During president obamas presidency, allowing students to use the bathroom of their chosenend gender, not their biological birth. We know the name of a man shot in southeast washington and Andrew Mcphatter has died. Pat collins covered the story last week. It happened on wheeler road in broad daylight in front of an transportly school. He was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition and died yesterday. Police put up a portable camera to ease concerns about crime in the neighborhood. Turning to a developing story in northern virginia, two people trapped in a fire, one killed and the other in very serious condition right now. Were working to get more information about the couple whose house went up in flames, justin finch is live on south grant street with the latest. Justin . Reporter good morning, arlington fire officials confirming to us that the adult male pulled from the house last night died of his injuries on scene and that a woman found here was taken in Critical Condition last night. All of this as the cause of this fire remains under investigation. Theres no better location than the city of arlington. Reporter for decades frank has lived across from this white brick house on the 2600 block of south grant. And befriended the family who called it home, a family grieving after fire tore through close to 9 00 sunday night. When i saw the first person being gotten down with that large ladder system reporter ladders were used to break open a second floor window and rescue at least one person. Two were found inside, one died on scene, the other rushed to a nearby hospital in Critical Condition. Complicating a rescue, what arlington firefighters called hoarding conditions, especially by the front door which was partially blocked. Had a lot of clutter by the front door. Units were only open to door 18 inches. That was delayed finding the victims wasls of the amount of stuff in the home. Inside and outside, stacks of now burned debris as restoration crews work to board up the house. Neighbors say the couple was known to collect items like books often for sale. Brought up to be very pennywise and could see potential future use of an item, he would reporter neighbors believe the couple who lived here, a man and woman are in their 70s and been living there more than 20 years. Looking live at the door that gave firefighters so much trouble last night. Were told part of this fire probe will work to uncover whether or not the smoke alarms were working last night. Weve also learned that arlington fire has a special task force for hoarding situations like these. Justin finch, news 4. An autopsy should reveal how a person died in the out flames in a home on crown street. Neighbors tell us a woman and her mother lived in that home. The fire did more than 50,000 in damage. There was not a working Smoke Detector inside that house. Back here at the live desk, take a look at this video, just into the newsroom from d. C. Police, this is from an assault that happened at the gas station, this is the 4500 block in 14th street. The suspects pull up in the smark dark sedan and one gets out attacking another customer. The customer in the lighting shirt fighting back and in the end the suspects get away without the victims bag. The assault happened saturday, february 19th, about 5 00 in the morning. Take a good look at these people. And the suspects car as well. Crime stoppers offer a 1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Thank you, is he center of controversy after he accused former president obama of tapping his phones during the election. The president made the claim without offering any evidence. Edward lawrence has the latest. Reporter President Donald Trump returns to washington after asking congress to investigate claims of wiretapping ordered by former president obama during the election. Mr. Trump made the allegations on twitter over the weekend but offered no proof to back up the claim. The president firmly believes that the Obama Administration may have tapped into the phones at trump tower. Reporter nbc news has learned fbi director james comey is asking the Justice Department to publicly reject the claim that former president obama ordered the wiretap. The former director of National Intelligence says there was no secret court order to tap mr. Trumps phones. I can deny it. There is no fisa court order. Not to my knowledge. Of anything at trump tower . No. Reporter ot weighing in. The president of United States put his own reputation and reputation of his predecessor and reputation of his nation at risk to get at least a draw out of next 24 hours news. Reporter deflecting from revelations that attorney general Jeff Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador but failed to disclose it. Sessions is expected to clarify his testimony in writing today. Im not going to be part of a witch hunt and not going to be part of a coverup. Republicans instead focus on repealing and replacing obamacare, introducing bill as early as today. Reporter the president is expected to sign a new executive order on a temporary travel ban today. Its expected to be unveiled at the department of homeland security. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. Japan says north korea is a growing threat after a missile launch. They fired off four missiles this weekend. Three landed in japans exclusive part of sea of japan. Youre looking at file video. T to be timed with but they condemned the launch overnight. Lets check on the weather with sheena parveen. Still pretty chilly out there, sheena. Temperatures are rising. Were already warmer at this hour than we were yesterday for a high temperature. Yesterday we had 40 degrees were in the mid40s across the area and as we go through the afternoon, well top out in the mid50s, look what happens. This is the next 18 hours, we go overnight into tomorrow morning. Were only going to be in the 40s, were talking about a milder start to tomorrow and thats going to lead to a bigger warmup by tomorrow afternoon. The radar locally is dry. Well keep the clouds around today. The rain is not too far off to the west. West virginia seeing the closest showers but theres a chance maybe a couple of showers will be sneaking in later this evening. The better rain chances come tomorrow. A closer look at that forecast coming up. Add extra time in your commute if youre taking metro, safetrack surge number 13 is under way in virginia on the blue and yellow line between braddock road and hunting ton. You could wait as long as 24 minutes even during rush hour. The passengers tell us they hope the wait now will pay off later. I think they are doing the best job they can do actually. I would say probably it will help in the long run. I was just hoping they get it better because a lot of kids in the summertime like to be on the train. The work will run through april 9th. For other ways to get around, head to the nbc washington app and search metro alternatives. We have ideas to help you navigate the changes. After an emotional weekend, students are back at class in West Lake High School in waldorf without some of their classmates. Friends and family of cook and collin held a vigil over the weekend. The 17yearolds were killed in a car crash is a long another teen is in the hospital with serious injuries. They have not released a cause of that crash. D. C. Police are trying to gather clues to track down a sex assault suspect. On friday night a woman was blindfolded and tied up and assaulted by a burglar. It happened on california street northwest, thats just blocks from the homes of former president barack obama and ivanka trump. Police dont have a description of the suspect but urging anyone with information to call them. Well, you expect a School Bus Driver to keep your children safe but Montgomery CountyPolice Say Rodriguez abused two 11 year old students on his bus. Rodriguez was put on administrative leave last month and now facing multiple charges. When you call 911 one of the first questions they ask is where are you . In an emergency every Second Counts and you may not know where you are or how to get there. So students safe. Amy cho explains. Reporter if youve been to a college campus, you may have noticed tse blue light phones where you can call for help. Sometimes the blue lights are out and all around campus, which is amazing, if they are out, not much help. Reporter turning to the phones in students hands to keep them say. The personal alarm locater, students can hit activate and that pinpoints where they are. They can also send their location to a campus dispatcher and get thep. Theyve been trying to implement on campus for a while. Any Work Environment you can do your absolute best if youre not safe. Say youre not familiar with washington, d. C. And dont know where you are, it alleviates that problem. First responders might not know where you are either without the app. Calling 911 isnt enough. Its difficult to actually get the pinpoint position from the telephone. Having the app that can do it would make reporter not only the school using tracking, catholic university, georgetown and howard and university of maryland all got a different app called guardian. You open up the app and send your location to a friend. You also set a timer based on how long you think youll be walking. If it goes off and your friend hasnt heard from you, thats when they know something is up. For anybody walking alone on campus, these apps can provide piece of mind in the district, amy cho, news 4. Get ready to spring forward, how Daylight Saving time will affect your sleep this weekend. Benefits for soy products for somweekend. E at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. That anything that matches your taste can match your budget. That green living doesnt have to cost much green. S have room for the little things. And that your dream kitchen should work as hard as you do. Save up to 20 at the ikea kitchen event. Take a look at this photo. Police in anne arundel are looking for 37yearold Ryan Gregory Hollebon for the murder of his birl friend, 28yearold butler. They say this happened last night. Police were called for a call of domestic violence. Inside a town