and later this hour, we have a special musical guest. kurt wail em performing his gospel and jazz. we've heard him warming up and it sounds great. we're going to meet him out there. and 42 degrees and it will make a great improvement later. so much so, that tucker is outside now. the shot looks great. >> what a beautiful morning. but it's a little bit brisk out here. temperatures are still in the low 40s and some people are complaining it's on the cool side. but hang in there, plenty of sunshine today and you can see we have nothing but blue sky and sunshine bathing the area. and once the sun gets a chance to get up and going, it will be just a butte afternoon with skies expected to be 70 or so. t's look at satellite radar this morning. and you can see there is not a lot happening across the washington area. we do have clouds in the area of the carolinas but it won't

impact us in washington. if you're down toward fredericksberg or richmond, you might see a little cloud cover but the rain should stay in the carolinas and then push south. temperatures are cool. 42 at reagan national. 34 in frederick. 36 in ocean city. and we did have temperatured off to the west and to the north that were at or below freezing to start the day. so cool out here for the next couple of hours and once the sun gets up and going, ghs expected to be in the upper 60s to about 70. bright sunshine throughout the day. and we're going with a warm afternoon. done much of this year. so a face looking forecast. wait until you see the five-day forecast. we'll get to the weekend in a minute. allison and tony, back to you guys inside. a major cob assumer -- consumer alert about the high chair your child might be sitting in. >> children are danger of

falling out of them. stacy cohan joins us live from the consumer product safety headquarters in bethesda. stacie. >> reporter: sometimes it's better to look than to tell. so let me do that right now. i'm with patty smith of cps c and these are the high chairs. and what is being recalled and what is wong. >> graco is recalling 1.2 million of these high chairs. and the problem is the screws can come out of the bracket holding the front leg and this bracket that is underneath here can actually crash and that can cause the back legs to be unstable and the unit can tip over. and in fact there were 24 hip- overs that resulted inover -- tip-overs. >> reporter: and there is a fix already that people can get. let's move to the repaired chair. >> there is a fix. and what this does, it's this

big plat piece here. you attach it to all four legs and will make this stable again. and there a screw that will fit in under here to keep the jews in place. remove the old screws and put the new screws in place. >> reporter: and a lot of us, sometimes we get happened me down stuff, how can you tell if one of your high chairs is in inspected. i know this is specific models. >> and on our website all of the numbers are listed. so if you look under the foot rest area and you'll see your specific model number. cayou go on our website and check that out or call our hotline which is 800-638-2772. >> reporter: and i know you're working in corporation withthe company to make sure this happens. and if people have this kind of high chair, what action do they

need to take? >> if you have a graco, high chair, check it out and see if it's a harmony. don't use it again if it's one of the recalled high chairs until you call graco and they send you that fix and you put it in place. >> and we saw this blanket attachment here that clips on. i'm not very technically skilled but i think even i can manage to do that. and this is the most urnt recall right now. it's over a million high chairs. >> reporter: it's over 1.2 million of hire chairs -- high chairs like this. >> and do not use it again until you get fixed. >> reporter: and we have a link on myfoxdc.com and take a look at your high chair and make sure your child is safe. back to you in the studio. >> stacie, good information. thank you very much. and another big story. time is slip ago way for a man

who attacked two sisters in manassas. paul warner powell will be executed tonight. >> the family of stacie and kristie reed say it's a long time coming. he killed stacie and raped kristie. gurvir joins us now with more. good morning. >> reporter: it's been a long time and certainly emotional for the family. powell is said to be executed tonight at 9:00. the virginia governor is not offering clemency and the u.s. supreme court is refusing to hear last nute appeals. lorraine reed said she will not have to suffer after receiving taunting letters as well. >> you're never the same person after something like this. and as tragic as it is, a part of you dies -- a part of me died with stacie. >> reporter: lorraine's 16-year-

