and arnie dunk unjoins us live this morning. we look forward to that. and tucker barnes is down in the weather center with a look at what we can expect today in the weather. >> good morning, everybody. cool conditions across the area. and partly sunny conditions out there as we get into the daytime hours. it will be cooler and a little more cloudy than what we're dealing with at this hour. let's get to it and show you the satellite radar. not much in the way of rain expected but you can see the cloud cover not too far out to the west. an area of low pressure will move through in the course of the day. so maybe partly sunny conditions around here for much of the day and perhaps a springle or a light shower. most of the area should remain dry and just kind of cool out there. kind of typical november standard here as we get into the afternoon. cold most and -- cold overnight. frederick 39. out at dulles we're 35 and in winchester 45. afternoon highs today cooler than yesterday. yesterday we enjoyed temperatures in the mid-60s. today mid-50s. low of about 57 here in

downtown washington. there is your forecast. partly sunny skies, could be a sprinkle or shower but most of the us -- of us should remine dry. high temperature 57 degrees. i'll have more on the good- looking weekend forecast in a couple of minutes. allison. >> tucker, thank you so much. our top story this morning, the holiday shopping season is here, folks. but before you go out and buy the new toys for the little ones, tips you need to know to keep your kids safe. kim duelic joins us with some advice on purchasing safe toys. kim, good morning. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> the season ahere and you all come out with an annual checklist, if you will. and those recommendations have just come down today. >> that's right. cps c is giving parents a three- pronged safety approach for purchasing safe toys this holiday season. and first we want parents to remember which toy for which child when shopping. choose age-appropriate toys that meet the skills and ability of that particular child. >> that is tip one.

and also you say don't forget that safety gear. there was a big push a while back and you're driving it home still. >> that's right. we want parents to gear up for safety. and that means when you are purchasing sports-related equipment or bicycles or other ride-on toys, buy the helmet and knee and elbow pads to go with it. >> and that can get pricey so you might need to put that into the price before you try to give that gift, right? >> that's right. build that into the price. build safety into the price. >> that's first. and then the last one is we think that we do this, but it's important to remind the parents, look at where your kids are playing, their surroundings. >> that's right. location, location, location. be aware of the environment your child is playing in. make sure the environment is safe. our injuries -- or we called it an increase in injuries this past year and these injuries may have been associated with toys, but not necessarily caused by toys.

they were children riding -- little toddlers riding trikes into pools or pands or kids riding bicycles into the traffic. make sure your child is playing in a safe environment. >> that is heartbreaking. but there were less toy recalls right now. >> we have good news this year. toy recalls are down. lead in products is down. and toy-related deaths is down. it's great news this year. >> these are messages, kim, that quite frankly i think i've heard this all before. but you've been hammering it home and the results are evident now. >> that's right. we see good news. toy recalls are down. in 2008 there were 170 toy recalls and this year 50 toy recalls. so the message is getting out to manufacturers and consumers and we want to continue that message. we want to reduce the amount of injuries as it relates to toys and keep our kids safe. >> now i know the message today out of the cps c was the three tips. but you brought some things

here. what are these demonstrations of? >> these are examples of cps c on the job all year long issuing recalls and if we find out a president -- if we find a toy is a product hazard, we want to keep the kids safe all year long. >> and we're glad you are there, the watch dog, if you will, and then if somebody gets hurt that is close to you, you will take these measures. >> we want to prevent that one injury from happening. >> one is too many. thank you so much, happy holidays. >> same to you. >> back to you. >> great information. another big story we're following this morning, a metro station forced to shut down after a chunk of concrete crashed through the ceiling. the farragut north metro station is now back open and running and that is where fox 5

