Im Erika Gonzalez and that is lauryn rickets. Big changes are coming. I was trying to update my maps. We have just jumped ive got a little jump there with the black, but 67 degrees. That is our temperature just at 11 00 a. M. , you know temperatures will go up a little bit more. The wind has started to pick up out of the west, were seeing a wind at 12 Miles Per Hour but plenty of sunshine. What a gorgeous day. As we continue through the remainder of the day, were looking at temperatures around 70 and then weve got changes on the way. So enjoy today. Could be one of the last days for the next ten that we see springlike conditions. Were talking a little snow tomorrow morning. Going to be a little bit wet with rain and wet snow and then just raw, blustery and brisk afternoon and weekend not doing much better than that. Well show you on the 10day forecast what were expecting for the next 48 to 72 hours coming your way in about 15 minutes. Lauryn, thank you, a lot of folks are waiting for Cherry Blossoms to bloom but youll have to wait a bit longer. National park service has been forced to move peak bloom prediction because of the cold weather. The blossoms are now supposed to be picture perfect between march 19th and the 22nd. The peak was initially expected for next week. Police are searching for the people who stole guns from a gun store this morning. Several guns were taken, multiple kinds. Justin finch is live in rockville with the latest on this developing story. Reporter erika, good morning. Montgomery county police have been working this case all morning. As repairs get under way to the front door we know police are looking for at least two suspects and that several hand guns and long guns were stolen from the morning. The search for suspects has been on since early this morning. It was a little nervewracking coming into work and seeing police tape and cars. Reporter he owns rockville interiors across randolph road from the united gun shop where close to 4 00 this morning Montgomery County police were called to a breakin. It appears suspects made a quick go through this front door, triggering a silent alarm. The suspects making off with several hand guns and long guns. Its really concerning there could be i think they said 30 guns suddenly show up on the street. They can track people down and keep it all off the stlereet thats wonderful. Store staff are counting up the stolen guns, surveillance cams are trained around the crime scene and they could have caught the suspect and get away which may have left the tire tracks next door. And Police Looking at all leads this morning. The united gun shop has been in the news be. The Columbia Mall shooter from his from the store. No red flags were raised at the time of that investigation. As this Investigation Continues this morning, we do know police are looking for at least two suspects and perhaps a getaway car. An update is due later today. Justin finch, news 4, back to you. Now to a developing story, the federal Communications Commission is investigating what caused an at t outage. It prevented customers across the country from being able to call 911 last night. The issue resolved about 10 30 but affected customers in and around d. C. Up to two hours. The d. C. Office of unified communications said they worked as quickly as they could to make sure people had what they needed. In case of a serious emergency as a city we want to be sure we want to get the best information out as soon as possible to make sure folk do need our service get it as quickly as possible. Okay, now grab a pen and some paper if you want to jot this down. Its a good number to keep in your phone. 2023733700 with extension 1 should an outage like that happen again. Thats the number d. C. Residents can call. We have that number and surrounding injure djurisdictioe nbc washington app. Trying to convince members of their own party to vote for a new health care bill. Heres more on how speaker ryan plans to get his party in line. Reporter the most conservative of the Republican Party blasted the American Health care act. This needs to be changed in a dramatic way for it to have a chance to pass in my judgment. Reporter the far right believes the plan doesnt go far enough to end medicaid entitlements and gives away too much with tax credits to offset when he said this bill is open for negotiation. Thats exactly right and the bill as written is not going to pass the senate. Donald trump reached out to ted cruz and other republicans openly criticizing the plan. The president is sending Vice President mike pence on a selling tour this weekend and talking directly to americans through local stations around the nation. Takes us back in the right direction of an American Health care economy built on consumer choice. