The showers starting to pop up north and west. A little farther west along the cold front itself. Theres heavier showers and thunderstorms developing. Well track the timing and impacts of those through the metro area and whats coming next. Well do that in the studio with you in a couple of minutes. Kimberly . Kimberly look for you then, thank you, doug. Break inging news out of new york where hundreds of firefighters are on the scene of a building explosion on the east side. Chris papst is monitoring the situation from the live desk. What have you found out . Chris as of right now, the new York City Fire department is reporting that 12 people have been injured in this explosion and this apartment fire. Look at the video right here. You can see how intense this really was or still continued to be. Very thick smoke and firefighters are trying to battle up to 200 firemen originally had gone to this fire and still remain there. One person so far, according to the nyfd has been critically injured. Now, abc 7 has been doing a little bit of digging here. This building is in the east village of manhattan and according to the Greenwich Village society of historic preservation, it was built in 1834 as a Single Family home five stories, huge Single Family home later renovated. Right now into four apartments and then theyre there are at least two businesses on the first floor of this apartment. The flames have been moving over to the next building over. Two very old historical buildings in the east village of manhattan will be lost due to this explosion and fire. They are in a designated historical district. Update right now, more importantly, 12 people have been injured and one person critically according to the new York City Fire department. Live in the newsroom chris papst, abc 7 news. Autria thank you very much. Keep us updated much the families of some of those killed when that plane crashed in the alps on tuesday visited the scene today. They arrived as investigators confirmed the copilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 intentionally crashed the jet into a mountain as it flew from barcelona to dusseldorf. Marcy gonzalez is in new york with more on what theyve learned from the cockpit flight data recorder. Marcy in those chilling final moments before Germanwings Flight 9525 slammed into the french alps investigators say the cockpit voice recorder picked up the screams of passengers and the frantic thuds of the pilot pounding on the cockpit door. Locked out intentionally, investigators say, by the copilot who stayed silent as he hit the button to bring the plane into a nearly 10 minute long deadly descent. He activated that button for reasons we do not know at all. But which we can analyze as a willingness to destroy the aircraft. Marcy the cockpit voice recorder revealing the flight started out normally. Once at cruising altitude the pilot is heard asking the copie loot to take control as he stepped out presumably to use the restroom. When he tried to return the 28yearold copilot Andreas Lubitz did not respond and kept the door locked. Hes heard breathing normally until the moment of impact. Theyre listening to the breathing and considering that the pattern that theyre hearing is consistent with somebody who is conscious, alert and doing something that they intend to do. Marcy a horrifying realization of the families of those on board whose remains are still being recovered today. Among them three americans. 37yearold Robert Oliver as well as yvonne and emily selke, a mother and daughter from virginia. Investigators are trying to figure out the copilots motive saying he passed a psychological exam and had no links to terrorism. Marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. Autria and this is not the first time suspicion has fallen on a pilot after a plane crash. November of 2013 33 people died after the copilot of a Mozambique Airlines plane locked the pilot out of the cockpit and that plane crashed. 217 people died in october of 1999 when the copilot of that egyptair flight cut the engines and turned the plane towards the atlantic ocean. Shortly after taking off from Kennedy Airport in new york. And in february 1982 the captain of a Japan Airlines flight was declared mentally unstable after 24 of the 174 people on board died when the plane crashed near tokyo. Kimberly how do the latest developments about the pilots actions make you feel about flying . Suzanne kennedy is live at Reagan National airport where shes been talking all day about flyers concerns. Suzanne . Suzanne well, kimberly here at National Airport right now its extremely busy if you take a look behind me you can see down at security lots of people traveling both on spring break and for business before this morning, they might not have thought about the mental stability of the pilot flying their plane. But for some, now thats changed. She is a frequent flyer and her job requires she takes to the air several times a month. I just hope for the best. I recognize its a crap shoot. Suzanne when she boards a plane, she knows anything can happen proven by the Germanwings Flight 9525. Youre in the hands of the pilot, you know, really. Its out of your control. You dont know