they will both be here in this hour. and karen will perform for us. look forward to it. and meanwhile tucker barnes is keeping his eyes on what is a spectacular day so far. and it looks like it will be a good one. >> that's right. temperatures jumping to the 60s. a beautiful afternoon and a lot of sunshine. if you liked yesterday, you'll love today. and low humidity in the forecast. our satellite radar will indicate that there is not a whole lot happening. very quiet conditions this morning. from maine right down the 95 through washington and points south to atlanta we're cloud free. clouds toward chicago, that cold front will get in here tonight and bring us cloud cover but up ahead of it, we'll be in for a great looking wednesday. 66 right now at reagan national. 67 at patuxent naval air station. oar -- ocean city waking up to 66. our high temperatures into the low 80s and the low humidity will remain so a great looking afternoon.

82 in washington, expected afternoon high. 82 in la plata and 80 in martinsberg. more look at the forecast and we'll take a look at the weather and mother's day coming up in a couple of minutes. back to you. we start this hour with breaking news from overseas. deadly riots in greece. 100,000 people took to the streets for a nationwide wave of strikes to save the country from bankruptcy. >> 4,000 teachers and students approached parliament to protest against education cuts. the people were killed in a fire set at a bank. greece is facing a nearly $300 billion debt which is partially to plame for yesterday's slow day on the stock market. now here at home, our top story, a disturbing find at a funeral home in riverdale. dozens of bodies piled up 12

feet high posing a health hazard. now state healthin -- health inspectors say it must close. >> sarah simmons has more details and joins us live from prince george's county. >> reporter: the state board says the chambers funeral home here in riverdale has to close its doors by friday. they have from now until then to clear up any unfinished business. this is after an investigator discovered 40 or more bodies of men and women that were supposed to be cremated that were in body bags inside of a garage here on their property. now it was late april that a state investigator described finding a large pile of remains in body bags that were leaking fluid. this was an unannounced inspection that was a follow-up to a previous one where they found some discrepancies in. now thomas chambers, one of the owners, said they did not do anything wrong or did not believe they did anything wrong

at the time. >> we'd like to say that we are terribly sorry for this situation that has occurred. we have completed our agreement with the medical school. we did make a slight error in judgment, which we are trying to rectify with the -- through our attorneys to keep our business open. we'd like to stay in business and we'd like to stay open and we're working through our attorneys to do that. >> reporter: now one of the owners said the remains were cadavers from the georgetown school of medicine, that they had a contract with to take care of and cremate those remains. the owners believed they handled things appropriately, but the board president of the morticians and funeral directors for the state of maryland said that this crematorium has had numerous citations in the past. they have since had their license suspended and may 18th they are expected to go before a hearing before the state

board of funeral home and mortician directors. back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. meantime police in charlottesville investigating whether the university of virginia student charged with killing his ex-girlfriend had been threatening her through emails. they recovered his compute -- her computer in his apartment. there were documents on it and he admitted that he shook her and her head repeatedly hit the wall. her attorney said it was an accident and prosecutors said it was intentional. >> her injuries were serious and very apparent. no matter how times you see that, it is an undescribable feeling of sadness. >> according to warrants, scratches and bruises on haguely's hands and arms were

from playing lacrosse. he is now formally charged with first-degree murder. police won't talk about a possible motive. and now to the other big story we're following. the man who allegedly planned to bomb times square is talking and federal officials say they have a confession. but as doug luzader reports from capitol hill this morning, there are new questions about how the government responded to the attempted attack. >> reporter: it took a little more than two days for federal authorities to catch up with faisal shahzad. that's pretty quick. but we're learning more about how he almost got away. it didn't take long for investigators to connect the vehicle to the suspect. 0-year-old faisal shahzad. but there may have been two critical failures that followed and almost allowed him to escape. >> the suspect has been apprehended because of close cooperation at every level. >> reporter: investigators may have lost track of him as he

was rushing to jfk airport to board a flight to dubai. and once he was there, emirates airline allowed him to pay for a ticket in cash and board a plane even though he was put on a no fly list earlier in the day. they had to open the planes door to arrest him. >> i was never in my fear that we were in danger of losing him. >> reporter: but they may have come close to that happening. as for shahzad himself, he said he acted alone. investigators aren't so sure. but another critical question, how did a man who went to college here, who became a u.s. citizen, allegedly decide to throw all of that is way on saturday night? and based on what happened at jfk, some tsa rules will change. if a name is added to the no- fly list, officials have to act on that information within two hours. in washington, doug luzader,

