>> we will go to the tape. >> let's not. >> good morning, nice looking forecast, lots of sunshine cooler than yesterday, winds too, picking up out of the north and west, 57 washington, 53 fredericksburg and let's see ocean city good morning, ocean shores, let's talk winds out of the north and west, current wind speeds, 17 washington 15 frederick gusts over 20, it will be one of those breezy days today where we lock in the cool refreshing air from canada. sat rad, quiet conditions building, bright sunshine throughout the day and cool one tonight more details on that, in just a few minutes, should be a dry afternoon and again seasonal temperatures here, highs low to mid-60s more details on the forecast weekend look in just a minute tony and allison back to you. we begin this 9:00 a.m. hour with breaking news out of philadelphia, international airport a man was arrested, after a home made bomb was

found in his baggage it reportedly was made out of a plastic bottle with some kind of explosive powder inside, along with three m-80 fire crashers the bomb squad -- crackers the bomb squad was called in the terminal shut down the rest of the airport is operating normally the 29-year- old man was flying to san francisco. now to a developing story a nationwide tax service is now being sued by the department of justice,. >> feds say instant tax service which has a few locations in the dc area has engaged in systemic and pervasive tax fraud this is a story, fox 5s melanie alnwick she brought it to you in february and joins you now with an update. >> got this in my e-mail not long ago the complaint filed by the department of justice reports were cited in this complaint we started getting calls in early february from local clients about the instant tax service franchises outraged

customers said the company was taking huge chunks of money out of their tax refund. >> they are thieves that is the bottom line. >> that was the scene outside the instant tax service franchise on 8th street, customers that day were told there were processing error s with their checks now the justice department says the corporate office of instant tax service used false and deceptive loan products to lure customers in to stores then the stores would file tax returns without customers permission and hit them with junk fees some times running as high as $1,000 or more. >> when i go to pick up my check it is short i said this is not right. >> paperwork on this, what we took out this is the deduction for this much this is what we charged you for doing your taxes. enough. >> the dc area franchises are not directly named in the suit however the department of justice is seeking a court order that would stop the corporate office and anyone working with instant tax service, from doing any more

tax returns. the complaint also says the company's fraudulent practices cost the u.s. treasury $16 million in 2011 alone allison. >> this development happened relatively quickly, you were talking about this in february. >> that's right. >> well, you know something like this is serious especially with tax season, under way right now, they want to make sure this doesn't happen any more. >> thank you melanie. new this morning a local police officer is hurt after his cruiser is hit by a suspect's vehicle prince georges county police say an officer was trying to stop a car wanted in connection with a robbery, the suspects vehicle rammed the police car then took off those suspects are still on the loose the officers injuries we are told are minor. friends and family, students and teachers alike mourning the loss of prince

georges county public school student, 17-year-old takaya was a senior in clinton maryland school officials say she was jogging on a track during gym class yesterday, when she collapsed. she was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. students and faculty are expected to wear pink in honor of takaya. new developments in the trayvon martin case one involves newly released police surveillance video the new exclusive video shows george zimmerman taken out of a police car in handcuffwalked into a building in the hours after the shooting he does not appear bloodied or hurt an attorney representing trayvon martin's family says this is proof of police misconduct. >> america has seen the 911 tapes we had to sue to get with their ears they have seen this video tape of him after the

shooting with their eyes it is clear this police report claiming he had a broken nose and blood on the back of his head and his clothes messed up, is clearly a fabrication. >> in another development we are now hearing from the father of george zimmerman for the first time robert zimmerman says trayvon martin confronted his son as he was walking back to his vehicle and then martin attacked him when he reached for a cell phone. >> trayvon martin got on top of him and just started beating him. in the face, in his nose, hitting his head on the concrete, after nearly a minute of being beaten, george was trying to get his head off the concrete, trying to move with trayvon on him, into the grass, in doing so, his firearm was shown. trayvon martin said something

to the effect of you are going to die now or you are going to die tonight. >> robert zimmerman says his son george shot trayvon moments later the grand jury will convene april 10th and decide if george zimmerman will be charged in this case. other headlines now the american soldier accused of killing afghan civilians including 9 women 3 children tells his lawyer he has nightmares attorney jon henry brown says sergeant bales, also suffers from flash backs and headaches after a grizzly episode in iraq. he also points to bales multiple combat tours as causing depression. bales faces 17 counts of premeditated murder and other crimes for the kandahar massacre. the jet blue pilot, who had some sort of melt down now is facing federal charges of interfering with a flight crew this after that mysterious mid- air incident, this is new cell phone video of the chaotic scene onboard flight 1 1, en--

