our guest host of course is mary ann tighe. t about the commercial properties. and what's been happening. mary ann just gave us a brief synopsis of what's been happening. but what do you see? >> you can look at two fronts. on the leasing side, we expected a lit of a slowdown in 2016. but that hasn't really materialized. we're having one of our best years ever to our surprise and to our high expectations. 2.7% -- >> comment about marc and leasing. when he speaks, his company does basically 250 leases in manhattan. >> we do a lease every business day. we have over a thousand tenants in the city. we span the spectrum from the very affordable end of rents up to $100 a foot and over. we have 28 million centered inmin manhatt manhattan. and as i said 2.7 million square feet leased to date. i expect to go over 3 million square feet for the year which would make it one of the best two or three years in our history. >> you expected things to slow down this year. why and why has that not materialized? >> well, back in december there was a

anne-marie green. good morning everyone.it's thursday, september 8-th.i'm jessica tighe. tighe.and i'm kate chappell we're following a number of stories for you this morning... including-- high waters across southeast wisconsin after torrential downpours.wer this morning... but last night-- roads and sidewalks were flooded in some areas. 3 after all that rain, we're hoping for a ?dry? day ahead. let's get straight to meteorologist "justin thompson- gee" with your forecast. 3 ((???quick 30 second wx tease 5) 5???))today: isolated morning shower giving way to sun and clouds during the afternoon. still warm and muggy with highs in the lower 80s feeling