thank you, sophie that was very informative and i didn't know that we had as many in this town as we thought we did. thank you very much for your presentation. >> all right. commissioners, item six, discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on board of supervisors file number 1 21065, planning code, zoning map, polk street, alcohol and tobacco paraphernalia restrictions. in your folder, and we have a presentation by amy chin. >> i jumped the gun. >> so, again, good evening, commissioners i'm amy chin and i am a legislative aid to david chiu. and i wanted to take a couple of minutes to give you a background of why we introduced the legislation and to give you background on the corridor. >> it is in the supervisor's district is roughly spans from oferell, to california streets. this is a very vibrant corridor and has a lot of active night life, which many of you know, but the proliferation of the alcohol-related businesses in the corridor has impacted the quality of life for our neighborhood residents. so, some data from the planning department,

sophie hayward, planning staff. and thank you to supervisor wiener for summarizing the ordinance so thoroughly. just to repeat, the proposed ordinance does three things. first, it would convert much of the existing upper market ncd to the upper market nct. it would also amend the height and bulk classification of the single lot, lot 34 and block 35 63 from 50 x to 65 b. and then lastly, it would amend planning code section 703.2b to allow food processing as an accessory use. on the west side of noe street between 15th and beaver for -- as an accessory use to a nonresidential establishment within 300 feet, provided that the food processing setback minimum of 15 feet from the property line and that accessory use be subject to section 312 notification and that it would sunset after one year. now, the department has presented to you in your packets a two-part recommendation and it's reflected in the draft resolution before you. first, the department makes a series of recommendations to the commission that you recommend

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. >> reporter: neighbors say that sophie lillar democratic is believed to have been home-schooled by her mother. recording from myersville, jackie bensen, news4. >>> just a few hours ago john leopold resigned. three days ago a judge found him guilty of misconduct in office. he's scheduled to be sentenced on march 14th. leopold was found guilty of using employees to run personal and political errands. among other things, they accused him of using his staff to attend to his nursing needs after surgery. anne arundel's administrative officers john hammond will remain the county's acting executive. >>> the former police officer in culpepper, virginia, who was convicted of manslaughter, could spend three years in jail. that sentence was recommended by the jury today. the judge will decide if the sentence is just. david harmon wright killed a woman during a traffic stop last we're. virginia bureau reporter david culver is outside the courthouse now with more. david? >> reporter: jim, as that sentence was being read today, i looked over and noticed patricia cook's supporters we are shaking t

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let's see in sophie will let us do it. >> this is a toothbrush for dogs?of the toothpaste on. get the dog used to having its teeth brushed. you have to get back to the upper molars. >> she lets you get in there. >> she's pretty good. you need to get used to your dog at a young age, used to having their teeth brushed. >> too late for my dog. >> taking them to vet for regular dental care is important. >> thank you, doctor. thank you so much. it is time for our pet of the day. this is ranger. you got to look at ranger. how cute is he? his mom says he enjoys chasing squirrels and watching fox 5. smart dog there. if you would like to be the pet -- or have your pet on, send your picture or video to petpics@wttg.com. back to you. >> how sweet. >>> whether you are developing an appreciation or cultivating a talent, when it comes to music, it's never too early. >> it's why parents are taking their toddlers to special music classes. holly is live at kidsville in bethesda with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's long been proven that music makes your

. >> reporter: the sisters who died were sophie lillard age 6 and madigan lillard age 3. the survivors, parents angela and jack lillard, along with 8-year- old sister morgan and her 7- month-old sister sadie. all were taken to the hospitals with injuries. neighbors are left to pray for the parents whose incredible bravery could not save all their children. >> it's a tragedy, an absolute tragedy. we didn't sleep at all last night, neither my husband nor i. >> she kept rocking and said what happened? what happened? where can my babies be? i'm a mother and i don't know how she could handle losing two babies like that. >> reporter: a volunteer firefighter from myersville was also injured here last night. by the time the fire crews got here the house was completely engulfed in flames. in fact, some of the neighbors think firefighters weren't called until the house was up in flames because the parents were scrambling so desperately to save the children. we know angela lillard is part of the carroll creek montessori school community in frederick. we've been in touch with some of

