and off throughout the afternoon and then clear things out tonight. let's take a look there you go radar taking a look at rain showers out to the west and bands, moderate rain, north of fort royal, so all this pushing east, we will move through shortly, cloudy day today, i think the heaviest showers will move through between noon and 4, 5:00 p.m. today. temperatures relatively mild that is a good thing this will be all liquid during the course of the day 43 regan national, 46 fredericksburg, 43 this morning in ocean city a little cooler mid-30s. hagerstown, 35 degrees your forecast today lots of clouds showers developing again, during the course of the afternoon evening rush things will be slowed by the rain high temperatures a 1 degrees washing -- 51 degrees washington. more details in just a couple minutes allison back to you.

our big story now the funeral for the alexandria paramedic who died on the job last week. a funeral procession is expected to cause traffic problems into the late afternoon, stacey cohan is live with more. well, there is going to be an incredible crowd outpouring of support for this fallen firefighter, 5,000 people are expected to attend the funeral and yes, that is going to cause a major disruption to traffic, let's get right to it, we have information i can put up for you on the screen, that will describe the delays, from about 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. all events surrounding, this funeral alexandria, a long list of road closures these are major roads, king street, bradock keep an eye on the list, we have it posted on myfoxdc.com if you have more questions, joshua weissman was just 33 years old when he was killed last week responding to

a car fire 395 he leapt across the roadway and fell through a 3-foot gap in the roadway, down to a creek bed below. a long line of mourners stretched around the everly wheatly funeral home yesterday for his 7 hour long visitation, 5,000 are expected to attendtoday's funeral. >> josh excelled in a career that reflected the person who he was, strong and fearless under pressure rooted in compassion and kindness these characteristics define not only him but so many others who dedicate their lives to helping when the circumstances are most dire. here is a live lookout side the fire house where joshua worked it is the first firefighter to die in the line of duty in alexandria in more than 100 years they have a memorial outside the fire house inside you will not find any members of the alexandria fire

department, all 265 members have been given today and tomorrow off to mourn. they have other firefighters in staffing to make sure the area is secure. back to you. all right thank you very much. >> meanwhile dc police searching for the suspects in a rash of armed robberies in dupont circle and downtown, the first one was reported just after 3:00 a.m. this morning, connecticut avenue and q street northwest then shortly after 6, two robberies one at 20th and n streets northwest, the next at 16th and m in all three the suspect did have a gun. this follows similar robbery sprees in friendship heights area, monday evening. new this morning, millions of americans are closer to keeping extra money in their pockets, late last night congress reached a deal on payroll tax cuts, 10 month extension will cost $150

billion boost pay checks, to bill also renews unemployment benefits however under the agreement new federal workers will have to contribute more to their pension plan a final vote could come tomorrow. maryland's house of delegates will consider a bill to legalize gay marriage today as of last night advocates were still trying to lock down the last of the 71 votes needed to pass legislation lawmakers are expected to vote by tomorrow if it passes maryland would join dc and 7 other states allowing same-sex marriage. interacial marriages in the united states are at an all time high according to a few research studies 1 in 12 are interrational that is a record 4 .8 million, the steady flow of new asian and hispanic immigrants increased the number oviparous speck tiff spouses, and blacks are more likely than before to marry whites the study shows a growing div.ty in the unite -- diversity in the

united states. >> prosecutors want former prince georges county executive jack johnson to pay his fine before turning himself in this saturday, according to the washington times a motion was filed yesterday requesting he pay the $100,000 fine upfront, rather than installments after his release. prosecutors say he is nearly $212,000 in cash he could use to make the payment. he was sentenced in december to more than 7 years extortion. lawyers for george huguely will return to court and call more witnesses yesterday the prosecution rested its case against george huguely paul wagner is live outside the courthouse with the latest on this trial good morning. >> reporter: good morning yesterday's testimony was filled with teammates testimony about what george huguely was like the day yeardley love was murdered here in charlottesville may 2010 they talked about a belligerent,