191 enroute from new york to las vegas, the captain is sprinting through the cabin screaming about terrorists, jesus and september 11th the captain was eventually detained by passengers and crew as the co-pilot made an emergency landing in texas. a tsa manager who lives in virginia is facing charges of running a prostitution ring in maryland, he is 39-year-old brian living stone he lost his job after working 9 years at dulles airport, managers at the crown plaza hotel got suspicious after he frequently paid cash to rent rooms when investigators checked last month they found three naked women and four men all trying to get dressed he tells fox 5 he is innocent of the charges. another sign the gop is rallying behind mitt romney, former president george h w bush expected to endorse the presidential front runner the day the two will appear together at the former

president's houston office this afternoon former first lady barbara bush recently backed romney just last week their son jeb bush, also gave his endorsement. coming up statue of a jazz legend has arrived in the district. >> we are going to send it out to will thomas there as the sculptor finishes his work hey will. >> reporter: tony, allison good morning. an icon is about to grace a dc neighbourhood for years to come. do you hear that music? jazz legend, duke ellington here is the sculpture that will be put into place today where you can see it in person, and you are going to meet the local artist responsible as we continue this morning here on fox 5 morning news dinner's ready.

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legend, earl scrubs famous for his banjo style has died, he pioneered the five string banjo and popularized the three finger picking style, he is also credited with creating modern country music and known for recording the theme for the 1960s tv show beverly hill billies he died of natural causes in nashville yesterday, at the age of 88. >> just always in awe of how effortless, ifs for musicians who are good to make music. >> an exciting day for the shaw community, dcs beloved legend, duke ellington is moving back home. will thomas is live in northwest dv near the howard theatre, good morning will it looks beautiful from here. >> it is beautiful i am still getting into that banjo music now i got to switch gears to jazz music it is the jazz legend duke ellington honored in this shaw neighbourhood.

t and florida northwest not just any section of shaw right behind the historic howard theatre being refurbished, it is absolutely spectacular, up close and this whole area in front of the theatre will be called aptly, ellington plaza, now, this sculpture is made of stainless steel when it is all said and done on the base it will be 20 feet i am 6'3", so you get some idea just how big this thing is, let me give you insight into duke ellington an american composer, pianist, big band leader, wrote more than a thousand compositions born april 29th, 1899 died may 1974 and the artist behind this 10,000-pound sculpture happens to be a dc native, zachary, let's bring him in here good morning thanks for joining us. >> nice to be here will. >> this is $150,000 commission from dc commission on arts and humanities zachary how come they picked you.

other than the fact that you are so talented. >> thank you very much it was a national competition i did apply for i thought this was a great project to be part of i was picked nationally down to five finalists of the five finalists we had the come up with designs and my design was chosen. >> has duke ellington inspired your work as a sculptor. >> i think he has this has been going on almost five years being in my shop he was such an inpro visation fall musician i feel there is a sense of improve entered into my work as well it has been really neat. >> talk about the design he is obviously here at the piano then it continues up in this beautiful array. >> as an artist to create a visual of someone such a musical creative spirit how can i embody that in the sculpture i had the likeness of duke ellington sitting at his instrument the piano but i wanted it to transcend and become the music and the

sculpture itself be as lyrical as his genius. this is inspired by his actual handwritten treble clef for those who have seen his handwritten scores they would recognize that. >> are there additional materials. >> the metal part is stainless steel the body cast and the rest fabricated he sits atop a granite base the shape grand pi >> how long did it take you to create this. >> the who he project has been almost five yearthe sculpting part almost two years. >> what happens today, which is why we are out here t and florida northwest this will be craned over to that giant granite base that jason is pushing in on, talk about this process how long will it take >> i am hoping to get the bulk done today there is three major components that get installed the first one here with duke ellington at the piano once that is anchored in then the staff and finally the top of

