The train shortly. The trains and buses running on schedule this morning. Some of the earlier issues we saw on the blue line have resolved so certainly good news there. Lets step outside and show you how things are shaping up on the beltway. Sky 9 is in the air showing us how things ever moving. This is the are moving. This is the outer loom. No problems there loop. No problems there. Traffic is moving so far so good. Traveling from frederick toward the beltway, we are free and clear of any problems there as well. If you didnt hear, we actually had a baby born today, a baby boy in fact on 270 near shady grove road. Were told that mom and the baby boy are doing well. So some good news there for your thursday morning. If youre going to be traveling on 9 a making your way up towards the beltway, no problems there. Volume building up on the northbound side of 95 but we are issue free on northbound and southbound side. Looks like all over so far so good. Back to you. A key figure at the department of Homeland Court is being accused of political favoritism. A new report says deputy Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas meddled in three cases, some of them involving some high profile democrats. Nikki burdine is live on capitol hill with a preview of that hearing. Nikki . Reporter thats right. This all stems from a report that came out earlier this week that said three Different Cases showed favoritism by the head of the department of Homeland Security the deputy secretary rather of the department of Homeland Security. Among those allegedly receiving favoritism, Virginia Governor terry mcauliffe. Mcauliffe was seeking special cease is as for Foreign Investors through a program administered by that department. The report shows the number two official with the department of Homeland Security was unprecedented when he intervened. Mcauliffe was trying to get these visas for wealthy investors for his greentech Automotive Company but mcauliffe is not the only official to allegedly have received this favoritism or this special treatment. Coming up in our next half hour, im tell you which other highly politically connected person allegedly received that treatment. More on that coming up at 6 30. Back to you in the stiewld crow. Nikki studio. Nikki burr dive live on capitol hill. Former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell is asking the Appeals Court to throw out his 11 corruption convictions or reverse them and order a new trial. He has been sentenced to two years in prison and right now is free pending his appeal. Martese johnson is expected to enter a not guilty plea today. His arrest last week by acts with virginias alcohol agents with virginias alcohol Beverage Control has led to a state investigation. Delia goncalves joins us live with more. Reporter an investigation and Governor Terry ak all live just mcauliffe just signed an executive order calling for more oversight and training of those officers. The arrest sparked protest and outrage by racial profiling and police brutality. Officers say he was beligerant and agitated during last weeks incident but the bouncer who denied the 20yearolds entry into a local bar says he was polite and well mannered. All abc officers must undergo diversity training by september 1. It gives local and College Police more oversight over the officers. Martese is a member of the Uva Honor Committee and has no criminal record whatsoever. Martese has worked hard to ensure his Bright Future and we intend to fight the criminal charges against him with the utmost vigor. Reporter according to the schools newspaper the cavalier i checked out early this morning, the Uva Student Council thinks the executive orders dont go far enough. Coming up at 6 30, ill have more on their effort to crack down on abc police. Back to you. Delia, thank you. A hearing is planned for today for the manual accused of abducting man accused of abducting student hannah graham. Jesse matthew has also been linked to the the deaths of Morgan Harrington and a fairfax rape case. Fairfax authorities have charged matthew with attempted capital murder, abduction with intoants defile and sexual assault. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Two days after the crash of a germanwings plane which killed 1 50e people, the 150 people, the mystery into what caused that crash in the french alps is getting deeper. Many of the questions have to do with the actions of the pilot. Reporter crews are flying again over the french alps this morning searching for the data recorder belonging to the doomed germanwings jet. So far analysis of the planes voice recorder has only deepened the mystery over tuesdays crash. The New York Times is reporting its audio indicates one of the pilots left the cockpit before the planes descent and was unable to get back in. Citing an unnamed investigator, the report says someone is first heard knocking lightly on the door and stronger when theres no answer. In the end the investigator reportedly reveals you can hear the pilot trying to smash the door down. French investigators have only confirmed voices can be heard on the recorder but say a lot more analysis is needed. Having a full understanding will take weeks and even months. Reporter pressure is mounting on chopper crews to find the remains of 150 victims from the Mountain Side here in the french alps. Among the dead, pentagon contractor yvonne selke and her daughter emily. Both were from virginia and were in europe for a mother daughter vacation. A third american was also on board. We