very drunk george huguely that day and that night a couple teammates saw him as he returned allegedly from yeardley love's apartment and described his demeanour and one teammate, said he was sitting there on the couch with a blank stare and kept saying to him george what is wrong with you. that was most of the testimony yesterday prosecution then rested and then defense asked five of the charges be dropped against george huguely, but the judge said that he felt the prosecution had presented enough testimony for the jury to consider so he denied that and then defense began their case they called a toxicologist to the scene first who said he believed yeardley love was drunker than what the medical examiner said, and then a doctor was called to the stand a neuropathologist from chicago who gave a different opinion on how he thought yeardley love died the medical examiner here

in virginia believes she died of cardiac arrhythmia, brought on by blunt force trauma to the head this man believed she suffocated after being assaulted her face was down in the bloodied pillow and couldn't get enough blood and oxygen to her brain and suffocated as you may recall medical evidence so far shows she was alive for 2 hours after george huguely left the apartment that morning allison. >> just horrifying details in this. paul let me ask you a question the prosecutor asked the doctor called to the stand if he was paid to testify, very interesting, what do we know about it. >> well, he was asked that question it is a pretty common tactic by prosecutors to do this when defense bring as doctor to the stand typically they are not just going the come for free he admitted he was being paid $8,000 by defense to come and testify and give his opinion he is one of 6 doctors we expect to take the

stand and basically the prosecutor, dave chapman wanted the jury to know this man wasn't coming here of his own freewill he was paid handsomely to come and sit and give his opinion allison. >> paul wagner for us live in charlottesville with the george huguely trial thank you paul. court today a former aid. he was convicted of conspiring to use robo calls, 2010 in an effort to suppress african american voter turn out. another operative was charged in the case. some passengers on the delta flight with the so called underwear bomber are speaking at his sentencing today he pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the plane and facing mandator life sentence, five

passengers are expected to describe what happened when he e flight landed e explosives in in detroit christmas day, 2009. >> >> latest from the campaign trail a new poll shows president barack obama would beat any of the republicans currently in the race the new york times, cbs poll shows president's re-election chances are improving and head to head match ups he beats mitt romney 48% to 42%, rick santorum, 49% to 41% and ron paul 50 to 39% and it shows the president towning newt gingrich 54 to 36% even more concerning for republicans, independents favoured president obama over mitt romney. presidential hopeful, rick santorum released his tax returns they cover 2007 to 2010

and show a steady rise in personal wealth. santorum made $660,000 in 2007, he spiked in 2009 with 1.1 million dollars then made more than $900,000 in 2010. he paid an average tax rate of 27%, santorum made the money working as a corporate consultant and media commentator after losing a bid for re-election in 2006. what does $40 mean to you? that is the average that will remain in payroll checks. one woman made a visit to the white house to explain why every $40 counts. >> grand prix returning next year city of baltimore making some changes what will be different. 

baltimore grand prix isn't going any where the city sign add five year agreement with a new race promo tore, baltimore cut tie s with the previous promo tore who owes millions to charm city and vendors the new deal ensures it won't happen again last year's brand olympic generated $47 million to the local gosh grand prix generated $47 million. if you drive the dulles toll road you could have to shell out more money the current rate of $2.25 could double next year and triple by 2018 fees would pay for metro rail expansion to dulles airport and louden county >> pain at the pump is spreading, rising fuel prices are hurting some businesses, and now there is a shortage of organic milk. the problem, well, farmers can't meet demand because of high feed and fuel prices some super market chains are warning customers of the shortage but production should pick up this spring experts worry high

prices could effect other food as well tony. >> all right thank you. in december, the white house asked americans to they will them what losing $40 per pay check would mean to them and their families if congress did not extend the payroll tax cut. tuesday some people who shared their stories were invited to the eisenhower building, suzanne was one of the shoesen ones she joins us to talk about the experience thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> you got to meet the president or see him. >> to shake his hand. i did not go there expecting to have that experience that day. it was quite exciting >> i am sure it was. let me ask you this when the call first went out they asked people to send in comments, e- mail tweet how did you send your message >> i sent mine via e-mail i get e-mails from the white house i like to keep up on what is going on and i got an e-mail from them asking americans to write in, tweet in, whatever to let people know what $40 out of

a pay check would mean to them or members of their family. >> so i will ask you what it means to you in a moment first when you sent that in did you have any thought maybe i will get to come in and talk about it. >> no, what i thought it was going to do was go off along with thousands of other e- mails, and perhaps be counted as a number when they wanted to make a point i never in a million years dreamed they would actually read it >> they did read it you found out you were at the meeting there were a number of inturns there as well what did you find out from them >> i found out a group of them sat down and read each and every e-mail, tweet, posting on facebook, and i believe one of them said there were about 162,000 responses. >> hmm. >> and the way they selected us to go, there was i guess a short turn around time so they chose people from this area, who wouldn't have travel difficulties and they chose the more compelling of those