old daughter was stabbed and stomped to death in inside her home in janua 1999. a girl that wanted to be a navy seal. >> i'm sure she would fulfill dreams and now that's been taken away. >> and the suspect is powell. long time attorney paul ebert explains. >> she tried to fight him off and he stabbed her. >> reporter: powell then attacked stacie's sist, kristie. >> she came home several hours later and he took her and showed her her sister's body and took her in the basement and raped her and cut her throat many times and stabbed her and she's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: kristie reed is 25

and working in texas now working as a dental assistant. >> i know god had a hand on her that day and said no you are not taking her. she walks around with no disabilities and with the scars. >> reporter: powell wrote this letter from prison and opportunitied the prosecutor. >> he thought double jeopardy would prevent a further trial but he was wrong. >> reporter: in the letter the powell admitted to killing stacie as he attempted to rape here allowing ebert to try a new capital murder charge. >> it was brutal to reads to words and to know they were in his own handwriting. he sealed his own fate. >> reporter: powell was again sentenced to death. >> even though he'll be executed tomorrow night, it won't bring stacy back or

change what happened to kristie. >> think mother now lives in ohio and she's in virginia to witness the execution and with the prosecutor. >> and the prosecutor said more often than not he does go the execution but he will be there for this one. >> thank you very much. and more disturbing news this morning. half a dozen are behind bar this is morning, all accused of raping one woman. police are looking for two or three more men. it started on tuesday when one of the men offered the woman a ride home from a club in alexandria. they ended newspaper waldorf where police say the men repeatedly raped the woman. she managed to get away and started banging on doors, pleading for help. a neighbor let her inside and called police. the men are charged with rape and false imprisonment. five virginia men charged with terrorism charges held in

pakistan say they have been tortured. they are arrested in december planning against american. one claims that they are being beaten and threatened. ebony green made a daring escape after robbg a bank. she escaped in a storm drain that runs under route 15. an officer and police dog searched the drain finding what they say were her coat and shoes. they eventually arrested her at her home. well some encouraging signs in the fight against hiv and aids in the district. a new report shows the number of new aids cases dropped last year for the first time ever and a 30% drop in the number of d.c. residents who died fro aids between 2004-2007. and still the number of reports

cases went up between 2007- 2008. and this morning during a fenty on fox segment, the mayor said this. >> more people being testeand let people contracting aids, people getting treatment earlier and people living longer in our city. so again, the disease is extremely troubling. we don't want people to catch it but it does show people are starting to heed the warnings. >> despite the improvements the prevalence raid of aids and hiv in the district is still at epidemic levels. the president is expected to sign a massive jobs bill into law today. the hiring incentives to restore employment act seems to address the unployment rate. the $17.06 bipartisan bill will create and save hundreds of thousands of jobs and give relief to small business owners. and meantime the health care battle does continue. the president has publicly backed nancy pelosi's proposal

to pass the bill without having a direct vote. we'll talk with a writer from roll call after the break. and then the top 12 winding down. find out which idol want to be said goodbye last night. the latest former contestant coming up later in the hour. 

a warning about products used to keep your pets healthy and pest-free. the environmental protection agency says topical flea and tick products kill hundreds and in injure thousands of dogs and cats each year. pets have suffered burns and welts on the skin and also uncontrollable drooling or shaking and neurological problems. the apr is working to examine which products need more clear labeling on how to use it. tony, over to you. the showdown over health care may finally be coming to a head. the president publicly backed house speaker nancy pelosi's proposal to pass the reform

bill without having a direct vote on it. roll call save writer emily heil joins us. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> and he said the deem d pass -- not demon pass -- is what republicans are calling it. >> and he said whatever the strategy is, it's a vote yes for health care. and so him saying that, is that going to be enough to pass the critics that are saying this is a maneuver to get around casting the votes. >> no. i don't think the president can say that. republicans are angry and trying to make an issue not just about the substance and the policy, but about the procedure too. their attacking this strategy

