5 Things to Know This Morning

1. Search Resumes At Germanwings Plane Crash Site

— -- Day two of recovery operations at the Germanwings Airbus crash site began Wednesday morning, as helicopters resumed searches of the area.

The Airbus crashed Tuesday in the Alps in southern France with 150 people on board, including two babies, the airline confirmed.

Recovery operations were suspended last night in France, with the intention of starting again today at daybreak.

A French Interior Ministry spokesperson said that bodies and debris would be brought down from the crash site this morning.

2. Airline Cancels Flights After Crew Members Decide Not to Fly

Germanwings was forced to cancel seven flights out of Dusseldorf because a number of crew members felt they were unfit to fly following the news of Flight 9525's crash, the airline said tonight.

An Airbus operated by Germanwings crashed Tuesday in the Alps in southern France with 144 passengers, including two babies, and six crew members on board.

Germanwings said in a statement this evening that some crew members decided not to operate aircraft today after they heard of the crash.

"We understand their decision," Germanwings Managing Director Thomas Winkelmann said. "Some flights had to be cancelled."

3. Top Homeland Official Alejandro Mayorkas Accused of Political Favoritism

Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tainted the image and integrity of the immigration program he oversaw by fostering “an appearance of favoritism and special access” in how the agency treated projects that would bring visas and Green Cards to wealthy foreign investors, a new report from the agency’s Inspector General says.

“The juxtaposition of Mr. Mayorkas’ communication with external stakeholders on specific matters outside the normal procedures, coupled with favorable action that deviated from the regulatory scheme designed to ensure fairness and evenhandedness in adjudicating benefits, created an appearance of favoritism and special access,” the Inspector General’s report concluded.

The DHS IG report specifically focused on allegations of special treatment afforded to a Las Vegas casino project championed by Sen. Harry Reid, then the Senate majority leader, and an electric car enterprise led by Terry McAuliffe, who is now Virginia governor, and involving Anthony Rodham, the brother of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

At the time the Office of Inspector General launched the probe, Mayorkas was head of a program known as EB-5, which offered a path to Green Cards to foreign investors willing to put $500,000 into a job-creating U.S. business – a program whose popularity exploded under his stewardship.

4. Jon Hamm of 'Mad Men' Completes Alcohol Rehab, Publicist Says

Jon Hamm, who plays the hard-drinking advertising man on "Mad Men," recently finished rehab for alcohol addiction, his rep said.

"With the support of his longtime partner Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm recently completed treatment for his struggle with alcohol addiction. They have asked for privacy and sensitivity going forward," his publicist said in a statement Tuesday.

Hamm has played ad executive Don Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men since 2007. The red carpet premiere of the final season is tomorrow night in Los Angeles.

5. 'Abandoned' Dog Chasing Pickup Truck to Be Up for Adoption Soon

The dog that went viral after it was allegedly abandoned and caught on video chasing a pickup truck down a busy highway in Slidell, Louisiana, is now in safe hands and will be up for adoption soon.

The Humane Society of Louisiana was able to get custody of Butterbean, a "sweet German Shephard mix," on Monday afternoon, the organization's director, Jeff Dorson, told ABC News Tuesday.

Though Butterbean was found after she was lost last week, her apparent owner Lisa Pearson, did not want to give the dog up despite often leaving Butterbean alone to roam the neighborhood and allowing her to chase their neighbor's pick-up truck, Dorson said.