fox news. >> and it looks like he has local ties. he attended school here in d.c. officials say he attended southwestern university before transporting to the university of bridgeport in connecticut after southeastern lost its accreditation. he went on to learn commuter and business degrees. we're hearing the communication between air traffic and the pilots. the plane pulled away from the gate and headed toward the runway when they got word to turn around. >> i have a message for to you go back to the gate, immediately. so make the left turn when able. >> 2202. >> make the left turn on to echo, west alpha back to the ramp. i don't know exactly why, but you can call your company for the reason. >> well that flight was delayed for several hours. all of the other passengers were screened again. and you'll see more police at metro rail stations. they have stepped up patrols

after that failed attack in times square. the transit agency said more officers have been placed in the stations as well as in the kiss and ride areas and at station entrances. metro said it doesn't know of any specific threat, it is just being vigilant. there is outrage about juveniles being back on the street. these are the three 18 years old accused in the murder of d.c. principal brian betts. the city admits youth rehabilitation services lost track of them. some claim they are responsible for a recent rash of violence but the mayor is defending the agency. gurvir dhindsa joins us with more. >> reporter: documents show the teens very violent past and they have a history of being fugitives of justice. the case of brian betts is the latest where students the city lost track of have been charged with murder. the murder is allegedly another

in the events on the hands of dyrs kids. many are out there on the run with serious criminal history. >> how many kids today are not accounted for or where they are supposed to be. >> we would be glad to get you that information. >> reporter: adrian fenty did not get back to reporters. it's dangerous fact. citizens should be outrages. >> it it should be a concern -- it should be a concern to everybody. >> reporter: here is why. they had lengthy criminal records. saund ears was charged with a first-degree sex offense when he was 11. attempted armed robbery, assault, theft, purse snatching. saunders fled days before the murder of brian betts. 18 ye gray has a history of

carrying a gun, theft and burglary. and lancaster has allegations of gun charges, burglary, cocaine possession and stealing cars. all were supposed to be under dyrs care but the city admits the agency lost track of them. one was supposed to be in a secured facility. still the mayor defends the troubled agency. >> the days when kids were completely lost and no one knew where they were, and there was not the emphasis on rehabilitation, those days are in the past. >> in my personal opinion, if something does not change with this population, it is going to be one of the worst summers we've seen. >> reporter: leaders say the three teen murder suspects charged are proof of the dangerous consequences. >> circumstances, he may still be alive today had these youth not been out in the community wreaking havoc. >> reporter: walker said case managers are assigned as many

as 40 uveniles and are overwhelming and making it almost impossible to manage a list. >> and the mayor will be here tomorrow. hopefully you'll get an answer to this. >> thank you. the three teens charged in the betts' murder made think first appearance in court yesterday. a judge held them without bond. but gray has confessed to the crime and had admitted to stealing property. there is no mention of who the gunman was but the documents hints there may be a fourth person involved in the murder of brian bets. crews scramble to stop the flow of oil from that damaged well in the gulf of mexico. this is as the first waves of oil begin to reach the shore. the latest plan to slow the

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officials say the best short-term solution for bottling up the oil spill off the coast of lousiana should arrive today. the specially built concrete and steel box is designed tosifen oil away. they also say chemical disbursants are working but oil is expected to reach lousiana by thursday. among the concerns sh the spill will have a major impact on the fishing industry. steve hariggan with more on that. >> reporter: with 7,000 miles closed for fishing, shrimpers are the first impacted. their boats are sitting and a

$30 million industry on hold. the same goes for crabbers like donnie morrell who knows this might be his last trip for a while to pensacola bay. >> to me it's like having a bunch of piggy banks. you make as much as you could depending on how many crab traps. >> he has one battery that he moves back and forth between truck and boat. he made $40,000 last year. but it's not the thought about lost income that brings tears behind the sunglasses. >> i can't imagine not coming out here and doing this. i would rather do this than work in a store running a cash register making $25 an hour. >> reporter: the traps are homemade, the grouper heads are free. eight blue crabs at $1.10 a pound will bring $6 this