are in touch with the family but are not releasing the name at this time out of respect for the family. Reporter french Officials Say the plane was flying until the end and the final communication was a routine message asking for permission to continue on its route. Tina krause, cbs news, france. The New York Times says officials still dont know why the pilot left the cockpit. Here in the United States if one pilot leaves the cockpit for any reason, a Flight Attendant takes the pilots place in front of the plane. Thats not the procedure in europe apparently. Yvonne selke and their daughter emily were on that flight. Emily was a Drexler University graduate and graduated with honors from Woodbridge High School in 2010. Her mom worked for booz allen hamilton. They issued a statement asking for prayers and privacy. Its 7 after the hour. A candidate vying for the seat once held by d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser are scheduled to attend a forum today in northwest. A number of Maryland School systems announce tear plans to make up lost snow their plans to make up lost snow days. Not snow now but tracking rain. A few showers south and east and this cluster of rain coming out of raleigh could be affecting us this morning and another batch later this evening. An active weather day ahead. Your for a new form of innovation is taking shape, bringing media and Technology Together for more people. Together is more wifi access in more places. Its a home you control with the touch of a finger. Its reimaging tv to give more people more choices. Its bringing technology and people together in ways you never thought possible. Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Together is better for more people. 10 after 6 00. A yellow alert day. We have showers that will be moving through this morning and another batch of showers and thunderstorms Late Afternoon and evening hours. We could even see an embedded thunderstorm this morning. Best chance for the morning showers and im thinking 9 00 to noon, 9 00 to 10 00 would be along and to 1 00 would be along and east of 95. Winds gusting over 30. The late showers and storms, High Temperature in town today about 75 degrees. Big changes, though, after today. Ill have your sevenday forecast at about 6 16. Larry miller, whats happening in the 6 00 hour other than volume . Were talking about road work going on on connecticut avenue southbound between knolls road and sall road. Be mindful if youre going to be heading out in that area. The right lane is closed because of the emergency road work. Sky 9 is over the person legion bridge American Legion bridge. Traffic is moving smoothly. No issues on the inner or outer loop of the beltway. So far so good for drivers this morning. Remember, the 16th street bridge will undergo construction tomorrow meaning there will be closures on that bridge starting tomorrow at 12 01. Ddot asking drivers to consider eastwest highway and Georgia Avenue as alternate routes. Well send it back to you. Thank you, larry. 6 11679 the candidates for Muriel Bowsers old seat will face off today in a debate. The Forum Takes Place at 7 00 p. M. At the caraway dining room of knollwood in upper northwest. 11 out of the 13 candidates are expected there. Election day april 28. In her new job as mayor, Muriel Bowser will host a Ribbon Cutting ceremony today at the home for independent living for young adults. The 18month program will help people between the ages of 18 to 24 who otherwise might be homeless. The Ribbon Cutting is planned for 11 00 a. M. It takes place at 165 mississippi avenue in southeast. Maryland School Districts are hoping to get a pardon for all of those snow days. School officials can apply to have up to three days waived. Heres how the local districts shake out. Montgomery and prince georges counties used three extra snow days this year. Montgomery would like to get all of the days excused. Prince georges county is applying to waive to of them. Prince georges is scheduling next thursday, april 2 as a headacheup day. For now spring makeup day. For now spring break starts on the 3. U. S. Military aid finally begins arriving in ukraine. Farmers in california have start add new practice to tie and keep their crops from going bad. Wusa9 is back people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Every cup has a story. Dunkin kcup packs are my life. Were a good fit. A single serving for myself. Its pretty special. It is like having a dunkin store in my home which is what ive always dreamed of. Get two boxes of dunkin kcup packs for 16. 99. Your coffee, your dunkin. At 6 15, here are some things in the news right now. Ten u. S. Humvees have arrived in ukraine and more humvees will arrive in the next month. President obama has said the United States will provide ukraines military with 5 7 million worth of nonlethal aid. But some supporters want the u. S. To arm ukraine with more defensive weapons. Thats why there will be another rally in support of ukraine. It starts this afternoon at 1 00 in front of the white house. All five chemical weapons facilities in syria will be destroyed by june. Thats according to a new report from an International Chemical weapons organization working with the United Nations. The u. N. Has pledged to destroy all of syrias facilities. Theyve already moved 1300 tons of chemical weapons out of the country. Saudi arabia has started air strikes on rebels in yemen. The calleddy government says nine other countries are joining the operation. President obama says the United