whats going on. Youre trusting theyre in the right frame of mind to fly that plane. Suzanne the deliberate crashing of the plane is eliciting outrage internationally. I dont call that a suicide. Suzanne and fear for some who have to travel by air. Scary situation who have to fly. We have no choice but to fly so you know for me i tap into a higher power and just hope things work out well. Suzanne Jennifer Clark and her mother are flying home from orlando after their d. C. Vacation. I was shocked to hear it was a suicide. Suzanne the suicide crash has them thinking about their safety. If i want to travel its something a risk ill have to take that somebody like that might get through the system again. It does make me think twice but i cant live in fear. I have to be willing to travel and, you know i just have to be confident in who is flying my plane today. Suzanne some of the people that we spoke with today compared the way they were feeling about flying to some extent how they felt after 9 11. None of them said they would walk away completely from air travel in light of what happened on that german aircraft. Reporting live at Reagan National airport, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Kimberly the investigation into the germanwings crash is renewing questions about having two pilots in the cockpit at all times. Senior political reporter scott thuman spoke with a former Airline Captain and member of the f. A. A. About that today. Hell have that part of the story coming up at 6 00. Autria metro wants to be sure that passengers know what to do on their trains in the event of an emergency. Brianne carter is covering metro now with a look at these new videos just released today. Im really catching it two to four times a day. Brianne jamal relies on metro to get around town he says he has concerns about his safety on the trains. Im always worried. Brianne in an effort to increase safety today metro released a set of videos showing riders what to do and what not to do if another emergency happens on the train. Here at metro, our First Priority is your safety. Brianne the video available in spanish and english. If youre in a station, move away from the platform. Brianne come more than two months from a tragic incident that left one woman dead and dozens of others injured. We asked metros interim general manager if he thought this video would make a difference in a similar incident. Hopefully, that customers would stay on the tra waited for the First Responders but again, we want to make sure that they know all of the alternatives and certainly, we want them communicating with our train operator first and Emergency Responders second. Brianne reaction today from the riders on the yellow line. I think its very proactive of them to do so. I definitely would watch it. But this is a repeated thing with metro. I mean every incident they keep saying theyre going to do things better and better. Brianne metro says they do expect to roll these videos on television starting next week. If youd like to get a look at them now, log on to our website at wjla. Com. Reporting live brianne carter, abc 7 news. Autria and metros newest trains will be ready to hit the rails next month. The long anticipated 7,000 series trains will debut april 14th on the blue line. Metro says the hightech cars feature improved safety reliability and comfort. The cars replace the 1,000 series cars that have been in Service Since metro opened some 40 years ago. Kimberly a hearing that took less than two minutes drew plenty of people to the courthouse in charlottesville. It was the first appearance for Martese Johnson. The university of virginia student left bleeding after being arrested by virginia alcoholic Beverage Control officers. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg was in the courtroom for that hearing. He joins us live from charlottesville now. Jeff . Jeff kimberly this was a very short hearing, both the prosecution and the defense agreeing to wait until that Virginia StatePolice Investigation is complete before having the next hearing which is set for may 28th. Meanwhile, many students we spoke with say that race related problems have been a problem and a concern here for years. Walking into court today, Martese Johnson is staying silent while friends say this about his state of mind. Keeping his head high which is good. Regaining his confidence. I dont think he ever lost his confidence. Reporter well over 100 u. V. A. Students many wearing black in solidarity with martese attending the hearing one week after this video showed johnson, a third year student from chicago into the national spotlight. Very important for him. Very important to us that we make sure we stick together during this time. Jeff johnson was arrested after being turned away from a charlottesville bar during st. Patricks day celebrations. The video shows abc special agents forcing johnson to the ground, his face bloody. He was charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice although tests show johnson was not drunk and witnesses say he was not beligerent. Im really sad to say that i was not surprised. Jeff this is president of the naacp at u. V. A. And was with johnson during the