the treble clef. >> your studio is in rockville you just made a road trip from manassas. >> actually the final touches to the sculpture is a high tech finish on that done by a company called american stripping they do a lot of work for the museums in town it will help preserve the finish. >> you are a native. >> i am a native in fact my grandfather had a hard ware store for 50 years not far from here, southeast washington. and family has grown up here and my wife's family in fact had grocery stores in the district as well. >> definitely native this whole area is still a construction site, the refurbishing the howard theatre and doing this entire plaza, but as you can see it is all chain link fence you can come here and see this gorgeous sculpture of duke ellington in person yourself, starting now, it is here and they have been kind enough to put off this crane process until we are done with this interview just as we were to go

to air they said ready to go so thank you zachary oxman it is days like this i am especially grateful to do what i do to meet people like you and see pieces like this so thank you. >> all right guys back to you. >> will tell him we said job well done. >> job well done from tony and allison. >> same to you too. >> coming up american idol crowd was wild last night. >> they were wild. >> i saw a little the judges gave a lot of complements some contestants couldn't keep steve and jennifer and randy in their seats. plus mouth to mouth feeding, alicia silver stone's video with her 10 month old child turning heads but this practice isn't as uncommon as you might believe i will chat with a doctor to find out if it is safe and has any health benefits. >> ask the doctor could it scar your child. >> we will ask that too. >> let's check with holly getting a work out this morning holly. >> that is not holly. >> no, but that is my work out

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>> last night american idol top 9 sang their hearts out to get one step closer to being the next american idol a lot of the songs were well received we are talking about standing ovations this morning we have our own idol chatter panel. jack diamond the morning man good morning jack. >> good morning allison. >> the lovely kitty of the city, miss genie jones and guess who is back.

scabby marcus johnson. >> what's up y'all. >> by now we need a cake. >> last night they did the idol hopefuls did song from their own idol it is judges were on their feet a lot. >> great show this was one of the best of the season when you give artists an opportunity to do song that is they want to do you get better performances. >> some times. >> yes. >> okay, did you enjoy the show last night. >> did i >> it was okay. >> it was cool. >> steevie nicks was great. standing ovations were undeserved. >> i think -- >> no, [ overlapping voices ] >> we are starting out with colten he did light houses everything here is colten his hair is under control more i

like that. ♪ [ music ] >> so this was sort of a worship song i think they kind of criticized that. >> you liked it >> i liked it he said he didn't find music but the music found him i think the music really found him last night this was an exceptional performance i thought he was really good on billy joel week last week when it was really tough. marcus you weren't here we talked about the fact i disagree with steven tyler saying if you can't sing billy joel you can't sing anything i think his phrasing is difficult and his songs are about his life i thought colten breathed a lot of life into that song >> i am excited for colten. >> you have always loved him >> i do it is something very believable about him. >> no doubt. >> i know stars when i see them. >> he has star all over him. >> he can take a ballad and

make a woman feel good. >> ballad and women, two different things. >> you already know. >> it is marketability. >> all right so i want to tuck about joshua, he has been getting a lot of criticism for not connecting with the audience i thought he did well on mariah carey's cover of without you last night. i really liked it here he is here is joshua. >> wow ♪ [ music ] >> i liked him a lot what did you think? >> he has a great range. you know, and i think he is learning how to use it, and he did a great job last night i don't know about emotion. >> right. >> it is like -- >> he gets kudos for style last night very talented but for me, becoming very predictable let's give him a gospel single,. >> not everybody is going to

fit the american idol genera of being a rock star he sang himself into tears last night and sang the judges into a standing ovation. listen i know maybe they have been a little too kind not as critical with some comments and critiques this year but he deserved it he did come through. >> he did. all right so -- >> just a little annoying. >> you find him annoying. >> a little bit. >> okay. he is getting a lot of criticism for not taking the process seriously last night he was like boom how do you like this,. >> amazing ♪ [ music ] >> yeah,. >> tears started to form in my eyes last night watching this i was so proud of him and i told you last week he was going to get saved from a pity vote and he is stronger than ever, and this is his range, this is where he needs to be and he

rocked that. >> i thought he did too. >> again it is phrasing and beautiful runs, i feel -- i picked the bottom three last week and he was in my bottom three, this week i think there was reclamation for him doing a great job on the song connecting i still think he may find himself bottom three tonight but i was impressed >> i think -- >> not only phrasing, it may be not -- we are getting the group is getting smaller but the thing about it it is not only phrasing it is soul. right and the thing about it, is this is what he does he needs to do an album full of ballots and he is good and really, as you said that is the ching ching dinner time after dinner drink. >> last couple weeks he did not put his heart and soul in it last couple weeks there was little emotion he almost made fun of the process fans resented that. >> i think america loves a good i'm sorry here is my soul this