States will provide logistical but not military support. The rebels are widely believed to be backed by iran and have driven out the u. S. Backed yemeni president. By the end of the day, indiana could be the 20th state to sign a religious freedom bill into law. It would give people and businesses the right to follow their religious beliefs. Critics say it would allow businesses to deny sfs to same sex services to samesex couples. Supporters says it prevents the governmentm fromaking Business Owners and customers going against their religious beliefs. Drought continues to take a toll on california farmers. To help keep businesses up and running, one farming district has approved farmertofarmer water sales. Its supposed to be mutually beneficial. One farmer makes money by selling their extra water. The other farmer buys the water to help grow crops. Daylight today will reveal the extent of the damage in oklahoma after a tornado touched down there last night. The storms hit during what had been a slow start to the nations tornado season. Don champion has more. Reporter the tornadoes hit during the evening rush hour riching apart buildings. Devastated. Im totally devastated. Reporter the donut shop lisa jenkins owned in sand springs just outside of tulsa is now a pile of debris. Its just sheetrock and wood. Well rebuild. Just going to have to give it time, just get it done. Reporter not far away, at least one person was killed when a tornado plowed through this mobile home park. Several others were injured. The neighborhood is now barely recognizable. Everyone was screaming and crying. Reporter the same storm hit as dozens of children were in a gymnastics class. They all took off in the basement just as the roof was pped off. Firefighters carried the shaken children out afterwards. I was scared and all we did was praise god that we were still alive. Reporter to the south in the town of moore near oklahoma city, a small tornado damaged homes. Winds even blew a tractor trailer over. Just two years ago this powerful tornado killed 24 people here. On wednesday many like scott pierce took cover in new underground storm shelters. We were packed in there and we were happy. Reporter before this week, only about two dozen tornadoes had been reported this year during a period when about 120 are typical. Don champion, cbs news, new york. At one point overnight more than 80,000 customers were without power in oklahoma all because of those storms. It is 6 19. We have storms moving into our area today but then were going to go back down into the deep freeze . Yes, saturday will have some snow showers and even tomorrow morning in the mountains we could get some snow to accumulate a little bit. So big changes coming our way. Same system that brought the Severe Weather and tornadic activity out toward oklahoma is headed our way. It wont be the same system when it gets here. It will have changed. It will not have the same upper level dynamics so we want get the tornadic thunderstorms. Well still see some storms, even possibly this morning we could have a few rumbles of thunder from an area of rain and thunderstorms coming out of the raleighdurham area thats moved in toward South Central virginia. The other area you see out toward the west, cleveland and back towards cincinnati headed toward st. Louis and west of memphis, this is whats coming for this evening and overnight tonight into friday morning. First things first. Well take you south because this area of rain is moving off toward the north, northeast at about 40 miles an hour. So it does appear it will get toward richmond just before k. Fredricksburg about 8 45, 8 50 and potentially to d. C. In the 10 00 hour. Areas south and east i believe have a slightly better chance seeing the rain than if youre west of i95. Well all get that chance Late Afternoon and evening. Well see temperatures mid60s by 1 00. Low to mid70s today. So there will be some sunny breaks this afternoon before the line of showers and storms return Late Afternoon and evening. Still cold up north with mid 30s in frederick and hagerstown this morning. But were 20 degrees warmer. Front royal 54. 51 fredricksburg. Jan in reedville theyve had a little bit of rain and 49. National airport 51 degrees now. Winds south, southwest at times. Theyre going to gust 30, 35 miles an hour. Yellow alert for the morning showers and storms and for the Late Afternoon and evening shower storm threat but a windy, warm day. Tonight rain and showers. Tomorrow best chance of rain will be in the morning especially south and east. Much colder, 53. Much colder still saturday 43 with snow showers. Sunday were back in the low 50s and a chance of a shower monday, upper 50s. Larry miller, 6 21. You seem to be in a good mood this thursday. I am because i got plenty of sleep last night. You should try it some time. If youre going to be hopping on metro, the trains, buses running on schedule this morning. So far so good there. If youre traveling southbound on 270 from Buckeystown Pike to rockville pike, youre looking at a 48minute commute. Eastbound on 66 from sully road to north glebe road, youre looking at a 26minute commute there as well. From edsall road to canal street southwest, at a 11minute commute on 395. If youre going to be traveling on the eastern side of the beltway from allentown road to the bw parkway, youre looking at a 12minute commute. A live look outsideshows you how things are shaping up on 270 where we have no incidents going on right now. Traffic is moving there so far so good. Right now this is i