arrest. To not be able to do anything but be standing right there, its a terrible feeling. Thank you for the support. Cant make any comments at this time. Jeff johnson is not talking about the case. But it has led to rallies and protests at u. V. A. With many africanamerican students calling this moment a turning point. I think we are going to change the culture of the university of virginia. Jeff yesterday, Governor Terry mcauliffe signed an executive order requiring retraining for the 130 abc agents across the state. In terms of dealing with use of force and also giving local police more authority over those agents. But the students we spoke with today want to go further and they want the General Assembly to strip those abc agents of their Law Enforcement duties. Live in charlottesville, Jeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. Autria and coming up auto reporter a baby nearly dies at a Home Daycare Center and the owner is facing felony charges. Im kevin lewis in rockville. Ill have that story, one youll only see on 7 after the break. Kimberly then a little later the anatomy of a recall. How companies decide when to issue a recall and why they often dont come from a higher power. Autria but first its hard to believe that two years later, were back at a more Public School surveying damage. Autria tornadoes tear through the plains with a city thats no stranger to the storms taking a direct hit. Kimberly the iconic new jersey shore amusement pier will not be rebuilt over the water. The casino pier was battered by super storm sandy. Its owners want the new expansion built along the beach. The company that owns it says extending it out over the water would cost at least three times as much. And that price tag is already about 3 1 2 million dollars. The work should be done though by 2016. Tornado seasons slow start is officially over. Twisters slammed arkansas and oklahoma last night killing one person in tulsa. Autria ted rollins has more on the particular weather pattern that fueled these violent storms. Awful ted she breaks down walking through whats left of her tornado destroyed home in oklahoma. Waiting for it to be over with. Ted at least seven tornadoes hit parts of oklahoma and arkansas. We got another one ted watch as this semi actually blows over on the highway. Got to help this guy in the truck. Ted a woman was inside this white truck when it blew over and skidded across the freeway. I felt glass breaking and i was on the top sliding across. I hung upside down until somebody got here. Ted in sand springs, oklahoma firefighters carried children to safety after a tornado hit a Gymnastics Center and the frightened kids are all safe after going spew into a basement. Rob marciano talked to the gym owner about the ordeal. All of a sudden felt like a suction cup was pulling like my internal organs up and my ears popped. Ted also hit again more oklahoma where an f5 tornado devastated the town in may of 2013. Its traumatizing. It feels like a bad dream. Ted the tornadoes are being blamed for one death and several injuries but Authorities Say given the amount of damage it could have been much worse. Ted rollins, abc 7 news. Kimberly our muggy, warm weather reminds you of that sort of storm. Doug event. I think we could have an isolated thunderstorm or two tonight. Certainly dont see any threat of anything severe like that. Every now and then well get tornadoes and every now and then it happens but not with this pattern. So can stand down in that concern just a bit. Lets take a look at things for you around the area right now. Start with the h. D. Weather bug camera in damascus. Cloudy early and waited and waited for the prediction to come true. That actually would clear out and turn sunny. Guess what . It did all across the area. The temperatures jumped dramatically in a short period of time. Beautiful there right now with temperatures in the 70s. 76 in king george. 72 in district heights. 74 in fairfax station. 76 in stafford. Rain from earlier,. 18 to. 3 of an inch probably have a couple times more that amount and the rain will follow early tomorrow morning. Here it is on doppler radar, a little downpour now to the south of front royal. Dont have any lightning on that. Theres more showers close to the cold front across West Virginia so all that will slide in. Now, it looks like some of the showers will get here before 6 00 but the main line probably between 7 00 and 8 00 tonight. So thats the story. Temperatures will start to fall a bit this evening. But for now, they are delightful. 75 in washington and manassas. 73 in gaithersburg. 77 right now in fredricksburg. If you wonder why you go between manassas and fredricksburg, its so much cooler at quantico because the winds right now are out of the southeast and they blow across the potomac where the water is cool. It cools the land off on the base at quantico. Whats going to happen next . Gusty winds will continue out of the south. A little bit later tonight when the front comes in there will be an abrupt switch to the northwest and the winds will get gusty again. Very breezy mild spring night with the temperatures ahead of it just for a lot of people me including wanting to be in the 70s down to the west 49 in charleston and that chilly air will spread in. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon probably in the 50s falling into the 40s during the afternoon even colder tomorrow night and really cold here on saturday. Heres the big picture. Theres that major line coming through later tonight. Steve rudin will be all over that watching it for you. Some downpours and gusty winds we expect as a possibility. Our futurecast has it timed out coming through the area about 8 00 tonight but theres more rain behind the actual frontal system itself. So well deal with that at times overnight through tomorrow morning. Right now, were thinking probably towards noon the last batches of rain or any steady rain should move out clearing in the afternoon, turning cooler and turning breezy once again. As we head through the day, kind of an hourbyhour period update of what you expect. Probably b5 00 the sun will break out and beyond that, expect a very chilly day for saturday. In fact, look to saturday highs at best 40 to 45 degrees. Could be a flurry blowing around at times. Its going to be that cold overhead. 50 degrees with sunshine on sunday. Back to 60 degrees on monday. Early next week through the middle of next week looks very mild. Back to average temperatures. Next chance of rain will come up on thursday of next week. Autria were getting there. Getting to springlike weather. Well wait and be patient. Autria thanks, doug. Kimberly if it was a joke not many are laughing. Why investigators are suspicious of a california womans kidnapping claims. Autria and then a little bit later, more detailed plans from the vatican about the popes trip to d. C. This fall. Kimberly plus one direction without him. Autria teenage girls around the world express their sadness on social media, one group decides to take action to memorialize their favorite band. First tgit. Heres a look at whats coming up tonight on abc. Autria only on 7 00 tonight, a rockville daycare owner accused of nearly shaking a baby to death. Police say the infant has serious potentially life threatening brain damage. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains why the at Home Daycare Center has been in trouble before. Parkdale terrace. Showing a baby not breathing. Again, possible pediatric injury. Kevin a frantic 911 call from the take care center. The caller owner Anna Valentine told dispatchers a 6monthold girl if her care was unconscious and not breathing. Paramedics rushed the baby to Childrens NationalMedical Center where doctors discovered massive brain hemorrhaging. The alleged cause shaken baby syndrome. Its shocking. Its really shocking. Kevin Neighbor Linda canter stunned by her arrest. She always seemed very nice and very caring when she set up her daycare. Kevin carla grangers granddaughter used to attend my angel and me. At first she thought it was really good because the lady you know, taught them, i guess, their abcs and maybe speak another language. If its true im glad my granddaughter is out of there kevin records show the state of maryland has cited the daycare 10 times since 2013. Violations include not maintaining childrens emergency information. Keeping a potentially hazardous item in reach of children. And failure to complete continued training. Im hoping that its not true and that it turns out to be something else. And i pray for the baby. Kevin we did speak with valentines defense attorney who told us she and her client categorically deny all allegations spelled out in the seven page charging document. As for the Daycare Center its license has been revoked. In rockville, im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Kimberly new tonight, a lawyer disputes a claim by police that a california womans kidnapping was a hoax. Police were skeptical of aaron quinns story that strangers broke into his home abducted his girlfriend and then demanded an 8500 ransom. Tonight, the lawyer says huskins was kidnapped and quinn was drugged. Huskins was found 400 miles away in southern california. She was unarmed. Autria coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 we cant all be as lucky as the students who were able to meet the president at this Weeks White House science fair. Or can we . Find out how you can get an audience with the commanderinchief. Kimberly a little later, more trouble along i95 but this time its the southern end. Look at what happens in texas. Reporter plus friends and colleagues are remembering a Prince William county mother and daughter killed in a tragic plane crash. Coming up well kimberly really more questions than answers after investigators started listening to the flight data recorder from Germanwings Flight 9525. Autria investigators who have listened to this tape say you can hear the captain frantically pounding on the door after the copilot locked himself inside. But we dont know why 27yearold Andreas Lubitz then manually set the plane to descend right into a mountainside. All 150 people on board died including two women from virginia. Diane cho spoke with some of the people who knew yvonne and emily selke. Diane 23yearold emily selke seen in this photo smiling is what her pastor remembers the most about her. Always