sarah simmons is live with the latest. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: good morning, tony. metro has had a big past 24 hours because now their communication system is down today. for any folks that have tried to logion to the website, that is also down. they are working on it. in addition to the issues from yesterday of the chunks of concrete that fell on to the platform. they think it could be related to work being done over here. d-dot was working on putting a median in between k. street and l. street on connecticut avenue. the work has stopped. i talked with d-dot this morning and they have stopped construction and working with wmata today to figure out what the cause was. so until they figure it out they won't be doing any construction. but take a look at the video. this was the scene yesterday where chunks of concrete came down on the platform. you can see what it looks like. we understand it was where not

a lot of people stand so there were no injuries. a witness told us this happened at 3:15 in the afternoon. it forces the concrete to fall through a ceiling tile and come down on the platform. they closed the station at 8:00 last night and reopened it again at 5:30 this morning. now i talked with some farragut passengers who came through here today that said their confidence in metro is really starting to dwindling down. >> i think it's mismanagement. you need to start with the top down. there isn't any accountability from the organization and so you can't expect to piece together and fix individual stoppers an escalator here or an elevator or escalator there. >> i've had the opportunity to live in europe in the last year and what is illustrative for me is the difference between an experience in germany and what you have here in the nation's capital, it is a shame. it really is a shame. >> reporter: now as far as what

you will notice this morning for farragut north passengers, if you take a look at the video we shot this morning, you can tell there is not much to see. they've done some patch work to some of the ceiling tiles there but back to normal as usual. but metro board meetings going on right now as we speak. we understand they are going to be talking to escalator issues which we've known is in the issue here, but another issue today with the chunks of concrete that fell down. they are looking for an answer to that as well as the outer loop going communication issues they have been having throughout the morning hours. we're live here at farragut north, sarah simmons, back to you. >> needless to say, they have a full agenda. >> they do. metro is gearing up for holiday travel. the rail service will be available to reagan national and elsewhere. in addition extra bus service will be on stand by to get passengers to bwi and dulles. on thanksgiving day metro will operate on a sunday schedule. they will run on a regular

weekday schedule next friday. the department of defense is under investigation for the way it wants to move personnel into an alexandria facility. the base realignment and closure process would move 6400 people. the problem is d.o.d. skips the requirement environmental impact study. the concern is about traffic on the free way. the investigation is in response to congressman jim moran who pushed to have the plan examined. the jury in the chandra levy trial will continue to deliberate today. yesterday marked the first day of deliberations. there is new evidence in the case, but the judge ruled that the jury will not see it. suspect ingmar guandique's fellow prisoner armando morrellez is the prosecutions only witness. he said he knows guandique killed levy and wanted to help

prosecutors. the letter was discussed during the trial but never introduced into evidence. another police officer charged in the corruption probe in prince george's county will be in court today. three others implicated were in court yesterday, including police officer sinisa simic. he's accused of trafficking drugs and running contraband cigarettes in an operation linked to the owner of tick tock liquors. the judge ordered him held in jail until his trial. the other man charged in the smuggling operation was put under house arrest. a third police officer is expected in court tomorrow. there has been a guilty plea in the murder of a popular principal. brian betts was found shot to death in his home on april 15th. 19-year-old alonte saunders pled guilty to first-degree murder. he'll spend 40 years in prison. prosecutors wanted life without parole. saunders admitted he talked to betts online before the murder planning to rob him. he said the shooting was an accident. well there has been a whole

lot of speculation and she is already saying she won't rule it out but now sarah palin is giving a more definitive answer for running for president. what she plans to do for 2012. and the first civil trial of a guantanamo detainee is over but the outcome is not what the government had hoped for. the details next. we'll be back in a moment. don't go anywhere. it's 10 minutes after 9:00. ♪

