the theater district comprises the section of the district that is west, 2 mason st.. it is one of the city's last live entertainment venues, to be replaced by an escalator for yet another non-local retailer with intent to occupy 301 gary. we are losing our downtown and cultural, social heritage. the 18 month moratorium will give us an opportunity for comparative analysis of this district against what we see before us today. intelligent choices can be made to preserve the heritage and tourist economy. those are a couple of issues i will be working on this week. finally, as we are closing out african-american history month, i wanted to make it eight. of acknowledging the work of mr. washington in district 5. he is a fixture in city hall and i believe that he deserves to be recognized for chronicling he deserves to be recognized for his dedication to chronicling his community. every event that i attend a bat bites to african-american concerns. i believe that he should be recognized and honored for that. [clapping] >> black. [unintelligible] >> thank you, supervisor olagu

was south of the transfer -- the mason decisiodixon line. st. augustine was established in the late 1850's during the separate but equal and in most cases on equal time. this school was started by the first order of black roman catholic nuns, the oblate sisters of providence out of baltimore, maryland. their purpose was to educate black children. these nuns persistence and unflinching sacrifice influence my mother's life and my life. my mother was in high school when the march on washington occurred. the weeks leading up to the march, my mother participated in many peaceful demonstrations and picket lines in front of the white house. again, this is another example of unshakable persistence and sacrifice. she did this being afraid and not reacting when the white agitators were spitting on her and her girlfriend. it was important for her to peacefully continue in her fight for justice and civil rights. i mother was the first to obtain a college degree and went on to an education in education that lasted for decades. my work ethic was derived from

st. to masonic, i was looking at the height in both districts and how it could be contiguous. if it is split up from masonic and suddenly jordan part is not allowed, i do not know how that is contiguous, but i will take whatever i can. that is what i have come up with. jordan part, the box that he mentioned, i appreciate very much the effort they put into have respect for unique characteristic neighborhood and the unique area of jordan park. president miguel: is there any additional public comment on this item? if not, public comment is closed. i would like to thank regina for coming. this is something we have discussed in other districts before. i would like to thank the department very much for working with the supervisors in order to include the clement and balboa areas. i particularly mention of balboa because that is often forgotten as a commercial district in richmond. this is going to work. i have full confidence that the entire area will, over years, nothing is going to happen tomorrow, but over years, improved itself from some of the very low rise one-story, sometimes

mason. george mason.at they barely won this one. st. joe's at george washington late in the second half. into the corner for john's. all day long. saw when you thought you of still nicholson at last weekend. he continued -- phil mickelson finest last weekend, he continued his dominance. it was not always pretty, but he rhythm when it counted. birdies, only one bogey. 70.der 7 under par. bush took the checkered flag tonight. it was the closest finish in the event. of the it kicks off the nascar season, a daytona 500. >> a big weekend. >> apparently, it did rain on their parade. >> some of the parades or eight washout today. a few communities canceled their advance. some floats did move to the city of new orleans. but the crowd stayed away. the weather is expected to improve over the next couple of days. mardi gras will be celebrated, shine, on tuesday. >> we are not really calling tomorrow a snow day, right? >> chances continued to dwindle. we may see a dusting of snow. not so bad. look at the upcoming week, back into the 50's. i am not expecting much to stick. it is going to make it very

st. joe's, 73-66. george mason defeats lamar 75- 71 in a bracket buster matchup. >>> 10th ranked georgetown will be tipping things out at the top of the hour in providence. the top four teams earn a double bye into the quarter finals of the big east tournament in three weeks. but as j. t. iii will tell you, they are taking games one at a time. you look at the big picture, you get consumed. we take care of with a we can. >> a bye or double bye would be really good for our team or any team but i couldn't think we're -- we are not playing these games right now in order to get those byes. we are playing these games right now to win. >> unlike the previous four seasons in which the southeast division was a lock for the capitals, this year, it has been a constant battle to remain in place. the caps regain two points last night, remaining two behind florida. mike knuble was back last night alex ovechkin gets a puck that squirts away. he scores his 24th of the year. alexander semin, look at this shot. he would beat the for