home they found no word how she was killed. Police do not know if he is still in the area but they are increasing patrols and using helicopter to look for him in wooded areas. Aaron. Melissa, about drug use can be tough with your kids. Research shows that you want to build trust with your children and be honest but according to a usa report some psychologists stress parents dont have to give all details about past drug use but kids should know drugs are far more dangerous than any drugs were decades ago. A recent report shows Drug Overdoses involving heroin tripled leaving Many American families struggling with this problem. One father has come to know the enduring pain of this epidemic more visibly than most and his familys struggle isnt over. Gabe gutierrez has more. Reporter in the farmland of rural ohio, the last year has harvested a crushing sadness, the longest road roger wine miller has ever endured. Stand there helpless and watch it happen. Nothing you can do. Reporter last month his visited him and excused herself and shut the down. She overdosed right here . Im the one that found her. Reporter his loss is growing more common especially in ohio where new cdc report shows an average of nine people died from a Drug Overdose every day in 2015. A number the winemillers know all too well. Five days before christmas, roger and his son, roger t. Would suffer another loss. Gene winemiller was 37 when he died also from a heroin overdose. My brother was my best friend. And i think between him and all of the stuff my sister hid and brother at the same time, feel like ive been punched in the gut by a heavyweight boxer and knowing i was still to my stomach. Reporter thats right, roger t. Is addicted to heroin too. How difficult is day to day life as an addict . I cant put it into words. His brothers and sisters death have motivated him to allow his father to drive him to outpatient rehab, doses ease his cravings and counseling tries to ease his pain. I look forward to the future for a first time in a long time. Reporter they are now on the road to recovery together. I pray that youre my success story. Reporter for so many families like theirs, the stakes could not be higher as heroin hits home. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, blanchester, ohio. There is new evidence that shows dietary soy is safe and beneficial for some women with breast cancer. Past research has raised concerns that soy told to avoid those foods but a tusts University Study found soy foods were not harmful, in fact women who consumed the most soy had a 21 lower risk of death than those who consumed the least. This weekend, you will have to turn those clocks ahead an hour. By the time change might not be the only reason you arent getting enough rest. Heres nbcs chris clackum. Reporter right when were springing forward to Daylight Savings time comes a study that shows 75 of all americans missing one day of work a year, some up to five days, just to catch up on sleep. Were really talking about sleep deprivation and its starting to reach epidemic proportions. Reporter sleep doctor Michael Bruce who has written several books on getting a good nights sleep, says the common obstacle to sin cant turn off their brain at night and that could have a big affect not only your ability to fall asleep but get into deep sleep. Reporter not having the right mattress, sheet and pillow and lighting and sound can interrupt sleep as well as drinking caffeine and alcohol too close to bedtime. He says the best bet for good sleep is going to bed and waking up at the same time every day. The more consistent you are with that, the more your brain actually knows when to sleep. Reporter thats should start this weekend even though the clock will read an hour later. Chris cla krxclackum, nbc news. Shut that brain off before bed. Instead of liking something on facebook, you could soon have the option to dislike it. Facebook is testing out a dislike button, this is something users have been asking for. The option is currently being rolled out on the Facebook Messenger app, no word and when it would be expanded to facebook. But your feelings might get hurt. You post a picture of cooking or something and get a dislike. Just man up. You dont care . Really . Lets move on. Were going back to school for a lesson in cursive writing. You may be surprised to find out how uncommon a lesson like this is. More when news 4 midday returns stay with. Us historic waldorf astoria in new york is shut down right now for renovations. Today there is a vote on whether to keep some of this iconic rooms intact. The u. S. Commissioner will decide whether to preserve multiple ball rooms just as well as the wheel of life mow sayic inside. It will reopen as luxury condos and suites in a few years. We all learn to write cursive in Elementary School but for kids today its a bit of a lost art. How new York City Schools are reviving the old world writing style. Old world . The upper case a. Reporter loops and curly qs and letters joined by hand, so different from thumb and fingertaps on keyboards, second graders are learning