stories to invite those people to the statement that the president made tuesday. >> obviously what the white house was trying to do was put a face to this and influence congress, you know, and there you are we see you right there. tell us what your story is what does $40, some people may thing okay it is only $40 that is a lot of money to a lot of people tell us what that means to you >> at my point in life it is just nice to have it, my daughter on the other hand is a young person who is working she works very hard many hours a week and at the time she was driving round trip, a little over 80 miles a day and even with a car with good gas mileage a tank of gas, is $40, and she was going through at least two tanks of gas per week so that would be two banks of gas, 6 days out of -- tanks of gas, 6 days out of the month

she would be short, she is fortunate to have a job in this economy. >> so did you obviously you were one of the ones who were taped recorded doing this, so that the people could hear what your story was. did you -- what were some of the other things you were hearing other people saying as you were sharing some of your stories. >> the one gentleman who was quoted by the president in his statement is trying to get a small business off the ground in the meantime he still has a day job $40 out of a pay check means for him again gas to get to and from his day job or the internet connection to help him get his small business off the ground he would have to make that choice and another woman has a service dog she needs a service dog that $40 a month goes to feed that dog, take the dog to the vet, reare talking about a german shepherd they don't eat a little can of food a day. yes, these people really need this $40 i remember hearing on the news some gentleman i don't know who it was, saying $40 is

not a significant amount of money. it is a significant amount of money for many of us. >> do you feel like -- you live in this area you like to stay informed you took the time to respond to this, do you feel that there are times where lawmakers congress whoever just is not really listening to what people are saying? >> i think they have blinders on and ear plugs in that is what i think there is a faction in congress that doesn't seem to know what is going on, with america, with the average citizen the president has a system in place where the average citizen can in send their message -- fact send their message in someone is going to read it, if it is important enough, it will land on his desk. i know congress would do well as a body to emulate that, so they can keep their fingers on the pulse of what is going on in america. >> we appreciate you taking the

time to do it congratulations getting to meet the president >> i know i was thrilled. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> allison back to you. it is 9:19 a.m., coming up changes to whitney houston's funeral plans its family reverses its decision to not let fans partake in the service what is changing just ahead. >> annie yu celebrating 100 years of disney >> disney is celebrating 100 years of magic here at verizon center the show is back in dc until monday don't worry i am not part of the show these guys are so are your favorite disney characterses don't go any where stay with us today's trivia question we are doing blacklistry trivia here is your question today, listening to louis armstrong and jazz great armstrong earned the name sachmo from his peers

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>> an update on yesterday's horrific prison fire in honduras. most inmates who died were awaiting trial and never been charged. 358 inmates were killed the prison was operating at double capacity the governor says she received a call from an inmate who stated he was going to set the prison on fire. guards thought they were dealing with a prison break and kept firefighters out of the building, for half an hour. community group is trying to make sure the father who killed his two sons by setting off an explosion in their home is not buried next to them.

the nonprofit group crime stoppers purchased plots in a washington state cemetery on both sides of the powell boys, they are now accepting donations to build a memorial site, josh powells family wants him buried near his kids but the boy's maternal grandparents threatened legal action to keep that from happening. >> whitney houston's fans will have the opportunity to see her funeral after all. >> the family decided the stream saturday's private funeral live on the internet a compromise they are making after millions of fans expressed dispointment after being shut out of the memorial service the funeral will be invitation only held in newark new jersey at the church she attended as a child. >> if you scratch the surface, it didn't take you long to find out she was still that little girl from new jersey and she wore fame and she was wonderful in it, but she was always that little girl from new jersey i

think that is what they will reflect on. >> in the meantime tmz reporting her ex-husband bobby brown may not have been invited to the funeral apparently the family still has bad feelings over the couples divorce if you go online today bobby brown denying those claims, and saying he is with his daughter right now so you know we don't know. >> we don't know. >> i guess we will see saturday if you choose to tune in. all right ladies listen up what is in that lip stick you are using >> according to recent testing you are likely putting lead on your lips. >> right. >> which products have the most and which fda is saying about the results, how much toxic lead does it have. >> plus could the coin soon replace paper current is he, how much money it would save the money if they did it. 9:26 a.m. look! here she comes!