burned from frantic, repeated efforts to rescue his 3-year-old daughter mad i gan and 6-year-old sophie from the fire that ultimately took their lives. the he was in shock, his face was black. he had burns. i mean, she was -- i mean, it was hard getting any information. she kept saying, my babies. >> reporter: neighbors stood by watching in helpless horror, knowing the precious value, knowing there was no possible way to save them. >> the whole front was engulfed in flames. i tried to go around back with my ladder. when the garage door fell, it act lie a totally charged flame. you couldn't even get close to the house. the fire broke out about 11:30 thursday night. gentleman lillard, their wife, their 8-year-old daughters morgan and 7-month-old baby sadie all made it out. a firefighter was also injured. is the home located in a rural area was of wood frame construction, very little remains. the fire will be investigated by a joint fire department/law enforcement task force that looks into all fatal fires in frederick county. >> the fire is still until investigation. the task force is wor

investigators have ruled the fire that killed sophie and madigan, an accident. fire officials say baseboard heat is considered safe. and just like space heaters they have to be kept away from anything that can catch fire. >> ned to keep the electric heater. 8, 12 inches away from draperies or furniture. >> a family in prince george's county lost their home. a brother and sister escaped the flames. fame the family's blind dog coco had to be rescued. looking at an electric baseboard heater as possible cause of the blaze. >> baseboard heat in the bedroom. i have firemen cleaning up the house. they half been looking and see it right here. >> investigators say if you have baseboard heatersen your home it is a good time to make sure they're a safe distance from curtains and furniture. important to know, investigators, say neither home had a working smoke alarm. critical to have one of these in each room in case there is a fire in your home. reporteding live from college park, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> tonight investigators are frying to figure out what sparked this f

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. >> her two babies, sophie lillard, 6 years old, her sister madigan 3, both dead. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> 36 months behind bars, that's what came at the former culpeper cop convicted of manslaughter. daniel harmon-wright shot and killed patricia cook in a church parking last year. the prosecution claimed harmon- wright lost his temper while questioning cook and shot her several times while she tried to drive away. the defense insisted he was just a cop doing his job. >>> the head of the secret service is stepping down after 30 years. his name is mark sullivan. he joined the secret service in 1983 and was appointed director in 2006. >>> a suicide bomber sets off blake killing himself and gird outside the u.s. embassy in -- a bomb killing himself and a guard outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. it did not damage the embassy itself. >>> on her last day on the job secretary of state hillary clinton speaking briefly on that attack in turkey. clinton says she's told the u.s. ambassador to turkey how much she values the team's service. the s

the girls, 3-year-old madigan and 6-year-old sophie became trapped and firefighters couldn't get to them in time. one of the neighbors left this, as a tribute to the children. >> brought the teddy bear for them. i just feel so bad. i've been up all night worrying about them, because i could see the blaze from my house. it was horrible. >> reporter: the parents, jack and crissey lilard, trite desperately to save their children. they managed to rescue two of their daughters. their mother eventually had to jump from the balcony to escape herself and could be heard screaming, as the flames engulfed the house. >> all she kept saying was, where's my babies! get my babies out! because two girls were still in there and they couldn't get them. jack, the husband was up on the roof, on the garage roof, trying to get in the house to get the babies, and it was so hot in there. >> reporter: figuring out the cause of fires like this usually takes a little time, and that's the case here. and time is just what the lilard family now needs to begin to understand and grieve over the heart breaking loss of m

you need to revamp the whole system and make it more transparent in the interview with our teaser sophie seven arts a he said that's the lesson to be learned from america's and battled financial system. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks borrow a lot of money promised to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't show what you're doing with their money. and that's what happened with lehman brothers and bear stearns and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the assets so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. and what you have the entire interview with the con mr laurence kotlikoff eighteen forty five. scientists a lie detectors are unreliable in identifying national security risks more than seventy t