cheerful. Always happy. Diane this is the familys pastor at sacred heart catholic church, the parish emily grew up in singing in the childrens choir. Weve lost that family is down by two. Were down by two. Weve lost two people that were important to us. Diane he says emilys mother yvonne selke loved working with children. Her mother was very involved in the religious education program. Diane yvonne was a Government Contractor who worked at Booz Allen Hamilton for 23 years. Her daughter worked in their Old Town Alexandria office last year. As i walked through the halls today, every Single Person is literally silent. We look at each other and we feel the same. Diane shawn wilson is the regional manager. Truly is a numbing experience. Diane wilson says emily was a gogetter who took on fellowship outside of work so she could better herself and always made a lasting impression on everyone she met. I mean, people naturally gravitated towards her but i think that equally she gravitated towards them. Diane and the Girls Council released a statement saying they lost two devoted members of their family and that they are deeply saddened by the tragedy. In Prince William county diane cho, abc 7 news. Autria thank you. Now checking the other top story. At least 12 people are hurt three of them critically after a building exploded and then collapsed in new york city. This is in the east village in lower manhattan. Theres no word what started the fire. But early reports say it might have broken out in a restaurant. We will bring you the latest as soon as we hear it. Kimberly were expecting an update in the next halfhour from polaski county virginia on the case of noah thomas. Sources are telling Richmond Television stations that the 5yearolds body was found in a septic or sewage tank this morning. Thomas had been missing since sunday morning. Autria metro says it will start running those new 7,000 series cars on april 14th. The first of eight cars will roll out on the blue line shortly after 7 00 a. M. I believe from the Franconia Springfield station. Kimberly pope francis plans to visit the white house during his first papal visit to the u. S. This fall. The white house says president and mrs. Obama will welcome pope francis as a guest to the white house on september 23rd. Francis will become the first pope to address a joint meeting on congress on the 24th and will speak at the u. N. General assembly on the following day. Well, its easy enough for the pope to get an audience with the president but what about you or me . Now could be our chance. We found this contest on barackobama. Com today. You enter your email address and zip code and youre entered to win a meeting with the president. Once you enter youll get directed to a page asking you to make a donation. We found youre still entered even if you dont give up any money. The site says its all part of a campaign to raise organized grassroots activism across the country. Autria it is time now for a check on the traffic situation around here. Jamie sack on traffic watch for us. Jamie couple of things going on. I want to begin in virginia. Slow traffic, weve got that. A lot of congestion for you working your way outbound. First, ill begin here on 395 just to show you we are now in the single digits. Yes, it is slow. Heavy for you, too, in the stretch on the inner loop right near allentown road. The thing, is its a disabled but not a crash. We have a lane blocked and a lot of people looking to see whats going on. As far as our volume for you right now, working your way through this stretch. Getting from maryland into virginia crossing the American Legion bridge. This stretch for you on the inner loop very slow. I want to focus on 270 though mainly the 270 spur. It is a crash thats right after democracy boulevard. So for you heading southbound, thats going to be slow. Northbound on 270, typical delays getting a little closer towards rockville and even getting closer towards german town. We take a look at the top side of the beltway, it is very slow. That whole stretch through Montgomery County and lets take a live look. A little bit of sun glare keep that in mind for you. This is near old georgetown road. We are in bumpertobumper traffic. In the single digits. As far as accidents, nothing to worry about on your interstates. Thats a look at traffic. Over to you. Autria thank you very much. Some girls out there, lot of girls are worried about this. In fact, theyre still reeling from the news that zayn malik is leaving the music group one direction. But some fans arent willing to take this news quietly. There is a petition to change the name of bostons leonard t. Bunker hill bridge to zayn malik bridge. It went up this morning. It made a lot of waves in boston but we hear theres only like 50 supporters as of tonight. Bostons mayor was asked about it during a chat on twitter yesterday and the mayor responded. We are all devastated about zayn malik but we must soldier on. The remaining members of the british band say they plan to do just that. Just as a quartet instead. Kimberly they need to ask a bunch of 11yearolds. Theyll want to vote for the name change. All right. The british show downtown abbey will be calling it