the ball across one of the bridges i forget which one he will join us live in studio. >> all right. >> harlem globe trotters. >> love those guys. >> first let's find out what is happening with weather now i think things have quieted down quite a bit tucker barnes is here. >> pretty much i think we will be dealing with cloud cover and then sunshine. want to remind you of rita's water ice we are giving it away we are not they are giving it away all day for free to celebrate the first day of spring that is a live shot we sent will and sarah down to celebrate so get down to rhode island avenue, 2300 block rhode island avenue they will serve free water ice all day long we will visit with them in just a couple minutes. let's get to radar and take a look there you go showers and even a thunderstorm rolling through the city, during the early morning hours you thought you hdid 6 and 7:00 a.m. and now moving south into southern maryland still left over showers hollywood

maryland, showers shortly st. marries city you are not done with it yet, south and east of us we should look at a question yeter forecast for tuesday. temperatures of -- question yeter forecast for tuesday. we are not talking summer weather quite yet, first day of spring, 61 fredericksburg. lots of clouds most of the day should be warm. 75 your high. we will be back at ritas in just a couple minutes back to you. thanks tucker our big story american general in charge of afghanistan expected to tell congress later this morning that the u.s. will not leave early. >> general john alan will tell the house arms services committee the u.s. intends to stick to its strategy including the planned withdrawal end of 2014 staff sergeant robert bale says he can't remember the

shootings he talked to his lawyer for the first time, attorney john henry blown says his client has only a sketchy memory of the rampage. meanwhile the sergeant's wife put out a statement saying quote my family including mine and bob's extended families are all profoundly sad we extend condolences to the people of the district our hearts go out to all of them especially to the parents brothers sisters and grandparents of the children who perished. she goes on to say news reports are quote completely out of characters of the man i know and admire. maryland national guard major will be laid to rest today major robert mercanti the second is being buried funeral services began early this morning in parkville maryland he was killed during an attack in afghanistan taliban claimed it was many retaliation for burning of korans at a u.s.

base. at least 46 people are dead after a series of bombings in iraq this morning, coordinated explosions went off in 8 cities overnight two blasts rocked baghdad near the green zone but the deadliest was in the shiite city the bombings targeted police and pilgrims, iraq is hosting a meeting of arab leaders next week police are concerned militants will try to stop it. u.s. justice department is now investigating the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teen by a neighbourhood watch cap pain in florida, george zimmerman claims he shout martin last month in -- shot martin last month in self- defense in a gated community zimmerman called 911 about a suspicious young black man and followed martin turns out he was just walking home from a con venn yens store with a bag of skittles in his pocket, a state law may prevent them from charging zimmerman allowing people to defend themselves with deadly force if they feel their life is threatened.

>> france held a moment of silence for the victims of yesterday's horrific shooting at a jewish school right now a massive man hunt is under way to find the killer the gunman may have recorded the shooting spree with a device used to post videos online a man on a motorcycle killed a rabbi and his two young sons before chasing down another little girl and killing her. authorities investigating a dangerous discovery at charles county middle school principal, sent a letter home yesterday, to say a 12-year-old student brought a gun to school the student said he brought the unloaded gun from home and was planning to sell it on his walk home from the bus school officials say he was charged with possession of a weapon and was removed from the school he could also face expulsion. voting is under way in illinois, the latest round in the fight for the republican

presidential nomination delegate leader mitt romney is ahead in most polls and a lack of campaign organization has his biggest rival, rick santorum going into today's prime mare at a disadd -- primary at a disadvantage. >> this will be a real test for the romney come pain today they are -- campaign today they are hoping to pile on more delegates in what has become a protracted battle. mitt romney has a lot riding on illinois today, he is not yet the nominee but more and more he is playing the part going after president obama. >> he is out of ideas out of excuses in 2012 we got to make sure he is out of office. >> rick santorum is romney's biggest threat even though recent polls show him lagging. romney has vastly out spent everyone in illinois, 7-1 advantage over santorum alone. >> we've seen in the past elections that money just doesn't buy elections and if it did you know, mitt romney would have sewed up this nomination a

long time ago he has been out spending the candidates 5, 6, 7, 8, 10-1 and not winning the election. >> santorum has another problem he is off the ballot if a number of illinois congressional districts ineligible for 10 of the 54 delegates up for grabs. >> they are trying to argue this is not just about illinois it is about wisconsin, louisiana, down the roads this a long fight. >> a long fight romney hopes could be shortened by posting a big win today. because santorum's ballot problems today romney could lose the popular vote in illinois, and still walk away with more delegates. in washington doug luzader fox news. maryland a state house committee voted to raise taxes on far fewer people than senate plan calls for. under the house proposal, tax rates would go up by a quarter percent on single filers making more than $100,000 joint filers making more than $150,000 a year to make up for the drop of revenue called for by the

