leona brown, shouldsay. she has a ph.d. this is stuff she knows inside and outside.s fitn 4 less in bowie. come on down, aaron. i want aaron to push that tire. >> i can't hear you. >> how many yea do you have to workout to workout like lamar? >> thanks, molette. >>> good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. more team are enlisting the help of digital assistants, such as amazon alexa. following the holiday shopping season, one of third of speaker. own a smart about 75% say they use that device at least once per day. playing music is the most ndpular request, followed by the weather forecast setting alarms or reminders. llth your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank d. report, i'm frank d. ig> we'lbe r heto arms, i'll barely thatbe able to lift. that's what progress feels like. so feed it with the protein, iron and b-vitamins in special k. we all care about amazing taste. that's why we've been making the best mayonnaise for over 100 years. hellmann's.we 're on the side of food. >>> news 4 today starts now. >> g

leona brown iswi s us exercises. katrina is our intern. >> my gluts are engaged.ngaged and i'm breathing. >> you don't need a trainer or a gym to do this, right? >> no. do this at home, work,vehen you're tng. a chair, a bed, you use whatever you need. >> reporter: you can start this journey with me. we can do a basic squat. i'm doing this until may, working with leona. you can do is. i want to hear from you. send me your e-mails and es pict and, they're helping me along with this, too. right? >> we are cheeringou on go, molette. go, molette. >> thank you. >> we're with you. >> reporter: we can do it. >> 6:55 right now.er >>> he are 4 things to know this morning. the top financial adviser to pope francis faces sentencing tomorrow. george pell was convicted of sex abuse by a jury in australia. the abuse had been in melbournh wa news 4 at midday for the latest. >>> house democrats will use their majority to t to stop the president's efforts to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. the house will vote o resolution to block the president's emergency declaration. s

leona brown of conversion fitness. >> you can get f for spring. i'm superexcited. can't you see the smile?r: >> repory step three, fuel up on healthy foods, fruits and r,veggies and lots of wao get fit for spring. >> yep. the reali is, you do have to change your habits if you want to make a big change. pounds seems like a lot to me. you see the spinach and the r raspberries on her tplate? t's what i'm going to eat? >> you can have chicken but you can' have fried chicken. >> you mind your business. >> i'm just saying. this is from somebody that likes all of the fried foods, utoo. have to make choices. >> i have to squeeze into thi suit. >> molette is going to join in the 6:00 a.m. hour to get us fit for spring. >> she willhassue aenge to you and to us, later in the newscast. c hopefully y be around for that. >>> coming up, retracing your ots. at-home dna kit links a local woman to the long lost familyne she never she had. looking at how we track our histies. >>> jussie smollett the next mess ages and the pamtds that move he wasn't behind his own attack. >>> it will

leona brown of conversn fitness. >> you can get fit for spring. i'm superexcited. can't you see the smile? >> reporter: my step three, fuel up od healthy foods, fruits an veggies and lots of water, to get fit for spring. >> yep. >>ou know the fin tip -- >> it's the worst one. >> getting sleep. with our hedules, we can't seem to make it work. >> every expert in says we have to get more sleep. >> yeah. i want all of you t all, join me on this challenge. i want you to send me your pictures. let me know what your progress is like. and tomorrow, i have the fun task of being in the gym with my personal trainer. aaron says, you don't need to lose 20 pounds. i feel like i do. i knowhat i look like without all these cute clothes. >> we set our personal >>goals. think you look fabulous, fyi. >> thanks, molette. >>> we're going to turn our attention to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck t bell for weather alert, chuck? >> it will be windy kids under 50 pounds, hold on to osing them or risk in the wind. sun will be up before 7:00. the ever-lengthening days, as the spring equinox

leona brown of conversion fitness. >> you can get fit for spring. i'm superexcited. can't you see the smile? >> reporter: my stepn hree, fuel upalthy foods, fruits and veggies and lots of water, to get fit for spring. >> yep. the reality is, you do have to change your habits if you want to make a big change. >> molette is going to join us in the 6:00 a.m. hour to get us fit for spring. >> she will issue a challenge to you and to us, later in the newscast. hopefully you can be around for that. >>> coming up, retracing yr roots. at-home dna kit links a local woman to the long lost family she never knew she had. looking at how we track our histories. >>> jussie smollett the next he messages and payments that prove he wasn't behind his own attack. >>> weather alert for high winds today. for your dog walking forecast, you need a guy like this a little mastiff in him. he weighs 85 pounds but is superfriendly. if he were any slower around the dinner ldtable, you wt believe it. he's supercute and low-energy dog. temperatures will be in the 40s again with a >>> news 4 begins

leona brown at fitness for lessh s the trainer helping to get me fit for spri.o the basic lunge here you can t it without a trainer and you don't havebe in a gym. what are we working on? >> working the hamstrings, the glutes, the core. y'al quadsburning? hamstrings burning? glutes burning? >> the idea is for me to lose 20 pounds i'm inviting everybody to help me get fit for spring. i needed a trainer to get me going. but quickly, you don't need a trainer, you don't have tbe in the gym every day to do this? >> you do not. you can dot it a home. at work, take five minutes and do these in front of your desk if you need to. >> reporter: get fit for spring folks, that's the goal. we're doing it tngs mor at the gym. you can do it and get started right at home. >> i didn't see molette doing it. >> you noticed that too. >>> coming up tomorrow on news4 day, molette shares easy exercise options for moms on the go. she'll get moving with moms who getir workout in before work. >> give our girl credit, she' putting herself out there on front street. good luck molette.'l see

it's quite simple.e leona brown h at fitness for less, she's with conve fitness.'s the trainer helping me get fit for spring. the basic lunge here, you can dt this wit trainer and you don't even have to be in a gym, right, leona? what are we working>> on? working the gluts, working the core, oh, my goodness, quads burning? hamstrings burning, gluts burning? >> and the whole idea is for me to lose 20 pounds and i'm inviting everybody to help me get fit for spring. i needed a trainer to get me going, but leona, really quickly, you don't need a trainer, you don't have to be in the gym every day. >> you do not. you donot. you can do this right at home. for work, you can take five minutes off and do these in front of your desk if you need to. >> get fit for spring, folks. that's the whole goal. we're doing it this morning at the gym, but you can do it and get started right at home. >> come on! give me five more! >> i'm just, watchi i can feel it? my quads. >> and you know what, every week,e're going the try to give folks at homes some tips, some exercises that they can