is how i feel and it doesn't hurt he says he is doing it for the kids. >> and he rocked it. >> let's finish out with someone who truly rocked it earless doing led zeppelin a whole lot of love. for the first time last night i saw her in a whole different light yes, she has this whole genera covered what did you think? >> you are right. i was confused okay elise you gave me this blues. >> who are you. >> yeah, she did rock last night, what do you really want to do at the end of the day it is going to damage her. >> oh. >> you don't know who she is. >> with the other song selection so far. >> you think this was a mistake >> i don't think it was a mistake but let's see what happens next week. >> the final where we got to go. >> i liked it her energy, when you see the diversity it is a show right now still good it is a competition i can do this i can do this she got some extra

fans. >> but i think jess may be in a little bit of trouble don't be surprise first-degree one of the front runners finds themselves in bottom three. >> disagree. >> colten. >> i disagree back next week we will continue this see you after the break i can't stand these spots.

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the ceo of amazon is spear heading a recovery to find the engines of apollo 11. billion air jeff bethhaus claims his team discovered the engines with high tech sonar, some 14,000 feet beneath the atlantic ocean, he hopes to have the five engines displayed in museums. that would be cool. i am surprised no one thought of it before now. >> that would be super cool

>> they might have thought of it but didn't have the money to find it. >> that is probably it. >> james cameron has gone twice that far down he could pull them up. >> send him out there. >> didn't they say he brought stuff up he was enclosed. >> robotic arms. >> oh. >> do you know what he brought back up? >> no. >> sort of weird sea creatures. >> perhaps i don't know. >> yeah, i was more focused on the apollo thing. >> sorry. >> want to talk about it some more. >> no, we are out of time. >> after i win the lottery tomorrow i will become an adventurer tomorrow. >> what are you going to look for? >> not sure yet i will let you know monday. >> anything he wants to. >> all right. >> hey your forecast looks great as i just heard beautiful, sunny outside and this forecast an easy one sunshine low 60s. >> all right. >> 59 right now washington, and these temperatures haven't budged a whole lot last hour because we have some pretty good winds out of the north and

west and trying to lock in relatively cool air it will be absolutely beautiful with the right sunshine and clear blue skies, 57 manassas, 52 cooler north and west, 52 frederick and 50 hagerstown, high temperatures low to mid-50s. yesterday we were 72 regan national, cooler than yesterday but a nice spring day our average daytime high still low 60s. let me mention the winds they picked up out of the north and west, last wind gusts in washington 23 miles an hour, 26 in quantico check out frederick, it will be a breezy day if not down right windy here at times during the course of the day bring along a jacket i feel a little cooler than the actual air temperature as winds will be with us, for a good portion of the day there is your sat rad quiet conditions generally across the area high pressure will build across, and a cool one tonight we will fall back upper 30s low 40s later tonight, if you are well off to the north and west you might

want to be concerned about the possibility of freezing conditions that is our next weather maker, out towards st. louis, get here in the form of a warm front i am afraid we will kick off the weekend with cloud cover and possibility of scattered showers, not a wash out but scattered showers around. 64, mostly sunny skies, mention the cooler temperatures breathalyzes out of the north and west gusting to -- breezes out of the north and west, gusting to 25. 30s north and west of the city, your forecast as we get into the weekend 63 tomorrow saturday does not look promising first half of the day showers around, temperatures in the 60s sunday looks fantastic, monday looks good too that's a look at the weather forecast allison. just talk being the pediatrician as we present this story, actress alicia silver stone's method of feeding her child, bear blue is turning heads, take a look at this video she posted to her blog

similar to bird feeding where she chews the food and it ands it into her baby's mouth now some are calling this method unsanitary while others believe there is a nutritional benefit. so we will get it straight from a medical expert he is going to weigh in on this joining us now dr. libby the chief of general pediatrics at nova fairfax hospital for children and founder and president of pediatric group northern virginia pleasure to meet you. >> pleasure to meet you allison. >> when you saw this what did you think this little baby is 10months old what did you think? >> well, truly i thought it should be a little 3 by 5 photo in a photo album not something gone viral. of course, the funny thing about going viral, is well, i guess if mom had a little virus it would be a great way to inoculate your baby, many of us see, parents do things like that all the time cleaning a pass fier off that fell on the floor, putting it in their mouth, chewing it up food --

