strictly as a contribution to the city skyline. the photomontage here shows the view looking from the garage toward the site. this is the same view towards the marriott, and the image on the left is without the hotel constructed, and the one on the right is with the hotel constructed, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the setback, which the department asked for. finally, this is the view along jesse street with the hotel seen on the left hand side. a couple of years of the model of the hotel i think are quite illustrative. the view down mission street towards the convention center is the back of the building. as rick crawford mentioned, there is not a restaurant in this hotel. the patrons who stay here will generate business activity which, hopefully, will fill some of the vacant storefronts on mission street that now exist in that block and will help further revitalize the plaza area, which is already an excellent civic space. the retail spaces will both be oriented to jesse end to mission street, as you see in this image. ty

diners can enjoy a delicious meal along with 180 degree views of the city skyline. owering views also come with a towering price tag. appetizers will set you back $50 and the entrees, i don't know, what do you think about the entrees? $90. >> something like that is once in a lichl. you're talking anniversary, valentine's day. that's fine. >> the food better be good. >> time for an early look at some of the stories we are going to be following throughout the day right here on nbc. president obama will host an event at the white house unveiling efforts to better coordinate and strengthen the government's support for military families. then later in the day, he'll hold a reception for new members of congress. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg will make an announcement on illegal guns. he's expected to be joined by friends and family members of victims of the columbine and virginia tech shooting tragedies. >>> and today neil diamond turns 70 years old. happy birthday. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as t

. >> instead of the good side to conceive of you from mount tam on the left in a few of the city skyline>> one is nice and bright and the other a little over cal >>>>another chilly start with temperatures widespread in the 30's, now there climbing into the 40's. dense fog and drizzle also remaining in our inland valleys out there this morning. that will continue until released this afternoon. by noon things should clear we'll deal with partly cloudy skies but temperatures struggling to warm up. were getting a transport of cold air from the central valley into the bay area. that will continue through most of today, but by the afternoon, cut off a little bit. still chilly at 3:00 with temperatures half in the 40's and half in the low 50's. we have changes heading into tomorrow. i'll have the details on that, plus rain next week, coming up in just a bit. >> an earthquake in the south bay rattling nerves across the bay area. this is what look like on a seismograph just moments after the quake hit yesterday afternoon. it was a 4.1 could be felt as far as these bay and also in san francisco. n

40-story buildings during the day, and at night you're going to have flashing lights going on for one second, off for two. you're essentially constructing a huge city skyline in the center of nantucket sound. >> reporter: audra parker is the passionate spokesperson the alliance to protect nantucket sound. that's the group that has been fighting cape wind, along with local native american tribes and many others, for more than a decade. >> reporter: why are you against the wind farm? >> because it absolutely does not make sense for nantucket sound. this was a site that was picked to maximize profit with no regard for the tribes, no regard for the public, no regard for the fishermen here. >> reporter: for the developer's side of the story, we talked to mark rodgers. he says wind power is an idea whose time has come, again. >> the cape and islands have a long history of using windmills back in the day. there were once a thousand windmills here, and by using today's modern wind turbines to make electricity, we can have cleaner air. we can create good jobs for the young people here that pay well, and also mitigate climate change. >> reporter: after the gulf oil

it moved further west to strayer was deliberations one hour for the bangor city's no traditional spectacular fireworks lit up the skyline above the beautiful bridge it was a good show for them and revels in japan welcoming the new year by releasing a massive silver balloons carry notes with their hopes for the future taiwan is celebrating a replay spectacular style the island's tallest skyscraper with the same file works a bell of the building that's the same from the u.k. a quarter of a million people flocking to london are riverside to watch light up at midnight and across the atlantic new york festivity center is always around that slow descent of the six ton crystal ball with thirty two. of them are in moscow as you're about to see big snowstorm but people having fun nonetheless thousands of people running in twenty eleven with the midnight chimes of the kremlin clock. as example holds for many russians they hold more than just the coming of a new. it was a hectic new year's eve four years ago because some family was marking their six years together with all the finishing the cooking and p.t.a. entertaining the gues

