nothing happening right at this moment. but they got a light coating of snow overnight. tucker barnes has been monitoring this storm for the past few days now. >> he is live outside our studios in northwest with more on what we can expect here in the d.c. area. good morning, tucker. >> reporter: good morning, allison and tony. talk local weather first. overnight a wintry mix from washington and points west. reports this morning up to 3 inches of slushy accumulation out to the west. right now i can tell you, it's cold here in northwest washington. it's cold. bring your jacket. lots of layers. not a lot falling here. light drizzle and rain. i think the heavy rain is over with. though the effects from the storm, we're not done with that yet in the washington area. satellite radar, want to show you the storm. most of the activity is off to the east. you can see the rain shower activity out to the east, as we're getting rain in the calvert county, pushing to

annapolis. there you go, our big storm now shaping up here off the eastern seaboard. rain you see to the west, that energy will collide with it, and this storm will crank up and that's why we have blizzard watches and warnings all the way from new york city to boston later this afternoon and tonight. i mentioned a blizzard, blizzard warnings new york to boston, as we move to our next map you can see that those warnings will continue for the next several hours. in fact, they'll continue until early tomorrow morning as they're expecting upwards of 18 to 24 inches of snow. hard to believe we're talking about 18 to 24 inches of snow. locally a lot of clouds today. could be a few sprinkles this afternoon. little wrap around moisture this afternoon in the form of snowflakes and flurries. i'll have more details on that. the winds really will pick up later this afternoon. more details coming up in a few

minutes. tony and allison, back to you at the desk. thanks, tucker. the storm is taking aim at new england. some areas could see up to 3 feet of snow. >> the worst of the conditions is expected to hit boston. elizabeth hopkins joins us live with how millions are preparing. >> reporter: this morning boston is the city that is awaiting its burial. if you look at the street behind me, very little traffic, if at all. in fact, that is very unusual for a friday morning. it is under orders from the mayor. he says he wants people to stay off the roads and stay home today. that's why he's closed down all the city schools, all the community centers, all the libraries, and he's also told all nonessential government employees to simply stay home. he hasn't taken the step as far as going ahead and telling all businesses in the city to

close. he's strongly advising it. it's going to be hard for people to get around if they are trying to go out later today. little bit later in the afternoon the city's transit system will be shutting down. and logan airport says it is canceling flights, though they'll remain open for the remainder of the weekend. they say they want to be there for people who may be stranded. they're hoping their schedule will resume sunday. in the meantime, if you look at the state house behind me, the clouds are ominous. we're awaiting the snowflakes to start falling. when they do, we're told they won't stop for quite a while. in boston, elizabeth hopkins, fox news. the big snowstorm isn't all bad news for everyone. ski resorts and sporting good stores in the northeast are welcoming the blizzard because that means big business for them. ski resorts in maine say it's been a frustrating season because of the lack of snow and sporting good stores say a big storm could mean an increase in snowmobiles and ski sales. but unfortunately, this

storm is bad news for air travelers. airports have hopes of reopening as soon as possible. but already, thousands of flights canceled nationwide. that includes many in and out of the d.c. area airports and the number is growing. >> you can track the forecast 24/7 with the fox 5 weather app. if you can't get to a tv, we are now streaming our newscast live on your cell phone. log onto our web site, myfoxdc.com, to find out more about that. in the meantime, a ruckus on capitol hill tops our other stories. some anti-war protestors interrupted hearings to confirm john brennan as director of the cia. when the hearings did finally get underway, brennan was asked why he changed his mind on the use of interrogation techniques that some call torture. >> i had expressed my personal

objections and views to some colleagues about certain of those, water boarding, nudity, others, where i professed my objections to it, but i didn't try to stop it, because it was something being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. >> lawmakers will get another chance to grill brennan in a closed door classified briefing tuesday. and leon panetta testified thursday saying the pentagon did not have any forces close to libya when the u.s. consulate was attacked last september. he also said for the first time, or he said for the first time that the defense department supported arming rebels in syria. that's a direct contrast to the official position of the obama administration. funeral services will be held at arlington cemetery

today for a virginia soldier. 28-year-old sergeant aaron whitman was a graduate of the citadel. he was on his second deployment to afghanistan when he was killed last month. he was the first u.s. combat casualty of the year. he was based out of fort stewart, georgia. the first lady will attend the funeral of the murdered chicago teenager who performed at the president's inauguration. funeral services for hadiya pendleton will be held tomorrow. police say the drum majorette was talking with a group of friends last week when she was shot in the back by a stray bullet. so far, no arrests in this case. but it has brought renewed attention to chicago's high moderated and the debate over gun violence in america. in the developing massive man hundred in california, a fired police officer goes on a shooting spree, and at least three people are killed. has all the makings of a movie,