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house democrats are keeping nancy pelosi as their leader. on the republican side they chose john boehner to be the next speaker in january. both parties picked leaders in closed door session. pelosi held on to the top democratic post despite concerns by some democrats that the party needed new ip. >> she is the face that defeated us in this last election and it seems to me

that at some point in time you have to put your -- personal agenda and ambition as side for the good of the country. >> and on capitol hill republicans asked to delay a meeting with the president today on tax cuts. the white house called the rescheduled session a sign that the two sides can work together. a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the senate could come during the lame duck session. senate majority leader harry reid said he'll schedule a vote on it after thanksgiving. the 1993 law bars gays from serving openly in the military. more backlash over new airport security screening. passengers are upset with enhanced patdowns and body scanners that produce an x-ray image of you that practically shows you naked. the issue was front and center on capitol hill yesterday. senators want to know if the tsa is going too far. >> what i believe is that reasonable people can disagree as to the balance between privacy and security. i want to make sure that we can

address those privacy issues by affording people private screen at their request, to do all of those things that address those concerns while again giving the highest level of confidence that everybody on every flight has been screened in a way that they feel comfortable and that everybody else on that flight is safe. >> the tsa administrators say the new security measures are needed, in wake of the recently foiled terror attacks on airlines like last year's underwear bomber and the cargo mail bomb plot. and sailin for president. the former v.p. candidate told the new york times magazine, i'm engaged in the internal deliberations and having that discussion with my family because my family is the most consideration here. should she decide to run, her first challenge is convincing members of her own party that she's qualified for the job. her unfavorable ratings hit a new high at 52% according to a gallop poll released last week. in new york the first gitmo

tayeor trial in a civilian court ends with one guilty verdict. he got off on 284 other charges. the case has to do with the bombings of two u.s. embassies. the jury convicted the suspect on one count, conspiracy to destroy u.s. property. the trial was seen as a test case for the obama administration with a plan to put the 9/11 suspects on trial in civilian courts. one former prosecutor said that verdict is a blow to the white house. >> now these guys, with the 9/11 coconspirators are probably going to stay in git month. and git -- git mo. the man dubbed the merchant of death plead not guilty in federal court. eric holder calls victor boot

one of the most prolific arms traffickers. he was arrested in a sting operation with u.s. dea agents in thailand in 2008. he's now in a new york jail. russian console at officials paid him a visit last night and say they want to make sure the former soviet air force officer gets his full legal rights. he is the country's top educator. secretary of education arne duncan joins us live coming up to talk about the state of education in the country and a new push the department is making to hire teachers. and holly is flying high this morning. holly. >> reporter: good morning to you. i am flying high. and so will your kids if you come out to the air and space museum this weekend. because they are gearing up for a huge family day that has everything to do with the reopening of an exhibit. it's called years in flight. no kid is to young to be interested. we'll show you firsthand why you want to make it part of your weekend plans live later.

first here is a look at today's trivia question. what was the cost of psycho analysis back in 1925? was it $15, $25, $50 or $75? remember this is back in 1925 and it's for an hour session. the answer is coming up in just a little bit. but if you want to take a guess right now do so by heading to our facebook page. much more ahead, don't go anywhere. mamot mayosm

tight secure knit portugal as president barack obama gears up with a summit with nato allies there. they expect 20,000 protestors to march on saturday. president obama and othersa will meet. lisa murkowski declared a

victory over joe miller two months after announcing her long shot write-in campaign. she made reference to ted stevens in her victory speech. >> and what a wild, wild two months that has been. but what held me, what kept my course and this takes it back to your dad, lillie, ted's motto was to hell with politics, let's just do what is right for alaska and that's what we did. that's what we did. >> she is the first u.s. senate candidate since 1954 to win with a write-in campaign. we're just minutes away from the opening bell and today general motors stocks go on sale to the public. the price is set at $33 a share. the government could make nearly $14 billion in today's trading. the sale ends the government's role as a majority shareholder. but uncle sam still owns about a quarter of gm. sometimes parents don't approve of their -- the

spouse's of their children or whom they choose to marry. but one mother went too far. what she did that has her facing terror charges. we continue to talk about forgiveness this morning. her daughter might want to listen to they are. there are circumstance ms. consider unforgivable. lisa van sustern joins us live to talk about that. we'll be back next it's 9:23. pg