senate, the maryland house plan calls for phasing in a teacher pension shift in three years instead of four and making deeper cuts to pensions. dc council expected to take up campaign finances today, ward 3 council woman mary che plans to propose a $25 limit on money orders given to campaigns, this comes after the u.s. attorneys office sent subpoenas to campaigns of several city leaders. what really prompted this of course is this indication that we had, that people are using these money orders in a way to get around contribution limits and it is an invitation to mischief. >> there is a number of other issues that we need to look at around campaign finance and just the overall monitoring of campaign finance, campaign contributions in the city. >> neither mayor or council

woman's campaign have received these recent subpoenas. winter is officially over, today marks the first day of spring and the start of the annual national cherry blossom festival. >> this year's festival is a really special one we are celebrating 100 years since original trees were given to the united states by japan and our melanie alnwick is live at the tidal basin with what you can expect out of the centennial celebration melanie. >> the festival kicks off tonight with the sold out pink tie party more than a million visitors are expected to come here for this centennial cherry blossom celebration it is possible all the blossoms may be gone before the festival kicks into high gear this year's warm weather means the buds have started to pop we are in peak bloom, if weather holds it it should last 3 weeks it is usually 16 days long but now a

5 week extravaganza featuring all kinds of cultural performances, parade and street festival plus all the favorites, organizers say there is always reason to celebrate the cherry trees whether there are blossoms on them or not >> they represent renewal rebirth every spring people look forward to it, kicks offspring signals across the country we work hard every year around to make sure all events are free and open to the public. >> traffic will be an issue as we all know here in dc a couple road closures you will want to keep in mind as you drive around dc. all four lanes ohio drive along the potomac river northbound only, no access to west potomac park from independence avenue and 23rd street northwest of course they are telling people to use metro the closest stop is the smithsonian only a three block walk away also a new express bus from union station 2000 parking stations there,

and that is a good option for people and capital bike share is doing a $15.05 day member ship i have seen a lot of -- $15, 5 day member ship i have seen a number of people taking advantage of that. thank you very much. bullying is a big problem among young children. >> there are things you can do to help cur b the problem. dr. levin has spent years working with parents and schools, i sat down with her re¢ly her tips -- recently her tips straight ahead 

bullying is becoming a more common experience for many children and teenagers, parents and caring adults can play crucial rolls in creating a healthy school and community, that is free of bullying, joining us now with helpful tips is bullying expert children's author and long time

teacher dr. levin thank you for coming in some people may know your name from the series books you have written,. >> susies chooseies series. >> there are three books i know there is a new one out the second in the series, olympic dreams deals with bullying. >> in each of the books, i present a common social issue, children today are having to face within the scope of an exciting fun mysterious time travel adventure to make it more palatable and the response has been terrific because young children in the book teaching young readers how to cope with moral dilemmas. >> and provides an opportunity for parents to talk to their parents about some of these issues as well. >> you are right their parents teachers and principals. >> let's talk about you know you feel strongly about how

parents, teachers, many in the community can help prevent bullying, aggressive and hopefully eliminate it you have a variety of tips i want to go through those i want to jump in you have tips for parents and first, tips for parents of a child who is being bullied talk us through a little bit of this. >> well, whether you are dealing with a child who is being bullied or a child who is in fact the bully one of the most important things is getting your child to talk to open up to you, so that you hear in their own words what they are going through. so with a child who has come to you the parent to say this is happening in school, one of the first things you want to make sure your child understands they are not alone that you will be there to stand with them, and that how brave you feel they are to come to you and coming to an adult does not mean you are snitching we demystified all that to let children understand when they tell an adult they are not only going to help themselves they are going to help other targets

of bullies and even helping the bully him or herself and that is essential to deal with the target of the bullying and the bully as well. >> you do talk at length about that, in addition, talking about or talking to parents who have a child who may be doing that bullying because you know you got to correct it there too. >> exactly and so if you get a call from the school, or you are asked to come in and find out your child has been behaving inappropriately, the key thing there again is to get this child talking, and you might take the approach with your child by saying, you know how much i love you and never you know how much i love you but because then the kid goes okay so there are times you don't love me. you know how much i love you when i heard about this it didn't sound like you i have a feeling maybe you are going through difficult moments things are bothering you maybe you are taking things out on other people can you tell me