but it's real. police found the burned out pickup truck of christopher dorner near los angeles. now a manhunt is underway for the allege cop killer, christopher dorner. >> the search continues for dorner. they still have aerial searches, grounds searches and door to door searches going on. >> he essentially communicated his sense that the people with whom he had a grievance were fair game and so were their families and so were any other police officers on or off duty. >> the search has spread to nevada, where dorner has a house. police think anyone could be a target. fairfax county police say the serial foundler has struck again and they have a new

sketch. take a look. there have been 18 incidents reported in and around springfield, all have the same suspect description and the same mo. the man comes from behind and gropes women and then runs. the attacks started in september. the suspect previously described as having a beard. now he's described as having acne on his face or shaving bumps. two girl scouts join us on what the organization is calling national girl scout cookie day. they're here to explain how the conclude e business is preparing them. >> and being a scout, love it. a guide for ladies. live in studio. if you're having relationship troubles, they might be able to help. they have a new book and also where you can see them at a book signing later today.

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welcome back. just about everybody has a favorite -- hold on. hold on just a moment. we're having technical problems. there we go. just about everybody has a favorite, thin mints, samoas. it's national girl scout cooking day. joining us the ceo of the girl scout council, and she has brought with her two scouts. hello. >> hi. >> how are you all? >> good, how are you? >> good. thank you for coming in. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> happy national -- >> girl scout cookie day. >> all right. let's talk, first of all, may i ask you, christian, sometimes it's rude to ask a lady, but how old are you? >> i'm nine. >> and are you selling the

cookies now? >> yes. >> or you're finished? you're selling them? >> yes. >> how are sales going? >> good. >> how many boxes have you sold? >> so far 75. >> that's very good. how about you? >> i have not started selling yet. i've actually been supporting one of my fellow girl scouts in buying from her to help her achieve her goal. and then i'm going to start selling my own. >> all right. very good. that's wonderful. lydia, let's talk about what this day is all about, and what it means. because most of us, we see the girl scouts knock at the door, or the parents come to work and sell the cookies. we think, all right, nice little fundraiser there. but it means a lot. >> it really is the largest entrepreneurial program for girls. 1.5million boxes were sold last year. they learn how to plan, they learn business ethics, how to talk to adults, and then the proceeds stay in our region, almost $3 million was used for

the girls to do good works in their communities. and this year we have new box, so this is a new box. it has the gold award, which is the highest earned award girl scouts can earn. they are quite attractive. as i remember, tony, you once donned a costume. i don't know if you remember that. >> we should have pulled the video. i have pictures of me in the cookie costume. >> do you remember which cookie you were? >> i believe i was -- >> i want to say you were a do si do. i know you liked the peanut inspired. >> we'll find the picture. deja, she mentioned the gold award. tell me what that is, because are you close to getting yours? >> not quite. >> not yet? working on it? >> some time by the summer, yes. >> okay. and what does that mean? what does that represent? >> the gold award is the

highest honor in girl scouts, period. it is a great honor, and it's a wonderful experience. basically what you do is you plan a service project, you can work on it, and you kind of get, you know, you really reach in the community and try to find others to help you. it's 100 hours. you can kind of do anything you want, as long as it's approved by council and as long as they say it is going to benefit. it's kind of a free -- i guess a free space. you have the opportunity to do anything that really your heart desires, as long as you can put the drive in it, put the confidence in it, and try to make sure it goes through. >> christian, is that something that you aspire to one day, to get a gold award? >> yes. >> tell me what you get out of selling the cookies. is it fun? >> yes. >> what do you learn from it? >> i learn that you have to really manage your money and that you have to always, if you really want to sell it, you have to always put your mind to

it. >> that's right. very good. do you like interacting with adults and, you know, trying to get them to buy the cookies? >> yes. >> do you have special sales technique, besides showing up and looking cute? >> i always try to act cheerful and i always try to put on my most positive face. >> very good. how long have you been a girl scout? >> five years. >> deja? >> 12. >> how much longer do we have to buy cookies? >> i know people are out there that says, no girl scout has knocked on my door yet. one of the things starting at the end of the month is our booth sales. we have 14,000 booths across the region. there is a cookie app called cookie locater. you can download it and you can put your zip code and it will send you alerts, telling you where there are girls selling cookies. starting at the end of february through the month of march, you can get your favorite cookies. >> very good. that's fantastic. we thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> always a fun time around

here. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> nice to meet you. and thank you, too. >> thank you. >> wish you the best of luck. >> i want to see that picture. >> we'll find the picture. i wish we had thought of it before. sorry about that. thank you. now, let's go back to allison. >> i can get it. it's downstairs on your desk, if you want. >> it is. actually it is on my desk. yes. >> okay. thanks, tony, thanks, ladies. coming up, the top 10 love songs to play this valentine's day. first, redskins controversy. the debate over the team's name is heating up. we want to hear your opinion. find out how next. first, let's check back in with holly. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. listen, we have downed the dumplings, now moving on to spring rolls. we are fixing a fabulous feast in time for the chinese new year's celebration. how you can be involved in it all live later on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. >> we are also tracking an astroid is is going to come

really close to earth next week. it is 150 feet wide, and will come even closer than some of the weather satellites circling the earth. still, that's at least 17,000 miles away. scientists say there is no need to worry. we'll see you on the other side of the break with rev run and tyrese in the house. we'll be right back.   

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welcome back. native american nicknames in sports take center stage at a discussion. >> panelists at the event yesterday debated the racial stereotypes surrounding the redskins name and logo. critics want the team owners to change the name and called on people to boycott the home team and its sponsors. we want to hear your opinion. we've posted this question on our facebook page. offensive name or part of tradition? we are hearing from people on both sides of the debate.

some are getting creative. >> not sure how much fear that would instill in other teams. >> it is funny, though. up next, rev run and tyrese in our studios. we are talking about their book is called mannology, and are answering your questions in ask allison later. >> also coming up after the break, we are sitting down with some, actually we're not doing that. we did that a while ago. first up, a monster storm knocking down the door to new england, new york, and boston expected to be hammered from a foot to 3 feet of snow. >> that same system could bring more rain and snow for us tonight. it won't be a lot. that's the good news. tucker has the forecast when we come back. it's 9:22 now.    

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here's another one of the live photos that our viewers are sending in of the snow. there is snow out to our west. here in the washington area rain. but this is snow in warrenton, virginia. we appreciate the picture. nice picture, too, sent in by rebecca landis. >> we're dodging the worse of it. >> we're on the western end of this storm. the heart of the storm will get going later this afternoon. will be too far north and east of us to do a lot of heavy snow. >> already feel for our neighbors. you have to say, okay, whew, not this time. >> i have mixed emotions. from the weather side of things, exciting. but obviously picking up four days afterwards, not fun. out to our west, a lot of our viewers getting 1, 2, some cases 3 inches of snow. parts of our area have a fresh blanket of snow. and the sleet and freezing rain

out there. most of the action now is east of washington. and in the last hour or so we've seen that wintry mix start to peter out here, as our system continues to wrap up and take shape. i'm going to show you another picture in a second off to the east, to the east of ocean city. rain showers along 95. the wintry mix we had off to the north and west in the past couple of hours has started to dissipate. much of our day will feature cloud cover. between systems here. not going to get a lot of anything during the day. maybe a couple of sprinkles, light showers. the most part, dodging the worst of this one. out to the west, frontal system and that energy will slam into our area this afternoon and tonight. we'll watch this nor'easter take shape and spread that moisture and a lot of wind. winds will be enormous later today up to new york and boston. that's where the heart of the snow will be later this

afternoon and tonight. they'll be looking at blizzard conditions, in fact blizzard warnings southern new england, boston down to new york. let's show you the advisories. once again, blizzard warnings for the counties in red here. eastern massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut all the way to new york city, blizzard warning. winter storm warnings. and advisories into the washington area. winter weather advisory in effect until 10:00 this morning. as we showed you in the picture, parts of the area to the west picked up a couple of inches of show. could be travel issues in the counties in purple. trend later today, i don't think you'll see much of anything to the west. dealing with cloud cover as the system continues to wrap up. how much snow? 18 to 24 inches near boston. could be more than that. some suggesting 30 inches to snow. that will be a historic storm. we'll see where it ranks in about 24 hours time. closer to new york, 12 to 16