welcome back, everybody. 9:26 right now. nice looking, calm area. today that we are. >> that's a good picture. tucker will have the weather in a second. mean white the department of education is working on a new recruiting campaign. the teach campaign is about

recruiting diverse, highly qualified teachers. arne duncan is about to attend an event bringing together local leaders to talk about the importance of education reform. he joins us live from silver spring. secretary, duncan, thank you for joining us. we know you don't have much time. we appreciate it. we'll jump right in. tell us about the teach campaign and who are you looking for and how do you want to get this done? >> we have a baby boomer generation and we want to groom new teachers to come into the profession. so we're going across the country to talk to high school and college students urging them to make a difference in their community and be a leader, think about becoming the next generation of teachers in the classroom. >> one of the problems that is cited is teacher salaries aren't what they should be or could be. how do you combat that? >> i think teachers are underpaid and we can't do enough to recognize and reward great teachers. we're seeing great teachers

early in careers are making $80,000, $90,000. and we've put in income based repayment, that after ten years of teaching, all of your loans are eliminated. so we're trying to make it much easier to reward great teachers and also to make it more financially viable to go into the profession in the first place. >> michelle rhee is cited by many as being an innovator. might there be a job for her at the department of education. >> i'll a big fan of michelles. she and i worked together. she's getting marries to the current mayor in sacramento. kevin johnson. so i think she'll end up closer to sacramento than d.c. >> secretary duncan, you're a busy man this morning. we wish you luck with the conference. thank you, sir. >> thanks for the opportunity. >> that's great. >> yeah, and you know, they make a good point. a lot of teachers will be retiring during the next several years, baby boomer teachers. so they're going to need an

influx of people to come in there. >> and as we know as parents, it is the most important job. hey, tucker. >> you know what, we'll be dealing with an improvement over yesterday. less wind. >> it was very windy. >> we had 40 mile-per-hour wind gusts yesterday during the day at bwi marshall. today we'll lose the wind but keep the cool temperatures and clouds moving in from the west. so it's more typical november weather set for the weekend. let's get to the numbers and we'll talk about current conditions and right now 49 degrees at reagan national. we're tart tag gradual warm-up. it was old overnight. a lot of 30s out there. but a face rebound here. 40 now in frederick. 43 out at dulles. 45 in hagerstown. 45 in quantico. fredericksberg, good morning, 48. and in leonardtown we're 50 degrees. so i mentioned it will be cooler than yesterday. temperatures later this afternoon only in the middle 50s. lost the wind.

just 3 miles per hour out of the west at last. and 5 in baltimore. so the strong winds yesterday are thing of the past. should be a calm and quiet day. we have to deal with the cloud cover moving in from the west. a nice sunrise this morning. just a little bit of cloudiness but moving in from the west. and look at eastern kentucky and west virginia now. a little area of disturbed weather here. and this will be moving through the washington area this afternoon. so we'll see the clouds increase probably to a partly sunny afternoon. it's not well organized. and it's possible that a few sprinkles or showers might sprinkle the roadways out there during the course of the afternoon. although i have to be honest, most of it should fall apart as it crosses the mountains. here is another look at it. it's moving through and it continues to weaken. what it will do is bring cooler and drier air to the region starting tomorrow. so we are going to start with a real cooldown. tonight will be cold. and daytime highs tomorrow only about 50 or so. so noticeably cooler tomorrow. and then that sets us up for a

good looking weekend. it will be nice and sunny on saturday and sunday. just a little on the cool side. 57 this afternoon, partly sunny skies, and i mentioned the possibility of a lone some shower. and the all important weekend forecast. tomorrow 52, on the cool side. saturday and sunday looks fantastic. a lot of sunshine and seasonal temperatures and right now we have a warming trend into monday and tuesday of next week. we could threaten the 70 degrees mark in some parts of the area. that's it for the forecast. allison, over to you. the past couple of days here on fox 5 morning news, around this time we run stories about people who found the will to forgive those who have done major harm to them. these extraordinary stories include a child who forgave the man who shot and paralyzed her and a man who forgave the drunk driver who hit him and caused him a leg. joining us to talk nature of