cursive. Its more neat and more exciting. Reporter a manual skill high tech world but never erased from control krik limbs in some states and preently introduced in others. The School Chancellor officially instructing for third graders next year. We asked principals to discuss it with teachers and parents have embraced this enthusiastically. Its no so easy to practice your letters putting pen to paper when youre used to doing almost everything with the hand held or laptop. But proponents say theres a connection made between the pen or pencil and brain when you write things down. What do you use cursive for now . Reading older subjects except math. Reading Historical Documents in their original form and reading letters from grandparents who still write in script. When i dont know how to write cursive or read it, i cant really read they are telling me. Reporter even as thumb prints and online signatures replace the old john hancock, signing your name is a unique and personal experience. Its not that hard. Writi writers cramp and all. Were a bunch of old world onset right now. This story is being shared right now on our nbc washington facebook page. Virginia is one of 14 states that require cursive in public schools. Spor supporters say its an important life skill when you have to sign your name. We have more on the app search cursive. I have two signatures on a check, i dont want anybody to also do forge it. Thats a mess but my regular signatureif im an autograph or something, its more ledgible. Sheena and i were saying when we write checks i feel i have to write cursive on the check. Thats the only time i write yes, and this is perfect cursive, not my sloppy half regular, half cursive. I have to remember how to write the z and r. I wonder if a lot of kids can write the z. It was a tricky one and never made sense and still doesnt make sense. Weree tn talking about a cold morning this morning but a warmup this afternoon, thats going to be in the forecast. You probably noticed it maybe. Its getting a little bit warmer out there. Were already in the mid40s and rain chances increase tomorrow. Today late this evening we could see a couple of showers try to sneak it but the overall rain chances going to be tomorrow, very early wednesday and were watching the weekend closely. The feels like temperature already now in the mid to low 40s for the most part actual temperatures are now in the mid40s and if youre exercising today by noon, temperatures in the upper 40s, by 5 00 p. M. , 57 degrees and mostly cloudy by 7 00 , a warmer day than yesterday. Your future weather, a couple of showers trying to sneak in late night. Then we go into tomorrow afternoon, some showers moving in and quickly moving through into very early wednesday. Thats 4 00 a. M. Then we really clear out. Going into friday were watching a very small chance for maybe a couple of showers moving in and for the weekend, some of the computer models are putting rain off snow off to our west with a colder air mass trying to move in but the computer model is a little bit on the fence still today and have been the past couple of days. Something to keep in mind but well be nailing it down as we get closer. Stay tuned for the updates, we have spring forward this week and look at the new sunset time, 7 12, we gain an hour of afternoon sunlight. For today, 57 for a high temperature, mostly cloudy. Tuesday were looking at 65, 64 on wednesday and we stay in the 50s and well look at that weekend forecast coming up. Cant remember. You show us on the break. An investigation into United States marine corps after explosive allegations. What some Service Members are accused of doing. Your time is stronand restoringding a a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. We are working to find out couple of fire. A couple trapped in their home in arlington. Hoarding conditions made it difficult to get to them. The woman is in Critical Condition right now. Single tracking on metros blue and yellow lines will cause long delays until april. Metros safetrack surge 13 under way right now between the braddock road and huntington van duren street stations. A senior u. S. Official has confirmed that fbi director james comey asked the Justice Department to knock down president trumps claim that former president obama ordered the tapping of his phones last year, the fbi and Justice Department have declined comment. Were getting confirmed details about a new immigration order. Here are details at the live desk. Right now a change in the executive order on immigration. President trump will sign this new more limited order. This one temporarily banning travelers from six muslim countries seeking visas, it blocks only people who did not have a valid visa as of january 27th. Also, no visas will be revoked by this travel ban. The revised order covers six of the seven countries mentioned in the january order. This time iraq is not on the list. The new order does not apply to green card holders and will take effect march 16th. We are waiting to hear something from attorney general Jeff Sessions. You can see they are walking in right now, the department of homeland security, Rex Tillerson and john kelly, all supposed to speak on this in the next couple of minutes. Thank you. This morning the Defense Department is investigating a scandal in the marine corps. Allegations that current and former Service Members circulated naked photos of their female colleagues. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer talks to the veteran who first reported this. Reporter mistrust rocking the marine corps troubling allegations of cyber betrayal, pictures of more than two dozen naked women surfacing on a private facebook page, marines united with almost 30,000 followers. The network allegedly solicited photos of female Service Members identified by their full name and rank and duty station. Some of the photos apparently taken without the womens knowledge. More than 2500 comments which contained graphic language and condoned rape was first revealed by the war horse, a nonprofit News Organization run by marine veteran thomas brennan, first found the photos scrolling through facebook and recognized a former marine. Seeing a woman that i knew, a woman that im friends with inside of that google drive was really what sent it home for me. Reporter a marine corps spokesperson said its deeply concerned about the allegations. Adding, this morale erodes trust and degrades the individual. This is a select group of criminals that are sexually exploiting people. Reporter but according to brennan, this may be the tip of the iceberg active duty marine Lance Corporal marissa woytek says her photos ended up on marines united and other sites multiple times in the last six months. Lawmakers now calling for an investigation. Its disgraceful. To treat fellow marines and fellow Service Members and people who are literally willing to do anything to protect this country, even die for this country with such disrespect and disregard. That was miguelalmaguer reporting. A suspect accused of saying go back to your country. A sikh man was shot in driveway working on his car at the time. Police are investigating that shooting as a possible hate crime. The suspect was wearing a mask and run away. Communities around the world are coming together to pray for safety and saying there should be an end to violence like this. Next time you go to the airport, your patdown from the tsa can feel more invasive. They have decided to go with one standardized patdown procedure. Previously they would perform different screenings based on what set off the detector. It involves a more intense horizontal and vertical pat down. Agents of the same gender as passengers will perform the patdown and say the procedure doesnt include any more body parts than before. Which redskins player is welcoming a new number th i maryland the Womens Basketball team getting ready for the ncaa tournament, they won the big 10 tournament for the third year in a row. That means they officially have a spot in the big dance now. The terps womens team is ranked fourth in the country. The mens big 10 starts later this week and thats happening at the verizon center. March madness begins next week. When productivity goes down and brackets are up. A lot of bragging happening. Its the highest position an attorney can attain, u. S. Supreme court justice. Ask Justice Ruth Bader begins burg what she wants to be when she grows up and you might get a surprise answer. Heres a sitdown with notorious rbg. A spent a wonderful evening with ruth champion opened over the weekend and we spent time talking about many, many things but of course, we started with her love of opera, which she told me began when she was just 11 years old. When i asked her what she dreamed of becoming some day, she responded, certainly not a lawyer. By the time i was a high school senior, if you asked me what i could what i would want to be, if i had any talent god to give me and the answer would be i would be a great diva. I might be Beverly Sills but as im monotone, the only two places i sing, one is in the shower and other is in my dreams. Her voice has been one of the most important in the United States since she became a lawyer, been a judge and justice in my interview, were also joined by her dear friend opera star and star of the new opera at the kennedy center, champion, washingtons own denise graves. They are both wonderful. We laugh a lot and learn more about both of them and thats all coming up tonight on news 4 at 6 00. Looking forward to it. The singer known for her heart wrenching breakup song is now a happily married woman. During a concert in australia, adele confirmed she is married to her longtime partner simon. She didnt reveal when the wedding actually happened. The two have a 4yearold son together. I hope shell still sing the songs thoi. There might be something happy coming from her. Which would be great, i love all of her music. How about family news for a local celebrity. We want to say con great lagss to kirk cousins, already having a pretty good season then his wife, julie posted this photo o their dog, mom and dad are getting me a human. A baby in case you didnt right, thats what we figured. We did the logic. Shes pregnant, not the dog, the mom. It says human on the sign. He received the franchise tag from the skins which means hell make 24 million a year but this baby the baby is like oh bigger and better gift than any franchise tag, that what youre supposed to say. Oh, what she said. So another chilly afternoon ahead. Little warmup on the way. There is a warmup on the way and it will start this afternoon and really started right now. Ski resorts, youre not liking this, not at all but as we go into the weekend we may have another blast of cold air moving our way. For now were already in the mid40s, a big imt improvement from the freezing temperatures this morning. 