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has the votes to pass the plan and will have it on the president s decsk by easter. We all ran on repealing and replacing obamacare. This is a bad joke. So far have left a more conservative members of the Republican Party make the most noise. House Speaker Paul Ryan says the Congressional Budget Office score on how much the Health Care Plan will cost will shabe available early next week. Nbc news, washington. Assange, who talked about the leak of thousands of cia documents and wikileaks plan to help Tech Companies defend themselves from the cia. Its not clear how wikileaks got its hand on 8,000 documents which include the secret hacking methods. The cia is doing Damage Assessment and fbi is looking for whomever is behind all of this right now. Today hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit to stop the revised ban from going into effect next week, the president ials travel ban that is. The suit says that the new order is infected with the same legal problems as the first one and the revised secure order bears temporarily shuts down the u. S. Refugee program. Hawaii says that will harm their muslim population, tourism and foreign students. Senator tim kaines son being arrested during a political protest. He was among six people arrested after protesters disrupted a rally inside the State Capitol in st. Paul. It was hosted by President Trump supporters and kaine got out of jail tuesday and not been charged. The senator and his wife released a statement saying their children fully understand the responsibility to peacefully express their political concerns. There is new push in the house of representatives that could have a big impact on our local economy. Utah representative Jason Chaffetz introduced a resolution that would allow some federal agencies to leave the d. C. Area. Chaffetz says it will allow the federal government to be more representative of its people. News 4s tom sherwood reports 85 of federal workers do not work in the d. C. Area. This idea has come up several times over the years. If youre looking for a job, youre living in the right place, glass door considers d. C. One of the best job markets and best paying jobs this year dominated by technology and health care. You can see the top five reasons on your screen there. Number one job on the highest paying list remains a physician at about 187,000. The Median Income for that. Will you have to pay more to ride metro . The transit systems board will take a preliminary vote on a revised budget today. Bus and rail fares could increase 25 to 50 cents a ride and 13 bus routes could be cut. Plet trow says the changes are needed to close a nearly 300 million budget gap but a final vote is set for march 23rd. And transportation reporter adam tusk will be inside the board room for that vote. Hell break it all down for you throughout the day. Be sure to follow him on twitter a adamtusk. The family and friends of four West Lake High School seniors gathered for a vigil. Desmond killed in a car crash last friday. Hicks was shot behind a Movie Theater and horns mother passed away in july from a heart condition. Condolences to you, the mother mothers and your families. I have been praying for each one of you. The school is providing grief counselors for students and staff. Today marks 40 years since one of the most horrific acts of terror in the district, 12 gunmen seized three buildings in d. C. , 149 people were taken hostage and radio reporter was killed. Mark seagraves takes us through the standoff that lasted a day. First act of terrorism in the nations capitol, march 9, 1977, the leader execution of his family, he wanted to force police to release the murder suspect to him directly. First gunmen invaded the headquarters and took more than 100 hostages. Less than an hour later, three men took over the Islamic Center of washington. Then two more gunmen entered what is now the Wilson Building three blocks from the white house. Thats where whur radio reporter Maurice Williams was killed exiting an elevator. The terrorists thought they were being attacked. Security guard Mark Cantrell was shot in the district building and died days later of a heart attack and marian barry was wounded during the siege. He organized his run from mayor from his hospital bed shortly after being shot. The next day, three ambassadors met with the hanafis to negotiate a surrender and release of convicted and sent to jail. Mark seagraves, news 4. And tonight to mark 40 years, survivors of that day will meet at the Wilson Building to share their stories. News 4s pat collins will lead a Panel Discussion and new Photo Exhibit will be unvaeiled in th d. C. Council chamber. Much more ahead on news 4 midday. Including another interview with Casey Anthony, what shes saying about her daughters death nine years later. Y23wny y5yy depression after a heart attack may increase the risk of early death. A new zuddy tracked 25,000 adults recently diagnosed with coronary heart disease. Patients who developed depression were twice as likely to die over the next decade than