that is being used, although some might say it's not entirely justified because republicans used this strategy in the past for other bills when they were in the majority. but certainly the procedure, the parliamentary tactics are a big part of the attack against the bill. >> so are they being disingenuous. one representative said this has never been done before, well it's been done many times by both parties. >> that's true. and the argument is health care legislation is momentous and it's important and big and affects every american and because of that there should be a cleaner vote. and house democratic leaders are saying, look, this is a legitimate way to pass a bill. it's been used many times before. it's not regular order but it's a legitimate way to pass a bill and it's within the house rules. >> does it put the president in a tough position because he campaigned on transparency in

government and a change in the way we would do business. now he can't completely control that, but does it hurt his image and does it go against what he campaigned on when this is the way that it looks like the health care bill will get moved through. >> well democrats are doing everything they can to increase transparency here. they want to put the vote out, probably we'll see it today at some point. and they want it to sit out for about 72 hours to let lawmakers understand what is in it, to let the public understand what is in it. so before there is any kind of vote, people will know what is in it so they avoid you're passing it under a cloud of darkness or a cloak of darkness in the middle of the night. they want to shine on what is actually in it. i think the calculation that the white house is making and that congressional democrats are making is that people don't care so much about procedure.

this is all washington inside politics, inside baseball parliamentary talk and what matters is in the bill and what that will do for this and that's the calculation they are making. that its hard to get people whipped up about a deem and pass strategy. and what does that mean to most people. >> and i'll come back. and dennis kucinich will come on board and doesn't love the bill but he will vote yes. does that help draw any other democrats into the line behind the bill. >> house leaders are hoping that's the case. dennis kucinich was a no vote when it first came through the house and now that they are lookinat the senate bill he's a yes. and i think what house leaders are hoping and what he himself said, if i can vote for this, so can other liberals and so that might pull some more people into the fold. and the house leaders are dealing with defections from

all parts of the party, not just liberals but people having problem with the abortion language. but i think it does go toward encouraging people who were worried the bill didn't go far enough, the liberals wanted a public option and this bill doesn't have that but with dennis kucinich on board that does get them cover. >> and we're out of time. and i want to ask you sometime, does anybody on the hill understand that the american people are fed up with this business as usual in washington and the politicking. >> we can talk about that any time. >> thanks, emily. we appreciate it. and vice president joe biden cracking some jokes at the radio tv correspondent's dinner last night. >> there were never any snakes in ireland. they made that up. which i understand why he's the patron saint of fox news. >> earlier in the day he put

his foot in his mouth at a saint patrick's day event. we'll show you his slip-up in welcoming the irish prime minister and hohe recovered. holly, good morning. >> reporter: we're live at the german-american heritage museum that is opening up this weekend. and you can't have that without music. and we'll learn more about this later. here is a look aour trivia question for this thursday. which of the following interstates does not stretch coast to coast? is it 90, 80, 10 or i-66? the answer is coming up. 

making headline this is morning, trouble for d.c. school voucher program.

the senate has voted down a measure that would reopen the scholarship program to new students. it provides low income students $7,500 to attend private schoolsch the senate vote could have been one of the final chances for the program to be extended. in montgomery county, public school students won't have make up all of the snow days they missed. the state granted the school district a waiver. students missed nine days this school year because of snow. three in december's blizzard and six more in last month's back to back blizzards. the school system already has four built n snow days and now they don't have to worry about making up the other five. well by legend the irish are said it be blessed with the gift of gap. is that a stereo type? well not sure that vice president joe biden would consider it a gift. >> yesterday he welcomed the irish prime minister to the white house for saint patrick's day but didn't get it right.

