to the west. i'll show you that coming up in just a couple of minutes. allison, back up stairs to you. >> tucker, thanks. we're sticking with the weather now. d.c. area getting off lightly compared to many other cities. about a third of the nation is seeing snow, ice, gusty winds. heartland is paralyzed with drivers stranded for hours. chicago could get as much as 2 feet of snow. oklahoma, kansas, missouri also getting pounded with a major snowstorm. here is one prime example of the hazards. a dangerous combination of gusty wins and ice caused a school bus crash in missouri. the bus slid on the slick road, hit some trees and flipped over. luckily none of the students were seriously hurt. the monster storm is crippling air travel across the country. there are thousands of canceled flights and some airports have closed altogether. >> sarah simmons is live at reagan national with the latest. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tony and allison. most of the morning we have seen that the flights coming to and from places like new york and chicago, even dallas and houston, that those were all canceled. i just looked a minute ago and it appears right now at least that some of the flights, u.s. airways and delta, taking off for la guardia and jfk. and some of those say on time next to them. and we are still about an hour out from the flights so that can change. as we know conditions can change. so just keep an eye on that if you have a flight coming up. you're going to need to call ahead. but all morning long what we've seen here is that reagan national has been very empty. a few people that we have seen were kind of sleeping inside the terminal here. but some people that we also talked with as well said their flights were on time because they were heading south of here or even southwest and they were able to still get out on time. i talked to a woman headed to san francisco by way of phoenix and her flight was still planning to leave. >> this morning we left early thinking with traffic issues, maybe a little ice, we ran into zero problems. so far so good. it's been a good day so far. >> and were you shocked when you heard it was on time? >> yeah. because i had heard that they canceled like some crazy amount of flights. so i was checking it all night and woke up this morning and i was like, all right, it looks like we're still good to go. >> reporter: and now of course there still may be flights canceled out through the day. if you are heading north or to the midwest, you might run into issues. so it's just a good idea to call ahead to see if your flight is on time. live at reagan national, sarah simmons, back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. staying at the airport. after the uproar about privacy and scanners that wife reported about, the tsa has new software that will let you be more modest when you fly. it used generic male and female forms and it doesn't show anything specific unless the system detects a problems. it then highlights the problem. and reagan national is testing the new software and the others are in vegas and atlanta. this morning egypt's military is calling for an end to the massive demonstrations there. it does not appear that that message is taking hold. in cairo pro and anti- government protestors are clashing this morning. you can see some demonstrators fighting with sticks or swords. others are riding camels or horses. and there are report that's some people have been dragged off of their animals. it all comes a day after mubarak announced he will not seek another term in september and said he will not step down immediately. fox's doug luzader reports. >> reporter: it's no secret that the white house has been leaning on mubarak to step down. now the military in egypt is telling protestors that enough is enough. after a week of more or less looking the other way, the military is telling the egyptian people that their message has been heard and it's time to go home. internet service is back up and president mubarak hopes his offer to leave office in september will calm the waters. >> i've spent enough time in my life serving egypt and it's people. >> reporter: the protestors were not satisfied. and president obama quickly followed with his own message calling for a fast timeline. >> i believe that an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. >> reporter: the white house has worked behind the scenes to convince mubarak to step down. but who would come next? a former un nuclear director mohammedel berra day is a possibility. >> he's not a friend of the united states and he could be a figure head for the muslim brotherhood since he has no real following in egypt. >> reporter: but that could lead to a hardline islamic state, the thinking goes. but change is happening fast and not just in egypt. jordan is the latest arab country that sees the writing on the wall. the king abdullah there sacked his cabinet after protests well aware that the sentiment on the streets of egypt could jump from border to border. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> that's one of the things we want to talk about now. joining us to explain what all of this means is aziz abuzera from conflict analysis and resolution at george mason university. thanks for coming in. good to see you. first let's talk about the announcement that the president mubarak made yesterday that he will not seek re-election. and the protests continued today. is that enough to appease the protestors? >> absolutely not. if he did this before, it would have been okay. but now it's too little too late. the protestors are asking for him to leave now and for a transition government. and at the moment we can see the protests have continued and will continue and next friday will be a big day. >> and if he were to come out today and said i'm leaving now, do the protestors clear the streets or what is at stake? >> the moment he would leave there will be a transition government and that will not be the people he appointed, a coalition involved in this