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