about this what do you thing is this what is going on in your heart and mind? and then once you get your child talking to let them know, the parent of the bully, let them know you are going to stand by them get them help you understand what they are going through maybe you have had some of those same frustrations in your life and maybe have taken those kind of behaviours out -- those feelings out on someone else. >> i hear what you are saying but don't you have to be stern and firm with the bully? do you reprimand them. >> i am glad you mention that point three goes to that issue the third thing you need to do both for the target as well as the bully is give them hope that things are going to change that this is going to be fixed and when you are dealing with the bully him or herself you need to say to the child we are going to fix this, i am going to stand by you and we are going to work on this but you must make a commitment to me and this is what the child has to commit to they must commit

to the fact that they will not physically harm another person that they will not emotionally tease, be mean or make fun of another person or write something mean or hurtful whether it is a note in class on someone's books locker or over the the internet they have to pledge to you you are going to do this for them then you also have to give that child who is behaving like a bully hope by saying, if you feel those feelings coming on those frustrations if you thing you are in a situation, where you might do one of those things hurt someone physically emotionally, write something, i want you, this is a university of oregon program i want you to stop, give yourself a time out, walk, walk away from the situation, and then tell an adult get yourself some support and help that telling is not snitching that is doing the right thing getting you help you will get help for the people you have been targeting before and fix this end this

before it even starts if you will make that commitment and you have to do it firmly. >> it is and a problem that continues to grow as we said we thank you for coming in to talk about it dr. sue levin the books once again are susies chooseies. >> thanks tony. >> coming up what happened to amelia earhart details on a new search effort straight ahead. >> you will soon have access to a genius at your finger tips. we will tell you about the new online collection of one of the world's most famous scientists. >> first, let's check with holly getting tips on spring cleaning. >> darn it i thought i was that genius right at your finger tips. okay well, i will move on the my topic of the day which right now happens to be kids and clotter they go hand in hand but not necessarily a match made in heaven for mom which is why we have brought in clutter busters to help organize and

figure it all out part of our day of spring cleaning, great tips you can use live later. ♪

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secretary clinton is meeting with historians and talk about a 75-year-old mystery, amelia earhart and her navigator disappeared in 1937, a new research for the wreckage is being launched in june, off the pacific nations, clinton hopes to highlight her legacy as a pioneer for women and obama administration's interest in the pacific. people around the world will soon be able to read letters, scientific papers and other text by albert einstein. lee but university museum launched an online depository

to give people access to these items. including is a post card he sent to his mom in 1919 giving her the happy news his theory of relativity was confirmed and the wedding announcement for his first marriage. nasa rescheduled the launch of five rockets from the wallops island facility eastern shore of virginia it is set for tomorrow morning between midnight and 5:00 a.m. bad weather postponed it for several days the experiment will help scientists understand the process behind the high altitude jet stream located 60 to 65 miles above the earth's surface. coming up peyton manning could be headed to a new team and it could be bad news for a very popular quarterback. >> people in virginia may see or hear a warning in a little while this hour but not to worry, it is part of a tornado drill by national weather service, details ahead. first will and sarah celebrating the first day of

spring, with treats. hey, guys. >> here we go. >> good morning we are at ritas italian water ice, 2300 block rhode island avenue northeast it is so good. >> it is to die for really good stuff. >> wait what are you eating ma'am. >> black cherry cheese cake and it is the bomb. >> you know what they call that, will's chill right? >> will's chill. >> all right stay with us as we continue we will talk to some of the people getting what? free ices here at ritas come down northeast, 2200 block rhode island avenue. >> we are back after this. >> it is so good [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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table since march 9th now they are hammering out details, denver is expected to trade tim tebow, once the deal is done, jacksonville and miami are said to be the teams considering trading for him but big question marks will he wind up as a starting quarterback somewhere? will he be taken as back up? >> who knows. >> combination running back quarterback. >> it is weird this guy had the year that he had he is not your typical quarterback but he had -- that may have been it for him. >> i don't think the lord is going to like this. >> mm-hmm. >> right? >> meanwhile christmas arrived in denver if you are a broncos fan. >> yeah. >> such a thankless thing say what you will about unconventional thing say what you will, he won games and crucial games and he -- what trending on social network he is a name and i am not a

