You may not like snow, but i would root for snow in this particular case. The more snow we get, the less ice we get. Generally less an inch. Lets talk about ice, how much ice could occur . And generally a tenth of an inch. Thats more of a nuisance type of situation with the heavier icing to winchester, and nuisance disrupted with a quarter of an inch. We are thinking a tenth of an inch. Slick roads and sidewalks. The trickiest part may be saturday getting to your car. We have changed the forecast for sunday. That may be the only day i actually root for snow. The dc mayor is pushing back against claims the district spent too much to dig out from last winters brutal blizzard. How could you forget that storm . It dumped 20 inches, and an audit release showed cleaning up cost us, the district residents, nearly 41 million, and it us now in northwest, and she said she wouldnt do things differently if she did it again . Reporter thats right. She pushed back card that the district failed to control costs and in the cleanup from the snowzilla storm last year, and themayor argues the small fleet of vehicles would not have been able to get the district back open for business as quickly without expensive outside help. The blizzard buried dc in some 20 inches of heavy, wet, expensive snow. An audit released yesterday said it cost about 2 million per inch to remove it and dc overplayed saying they failed to negotiate with contractors hired at the last minute to supplement the city fleet, paying some whatever price they asked. Reporter do you worry at all we cleaners on this . I dont. When we had a blizzard facing the eastern sea board and we were in competition with jurisdictions up and down the east coast, it was very important to me i could assure residents of the district we had the equipment we need. Reporter the mayor argues getting the city and cools open for business was worth spending several times more than the snow budget and more than the district spent digging out from two 2010 blizzards. We are a 13 billion economy in the District Of Columbia we will clean up the snow and keep the city open. Reporter the audit says the district violated federal procurement law by spending half a Million Dollars on hotel rooms and 145,000 on meals for employees and contractors. Most of the money spent on food went to Catering Companies and fast food points, but they spent thousands at higher end ted pulitzer on 14th street. Reporter thats not on the road food. Its one block away from our snow command center, and people went to the places that were closest. What you dont want in an emergency is to send people far away, and all of that travel time eats into the time they could have on the streets cleaning up snow. Reporter guys, the mayor was adamant, she would pay what she feels is necessary to get the city open again quickly in the event of a blizzard. They hope some changes including longer term commitments for contractors could keep the price tag lower. Reporting live in northwest washington, garrett haake, wusa 9. Those are important questions. Im glad she took the time toe answer them. Mayor bowser gave a key of the city to david philenstein. He recently paid to repair earthquake damage. Six brothers and sisters were killed in a fire that left their threestory home a pile of ashes. 9monthold boy, 2yearold boy, 3yearold twin girls, and two more girls ages 10 and 11. Robert spencer lives across the street, and he tried and tried so hard to get into the house, but the flames were so fierce, they melted a car parked nearby. Thats how big the fire was. It was everywhere, and it was coming from everywhere. Its like im living in a dream. Its crumbling my heart. Yeah, its crumbling my heart right now. One ray of light in this pretty dark tragedy. Firefighters are praising an 8 yearold for helping her mother and her two younger brothers out of the house, and the girl has been released from the hospital, but her condition. Apparently the father was at work when the fire started, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Relatives have set up a gofund i know me page for the malone family. Lets the link is on the wusa 9 app. More on the fake pizzagate story. A louisiana man has pled guilty to threatening another dc place. He has got live reaction tonight. Mola . Reporter lesli, the 52year old is facing central charges after making threats against vesta pizza that is a couple of doors down from comet pingpong pizza. The owner says he is relieved that the man is behind bars. Reporter conspiracy theories are hard to quell. Conspiracy theory led to a shooting and arrest in northwest dc, another pizza place, a few doors down from comet still gets harassing phone calls. Once a week or twice a week. Reporter this is the owner of vesta pizza in dc. He says there was one call that came 3 days after the comet shooting that was particularly jarring for him and his employees. Its unbelievable. I have been in the business for almost 25 years in dc and 22 years in bethesda, and i have never seen anything like that before. Reporter 52yearold youcif lee jones called on december 7 and the said im coming there to finish what the other guy didnt. Im coming there to save the kids, and then im going to shoot you and everyone in the place. Dc police and the fbi traced the number back to jones in shreveport, louisiana. He said he believed pizzagate was real and admitted to making the threatening call. Ultimately no one was harm was done. Through the ordeal, the business was kind of slow, and when people came out on the block, and they supported the businesses, and the business got better in dc. Reporter the Bethesda Store is still