>> his mom lived in long island for ten years or so and got rest her soul -- although your mom is still alive. it was your dad that passed. god bless her soul. >> just a little slip. he quickly turned the mic over to president obama. >> who said, give me that. >> right. people who thought they were contestants on a game show -- disturbing video -- i hate looking at this, being used as a psychological experiment. hear what researchers found. >> we will show it. and then now down to 11 and then now down to 11 ame

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welcome back. it's 9:28. there is a growing controversy over a fake tv game show. >> it looked like your typical game show but this french edition comes with a shock. get it. the players are told to ramp up the volts each time their rival, who is an actor, gets the question wrong. it's models after a famous experime in the 60s. >> it was to see if ordinary students would obey orders when it was clearly wrong to do so. and the disappointing finding was that almost all students would administer what they thought were dangerous electric shocks to people just because the doctor was telling them to do so. >> the producers say they wanted to show how easily people lost their moral sense through the power of television. the show compares the behavior to the defense of the nazi war criminals that were only obeying orders. >> that was their defense. >> i'm surprised the students

did that. do you think you would do that? >> i don't think anyone thinks they would do it. >> i think some -- there are some people in the world who are evil. but the normal average student. >> but that was the point. to show that the formal average person would do things that most would find amazingly terrible, given the certain pressures and some of those pressure aren't as -- it's got to be intense to go that far but not someone holding a hammer over your head saying you have to do this. it could be a game show. >> i think it's prepostorrous. you're on a cheesy game show ant guy -- and the guy is a bad actor. >> i didn't think so. >> it looks like he's a bad actor. >> when i saw it early this morning and ididn't know the story, i thought, they are shocking but the contestant didn't know that. it's fascinating, i have to say

that. all right. >> the power of television, they say. >> we don't do that kind of thing around here. all right. >> we haven't seen the fall schedule yet. >> let's get right to the temperature trend and it's cool out there. i was just outside a few minutes ago and teams in the 40s. but we're feeling like it will be just about perfect later in afternoon. as the sun gets a chance to warm the atmosphere just a little. 70 is the forecast high this afternoon. 72 by saturday. and even sunday not bad with highs in the upper 60s. our average daytime high is 56 so well above average the next several days and well deserved after the bitter cold after the last couple of months. last time we were in the 70s was november. and fredericksberg is 48 and it was below freezing to the west and north earlier todaym but temperatures rebounding nicely. annapolis is 46 and 52 in stevensville. storminess off to the south.

you can see it off to the carolinas. it will be suppressed to the south. high pressure will push it off to the south and east. but a few clouds may slip farther north. i mentioned fredericksberg, here you may see some showers but thin drifting out to the north and east. off to the west, clear skies and that's our weather the next few days as we shall have a nice warming trend around here. and the weekend looks just fine. the next chance of rain is second half of sunday and we could see a thunderstorm late afternoon or late sunday night as our dew point is up there. get out and enjoy the day. mostly sunny day. and cold again tonight in spots. 32 here in town but 30s out if the beltway. so cool morning tomorrow and then that gives way to a beautiful couple of days. and here is the rain i mentioned. that's a cold front. so the 70s are not here to stay, although the next couple of days look absolutely perfect. that's a look at the forecast.

allison, back to you at the desk. i'm headed outside. >> i don't blame you tucker. thank you so much. well the person leaving the competition tonight -- >> the person in danger of leaving the competition is ... lacy brown. >> ow we're rolling. the american idol journey came to an end last night for lacy brown. this morning lacy joins us live to talk about the whole experience. good morning to you. >> good morning, allison. how are you doing? >> i'm doing okay. thank you. et's talk about en you sang ruby tuesday, while the judges lovered it but the calls didn't come in like i'm sure you hoped it would. what was that experience like for you? >> it was really weird because i woke up yesterday morning and just had this weird feeling like it wasme that was going home. so i was just kind of like, ready for that to happen. as weird as it is, i've never

had that feeling before and i didn't -- there wasn't a tip- off or anything like that. and it was strange. but getting to the top 12 is not a bad deal. and i'm really proud of myself and glad i've gotten this far. >> my goodness, you should be. and you got to sing for for the stage last night. hard to perform under that kind of pressure? >> the nerves i felt were a lot less with the larger crowd and the larger stage because i'm a church girand we sing on a big stage like that every single week. so i was much more comfortable in my performance with ruby tuesday than i had about with the previous three weeks. so it was just a strange week for me. >> and you sang for a much higher power, let's also say that, as a church singer.

