Since march 1. The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet 370 is shifting to a different part of the indian ocean now. Australian Authorities Say the information shows that flight 370 was traveling faster than they first thought and it used up its fuel more quickly than they originally suspected. Its official. Metro ease raising its rates. Start metros raising its rates. Starring july 1 most of you will pay an extra 10 cents. The People Living in the shadows, i believe they are already american citizens. Those are the words in part of his speech delivered last night by Vice President joe biden. His speech comes as democrats try to force an Immigration Reform bill through the house. Weve got a much Different Air mass in place. We dont have the record setting cold. We have warmer temperatures and some showers around it already. Thats going to be the case today. So on and off showers, mid50s for lunch time. Low to mid60s this afternoon. About 64 for the high. Back in the 50s by 8 00. If youve got some plans this afternoon or tonight, i wouldnt cancel them but be aware, we have some showers around. You can see them coming from West Virginia and southwestern virginia this morning. This stuff is going to be tracking more toward us in another couple hours but locally we already have a few showers nearby. Theycooh, thats the stuff now almost to straussburg. Thats coming up the valley quickly. We see this area here in toward Loudoun County near the fairfax border here near sterling and ashburn. This is living north in toward Montgomery County toward germantown coming across the river. Now weve got showers which have been around the hagerstown area back in toward martinsburg. This is all moving to the northeast. A much warmer morning than yesterday. Most in the 40s. Fredricksburg, manassas, winchester already to 52 degrees on our way into the 60s. Traffic wise, lets see how things are going now that we hit the 6 00 hour. Monika is off but just has you covered. 6 00, thats when we start picking up volume and thats exactly what were seeing here, i270 at 1 09 hyattstown. A little bit of volume being picked up as we head into the truck scales. Well move on to another situation weve been monitoring this morning. I66 at route 28, the accident is on north 28 near leeland road out of manassas park. We had an accident, a car into a utility pole, wires down. That is blocking the right lane at this point. Also want to let you know about another potential problem on the roadways. Were picking up volume here. I95, there is a brief delay past the Prince William parkway at this point. We will continue to monitor your traffic situation throughout the morning and i will send it back to both of you guys. The search for 8yearold relisha rudd is now a recovery operation. D. C. Police delivered the sad news yesterday after revealing new evidence in the case. Investigators say kahlil tatum, the Manual Police suspect abducted relisha purchased contractor trash bags as well as a shovel and a chemical agent which is sometimes used for burying bodies. Later this Morning Police are going to go back to kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to resume the search for relisha and any evidence in this case. Several dozen d. C. Officers spent several hours yesterday searching the park in northeast d. C. Looking for any clues they could possibly find. Also today the d. C. Council is going to hold a hearing to review the safety procedures at city family homeless shelters. The hearing is intended to improve security at the shelter, especially for children. Relisha was living there with her mother and brothers when she was ta she was last seen march 1. Its been nearly a week since saturdays devastating landslide in washington state. Searchers and families of the missing are Still Holding out hope more people will be found alive. Right now the official death toll stands at 17 but First Responders involved in the search say they know at least 26 people are dead. The higher number is attributed to nine bodies still being difficult to find in the mud. As Andrew Spencer tells us with 90 people still missing, they expect that number to rise. Reporter no survivors have been found in days but this still is not a recovery operation. As far as im concerned were still in a rescue mode. I havent lost hope yet. Theres a lot of people up there that havent lost hope yet. Reporter with that in mind searchers worked deliberately and delicately. Dozens of people remained unaccounted for thursday as rescuers continue to dig into the ground. Were not going to run big, huge heavy equipment over areas where we may collapse something where we could have a survivor. I want to brace everybody that that chance is very slim but we havent given up. What were doing is slowly walking through piece by piece, moving as much as we can, taking shovels, using our hands, whatever we can do to get in there to see what we can find. Reporter the National WeatherServices Forecast calls for more rain today and beyond. In fact, showers could continue for the next week or more. All that rain would only hamper search efforts even further. Im Andrew Spencer reporting. Nearly three weeks after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, the hunt for the missing passenger jet has moved again. We seem to learn more about know less. Search teams have shifted to a different part of the indian ocean after learning the plane was traveling faster than previously reported. Today the u. S. Navy has sent extra help to australia. A second poseidon patrol aircraft will join the International Coalition of aircraft searching the indian ocean. The p8 is an all weather plane which makes it well suited to help daily search efforts have have been called off several times due to bad weather. Crews are trying to find the debris field before the battery life on the planes black box