quits during the upcoming season. Final episode will air on Christmas Day in britain. Show typically broadcasts in the u. S. Starting in january. Once its finished its british run. Autria medical officials are rallying against a new beverage choice. Still ahead, find out why theyre speaking out against it. Kimberly unrest on the saudi peninsula. One government tries to maintain power against the rebels. Autria a baby born right on i270. What the 911 calls revealed and the question the father asked that got an immediate respons dont do that kimberly thats never good. Thats followed by abcs world news tonight and david muir is here with a preview. David well have the breaking developments tonight. The young copie loot that locked the captain out of the cockpit. We have new details about his training in the u. S. And what we learned about the lock itself the combination and how that captain was kept out. Deadly tornadoes in this kunlt. The country. And the tractortrailer that smashed into a major interstate bridge bringing parts of that highway down. Cars crashing. Well have it ahead autria one person is dead after a truck hit a bridge in texas. This happened on interstate 35, 40 miles north of austin. A tractortrailer crashed into an overpass that was under construction. Debris and backed up traffic in both directions for several miles. Three people were taken to hospitals although the extent of their injuries is not known. And the Maryland State Fire Marshalls Office is trying to figure out what caused a bomb threat in elkridge this morning. Howard county Police Received a call about a suspicious package about 9 30 this morning. It happened along route 1 north of montevideo. Police said they found some sort of device. Theyre not sure if it was a hoax. Kimberly key military installations in yemen have been reduced to dust after a series of overnight bombings. Saudi arabia launched air strikes with the support of nine other countries. Its all aimed at rooting out the rebel group that has forced yemens western friendly president to flee. The saudi ambassador to the u. S. Says military force is the last resort but yemen collapsing is just not an option. We have tried to mediate the situation with yemen. We will do whatever it takes in order to protect the legitimate government of yemen from falling and from taking any dangers from outside militia. Kimberly the air strikes are drawing anger from iran and it calls the move an invasion and say its a dangerous step that will make the crisis in yemen even worse. Autria a potential republican president ial candidate is taking aim at d. C. s gun laws. A florida senator marco rubio introduced a bill to ban district officials from enacting gun control measures. That would leave the district governed only by federal gun laws. In a statement, rubio says d. C. s gun laws infringe on Second Amendment rights and leave citizens vulnerable to criminals. Find out why sugar ray was back to schools just ahead. Kimberly first, companies are recalling some of the products across the country. Find out why that recall is not coming from the f. D. A. Up next. Autria update on the breaking news today. That building explosion in new york. Chris papst at the live desk now with the very latest. Chris . Chris new york city mayor bill de blasio got done holding a press conference. 12 people were injured. Three of them critically. There may be more people inside these building these dont know about yet. This happened about 3 15 this afternoon in the east village section of manhattan. Four buildings have been affected. 350 firemen have been on the scene battling the blaze calling it a seven alarm fire. The commissioner said when he spoke during this press conference that theyre blaming it on a gas explosion due to plumbing or gas work and that someone has been recently working on the gas inside of these buildings. These are old buildings, one of them we know is at least built in 1834 originally a Single Family homes and now theyve been changed and renovated apartments and also on the first floor, theres at least three businesses that we know of two of them restaurants in that area of where this blaze happened and apparently when this explosion did occur, it blew the front of the building across the street hitting the other side of the building. As of right now, 12 people injured and three of them critically. As we get more information, well bring it to you. Live in the newsroom chris papst, abc 7 news. Side with a consumer alert. A brand of frozen spinach distributed exclusively at target has been added to a recall list for potential listeria contamination. Now, so far, around 27 different products containing spinach had been pulled from store shelves. This is a voluntary recall which the f. D. A. Says nearly all recalls are. I love that. I like to clean it myself. If you saute with onions, oh my gosh. Reporter many consumers arent aware of the recall. Have you heard of the limited recall on some products . Whats that . As a restaurant owner, i would think its especially important to know theres no contom nation in your spinach. Absolutely. Kimberly each day this week a growing list of frozen spinach based products under recall all tied to