45 degrees, were already warmer and well keep on going up as we go through the day today. Take a look at the temperatures everywhere, were mostly in the mid40s, pretty uniform here and well stay continuing to rise, everybody will as we go through the afternoon. Were going to stay mostly cloudy for today. The rain is to the west mostly in West Virginia now. As we go through tonight, theres a chance a couple of showers could sneak in. Heres future weather, 11 00 p. M. , youll see a few showers trying to move in, most of it will be here later on tomorrow, 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow afternoon when were looking at rain chances increasing. Tomorrow night into early wednesday, thats 3 00 a. M. Wednesday, some rain still around and then it quickly moves out during most of the commute. Now that warm air were talking about for the first half of the week, here it is on future weather, air mass is tapping into it still tuesday and wednesday. Look at the cold air trying to drop down and it struggles a li something were watching very closely bought at the same time we would have a weather system approaching. So of course well be nailing that forecast down for the rest of the week. Also this weekend, we spring forward, sunset new time this sunday, 7 12. Were looking at more afternoon sun light but we will be losing an hour of sleep. Today 57 for a high, chance of a late shower. We stay in the 60s tomorrow and wednesday. Look at that warmup, 50s after that and over the weekend we could be getting back down into the low 40s. Sheena, thank you. Shes a young fenom. The youngest contestant heading here to washington for oklahoma making history. Fuller taking part in the National Spelling bee, making her the youngest person ever to participate in the competition. She beat out 53 students from 5 to 14 to win her region. Very honestly very bright, we were amazed to find that she really has a knack for spelling and can remember words shes seen and heard easily. Fuller is home schooled by her mother and noticed her talent for spelling last year when she spelled the word restaurant correctly. A restaurant opened in town the first restaurant with a full liquor restaurant. It comes from the same owners of the daily dish in Silver Spring and as you can imagine the beer and spirits arent just for drinking. Joining us now, deina. Happy to be here. What do you offer . The dish and dram, you wanted to come up with a name with the word dram, a measure of scotch whiskey, we like our spirits, a lot of nice whiskey selections and bourbon ryes to add into food. What are you making . Because its st. Paddys day i would make something that was reminiscent of two of my favorite countries, ive larela france, a guinness tart with and you put that pour that right into the filling. What else goes in there, s . Vanilla. I premade the tart shell. It takes a little effort. What is so great you can buy a tart shell at any store. And make the filling. Thats pretty much the filling right there. Guinneinuinness and sugar an vanilla. You dot it with the butter and it makes these really pretty shapes there. French and and irish, little red hair, we thought that was a very important thing to do. Its very simple, bakes for 30 minutes. Youguinness, its delicious. Something we love bacon at the restaurant. Really nice. Were making a brown sugar bourbon bacon candy. This is very interesting. Over here you take brown sugar and see a lot of same theme, a lot of maple syrup and vanilla and of course a little bit of bourbon. This is for the this is for this candy. You see how it stands up. You brush it on top of the bacon like in the pan. Brush it over bacon. Super easy and bake it for 13 minutes and flip it and another 13 minutes. Whats so nice, its crisps up like this. In the oven. In the oven. You let it cool off a little and youll see it crisp up. You have many uses for bacon. We do bacon in everything but what we love is this new recipe i like to be inspired by different people and as we said the dish and dram we serve a lot of International Food reminds you of when youre traveling. Youre a world traveler, and author . Yes, 75 countries. Awesome. This is i was inspired by my friends restaurant in portland, oregon. It is dark chocolate and olive oil, you put it in the microwave. Youre speaking my language. So easy, pound of chocolate and cup and quaer oil. If you can wait long