discussion of the alcohol restricted use districts rud's in the city of san francisco, presentation by sophie hayward planning department staff. >> welcome. >> i have a hand out that may be helpful. so i will just step over here in a moment. >> i'm from the planning department staff, legislative affairs and thank you for having us, me this evening. i'm here just to give you a very general overview of our alcohol restricted use districts as defined in the planning code and what i am passing out to you now is a two-sided hand out that is including the map of our alcohol restricted districts and on the opposite side there is a chart that identifies each district and then it outlines whether or not it includes a restriction of bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and how they deal with abandonment. if you like i would put this up on the board? >> for the benefit of the public, if you could put the chart and just for a moment so the folks can see. >> sure. >> as the map indicates, we have 7 districts that specifically restrict alcohol-related uses, and with those uses they include, on and off site co

and that's the latest from the business team up next on our g after a very short break sophie shevardnadze speaks with laurence kotlikoff an economist professor at boston university about the roots and the repercussions of the global financial crisis. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people live. with this is a problem that. there were. people were really focused on this problem you certainly should be able to. play. laurence kotlikoff economics professor at boston university it's a pleasure to have you with us today it's great to be with you and great to be in russia so you're the one who states that america is broke and is even in a worse state that greece and ireland how so what exactly do you mean by that well we have condiments look at all the bills the government has to pay and and in the us case we have enormous bills that have been kept off the books that are not official debts but they're very real for example paying me my social security benefits my old age pension that's a real obligation. it's not part of official government debt. but it's you k

you need to revamp the whole system and make it more transparent in the interview with our teaser sophie seven arts a he said that's the lesson to be learned from america's and battled financial system. the traditional banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks more a lot of money promise to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't show what you're doing with their money. and that's what happened with lehman brothers and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the assets so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. and what you have the entire interview with the corner mr laurence kotlikoff eighteen forty five. scientists a lie detectors are unreliable in identifying national security risks more than seventy thousand americans

. >> reporter: in this home two little girls, 3-year-old sophie and 6-year-old madison trapped inside. >> devastating. and a mother's worst nightmare. >> reporter: a fire consuming every inch of the home. >> are you okay? and she is like, no. i need help! angela lillard made it out with her 7-month-old in her arms. her husband jack helped low ear nother one of their daughters, 8-year-old morgan out a second story window before climbing on the roof to try and save his two girls. >> reporter: now the house behind me is still smoldering over there in a back corner. what you see here people are coming out leaving balloons, baby dolls, flowers here, at the corner of the home. now there have been several different contributions, web sites set up to try to help this family. find out how you can help. >> what erica is saying you can find out yourself how you can help victims. we invite you to look us up on nbcwashington.com, we can direct you from there. >>> tonight family an fried fri pay tribute to an 18-year-old, lee was shot and killed at a bus stop in northwest d.c. last week. the man su

sisters mad began and sophie were killed in the thursday night fire. their parents, jack and christine, survived along with their two other children. the community is now collecting donations for the family. for more information you can visit nbcwashington.com. >>> a man is behind bars tonight facing a list of charges including assaulting an off-duty officer. happened on route 4 in st. leonard. the officer stopped at the scene of an accident and that's when he says the suspect drove off. he rammed into his cruiser as he was making a u-turn then got out and began urinating on the road. he tried to escape on foot but was quickly arrested. >>> d.c. police are searching for a suspect involved in a deadly stabbing in northwest. officers found 68-year-old howard venable, jr. on the floor of a home in the 1600 block of fuller street last night. venable was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> former washington public chools chancellor michelle rhee has a new book coming out tomorrow. she appears on abc's "this week" this morning and was asked about her controver