expires. Navy officials are also sending underwater detection equipment and personnel to australia. Theyll be ready to go as soon as the debris is spotted. Baltimore ravens running back ray rice faces up to five years in jail if hes convicted on aggravated assault charges. They stem from a fight with his fiance last month in Atlantic City which left her knocked out. Rice was indicted by a grand jury yesterday. His Attorney Says the couple is happy and in counseling. Coming up, Delia Goncalves will join us to discuss mayor vincent grays plan to end homelessness among military veterans. This is a great series. It might sound like a daunting task, but two American Cities have already been successful in eliminating homeless. Wusa9 is give me one reason why i should believe youve really changed. Huh . Okay. Uh, 2hour service windows. Give me another one. Uh, our on time all the time guarantee. One more. Night and weekend appointments. You guys have really changed. Who am i gonna badmouth at parties now . I guess my cousin. Hes so pale. It is 6 09. You wont need as heavy as a coat. Were in the 40s now, not teens and 20s. Thats better than yesterday but we have showers around. Well have a few showers around throughout the day. Warmer, too, with highs in the low to mid60s. Back in a few minutes, doppler 9000 and a look at the weekend forecast, whether or not you want to see it. Heres delia. Advocates and National Surveys estimate it costs 50,000 to keep a homeless person alive. That includes shelter, food, health services, even incarceration, but putting that same person in a home costs only 25,000 and that includes Ongoing Services. So ending this crisis makes Financial Sense advocates say and saves us all money. In a threepart series, weve taken a look at the faces of homelessness and the challenges in getting them off the street. Advocates and district leaders say its not just about putting people in homes but offering Ongoing Services to address their illnesses, addictions, Mental Health or simply providing life skills. If you think ending homelessness sounds crazy, it is but its been done at a huge savings for residents of phoenix, arizona. They actually ended veterans homelessness just this past december in 2013, a full year earlier than they said they would. They did it by bringing in not only the normal suspects which are government officials and organizations like miriams kitchen, but also reaching out to the Business Community and figuring out how to we go the last mile so house the individuals. Utah has also reduced its Homeless Population by 78 and it is on track to end all homelessness by next year. And some really exciting goals, here in the district of columbia, 280 veterans have been identified as homeless living on the street. The mayors committed to putting them all in homes by next year and ending all homelessness, 3,000 chronically homeless by 2017. Unfortunately, though, with the wars starting to end, there will be more service men and women coming home, dealing with the same emotional issues and may end up on the streets as well. To have sort after position in place where you can actually move them is going to be very important. Its an ongoing issue. You say ending homelessness but its a cycle. So you get some folks inside shelter, inside homes and theyre living and thriving but like you said, there are always other challenges that crop up. Its a process before you get them into the home, hopefully Mental Health services will be available for the returning vets to keep them from falling into the trap of addiction or whatever could lead them to homelessness. I think people in d. C. And other cities should study whats going on in phoenix, arizona and utah to find out how they bring businesses in. When you talk about a business, they are inundated with Health Care Costs and their normal costs. How much would this cost them in addition to the things theyre already paying for and how do you convince them to buy into it knowing its going to help them in the long run. We had the money all along, 120 million in the the budget the mayor says but no one really had a plan. Now that we have these models across the country and phoenix was successful in doing so, theyre modeling and following their lead. So they are looking at phoenix and utah and the other jurisdictions that have been successful in saying how did they do it and how can we get everyone else on board. The mayor says we dont need any more money so were not going to businesses and churches for money. We need support. Great series, delia. 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Thats a lot warmer than its been. Howard will be back with the full forecast. He says saturday will be pretty rainy so you can keep that in mind as well. Right now time for another your money segment. Were talking about auto sales this morning. This was a long and sometimes lonely winter at dealers in many parts of the country. With temperatures starting to heat up, theyre eager to welcome you back. Karen has spring Shopping Tips for exon assumers in the market for consumers in the market for a set of wheels. Reporter after they revved up for most of last year, winter slowed down auto sales. Now dealers are hoping momentum returns as cold weather departs and spring can lend itself to some big discounts. The selection is fantastic because the production continues on throughout the winter months and this is probably the best time ever the year to find the car that youre looking for. Reporter those price cuts are sometimes on models at the end of their line. Consumer reports says theres two sides to that. That can create a great opportunity. Often the car in its last model year is its most reliable. At the same time its going to look outdated in just a few months. Reporter from style to pricing, most Consumers Research can be done before ever meeting a