Jane carter has lived in the selkes neighborhood for 36 years. Im still kind of shocked. Im still kind of shocked. Were just a small Little Community and im very sad. Kevin its unclear why mother and daughter were flying from spain to germany. Family home sitting quiet tonight. Live every moment that you can. Thats the only thing that i can say. Im sure they didnt have no idea that Something Like this was going to happen. Its a real tragedy. And i hope they find out what happened. Kevin so far, the selkes have only released a written statement in which they said our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily, two wonderful, caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. Were live in nokesville this evening, im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Leon conflicting information on the crash. They were reporting that the cover of the second black box had been found with nothing inside. But investigators later disputed that fact at a press conference. As ryan nobles reports, the french government is looking for a full accounting of what went wrong. A black box has been found. At this very moment its being worked on. Ryan the president of france chancellor of germany and the spanish Prime Minister visited the region where the plane went down. Investigators are trying to determine if the crash had anything to do with terrorism. Something b. E. A. The French Version of the ntsb has yet to rule out. Many of the gaps wont be filled until theyre able to get information from the two black boxes. The cockpit voice recorder has been found but badly damaged. We need to know what the pilots are doing, what they were saying if they were communicating. Ryan meanwhile, the grisly task of recovering the human remains continues high in the french alps. It wont be easy. It could require d. N. A. Checks that may take several weeks. This as the families begin the grieving process hoping for answers in this terrible tragedy. In washington ryan nobles abc 7 news. Alison and developing now. The army has charged Sergeant Bowe bergdahl with misbehavior before the enemy and desertion. Misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place carries a maximum potential penalty of a dishonorable discharge, reduction to the rank of e1, total forfeiture of all paying allowances and possible confinement for life. Alison youll remember he was held captive by the taliban for five years before his release last year. He was freed in that controversial Prisoner Exchange involving five members of the taliban. Bergdahl is accused of walking away from his unit in afghanistan in 2009. An upcoming hearing will determine if bergdahl will face a courtmartial. Leon lets check on the weather here this hour. Rumbles of thunder could be shaking parts of the area tomorrow. But at least its going to be warmer. Alison thats right. Lets get to our chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch weather 7 center. Sounds like a Pretty Spring like day tomorrow, doug . Doug we get these march, april still kind of fall back to winlterwinlt er winter pattern and get a preview of spring and fall back again. Here in arlington high above the belfort furniture weather center. 53 degrees outside right now. Few breaks or bright spots in the overcast but generally cloudy skies across the region. Its a small batch from the waldorf moving northeast, should cross over through Charles County into southern prince georges and Calvert County before long. Well have a complete play of this kind of pattern early tomorrow morning. Temperatures, low to mid 50s. A little cooler to the north, already just west. Already in the 60s. And thats a preview of whats coming our way. Tonight, cloudy. Should be some fog overnight and a little rain for the Morning Hours in spots. Skies will brighten through the day. We can hit highs 74 degrees by the afternoon and then through tomorrow evening showers and some gusty thunderstorms all a possibility. The strong cold front moving this way. Well look ahead to the next seven days for you in a couple of minutes. Alison see you then. Meanwhile, this is just in from Prince Georges County where weve learned the School System says students will be in class next thursday. This is to make up some of the time lost to snow this winter. School will be out two hours early april 2nd and the 3rd through the 10th will still be spring break. So student had seven snow days in Prince Georges County this year. This system will be extending the calendar until june 23rd. Leon Everybody Knows that Mother Nature did a number on the roads across our area this past winter and today, the district launched its annual push to try to fill up the cracks and craters out there. Pothole palooza comes with a promise to get the potholes patched fast. Stephen tschida is following repair crews for us this morning. Lets check in with him and see how things are going. How is it looking out there . Stephen we are in the thick of pothole palooza. Were tagging along with this repair crew all day. Check it out. We have a puddly pothole right here. This year because of some improved technology and some new avenues of approach to potholes they promise to get these fixed faster than ever. The pothole tiller is on the road along with an army of workers. Ddot is tackleing potholes with the same aggressive strategy it uses to clear snow. Try to avoid. Stephen pothole palooza is a rite this spring. This winter left roads potted or pitted. Mayor bowser i think it snow or sleeted every one