tom harrison also went to the employee holiday party earlier this week and had a great time, and it was very rewarding to talk to the employees and how excited they are, particularly under the general managers leadership, all the praise is that his employees keep upon him at this very happy event. i have one item for commissioners matters to consider. a number of people in chinatown come to me about an idea to build a stage. maybe the general manager has heard about this. at the portsmouth square mezzanine area. they often have events there, and each time, organizers have to actually read a stage to be put in. the idea would be perhaps to build a stage akin to what the japanese tea garden has done. where it would be a permanent structure, fixture in the plaza, and that when events happen, they can use that stage, as opposed to constructing it every single time. anyway, i would offer that up for future consideration. commissioner buell: thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are on item 14, new business agenda setting. is there a

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harrison. turning to the weather, and the rain that is headed in our direction, tom kierein joins us now with the first forecast. >> if you plan on heading out shortly, grab an umbrella, we have rain coming into the metro area. and we're not alone. look at the extent of the rain, it stretches upstate new york all the way down to florida, and that's along a front and area of low pressure that will affect travel up and down the atlantic seaboard, from boston to atlanta later today. right now we're getting light rain, the areas of light green and blue, that's very light rain. the darker green in southern maryland and southern principles georges and parts of st. mary's, we're getting a little rain there. little pockets of moderate to heavy rain in green and madison counties north of charlottesville, and that's going to head towards the metro area, right now where temperatures are near 60 degrees on this 21st day of december. and further west and north, it's chillier. and then further to the south and east, we're in the upper 50s to around 60. occasional showers, and it will be cool in the 50s to arou

harrison. it's friday, december 16th. tom, what's the forecast?d b[ male announcer ] citibank's new app for ipad makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. really? [ male announcer ] kate uses her citibank debit card because kate knows there are some things you shouldn't be charged for. refill? i'm ok. [ male announcer ] so does that guy. the citibank debit card with no monthly fee. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> good morning. if you are traveling on the inner loop of the beltway, there are some delays here. if you are heading towards bw parkway, there are delays but the road opens up for you. >>> more news, weather and >>> back now more of "today" on this friday morning, the 16th day of december, 2011, and we've got a great start for the weekend of sightseeing here in the big apple and we're glad that all of these lovely people decided to stop here on the plaza, say hello to us. m ann curry along with al roker and savannah g

harrison. let's check on our weather. it's cold out there, tom. >> quite a bit of cloudiness, too.n progresses. right now near the freezing mark. later today low to mid 40s. upper 20s by dawn on tuesday. tomorrow into the low 50s. then increasing clouds on wednesday into the low 50s after a freezing start. then on thursday cloudy, could get a midday, afternoon or evening shower. then clearing out for friday. then much colder for the weekend, but sunny. danella, how is traffic? >> good morning. it's cold out there. the roads look really nice. volume is light. taking the beltway past route 1 making your way into greenbelt, no issues there. if you're taking the outer loop past route 1 towards georgia avenue, that whole stretch of roadway is clear. no accidents to report. also checking the beltway into virginia as well. inner loop and outer loop there, not seeing any johansson. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, everybody. welcome to fun day monday, it's december 12th. it's also green monday. >> green for money because it is the busiest shipping day of the year. t

harrison. it's 9:57, thursday, december 15th. let's go to tom kierein for the forecast. >> a bit milder now.ave a lot of clouds coming in from the west ahead of a front bringing rain into western maryland, and the highlands and west virginia and later this afternoon into the metro area and through the evening. tomorrow, drier weather moves in and a saturday morning predawn might get a few wet snowflakes in virginia. >>> and the dulles toll road crash has been tying up traffic, and we're seeing delays across the american legion bridge and the delays start around the spur. a slow trip on the spur, and you are slow as you make your way as you continue [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. captions paid for by nbc-universal television nice landing. it was. >>> happy thirsty thursday, everybody. it's december 15th. it's beautiful here in new york. >> it's like a bal