inches. closer to the washington area, anywhere between a trace to 4 inches here off to the north and north and west of washington. want to add here, if you're watching along the northern tier of maryland, northeast maryland, some of that spiral banding that takes place, the wrap around moisture later this afternoon could give you some additional snow showers late today and tonight. just be ready for that possibility. there's our storm system, and the center of low pressure will be to the east of ocean city at 3:00, and it really intensifies and wraps up extremely heavy snow, blizzard conditions. winds gusting to 65, maybe 75 miles per hour up towards boston and the cape there later tonight. the whole thing wraps up by early tomorrow morning. notice the banding coming back to the washington area later tonight, early tomorrow. might be a few snowflakes around here around the night

time hours. winds up to 40 miles per hour. blustery tonight. could be light rain and/or snow. seven-day forecast, next several days the temperatures stay on the cool side. particularly tomorrow, with windy conditions and highs in the upper 30s. near 50 with showers around here monday. we promise 50s early next week. all right, before i toss it back to tony, you can check the forecast and track the storm 24/7, you know what we're talking about, the fox 5 weather app. if you can't get it on tv, you can get it on your fox 5 weather app. also, we're streaming our newscast live on our cell phone. that's a new feature. go to myfoxdc.com to find out about that. cool new feature. that's the latest on weather. allison, toss it over to you and special guests. special is absolutely right, tucker. thank you so much.

one is an r&b crooner and act, and a rap icon and now a reverend. they're not promoting an album now, tyrese gibson and rev run have a book on shelves now, called mannology, and it looks to teach women how to tell the good guys from the bad boys. what a pleasure to meet you. welcome back to d.c. i'm sure you've been here many times. >> yes, yes. >> there are events for you to come out and meet rev run and tyrese. first, i have to ask, i read most of the book. for the viewer, how did you two get together in the first place? and rev run, don't go all the way back to the original, what you say the dis to tyrese. >> the gist is, he sent out his words on his show, words of wisdom, kind of a celebrity thing going, and i signed up to

receive those e-mails. after following him for like a year, i had a problem with this, his analogy and this thing he sent out about cheating, infidelity, i responded, i don't agree. i didn't know he would get it. we ended up calling and being on the phone over four hours debating about this issue of being faithful and cheating and marriage and the whole thing. >> did he become your mantor at that point? >> i believed everything he was saying, because i felt his position was on the season in his life. a lot of people work their way up the jesus ladder further than others and start being mean towards people who don't believe on the level. >> right. >> he's happily married, 19 years. never touched his wife prior to marriage. i was saying, i don't really

know if i'm willing to marry and potentially end up with bad sex. >> and we're being honest. you talk about all of that in this book. you talk about the good, bad and ugly and growth and change. >> right. >> tyrese, you hit on something, because rev run, we all love the fact that you up hold marriage and six kids, beautiful family. but tyrese, you come from a different angle. still single, good dad, good boyfriend. when you bring your two viewpoints together, it should be a powerful mix, rev. >> definitely is a mix. me being his mentor, in order to hang around somebody that has a commit to god the way i do, you have a pull to come towards god. as we've been friends for a while, many people get around me, especially celebrities, and are uncomfortable. have somebody churched out, kind of back up.

we're close, because he's on the same page. we both want to do the right things. he's getting older, and he wants to do the right thing. we're kind of, people would think we're not on the same page, but we share more in common than people would expect. >> the cover is cute -- >> like, man -- >> you're like, yes, that's it. >> in the book itself, when somebody picks this up, what do you hope they'll take away from it? >> i want to jump out there and say this, i've got a five-year- old daughter, rev has a few daughters. >> yes. >> the mission of this book was not to throw men under the bus. we have a problem with what ladies don't know. the things you have figured out, congratulations. you'll know how to navigate your life away from things that will cause you pain, because you've been in pain before. if we can get in front of a woman having 15 heartaches, sad, misery, on whatever level,

prior to her finally finding her husband that she's going to settle down, love her, treat her like the world, that's what the whole thing is about. and i'll say this, it probably pissed the book company off. if you have a weak stomach, and rather live in oblivion, bumping your head all over the place, this book isn't for you. i keep it real. >> you do. >> i go all the way. >> tyrese goes all in. rev, you do, too. >> i keep it real. >> we all know and love you of course from your days with run dmc. >> i tell a story about what i did before i became all sanctified. so definitely the book will give women a heads up on what's around the corner, the tricks guys might play, and i also tell women to love yourself. when you love yourself you take crap from no one. i put that on twitter all the time. if you're texting somebody, not texting you back, feel funny

things, trust your intuition. good relationships feel great. that's it. they feel good. that's what i want all the ladies to know. good relationships feel good. >> i know you're a best selling author, but i have to credit both of you, this book is, it's wonderfully written. >> thank you. >> i was there with you in the hot tub when you had this epiphany of this lifestyle. i'm with you. kudos to both of you for putting out a good product. >> thank you. >> we're not done. they're sticking around and in the book, i know they see, can i call you reece? i feel like i need to after the book. they're sticking around and are going to take good questions coming in. questions like, we're about to have our fourth child, how can we still keep it hot? >> how to keep sex sexy. >> you can go to our facebook fan page and let us know if you have a question you want to ask these two power house gentlemen

