. >> i have vincent lowe and annie chung. come forward, and you have one minute. >> good afternoon. this is the third time that this has come around and over the years, i am here in full support of the department and the recommendations that the coit tower group entered into deliberations. i am very proud of this and just so excited about what we can do. this has been delayed for four or five years and we will have made mince coming up very soon. this will coincide well with our experience. the neighborhood groups and community leaders have all met and hammered out what we wanted. i will be on site, for the questions and concerns in the department and the commission. this is not going to be an absentee ownership or absentee management. this will be direct. standing before you today, are there any questions? >> thank you. >> annie chung and katherine betran. >> i am it with a nonprofit group that has been serving seniors in chinatown for 34 years. i am hear from item number nine. but because this has been supported by the family of lowe for 30 years, i have known them and i knew vinc

earlier outside fourth district police headquarters, i talked to vincent gray who said he's confident also. turnout, low to moderate throughout the day beginning this morning. that was of concern to vincent gray's people. they expected a big turnout. he was very much concerned about his supporters becoming complacent thinking this thing was in the bag and staying at home. fenty was telling me in private a low turnout would be to their advantage. we don't know why there's a low turnout and if it's going to pick up throughout the city as it is right now. one of the reasons might be more than 22,000 people have already cast ballots in early voting. that's something the city's never done before. it will be interesting to see how that factored in. lesli that's about it for now. back to you. >> it is your civic duty to cast a vote. >> reporter: yes. >> when you are supposed to vote. i voted, you voted and you can't blame it on the weather. the weather was great. >> perfect. a little windy but that won't keep people from voting. >> we are looking at actually a nice stretch of weather tomorrow. we are looking a

low turnout. peter nichols says he does not plan to work for vincent gray and his administration should the democratichols said he plans to resign at the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition for d.c.'s next mayor. questions are being raised about whether michelle rhee will remain on the job. the d.c. school chancellor fired hundreds of teachers to reform the school system. rhee campaigned for fenty and called the election result devastating for d.c. schoolchildren. >> it pains me to be in a situation where i very shortly could be leaving. if i can somehow, in some small way make a dent in this for some group of kids somewhere, i will do it in a heartbeat. >> he says he won't make my personnel changes until after november's general election. >> as the constitution marks its 223rd birthday, there is some interesting news about its impact this morning. a survey tuned in 86% of respondants recognize the importance of the constitution. but only 1/3 have read the entire document. it also found that 18-year-olds to 24s understand it much less than older people do. >> time now for traffic and weather

all polls point to challenger vincent gray over incumbent mayor adrian fenty but voter turnout today has been surprisingly lowand the other hot primary in our area, the race for prince george's county executive, the top contenders are baker and