salesperson. Some big things to consider, space and storage needs, Ownership Costs like fuel economy and maintenance and your financing plans. Those looking to take more time with the process may consider shopping on a weekday. Its nice to have that extra time and a quieter environment maybe than our busy saturday events and youll still get the same deal. Reporter shop on the final days of the month for the best deals. Often there are special hidden incentives to the dealerships take encourage both the dealership and the sales staff to try and hit sales numbers. Theyre going to be open to a little more negotiation. Reporter just know what a good price range is before negotiating. The more Research Done ahead of time the smoother the ride can be. Dont forget the actual test drive. In washington, im karen kefa. You can get a deal on a car right now. Financing deals are good. It will change because the economy is going to change. Now is the time. Windshield wipers are working. Do your research and make the deal. I had to buy two last year. You got great deals on them. You did your research. Yes, i was very fortunate. Patience. The windshield wipers will work on the new ones and youll need them this weekend. Well need some today. Youre really going to need them tomorrow and even into sunday that looks sort of soggy. Today i think will be the best of the next three days to let you know how that goes. If you can put your weekend off till monday or tuesday, thats a plan that will work very well for you. Heres a look at the day plan other this friday. I almost said thursday. Friday. Clouds around. Temps shooting into the low to mid60s but well also have some showers at times, like we do this morning. You can see whats going on with all this moisture off to our west. Im going to show you the doppler where things are happening right now. Just on the west side of d. C. A few lighter showers from areas in Prince William county and fairfax now which has extended into montgomery trying to sneak toward howard. We have these other showers north and east of the bay bridge. Everything is pulling to the northeast. Check out these showers getting heavier from straussburg southeast. This will hit i66. This is all moving to the northeast into Fauquier County over toward berryville, Loudoun County, purcelville i think within the next 30 minutes youll get some of that. Win chester and charlestown. These showers leaving hagerstown but we have more coming from the west. Temperatures a lot warmer than yesterday. From 25 to 35 degrees warmer than this time yesterday morning. The cold spot being columbia at 42. The warm spot locally manassas at 52. They were 18 i believe at this time yesterday. 34 degrees warmer. Its cloudy out in washington. Good visibility and 49 degrees. South winds at 14. Thats giving us a windchill but its also bringing in the milder temperatures. Heres our futurecast. The scattered showers on and off for the day. In fact, well get into some lulls. Thats why i dont think today is a washout. Well see a few showers here and there this evening. I wouldnt be canceling your plans tonight if you have date night going on or some other activities. Tomorrow early, notice 8 00, especially north of town we have some breaks. Look how the moisture moves in by the middle of the day. The nationals have an exhibition game with the tigers. I think thats in grave jeopardy of happening. I just dont see it. 64, windy and warmer today with a few showers. Yellow alert right through the weekend. Tomorrow cloudy and raw. Rain could be heavy at times, 50. Sunday 52 with more showers. Then next week, yeah, it turns nice, back to work, back to school. 65 on monday. Looking pretty good for that primary day on tuesday here in the district. Here comes jessica in for monika with timesaver traffic. Timesaver traffic is looking good for you this morning. Well start at u. S. 50 and maryland 202 in sheverly. This is heading into new york avenue. Were picking up a little bit of volume but nothing abnormal. Pretty typical for a friday morning and were liking it. Were going to look at 95 at the Prince William parkway. Traffic is flowing on the right. Starting to get a lot of volume as we head to the truck scales. Again pretty typical. I want to tell but a situation weve been monitoring. An accident on northbound 28. This is near leeland road out of manassas park. What we saw was a Traffic Accident earlier this morning and a utility pole. Lines came down on the roadway. Thats blocking the right hand lane and its expected to be affecting traffic for us until maybe as far as 8 00 this morning. We will stay on the situation. We will be watching your traffic all morning long right here at wusa9 and i will send it over to andrea and mike. Its 6 22. Heres another look at the question of the morning. The average family with children ages 6 to 12 spend 250 a year on these. Is it a, Birthday Party gifts, b, fund raisers, c, School Supplies . Katie murray, good morning. As a mom of four with those ages, a, Birthday Party gifts. The other two are close, she said. Well have more of your responses and the correct good morning. We have a yellow alert day. Some showers moving in. Looks soggier on saturday. Sorry about that. Were taking a look here at an accident not too far away. This is 66 at route 28. This is going to be with us throughout the morning. Its not so bad now but it should be picking up later in the morning. Weve been talking about this throughout the morning. The utility pole down, wires down, right lane blocked, northbound 28. We will keep you updated on the situation. I will send it back to the anchor desk. Thank you, jess. D. C. Police chief cathy lanier uttered the words none of us wanted to hear. The search for 8yearold relisha rudd has now turned into a recovery operation. Even with the change, investigators are holding on to some hope that she may be still