enough Vanilla Ice Cream and. Beautiful. Wait a few seconds and well talk about Something Else and youll see how that hardens up like the magic shell when you were a kid. I have a good question, is there a country youd like to visit you havent been to . Im going to vienna next week to taste wines and im interested in going to bull gar i can ya, next. Do you come back and bring those flavors and incorporate that into the menu . We always do. Thats one of the most important things that we do is to travel, experience and like i said we like to do comfort food. If im hanging out with people or going to their homes, what are we going to eat there . You think fish and chips something lying that. Ice cream and bacon ice cream chocolate one other little treat here. We do this makers mark manhattan and this is a we continue along the theme with the chocolate and that bacon and made these little chocolate cigars and serve themh makers mark. See how thats hardened. Remember you had the magic shell as a kid and cracks into it. Isnt that great . I loved it. Just like that. Still has that same flavor reminiscent of childhood. Okay. Youll notice we did a little adult treats and smoked oranges and make our own brisket and bourbon cherries because we need to add that in. Dish and dram and the daily dish, that is delicious. Im going to finish all of the chocolate, aaron. Ill leave you a little bit. No you wont, i wont even expect that. Are you making plans for your tax refund . How folks 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. Wall street could start the week in the red as they near the Federal ReserveInterest Rate hike next week. The markets will get several economic reports this week, by the big news on friday, the monthly jobs report. Stocks coming off another positive week and saw the dow rise for the fourth week in a row, upping at 21,500 and nasdaq nine points. Ford has started testing 3d printing of large scale car parts. This could open up a world of new opportunities for vehicle lines and upgrade options and could mean you could order customizable parts car. They weigh less so that could help in fuel efficiency. Your cnbc morning business report, im kate rogers. As many anticipate your tax refunds, a new study shows 6 of americans who expect to get one this year plan to splurge on Something Like a vacation or shopping spree. 34 will save or invest it while 29 will spend it on necessities like food or utility bills, paying down debt in a new low with 27 saying thats what they would do with the money. If you still havent started your tax return, dont worry, were working to make it simple. For tips on getting started, check out the series of reports from tax week, search tax tips in the nbc washington app. Yeah, baby. Just living right here, baby. Thats how people who like snow talk in march a whole heck check out this video from tahoe, california. There was enough snow that this guy is snowboarding in the streets. Thats why shes talking like that. There is a winter storm warning in effect there today. Have at it, tahoe. Too much, you can have it. Around here well stick to a little bit of cold maybe and if we can keep it in that area that would be good. Cold morning but were going to be warming up. 5 7 for a high today. Milder chance of a light shower. The normal high is 52. Well get back into the mid60s after a cold weekend by thursday still near 60 but then we go into the weekend and well be watching the weekend forecast very closely, computer models have not been agreeing on the weekend and have been flip flopping and the cold air should be moving in but of course were still several many days away from the weekend so that could obviously change but for mao, now we keel keep this warmer than normal and that will lead to the next weather system moving in. We could see a chance on sunday of maybe a little bit of a mix around here but of course that still needs to be nailed down since we are so far away. Also, dontforget, we spring forward and gain more daylight and do lose an hour of sleep though. Either way we can look forward to that. Spring is definitely on the way. The birds are still chirping regardless of how cold it is. Sheena, thanks so much. Many have been glued to the baby giraffe cam in upstate new york but still no baby calf. Zoo keepers say april the giraffe remains happy and healthy, feeling bad for her, right. Watch pot never boils, started to see more intense kicks. Ill tell that to my kids. She is waiting her fourth calf. Good luck, girl. That is it for news 4 midday. See you tomorrow morning 4 26. Works for me. See you tomorrow morning. Have a great day. Stand by, everyone. Were live in five, four, three, two, one. That is what you are youre my golden star make my wish come true let me treasure you i do. We thought the award shows are over but they are not. Bruno mars, closing out the i heart radio music awards last night. He did a little treasure and what i like nobody better than bruno. The coveted award of the night, the innovator award, very much deserved. Yeah. Love seeing him. He brought up everybody, natalie, like all