those without depression. Heart patients should get regular Mental Health screenings, maintaining an active lifestyle now could end up paying off if youre ever diagnosed with cancer. Breast Cancer Patients who did at least five hours of moderate exercise before their diagnosis were 60 less likely to die from heart disease. And less likely to suffer a heart attack. A tennessee man is arrested in the murder of criminaled with criminal homicide and other charges. He stabbed Tiffany Ferguson several times before robbing her apartment last week. They came together to help police track him down. We believe he was trying apartment doors looking for easy access and this particular apartment door was open to him. He has previous arrests in nashville for public intoxication and misdemeanor theft. Emergency Officials Say lighter winds are helping firefighters with the biggest wildfire in kansas history. Kansas and three other states are burning right now, conditions are still extremely dry but the massive wildfires are being contained. Six people died in the fires and several homes were destroyed. You probably saw news about her interview on facebook, Casey Anthony speaking fpublicly for First Time Since found innocent of killing her 2yearold daughter. This mornings craig melvin has more from her controversial press. Reporter this morning, new audio from Casey Anthonys controversial interview about her daughter caylee. Shes still an essential part of my life and being, always with will be. Reporter onthy opening up in an exclusive interview with the associated press. Is this a blank spot, what the hell happened . Its not even that, its something that outside of me that if i knew at this point, if i knew what actually happened, i would be able to fill in those blanks. Its been almost six years since a florida jury cleared anthony of killing caylee. She reveals what happened in the years since. Ive done enough research and gone to enough psychology se seminars and gone tested and gone through psychological evaluations and talked to about this to the point ive been in for days afterwards. John allen says questions remain. I would love to have a chance to sit down and talk with her and ask her questions but i wouldnt pin my hopes on that i would get truthful answers. Reporter anthony did talk to ap reporter joshua, who interviewed her five different times over the course of a week. I asked her several times why are you talking to me . I even told her, probably not going to like what i write. She told me she didnt know. But looking at her situation, she is isolated and craves human contact and need someone to listen to her and i was in the right place at the right time. Reporter far from hiding in the shadows, anthony enjoys all of the attention she receives. She enjoys it. She likes getting recognized and told me shes proud of her name. Reporter what about having another child, anthony addressed that question head if im blessed enough to have another child, if i would be dumb enough to bring another kid in this world knowing that there would be a potential that some jack [ bleep ] snot nosed kid would Say Something mean to my kid. I dont think i could live with that. That was craig melvin reporting. Anthonys interview has stirred up reactions from many of the people involved in the case, including her father. In a statement George Anthony said hes being forced to relive caseys lies and allegations and quote, his heart hurts even more now. How does this sound . Uber for students . A new ride sharing app developed by teens could be the answer to your car pool frustrations. Well show you howit works do you feel like you spend most of your day driving kids to and from many activities . Apparently now theres an app that can hp. Its not lyft or uber. Catering to parents. Amy cho spoke to the students who came up with this. Reporter being a parent can sometimes mean feeling like a chof you. With the hit of a button. Reporter these three students saw how much driving was affecting their oernts parents. Arrange their schedule around my practices, very inconvenient. It drove them to find a solution. The new app scoop works like uber, parents driving to or from school put in the route. Students who live along the way can request to hop in. Were hoping its such a widespread search and so standard that the bus system isnt really necessary. For the kids who get rides, their parents can pick the price starting at 3. All of that money goes back to the school to help with budget cuts. Which is fair compared to like the price of uber and what not. And im able to rate, based on his behavior in the car and how clenly he is. They hope to launch it at heyfield this month and all around Fairfax County after that. Pretty cool, right . Students tell us safety is also a top priority for them. They are working with the county to make sure home register eed students and parents can use the app. Theres a big change coming to