struggling. They want to get back to business. We have employees and they have families, and they want more money, more hours and support their family. Hopefully want business will turn around. Reporter jones pled guilty to the federal charges, and he will be sentenced in april, facing 5 years in prison. Im mola lenghi wusa 9. Mola, jones is behind bars in louisiana waiting for a Court Hearing that will take place on january 24th. Now to the trump transition, and on capitol hill, russias cyber hacking was under the microscope, both in open confirmation hearings and closed doors, and as a closed intelligence senators learned the extent of russias interference. Russia is trying to undermine the pinnings of american democracy. A american of reasonable intelligence that does not conclude the russians did it really does not want to believe the russians did it. Reporter the president elects choice mike pompeo said he believes that russia was behind the hackings. Hearing were also held for james mattis and dr. Ben carson. The Justice Department is conducting their own investigation into whether fbi director james comey followed policies during the 2016 president ial election. They will look into his comments and letters to Congress RegardingHillary Clintons use of a private e mail server. Republicans in congress have taken the first concrete step to dismantle obamacare. The senate voted lines to instruct key committees to draft legislation to repeal the Affordable Care act. Only 8 days until donald trump is sworn in. Leading up to the inauguration, we are talking to you. We call it your city, your voice. Its simple. Wusa 9 is hitting the streets, and you tell us what is on your mind, and we are listening and getting all sides. Lynette bryce says mr. Trump needs to stop tweeting. She thinks its dangerous for the country. I dont know what he is going to do. I dont know what he is going to say because hes so snipped in everything he do, you are hes about to become the american president , right . But youre sitting up at 3 02 in the morning tweeting . New data says the majority of americans feel the same way, and tonight we are looking into trumps use of its unprecedented. Wusa 9s pete montenes on our team. I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days. For f. D. R. Was radio. Jfk, tv, and now in the social media era, trumps tweets can topple the news cycle, from breaking news to evening feuds. 140 characters are his favorite. My name is kayla hogsmeyer. Reporter plenty of people express third concerns. He speaks before he thinks. Seriously he needs to get off twitter. Reporter a new quinnipac poll shows 64 of americans feel the same way. Some of his supporters have tweeted trump to say he should give it up. Even the chinese has responded saying twitter should not be an instrument of foreign policy. Right after the election, leslie staal asked him if he would keep it. Im not saying i love it, but it does get the word out, and when you give me a bad story or when you give me an inaccurate story, or when another network or whatever because of course cbs would never do a thing like that, right . I have a method of fighting back. Reporter two former president ial chiefs of staff, Democrat Bill daly, and andy card told cbs this morning, they do not expect trump to walk away from the medium he has made his own. I think the tweet world will be our world for a long time. Think before you tweet or speak. It was before you speak, and now its before you tweet. Reporter we have heard from a lot of you about this, and we want you to tweet us. Use yourcityyourvoice. Theres no shortage of opinions on Donald Trumps twitter use. You can join the conversation right now on our wusa 9 facebook page, and continue to watch your neighbors weigh in on the big issues every night at 11 and every morning on wake up washington as we lead inauguration day. Are you ready to rock . Just in time for inauguration day, a new exhibit exploring the power of rock and how it affects politics. Outrage over this video of a dog chained to a cage on top of your we are the tv doctors of america. And were partnering with cigna to help save lives. By getting you to a real doctor for an annual checkup. Doctor poses. Learn your key health numbers, and take control today. Four local army members are getting ready for their closeups. They will stand in for mr. And mrs. Trump and mr. And mrs. Pence at the one and only inauguration dress rehearsal that happens sunday. They are going to have to reenact everything from the swearing in to moving around with the security detail. Its crucially important because thers sorts to the president and the first lady need to know their route, and then they need to rehear courting someone, and they will need to set the heights for the microphones. The four have participated in the inaugurations before as members of the United States army band, but never like this they were not chosen because of a facial resemblance to the president and Vice President elect, just that they match the height. So many people use their services on and around the National Mall during the last Inauguration Service was spotty. Cell phone companies are working on it for this year. For everything you need to know about the inauguration, download the wusa 9 app. Its a onestop shop for information about the big day. We have the schedule, road closures, parking, and public transportation, everything you need. People on al crazy today, after president obama surprised Vice President biden with the nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom. It was a celebration of mutual admiration Kenneth Craig with the emotional words shared. Reporter