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>> would you give up your dollar bills for dollar coins? a report by the general accountability office found replacing the dollar bill with a coin could save the federal government $4.5 billion over 30 years. over 30 years when it comes to the government. >> legislation, calling for a switch to coins from paper dollars has been called for there may be an increased risk of counterfeiting associated with switching to coins. >> just never seems the coins catch on >> they don't. >> we tried to susan b anthony,. >> i wanted to say the other ones. >> thank you tucker it didn't catch on i don't know why i think we just are programmed to want the dollar >> native american.

sakajawia. >> i don't know why we are used to what we are used to. >> but i think i would use a dollar coin. >> did you use them when you could put them in the vending machines. >> i put them in my pocket and rediscovered them later. >> we will see what happens. >> tony has so much money he is like $4.5 billion is not so much. >> no, i am just saying if it was over a year that is over 30 years for the government that is not a lot of money it is a lot of money. >> you are right i know where you are going with that. >> go ahead. >> that was allison. >> we have rain showers moving in [ laughter ] >> there you go, sticking up, steady around here for a couple hours these passing showers,

mid-to late afternoon by the evening commute things will wind down but you can see the showers are starting to move in just inside the belt way expect if you are not getting rain showers out towards st. georges county, anne arundel, you too will get rain, shortly to the south as well. 100% chance of rain later today. >> off to a relatively comfortable start, 43 in gaithersburg, 43 for you leonard town cooler north and west hanging tough to 30s. warm enough it is falling just as rain that is good news 36 frederick and 38 in martins burg let's do the future cast together, because we will show you what is happening over the next 12 to 18 hours, 9:00 a.m. rain showers moving in sticking around later this afternoon, 4:00 a.m. still rain things start to wind down by 6, 7, 8, clear out friday looks beautiful, sunshine temperatures back into

the 50s. this is our storm system for the weekend this will be developing by late friday early saturday going to track up towards the mid-atlantic exactly where it tracks how much cold air it can tap into we haven't determined that yet, but there is the possibility of rain or snow, increasing possibility that will occur again late saturday early sunday, we have to stay tuned with this area of low pressure forecast today, rain showers there in the forecast, daytime highs, another mild afternoon winds south, 10 to 15 showers continue early, 38 your overnight low temperatures should stay above freezing, we don't have to worry about refreezing on the roadways question mark with your sunday event looking more like we will get rain and or snow around here sunday high temperature only 40 degrees. allison, tony that is a quick look at weather back to you. >> just realized how ridiculous the big foot coin would have been. >> yeah,. >> okay.

>> 30 years, $4.5 billion is $150 million a year >> attention ladies your kisses -- we appreciate that. >> thank you >> it does seem like a lot of money. >> it is. >> your kisses can be toxic, a warning from your cosmetic safety groups after looking at lip stick testing data from the government. >> fda found lead in 400 different lip stick it is agency says the very small quantities are not a safety concern but others are not so sure. fox 5s. money expert, melanie is breaking it down for us. >> reporter: the two lip stick s with the most lead found in fda testing both made by l aoreal. maybe lean color sin signal metal and color riche volcanic. cosmetic safety groups thing that is is problem. >> this is an urgent issue that should be addressed by the fda. >> lead is a powerful neurotoxin that is why there are strict standards in toys,

cook ware, drinking water but the fda has not set limits for lip stick centers for disease control recommends children avoid cosmetics that contain lead. >> no level of lead exposure is safe for humans particularly pregnant women or women who are planning on becoming pregnant. >> of the 400 lip sticks tested more than half only had trace amounts of lead the rest fall somewhere in between, the lowest include clinique, black honey, wet n wild's bahamas mama. >> there is no telling as far as price, colors, application type, none of that will give way for a consumer to understand there is lead in the lip stick or not. >> fda says it has no safety concerns about lead in lip stick right now, but there are online cosmetics data bases you

can check if you want to be careful. fda is considering standards, canada has a limit of 10 parts per million if products applied to skin all fda tested lip sticks were below that california has a stricter standard allowing only 5 parts per million just two of these samples exceeded that mark. remember when we first alerted about red dye number 2 in the 80s. >> before that. >> yeah, remember it. ghost rider spirit of vengeance the new movie hits theaters tomorrow. >> kevin mccarthy sat down with one of the stars of that movie, what she said was the hardest part of the film and the special message you don't want to miss ♪