complete football novice but i know he is always the buzz about him. >> well put together. >> traded like -- >> i agree but he will be fine he will be fine. >> will he?all the cons against him. >> he has a history of winning he is a winner he will rise to the top. >> i don't wish anybody any ill will but you know $95 million he is in the condition -- i don't wish him any ill will but you would like to see tim tebow have a great year next year. >> i don't think the broncos are going to washington but they are going to baltimore. >> they do not play the colts this upcoming year. >> broncos. >> yeah. >> colts. >> broncos don't play the colts this year so you won't get to see -- >> okay. all right. >> we must move on. >> weather, guess i am once again going to remind you what you already knew we had a big thunderstorm came through

between 6 and 8:00 a.m. that is what is left over just a few light showers pushing into southern maryland, leonard town good morning. yep, and a couple light showers for you, there you go, maybe make it down to st. marries city where you might have a left over, quieting down, cloud cover but if you want to hit the cherry blossoms go down to ritas later this morning, where we have will and sarah, we will show you those folks in a minute should be fine. sunshine in here and warm temperatures too. let's show you the bigger picture, one or two showers across the eastern sea board again that pretty nice compact little thunder storm earlier today and that is fading off south and east this is a very unusual weather pattern for this early spring, and reminiscent of summer high area off the coast winds out of the south, hopped corn style showers and thunderstorms fire up out to the west we have been talking about it we will focus on it more extremely heavy rain

flood warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings parts of eastern texas, oklahoma that frontal system won't get through here until late friday early saturday cooler weather in here for this weekend but it will take several more days until then our temperatures will be trending warmer and warmer as we get into the end of the week, 64 washington, 61 gaithersburg, 69 leonard town, annapolis, baltimore highs today enjoy mid-70s a little humidity as well make sure your hair is ready for it 75 daytime high plenty of cloud a little sunshine a couple showers, most of your day should be dry winds out of the east, mostly cloudy tonight shower possible tonight, most of the night dry could be a shower or two in your forecast tomorrow but cloud cover mixed with sunshine temperatures mid-70s weather pattern warms up towards the end of the week thursday and friday near 80 then a cold front in i showed you in texas with rain showers looks like by the end of saturday, perhaps

during the day sunday. back to you at the desk. >> thank you very much in just a few minutes national weather service will hold a statewide tornado drill in virginia, a test warning will be sent at 9:45 a.m. that will trigger a tone alert and message on noa weather radios, local radio and tv stations will then broadcast a test message i spoke with meteorologist chris strong at national weather service earlier this morning to learn more about this drill. >> it is basically a way for people to make their tornado plans what would they do in a warning, heading toward the house what is the plan going to be just trying to get people to think about where their shelter is where they are going to go if there is a strong damaging storm or tornado, you know go to places like ready.gov to have their family plan together so they know what to do when they don't have time to make a plan. >> many virginia schools are using today's drill as a way to

teach students what to do in case of an emergency last year r5 1 tornadoes hit -- last year 51 tornadoes hit virginia the second highest on record. >> with unseasonably warm temperatures you may be looking for a way to cool down. >> officially the beginning of spring today we decided to send era and will out for a -- sarah and will out for a sweet treat they are live at rita's water ice northeast washington. >> good morning. >> not a bad gig. >> let's say hi to some people, say hi >> say hi. >> hello. >> what flavour. >> pear oh,. >> officer what flavour did you get? >> i got pina colada. >> you know the chief would like that as well thanks guys for hanging out. >> we know it is not spiked. we don't want to get him in trouble. >> no, and guess what you get your own >> i do get my own we will reveal that in a second we want

people to know all day today at ritas people will be able to come by get a regular size free water ice any flavour you want, how many different flavours are there? >> my goodness today we will have over 20 flavours. >> but you can mix them. >> you can mix them you can do whatever you like with them but they are definitely here anything you are looking for is here >> sarah got to prepick her flavours you are going to reveal the name i will get it. i will be right back. >> any way what is in mine? i liked the pineapple and the strawberries. >> yes. >> sarah has strawberry custard on the bottom, pineapple ice in middle and strawberry custard on top. >> this is mine. >> okay so what is the name? >> we will let her taste it and the name. >> mm. >> and the name of sarah's is sarah's bridal hawaiian blend.