chewing up food and give it to their baby it is a problem if you make it routine. >> she put it out to the public people are weighing in on this. can you tell us about premastication. >> it is not new and it seems there are many cultures still, in some parts of the world where that is an acceptable and predictable way of transitioning babys from breast milk to solid foods in our country it is not routine it is not standard, i think that when we look at how we deal with that transition it is a much more sensory and developmental process, that i think needs to be directly parent to child, with your eyes, looking at them and giving them the kind of feedback they need. i am not sure that is necessarily i think prolonging something, in the form of premastication is a healthy thing for a baby >> basically babies need to learn how to chew and eat as you would in today's society is that fair? >> i think it does confer a

real nice transition for them to understand what nutrition is about their bodies and their brains are sponges they just are taking in everything nutrients as well as all that feedback when they can use their mouths, to sense something new, it is very different from what they were doing breast or bottle feeding it is a real new experience exciting, they need a face looking at them giving them that encouragement and enthusiasm becomes a real social element i think that is how we grow our families, with the goal of having our meal time and our exchanges at meal time very positive psycho social event. >> let's talk about advantages to this though because the question was what about the adults, the bacteria in an adults mouth what about if there is anything going on is this sanitary and safe let's talk about advantages to this. >> well, if there are advantages, they are strictly in the mouth of the beholder, so to speak. if you are doing this because

you have no other way of feeding your baby that is a great advantage if you are doing this because you don't like the way other foods are prepared and you thing preparing them in your own mouth is a better alternative that is great too. i don't think there is a great confession to any other let's say immune logical, nutritional benefit certain societycultures where there may not be that kind of scrutiny of the quality of food we feed our babies or not access to kinds of vehicles we use, prepared food or baby find grinders to feed your baby maybe it is a reasonable alternative in that transition phase to solids, the biggest thing for me is our society has a hard time limiting their babies if they develop behaviours they feel are reinforcing for them as parents reinforce their own specific social and emotional needs it can get out of hand i worry about families where that becomes the norm and that actually extends into a period

of time where there are otherdevelopmental issues, things of a nature that really do have some long lasting, implications, relative to their own psychological development. >> okay, so we covered it there, in the disadvantage, would just be what you spoke of too. >> the primary one i am not worried there is a hygiene hypothesis about allergies, for sure there are hundreds of viruses in your mouth at any given time bacteria, viruses things of that nature you will expose your baby to it and pop late their intestine with bacteria if they are healthy that is great, if not, that may not be so great for the baby. we are dealing with things in a routine fashion through our own excellent medical care. >> appreciate you coming in. >> pleasure. >> an eye opener for real, dr. russell libby, with virginia

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it is 9:47 a.m., fox 5s holly morris at the washington sports club bethesda maryland. >> she is learning about a new work out that is based on the hit movie and books hunger games good morning. >> good morning the games have officially begun here usually libby is our game master, now usually the work out lasts how long? >> 45 to 50 minutes. >> and this particular portion right now is about 20 minutes. >> yes. >> this is how tough the game master is, she made them begin, we began at 9:30 a.m. >> we have been doing this since 9:30 a.m. explain what is going on how it works. >> well, you have to master four skill sets, that is archery, tree climbing, speed, work and strength now once you do that you run a lap around the arena, grab a riser that completes one round you want to complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes then i can pin the winner, with my

mocking jay pin. >> now the great thing about this, you not only are competing against the other people but competing against yourself almost your own personal work out. >> your personal best that's right so it is like competition yes, but you do as you feel now, this hunger games work out was modeled by the uss work out washington sport's club's new work outstanding for ultimate fitness work out experience and it is all your personal best. >> but here is the fun thing as if this is not enough are we ready to introduce a disaster. >> i think we are i am the game master so this is what i do because life is never fair, i turn down the music, and i have now declared a disaster everyone stop, fireball. everyone fast rapid footwork and when i say down you drop down on your belly do a push up, and then you jump to your

feet and do a knee tuck ready down push up jump to your feet knee tuck go go go this goes for 30, to 45 seconds. go go go because the game master doesn't know how long it will be or how short it will be always depends because only the survivor wins. >> now do you like the whole thing about doing a work out modeled after the craze -- you like doing a work out modeled after a craze or do you prefer your regular classes. >> i like the games then you don't realize -- sorry. >> down. up. >> we are just talking here >> and again down knee tuck. >> okay so yeah, so when you are doing the games you don't really realize how hard you are working. >> down. >> holly. >> knee tuck. >> i think i could be a game master. >> let's wrap this disaster up. >> releases. >> back to where you were. >> back to it. >> we only have a few seconds we will declare a winner. >> one more minute.

