This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Disinformation, fake news. Does that continue . Yes. Reporter was it an act of war . Clapper said that was not his call to make, nor was he prepared to say it cost clinton the election. Certainly the Intelligence Community cant gauge the impact it had on choices the electorate made. Theres no way for us to dpainl that. Reporter either way, said republican lindsey graham, the u. S. Needs to strike back. What i think obama did was throw a pebble. Im ready to throw a rock. Reporter hanging over the hearing, mr. Trumps very public doubts that clapper and his agents have it right. Missouri democrat claire mccaskill. Who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to become commander in chief trashing the Intelligence Community . Ive received many expressions of concern from foreign counterparts about, you know, the disparagement of the i should say, what has been interpreted as disparagement of the Intelligence Community. Reporter mike rogers, who heads the National Security agency, said it could hurt moral. I just dont want a situation where our workforce decides to walk. Because i think that really is not a good place for us to be. Reporter mr. Trump tweeted today that he is actually a a big fan of the u. S. Intel community. But he has also publicly backed up wikileaks founder julian assange, who claims the leaked emails did not come from russian state actors. Director clapper, how would you describe mr. Assange . I dont think those of us in the Intelligence Community have a whole lot of respect for him. Admiral . I would echo those comments. Reporter the public version of clappers report, which outlines russias motives, will be released next week. Some sensitive details will be left out, but clapper says he is pushing the envelope,at as possible because, josh, he says americans deserve to have the full picture. Elliott and, again, the president elect will be briefed tomorrow. Nancy cordes on capitol hill, nancy, thank you. Well, the president elect was reportedly considering leaving clappers job vacant in the new administration. But today, he decided, on second thought, to fill it. Heres jan crawford. Reporter in appointing former indiana senator dan coats, donald trump is tapping an establishment republican with strong Foreign Policy credentials. In the senate, he served on the intelligence committee, where he was a tough critic of russian president vladimir putin. After president obama imposed sanctions against russia in 2014 for its move to annex crimea, russia responded by banning coats and eight u. S. Officials from entering the country. Coats turned to twitter and joked, our Summer Vacation in siberia is a nogo. Thats in contrast to some of mr. Trumps public statements, where he has struck a more conciliatory tone towards putin. November. I gave him some of my years of experience in terms of what i thought they would be dealing with and made some suggestions. Reporter but the president elect continues to cast doubt on the Intelligence Communitys findings on russian hacking and Senior AdministrationOfficials Say he is planning to streamline u. S. Intelligence agencies, can including the c. I. A. As part of that effort, mr. Trump reportedly considered eliminating the director of National Intelligence position. It was created after the 911 Commission Found the n. S. A. And c. I. A. Were not sharing information. Former governor tom kaine chaired the coition. Without the d. N. I. , we are much less safe in the united states. And we cant be that. We need to be safer, not less safe. Reporter but kaine sailed the position needs to be given more authority than given by president obama. I think its an inefficient organization. Reporter admiral dennis blair was president obamas first director of National Intelligence. He was forced to resin c. I. A. You believe that the office should actually be stronger, not disbanded. Yi think it should be stronger. When it comes to matters of life and death, lives on the line, important information, you have to have accountability, and you need to have somebody in charge, somebody who is making the calls on whats important and who has responsibility. Reporter now, mr. Trumps selection of coats suggests that he may agree. Separately, josh, the president elect got some advice today from Vice President biden. Asked about mr. Trumps tweeting, biden said, grow up. Time to be an adult. Elliott and off go the gloves again. Jan crawford in washington, jan, thank you. Those tweets include criticism of u. S. Intelligence agencies. More below that now from Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues. Jeff. Reporter josh, top intelligence officials believe the president elects critical tweets and public statements are having an impact on the workforce. The director of National Intelligence, can james clapper, in fact, intelligence Officials Say the tension is palpable as mr. Trump appears to receive the russia hacking report from the headed. D. N. I. , c. I. A. , n. S. A. , and f. B. I. Today, Vice President biden asked by the pbs newshour, about the president elects criticism of the Intelligence Community. For a president not to have confidence in, not to be prepared to listen to the myriad of intelligence agencies from Defense Intelligence to the c. I. A. , et cetera, is is absolutely mindless. Reporter josh, the spy agencies are preparing for next weeks public release of the report, but right now, the