forgiveness is dr. lisa van sustern, a forensic psychiatrist, who works with e others. and today's might be the biggest topic that we hit you with because it effects all of us, the power to forgive. >> it's a beautiful sense that we get when we talk about these people. there is obviously a lot of violence, murder and mayhem, but this is soothing and comforting to know there are people like this. and the nature of forgiveness for these people that they are almost in part born with. experiences over time nurture that capacity, but these are people who are special. >> these are special people. how -- how often have we said i'll forgive but i won't forget. >> we have to make allowances for the fact people are

different. we bring different skills and also different challenges with the kind of temperment that we have. and so the fact that we say we're not -- queer going to forgive and not forget. what we are really saying that we are partially let go but not going to let it dominate us. but many of us do need to remember bad things that have happen so we don't do them again. >> and then i guess the question with that comes as we saw the two stories there, millions of stories, everybody has a story, so when we forgive, is that giving that person a pass? we still want to see those people in prison sometimes or let them know what they've done to us, but are we condoning they're behavior by forgiving but not necessarily? >> we can't make a blanket statement. in this case it sounds like the forgiveness was amazingly good. for the perpetrator. but this are sometimes when we have to enforce a certain punishment in order to have

order in our society. we can't just let everything be okay. but there is no doubt it may be too early, but i'll say it any way. the person who forgives gets as much as he gives. >> let's talk about the person who -- the scenario here, i felt like you did something to me and so i've forgiven you. what about when it's time to forgive ourselves. >> it is extremely difficult for some people to forgive themselves and we have an emphasis in our society to focus on what we're not good at and spending so much time criticizing ourselves for what we are not good at. but one of the things i know that is really healthy for people and i talk to my patients all of the time about this, is focusing on what you are good at, you're successes. it breeds the momentum that creates happiness for you and a soothing quality to the people around you. >> why is it easier to hold a grudge than to forgive? >> well i think in part we're

hard-wired to hold grudges because that is a part of learning from experience, just like the animal in the woods learns that if he eats this particular berry, he will be sick. in some respects holding a grudge is a reminder not to do that again. now what we're talking about is a sense that a grudge-holding attitude can poisonous. and that we don't want. what we want to do is learn from experience but not poison ourselves in doing it. >> is there, in were opinion, a time table for this? often right after something happens, i've forgiven you, but for those of us who are religious or follow religious beliefs you might say it'ses in bible or koran to forgive. do we need time in this world to process what has happened, time to mourn or time to reflect on life changes we're going through as a result of somebody else's behavior. is there a time table to look

at this before saying i forgive? >> certainly it is not appropriate to forgive before you've gone through the emotions. simply saying that you have forgiven someone because you believe in your head that that's the right thing to do, doesn't mean that in your heart you feel that way. and that's the real critical state to forgiveness is how you feel inside not what you say. >> a lot of folks are going through tough times right now financially, what has happened with people's homes. a lot of grudges and hard feelings so hopefully something will come out of this. >> there are things we can do and we can focus on that as well. >> letting it go. giving it up. thank you so much. dr. lisa van sustern. tony over to you. i'm going to try to practice some of these things. >> thank you, allison. many fans of the dancing show on another network have become surprised bristol palin is still on the show. but one man's reaction required police action. we'll explain into and a new

jersey pastor is issuing a new commandment against a popular social networking site. what he said you should do with facebook. but a look at the trivia question. what was significant monday froyd's fee for a session? the answer is coming up in a little bit. much more ahead this morning. we'll be back after the break.