>> as long as you are doing the regular classes. >> well, regular classes are great but when you have a game such as this you can put all your energy into it and not realize how you are working. >> how do we end the game. >> here we go and stop. >> games are over. >> and by looking at the risers, miss joe an here is the winner. >> the woman won. >> this is our designated catness getting her pin what do you think of the work out. >> good it is fun. >> fun? >> so here is the woman and what is this? >> it is a very tough work out for me. >> dude you are dead >> i mean in hunger games world, train like a tribute actually everyone survives but there is only one winner, myfoxdc.com our website we have a to washington sport's club only for 4 to 6 weeks but this class, is absolutely free i told them i would take the

class when i finished the book. >> well, you will be taking it soon. all right holly thank you. derek thomas of thomas landscapes how are you sir. >> good how are you? >> good a little chilly. >> a little brisk cooler than it was earlier this morning. >> time for us to do our segment ask the garden guy these are questions literally people have -- people see you on the streets and say i have a question for you. >> or send them to the website or through facebook. >> you are nice enough to answer them a question from michael in dupont circle the question is, last year my herb garden was over run with weeds i don't want to use chemicals to prevent them what do you recommend that will help me have a great garden and not loads of weeds. >> a lot of people are going organic what you can do, mulch has been used for years, as a weed preventative but what you can do, is use things like paper towels, newspaper, or even a paper bag, the one thing

to make sure if you are using newspaper make sure the ink you can usually call the paper producing it, find out if they are using a soy based ink if you are using a newspaper you don't want to use the ink with chemicals in it, what you can do if they are using the paper towels, take and cut an opening and put that around your existing herbs, what that is going to do, is give you the ability to then go back, and mulch over that, and it is going to help prevent the weeds. >> overtime does that bio degrade. >> that bio degrades that is the reason we are using paper the other thing you can do is take the paper bag, you make a cut in it, take your herb plant, plant it down in there, once again, we are going to mulch around that, and then tony i know you have got a couple more segments, stand back a little bit there, and

what you want to do at that point is water all of that down, what that is going to do is help keep that in place, you can mulch, put more mulch over top of it and cut more slits as you decide that you need to plant more plants. the weeds are not going to be able to germinate but yet you will be able to have good vegetables organically. >> all right tell me how much time i have left please 2 minutes which question do you want to go to. >> about the grasses. >> all right this is from kathy from grover park my ornamental grasses have become over grown is it difficult to divide them. >> not difficult make sure this grass is not really -- it doesn't have much of an edge but what you want to make sure if your grasses do have an edge you use gloves cut it like that and take bigger sheers, and actually get down in there, don't be afraid of it, get down in there, cut, and pull apart at the roots, and what you want

to end up with is 2 or more grass plants that is a little tough to get in, once you get it apart you end up with, this, will grow a brand new plant. >> okay great. 1 minute left question from susan capitol hill i have been given gift plants for the holidays, rosemary and tulips what do i do with them now. i was told tulips would not live but i would like to try to plant them is it worth it help. >> tulips aren't worth it they have been totally bred out but if you want the try with the tulips cut off the spent blooms make sure they don't go to seed give it a try but they are so inexpensive just get new ones in the fall rosemary is a fabulous herb you want to make sure as you take the foil off that, get rid of that, and then you also want to get the plant out of the pot, the big thing is you want to make sure there is no roots that are really

like a mesh, these roots will be nice and healthy but when you go to plant it break it apart so that when you put it into the ground you get a good start and it will last for years. >> tour man great answers ask the garden guy, thank you very much. >> tony a little bit of dirty hands. >> we will be right back 

tomorrow is friday which means we will answer another ask allison question i rely heavily on the opinion of you tony >> i like doing it. >> all right send me your questions head to myfoxdc.com click on the morning tab for a link to ask allison we do it on a variety of topics anything is game. so send them in. you notice she is afraid of my opinion she doesn't ask. >> you just