see part of the bay bridge from treasure island late this morning and the san francisco skyline was almost invisible. >> the whole cityissolved. >> reporter: we drove up 280 and all the way, it was pockets of fog as we got up a little higher. it was clear. but every time we came down low, it was real foggy. >> you have a big burst coming down here. it was nothing. >> reporter: the highway patrol sergeant said that this is the time for the drivers to be cautious. >> obviously they want to be aware of the taillights, the hazards on the roadway. and maintaining within your range, obviously you can use the main lines to guide yourself. but you definitely want to focus on what is in front of you. >> reporter: as cautious as drivers may be today, one thing we did notice is that only about half of them have lights on. and lights on are something that the chp is emphasizing. >> we woke up this morning, real foggy. >> reporter: he said he was cautious driving up san jose with his sons to see the city. >> i definitely turned on the fog lights and turned a little slower and left more space. >> how is everybody else? >> yeah, i t

three hours later in hong kong, there was this over the city's iconic skyline. propriate since fireworks were invented in china. in the middle east, the glittering emirate of dubai welcomed the new year with a light and sound show. and at the stroke of midnight, the world's highest building, almost a half mile tall, transformed into a gigantic roman candle. in moscow's red square, russians huddled in a snowstorm, as midnight came. in berlin, 1 million people watched the show at the historic brandenburg gate. they also partied in paris. and as big ben chimed in the new year, londoners lined the banks of the thames to celebrate. for "today," george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> rare and deadly tornadoes in the midwest and south kill at least six people. three of the dead in missouri, about six injured there and 20 homes destroyed, the same powerful storm system spawned tornadoes earlier yesterday in cincinnati, arkansas. >>> a hostage drama friday at a suburban houston bank ended after four hours of tense negotiations. two masked gunmen took seven people hostag

you could only see part of the bridge from treasure island late this morning and the skyline was almost invisible. >> dissolving, the whole city. >> we drove up 280 and it was pockets of fog as we got up higher it was clear but every time we came down it was really foggy. >> big burst that come through here. >> reporter: a sergeant said this is the time for drivers to be agency. >> obviously want to keep -- be aware of tail lights, hazards in the roadway, maintain with in your lane, you can use the lines to guide yourself if the fog is super thick. you want to focus on what ask in front of you and travel safe speeds. >> reporter: we saw a lot of car that didn't have lights on and lights on is something the police are focusing on. joe said he was caution driving up from san jose to see the city. >> i turned on the fog lights and drive slower and leave more space. >> reporter: is everybody else? >> i think so. i don't think that a lot of people are to conscious of it but in general i think people slow down. >> reporter: at last report the chp said if there hadn't been any big accidents that were fog related but they warn more ca

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the weather forecast. >> and hopefully you'll take this freeze tonight and then, thaw out tomorrow like we have been. >> i'd rather interest $209 million. >> it's beautiful outside. there is a live picture. and there is a city skyline. there is clear skies tonight. this is why you're going to be freezing cold conditions and frost and freezing fog. it's a spare the air for tomorrow. just keep that in mind there. is a live picture and it's nice and clear now and 51 degrees. take a look at temperatures rest of the bay area, there is 50s except around fairfield and livermore. mid to upper 40s right now just setting a stage for another cold frosty morning. there is a dry pattern through monday. and we'll talk about that in just a moment. this afternoon it's a foggy one. and there is visibility still very low. to very poor visibility. that fog keeping cold air spilling into valley locations. and we did see temperatures hovering around upper 40s to low 50s. and there is what is going to happen is that fog is moving in over north bay and east bay valleys and tomorrow morning's commute will once again feature foggy conditions and frost. there is temperatures, 29 degrees in napa. there is 30 in santa rosa. down to freezing i

