>> the cable is anchored down into the eastern side. it comes up and laps around the western side, and the entire cable system, the suspenders that come off of it, they are in tension. there are 28 different deck segments. they are in what is called compression. those two forces are balancing each other out on this bridge, and the weight is transmitting down the towers. >> holding itself up. >> a traditional suspension bridge, the cable anchors into the ground. this connects into the deck and holds itself up. >> so that time you would describe as a normal person? >> that is a basic description. self-anchored, what does that mean? >> it is a new type of design. there are 30-40 of them around the world. this is going to be the largest one. basically you use a self-anchored pension when i don't have an easy opportunity to anchor things into the ground. the western bay suspension bridge is actually two suspension bridges anchored together. it has more concrete in it than the empire state building in new york. >> wasn't this done for aestheti

part of the eastern neighborhood is rezoned to prioritize production distribution and repair. i know that i would believe that in a catering company would fall into the production and distribution category as you are a food producer when you are distributing the products. as a catering company -- and i have some questions about that. >> is a separate building. >> commissioner clyde, can i make one correction? you may ask follow-up questions to the member of the public. commissioner clyde: do you mind? i would like to get into this a little bit. >> in general public comment, you can't bring them back out. but you can ask follow-up questions to what was presented. commissioner clyde: do you have the gist of my question? >> of the space we are talking about -- commissioner clyde: how many space in that building? >> 10,000 square feet. commissioner clyde: is that your entire office? >> for my company, yes . we have kitchens and a separate building and another building we keep equipment in. commissioner clyde: the kitchens are here. >> that is in a separate building. commissioner cl

there's a coastal flood advisory for the eastern shore and the western shore and wind gusts of 40 in easton. the rest of this evening 40s, wet, foggy and windy as the rain continues to push off to the east. we'll talk about what could be the coldest day weave seen in -- we've seen in weeks. >>> if you're worried about your new year's eve noise maker getting soggy, you should have the weather app so you can have live interactive radar. just go to abc2news.com/weather top find a link to the app. you con download it for your i--- can download it for your iphone and ipad. >>> key highway was supposed to take us to fort mchenry. we may soon be running around in circles. >> i tell you what, consider it sort of ache round highway -- a round highway. you have thousands of cars that use the road every day. the city is hoping to make things easier and at the same time make them look good doing it. from 9th street two lanes. one ending in a right turn. pedestrians, bikes, sort of a place to make a turn from keys highway. yes, there is lot going on tend can be confusing. >> when you get to the l

this is tied into the eastern neighborhood zoning project that has been going on for years and years. this is a question. it looks to me the impetus behind what we are discussing is hardly of the neighborhood -- as part of the neighborhood zoning laws, the type of business that was perceived to be diminishing or disappearing, i am thinking that this might be a reaction to what happened during the internet boom, businesses coming in. >> correct. president o'brien: secondly, again, this is a question. we understand it has been extended by three months -- >> could be. president o'brien: if it weren't, depending on the efficiency of government forces, they could be knocking on the door and hitting you with the big fee or hitting you with booting you out of there. we might see that kind of activity taking place? >> yes. people opposed to office having moved into these districts and want to preserve it for industry have someone to preserve it for only affordable housing, i am told the planning department will start to file complaints after january 19. we got to know if they will start with

the western side and the eastern side of the bay, including the entire eastern shore. some of the visibilities there are under a quarter of a mile now. the view from space showing high clouds drifting over us under a cloud country star cloudy start. the rain under the green and yellow is advancing through kentucky and the northeast. it will miss us today, but tomorrow it looks like it could be wet now and then. a lot of clouds today. mild in the upper 50s to near 60 by midafternoon. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at the monday commute. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> seeing some congestion in our area heading down i-66, heading towards nutley. that's where you'll see delays. no accidents to report on 66, both inside and outside of the beltway. speaking of the beltway, here's a look right now traveling the inner loop, making your way past route 1 heading into greenbelt. just bustling in volume. no major delays at all. outer loop still clear as you make your way towards georgia avenue. that's a good sign. on the rails, no reported

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that rain is now on the eastern shore, beginning to exit the area. low cloud cover beginning to break up near charlottesville. temperatures in the 40s throughout much of the region from western maryland and west virginia all the way to the bay and eastern shore except right near lower parts of the eastern shore, northern neck, and southern maryland. it's in the low to mid-50s there. 49 at reagan national. temperatures in the mid-40s in the suburbs. if you are traveling today between washington and new york, shouldn't have too much difficulty, but between new york and boston, portland, maine, upstate new york, into new england, they're getting rain and snow there. that storm system may cause flight delays and driving delays too. farther to the west, don't have any travel problems in the midwest except in minnesota. they're getting cold air. also, they're getting snow in far southern new mexico all the way down to el paso, texas. there may be flight delays there too. up and down the western seaboard, does look like from seattle and vancouver all the wa