coalition and they will be able to first of all change the constitution. where somebody will not rule the country for 30 years unchanged in dictatorship. so this is going to be the main request. now the other thing that probably will follow is holding accountable the people who are part of the corruption in egypt. and there are a lot, especially people in the former government businessmen who ran the government to make billions of dollars. >> you specialize in looking at this area. who might come after mubarak? i don't get the sense that here in this country we or our government has a really good handle on who the likely successors are? >> in the u.s. nobody knows but it's because the u.s. has blindly supported mubarak in the last years and even on january 25th we heard secretary of state clinton saying that we think egypt is stable. so there was a blind eye on what is happening. there are many options of what they can do, but whoever replaces him should not be the person who will stay in power. and there are other names, such as barad who is a good person to run a project of the reform in the government and reform the constitution. but there are many other egyptians who can do that. and people are talking about creating a committee of the young people who have been running those protests. there are talks about head of the supreme court in egypt, that he maybe could lead that transition. so there are many options. and i think one of the fears in america has been that the islamic brotherhood will take over and this is very unlikely. and i think they have played the country by saying islamic will take over. but they have not led the protests and they are not leading at this moment. >> we are seeing more and more unrest in that region in general. and in opportunityeesha -- tunisia and is it possible this could spread to yemen? >> the president in yemen has announced he will not run again and said his son will not run for it. so it is -- it will unfold a lot of things that we don't know yet how much the effect will be in the middle east. just like in egypt, nobody expected it to happen two weeks ago. we see what happened and i think many other air accountries could expect some riots. mainly because -- and demonstrations. mainly because if you rule these people for so long in dictatorship and then the economics is going bad where there is a vast majority of young people who are unemployed, these people want to do something. they don't want to sit home and do nothing. >> some a time when the u.s. can seek influence in the middle east or do they sit back? >> they need to engage and in the right way, and engage with the people. think america lost supporting dictatorships and financially and in statements such as what happened last week with secretary clinton. and people will remember that. just like people will remember the words and the silence of their enemies and of their friends in those moments and they think americans need to be on the right side of history and if people feel america has deal with dictators it will not be good for america in the long run. >> thank you for coming in. good to have your analysis on it. we appreciate it. well there has been some concern over college students in our area studying in egypt. one group from the university of maryland has just returned. the students were studying arabic in alexandria which saw smog like the protest in cairo. but their resident director told us there were alarming moments for them. >> i think for us personally on the ground, for my job specifically, when they cut on friday the government cut the internet and phone, and that to me was a frightening moment. so at that moment i thought the situation was dish than i had anticipated. >> other students from the area are also making their way home. george washington university released this statement saying, quote, we have received updated information that 12 of our students participating in study abroad programs in egypt have safely left the country. the remaining two students are safe and have chosen to stay in egypt with relatives. furloughs are on the way for the district. who will be affected and when you can expect to see those furloughs? that's next. and we continue to follow this huge winter storm making it's way across the nation. we'll check in with the windy city when we come back. we're back in a moment. two teen-agers under arrest after posting pictures of their criminal handiwork on facebook. the charles county sheriff charged them with incidents at schools. investigators matched the graffiti to photos on the teen's profile pages. investigators credit the student crime solvers programs for the arrest when they received a tip from another student. metro has a new general manager and that has many people wondering whether more fare hikes could be on the way. richard sarles talked about fare increases yesterday. he said we can expect hikes but none planned for the upcoming fiscal year. he added that it all hinges on local jurisdiction pitching in. >> we put a lot of things in place last year. i mention the last year the $5 billion capital funding and that depends in large part on the special $150 million to be matched by jurisdictions. if we don't get that, if that does not continue, it will unravel everything that we put in place last year. >> during that segment on wtop he spoke about the bag searches. metro started doing that on a regular basis. he said they are here to stay. a d.c. council member wants to hold local electric companies accountable for long- term power outages. council member muriel bowser haziness -- has introduced a measure that the utility company reimburses during pouter outages. a $500 million budget shortfalls. some city workers won't get paid for president's day, emancipation day, memorial day and independence day. who is working and who is not is depending on who is considered essential. >> know, if there is a snow event, we'll have to call the people in. they will be essential and they'll have to come in. >> and they'll be