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city. times square is once again wearing a coating of white. and from this camera, we usually see the manhattan skyline. this morning, it is shrouded in snow. the fifth winter storm of the season may make things difficult for this morning's rush hour. >> there's now winter storm watches and warnings in effect, from the midwest to the northeast. and temperatures could plummet to 40 below in some places today. in boston, schools are already shut down today. >> the midwest felt the full brunt of the storm yesterday. pars of central illinois got a foot of snow. near st. louis, 15 inches. >> roads across the center of the country were a mess. at least three people were killed in crashes in oklahoma. further north, it was arctic. high temperatures in fargo were well below zero. >> for more on the deep freeze and the latest blast of snow here in the northeast, we turn to accuweather. >> ava dinges is tracking the big storm. >> good morning, rob and vinita. what do you know? snow is returning to the northeast. cities like philadelphia and new york city got this down pat. but we are expecting some travel concer

of the different target attack policies and shows that the marginal tax rate as we go up with income goes up and down sort of like a city skylinethat's what we have. this is really logically indefensible. the reason my fundamental tax reform could have a very large impact. reforms on the fixed rates but also should we form definition of the tax base as well. we can accomplish law. a well-designed reform can produce significant effects. 69 public finance economies of alan krueger and jasper turbine in 1998 found that the median respondents believe the foreign produce one percentage point higher growth over a long period. my review of the literature with buyback suggested that this consensus that's a fair reading of the broader tax reform literature. now there are many possible reforms that would rather modify the base, but the key point is they can conceivably have effects that are big enough to in the first part of my testimony, and make these points, but i move on to look at specifically the case of the corporate tax. others have brought concerns that the corporate tax in the u.s. makes investment in the uncompetitive relative

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wake from this up the skyline as spectators that got their money's worth the twelve minute show with the largest person for display which store in the new millennium in seoul the city's mayor wearing traditional south korean dress stars the festivities by ringing a large bronze bell thirty three times hundreds of thousands of germans and tourists descended on to watch the fireworks out the landmark brandenburg gate in the you get a quarter of a million people flocked to the riverside toward london lights up at midnight and across the atlantic new york celebrations centered as always around the story the son of the six ton the school the with two thousand lights one of the biggest scouting is in brazil where he really is headed to get the battle between tori twenty minutes of buybacks music and the ceremony twelve bell the logo of the country's twenty sixteen olympics there in moscow at least two million people to. to the streets to watch fireworks and also to listen to president that is the new year address. now in red square huge crowds of revelers rang in twenty eleven with the midnight chimes of the kremlin clock but as a bleak reports for many russians they heral

spectacular fireworks lists up the skyline and spectators got their money's worth the twelve minute show was the largest there since the display which store in the new year in seoul the city'smayor wearing a traditional south korean dress till the festivities by ringing a large bronze bell thirty three times hundreds of thousands of germans and tourists. to watch the fireworks at the london the landmark brandenburg gate and in the u.k. a quarter of a million people flocked to the riverside to watch london light up at midnight and across the atlantic new york celebrations that did i have always around the slow descent of the six tons of crystal ball with thirty two thousand lines and one of the biggest gatherings was a brazil where two million headed for cocoa beach do enjoy twenty minutes of fireworks music can a ceremony to unveil the logo for the ganges twenty sixteen olympics and earlier in moscow release happened many people took to the streets to watch fireworks and also to listen to president with their new year address. in red square huge crowds of revelers arriving in twenty eleven with the midnight chimes of the kremlin clock but there's a van a boy who reports for

cities investigating a string of officers involved shootings the first in oakland where one man was killed, two officers are on paid administrative leave that happen 9:15 p.m. saturday night outside skyline high schools when perform all dance. police were called out on the boards of a suspicious vehicle outside of the dance. when they discovered the vehicle was stolen that's when they confronted the passengers he stabs an officer several times with a screwdriver, he bit the officer. that is when police opened fire shooting and killing that man female driver taken to hospital not injured. police recovered a handgun that belong to the mail. they don't know the couple had connections to the high school. another officer involved shooting under investigation this type in san francisco, 7:00 p.m. saturday evening police tried to stop the car near the cow palace. the woman driver sped up, drove away, crashing into a home near geneva. the woman then put the vehicle in reverse, began backing up towards officers. that's one police up with fire hitting the driver. last jet, a critical condition at the hospital, there was a man in hospital but was not injured. the officers were not seriously injured