morning. pregnant and under sized crabs get tossed back. done expected the same honesty for those from the oil spill that ended his part of the work. >> they should do what is right for whatever is responsible for what goes on out there. >> reporter: whether it be a fellow crabber, or a multinational corporation, as yet untouched by what the tide may bring. in pensacola, florida, steve hairiggan fox news. >> this morning the coast guard said b.p. has capped one of three leaks but that won't reduce the oil flow from the gulf well. there are 29 confirmed deaths from the flooding in the south. that could go higher. much of downtown nashville is literally under water. parts of the mississippi and kentucky were also hit hard. ainsley earhart has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the water is beginning to recede and what is left is devastating. >> i wanted to get stuff out of the basement but i didn't have

enough time. >> reporter: the weekend storm dumped more than a foot of rain. the worst during the overnight. families were not prepared and had little time to react. >> every 20 minutes, 30 minutes, you could just see it rising and rising. >> reporter: officials say they made the right call in advising people to stay inside. pointing to a higher an of deaths on the road. but for those who did flee and survived, returning home has been the hardest part. >> the people with pets still in houses and some people are only left with the clothes on their back. some people only grabbed like a bag of clothes. >> frustrated by right now grateful. >> reporter: the red cross has set up shelters for those who can't go home or without electricity. and the officials in nashville said the power might not be restored until friday. ainsley earhart, fox news. >> downtown nashville is among the areas hit hardest. stadiums and ausement parks are

among the most damaged. the grande ole opry has 10 feet of water in the building. performances had to be moved. mary stewart played a show in st. louis last week and returned to the devastation. >> the mayor said stay home and i did as best i could. but the town is just kind of reeling right now. you can't get your head around anything of that magnitude, whether anything happened to you or not. >> ironically and as is often the case, the high water has led to a water shortage in nashville. so far ten people have been killed from the rains in the music city. is it a case of a convict turning his life around or justin sensitivity. the job one man who served time for murder now wanted sparking activity. and sprucing up your home decor. >> reporter: i am learning about that. and it's important if you want to sell your house.

this morning we are learning about home staging. hanging out with preferred stagers this morning. and in fact, coming up, we'll see the finishing touches on this property and what you can do to sell your own home. and what major american city passed an ordinance back in 1838, making it necessary to get a license before certifyen aiding a woman? was it dallas, detroit, los angeles or boston? if you want to take a guess, head to our facebook page. we'll be back in ray minute. don't go anywhere. thr trnt pnd

there is outrage in the boston area. a man who served time for murder is now running for sheriff. has and smith was convicted of killing jeff booker when he was just 16 years old. after serving his time he became a corrections officer and tried to become a police

officer as well. more than 20 years after the crime, the family of the victim said smith has never apologized to them. >> he came from behind the car and shot him. he continued to shoot at anybody who tried to help my brother. >> two years in bys. two years. >> how can you correct somebody else's wrong when you haven't corrected your own? >> smith said he's running for sheriff to prevent others from making the same mistakes he made. maryland governor martin alley signed new laws yesterday targeting sex offenders. one required mandatory lifetime supervision. and the laws increase mandatory minimum sentencing for child predators. family of 11-year-old sarah foxwell was at the bill signing. she was kidnapped and killed on the eastern shore back in

december. her death sparked public outcry for tougher laws. police are searching for a bank robber in ohio. investigators say that this man walked into a columbus bank and showed the teller a gun. and he gave $100 each to an unsuspected woman and her daughter. they took the money to her nearest bank to report it and it was the same place police had just robbed. they are hoping to nab the suspect through surveillance cameras. a generous thief. a robin hood. >> that might be his defense. and author ken jenning joins us next with tips on how to calm the nervous college grad. >> very important these days. and a nice day shaping up outside. it's already a nice day. what can we expect this afternoon. tucker barnes t [da aeere

what a beautiful picture. you have sunny, clear skies. it's not hazy out there. humidity level is pretty good. but here to tell you more about all of that, tu know a thing or about it. >> i was talking about it most of the morning. >> you have your news hat on, sir. >> only a couple of weeks out of the year do we see days like that. middle of spring and fall. low humidity and a lot of sunshine. not much in the way of cloudiness and then changing at the beginning of the weekend. want to start with the all- important mother's day forecast. and i know a lot of mothers and families -- this is for you, allison. >> i love it. >> and it will be cool out there with highs only in the 60s by sunday afternoon. >> it will be nice. >> it will be very pleasant.