paid? >> they'll be paid for that event. >> it has to be done. nobody wants this. i don't want it. >> public works, recycling crews and parking enforcement and latent fingerprint workers will see the furloughs. police officers and firefighters are exempt. back to the winter weather stretching across the nation. one city that could be hit particularly hard is chicago. >> the city is now under a blizzard warning. they could see over a foot of snow and that's not all. they are expecting winds of up to 40 miles per hour. fox's patrickelwood joins us live from evergreen park a suburb of chicago with an update. patrick, how is it going this morning? >> reporter: good morning to you, tony and allison. we're on the southwest side of the city of chicago. the suburb is evergreen park. we're trying to give you an idea geographic speaking, we are getting walloped. we're closer to the 16-17-inch range. chicago getting walloped. you guys have had your share of harsh storms over the last couple of weeks and months. this gentleman over here, this is the scene being repeated over and over again. it is time to dig out. it started snowing yesterday at about 2:00 p.m. and has not stopped since. it's going to go probably another couple of hours. and the meteorologist are saying that this is already a top five storm in of the snow accumulation here in the history of chicago. chicago public schools are closed and that hasn't happened since 1999. lake store drive has been closed since 8:00 last night. a couple of accidents started piling things up and then it was complete gridlock. they had over 1,000 cars on lakeshore drive. people camping in their cars overnight. they're just kind of making progress now. that will be closed for another couple of hours. so this is what they are calling the blizzard of 2011. folks hunkered down still. pretty quiet out here. the roads are passible in parts. but others like side streets, you're going to have to wait probably another half a day, maybe 24 hours before those streets are going to be cleared altogether. so that's the scene from chicago. heck of a morning here. i suspect that in a little while the kids will come out and make some fun of it as they do. that's the other side of this story here. the kids have no school. do you remember those days? >> long ago. >> you kind of come at it a little differently, don't you? >> definitely. >> and we get them off more often than you do there. thank you very much patrick, in illinois. we appreciate it. will former massachusetts governor mitt romney run for president in 2012? he's talking about the possibility. we'll tell you what he has to say about that coming up next. and holly is getting ready for the new year. the chinese new year. holly? >> reporter: you're right. specifically the year 4709. it will be the year of the rabbit starting tomorrow. but coming up, we're going to tell you how you and your family can join in on a chinese new year festival. it's all thanks to the asian community service center. we'll give you a preview live later. first here is a look at today's black history trivia question. the tulsa race riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous african-american community and what other name has been used to describe this community? this is a two-fer. was it greensboro, the name of the town also known as tinseltown. was it albany known as greet street. was it greenwood or was it rodewood, called the diamond district. the answer is coming up later but can take a guess now on our facebook page. we are coming right back after the break. it's 9:21. welcome back. former massachusetts governor mitt romney is still undecided on whether to run for president again in 2012. but he said he's committed to seeing that there is somebody in the race who understands the economy and has private sector experience. that is a quote. romney credited president obama with trying to make things better but he called it anti- investment and anti-jobs and anti-growth. charlotte, north carolina will be the site of the democratic convention. they beat out st. louis, minneapolis, st. paul and cleveland. the president plans to compete in the republican states that he won during his first presidential campaign. zoo workers at the national zoo are trying to make plans for china pandas and zookeepers are trying to inseminate -- inseminate them. and they have only had one son five years ago. and so far the female panda has had two inseminating procedures. >> to help out, put some curtains in there. set a mood. >> big bamboo. >> a bamboo candle. i'm sure they'll take our suggestions. >> and they should not. crime and politics in chicago. >> crime in your own department, that's where you can make a difference. >> actor del roy lindo joins us to talk about his new show debuting next week. and it does look good. >> it does. and today is groundhog day. so did the furry creatures see his shadow. the answer and a look at today's forecast is coming up. plus today is groundhog day. did the furry creature see his shadow? get it. that's coming up. well if you are tired of the winter weather, good news on this groundhog day. i love it. >> that's right. punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow when he was ripped from his abode by those rough handlers. so phil emerged -- he did not emerge, he was ripped out at 7:20 this morning. celebrations in the pennsylvania town marked the 125th anniversary of groundhog day. >> he is very cute. >> good for him. >> i have a suspicion he's right this year. >> really? >> for us, you know the pattern. it's hard to get real winter events this year. >> well that is true. but our temperatures both for december and january are well below where they should be. so we looked at the record books and we'll say it was a cold winter. but our snowfall for january was above average. >> because of that moisture we got. >> yeah. the moisture. >> and our temperatures will be below normal and have a active weather pattern. so today is your taste of spring. >> we'll take it. >> it will be nice. let's go right to the satellite radar. and we'll take a look. there is your big storm. and again the cities -- we just went up to chicago. still snowing in chicago. still snowing in places like minneapolis and detroit getting snow again. and another big band up to the north and east in new england where there is a mix of sleet, rain and snow in new england. and here it is just rain. temperatures at or above the freezing mark during the overnight hours. so just rain showers here and some of the rain was heavy at 2:00, 3:00 this morning. but you can see much quieter weather and breaks showing up on the satellite radar. they'll move in in the next couple of hours and it will be a partly sunny afternoon. and as i mentioned, allison, it will be warmer around here. temperatures later this afternoon into the 50s. so it's a one-day warm up. it won't last. 36 right now at reagan national. 