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hard to believe, but it's been nearly a year since the death of whitney houston. >> madame tussauds is honoring her memory with four figures. they were unveiled in new york. each one dedicated to one of her career milestones. the one in the red white and blue track suit that she wore singing the anthem at the 1991 bowl will be here in the district. it's the first time they have created so many figures of the same person at once. very special. just in time for valentine's day, houston's classic version of "i will always love you" takes the top

spot in an online poll. 38% among all adults in the survey. the righteous brother's "unchanged melody," when a man loves a woman, you are so beautiful, and how deep is your love rounded out the top five songs. we want to add another one to that list, tyrese's love song, "best of me." he's the crooner for sure. they're going to rejoin us later this hour with ask allison. there it is, the song there. do you like it? ♪ >> i do. >> i do. if you need advice, don't go anywhere. they are back with us later for ask allison. ♪ you are the best of me ♪ holly kicking off the weekend with a chinese celebration for the year of the snake. we'll be right back.

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so long dragon. the chinese community welcomes the snake this sunday as they celebrate the chinese new year. events are expected to draw about 40,000 guests in the d.c. area. holly morris is live at the source restaurant in northwest. >> reporter: snake head fish is on the menu. remember, we just showed that a couple of weeks ago. they're sell operating in many way -- celebrating in many ways. no one is looking at us three right now because everyone is focused on this gorgeous lady. come on in. she is the first runnerup of miss china town. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: you didn't have to get this dressed up for us. you look gorgeous. i think first, some people may not realize there is a miss

china town. tell me what your role is. >> the pageant originated in 2008. we have a new one this year coming up. >> reporter: what do you do in your role? >> our mission is to promote chinese american culture in the mainstream society. my platform is to promote the chinese pride. there are so many folks in the d.c. area. >> reporter: i'm sure the community is proud of you and the work you are doing. we not only have rita trying your food, scott, now serena as well. what are you making this hour? >> the second dish we're going to make, lobster and shrimp spring roll. shaped like gold bars. >> reporter: gold bars? >> got to have the gold bars

and gold nuggets. >> reporter: we did the gold nugget last hour. what's the significance of the gold bar? >> fortune. >> reporter: we say no more. what's going on here? >> real simple. the shrimp and lobster the showcase of this dish. can't go wrong with pork fat. little bit of the pork fat to this as well. >> becomes more juicy. >> exactly. we want it to be juicy. we love the fat. little sugar and -- >> reporter: serena still has to fit in that dress. >> let's eat dumplings. little bit of ginger, chop the cilantro and cornstarch to bring this all together. >> reporter: we talked about your dumpling class tomorrow. monday there is a special dinner and reception with the man himself. >> the boss is coming. wolfgang puck will be here

monday. the dinner is sold out. we are doing a reception downstairs 8:00 to 10:00, open to the public. special chinese year menu. that goes from the 10th to the 24th. >> reporter: i didn't fail enough with the dumplings -- >> up the ante here. >> reporter: what's the forecast for the year of the snake? >> the snake basically is for the people smarter than anyone else. >> reporter: really? >> that's what the snake people thing. >> reporter: but are they really? >> like my mother. >> reporter: oh, back with mom again. people that have kids this year, it's a good year? >> very good year, particularly the girls. >> reporter: really? >> they are significant, sexy. >> reporter: year of the snake

are sexy. i got it. all right. >> that's good. >> reporter: there you go. >> shaped like a little gold bar. >> reporter: i think i did better at that. >> you did. >> reporter: there's a lot of different things we've covered this morning. one, we're here at the source. dumpling class saturday. dim sung reception sunday, and a two-week special menu. parade on sunday. parade going on in d.c. at 2:00. and watch for this young lady in events in and around the city, she'll be promoting all things chinese. and myfoxdc.com we have a link. happy new year, allison. >> happy new year to you, holly. this morning we asked you to share your relationship questions on our facebook page. rev run and tyrese gibson join us again for ask allison. they'll have helpful advice. we can't answer everybody, but we want to get to good ones.

