xmlns problem

[Kirk Storer]

I am having trouble with an xslt that generates xhtml. I include an xhtml file in the output 
with <xsl:apply-templates select="$sourceRoot"/>

However, all of the top level tags look something like this:
<h1 xmlns:xmlns:cms="http://www.ais.columbia.edu/sws/xmlns/cucms#";>

I have tried the following, but the namespace stuff still appears. The 
namespaces are not in the source xhtml that I am retriveing.
exclude-result-prefixes="xsl xmlns xmlns:cms cms cfs rdf dc"

Thanks,
Kirk