>> come on, a little this way. sway. >> in honor of her honeymoon you named it that's a good idea. >> absolutely. >> we have people lining up what flavour do you want. >> raspberry and mango. >> one coming right up i will help i will help. >> so this is going to be all of the ritas around the country is that correct? >> it is today, any ritas you go to all over the country, rita's owns the first day of spring and it will be free regular sized cups of italian ice all day long. >> now we do have to mention this is been like a whole for the past several years, five, six years now, each person has had their own flavour so tony perkins which we will bring some of yours back. >> there is a whole freezer full of it. >> is what again. >> tony perkins is fox 5 fruit

explosion and i will have to admit, tony has the most popular of them all. >> look it is so popular where is that thing tony check it out they actually have a sign with your picture out here you better send some back. >> that's right. >> we have tuckers pucker as ucker that is popular as well. >> it is and then also we have holly's not hall lee berry but holly berry. >> and sarah's. >> hawaiian bridal explosion. >> yum yum. >> and i am fortunate enough to have. >> we have will's chill. >> now we just need allison so we get her out here next year >> allison your turn next. >> i am looking forward to it. >> we are bringing some back too. >> i miss being out there. please say we said hello.

>> i am going next year. >> it is great fun. >> well, bobby christina checks out with a big rock on her finger sparking questions is she engaged. >> plus oprah forced to make tough decisions when it comes to her new network and ashton kutcher known for his acting roles but soon he will take on a whole new venture details in the mornings buzz bin after the break  turn left.

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whitney stop's daughter -- houston's daughter is sparking questions, wearing a big ring but her representative says it belonged to her mom. there is more to this story, he was basically whitney houston's unadopted son he lived with the family for 10 years it sparked

controversy now they appear to be a couple not the brother and sister situation that it was intended but basically houston's entire estate did go to her daughter. >> i am keeping her in my prayer there is potential for her to go in wrong directions i hope she is okay. oprah winfrey's network called the own network, not called own network it is called own is laying off 30 employee it is network is also restructuring operations in new york and los angeles oprah released a statele saying the decision was a tough one but that the network's cost structure didn't fit with economics of starting up a cable network oprah launched own last year, viewer ship has not been what they hoped for last week they cancelled rosie o'donnell's low rated talk show. >> and rosie show was avenue ranging like 6 -- averaging

like 60,000 to 120,000 viewers that is it. >> is it folks can't find the network. >> that is part of it my understanding will was talking about this earlier if it is oprah winfrey network when you turn it on you want to see oprah but she can't be on 24 hours a day some times they are running old movies and stuff it is not what people want. >> okay. >> ashton kutcher may be going to space. well, he is going to go to space he will catch a flight on virgin galactic started by richard branson he happens to be the 500th customer they plan to start commercial space flights next year. >> isn't it funny all the video we have, he and demi moore together. >> yeaha we should find somewhere they are not together. >> coming up first day of spring many people are pulling out the brooms and the buckets they are cleaning their house spring cleaning of course holly is going to talk with experts for tips on how to make the most of your spring cleaning

and your organizing. >> and the most dynamic ball handlers around are back in town harlem globe trotters have a few shows this weekend that man is flight time laing he is here to show us a few tricks we will be back  buy one spectrum by y lg, and get one free ? with verizon 4g lte and a 4.5" true hd display, it's great for watching movies and sports, a true hdtv experience right on my phone. i'll get one for me and one for my wife. i'll be like [manly voice] "a phone, my sweet" and get one free. verizon. those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid.

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♪[ music ] >> i love this music that is flight time he arrived in dc yesterday in style he spined and dribbled a ball across the key bridge and then stop bid the basketball courts for a training session he is one of the best dribblers and dunkers in the country he took time to stop by our studios ahead of the globe trotter shows in our

area, i still, am amazed by that, first of all welcome. >> thanks for having me >> i tried to do it myself. >> can i help you out >> i am not good. >> just hold it up right here,. >> do i have to do anything. >> no, i do all the work. >> there you go. >> excellent now -- look look look. >> before it falls off. >> thank you man i appreciate that. >> welcome to town. >> thanks. >> you guy haves shows going on this weekend. >> that's right. >> you are going to be at verizon center first. >> that's right saturday we have two shows 1:30 p.m. then we drive to fairfax for a 7:00 p.m. show. connecting the two you know cities, virginia, to you know washington dc playing in both places and tickets are still available harlem globe trotters.com or ticket master. >> when i was a kid my recollection is my dad took my