but it's different from texas to hollywood. what has that red carpet experience been like? you definitely look t part. >> thank you very much. that's a compliment to me. the red carpet was very interesting, because i grew up in amarillo, texas, it's a pretty small town and i'd always look through the magazines at the red carpet events like the grammies and i thought how amazing it would be to live like that some day and that was an icing on the cake for me. and the cameras are flashing and the people are screaming and it's a riot and really fun. >> and we're out of time, but i've enjoyed your sense of style also during the american idol experience. lacy brown, thank you. >> thank you. >> good luck to you. >> thank you so much. >> sweet girl. >> she'll be fine. new reports from tmz about

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conan o'brien may be headed back on the air for late night. according to tmz fox executives have been in talks with the former tonight show reps in hopes of putting him on the air between 11:00 and midnight. some fox affiliates say the deal is imminent but nothing is

official. wal-mart is apologizing to customers and reviewing surveillance video. on sunday someone got on the p.a. system and told all black people to leave the store. >> i find it very offensive, but i think these days and times, as god's children, that we all need to get along, come together as one and get along and help each other and not hurt each other. >> they should catch that person and give them the proper -- >> punishment. >> that's horrible. >> management contacted police but admit it may be hard to find out who is responsible because many of the overheadphones are accessible by customers as well as workers and cameras don't record near all of the phones. today our garden expert joins us as we head into spring. up next on fox 5 morning news. how to make sure your potted plants live. plus the german-american heritage museum opens doors to the public this weekend.

coming up after the break. holly takes us inside for a sneak peek.

all right, as you know, this time of year, a lot of people will give potted plants as gifts. you have mother's day and easter coming up. and we want information about how to keep those gifts thriving after that indoor life is over. joining us is derek thomas. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> and these are beautiful and they'll be more beautiful over the next couple of weeks. >> the nice weather that you guys are bringing. >> it will help. and this is a dilemma that people have all of the time. you get the beautiful potted plant as a gift and then you want to keep it around for a while. what do you do? >> you don't want to make them disposable. what you want to do is first of all, when you start out, if you're going to give a gift, make sure to pick a plant that is a nice plant to begin with.

go to a reputable dealer and get a nice plant. if you see one that looks wilted or beyond it's time, it probably is. pick a plant also that has some blooms that are yet to come. a lot of times with the tulips and things like that, the blooms will be staggered so there are some blooms in full bloom but then some yet to come. or you can pick a plant where the blooms haven't even come out yet like the hiason's. >> and i think of it like buying a bannanna, you don't pick oneshat are ripe. >> and keep them away from direct resources. and the heat may come on this evening if it drops down. keep them well watered but not wet. and then when it's time to move them outdoors, the thing about the plants, they have been overfertilized, just to get them to produce the show for us. so when you get them outdoors,

what you want to do is make sure that you put them in a spot where they will get bright light but not direct sunlight for the first couple of weeks they are out there. they have to acclimate to the sunshine. >> i got you. >> pick a spot, because like these, they are wonderful perennials and given at gift plants but they'll get to be four times as wide. so partly cloudy a spot that will -- give it some room. don't get it in there tight. >> and we have a minute left. show me what we'll do here. >> and work with a good garden loom and with a plant like this, if it has a tightoot mass, loosen that up and open that up. and when you make the hole, make the hole twice as wide as the plant, but just as deep. and then bring that soil back around the plant, and what that is going to do is you'll be able to enjoy this plant for