but on the cool side. check out our current temperatures. we've beaten the 67-degree mark set for sunday. 70 right now at reagan national. 72 in fredericksberg. 63 in manassas. 70 in frederick. great looking start to the day. bright sunshine across the area and low humidity, 68 in annapolis and 70 in leonardtown. and going to be a perfect day. highs in the low 80s. i mentioned the clear skies. i mentioned them anchored from sections of northern new england through the mid- atlantic down into the carolinas. it's very quiet. and i mentioned about half an hour ago, this cold front will approach later tonight and during the overnight hours we might see a few clouds pushing through. it is possible there will be a sprinkle when you get up tomorrow morning, particularly north and west up near the pennsylvania border. but other than that, we should be in for a couple of nice days. the pattern will eventually break down and then on friday night and saturday there is a gas chance we'll see scattered showers and a cold front and then the cool air will get in

here for mother day. mostly sunny today and 82 for the afternoon high. winds out of the north and west at 5 miles per hour. air should remain nice and dry with dew point temperatures remaining in the 50s. so very comfortable. partly cloudy and mild overnight. 64 for an overnight low. so it will be warmer tonight as we watch the approach of the cold front. winds out of the south at 5-10. there is your five-day forecast. get the clouds out of here by tomorrow afternoon and another day if the low 80s. most of friday should be fine. if you have an out door golf game and want to get outside, i think friday night late and into saturday morning the showers and thunderstorms arrive and then the cooler weather for the weekend. and i mention the highs only in the 60s for mother's day on sunday. that's a look at the forecast. now to tony. >> tucker, thank you very much. you graduate from college and you expect to see blue skies ahead. then you realize that life after graduation isn't as clear or easy as you might have expected it to be. maybe you don't get a job right away or maybe it's been two years since graduation and you still don't have that job? what then. in his new book, higher

education on life, landing his job and everything else they didn't teach you in college, ken jenning tells nervous grads about how to deal with frustrations of entry-level. >> thank you. >> this is a book long overdue. and start with what drove you to write this book? >> i'm recently back at school. was getting a degree myself and i was around 22-year-olds and i saw that they really have terrible anxiety, nausea, fear, everything when they are graduating. and there are no real books. the best-selling books for grads is dr. seuss. it was good when you were a kid but it doesn't give advice. so i said is there a way to get along with your parents and graduation. >> and you said kids are nervous, considering what the job market is. are they realistic about job

expectations right now? >> i think they aren't. i find speaking around the country, they think everything will be great. may is about partying and studying and graduating and then they move only. and then june comes and they realize i don't have a job or anything and they start to worry. >> what do grads need to know to manage their expectations and how to get themselves out there to present the best face that they can to potential employers. >> i think the first thing they need to know is you need to get started. a lot of people say if i don't know exactly what i want to do, i can't do anything, i'll do the wrong thing and i'll be stuck there. but you need to start. because skill sets are good and you need to put yourself out there. >> and you tack about the interfashional -- you talk about the international review.

>> well you get home to your double bed and with posters on the wall and you send resumes out and then your parents knock on the door and say what is going on. you need to get out there and not wait to be called. there are many ways to do it. but one is informational interviewing. saying you like to be in p.r. you find somebody in p.r. maybe a friend of your parents or an alumni and you arrange a 15 minute meeting and you treat it like an interview. because you might learn i don't want to be in p.r. or you might actually learn that you do and get some contacts. and the best thing is the more you interview, the more you can be good at enterviewing. when she say it's not who you know, not what you are. but it's who you are on the piece of paper. it's like a blind date. do i have time for this? i have many people say i majored in the wrong thing and how do i interview if i majored

in the wrong thing? but you can interview for anything. so let's say you major in psychology and you want to go get a job in advertising, you can do that. you just need -- when they say why did you major in psychology, you say well that was a passion. or if you didn't have a passion, figure out a story about it. and then give them a reason to hire you. >> and i want to address quickly, because the scenario you paint, a lot of students do wind up moving back home with parents and sometimes for a considerable period of time. what do you say to the student about handling that psychologically and what advice do you have for parents about how to handle children that come back home? >> i think it's the same thing we were talking about. i think that kids start to feel like they are 16 again and then a parent might say, are you going to call me if you are staying out late and what the kid doesn't realize is the parent is not doing it to to control or they think they are

childish but the parents are thinking do i have to stay up all night listening to sirens again. sometimes the younger person needs to be the grown up and meet the parent halfway and say i'm in your house and if i'm staying out late, i'll call you. >> a lot of good information. the book is higher education on life, landing a job and everything else they didn't teach you in college. and that's quite a bit of stuff as it turns out. ken, thanks for coming in. good to see you. the d.c. council makes a decision on medical marijuana plus another car being pulled from the road by toyota. the latest on the long line of recalls coming up next. and a look at trivy a question. -- who passed a license needed

to have before serenading. we'll have the answer coming up. 

