamics we are seeing in these competitive districts. add to that the fact that these are good candidates, and that makes it really competitive. when you run for congress in the philadelphia area, these races are won and lost on tv. this is an e

delaware county is the main county in that district, and it is right outside the city of philadelphia. it includes ethnically-averse alba, poor towns -- old, poor towns. the republicans still have a registration edge, but it is shrinking. 70% of the district has been voting for democrats in national and statewide races for a long time. the current representative, just a stack, running for the senate, greeting the open seat, is the first democrat in 26 years -- joe sestak --to have won an election there. the democrat who preceded him was from the watergate era. giveok watewatergate to another democrat in there. >> encapsulates all the dynamics we're seeing in a competitive districts. add to that that these are two good candidates. when you run for congress and the philadelphia area, these are won and lost on tv. this is an expensive place to run, about half a million per week to be on the air. and this could really come down to who has the more compelling narrative to put on tv? and who has the money to put it into people's homes? >> a discussion now on india's military expansion. the

main computer. at the moment, the only warning or watched in the area is a little box outlined in red, semitransparent. it comes from carroll county, howard county, east to delaware and new jersey. that is a tornado watch the remains in effect until 1:00 this afternoon. it has about an hour to go. let's switch to the next radar. we have another close view with all the moisture streaming northward. this stream of moisture will continue until tomorrow morning, when things finally start to back off. here is how much grain we expect with this storm system. anywhere in excess of six inches of rain for more of the baltimore area and the bay, east of the day, and a little bit west. if you move further west or too far east on the eastern shore, you're not expected to be affected by these at all. we want to switch over to sandra shaw and see what she has to say about the rest of the storm. >> john, it is no great stretch to understand why we already have a flash flood warnings. a flash flood is occurring as i speak, in effect throughout the rest of the afternoon and evening. it is a two-parter. this is moving through the virginia border and producing the heavy rain so far

delaware county is the main county in the southern congressional district, right outside the city oft is near the suburbs and includes ethnically diverse, old, port towns and the main line, home of the blue bloods and the philadelphia story and grace kelly. republicans still have registration adds in the district, but it is shrinking quite a bit. dollar county in particular, which is 70% of the district has been voting for democrats in state-wide races for a long time now. the current representative from the district is joe sestak who was running for the district was the first democrat in 26 years to have one of election there. the democrat who preceded him was from the watergate era. it took watergate to get another democrat in there. >> it really does encapsulate all the dynamics we are seeing in these competitive districts. when you add to that the fact that these are too good candidates, that makes it really competitive. when you run for congress in the philadelphia area, these races are won and lost on television. this is an expensive place to run trade a cost about half a milli

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main break. this is anne arundel county. closed are chesapeake high school, chesapeake bay middle school and folger mckinsey elementary school. >>> the republican candidate for senate from delawarer fire for comments she made about witchcraft when she was a teenager. christine o'donnell, who was the tea party candidate during the primary, is even getting criticized by republican strategist karl rove but o'donnell is lymphing it off saying she made the comment when she was in high school. >> that witchcraft comment on bill maher? i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but no, there has been no witchcraft since f there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> president obama by wait also took his family to church at st. john's episcopal on sunday. the church is located on the other side of lafayette square from the white house. this is the fourth time the obamas have attended st. john's. every sitting president since james madison has visited. >>> saying good-bye to a giant of civil rights, politics and education. dr.ronald walters did not live an extravagant life but he did help shape the lives of millions of people here i

delaware's republican primary for u.s. senate. conservative christine o'donnell beating nine-term congressman mike castle who was endorsed by the state republican party. o'donnell's mainin november will be democrat chris koonce. >> stood before most of you a little over a week ago and said we are not in this to come close. we are in this to win big. >> charles rangel beat five challengers despite an ethics investigation. he is more or less guaranteed election in november in this heavily democratic district. >>> two storms could cause problems. here's hurricane igor from the international space station. it's still far out in the atlantic with diminished winds. even farther out in the atlantic hurricane julia became a category 4 this morning and tropical storm karl is bearing down on the yucatan peninsula today. they expect heavy rains from karl. >>> it is 5:42. still to come, another death in california from the whooping cough outbreak. >> also ahead, big ideas on a big canvas. how you can put your vision for the future in a message four stories high. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> a live picture of your drive along 101 where traffic is cruising right along. you can see 101 here at ra