welcome back. sarah palin's daughter bristol is still dancing with the stars. that fact set off a wisconsin man with a shotgun. 67-year-old steven cowen shot his television and then threatened to shoot her and himself. that triggered a 15 hour

standoff in what police say was an alcohol-induced rage. >> this morning he probably looked at the situation differently than last night. and i think he had some regrets and realized that maybe he had made some mistakes last night and that's why he contacted his medical professionals and his attorneys. >> he is charged with reckless endangerment. his wife said he is bipolar. a new jersey pastor thinks that facebook is effecting. he is issuing a commandment that the church stop using facebook. he said it is tearing families apart because of jealousy and temptation. >> first we ask them, get a family page. or at a minimum, make sure your spouse has your log-in so there is openness. but that didn't stop the issues from coming and asking the leaders to lead by example and

just get off. >> the pastor is hoping lead again by example by deactivating his own page and pushing married officers of the church to resign if they don't do the same thing. and parents, this is not the way to keep your child from getting married. a bride to be's disapproving mother went to far. she call aid russian airport and told officials that her daughter was a suicide bomber who planned to blow up the plane she was on. her daughter was heading to morocco to get married to a man who lived there. the mother did not want her daughter to move out of the country. the mother was arrested on suspicion of making a false terror report. >> maybe a bit extreme there. >> i think so. and to say your daughter is a suicide bomber. >> you're not going to do any favors with your daughter. i don't think she would look too kindly. we'll have to do a follow-up and see if the daughter married the guy any way.

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national air and space museum is celebrating the reopening of an excision this -- exhibition this saturday with a family day. >> holly morris is finding out more about the family-fun event. holly? >> reporter: good morning. this is going to be great. and if you're sitting at home thinking my kids are too young for the air and space museum, think again. and i'm going to convince you right now. because as part of the celebration of the grand reopening of the gallery of the pilots of flight, you get to meet people like smolder.

>> good morning, holly. >> reporter: thank you for getting up and being here early. >> and i'm happy to be here with my friend siegal. >> reporter: good morning to you too. and gosh, tell me, what do you think of the new gallery? >> it is so beautiful. we love this gallery. >> reporter: it really is cool. and i know there is a lot of kids -- how young do you think kids could be to come and meet you and see your show? >> kids of all ages can come. very young to very old. we want everybody to come for family day. >> reporter: and family day is saturday but you are also here on other days too, right? >> yes. we're here on the gallery on all other days of the week. >> reporter: and what do you talk about? >> oh, we talk about the planes in here. and especially my favorite plane over here, the lockhead vega. >> reporter: which one is your favorite? >> the red one over there. >> reporter: do you like it because it's red or who flew it? >> i love that it's red but

amelia earhart flew that plane. and i love her. and there will be a reenactor here on saturday. >> reporter: i heard she will be here herself. don't tell me it's an actor? >> my sources tell me she's coming. she might show up and i'll keep my eyes out. and i know everybody will look forward to seeing you on saturday. >> come to the museum. >> reporter: other things going on as part of the family day is story time and that brings me over to ann. good morning to you, ann. >> good morning. >> reporter: what do we have going on now? >> we have story time with friends of ours and we're reading a story about amelia earhart called, you can't do that amelia. >> reporter: and what does it teach? >> about her childhood and how she started flying planes and

just some things about her life. >> reporter: what a great fun she had. and there are other things going on on saturday? >> when we have story time and family days, we have activities for young children and things they can try on clothes and the goggles and the helmet. and -- >> reporter: and does anybody want to put on the helmet? >> i want to wear the goggles. >> reporter: he wants to put on the goggles. okay. here, see all of my boys want to put on the goggles. put them on. look at my future aviators. and there is no -- the helmet too. here we go. here we go. and there is one girl there that is making someone very excited over here. lo and behold, i think it is ms. amelia earhart. good morning to you. >> call me millie. that's what everybody calls me. >> reporter: and so you'll be out here on saturday. >> i'll be out here from 10:00