one frozen organic vegetables processor. The green Vegetable Company in california features all kinds of vegetables on its website. No sign of spinach so 7 on your side gave them a call and told us theyve only been in the frozen spinach business for one year. A microbiology test detected the listeria. They then informed all of their customers and that got the recalls going. Customers like wegmans, target any distributor of brands and the popular amys kitchen. Scared about it to be honest. Kimberly no one has reported an illness because of the frozen spinach but listeria contamination can cause serious and fatal infections in Young Children and those with weakened immune system. The safety of the Food Allergies are especially safety for her she has Food Allergies. Do you get alerts directly from the f. D. A. . I do not. No. I didnt know that was possible. Kimberly its very possible and we have a link to the f. D. A. s website on wjla. Com. Click on the link to send recalls and alerts directly to your email inbox. This is especially helpful for people with peanut and gluten allergies. You would be amazed how many alerts are sent out every single day. Autria good information. Coming up at 6 00 examining that deadly crash in the alps. Its being called intentional now. The rules in place in the u. S. Designed to prevent just such a disaster. Plus hundreds line up for whats being billed as a first for the entire country. How its tied to d. C. s new marijuana laws and when it will happen again. Thats at 6 00. Whats being done after the new sidewalks began crumbling in one local community. Kimberly ok. It started out really chilly today. Autria it did. Kimberly you got your warmth outside. Autria a little bit. The sun was out, too, doug. Doug temperatures jumped. It was beautiful. Take a look at the cameras from the rooftop. Rooftop camera is 30 stories up and as you notice youll see it maybe bounce a little bit. Weve been noticing that because the wind gusts but the winds are bringing in very warm temperatures. What do you know . We have a real spring day in the nations capital. Steve rudin is out in front of the building here in rosslyn enjoying every moment of it. What are you looking at steve . Steve every time you toss to me, the loudest bus or truck stops by. We hit 77 degrees today at Reagan National airport making it the warmest day that weve had so far this year. Temperatures, though, have cooled just a little bit. Well head over to the map and show you what it looks like. Cant complain considering how chilly it was yesterday. Now, it feels a whole lot better. 73 degrees at dulles. 75 at Reagan National. 72 in winchester. But look to the lefthand side of your screen, the areas shaded in green, thats cooler air. 53 in West Virginia. That cooler air is behind a cold front that will bring thunderstorms to our area over the next few hours or so. More on that the movement, the timing. We head back to doug. Doug steve, lets get look a look at things right now. Weve been tracking the showers. Couple of lines have formed up. Lets go to live super doppler 7 radar. Heavier downpours with lightning strikes from innwood, West Virginia from hagerstown into southern pennsylvania. Lighter shows coming from meyersville and meanwhile, to the south and west a few more spreading eastward towards marshall. And a few south between luray and flint hills. But its a little farther west and you find the main line in southwest especially across southeastern sections of West Virginia. Just to the north end of the roanoke valley. Whats going to happen is both of these lines will move through tonight with gusty winds, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms and then as we get through the nighttime hours, well drop from the 70s and by morning, probably be in the 40s. Still have some showers through the morning. Probably through midday and then a little clearing and breezy. So much cooler in the afternoon. Then it will be chilly with a flurry in the air. Gusty breezes and then a warming trend neck week. Thats the latest from the weather center. Back to you. Autria doug thank you. D. C. High schoolers got a few words of strength today from a famous, very famous boxer. Sugar ray leonard visited the high school to promote mayor muriel bowsers empowering males of color initiative. He also pushed the importance of careers in science, Technology Engineering and math. Kimberly talk about a legend that held up well. Tim he used to be a regular on abc 7 back in the day when he was boxing and i was doing the sports here at 7 he was up here all the time. Autria you werent boxing him though, were you . Tim no. But i did box against tommy herns who hes getting ready to fight. Kimberly that explains a lot. Tim cal ripken another icon. He loves baseball. Hes a beloved hall of famer and he likes to give back. Hes made baseball his life and he tries to develop players who can make it to the big leagues. Well, now his son is a washington national. Hes in the organization and hes starting to get some attention. Hes 65 200 pounds and a first baseman. And hes got pretty good pedigree. From the front, he could be any prospect with any name. But from the back, not so much. I look at it as im