basketball and youll start seeing it at your kids schools. For days basketball shorts have been long and baggy and big but usa today says the gq style editor is seeing shorts get tiny and shorter and kids tucking in shirts in the shorts. So College Players apparently are doing this too. Shorts used to be very small, well call them along time ago, way back when. The Michigan Team in the 1990 aerks the fab five credited with setting the trend the way it is today but now they are one of the teams that could be sending the back the other way too. Well see in the days to come. Well see a lot enough said. All rig basketball, i like the baggy shorts, gives you more room to move. I wore not baggy but up to my knees, as opposed to soccer where i liked them shorter. Learn something new every day. Things you didnt know. Good day to get on the basketball courts outside. My goodness, temperatures in the 60s whether you want to play golf, basketball, get out and do it. You wont have too much longer. Were talking about temperatures that are going to be dropping quite a bit. Lets go ahead to max one and use that. Thats my fault if you can switch it up. Were warming up today, well have a big cooldown as we go into the next few days. Now, no worries, weve got a breezy day out there today. Thanks, guys, big cool down out there. We have snow possibly on friday morning, maybe even a little bit of rain. We will have 30s as we get into the weekend. So again it is going to be a as we get into tomorrow afternoon through the weekend. Current temperatures, were already at 67 in lorton. Temperatures in the 60s all across the board. We have a little bit of a wind out there. It is breezy, not as bad as yesterday, at times it may feel cooler but we can deal with it because temperatures will be around 70 degrees with plenty of sunshine. Look whats to come. We have a frontal system right here thats going to drop for tomorrow morning and bring a lot of cold air down our way. Unleash that cold air and its going to with us through next week. This is tomorrow believe it or not. Well start temperatures in the 40s and little bit of rain and wet snow early tomorrow morning, starting 3 00 in the morning and not going to take the threat out until noon. Then it gets blustery tomorrow afternoon. Windchills 20s and 30s, this is tomorrow morning, 1 30, were still looking good. Looking good tonight if you want to do anything. Here comes wet snow, way warm, thats 7 00 a. M. , watch out for the morning commute. Then we dry out by noon. We could with the northwest breeze see a little bit of precipitation move back in but again, not expecting any problems. Were going to talk about how the weekend is shaping up and maybe if we can see warmer temperatures in a few minutes. Thanks, lauryn, anything you can do a robot can do better. That theory could soon be put to the test. Details on your potential new coworker when we come back. Youre wching news 4 midday. At stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. A man is now facing charges for a high profile murder. Tiffany ferguson was killed in nashville last month. Thomas roberts explains how Police Caught the suspect. This Morning Police say the search for the hooded figure in this Surveillance Video is over. All of the detectives and patrol divisions and multiple precincts, its been an Overwhelming Community support to bring this together. Chris ton mclaw horn has been charged with criminal homicide and aggravated burglary in connection with the murder of nashville nurse, Tiffany Ferguson. We believe he was trying apartment doors looking for easy access and this particular apartment door was open to him and during the cse burglary of ms. Fergusons apartment, he committed a murder. He was first identified as a person of interest on sunday when he was arrested for misdemeanor drug possession. Had a heart for nursing. Reporter kelsi cooper was her roommate and fellow nurse and heard the screams and called 911. We felt safe. We never felt like anything like this could happen. Reporter so safe the College Friends plan to sign a new yearlong lease later that same day. Ferguson worked at this nashville hospital as a year for an intensive care nurse after graduating from college in alabama. As friends and families gathered at her funeral on saturday, police were conducting an allout manhunt for her killer. Ms. Ferguson was a beloved member of the community with somebody who served others and her passing and her murder was something that truly shook this community and this area. A Community Still shaken now looking for closure. That was Thomas Roberts reporting, robots may become your first coworker. Cobots are starting toop up more and more. This here showing how hospitals use them, a range of robots are tackling checkouts and Customer Service jobs, Hardware Stores lowes lowbot knows where everything is stocked on the shelves. People can expect theyll increasingly working side by side with