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across the korean peninsula, a wintry mix is heading southward over the eastern portions. meanwhile a light shower will gradually ease across the southeastern corner of china, but taiwan should remain wet throughout the day. temperatures are looking like this. cold air continues to sag southward, pushing down temperatures and you are looking at minus 20 and zero degrees in beijing. tokyo is expected to be 10 degrees. heading over to the americas, the eastern seaboard is wintry and the front is producing heavy snow across the central and northern appalachians and heavy cold precipitation across the north eastern states. the system is moving quickly to the northeast so things are getting drier across the eastern u.s. by thursday afternoon, however eastern canada should remain wet throughout thursday. more than 45 centimeters of snow are possible and winds could exceed 100 kilometers per hour. snow will develop over the great lakes, but it's a different story for the rest of the u.s. and canada. a high pressure system will continue to produce nice and dry weather. temperatures

the eastern shore may see showers out of that. a look at the temperatures. 44 at the inner harbor. much better as you head down toward that eastern shore. much colder as you head into western maryland. 37 in oakland and 33 in crawford. we had a very chilly start today with clearing overnight that allows the temperatures to drop down and we've seen that clouds moved in from the south. this is associated with showers down in the southeast, even though we are under an area of high pressure. right now, we are seeing moisture coming off the atlantic, wrapping around high and producing showers in the southeast. some of this could migrate back into the mid-atlantic. we will focus on a new storm system coming out of the northern plains and this could bring a chance for more clouds and what whether as we go later in to the week. very chilly across the northern half of the nation. 40 degrees colder than that. but we will see a warm up the next couple of days as a new system had their way. some clouds are around baltimore through the afternoo

we're watching heavy rain for the eastern seaboard. you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports last night the new orleans saints made it clear they're ready for the playoffs and their quarterback earned a slice of immortality. here's fred roggin with a look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. saints' quarterback drew brees broke dan marino's single season passing record and did it in dramatic fashion. needing 306 yards to break the record, he started way in the first half. colston from eight yards out. saints up 21-10 at break. fast forward to fourth quarter, under three minutes left, brees only needs eight more yards and he gets nine. a touchdown to darren sproles and drew brees breaks the single season passing record that stood for 27 years. saints march over the falcons with a 45-16 win. >>> time to go bowling. north carolina and mizzou. independence bowl. moe airs it out to kemp, tar heels don't know what hit them. missouri on all cylinders, wild

it is getting chilly on the eastern shore as well. only in the 30's on the coast at ocean city. expect a cold one tonight from 24 degrees in some of the colder valleys to the north and west of baltimore to about 32 in downtown baltimore. yesterday's power pack storm raced across the mid atlantic in just a matter of hours. now across new england. early this morning we could see the last of these note leaving northern maine. now in clearing skies, expect cold, dry weather tonight and tomorrow. a reenforcing cold front is coming through the great lakes and the upper midwest tonight. a little bit of snow associated with this front, and very chilly behind it. the temperatures will go down a bit for the weekend. highs of 45-52, starting the day with sunshine and finishing up with partly cloudy skies. the futurecast, here comes that front through ohio tomorrow afternoon. partly cloudy skies here, and another system off the coast might generate a few sprinkles across the eastern seaboard. it looks like baltimore will be between the approaching front and the offshore storm. that is where

on the eastern shore. easton on the eastern shore. what weather in ohio and northwestern pennsylvania. it will get here, but it will take several more hours. after midnight, showers become more likely. for really mild up and down the eastern seaboard, but very cold off to the west. the front in between these two air masses triggering the but weather, that will slide into baltimore tonight and early tomorrow and slowly made its way to the coast on wednesday. 6 in denver right now. contrast that to our 50's here. all the way up to boston, 66 degrees. in the teens right now around amarillo, texas, and in the 30's all the way to el paso. tomorrow, in the transition zone as the wet weather is likely. there's a chance for some wet weather on wednesday. the best chance for rain will be a bit further south. note the cold air coming into the west. as the cold air crosses the mountains and reaches us, some of the western grain could change into light snow. i would not be surprised if we get a burst of snow in the ea

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the eastern neighborhood c.a.c. was also amenable to amending the agreement but wanted any known cost savings associated with removing the infant care ramsed or revised value in the associated fee waiver, we did take a look at the cost basis from the -- for the initial fee waiver value. which was based on the nexus studies for childcare for the eastern neighborhoods and there is no differentiation on square footage basis between infant care and between toddlers and -- or between any age value and then the per child cost was about the same between infants and toddlers. therefore, there's no basis to reduce the value of the waiver. it should be noted that within the in-kind agreement that all costs are to be justified through documentation and that if costs are not actually of the maximum value for the agreements, then they should be reduced accordingly. again, the proposal was -- is to remove the infant care requirement for the in-kind agreements. all other aspects of the in-kind agreements will be remain as they are