Intelligence Leaders care about the reaction of just one man president elect trump. Elliott certainly understandable. Jeff pegues there in washington. Jeff, thank you. Well, from his transition meetings today to give an hourlong deposition under oact. The president elect is suing restaurateur jose often draiz, who canceled plans to open a spanishthemed restaurant at the new trump hotel in d. C. Andres objected to candidate trumps characterization of some mexicans as rapist. And today, a video showing four African Americans beating and tormenting a disabled white man, despicable and terrible. Part of the attack in chicago were shown live on facebook. And today the four suspects were charged with hate crimes. Dean reynolds has the latest. And we do caution you, the video is quite disturbing. Reporter the 18yearold victim, described as mentally challenged, had been missing for two days when he turned up tuesday on facebook and in ouble. Nk dri t theoilet water fr reporter forced to drink om a being kicked, chocked, cut, and curs, all of it streamed live on facebook. Smash him again reporter Officials Say the victims alleged tormenters, two women and two men, were actually texting the teenagers parents during the fivehour incident, suggesting a possible extortion attempt. Say, i love black people. Reporter ultimately, the victim was rescueed by officers who found him after hed escaped, wandering the neighborhood, bleeded and incoherent. At about the same time, Police Responding to a disturbance call arrested four people at the apartment and quickly linked them to the facebook video. My little sister said hey reporter the victim is white, and suspects are african america. Three are 18 and one is 24. And now they all face charges for hate crimes, as well as kidnapping, battery, and other this guys gone reporter as the beating streamed live on tuesday, social media commentary poured in. In fact, the suspects now face the possibility of decades behind bars, scott josh, while the victim has been reunited with his family and is said to be recovering from his ordeal. Elliott that is a measure of good news there. Dean reynolds in chicago. Dean, thank you. Well, retailers rang up record sales online over the holidays. Shoppers using computers and mobile devices spent nearly 92 billion. Thats up 11 from 2015. But it was a different story indeed for the department stores, and now many are closing. Heres Jericka Duncan. cheers closing season has begun with macys leading the charge. The nations Largest Department store announced it will close 100 stores, about 14 of its entire fleet, and shed 10,000 jobs. One reason a failure to adapt to the cultural shift in consumer shopping. Retail strategist Melissa Gonzalez theyre not as nimble. They cant change as quickly. Theyre not technologyfirst companies. And so, theyre starting to reevaluate and restructure, and some going out of business, but they need to deliver Something Different to consumers now. Reporter Sears Holdings is shuttering more than 100 kmart and sears stores. Office depot, 450 stores. And a dozen more like aeropastale, american eagle, and childrens place have, all announced more than 100 stores will close by the end of 2017. Traditional retailers stumbled despite a strong year for the Retail Industry overall. It saw nearly 3 increase in sales this past holay winner. Sales jumped 17 from the year before. Nearly 40 of those shoppers used amazon. What is it going to take for these brickandmortar stores to be around 20 or 30 years from now . At the end of the day, you and i can hit a buy button from anywhere. So they all have to get saffier about how they create a stronger relationship with me so when its time for me to buy that mattress or buy those shoes im going to think of that brand. Reporter now, macys plans to close 60 of its stores by this spring, josh. The company is expected to save 550 million annually. Elliott Jericka Duncan in new york, jericka, thank you. Well, winter storms are burying parts of the east and west. Off lake ontario, new yorks snowbelt had two feet of fresh powder on the ground this morning, and it kept coming down today, up to three inches per hour, in fact. In parts of the Sierra Nevada its been tuesday. Californias Mammoth Mountain is under seven feet of new snow and another storm is moving in this weekend, good news for skiers ss and snowbodders everywhere, perhaps, but how about the rest of us. We turn to eric fisher, chief meteorologist at,. Its amazing to think some parts of california have seen over auto inches of snow or more than 10 inches of rain, and that was the small storm of the week. As we look towards saturday, sunday, and monday, an atmospheric river, essentially a plume of air that has a lot of water vapor in it is goes going to head to california. Self feet of mountain snow look likely. You can see the fire hose effect, basically pointed right at the bay area, central and northern california. This is where well see our heaviest rainfall totals, a threat for some flash flooding as well. When it comes to snow, were look at over five feet in the higher elevations. Snow levels high, mainly over 7,000 feet. However, some mountains will have over 200 inches of snow this month by toward the middle of next week. Also watching a winter storm across the southeast, north georgia up into the carolinas, this friday night into saturday morning, this laying down several inches of snow. Snow, very cold temperatures, never a