brother and i to a couple globe trotter shows it was a great time. >> this year's team you probably remember you seen guys like curly and meadow lark lemon, we have our smallest globe trotter in history he is 5'2", from baltimore his name is jante hall we call him too tall. >> guy went to unc, jet williams a really good leaper and spider wilkes who went to cincinnati his team is in the sweet 16 he is pretty excited about that looking forward to a great time and great turn out like always. >> it is interesting because you get some named players we flight time we know a lot of the nicknames and stuff but for people who follow the game, some of the guys we know those names whether it is from college or you know, nba and all that kind of stuff it is very very interesting i don't know if people remember this i saw a special on will chamberlain and he was a globe

trotter. >> he was and he often brags most of the great things he learned his best year he said was playing freshman basketball was the experience with the globe trotters he is a globe trotter legend someone we love to brag to say he was part of our organization. >> you have the shortest globe trotter ever and one of the tallest. >> that's right englishman 7'8" he is the tallest globe trotter in history you can imagine the looks he gets, when he shows at the arena he has a great personality and the fans love him as well as too tall they like the two crowd favorites too tall because all the little kids think he might be in the same grade as them and they have a realistic chance of making the team. >> when you came in you were rolling the ball around show us what you do. >> a little bit of what we do here magic circle stuff before each and every game we do something called magic circle and people who don't know nothing about the globe trotters we got a facebook page you can go on live and see some

videos harlem globe trotters.com. >> what comes first the skills and then being a globe trotter or joining the globe trotters and saying hey, you know someone saying hey here is what we want you to do. >> for myself when i joined the team in 98 i won the college dunk contest, in 98 joined the name in 99 i couldn't even spin the basketball on my finger we look for great players and just a combination of practicing taking old stuff from the older guys coming up with your own ideas and routines. >> flight time we are glad you are here. >> all right thank you. >> shows are this weekend verizon center and two shows patriot center check out the globe trotters they are in town. all right allison back to you. >> wow, love it thanks so much tony. >> well, spring is officially here and to ring in the new season holly is showing us how to make the most of our spring cleaning and organizing good morning holly. >> good morning if you have a house that looks like it is lived in?

>> is that what we are calling it lived in? >> that is a nice way i put it, we all have houses right that look like they are lived in i want to be in one of those houses where people walk in and go does someone really live here? it is so neat i have the super hero for you her name is betty fine she is with clutter busters and this is quite the business these days. >> it is, it is really busy i mean, i am celebrating my 10th year in business and we've done over 20,000 hours of organizing. >> really. >> yeah. >> you do everything from someone's garage to order. >> everything and everything in between we have done an rv people's cars you name it. >> well, today we are tackling a kids room. >> yes. >> a 4-year-old's room so come on in, because this is little sailor's room as you can see she lives in her room. she loves it and stuff is everywhere. >> yes. >> where do we begin. >> first we will talk about her dresser and you know what she

is 4 years old she can do somethings she can fold it up and put things in the dresser but may say i don't know where to put it easy, we can label them, see how easy. >> pants and you can put that down there for pants so she knows okay these go in there. >> this could be like apachable moment. >> very read the picture words very easy. >> then putting all the stuff away isn't the onus on mom or dad. >> right and start early as early as you can so this is the closet and really not utilizing it as much as they can. so what i wanted to do is it is so simple you don't even have to get a storage company to come in you can just get a double rack. >> nice. >> okay and just $9 that is it double rod now have double storage. >> one of your tips this is great for kids because kids clothes are so small you have this big closet you can use

more space but hang as up as you can. >> -- hang as much as you can it is easier for everyone to see. easier to organize during spring we call it the spring fling. >> spring fling >> we need to go through the closet decide what we are going to keep get rid of donate whatever if you want to put stuff maybe in storage a company called simple storage they come and take your items and put it in their facility and it is very very easy,. >> what about like here. >> over here, i have some ideas, a couple things, first of all in the closet, let's say a boy and a girl are going to share a room which is the case here, you can use different colored hangers. >> everybody knows whose is whose. >> bins are very good put a bin on the bottom keep track of items that you want to donate. >> mm-hmm. >> or put things like this is like things they are not using

every day, you can just put it in the bin, and store it so it looks nice and you don't have to look at it all the time. >> put that back up there. >> and then you can just it looks better more organized. >> absolutely wonderful idea, single easiest thing you can do to help organize,. >> set up simple processes. things you can maintain and if it is too complicated you will not maintain it just keep it simple >> you heard it buster herself are available they charge by the hour, four hour minimum if you want to look them up myfoxdc.com we have a link to them we have more fox 5 when we come back stay with us. when are you available for my home that is my next question cheeseburger macaroni?

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