to 3:00 for the grand reopening. we'll have so much fun. you can see my wonderful little red bus right here. that is the airplane in which i flew all alone across the atlantic ocean in 1932. >> was it scary? >> it was scary. the weather was bad. it takes a lot of courage and know-how to fly a plane. trying to get little children interested in aviation and i'm doing my pee wee pilot show. we're having so much go on on saturday. you need to pack up your pint size pilots and get them down to the air and space museum saturday move 20th, 101 -- 10:00 to 3:00. we'll have the tuskegee airmen: and we'll have so much going on. but by golly, you better try. >> reporter: thank you very much. i told smolder the real deal would be here. and what do you think of my

outfit? i think you're a fashion designer. >> i think you look stylish, but i think you need to try the first line of women's clothing to include trousers. >> reporter: stop it. women wearing drowsiers? >> it's pretty shocking in the 1930s. but you can't climb in and out of a cockpit in a skirt. you'll break your neck. >> reporter: good enough for millie and good enough for me. we have a link to the air and space museum at myfoxdc.com. coming out you can get a junior aviation certificate if you come out. got to put the goggles on. looking good, buddy, i love it. and the pioneers of flight exhibit starts tomorrow. come fly high yourself. >> millie is a good actress. i like her. as the weather continues to get cooler, you may be turning your attention to your inside plants. >> earlier sarah simmons caught up with derek thomas to talk about violets. >> they are a bit illusive and people see them at the garden center and pass on because they

look so delicate and they have the wonderful blooms. african violents are actually quite easy to take care of, if you know what you are doing. the biggest thing you want to do when you have a violet, this is the crown of the violet where all of the leaves and the flowers come out of you. do not want to ever water directly into the crown. because that could kill the plant. the other thing you want to make sure you are doing is you should set your water out overnight to let a lot of that extra chlorine get out of the water. use a tray when watering. and what you'll end up with a beautiful violet like this. and there is some really straightforward things that will keep the plant healthy. this is a younger plant here. what you want to do is you want to be -- any of the leaves that have gotten old, you want to make sure that you are removing that, so that you are taking off all of the old growth. and when the flowers start to fade, what i like to do is make sure you look in there and try

not to damage the plant when you are doing it, but just pinch that out. there is a couple of flowers that haven't finished but for the most part it was done. and that prevents the flowers from rotting on the leaves. so get that out of there. >> is that an issue for other blooming plants too? >> a lot of other blooming plants, they are flowers once they are done end up rotting. so you want to make sure that you get any of the old growth out of there. and now if you want to make new plants, there is a great way to do it with african violets. and i've taken regular aluminum foil and you start off with a healthy leaf and cut a little slit into the container and then let's take one off with the purple. you go in there and make a fresh cut, make sure that your

scissors are clean, take it and sink that straight down in there and make sure that the stem is in the water and set that in a sunny windowsill and you'll have roots and have a new african violent. >> how long does it take to look like that? >> it takes several months to become a plant this size. and the other thing people get skiddish about is repotting. and it's very easy. i wanted to show you that quickly. we have a commercial growers pot and i take a piece of paper towel and stick it in there to cover up the hole and that will give us time while the plant is rooting in so that you're not losing the soil. take the plant out of the pot it was growing in, take some commercial african violent potting soil, fill that in. make sure you are putting it in at the level that it was growing at. so right about there. then you can take and fill in the rest of the sides.

once you get the sides filled in, make sure that you press that down and you will have an african violet like this one within several months. >> okay. and the other thing is too you mentioned sunlight. make sure it's in direct sunlight but not direct sunlight. >> strong, indirect sunlight. >> derek, thank you very much. we appreciate you coming in. back to you guys. the answer to today's trivia question is coming up next. >> and if you have a question you would like me to answer for you, send it in. why not head to myfoxdc.com, click on the morning tab for a link to ask allison. we call it aa. but that's taken so maybe double-a or something like that. i'm going to answer a question on double-a on a variety of topics every friday morning during the mighty 9:00 hour. be right back. [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread

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