sophie and mady, ages 6 and 3 were unable to get out alive. >> felt so helpless. the fire company came. i was my baby. i want my baby. i can't do anything because the fire was so -- the house was involved in flames so much. >> parents and eight-year-old daughter, morgan, and seven month old daughter were able to get out alive. mrs. willard jumped out of the house and the oldest daughter was lowered from a window. >>> the former police officer who gunned down a cul perp woman as she drove away will spend three years behind bars. fox 5's john hanrahan has reaction in culpeper tonight. >> in virginia, juries fixed sentences, but the judge can review the sentence at a later hearing. the judge can decrease the sentence or leave it as is, but the judge cannot increase the sentence. daniel harmon-wright will spend more than three years in jail. things could have turned out far worse for the 33-year-old former police officer. shocked to death, a woman motorist last year when tried to pull away. defense attorney, daniel hawes told the jury, that he had to make a snap decis

sisters sophie and madigan both killed. the parents survived along with their two other children, morgan and 7-month-old sadie. several fundraisers and clothing drives are scheduled for next week. to find out how you can help go, to nbcwashington.com. >>> developing in turkey tonight, a leftist military group is taking responsibility for suicide bombing at the u.s. embassy. turkish authorities say dna confirmed the bomber was a well known member of the group. police say the bomber walked into the embassy's visitors center yesterday with a suicide vest and a hand grenade. he detonated the vest around lunch time, killing himself and a guard. a turkish journalist was also injured. also today, sushgy's state run news agency says a new york city woman's been found dead in istanbul. she was vacationing alone and been missing since january 21st, the day before she was supposed to come back to this country. according to the news agency, residents found her stabbed to death today in a poor part of the city. police have not yet confi

six-year-old sophie and three- year-old madigan. >> no one deserves this to happen. >> the community wants the family to know they are embracing them in this unimaginable tragedy and sharing in their grief. >> they give and give and give and i'm so proud of our community that we are coming together and giving back to them in their time of need. >> online member set up a fundraiser for the family. it had a goal of $1,000. it surpassed that amount in two hours and grown more than $25,000. one donor wrote, we have children the same ages as yours and can't imagine the pain you all are going through right now. another writes, our prayers are with your family. may god wrap his arms around you now and for ever. >> we are just here to send them love and hugs and strength. as much strength as we can and we love them. >> in frederick county, surae chin, wusa9. >>> coming up, some snow across the region tonight, erica has an update when >>> just enough snow to make snowballs? >> no. >> i know, it's another one of those like we got on friday morning where there's going to be a light coating on t

two sisters died. 6-year-old sophie and madigan. both parents and surviving children were taken to the hospital. >> every one of our moms would step up to support the moms in the community. because you never know it will be you that need lifted up >> tonight there were lines inside and out of the restaurant. >> i was in line i saw y'all. 45 minutes out of your vehicle. the line is longer than what it was. >> community members donated clothes and cash to add to the night's proceeds. >> 25% of every meal. >> the story touched so many that very few of the thou sand who showed up, even knew the family. >> we can't do anything huge. we are frying to d trying to do help out. we hope over time, they will find their peace and comfort. >> in myersville, maryland, erica gonzalez, news 4. >> we just checked with d.c. fire. still not clear how this huge blaze started in southeast d.c. this morning. two people were found dead inside this rowhouse on r street. city officials tell us the property had been boarded up and nobody was supposed to be i

. >> your sister sophie was supposed to go with you, but as i understand it, that wasn't possible., she was supposed to come also, but the water was too choppy. and it was too dangerous for her to cross over. they barely had enough time to take me across the ocean. >> so now i'm seeing the two of you, both in your life preservers. look, you're smiling in the picture, but i can't imagine you were smiling during this ordeal? >> we -- at that time, you know, we were just playing around or whatever. but we didn't know what we were getting into until we got to the door. but we were both supposed to -- we both had our life jackets on and everything so we could get on that boat. we didn't even know -- we thought it was going to be like a chartered bus. a chartered boat. we didn't know it was going to be one of those small ones. and you know, it was scary, you know, but they tried to take her over and they couldn't. >> when you got to the sister ship of the triumph, and i believe it's called the legend, you were able to once again get from the itty-bitty boat to the larger ship and progres