ryan ripken trying to be just like anyone else and trying to make my name. Tim ryan ripken son of cal. As in cal ripken jr. , beloved figure in baseball and everywhere else. Now its no big deal. In my mind, im not looking at it as im cals son or my grandfathers grandson. Tim ryan was drafted by the nationals last summer selected in the 15th round, the 454th pick overall. His pro career started in the gulf coast league. Humble beginnings sure. But beginnings nonetheless. You have a lot of thoughts going through your head and my thought is try to get better and try to live out a dream. And try to be the best player that i can be and hopefully try to help the nationals win the major leagues one day. Tim for the ripkens, baseball is business from cal sr. To junior and now to ryan. Im very proud of my family in that regard. I want to live my own life and try to make a name for myself. Tim were going to follow that story for you as well. Now, to college basketball. The sweet 16 gets under way again tonight. West virginia and kentucky. Notre damewichita state. Wisconsinu. N. C. Did you see wisconsins nigel hayes at the News Conference . He saw this vision of a woman, a sports reporter. And then got to tell you, nigel, got to look out for open mikes. Nigel, we want to let you know is there anything to stay to the stenographers to start things off. Gosh, shes beautiful. Did you hear that . I heard that so open it up to questions tim the mike was open he says gosh shes beautiful like we tell you guys every day. His mike was open. Kimberly that was really sweet. Tim thats what everybody is saying. Hes 20 years old young sophomore. Did you hear that . Autria is this thing on . That could have been a tough lesson. It worked out well. Tim he could have said a whole lot more. Autria thanks tim. Coming up next on abc 7 news at 5 00, a major mistake. Why some local physicians are taking issue with a recent autria only weeks after the federal government gave a thumbs up maryland is still struggling with what to do about palcahol. Kimberly this week, marylands alcohol industry agreed to voluntarily ban the powdered product and Maryland Bureau chief brad bell shows us why some doctors say thats the right move. Brad earlier this morning the federal government gave the ok for the sale of the product called palcahol. A powdered alcohol beverage sold in a pouch mixed with water to create an adult beverage. Well, today prominent doctors from across maryland are Standing Shoulder to shoulder to say that is a mistake. We dont know how quickly it gets absorbed edabsorbed. We dont know what other effects they have. Brad this is the problems they have with palcahol. Like a childs drink, it can be far too easily mixed with a bottle of water, shaken and consumed. That they say could be dangerous. Imagine your child is offered a product that can be snorted, eaten, mixed into food and drink. Brad tonight, as they push for a law to Ban Powdered Alcohol sales in maryland, the state controller is announcing a preemptive strike on the product. At his urging, he says marylands entire alcoholic Beverage Industry has voluntarily promised not to sell palcahol in the state ever this product will never see the shelves in maryland. Brad he says as the law stands now, he can prosecute anybody who brings it into maryland from a state where it is sold and at least 22 other states are proposing bans. Virginia has already made it illegal. In maryland brad bell, abc 7 news. Autria and thats it for abc 7 news at 5 00. Kimberly abc 7 news at 6 00 starts right now with new information from that breaking news from new york. Anchor new video just in shows a building collapsing after it triggered whats being called a seven alarm fire. We have been following this first since it broke out about two hours ago. This was in manhattans east village. Now, within the past 20 minutes, fire investigators blame the explosion on a gas leak. Abc 7 has learned at least a dozen people are hurt. Four of them critically. Cadaver dogs have been brought in to help in the search for victims. Once it is safe enough for them to enter. We are also following new developments in that deadly plane crash in the french alps that authorities there say was intentional. But first were tracking possible storms heading into this area. And for the latest on that well go to chief meteorologist doug hill who is on storm watch. Doug . Doug all right, thanks, scott. And theyre definitely starting to pop up and no surprise, very warm temperatures and the cold front approaching, lets give you a look at the numbers outside. Pretty impressive. Took most of the day to clear it out some. 75 now. And 73 at dulles but cooler west of the mountains and the front has passed through there. Look from martinsburg to hagerstown, active thunderstorms and nonsevere. Gusty winds and heavy downpours moving from hagerstown into central pennsylvania. Theres other fragments of thunderstorms and showers as we head through the evening tonight. This is all part of a pattern associated with a cold front thats moving in from the west. The cold front is active. Have lingering showers in the morning. Bigger thing tomorrow much much cooler temperatures. Look ahead to the book