first one. are you ready? >> ready. >> we are welcoming our fifth child this year. how can my husband and i keep the spark in our marriage? i think by spark, you know what i'm trying to say. >> first thing, have to get a nanny or baby-sitter. if you don't have time, that will create the problem. if you can, as the husband, figure out how to set up moments to give her free time, even though you have all the children, you're not going to be able to create that alone. the first thing is how do you get the time to make it sexy? not going to get sexy if the kids everywhere, have to put this one to bed. those are the nights, have a baby-sitter, you go out, slip to a hotel, whatever you have to do to get to a place where she can be free to have fun and get busy. >> what do you say? >> i think that you should definitely make it a priority and a responsibility to keep sex sexy. first of all, congratulations. >> really. >> on the fact that the family is expanding like that.

it's just beautiful. it says a lot about the dynamics of their marriage, where he is saying i want more kids with this beautiful woman. >> right. >> but i think sometimes when it comes to kids and let's say you get married, you're in shape, you work out, always focused on being your best to attract the man, or the woman, and as soon as you get married, all of a sudden you got the big luge belly and you're falling all over the place. >> right. >> ultimately in my mind, keep sex sexy. and don't work to get the man, but also master the art of keeping the man and the man should do the same thing. >> let's move on. as a loving committed wife and i want to start with you on this one, reece, how can i support my man's dreams of making it as an artist and a rapper? >> i think for me, as much as the validation you want to feel and get from men and women

supporting your music, any kind of music, there is no more validation of having a supportive woman at home. when you are in the studio, most of us work at night. when you get home and she's being aggressive about what she's asked you to do and needs you to do and start connecting, you're focused on your career and you're dropping the ball as a man, that makes me feel bad about being creative. i can't help these lyrics in these songs keep popping up and when everybody is asleep and i'm working at night. when i'm not taking out the trash in the morning, you shouldn't be cursing me out, because i'm up all night creating, trying to get us out of this situation. the support from the woman means more than anything when it comes to a recording artist. >> you talk about that in the book, support, trying to change, should you try to change, should you not? also, rev, i think you talk about this, letting your man do

things that make himself feel 100%. >> validation. >> validation. how can you be a supportive wife and also like, get on the yard work, how do you balance that? >> i believe a woman should support his man to keep his confidence up. many women are so successful and a man doesn't feel wanted or needed. you can't get it done in the board room if you don't get it done in the bedroom. if your wife don't love you, jesus, how are you going to make it happen out in the streets? >> time for one more. we're rolling. thank you, gentlemen. talks about love and we combined two questions. when is it appropriate to say i love you, and how do you say it without pressuring a man to say it back? >> well, i would say if you do

love him, use your own instincts, your own intuition for when you decide to verbalize it. >> awkward moment. >> other than that, show love, because that's way louder than anything you could say. when you're showing love, you don't have to worry about the best time to say i love you. showing so much love, you're walking in love, versus looking -- i'm nervous about talking love. just chill out. ultimately, when you say the words i love you, verbally, it means more to the woman than it could ever mean to the man. it's like, just show love and that will be the biggest highlight ever, period. >> do you agree, rev? >> i do. i believe, also there's ways to love you. you without it being i love you so much. >> right. >> you can do it in a general term as if you're talking to a person. you don't have to say it in the way like -- >> i love you. >> doesn't have to be that big of a statement. you don't have to hold his

hand. listen to me. i love you. chill out, we're not getting married right now. just bring it down. bring it down. >> last 30 seconds i have to say, i think you hit on it, when is the time for single women to bail? this man is not going to change. >> when you love yourself you take crap from no one. many women hold on so long, knowing this doesn't feel good. i love the quote from michelle obama where she says, good relationships feel good, they feel right, go with your instincts. stay away from people that weigh you down. >> what i bring to mannology is something a little more uncomfortable. i would say, people are in your life for a reason, others are there for a season. when you walk in your truth, you will recognize when people's seasons are over. when it's time for them to go, business or personal, you leave

them unapologetically. you don't understand. you just go. because you have to block and protect your heart from being on the receiving end of everybody's dysfunction. i'm out. >> i know you love what they had to say. here's your chance to meet, pick up the book, listen to a q and a today. howard university book store 2:00 p.m. you have to go to our web site for tickets. 2:00p.m. today, howard university, that is free. >> also, it's available on nook and kindle and ibook, itunes. >> everywhere. >> all digital format. we want y'all to support mannology. >> thank you. >> bless you. >> we'll be right back. ♪ we can conquer the world ♪

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