a fire killed 6-year-old sophie page and her sister, 3-year-old mad began grace.ir home burned early friday morning in myersville. both parents tried to save them. they made it out with two other daughters. one remains in the hospital. >> every one of our moms would step up to support the other moms in the community because you never know when it's going to be you that needs lifted up. >> the community is planning another fundraiser for the family. investigators are still looking into the cause of that fire. but a beautiful effort by the community there in frederick. >> nice to support a family in such a tough situation right now. let's check the forecast. meteorologist tom kierein is here. >> off to a cold start. temperatures near freezing right now. we may get up to our average high this afternoon. something to get excited about of the we'll take what we can get here in february. the washington monument under a cloudy sky. 36 at reagan national. we've got a calm wind. it doesn't feel that cold. elsewhere, it's below freezing. reagan national is the warm spot. we

after a short break our tease sophie shevardnadze speaks with a laurence kotlikoff and economist professor at boston university about the roots and the repercussions of the global financial crisis. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is. welcome to the big picture. good lover tour. was able to build a new most sophisticated. fortunately doesn't sound anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year. this is a problem that. substantially preventable it was like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about they were really good public health campaigns that people were really focused on this problem you certainly should be able to. make it without any. treatments that it's good consents to. choose to get. to. choose the stories get him to to. choose . laurence kotl

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the blaze broke out on january 31st at a house on highland avenue. 6-year-old sophie and 3-year-old mattigan died. their parents and two other sisters survived. frederick county fire officials say that drapes in the family's living room caught fire next to a base board heater. >>> next on news 4 at 6:00, a diet that could cut your risk of heart problems by 0%. also ahead, a major development for women who take calcium and vitamin d supplements after menopause. >> there's a big hole on the memorial bridge after a driver plowed into the water. we'll tell you why crews brought in a robot to check out the damage. >>> and an online petition is gaining strength after some drivers in virginia would have to pay more money. >>> you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >>> rebels in syria say they have proof they shot down a military helicopter near the city of aleppo. activists released video today. it claims to show the moments after a missile hit the helicopter on sunday. nbc news cannot verify this video. rebels say the helicopter attack happened within hours of a government's air strike on damascus. today

heart breaking sight, this house ravaged by fire, still smoldering more than 24 hours after sisters sophie and madigan lilard, ages 6 and 3, were killed in there around 11:30 thursday night. >> i just feel so bad. i have been up all night worrying about them, because i could see the blaze from my house. it was horrible. >> reporter: debra ryan has left a stuffed animal next to a tree, in front of the house on highland avenue. the homeowners, jack and crissey lilard, their 8-year- old daughter morgan and 7-month- old daughter sadie got out alive, but were hospitalized. a neighbor says crissey lilard told her she heard the popping sounds of flames in a front room, while she was feeding her baby in a back room. >> all she kept saying was where's my babies! get my babies out! because two girls were still in there and they couldn't get them. and jack, the husband, was up on the roof, on the garage roof, trying to get in the house to get the babies and she just kept saying it was so hot in there. >> reporter: long-time neighbor lois willard lives in this house across the street. she says the mom

father climbed on to the burning roof, but wasn't able to save their two middle children. 6-year-old sophie and 3-year- old madigan. >> no one deserves this to happen. >> reporter: the community wants the lillard family to know they are embracing them in this unimaginable tragedy and sharing in their grief. >> they give and give and give. i'm so proud of our community that we're coming together and giving back to them in their time of need. >> reporter: the fit for life boot camp set up a fund-raiser for the family. it had a goal of $1,000. it surpassed that amount in two hours and has grown to more than $25,000. one donor wrote, we have children the same ages as yours, and can't imagine the pain you all are going through right now. another writes, our prayers are with your family. may god wrap his arms around you now and forever. >> we're just here to send them love and hugs and strength as much strength as we can, and we love them. >> reporter: in frederick county, surae chinn, wusa 9. >> the cause of that fire is still undetermined, but they believe the fire may have started in the livin