st. joes, george mason they defeated amar american over army. >>> we will be right back  >>> dcs own and amir khan signed on for. >> announcer: dissipated rematch. khan pro -- anticipated match. >>> once again, may 19th, lamont peterson and amir can, mandalay bay, las vegas. we love having you in here you got a lot of hard ware it is hard to prop up four belts when you got all this hard ware here we have a cup null additions tell us about the new belts here. >> well, this ibs belt here that is the one i won from khan the wba super championship belt and the regular i won from khan. >> on december 10th. >> when you got those they used to be amir's belts they are now yours. barry hunter to your right your trainer extraordinary. i know this business of boxing is not that easy to do with this whole rematch is he nary you had other -- scenario you had other options. >> it is the business decision that ends for the day we had our reasons for fighting both we had our reasons for not wanting to fight both at this time and just this amir thing outweighed the situation, as far as fighting betwe

mason wins. >>> to washington. the colonials taking on st. joes. second half, g.w. down by eight.ell ham. this is nice. alley-oop. pellham finished with 12 points. under two minutes to go. four-point game until this. st. joe's breaking down the zone defense. carl jones for three. buries it. st. joe's defeats george washington, 73-66. >>> a lot of college basketball today. a lot of winners there. >> what did the kid from georgetown get? >> what are you talking about? bucket! you want >>> welcome.

time already the time playing spot kicks were decisive there was the wall st peter surprisingly in the first half when jerry mason rushed on to right kenny miller through ball. seven times champions were level midway through the second period however through an unlikely source to find the martin skilful reacting quickest to make it one one forcing extra time. how then thought he'd won it for canada wishes men. before an equaliser a dramatic equaliser from ben turner made it two and meant penalties. and what a day of mixed emotions for the gerard family and to me missed his penalty for cardiff which meant that liverpool won three to one thousand stephen optimistic up . to seventy four was the. way a little way through. to the. normally i think it goes on you know off the next. thing. while also on sunday manchester united close the gap on leaders manchester city back to two points in the premier league after winning two one and nor age ryan giggs celebrated his nine hundred two parents for the club with the winning goal in the late game of the day stoke three swans eternal and also came from the games taught them

st. joes goes on to win it 73-66. in fairfax, on bracket bust you are saturday, george mason defeats lamar university 75-71.arson went for 17 points and 10 rebounds. the patriots improve their record to 23 and 6. hometown hockey, truth is we won't be seeing the hometown team play until next friday. last night they started a four-game road trip. final minute of the first period, no score, steven weis, to thomas priority to that he had shut out the panthers twice in two starts. third period, still 1-0 panthers. alex ovechkin the rock star, his 24th of the season, game tied at 1. later in the third, still tied at 1, alexander 7, he shoots and it bounces off shaun bergenheim's stick. his 16th goal and proved to be the game winner. snapping a three-game losing streak, washington now trails florida by just two points in the standing, and tonight the caps continue their four-game road trip against tampa. you can see that game on comcast sports net. also going back to basketball, providen providence, georgetown, they don't want to slip going into the postseason. >> that is the news for now, of course we'll have the

st. since refocusing on contiguous commercial corridors, we are focusing on geary boulevard to apply the ordinance west of the masonic to 28 avenue. we are still keeping the rest of masonic, moving a couple blocks east because it will not be a continuous commercial corridor. this legislation, first, it will activate the ground floor, which will bring life to the shopping clusters. it will provide an incentive for taller and more gracious ground force bases. this legislation will help to emphasize some important design elements and ensure that commercial course provide lively stretches in the neighborhood. this is inconsistent with the historical commercial corridors in this neighborhood. i would like to conclude with a summary of public comments we received. we received one comment before the comment period ended and four more afterwards. they are concerned about the adverse impact of this ordinance on the boulevard between -- on geary boulevard between palm and parker. a couple of blocks are about 30- feet high. they are concerned it would add to the buildings along geary boulevard. the department has fully review t