alive but that hope is slowly fading. This Morning Police are expected to return to Kenilworth Park in northeast to continue looking for the child who hasnt been seen since march 1. Nikki burdine joins us from the site with more. Reporter good morning. Its discouraging news to say the least. Police are out here right now. Theyre waiting for the sun to come up so they can start searching once again in what theyre calling a recovery effort for 8yearold relisha rudd. Police were out here all day yesterday searching this entire park. They had search dogs, f. B. I. Agents, and Police Officers out here looking for any signs, any clues of little relisha rudd who has been missing since march 1. On march 2, police say that they that kahlil tatum, the man they believe may have abducted her bought 60 contractor size trash bags. They also say he bought a shovel as well as lyme which is a product often used to treat bodies when they are buried. All those police are trying to be optimistic and so is relishas family, they cant help but think the worst, especially in a situation like this. Were not making any assumptions but i think it would be prudent for us at this point to make sure we search and this is a very large area, search this area very well. We cannot ignore the possibility that he may have killed her. The trash bag thing is, it reallies have me scared now. He killed his wife of 23 years. I seriously think that lady was trying to tell him to bring relisha home and he killed her. So if you could kill your wife of 23 years, what about a child that you only known a year . Reporter its really hard to hear police talk about the search effort. This entire area of Kenilworth Park is still roped off and it will probably stay that way for quite sometime. Police are just sitting there right now protecting that area so nobody goes back there to contaminate what could be a crime scene. They tell me they will start searching the entire park once again starting at sunrise. Were live in d. C. , im nikki burdine, now back to you. In other news, Prince Georges County police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a 95yearold woman. We have a sketch of the man police say broke into the womans home on february 21. A reward of up take 25,000 is being offered for information which leads to an arrest or an indictment. If you recognize the man, you can find the sketch on our website at wusa9. Youre asked to call police. Marylands house approved the states 39 billion budget for the 2015 fiscal year. Lawmakers agreed to a plan that was already approved in the senate and its going to use 200 million to address a drop in revenue. That money was originally intended to shore up the health of the state Pension System but supporters say the plan is going to avoid cuts in education and in health care. Critics say the decision is going to cost the state much more down the line. Riding metro transit will cost you more starting july 1. Thats when bus and rail fares will go up an average 3 which comes out to about a dime on a typical subway right. The parking fee also goes up about 10 cents. The cost to ride a bus will be 1. 75 will you pay cash or use a smartrip card. Its 6 29. This is a live look outside at on this friday morning. A beautiful skylight. Were warming up now compared to just 24 hours ago. A special good morning to madison and fourth graders at Carson Elementary School this morning. Some sweet kids. By this afternoon, as you start heading home, things are expected to get mighty wet. Howard is on the weather terrace with a look ahead. Good morning, howard. Good morning. Had to open the umbrella. We have light showers moving into northwest d. C. Were looking at the showers on and off and a very soggy saturday across the region. Heres a look at our forecast. Once again the beautiful picture, a plane coming in for a landing at reagan national. Sunrise right about 7 00 a. M. This morning. Were just looking at the north end of the runway there at reagan national. Mostly cloudy, breezy and warmer today with a few showers around fl we have some this morning. We definitely will see breaks. This is not a washout day like tomorrow the way its looking. You can see the showers increasing from the west this morning. As i go on doppler 9000 by the way, temps are in the 40s as opposed to the teens and 20s. Notice a few showers from d. C. North and Montgomery County and howard counties. Starting to see heavier showers in western loudoun. Theres activity just coming in toward us now. A couple of sprinkles from hagerstown. Look at all this coming from the Shenandoah Valley north. Upper 40s to low 50s, into the 60s this afternoon. It is the 6 00 hour so we are picking up a significant increase in traffic. Were going to 495 at 29. This is colesville road. What were seeing here of course is sort of your typical morning traffic heading into silver spring. And now we will go into i95. This is at lorton road. Also the same sort of situation. Typical morning volume but it is a happy friday on the roadways. Were happy to say. And i will send it over to mike and andrea. Time to see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering this friday. Hello, partner. Gayle king joins us live from new york. Hello, partner. I just heard her say happy friday on the runway. I feel happy friday in studio 57. Mike and andrea, good to see you both. Hello. Scott pelly will join us from rome where he just sat down with president obama. What worries the president about the conflict in ukraine and why he thinks russians president Vladimir Putin is misreading u. S. Intentions. Plus, when it comes to affairs ever the heart, marriage may be the best policy. I like that. But not for the reasons you might think. A top cardiologist tells us why marriage might actually be good medicine for your heart. And well talk to the woman with cancer mocked in self magazine for