37 in frederick. hagerstown is 34 degrees. i'll get out of your way and check out these temperatures. 45 in leonardtown. 52 in cambridge. and 60 right now in salisbury. you get the idea. some of the warmer temperatures will get in here for at least the afternoon. all right, it is february after all. and we are going to have some changes in the form of wind. as you can probably tell right now, looking at my wind speed map, things are calm out there. calm just about everywhere. the exception of leonardtown with a 6 mile-per-hour wind and 5 in annapolis. and we have a wind advisory in effect later this afternoon. winds will gust up to about 50 out to the west and here in the immediate metro area, 25-30 mile-per-hour wind gusts. so be ready for a breezy and blustery afternoon as the cooler air starts to work in later today and then again temperatures will fall tonight. here is your forecast. early rain. we're done with that. and partly sunny and windy and 53 the daytime high. and some of us -- some of you, particularly south and east, might get close to 60. particularly in salisbury where it is 60. winds out of the west at 10-15 and gusting to 25. and cold overnight with 27 the overnight low. and tomorrow a cold one with highs only in the 30s. 35 degrees tomorrow and 42 on friday. we cloud up late in the day on friday. friday night and saturday could start as a period of snow. perhaps change to rain. perhaps be a mix. one of those systems, we'll have to watch that carefully. that would be saturday during the day. and then for superbowl sunday back into the sunshine with temperatures in the mid-40s. that is a look at the weather forecast. allison, over to you. >> thank you, tucker. fox debuts a new drama next sunday night called chicago code. it follows police officers and politicians as they keep peace and cause mayhem in the windy city and joining us today del roy lindo who played a chicago alderman with a lot of money and more connections. what a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> we're glad we had no ice to greet you as you came to d.c. >> it was relatively calm. >> tell us about this new drama. it looks great. you bring all of that drama and that sort of -- you can smile at somebody but you know there is something behind the smile to be menacing and you bring all of that. tell us about it. >> it's a cross between a crime procedural and an investigation into big-city politics. and as you said, i play a chicago alderman by the name of gibbons who has massed a lot of power over a 25-30 year period and is influencing and using that power in certain incidents throughout the story. >> you know what they say about power. it corrupts. and i learned that from karen here on the floor and i think it speaks to this. are you a bad guy or good guy? >> everybody is asking me that and i'm pleading the 5th because i don't want to -- i'll say this, that i consider myself to be a pragmatic individual who does what needs to be done when it needs to get done. and one of the things that was important to me is to convey is doing what i feel is necessary for the benefit of my constituents. >> versus what the police chief said it's okay to do. >> so it's shot in chicago. what was that like? >> it was good. from the standpoint that -- what does that mean? the city of chicago is very much a it's very cliche but it's almost a character in the story. it is central to the presentation of this story. and so from that standpoint, it was really good and necessary to be shooting in chicago. also the creator, shawn ryan, is from -- i think he's from rockford. but being from that part of the world felt very strongly about having the show be set there. and it is very much a chicago story. >> of course we know and love you from these blockbuster hits. i think i first saw you and i was like wow in malcolm x. >> and i'm proud of that. >> and gone in 60 seconds and get shorty. and fox is lucky to have you in this production. >> thank you very much. >> what made you decide to take this? >> i was genuinely intrigued with the playing of a politician and more specifically a chicago alderman. because anybody who knows anything about chicago politics knows it's a very rich environment with colorful individuals, no pun intended. and i was intrigued. i was intrigued. i've never played a politician. i wasin creeked with the prospect of tackling that and investigating that. >> before we let you go, i have to say, the show airs on monday nights at 9:00 here on fox 5. i was surprised to know you are from england? >> i am. >> i don't hear any does that speak to what a good actor you are? >> it speaks to the fact that i'm an actor. it speaks to the fact that i've moved around a lot in my life. and yeah, on many levels probably my ear that i have a pretty good ear. >> but you can flip it and speak in a jamaican accent or -- >> yeah. that's what i was using in malcolm x and that was used for archie. and in alex harris' book it was not specified where archie was from. and spike and i made him from jamaica because that's my heritage. and then i went to england back in 2002 and did a film there where i played a jamaican man. so the answer is yes, i can use it when i need to. and when i'm paid. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> and i heard your first playing role was in the christmas story as a young boy. >> oh, my god. >> who did you play. >> i play aid king. you've done your research. >> when you have a superstar with you in the studio, you better know. del roy lindo is on a new show on fox, next monday starting at 9:00. >> thank you for having me. god bless you. >> one of few shows where you see the promo and say this is going to be a good show. thank you for coming in. schools have used books and then came laptops and now the laptops pay be out. what could be in instead. first here is another look at today's black history month trivia question. the tulsa race ride of 1921 destroyed what prosperous african-american community? what other name has been used to describe this community? was it greensboro, also known as tinseltown. albany known as sweet street. greenwood known as black wall street, or rosewood called the diamond district? the answer is coming up later. don't go anywhere. it's 9:39. q lysol knows you work hard every day to help keep your family healthy, especially during cold and flu season. and lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill more germs than any other brand, even h1n1. learn more at lysol.com on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. plus i get two boxtops for their school. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? stuffed backpacks could soon become a think of the past. apple has approached state leaders in georgia about putting all text books into the ipad. state is looking into the idea. it spends around $40 million now a year on text books. no word how a switch to the ipad would affect costs. this are concerns about maintenance and repairs but potential advantages like easy updates for text books and more interactiveity. ipad users can now get morning paper delivered to their ipad every day. daily, a digital newspaper for the ipad, rolls out today. it will cost 99 cents a week and be sold include apple's online itunes store. new issues will be delivered to your ipad every morning. should mention it is owned by news corp, the parent company of fox 5. this weekend is the superbowl and we're looking for the biggest fans to come to the studio on friday for superbowl smack talk. to go to the facebook page to prove you are the best fan. to find us on facebook search fox 5 morning news and no space between fox and the number 5. >> that should be fun. they are the unforgettable smells in the kitchen that bring back powerful memories. now there is a cook book to combine the cook books to protect black histories. authors join us next to explain and the food looks good. and holly is getting ready for the chinese new year. she is up next with some celebration suggestions. we're back in a moment. that's why we started a mission for health. by going beyond clean surfaces to healthy surfaces. by making a healthy way to wash hands. and even by working with a pediatrician to develop lysol healthy habits initiatives in schools. when you use lysol, you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. chinese new year is one of the most important festivals in china and many other asian nations. >> this morning holly morris is at zentan restaurant to learn more about the traditions that go along with the holiday. holly? >> reporter: good morning to both of you. happy new year to both of you. it is a huge holiday for the chinese. it is a family holiday. and here in the western world it is a chance for them to share their eastern culture with us and that is exactly where the asian community service center comes in. and larry lou who is the director of public relations, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> reporter: and every year you have a huge festival? >> absolutely. we'll be in jackson middle school in falls church, virginia. >> reporter: and what are things that will go on that day that people can come be a part of it? >> there are four parts. and first there is a big auditorium and there will be performances like line dance, drag on dance and instrument play. >> reporter: like linda right now? >> yeah. >> reporter: what is linda playing. >> linda is playing a chinese instrument with over a thousand years of history and referred to as the chinese violin but it has only two strings. but it has a very poignant melody. >> reporter: and it is gorgeous and linda is accomplished. >> she's been playing this for four years and she saw a performance and she wanted to learn and become a musician herself. >> reporter: well she has clearly become one. linda, thank you for sharing with us. and busy bees. we have an ora gamy table. >> it is one of the most popular. there are many booths at the festival but kids like this. and what they are doing is folding a paper lotus flower. it has a special symbol because lotus flower is growing from the mud and remain unstained so it symbolizes purity and innocence and the good moral values. that is something very encouraging. >> reporter: having good moral values even in a bad environment. we need to make a lot of those. but you're telling me to do one pedal can take up to 10 minutes and then you have to do all of the pedals. >> and then put the bees on and all of the other accessories, yes. >> reporter: well i know another one of the things that the festival that gets the crowd going is the drag on dance and the lyon dance. and this morning we have a lyon dance. and explain about the lyon and what we're seeing here. >> the lyon dance is performed in celebration and especially just for the chinese new year. it has thousands of years of history and the lyon is thinking of animals and it's believed to have the power to fight off the evils and bring good luck and fortune at the new year's time. >> reporter: and we have two people doing this here, that is different from the dragan dance that can take up to nine people. >> and even more than nine. but the dragon is always long, it takes many people to do it. >> reporter: and they dance for sometime, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's tiring to be a lyon dancer. it takes a lot of energy. and quickly before we go, the year of the rabbit and the significance of this chinese new year and what we should take from it? >> the rabbit a symbol of longevity and the year of rabbit is peaceful and very nice. and with good manners and that's about a rabbit. >> reporter: so we get to live long and live in peace. can we have more years of the rabbit. thank you so much and we appreciate you giving us a preview of this chinese festival. here is what you need to know. the chinese new year festival is not this saturday, but next saturday february 12th going on at luther jackson middle school in falls church from 10:00 until 7:00. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the asian community service center website to find out more if you want to. and don't forget about zentan, they have been our host this morning and they have having prefixed meals from the 3rd to the 5th. and so sign up for that. and happy new year. >> happy new year to you. there is no doubt that certain smells in the kitchen can trigger powerful memories of good and family and good times. and now there is a cook book out for african-american history through touching essays and more than 130 soul filled and soul-inspired recipes. joining us with more on it are chef jeff henderson who is the author and editor of the book. and chef gilleyan clark. we'll talk to chef jillyan in a moment. and we just showed this exhibit yesterday. it's phenomenal. tell us how the book plays with the exhibition. >> well the traveling exhibit, we decided that we needed to add food. since food was a big part of african-american heritage of 400 years here in america. so we came up with the idea of the pass it down cook book and the recipes passed on from generation to generation. >> and i think that is wonderful. and you see all of the contributors who sent in recipes. tell us about the different regions of the country that you talked to people from. >> we have a cross section of recipes and people from inner city communities all across the country, from the corporate world to young chefs that contributed recipes passed down and today we have butter fried chicken. >> and tell us about this recipe. >> this is a butter milk marinade with onion and fresh herb and garlic and we'll fry that up for you as well. >> and while you get started on that, we do want to bring in the friend to the show, a local contributor and chef gilleyan clark and you added a recipe too. and this is a delicious cake. >> this is my father's pineapple upside-down cake that my father wasn't from this country but wanted to cook american. so he got all of those magazines, better homes and gardens, family circle and made them his own. and whenever i think of pineapple upside-down cake or make it, i think of him and this is what he made when he was in a really good mood and we knew that saturday afternoon daddy is making pineapple upside-down cake and we couldn't wait for him to turn it upside down. >> and how big of a role did food play in your homes and growing up? >> family meals brought our family together. and my family is from new orleans, louisiana and gumbo brought us together with beans and rice. and we have a great dessert. and we have a classic bread pudding going with the cake and biscuits. and when we have chicken we have succotash with potatoes and candyam -- candy yams as well. >> and the next time i do a segment they will say african- americans have clogged arteries. but these are natural ingredients if you do it right. >> and this is l document. and we're not saying you eat fried chicken every day or pineapple upside-down cake every day. and with the obesity in inner city communities as well but this is a book we cherish historical recipes passed down from generation to generation. and in the back of the book you can also document recipes from your family as well. >> i love it. >> it's filled with great stories of the contributions african-americans made to food over the 400 years in america from white house cooks all the way down to community gardens, all around the country where african-americans are being educated by sustainable local growth. >> and i think everybody watching is saying i wish i knew because i had my nana or granny's recipe. i could have put my grandmother's recipes from charleston. so it's very special i think to all of us, black, white, yellow, red. we appreciate you coming in today. this is the author and editor of the new cook book america i am, pass it down cook book. and this is jeff henderson and this is local chef and contributor gillian. thank you very much. we'll be back with the answer to the trivia question. mr. perdue! mr. perdue! what does it mean that perdue is the first chicken company to have a usda process verified program? it means the usda verifies that my fresh, fit & easy chicken is raised cage-free and fed an all-veggie diet with no animal by-products. is it true your chickens are never given any hormones or steroids? yes, it's true. [ camera shutters clicking ] so, what's next? is there a movie deal? thank you... [ chickens clucking ] now ladies, don't get any ideas. [ male announcer ] perdue. the first chicken company to have usda process verified programs. to help keep your family healthy. especially during cold and flu season. that's why we make lysol disinfectant spray. it is approved to kill more germs than any other brand, even h1n1. and it works on hard and soft surfaces to help keep your home healthy. lysol, the number one pediatrician-recommended brand. let lysol do more for you. check for coupons in your sunday paper. i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffles, for a breakfast that my kids love and i feel good about serving. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk, and a hint of cocoa. it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. let's answer