years to come. >> wonderful. do you water it right away? >> you can wattter right away. and the other good tip when doing gardening in early spring. do not ever work the soil when it's wet. if the soil is wet and you can pick up a piece of the soil and squeeze it and get moisture out of it, don't work it and delay it a day. >> and that's good to know right now because a lot of the soil is still wet. from the rain and the snow. and thank you, derek. we appreciate all of the information. and now we'll go to holly morris and she's been showing us a brand new museum in washington celebrating german- american heritage. >> reporter: good morning. we're getting the first sneak peek today and in true celebratory style, you can't a opening without grand and dance. and that's where the shoe butterver ang comes in and

known as the original bavarian dance club of d.c. and this is the dance leader. so tell me about your group. >> the group is a multi generational group that has 18 acts of couples and 30-40 booster members and 7-8 musicians that do our music live and we've had everything from dancers 3 inches tall or dancers in the 70s and 80s. and we have different kinds of dances, animal dances, figurative dances soverybody can participate. it's not just for one or another, it's all-inclusive. >> reporter: so do you work the octoberfest circumstance -- circus or what? >> the may fest, and we also do the chris ken, and the saint nicholas circuit and flushing as well. and we're basically throughout the year. there is always a reason to

celebrate if you're a german. >> reporter: and now tell me about -- not everybody can rock lederhosen but you are good job. >> well this costume is -- let's start with the hat. in the old days when the hunters were strategyfied by social class, you could only have this if you were from the nobody ilt. and the regular people said w want to have something on our hats as well. >> your regular hoy paloy? >> well yes. >> and tell me what dance it is? >> linser com. >> because he's the dance leader but she's wearing the real lederhosen in the group.

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music ] >> reporter: you guys need a litter beer right now. very tiring. here is what you need to know about the german-american museum. they are set to open this sunday from noon to 5:00. myfoxdc.com is our website and we have a link to theirs. great location across from the verizon center. and before i forget, remember the price of admission is absolutely free. back to you guys. >> they're doing, it man. thanks, holly. eight time grammy nominee kirk graylan is here today. >> we'll chat with him and perform for us. he's up after the break. 

back now with the answer to today's trivia question. and this was a surprise to me.

which of the following interstates does not stretch coast to coast? i-90, 80, 10 or 66. the answe0e6. route 66 stretches from chicago to l.a. but our only route 66 ends outside of front royal. we'll head over to allison in studio b. >> thank you so much, tony. i wonder if they could hear you. i think he said -- okay. >> we'll see. >> eight time grammy nominee kirk way land released the gospel according to jazz. >> and i brought you coffee. >> thank you so much. only kirk waylan could combine jazz and gospel. >> well jazz is more kind of the sort of car that the message is riding on. the message is gospel. jazz is how we bring it. and i love using jazz because

it is about improvize is, it's about your personality. so you bring this timeless message in your own way. so that's what it means today. >> and i love that it's the gospel according to jazz. that's very clever. >> well we try. and that's a series. this is chapter 3. so they can go to kirk waylan and get one and two. >> and you sort of also blended now technology wise with your music. >> exactly. we like connecting with people and this technology allows us to do that. we have a program called share 12. go to facebook and tell 12 friends this record is out we'll give you half of the cd for free. so it's a two cd set and we'll let you down load it just for sharing it with friends. >> and you have a performance next month at the birchmere. >> at the new horizon hall of elegance, people can come out and we'll do a dvd screening

and so you can see the dvd with george duke, layla hatha way, my uncle who is 81 and my son and nephew, sort of the waylan clan. >> do you get it from your uncle? >> i didn't quite get it from him. and when i hear him, i say why didn't you give me some of that. >> and we want to bring in tucker and tony and this is tony perkins. >> you guys are going to play as well. let's take a quick look at the five-day. 70 this afternoon. and the first warm spell of the season. and great looking forecast as we get into saturday and sunday. >> very good. >> that's what i was hoping you would say. >> we'll let you play us out. >awesome. this is from the gospel according to jazz. thanks for having us. >> all right. kirk waylan. [ music ]