robots who may be giving them directions in some cases and many other cases taking the most sort of repetitive and repeatable activities that they do off their plate. Its not all about working hand in hand with machines. These advancements in robotices takes viewers back through American History. A little time traveling tonight through the film forum. Joining us from the cast. Thanks for having me. A great show if youre a history buff. For folks arent familiar, tell us what the show is about. Timeless is an action adventure, theres been a guy that has stolen a time machine, government assembles an Unlikely Team of three, soldier played by myself and scientist and a historian. And they send us back through time in a backup time machine and weve got to stop this guy hes going to ruin history. This is a great mix of you get a little taste of history, of American History and then sort of the action adventure show that shows that do so well these days. How much fun is this to be part of the show . This is a blast. As character every week. I get to dress in western garb one week and civil war another week. Its an actors dream. Its a big show to produce, its a big show to film. Were always in new sets and new actors and new costumes. Logistically its big but man, we have a good time. It fills in the gaps of history where we know stories in text books for so long and you get into the more specific detail. Do you worry at all about making sure you get it exactly right . I think we do. We do have a historian on board in the writers room making sure because creators are very adamant about that, getting things right. I think were action adventure first and foremost but we want to be educational and fun family show and capture all of that. It is important. You and the show will be the focus of the smithsonians film festival, film forum at the Natural History its at the American History museum youre absolutely right. Were doing the film forum, smithsonian invited us out, a huge honor to be recognized nationwide as a tv show thats fun and entertaining and also historically educational. So theyve invited us out. Were screening our episode two, our civil war episode, the assassination of abraham lincoln, there was a huge conspiracy about to backtrack to what you said. Things i did not know, little things. Larger conspiracy. But were out of this event tonight. Were going to screen the show and do a q and a panel and you can come out and ask us stupid questions and well try to answer. I know ive actually saw that episode, assassination of abraham lincoln. A lot of fun to watch. Good luck going into the next season. All happening at the amen out to tonight if you can and look for timeless on demand now and look for it there and stream it. Thanks. We appreciate you coming in. Thank you. Erika . You have seen him shine on the voice and hes making an impression early on. We first introduced to malik yesterday morning. He grew up in the hill east area of southeast d. C. And now a member of team adam. Later today on news 4 at 4 00, he joins us live in the studio to talk about growing up in d. C. And the challenges of competing on the voice. All right, coming up on news 4 midday, can you imagine having a roller coaster in your backyard when you were a kid . See how and why one dad made thatream come d they sacrificed their lives and Britains Queen is honoring their service today. Queen elizabeth unveiled a National Memorial so honor the armed forces and civilians who serve during the gulf war and thanked the military members who she says helped to bring peace to iraq and afghanistan. President trump will continue a white house tradition, the easter egg roll is on. That is scheduled for easter monday, april 17th. Tickets are free and will be available through an online lottery. White house Officials Say details on how to enter will be released later this month. This will be the first easter egg roll for President Trump and family and they say they expect to start some new traditions. Very dedicated dad went the extra smimile to put a smile ons sons face. A hand made backyard attraction is putting playsets to shame. Reporter he has it pretty good. Hot wheels. Reporter its the wheels outside his house that have the 3yearold xraescreaming for mo. Bye thats scott, wyatts dad, the man with the roller coaster plan. Took him to disney land five months ago and he loved the roller coasters there. What kid wouldnt. Reporter after a little Internet Research and the help of a retired boeing engineer one, two reporter this was the result. Im crazy, yeah, my wife will tell you, im pretty much nuts. Reporter weekdays scott is a navy pilot but on the weekends he built this. Less than 1,000, the metal pvc is from home depot. Reporter just a hill, just gravity. No motor, but it does have a name. We started to called it the bragleton barn stormer. Reporter he admits the title is a work in progress, so is the coaster. He has a