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drunk monk warrior. >> greatest description of all times. >> yeah, a warrior monk. he likes his wine so you know brian and mark and i we worked that out talked about that who he was figured out who he was and how he sounded. he didn't want to make him american or english just some european sounding person the eyes were definitely a choice, for two reasons one because the characters was described as having eyes that looked like they could see through the soul and two because you know, i am in the marvel family with this other characters who has weird eyes, so i thought thor and them are related in some way. >> do you find it more comfortable staying in your accent or harder. >> harder to stay -- to do another accent it is harder i mean, you know, the type of actor i am, unless i am doing a characters with an accent i

stay in that accent and that is how i do it otherwise i jump back and forth and there are too many discrepancies. >> the way with them shooting this the way they did. is it freeing as an actor, like seeing these directors almost having the time of their lives,ly you don't think about directors having that much fun. >> it is inspiring when the directors are not just sitting behind the monitoring watching but getting involved like that. they operate themselves so that definitely is inspiring and when you have the director there and doing a stunt together it is a team effort, you know, he is encouraging you with your performance and that makes a big difference. >> my anchor at my station if she knew she was sitting down with you right now her name is allison she would flip out >> hello allison. >> that is so amazing to see him over there looking at that. >> that is amazing thank you kevin >> i am breaking out into a sweat right now it is weird >> you really love him

>> i am going online to find you that sweater. >> i don't think it would have the same impact >> imagine tony. >> let's not imagine. >> just funny he is like such a beef cake >> you don't know what i look like underneath this. >> that is why i will get it for you the people deserve eye candy every day. >> still wearing the jacket on top of the sweater. >> you want to see it again. >> do we have it? >> i like when he says my name. >> her name is allison she would flip out. >> hello allison. >> because i have three kids and all that so i won't say anything. >> oh, and a husband too. >> right remember mark. >> okay well, kevin will be with us tomorrow in studio hopefully he hasn't washed his hands. imagine tony in that sweater, if you like nick cage you will go. >> maybe kevin could have that sweater that would look funny. >> that would look funny.

>> no doubt it has been a strange winter. >> derek could wear that. >> derek could pull that off he is a hunk. >> that's right. >> it has been a strange winter with above average temperatures hardly any snow. >> that man is fine. >> you dot to read this now. >> the weird weather can certainly take a toll on your garden and gardening expert derek thomas is here to teach us how the save our plants we will be right back thank you kevin mccarthy as you can see, i'm in a tricky situation here. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox. my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox ! it's airbrushed ! but i've got verizon 4g lte. it's so fast, i can outbid him at the last second. i got it ! yes ! woo hoo ! it's got a thermos !

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welcome back, annie yu has been enjoying a magical morning with some of your favorite disney characterses. >> disney on ice 100 years of magic is back at the verizon center. that is where annie has been

all morning. >> reporter: good morning tony and allison this is a show that celebrates the classic timeless tales of disney and everything they do is just awesome joining me now is ellie part of the ensemble, thank you forgetting up bright and early. how long have you been with the production. >> a year and with disney two years. >> reporter: you knew from a very early age, 15 i would say that you wanted to be a part of this spectacular show. >> i saw 100 years of magic when i was 8 and 15 and i knew that is something i wanted to be a part of. >> what is it like when you are performing and look into the crowd and see all the smiling faces and helping people create memories for a lifetime >> it is true everyone will remember their favorite characterses there is something for everyone, young to old, boys girls every story is something magical. so when people come out here what are somethings they

will see that might be new this year. we have the classic stories like snow white and pinnocchio, cinderella but nemo, toy story, lion king great knew sick talented skaters -- music, talented skaters. how many numbers are you a part of what is the costume changes like for you >> i am part of seven numbers out of the whole show a lot of costume changes but so fun to get all glitsed up and in these awesome costumes and be out here on this live stage in front of everyone. >> so seven numbers what is the practice like? how many times do you guys practice? do you all do it together. >> a little bit of both you have to keep up on your own skating but we do our rehearsals for everything in the show it is fun to practice with everyone and enjoy something you love with your best friends. >> and before i let you go who is your favorite disney characters. >> snow white. it has always been my favorite but just to be in that fairy

