>> i believe you've thrown it to me thank you very much we are here with derek thomas of thomas landscapesng. >> good morning how are you. >> doing great. >> a chill. >> yeah, it is. you are again answering questions that you have gotten from people, about spring planting, and fruits and vegetables. >> yes, our little summer vegetable primer, and also, i have to give a shout out t gloria, and her friends they will be doing some planting this week in northeast they were getting somethings together when i was at the garden center i told them i would say hi to them this morning they are loyal views, and they love you. >> wonderful. thank you for watching. now you have some good tips. >> here is what you want to do with your summer vegetables the most important thing is the soil, i've got shredded hard wood mulch, compost and i've got potting mix. this mix make sure you have something that says potting mix not soil this is an organic fertilizer what you want to do is start with one part of each if you are potting up your vegetables into pots mix this together, and you get a really good blend l

. >> with just a few days before mothers day derek thomas is here to show you how to create a last minute gift that will make your mom smile all yearlong. first caps are still alive. they beat the rangers, last night, to set up a game 7. hopi made 30 saves in goal, he was fantastic. yet again. game 7, saturday night at madison square gardens. >> tucker barnes in the weather center. it is hard not to just smile when you see that. >> we deserve it too. not only the capitals but the weather will co-operate. >>> temperatures in the 70s. let's get to it take a look at satellite radar. we are looking at clearing skies nice looking day, nice looking start to your day. take a look at the actual satellite radar. thank you. there you go. showers out of here. new york, hartford, left over shower. for us, look at the clear skies. a few clouds out west. perfectly sunny afternoon, mostly sunny as we see a few fair weather cumulis clouds. high pressure will park overhead. 57 washington, winds gusting to 20. breezy conditions as cooler and dryer air mixes in. 70 your daytime high. winds out of the north

a win-win situation, derek thomas joins us live after the break with tips.gh >>> >> then washington folk life festival comes to glen echo park. holly is there with a preview. fox 5 morning news will be right back. 9:42 a.m. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droid does. >> holly morris is at glen echo park this morning. we've got some lively guests standing by to get this thursday morning jumping. holly. >> i was going around and around before i was jumping on that carousel but listen i got an insiders tip on how to not get dizzy on the carousel, simply watch the horse in front of you. don't talk to the person next the you. now the person i was talking next to is the same person that just gave me that tip. way to give me that tip at the end of the ride. >> you don't want to spoil the ride >>

our studios to talk about thomas and the ongoing corruption scandal that continues to plague the d.c. political landscape. that's 9news now at 7:00. >> we'll see you then, derek. >>> still ahead right now, the maryland governor, martin o'malley is showing you a new way to spend gambling in the precinct. we'll talk about it, top? >>> well, a very nice evening in the be immediate metro area. still pretty warm. a nice night for baseball. here are the numbers for you, they managed to make it up to 80 at national. and 56 was the low. average is now 72 and 52. we'll come back. we have a couple storms on radar. >>> but first, free education from the iv league school? we'll tell you about it coming up next. to get people to try on these new depend silhouette briefs, and today we are rocking the red carpet. look it's lisa rinna! lisa hiii,i know you don't need one but will you try on these new depend silhouette briefs for charity and prove just how great the fit is even under a fantastic dress? are you serious? i am serious... sure why not! she's doing it! the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. hey lisa, who ya wearing? she's wearing the ne

know tonight, derek, the name of somebody who helped get that money to sulaimon brown from the gray campaign. that same person helped nab gore. >> mr. gore, what about you? any comment? >> thomas gore left the federal courthouse in d.c. a convicted felon, now facing at least 12 to 18 months in prison. this after the man with a master's degree in social work management helped divert money from the vincent gray campaign to sulaimon brown when gray was trying to unseat incumbent mayor, adrian fenty. >> mayor gray gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses, and attack then mayor fenty. >> the gray administration hired, then fired sulaimon brown after fenty was defeated in 2010. since then, the new mayor denied brown's allegations. >> can't even imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior. i know absolutely nothing about any one of my campaign who did that. >> today in federal court, thomas gore for mayor gray confessed he and a second campaign staffer were involved in a scheme to get money to sulaimon brown. sources identified howard brooks to 9news now as that second campaign staffer. here's what we now know. in 2010, thomas gore di

ahead on "good morning america," ballroom, derek and maria, here live, after their shocking exit from "dancing with the stars." >>> good morning i'm eric thomasself in an apartment surrendered after a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the home for several hours this morning. investigators say the man is an attempted murder suspect. the standoff began midnight on ellis and gately. nobody was injured. >> check on that grey forecast out there for the morning. here's mike. >>> let's start that seven day forecast and show you we are going to have sunshine by noon everywhere but the coast mid 50s. cooler and breezy tomorrow through friday warmer saturday to monday. >>> bay bridge toll still backed up towards the 880 overcrossing. another accident westbound 4 willow pass road the second one this morning heavy through antioch into pittsburg with >> the news continues now with "good morn ♪ >>> it is glowing in times square, now that the rain has gone away. the umbrellas have been put away. they're having a lot of fun out there this morning. a lot of fun here in times square. and last night on "dancing with the stars," a whole bunch of drama. derek and maria ta

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