great combination independent southeast. North georgia and the carolinas in particular. And the big story here, josh, the cold following the snow, once it falls, it wont be melting this weekend so many will likely be stuck indoors both saturday and sunday. Elliott it will be tough for those in the southeast but great neez newsfor people in california where Drought Conditions have been so difficult. Eric fisher, thank you. Well, coming up next on the cbs evening news, doctors do a 180 on just how to prevent childhood peanut allergies. And later the dog that helps kids testify in court. Elliott the National Institutes of health reversed itself today on just,000 prevent childhood peanut allergies. Cases quadrupled over 13 years. Instead of keeping peanuts away allergy, the new advice feed them small amounts of peanutbased foods as infants. More now from dr. Jon lapook. Reporter fourandahalfyearold twins audrey and isa share everything, everything, that is, except isas severe peanut allergy. When isa was diagnosed as a paeb, her mother, chia kuo, was given traditional suggestions. No ingest union at all of peanuts and no contact, either, because she had a contact allergy where if she so much as touched peanuts she would break out in hives everywhere. Reporter but when brother ander was born, the plan was diversed. She was told to feed him diluted Peanut Butter starting at four months to avoid an allergy. Hes been able to have it four on five times a week at home with no Adverse Reactions so its a big sigh of relief for all of us. It okay. Were saying go do it. Reporter dr. Hugh sampson from mount sinai hospital helped write the new guidelines. We need to get peanuts into the dietary. Reporter the guidelines cat goggizer highrisk babies as those with severe eczema. This regimen lowers the odds of developing peanut allergy by at least 70 , leading to the new guidelines. I wish Something Like this would cure peanut allergy but, you know, its unlikely. I think we can significantly reduce the amount of peanut allergy. Reporter peanut allergy can be fatal. So its very important for parents of children at risk to discuss with their pediatrician whether and how to introduce peanut protein. In any case, never give a baby whole peanuts, which can be a choking hazard. Elliott such big and fascinating news for those with little ones at home, like jon, thank you for it. Well, still to come here, phone companies send a kill command to thousands of smartphones. Platinumbased chemotherapy, including those with an abnormal alk or egfr gene whove tried an fdaapproved targeted therapy, this is big. A chance to live longer with Opdivo Nivolumab . Opdivo demonstrated longer life and is the most prescribed immunotherapy for these patients. Opdivo significantly increased the chance of living longer versus chemotherapy. Opdivo works with your immune system. 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But one member of a Prosecutors Team in colorado has a very special talent for getting even the most timid to open up. Heres barry petersen. Shes a good girl reporter its a training day at the office for pella, a labrador golden retriever applause she did a good job reporter fiveyearold malayla, and the other children we met, were volunteers helping in pellas work as a courthouse facility dog. She just brings a smile to peoples face just seeing her. Reporter pales job was created by amber urban, a criminal investigator at the arapahoe county, colorado district attorneys office. Call them partners. They take on the toughest cases, when a child has been hurt or sexually abused or seen a horrible crime. It often starts with the investigation when a child may be too traumatized to talk. Then you bring pella into the room and what happens . Right, and then they just want to talk about pella, and they interact with you because if pella thinks youre okay, then you must be okay. Reporter shes played a role in 450 cases. Pella stays out of sight so jurors focus on the testimony, not the dog. This kind of training keeps pellas skills sharp. Good frightened child that must testify is her very presence. Volunteer 11yearold abby helped us understand the childs view when the defendant can be sitting only a few feet away. Do you think it helps to have pella here, a little protection or a little comfort . Yeah. I think it would help because i would probably be afraid of that person. And shed be there to help me relax and calm and not feel so scared. Good girl, pale. The minute she hears or sees that theres a child around, i see her look for them. Thats really important for her to be very focused on them. Reporter shes a pretty special dog. She is a special dog. Come on, pale. Go, pale, go good girl reporter and thats what makes her pella, the most lovable crime fighter around. Hug . There you go reporter barry petersen, cbs news, arapahoe county, colorado. Elliott wonderful story that. And that is the cbs evening news for tonight. For scott pelley, im josh a live look tonight as we await our first snowfall of the season. We are talking about a trace or two inches but it could cause a messy commute. We have chief meteorologist here with us. A lot of us could remember about a year ago, it took hours to get home. So what is the difference between this snow and about a year ago . All eyes were on the blizzard. What happened was the snow came in earlier about 6 30 to 9 30. So a little different scenario. The temperatures were much colder. 31 for