little painting to do but when its finished. Well have his friends over pretty soon. For now its all wyatt. I love my roller coaster. Reporter better than an amusement park, most of all because its from the heart. Why did you build it . Because i love you. Good dad. That is a good dad. Like those dads that give their little girls a pony because they want one. I didnt have a pony. Did you have a roller coaster . No, nothing like that, big wheel was the best i could do. Pretty good when i was 5. Haiku on cold days, both can be hold to withstand, but my poem done. Thats a haiku. Nice job. It is a small poem as we just witnessed, usually the first and last lines have five sylla balances and the plural form, popped up south of dupont circle, 1200 local and worldwide entries came in as part of the golden haik uconn test for the Golden Triangle district. Some of the winning entries have been placed on 19th street. But not everybody thinks they are creative. Heres the global winner. Heaping manure around the roses spring equinox. Thats it. I thought that was pretty good. Lauryn ricketts. I like the one when we were watching the video about the farmers market. Did you see that one . I cant recall it but it was really good. Won like fifth place. What happened with that one. I didnt want to usher you in equinox. Dont plant anything just yet, if you have, oh, my goodness, were looking at very cold temperatures over the weekend. Now, we also are talking about rock and roll marathon, some of you marathoners are out there are trying to make head out to there on saturday in the downtown area, bundle up. Its not going to be very pretty like the last couple of weekends. Im still on the other max. If we can switch over to that. Its a Beautiful Day out there. We continue to have gorgeous conditions. Man, look at it, downtown d. C. Gorgeous. Temperatures have come up. Were in the upper 60s here in the d. C. Area. Well take it to around 70 degrees today. We have the winds out there gusting up to 30 Miles Per Hour. So it might feel a touch cooler but other than that, its really a Beautiful Day out there. You dont need to he am me to tell you that, get out and enjoy after the newscast. Its a little breezy right now but winds are calming and then weve got changes by the time we head into tomorrow morning. Tomorrow mornings commute to be in fact. This evening its dry and mild. Cold air not coming in until tomorrow. Still looking great at 2 00 a. M. Look at this in time for the morning commute. Looks like were going to have a little snow but well see snow flakes mixed in with the rain pushing through our area any time after 3 00 or 4 00 a. M. Until noon. The winds will pick up tomorrow afternoon. We could see a few light showers or flurries floating down from the north and west. Not going to create any accumulation and dont expect accumulation tomorrow morning. And look at the next five days, dont forget to set the clocks forward, after today feeling like 20s and 30s with the wind tomorrow afternoon and definitely in the 30s to right around 40 degrees by the time we head through the weekend. Spring forward, lets see if we can find any more forecast. Ill show you that in a few minutes. Were cooking with the cats here on news 4 midday. Ho looks like the redskins could be losing two of the top receivers. A nut report this morning said wide receiver Desean Jackson is very close to signing with tampa bay buccaneers. The deal could become official as early as this afternoon. Both jackson and Pierre Garcon are free agents. Hes expected to sign with the San Francisco 49ers. Now the top of the third. Whoa, this will he reminds you of the old days. Going back in time. Madness, check out the fight here, march madness coming early. If youre a georgetown fan, a foul that the st. Johns game yesterday, georgetown players knocked down the ncaa tournament begins next week. We are cooking with the caps today, Washington Capitals joining us as chef robert wood with super food catering. Thanks for with being us. Thanks for having me. The way i get this the caps have a cookbook . We put together a cook players wives and moms turn in recipes and i picked out the recipes the players love that we cook on a daily basis. I want to see this. Where can we find this . Its 25 bucks. This is the book right here, 25, you can get it at monument sports. Com, wash caps. Com or come to the game. We sell them at the game in the team store and table. You can get them out at the ice complex where the caps practice. Lots of places to get them. Do we see a little bit of everything, appetizers and dinner and lunch . A little bit of everything, cheats and sweets, i like it. This is in there as well. You want to know what he eats, this is is. I want to get started. Weve got onions and start off with those in the pan first. Okay, and then here this is our chili that i roasted and crumbled up. That adds a lot of depth of little bit of heat. All right. Then