kotlikoff believes the crisis is rooted in the way the banking system is operated in an interview with sophie shevardnadze you said that banks need to be more transparent in order to gain the people's trust. the critical banking system the model is one of very high leverage banks borrow a lot of money promised to repay and then there's opacity they take their money and they do something with it but they don't tell you what they're doing with it so it's a very unstable situation when you promise people things and then you don't know what you're doing with their money and then and that's what happened with lehman brothers and sterns and. merrill lynch and all these companies that one on one under one after the other everybody started worrying because they couldn't see the assets so what we need to do is. get rid of this faith based banking we need to have. no leverage and we have to have transparency. so good to have you with us here on r.t. today still ahead for you in. the pursuit of guilt. subject a polygraph test now and guilty until proven innocent a cia veteran points the finger at his fo

. >> sophie hayward, planning staff. and you're right, the density in the nct district is controlled by the bulk and mass of the building and not by lot area. whereas in the d district it's by lot area. >> does that provide more flexibility or, you know, [inaudible]? >> if i could, emory rodgers, planning department staff. this idea came out of the market and octavia plan. it was an idea about trying to get density in neighborhoods in a way that is compatible with existing character. if you look at the zoning prior to the change to the nct and rto, the zoning actually would not allow the existing housing stock to be rebuilt because the existing housing stock was much denser than what the zoning would allow. so, by looking at what is the appropriate form and sticking with the prevailing form of the area, we were able to get more density within the historic character of the district. >> thanks, that's really helpful. i'm supportive of that part of the legislation, the consistency, have it all be one market nct makes sense.

i also want to pay my respects to former supervisor sophie maxwell who also had the vision and leadership to get this project started forward. also had the foresight to tear down that power plant that was polluting our community. so, we really are where -- we are today is a culmination of small, little incremental steps that we have been taking for the last 40 years. 40 years is a long time, but now we need to think about the future and going forward and take pride and protect our investment, protect our children, shop locally, the businesses and restaurants that are happening and coming in on 3rd street. this is an exciting time, not a time for us to be fearful, but to collectively move in boldly and claim our future. thank you. (applause) >> thank you very much, supervisor. at this point, again, i want to reemphasize the importance of the leader's office, leader pelosi. and i'm not sure if there is a representative from leader pelosi's office here today. they're probably very, very busy right now in dealing first with the fiscal cliff and other issues at washington, d.c. but the work we

. >> commissioners, sophie hayward, planning staff. before i make my presentation if it's all right with you, i'd like to turn this over to supervisor wiener. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for the opportunity. today before you is a legislation that i have authored relating to the upper market neighborhood which i represent. it does several things -- three things to be precise. first, it replaces the upper market neighborhood commercial district with the upper market neighborhood commercial transit district, nct, for the block of market street west of noe to the eastern edge of castro street. this simply follows along with the board of supervisors addition or extension of the controls in the market octavia plan west of castro street and make zoning consistent with east of noe street. this change, i believe, to have no opposition and to be supported by various organizations that are taking a position on the legislation. the second aspect reestablishes the height control originally envisioned as part

. >> reporter: sophie races competitive. first goal. >> i really want to beat my brother. >> reporter: you think that's going to happen? >> yeah. >> reporter: the driver's we talked to said regardless of the outcome of today's race there is clearly a momentum in motor sports. >> it really makes me so happy that there's so many girls out there like her triumphing over guys. >> reporter: well danica patrick has competed go carts at this raceway before. >>> coming up a little later in sports wrap we will have all of the highlights from the daytona 500. including what jimmy johnson is saying about his victory. >>> an exclusive ktvu field poll out tonight finds weaker support for doing something about climate change. 54% of those polled support taking action to combat global warming. that's down from 76% in 2006. here in the bay area support fell 2% and fewer now favor ab32. support for it drops by nine points. >>> former president jimmy carter was in san francisco today talking war and peace and hollywood movies. allie rasmus to