there was a historic vote in the district. a unanimous vote by the d.c. council to approve medical marijuana. >> the manyezure would require patients suffering from debilitating chronic medical conditions such as aids, glaucoma or cancer to get a signed doctors note. cultivation center would be registered and dispensaries would be in the district and that's where people would buy their drugs. >> they won't look like coffee houses, and there will be a prohibition of use of the marijuana at the dispensery. >> i think it will be defensible before congress and we have to be careful and sometimes more restrictive than we might otherwise like. >> the council rejected an amendment that would have

protected those on the job. >> mayor fenty is expected to sign the bill and then it will go to congressional review. and a consumer alert on another car recall. nissan recalling infinity g 30 sedans and coupes to fix a problem that could cause airbags not deploying. recall involves 130,000 cars. a wire harness could interrupt the signal to the airbag. you can call your dealership if you have any questions. coming up, we have a musical treat, r&b gospel star is here and robin givens is with us as well this morning. and thinking of selling your home or just looking for a new look. holly has decorating tips you can do yourself. we're back in a moment. [ male announcer ] are you watching cable?

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a home makeover may be

easier than you think. >> fox's holly morris, our holly morris -- holly morris is live. >> we are at 622 quincy in northwest and now we're on the bottom level and that was the task of deb harshman, one of the stagers. and deb, here we are. and quakily show me -- quickly show me what you've done here. >> when we came in it was vacant and so we hung the art work to make it feel warm and cozy for a guest or someone else living in this. we could have an apartment here. i have set it as its going to be welcome to someone coming down the stairs that they're having coffee and enjoying the morning television show on fox 5. we have coffee beans that we always use because it brings the smell welcoming when you

come down. >> reporter: smell helps as well. >> it makes you feel welcome. >> reporter: right. walk down there. you did the bathroom and bedroom. you kept it simple. this is how many colors? >> we have a three color scheme. red, orange and yellow. >> reporter: and let me bring in jim gold. he's the owner. jim, come on in here. so what do you think of the space here? >> wow. this looks really incredible. >> reporter: exceeding your expectations going with kind of the -- >> absolutely. i could see how someone would come in, a buyer would see this as a rental apartment and that's exactly what i was looking for. >> this helps make the space feel even bigger. and let's remind everybody from once we came. take a look at the pictures. because the house was vacant. how many bedrooms and baths? what do we have going on here at this property? >> we have four bedrooms, two and a half baths. about 1500 square feet. and it's an all green home. >> reporter: and it's vertical

living. there are three floors. >> right. vertical living. >> reporter: so somebody has to be interested in that. and so when you were kind of trying to do the space of the room, what were you thinking? >> i was thinking, wow, how am i going to pull this off because you can see it's a very narrow space and in d.c. that's just what you get. >> it's what you get. >> reporter: but this is what it can be. because welcome to the living room now and we have monica murphy back with us. she's the president of preferred staging. and look at this. >> it looks great. >> reporter: it does. what do you think? >> fantastic. ld have ly incredible. thought you could put a love seat and a nice chair in here and have it till look spacious. >> this is one of the other benefits of staging is that it shows you the spatial relationships and shows you how much space you do have and gives buyers a layout idea. i can live here. my furniture will fit. and we brightened it up and gave it a warm, cozy feel and

it's very -- i love the furniture because it's very cozy and flush and when you come in you will feel like, i could just sit down and -- >> reporter: i could live herement and that's what you want. people need to feel like they could move in. they don't want to necessarily buy a project, unless you are jim. and let's go into the kitchen. because i want people to see this space. and i know a lot of people might think, how much does it work, how much does it cost to have a professional home stager come in? >> it depends on what you are doing with the space. vacant like this will cost more because you'll have the rental furniture. but the national average to stage a house vacant for about two months is 1% of the asking price. but that's -- i use that as a goal, as a means to get your mind wrapped around a number. my proposals always come in under 1%. >> reporter: and what if it's not vacant and i need help setting it up. >> we can do consultations and work with you and give you the guidelines so you can do it yourself. >> reporter: oh, you can do it

that way. >> we come in and do a consultation and you can do the work yourself and you can have it staged yourself. >> reporter: and last but not least, i want to ask both of you, because it's been a tough real estate market. >> clearly. as an investor and professional home stager, is it okay to still be in it? you can still sell your house at this point? >> absolutely. >> reporter: you can still invest in properties and have it be profitable. >> yes. i'm seeing cars go in 14 days, and multiple homes and they are always the homes that are stages. >> and as a developer, i want to say one more thing. it's important. i've seen how fast you guys work, it's incredible. >> reporter: yeah. they started at 6:00 a.m. and we're almost at 10:00 a.m. so in less than four hours they staged this whole house. which you can see, because there is an open house this thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 and on saturday from 1:00 to 4:00. the address is 622 quincy.

