. >> one inmate who confided in slagle over the years is stephen hughley.nced to life for killing his mother and given a death sentence for murdering a prison counselor. slagle knows him as something other than a cold-blooded killer. >> i discovered a side to steve, maybe no one else ever saw it. you wouldn't believe who his favorite musician is. barry manilow. i mean, the music, the soft, sentimental love songs. that's his favorite music. his favorite actress is shirley temple. this sounds so dumb, but he's one of the gentlest, warmest, kindest human beings i ever knew. >> as our cameras were rolling, hughley's execution date was only days away. >> he told me he's ready to go. he wants to die because in his case he knows the rest of his life would be confined, you know, every minute to this one tiny little cell. and he's just tired. he's tired of the loneliness, the emptiness, the frustration, the hopelessness, so he prefers death. >> today hughley is being transferred to tennessee's death row located at river bend maximum security institution more than 10

hughley natanz andy dick tied for last place-- and andy dick tied for last place. can see who goes home tonight here on abc 7. >> i can see you on the dance floor swinging around with your shirt off. let's move on. singer faithseeing hill to usher in sunday night's football next season. she announced on twitter that after six years, she's done performing for sunday night. she says it was a difficult decision but that it's time to let somebody else rock it. >> ♪ >> 4:57. >> still ahead, some changes could be coming to the national mall. why

hughley and andy dick. >> it's been an emotional heart felt evening. tomorrow a different type of emotion when a different couple goes home. >> our own kelly swoope was in the ballroom. she will have a live report coming up in a few minutes on abc2 news at 6:00. if you'd like to head out to l.a. for "dancing with the stars" we're giving away two tickets to the season finale, log on to abc2news.com/ facebook. >>> securing baltimore city, talking to your kids about the tragedy in boston. all that and more coming up on abc2 news at 6, which starts right now. >> like a canon went off. >> we begin at six trying to make sense of what happened. we're a day removed from the blast. today we know the bombs were something experts call a pressure cooker, the kind of explosive al qaeda affiliates are known to make. the president warned about jumping to conclusion. homeland security secretary janet napolitano wants people to know this is not connected to a wider plot. tonight our team coverage begins in downtown baltimore. >> reporter: this is just a situation where

hughley, did you guys see d.l. hughley? >> yeah. >> what did you think?s going? >> andy is doing great. he is loving life and he's loving the show. he's doing it. d.l. is trying. d.l. hughley is trying but he's funny and that's keeping people, you know, keeping them -- >> do you think andy can go the distance? >> i absolutely believe andy can go the distance. it's coming out. you see that quirkiness, that boyish charm. andy, i think he's going to go far. >> at the end of the day people want to see people who can really dance. how much does his charm and hard work -- >> you think he can't dance? >> every week -- >> he got the bigger improvement -- >> everybody wants to see a story which is why the all-stars didn't do so well. they like the story, they like the journey. >> who goes home. >> i think d.l. has to worry and wynonna judd has to worry. wynonna ryder already had her day. she's safe. she didn't take it. it was not guilty. >> watch tonight. zhang you, sherthank you, sherr. >> general that van/star of "blossom" is opening up about the challenges she

hughley and pro partner cheryl burke. cheryl, love you. i love you. >> good morning, good morning. >> boston pride, baby. >> yeah. >> d.l., i know this was a tough week for you. both of you are such good friends of the show. i have to ask you before we start even about the disappointment of you guys leaving the ballroom, what was it like on the dance floor, i mean, early this week knowing that everybody was thinking so much about what was happening on the east coast? >> it was really, really hard but, you know, i thought -- i think we -- i felt a little conflicted, you know, it felt a little sack krilegious to be dancing but we felt it was a distraction for a lot of people so we did the best we could but something really we thought about during the whole routine. >> yeah, so many people were up for that distraction though. we saw it on twitter saying, thank you, thank you, thank you, i needed a reason to laugh or smile on this particular early in the week. now we're watching you guys right now so tell me, i mean, even george has said a lit

hughley redeemed himself with his hips. ♪ but keep me -- >> after a week of illness lisa vanderpump ralliedle massey, has already gotten started. you were a runner-up your season. boy, a lot of bawling. >> a lot of tears. waterworks. >> why do people get emotional. >> being the only female judge on "dancing with the stars," i guess, you know, she really just gets caught up in the moment and feels for these people because she watches them go from not dancers and not really caring to really meaning a lot about this dance. >> i really think you do. again, it speaks to -- you can't just judge people about where they come from and how hard they're working. >> absolutely. there's just so much more than the dance thing. like people just see the dance thing part of it but these stars really go through a lot. when we're in the dance studios, a lot of footage you don't see of us pulling our hair out or trying to pull our partner's hair out. >> the first for you, d.l. >> that was legendary. those hips, look at that. at that desk. yes, d.l., go for it. i love it. he should hump more desks around -- >>

around 12:00, partly sunny, we garage hughley strip away the clouds -- gradually strip away the cloudforecast highs this afternoon, santa rosa, 68. morgan hill, 72 and san francisco lower 60s. tomorrow, fog will probably be a bit more widespread to start out our wednesday morning. we'll gradually pick up the high clouds throughout the day. thursday there's that rain cloud, first thing thursday morning. rain expected to taper off to showers. more clouds by the weekend and by the weekend, there is the chance of a sprinkle or light shower on sunday. another forecast check in just a few minutes. >>> 19 minutes before 8:00. what's moving the markets this morning and which major some index is within striking distance of a new high. >>> and a new trial tied to the death of michael jackson getsunderway. we'll have -- gets underway. we'll have a live report from los angeles. [ male announcer ] hurry to subway for the new $3 six-inch select. this april, it's the black forest ham. made the way you say and still just $3. it's one of our april featured values, the newest way to enjoy subway every

around 12:00, partly sunny, we garage hughley strip away the clouds -- gradually strip away the cloudrecast highs this afternoon, santa rosa, 68. morgan hill, 72 and san francisco lower 60s. tomorrow, fog will probably be a bit more widespread to start out our wednesday morning. we'll gradually pick up the high clouds throughout the day. thursday there's that rain cloud, first thing thursday morning. rain expected to taper off to showers. more clouds by the weekend and by the weekend, there is the chance of a sprinkle or light shower on sunday. another forecast check in just a few minutes. >>> 19 minutes before 8:00. what's moving the markets this morning and which major some index is within striking distance of a new high. >>> and a new trial tied to the death of michael jackson getsunderway. we'll have -- gets underway. we'll have a live report from los angeles. [ male announcer ] hurry to subway for the new $3 six-inch select. this april it's the black forest ham. made the way you say and still just $3. it's one of our april featured values, the newest way to enjoy subway every day