tale that i have loved since i was a kid. >> ah. >> this is something for everyone here tickets are still available at disney on ice.com or at the box office we hope to see everyone here >> i am sure you won't have problems getting people out here this is a wonderful show we will step out of the way mickey mouse and the gang are here they will be performing with mickey's band. ♪ [ music ]

if you want to come out and experience disney on ice, 100 years of magic it is going on here, verizon center there are multiple show times each day tickets start as low as $20 check out our website myfoxdc.com for all of the details. back to you in studio. all right annie thank you. >> after a couple of really cold and snowy wenters this year's season has been mild that is causing a lot of confusion for the plants and flowers in your garden and is our garden expert derek thomas with thomas landscape joins us with a look how to protect your plants and keep them on schedule even if mother nature is trying to trick us all >> it has been a tricky winter. >> i have heard i can't really

say this first hand but i have heard people are saying their bulbs pop up because it has been so warm. >> it is and the questions have been coming in about what to do, are the plants going to be okay is there any way to save the plants and you know, from time to time, our weathers in washington tend to be so temperate the plants get a bit confused but this year more so than what i can remember in recent past. >> right. >> it is just a lot earlier i was seeing daffodils blooming in december which is unheard of we've had a number of questions come in one was about this viewer sent in about camel yeahs and the spring blooming camille yeahs, if you are in norfolk virginia, they would bloom now normally ours don't bloom until march they were in full bloom several weeks ago because we had that spike of 70- degree weather this is her picture here and she wanted to know exactly what was going to happen if we got freezing

temperatures. well, camilia blossoms spring ones, are not cold hardy and then she sent in this. >> the sad picture. >> of what happened and basically, the blossoms got zapped they are done they are not coming back the best thing you can do for the plant is clean it up, you know, it is a one shot deal and i mean you are seeing it everywhere cherry blossoms are coming out early the ones on the mall are safe because they are intermediate bloomer but the early bloomers are coming out. >> that was a question we wanted to ask too. cherry blossoms. >> now bulbs, the spring bulbs we talked about another viewer sent in pictures of crocuses and different things blooming right now and wanted to know what would happen here is the little crow curse popping its head up it should be -- crocus popping its head up.

it should be march april. i did an experiment at home i had these daffodils blooming this one has been out in the cold it is fine, this one i put in the freezer overnight just to demonstrate what 0-degree weather just for a couple hours would do to the plant it has completely broken down cell lairly so this one can with stand some cooler temperatures once it gets down to freezing you will have destruction of your plants. and you have this little herb garden here so is it a good time to do that. >> well, these herb gardens are all the rage in late fall and another viewer was asking about if they could plant the herbs now, the best thing to do, do not be tricked by mother nature at this point, this time of the year wait it out wait until mid- march. don't divide up your plants like this and plant them just because you thing we are having an early winter, we could still

have a cold snap and if your plants have started to come up early like tulips and stuff like that get an additional layer of mulch on them it will keep them cooler what you want to prevent them from doing is heating up. okay that will slow it. >> that will slow it down. >> and things will balance itself out i mean last year this time we were talking about what to do with all the ice. >> exactly >> mother nature has it all planned out. >> mother nature is so funny what a funny girl. derek thomas of course. >> and a flower for you this is all i can do i can't top kevin but there we go >> i accept this you are wonderful. not as wonderful -- i am not saying okay we will be right back you know i love you. >> all right [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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question today. i am busy up here doing stuff. louis armstrong's nickname is what? >> i believe satchel mouse. >> it was cut short and a reference to the way he puffed out his cheeks when he played his trumpet although online you will find other things like the satchel bag how he could expand the whole mouth and cheeks and stuff. >> satchmo the great. >> he was great. >> tucker barnes. >> your 5 day forecast, 51 this afternoon showers in the forecast here most of the day, out of here early tonight, clear out tomorrow 53, saturday, starts nice we cloud up later in the day coastal storm will likely play a role in our weekend weather here rain, snow, too early to call but we will continue to watch it here. i know you will tuck. >> thank you fo