we got some like the heat. Minced garlic. Were going to take that and let that come together. A little bit of salt. Salt is going to bring those flavors together. This is not bad, most of the stuff you would have in your pantry or in your refrigerator. That was important to me when we were putting it together, make it accessible for families to use it at home. Youre not going out for a rare spice that cost you like 20 to get. No. Whats the point in that . All for d. C. Central kitchen, 100 for charity,s its all about family and community, which is like the caps do so much for community, as a company we wanted to be able to celebrate that and do something for the community as well. Already smells good. The family and community is huge super food catering. Once we get that going what are we adding . Bell pepper. Red peppers and let those cook down a little bit and soften up. Like to let it get a little color, soften up and bring the flavors together. Each time i add a fresh ingredie ingredient, i add a little salt by getting rid of moisture. Isnt that going to resemble more of a chicken soup . Ive seen some chicken fee he is at a soups that more like a pureee. Some crumble up the tortillas and cook that down and why you get it more pasty. Were going to add ours at the end of the soup so its a little more brothy, like to jazz it up at the end. We have tomatoes. What we did, roast these tomatoes on our grill to add nice smokey flavor. We want to add a little depth and dimension at each ingredient. Again, little extra salt. You season as you cook, you end up using less salt over all. A lot of people forget to season as they are cooking a too much salt in at the end. Chicken stock. Home made Chicken Stock, if youre not going to make it at home, buy the best Chicken Stock you can, buy organic and nicer Chicken Stock. Huge difference in flavor. Absolutely. Youre only as good as your ingredients. We have to wrap this up. The final ingredient will be the shredded chicken. This is our finished product and like i said we like to jazz it up at the end, crispy tortillas and shredded Cheddar Cheese and guac and sour cream. Looks great. Thank you so much, chef robert wood of super food and the Washington Capitals new cook book. Cooking with the caps. Thanks for joining us. Aaron, back over to you. Ill be right over there. Still waiting, checking in on april the google says it fixed many of the security holes the cia exploited. Android and chrome are now Strong Enough to defend against some of those vulnerabilities that the cia may have used to carry out covert surveillance. Its unclear exactly when those holes were patched as the wikileaks documents go back to 2013. And retailers and restaurants are hoping you celebrate with green this st. Patricks day. The National Retail federation is projecting spending to reach 139 million americans say they plan to celebrate spending an average of 38 a person. Thats up from 35 last year. More than 80 say theyll wear green to show their irish pride. 31 plan to make a special dinner and 27 will head to a party at a bar or a restaurant. Home flipping projects are helping families bring home the bacon, according to a report by data solutions, more than 193,000 Single Family homes and condos were flipped in 2016 alone. That is a 10year high. The homes sold for an average price of 189,000 creating a profit of nearly 63,000 bucks. All right, taking a live look at april the giraffe. What was that, april . A giraffe noise. April this is the animal atu shes still pregnant. The world continues to watch as she romes the enclosure. Veterinarians have been waiting for weeks for her to give birth but her caretakers say she is healthy and they are not too concerned. The ges tags period is 13 to 15 months. She has got to be, get off my back, no woman who want to be asked, youre still pregnant. How does that go over . April, take your time. Lets turn to lauryn for a last look at the forecast. April is definitely taking her time out there. As we continue through the day, temperatures are actually going to come up a little bit and we will see temperatures rise a little bit as we go through the remainder of the day. Temperatures will be right around 70 degrees. If youre heading to the rock and roll marathon on saturday, bless your heart. Temperatures are going to be climbing out of the 20s and eventually its going to be a little on the breezy size. We will warm up to temperatures in the 30s for th marathon but it is going to be a very, very chi were live in five, four, three, two, one. All right, this is the new hottest couple. J. Lo and arod are dating, what do you think . First of all, when i said this, i said yes i like them together from the nickname down, the same age, they both have kids and kids are similar ages as well. And theyre very similar, very driven, ambitious, smart, beautiful people. Very accomplished in life. This is jenny from the block. She is a yankees fan. I t i