of the lower eastern shore we could see temperatures up into the 60's by thursday. rain will be approaching by afternoon and evening on thursday. all of this developing ahead of us. high pressure leaves us, this front will come pushing in from the midwest. the storm in the desert southwest will help pull this front to the eastern seaboard thursday afternoon. this is an interesting story. it has warnings all the way to the coast. the high elevations here up above 6000 and 7,000 feet are looking for snow in the highest elevations. snowfall the with south and southern arizona and the mountains of new mexico and colorado as well. that storm will be tracking up to the western great lakes. even chicago gets rain. we will be on the warm side of it as well. the front will settle south of us on friday allowing temperatures to drop closer to normal for the weekend. 50 degrees tomorrow and partly to cloudy -- mostly cloudy on friday. by the weekend highs are back where they are supposed to be in the mid 40's. >> terrell science has a remarkable speech during of three is going

the naval air station. it's gotten better at bwi. any travel eastern shore and southern new england over the next few hours. for us at the bus stop this morning, temperatures in the mid-30s, mid-40s, warmer stuff south and east. mostly cloudy skies patch which i, dense fog delaying school on the eastern shore. partly to mostly cloudy, temperatures by noon will rise into the mid-50s with south winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. south wind around 60 give or take a couple high. overnight showers will move in and tomorrow looks to be a wet day. reston 36, 43 in rockville, warmer east. that is where we have a little bit more fog. 38 in upper mitt romney bro. you need a jacket and patience east. due.at 41 this morning. there is a lot of coal off to the west. new york is 50, 55 in norfolk. look at chicago and st. louis in the 50s, des moines in the 20s, bismarck in the single digits this morning. the cold air is being blocked by this front. we are on mild side of this storm system. it is eventually going to slide through us. little tough for the timing but that is

the rain. it's beginning to exit our eastern suburbs, and it's crossing the bay to the eastern shore and rapidly moving away. the cloud cover beginning to break up a little bit. there may be snow showers in the mountains later today. it's in the 40s as well as round the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. closer to washington, upper 40s to near 50 degrees. southern maryland and near the bay, lower part of the eastern shore and northern neck, it's near 60 now. it's not going to last long as the colder air will be arriving throughout the morning. sunrise 7:24. should have sun breaking out by then. temperatures struggling to make it back up into the low, maybe briefly mid-50s by noontime, and they will tumble down during the afternoon hours and into tonight, getting colder. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at the friday traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> we have slick roadway conditions outside. i need you guys to give yourself extra time before you leave the house and give yourself extra room for braking. traveling in this morning past connecticut av

we have interfaced with the eastern neighborhoods troops process. there is a lot of work to be done. and to work together to create a robust transit system for the area. supervisor kim: thank you. i will call chris block but he is not here. next, wendy phillips. >> that afternoon. i am wendy phillips, i work for community-based nonprofit in the mission district. we are involved in providing services including affordable housing. we have also been involved in land use issues in the neighborhood. as an organization for five years and i personally have worked on it before that with other organizations and efforts. the sea that is vacated was held by our executive director who passed away earlier this year. we definitely as an organization are committing -- committed to engaging in these issues especially around the relationships between housing and how we can over see the planning efforts we worked on for so many years. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you for your willingness to serve. are there any questions? our next nominee is oscar grande, he is no

mary's, calvert, and the entire eastern shore. watch out for dense fog there. the view from space over the last 12 hours showing quite a bit of cloudiness traveling southwest to northeast over the region. farther to the west that area of green is rain in ohio, indiana, kentucky advancing slowly to the east. we should stay dry today. sunrise at 7:11. a little sun in and out this morning. by noontime mid-50s. during the afternoon cloudy. highs reaching around 60 degrees. this evening back down into the 50s under a cloudy sky. sunset at 4:46. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> still pretty good as you get ready to head out of the house. let's take the drive together along i-95. seeing green in both directions. coming out of dale city, not seeing any issues. if you want to drive with me, we'll do it together. heading towards woodbridge in both directions on i-95, you are in the clear. seeing green at lorton. as you make your way towards 395, not really seeing any accidents and no delays on i-95

mary's and across the potomac and into the northern neck and on the eastern shore that's drifting off to the east. we'll have the clouds with us throughout the day. here's your day planner. we'll stay in the 40s. maybe briefly low to mid-50s early to midafternoon. by late afternoon, back down into the 40s. sunrise 4:42. sunset 4:49. a look at the west pattern through the rest of the week into the holiday weekend coming up at 5:21. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> traveling the inner loop of the beltway, an accident as you approach university boulevard. i'm seeing you slow just a bit as you make your way towards this accident. traveling on i-66, no major delays just yet. here's the view at sudley road. traveling east and west on 66 outside the beltway. inside the beltway, here's a look at glebe. making your way from the beltway to gw parkway, you're at 64 miles per hour. taking the rails this morning, so far they're open with no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. now back to you bh. >> danella, thanks. >>> 5:12 is the time. ahead on "news 4 today," the cost to get aro