maine or massachusetts or elsewhere. >> you seem to understand that, senator. i understand that you understand that. look, that's why you went and got mike castle in delaware. get that. but that isn't what the primary voter in these states seems to understand. so what do you tell olympia snowe how she should handle this rise of the tea party that, frankly, in maine could probably make her life politically miserable? >> well, i think what matters is what the voters in maine, what the voters in the individual states think about the senator or the candidate and not what people in washington, d.c., frankly, think about them. and so my suggestion is everybody needs to stay in touch, they need to go home every weekend, they need to listen and they need to represent the interests and concerns of their constituents. if they do that, i think they're going to be fine going into the 2012 election. >> sir, as you know, a lot of the energy in the republican party, some of the animating issues have to do with deficit and spending, and i ask you given the concern among republican voters about deficit spending, how is it that republicans can get behind allowing the bush ta

maine in support of a democratic congressional candidate, bill clinton went after some candidates backed by the tea party. >> and, of course, they got wrestling federation read in connecticut and witchcraft lady in delaware. so far they have gathered up about everybody for this tea party but the mad hatter and alice in wonderland will give it to them too. >> bill: that was for governor. you can fill in the punch line. i don't think the president looks good. he he looks drawn. he is on that vegan diet. he needs a burger. van jones also down on the tea party. >> you think things are bad now what will happen when the people who are screaming and yelling at these tea party events are actually in charge of your government and actually in charge of your life and in charge of your kids' future. that is -- you may have some hope fatigue but you have got a lot of reason to be fearful enough i think to stay involved and get involved. i don't think you want a tea party running your community, running your family, running your government. >> bill: obviously many americans disagree mr. jones as his crew is losing support while the tea party folks are gaining momentum. some famous people like soccer star david beckham

delaware's republican primary for u.s. senate. conservative christine o'donnell beat 9-term congressman mike castle who was endorsed by the state republican party. among o'donnell's supporters, former alaska governor sarah palin. o'donnell's main opponent in the november general election will be democrat chris coons. >> i stood before most of you a little over a week ago and said, we are not in this to come close. we are in this to win. >> whoo! >> and we're in this to win big. whoo! >> meanwhile in new york, democratic congressman charlie rangel has beaten five primary challengers despite an ethics investigation against him. he has is all but guaranteed re- election in november in the heavily democratic district. >>> another interesting twist in the rocky win between former president bill clinton and jerry brown. mr. clinton endorsed brown's candidacy for governor. the endorsement came yesterday just a day after brown apologized to the former president for making a joke about the monica lewinsky scandal. the two men have traded shots at each other ever since they both sought the democratic nomination of president back in 1992. brown a former california governor faces republican meg whitman in november. >>> it is 6:13. coming

main opponent adam clayton powell iv. that's the son of the man rangel beat nearly 40 years ago. >>> of all the primary races, it's the tea party triumph in delawarelysts wondering if the republican party will ever be the same after christine o'donnell, shunned by the republican party hierarchy won the senate primary anyway with the backing of sarah palin. >> so again, you betcha! there's another woman i've got to thank. thank you, governor palin for your endorsement. she got behind us folks and gave us a boost of encouragement when we needed it. and she was a vote against the politics of personal destruction. >> jessica yellin is live in dover, delaware, this morning. you betcha. we are looking -- i'm looking at the numbers of people who turned out in the republican party primary. by my count, o'donnell won about 28,000 republican votes. and the big question this morning, of course, is how many more can she win? and will it be enough to take delaware? >> reporter: well, candy, as you know, democrats and actually many leading republicans this morning are saying no, it can't. it is this rare, rare instance where leaders of o'donnell's own party are