george mason has won five in a row. elsewhere, st. joe's defeats george washington 73-66. ports minute." i'm hakeem dermish. have a great day. >> looks like your george mason may be going to the dance this month. >> the patriots, yes! well, let's hope. but the green mug? i'm going to go along the lines of chuck and say it brings good luck. so, five in a row. go patriots. get that out of here. >> oklahoma. >> we don't need that nonsense. >>> all right, next up is "reporter's notebook" -- >> a look at the stories affecting our community. >> and then, we're going to be back in about 15 minutes with your morning's top stories, and of course, chuck and your sunday forecast. for now, here's jim ndly. >>> good morning, and welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm jim handly. heated exchanges, scandals and investigations into d.c. politics, an abortion bill voted on in virginia and talk of a gas tax increase in maryland. let's start with this closed-door retreat for the d.c. council on valentine's day. not a lot of love shown in this closed-door room. >> no, a lot of contention. david

mason hanging on 75-71. george washington trying to win it, second straight beautiful day outside. let's go inside. langeston galloway of st. joseph says i love it inside. st. joe up big and they hold on 73-66 against george washington this afternoon. blackout day in blacksburg. it's for cancer awareness. overtime. this is george tech's udoppia, smallest guy on the court. gets it to go. tech up. three seconds to go, hudson game winner, virginia tech wins it 74-73. so some great basketball action. let's turn to hockey. the caps do eventually make the playoffs. last night might be a date we look back on and say this is where the post-season push began. four points behind, first place florida. washington went to the panther's house last night and got a huge, large win thanks to the law firm of alex and alex. ovechkin and simmons. ovechkin got his 24th of the season and simmons netted his 16th. it was a rare night when the caps actually outshot the opponent. brooks before this road trip said this trip might make or break the season and the team played like it. >> we feel great right now. it was a great huge game for both teams

mason. they win the bracket buster 75- 71. >>> good one at smith center today. c. w. down but making a run on st. joseph.r, tony the tiger to the cup. g. w. within four points. carl jones making the jumper to put the game out of reach. hawks holding on 73-66. getting the seven-point win. >>> blackout in blacksburg, virginia. georgia tech, over time. littlest man on the floor, playing big. making it 73-71. that's just enough time for virginia tech's lorenzo humidity son. there goes my hero at the buzzer. tech wins 74-73. >>> nba all-star weekend begins next friday. it's the rookie sophomore challenge on friday. this year a little twist, instead of all the rookies on all time and second year players on the other, they mixed the teams up this year. a little change. john wall is in the game and tonight, charles barkley and insurance shaq who will coach the teams picked their players. wall wasn't selected until 12th overall. wall said that's a joke to me. they think there are 11 guys better than me. that's their decision. wall will play on barkley's squad. it will be played on friday coming up this week. >>>

st. james dancing across the floor and shouting we've got new orleans. the effect of this news here, henry added, has been greater than anything yet. the confederate envoy in britain, james mason, virginiaen also wrote from london that the fall of new orleans will certainly exercise a depressing influence here for intervention. it was the climatic event in the series of union victories that winter and spring that talked about this morning that jackson's campaign began to turn around. but the fall of new orleans at the end of april was the climatic event in a series of union victories that winter and spring which dampened even the french emperor's pro confederate sympathies. the american minister to france noted there is little more said about the propriity of an early recognition of the south. farragut did not intend to rest on his loyals. his original orders instructed him take advantage of the panic to push a strong force up the river and take their defenses in the rear. you will also reduce the fortifications which defend mobile bay and turn them over to the army to be held, a tall order, indeed, as future events would demonstrate. farragut would have preferred to attack mo