of those 10 weeks. Stephen crews will work seven days a week 10 hour shifts and theyre getting help from improved technology. This will aid in tracking and guiding the crews and the operation now is under a unified command center. The goal to get a pothole repaired within 48 hours of a report. Instead of the former timeline of 72 hours. Happy. Real happy. Because they wear and tear on peoples cars and stuff. Stephen back live now. Giving you a real close look at how they are repairing these potholes. Now, ddot tells us that in the two weeks leading up to pothole palooza, they filled in more than 7,000 potholes. By the time pothole palooza wraps up they expect to fill more than 12,000 potholes. Reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Leon marylands new governor was among those trying to get a casino to National Harbor today. Larry hogan was on the tour of the construction for the new m. G. M. Casino the last of six planned casinos in the state. He did a status report of the entire project coming up at 6 00 tonight. Alison . Alison we have new information tonight in the arrest of that university of virginia student that made headlines all over the country. Today, Terry Mcauliffe ordered that all alcohol Beverage Control agents be retrained on the use of force, cultural diversity, Community Policing and interaction with youth. The executive order comes after Martese Johnson was arrested last wednesday. Photos of that 20yearold covered in blood were broadcast and published all over the country. Well, an impassioned plea today from the widow of a local lawyer found murdered in a d. C. Hotel room. Brianne carter is live in northwest washington with the new information on this case. Brianne . Brianne alison it has been nearly two months since David Messerschmitt was found dead inside a Fourth Floor Hotel room here at the Donovan Hotel. And not only tonight are we hearing from the wife were also hearing from police who are now saying the person seen in that Surveillance Video is a woman. The world has lost a good person. Brianne through tears, kim vuong, the wife of David Messerschmitt today spoke out for the First Time Since her husband was murdered last month. My husband and my best friend in one day, i lost the most important person in my life. And the man i loved so much. And i have no answers. Brianne back on february 10th Authorities Say messerschmitt, seen here on this Facebook Page was found stabbed to death inside a fourth floor room at the Donovan Hotel. According to a search warrant obtained by abc 7 credit cards, condoms and clothes were also found in the room. At the time, Police Released this Surveillance Video of a person of interest. Today with enlarged images from that video, police said they believe the person is a woman. Today, vuong standing beside visibly upset members of davids family urged people to take another look at the video. If you dont recognize that person of interest or have any information about the crime please contact the police. Even the smallest details could help. Brianne and back here live police are saying tonight they are following a number of leads and looking into a number of Different Things including whether or not David Messerschmitt may have been on any app prior to he was found murdered inside of this hotel room. Now, at this point, police are also telling us this is still a very active and ongoing investigation. Up to 25,000 being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case. Reporting live Brianne Carter abc 7 news. Leon new developments in last months shooting at frederick high school. They have filed charges against 21yearold Brandon Tyler and 19yearold chandler davenport. Two teens were injured in that shooting outside of a basketball game february 4th. Police would not comment on a motive but they would say theres a gang connection and the victims and the suspects knew each other. Alison coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 memorial mess. Well have reaction to the photo of two kids playing on one of the National Malls most emotional memorial. Leon a little later, what investigators found in the Boston Marathon bombing suspects apartment that prosecutors are using to build their case. Alison researchers raise concerns about pollution and pregnancy. Brad im brad bell in western maryland with a 2monthold bear cub. Stay with us. Well alison from cargo to hero. Check out this video of two elephants helping keep a tractortrailer from flipping over. This happened in louisiana. Police say the truck was carrying three elephants when the driver pulled off the road and got stuck on a soft shoulder. So he unloaded two of the elephants and they helped him keep the truck from tumbling into a ditch. Leon thats what every car needs a tool kit with an elephant in it. Alison weve been looking forward to this next story coming up much the mayor department of Natural Resources wants to keep tabs on the states black bear population. Leon thats right. So each spring agents fan out to find bear cubs and their mothers and they tag the bears for future monitoring and today, they were out near Deep Creek Lake and Maryland Bureau chief brad bell went along with them. Brad deep in the hole in a hillside along a Cold Mountain stream a black bear has given birth. State biologists have been tracking this 12yearold bear with a radio collar for more than half her life. Today, its time to change the collar and check her cubs. With mama tranquilized, the cubs come out of the den first. This little bear cub right now is about 2 months old and shes clinging to me tightly. You can see, it is a bear. Look at the claws on this paw. The greatest concern, they say, at this point is trying to keep them warm. Brad it takes two to pull the bear from the den. The veterinarian checks her out. She looks great and looks very healthy. Brad the three cubs are weighed and get ear tags. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources bear Program Keeps track of 21 female bears, the only way they say to monitor the help of a growing population. Back in the 1950s there were almost no bears at all in maryland. Now here we are with a very robust regional bear population. Brad more than 1,000 is their best estimate. Bear habitat is expanding, too. The reproducing bear population has reached poolesville in Montgomery County and in the years ahead its expected suburban bear sightings will grow more common. These animals are really tolerant of people if we can just learn to be tolerant of them. Brad hes hoping that sharing the glimpse of these creatures in this way will help People Better accept the possibility of a bear in the backyard. In maryland brad bell, abc 7 news. Alison brad looked pretty comfortable snuggling up with that bear. Now. Leon in a few years, the whole bears paw will be that big. Alison warm tomorrow . Doug a little taste of spring. For one day, well take it for sure. Lets get started with our coverage. Lets look at current conditions. Gray and damp out there. 54 degrees at Reagan National airport. Actually only four to five degrees below average for this time of year. Making progress there. Sotherly wind at 8. At the moment we have a couple of moments of light wind and showers moving across the Potomac River into areas of southwestern and Prince Georges County. From mount vernon eastward and moving through Brandywine Crossing potomac into Calvert County. A few more. That should be that. Tomorrow morning, few more showers as the leading edge of the warm air arrives. With the cold air weve had and cold ground and warmer air coming, fog is a possibility through the overnight and early Morning Hours as well. As far as numbers, a big difference when you go from west to east. North and east especially aberdeen and Harford County maryland, 43. 54 at reagan and then you go west of the mountains and it warms up a little bit in the mid 60s. Thats the warm air that will head our way. Tonight, temperatures will drop but not that much. In fact, temperatures holding steady. Only degropping. Maybe only dropping a degree or two tonight. Patchy fog is possible as well. Whats happening in the west right now gives us a clue of what may be happening tomorrow. And this is an area of much warmer temperatures. 81 in little rock. 75 at nashville. 76 in charleston. This wedge of warm air is developing ahead of the next cold front that will have a profound effect on the weather and may arrive with thunderstorms in some areas by tomorrow evening. In fact, right now, were looking at areas of showers and storms in parts of the central and Southern Plains as were starting to see the warm air collide with the cold air and as part of that, i want to give you a live look at the Weather Bug Network from tulsa, oklahoma. 76 degrees and look a thunderstorm in progress. Its moving out of frame but a Pretty Healthy thunderstorm indeed. Very indicative of a spring pattern change. So tomorrow, we get a little activity in the morning. Some showers and then as we get through the afternoon and evening hours well break into the sunshine. This is 6 00 a. M. What it may look like for showers in the area. As we get through mid morning and afternoon, well pop into sunshine and get the sotherly winds to push us into the 70s in many areas. And then tomorrow evening, 7 00 8 00, 9 00, this line of thunderstorms and rain showers may move through with gusty winds. Start to turn cooler behind this for the day on friday. And turn much colder around these parts by the day on saturday. So well warm it back up. Again, this is just the painful slow process of transitioning to winlter weather patterns, spring weather patterns around the mid atlantic and the rest of the country for that matter. Tomorrow morning, some fog and some light rain in the morning. Well break out into sunshine. 66 by midday. 72 to 74 by Late Afternoon or evening. And then the showers and storms will be a possibility. Well back it off by 20 degrees. Count them. 20 by friday with morning showers. Clearing late in the day. Saturday, breezy. Partly cloudy. Highs only 40 to 44 degrees. Sunday warmer near 50 and then a nice warmup monday, tuesday and wednesday back into the lower 60s. Alison ok lots of changes every single day. Moving in the right direction. Thank you. Leon absolutely. Moving on now this morning i had a great chance to go and hang out with some wonderful people today. We had we celebrated the scan of their 13th annual prevention awards luncheon. Well see a group that is all about stopping child abuse and neglect. Wonderful folks and they honored five different Award Winners from the various counties in the area. Amazing people doing some amazing work to help kids and save them from abuse and teaching families how to do it on their own. Wonderful people. Alison great job. All right. You might remember the song i cant drive 55. Well still ahead, how one car Company Wants to help you maintain the speed limit at all times. Leon and a little later, food and friendship that turn some lives around. Alison first