thank you for letting us be here. thank you for the encouragement and hope in the real estate market. we can always use that. back to you guys. >> thank you, holly. urban theater enthusiasts abuzz by church girl. it tells the story of emily franklin. a pastor daughter ken couraged of a worldly life. and robin givens with us and gospel singer and actress, karen clark. thank you. welcome to the show. >> thank you. we're having a ball. >> and there is debate, you acts together and sing together. there is debate on that because karen says that you sing and you say no. >> absolutely not. i act like i can sing. she loves me. we love each other. >> i love her and i'm not a liar. >> if you say it, i have to believe it. so it debuted last night.

what was the response, robin? >> the audience loved it. and you can feel the energy. you're on stage and you can feel it. and it's a wonderful show. it's entertaining, there is a message and you're just completely moved by it. so i'm happy to be a part of it. >> some of the press it said the story from the pew to the pole. and what is the message in this show. >> pretty much a young lady who started off in a church, church background. of course the pastor is her mother. and i'm playing her sister. and of course robin is playing the person who is over the club. >> i'm not on the pole. >> you tell the girls. >> and she leaves the church and then to make a long story short, her family and her mother come in the church to get her -- i'm sorry, in the club and get her and bring her back to church. >> and you're never too far

away. that's really the message, don't you think overall. that we all mcmistakes and you can be in situations that you never thought you would be in, but you're never too far away from god to grace you and get you back to where you need to be. am i good, am i right? >> oh, yeah. >> and now i happen to be a preacher's daughter. never on the pole. i just want to make that statement right here. >> come on, allison. >> i will say that we can all relate to this. there were times in our lives that we say i don't think i'm supposed to be doing this and so this can reach everybody perhaps. >> and that's one of the things about this play, is that everybody can relate. it's not geared to one facet of people. but to know that there is a -- this message is strong, because we're losing our children out of the church and then the children that are on the street, we're trying to pull them in and let them know you can have fun being in the church and having a personal life with god. >> i think there was a time growing up and we were talking about kids and our own children

off camera, when we were growing up there was more distinction. this is right and this is wrong. there wasn't a gray area. and now i feel like wrong is an option for a lot of people. >> and cool. >> and i think it's important to sort of put things back in perspective. and certainly we all go astray a little bit in times in life, but you can al get -- back on track. >> and that's what we love. and you're going to sing when we come back. and let me ask you, the secret to success? you have been working since like 1985. >> since i was 10. >> and you were like in the whiz in the 70s. >> i was telling somebody, i got to be on a set with diana ross and michael jackson. yes, i did. and in terms of acting, i want young people to know -- because

i work with them, you have to study and you have to learn and i remember just sitting and watching and looking and learning and how could i do this and i just would embrace people that have been doing it for a while and learning from them. >> how do you feel about people now looking to you? >> it's like how am i the adult in the room. >> i know. don't worry about it. mrs. karen clark is going to come back and sing for us after the break. and we look forward to that. and the play. church girl at the warner theater. it is tonight -- it opened last night. it's running all the way through -- somebody help me. >> sunday. >> two mattinys. two on saturday and two on sunday. >> i forgot my sheet because i was so excited to talk to you. warner theater. back in a moment. [ male announcer ] let's take the garden into our own hands.

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ordinance making it a requirement to get a license to serenade a woman. the answer is los angeles. today 82 and maybe a shower on friday night and saturday. cooler for the weekend and mother's day. we want to welcome karen clark back to the show. the new play church girl is at the warner theater. congratulations on your latest grammy that you won this year. >> thank you. >> and does that make five or four. >> four. >> and the latest is -- this is your new one all in one. >> that's my greater. i'm going to get a grammy. >> and what are you doing now? >> i'm doing prayed up, on the cd. >> thank you for being here. [ music ] [ singing ]