an emotional Vice President biden wiped away tears and accepted the nations highest civilian honor from his good friend, president obama. For your faith in your fellow americans, for your love of country and for your lifetime of service that will endure through the generations. Reporter the medal of freedom came as a surprise. The event was set up without the Vice President s knowledge, and it quickly became a roast. It also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance. [ laughter ] reporter president obama called the Vice President the best possible choice for the jo candid, honest counsel has made me a better commanderinchief and better president. I dont deserve this, but i know it came from the president s heart. Reporter Vice President biden returned the compliments to his boss. I can say i was part of, part of the journey of a remarkable man, who did remarkable things for this country. Reporter the two men shared an embrace, one week before they become private citizens. Kenneth craig, cbs news. Now the medal was awarded with distinction, and thats a first in the obama presidency, the only other recipient in that category are Pope John Paul ii, colin powell, and ronald regan. The surprise award shot to the top of the trending list christina wrote, love, love, love uncle joe, and richard wrote on facebook, joe said i didnt deserve this. I agree. You dont deserve it, and then from pam, i love this not because i agreed on everything the past 8 years, heck, i didnt even vote for them, but because of the decency, the respect, comradery, and the love of country. President barack obama will reflect on his 8 years in office with cbs correspondent steve croft. Heres a preview. You didnt change washington. I changed those things in my protect control. Look, im proud of the fact with 2 weeks to go, we are probably the First Administration who has not had a major scandal in the white house. In that sense, we changed some things. You can watch the final Network Television interview this sunday at 7 00 right here on wusa in town with a little bit of rock and a little bit of politics. You can see the way politics influenced music over the course of 11 president ial administrations starting tomorrow. Hendricks, bob dylan, and more. Its been the sound track for social justice over the last 50 years it tells us how artists use the 1st amendment right to freedom of expression. You will have until july to check it out. Caught on camera, outrage from a lot of you, a dog chained to the p toof a cage as a driver heads down i95 in flagler county, florida. Authorities contacted the owner, and he is cooperating with their investigation, and he maintains his dog likes to travel this way. County Officials Say a dog can be transported like this legally as long as its tethered twice, but the dog was only tethers once. How can we tell the dog likes that . A sworn affidavit. Anything goes in florida. It is florida. The dog looked like he was holding on for dear life. He may have enjoyed it. I dont know. What do i know . 3degree guarantee, i thought we would be in good shape here. I went with 67. I thought that gives me 70 or 64. Nope. 72. Listen 2 days the charity gets money for 2 days. Exactly. Another check to warrior k9 connection, and that is actually a good thing. Im going 61 tomorrow, and you will think have you lost your mind . No, a midnight temperature tomorrow. I think i will get that one right. 63 right now. Dew points in the 50s, and the front is still to the west of us, and the bus stop temperatures will be nice, dry, and low 40s to low 50s, and temperatures will drop on friday. Grab a coat it first, but you will thank me later. A wintery mix developing overnight on friday, but date night plans are safe tomorrow. Dont be out too too terribly late. Mix developing after midnight tomorrow, and it continues all day saturday. High temperatures under 32 degrees, and that will include the beltway. There will be minor icing, but its not an ice storm. Drying out on sunday, and temperatures will be above freezing. Thats good. 50 downtown, and mid40s in the suburbs. The winds are now northwest, and it will not be as strong as the southwest wind today, but by 6 00 p. M. , in the 30sin frederick, and gaithersburg, and midnight, home by dnight, and youre fine. Temperatures below freezing in the suburbs, and the mix is to the west. 6 00a. M. , heres the snow and the sleet, and the blue is the snow, and the magenta is the sleet. We will see it all. Probably a few hours of snow, sleet, and freezing rain, and again, the more snow we get, the less ice we get. Snow across area with the ice to the south, and then by 3 00 p. M. , still snow with the mix south and east. Theres another model in terms of how much ice can occur. A tenth of an inch, and heavier amounts to the shenandoah valley, and we will watch that carefully. Day planners in the 40s, and it will go up to 49 by 1 00. Sunday, we cleaned up. Wintery mix on saturday, but morning clouds on sunday, and 39, and then showers on monday, and look what happens. Back in the 50s tuesday, and back to 60 on wednesday and thursday. Thank you, topper. The Washington Redskins are finding themselves searching for as ceo of exxonmobile. Rex tillerson put exxons interests before americas im not here to represent the us governments interest. With billions in russian oil deals. He opposed us sanctions on russia. For war crimes forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution. Putting profits ahead of our kids health. Tell your senators to reject rex tillerson. And protect american interests not corporate interests. The Washington Redskins have a long to do list this offseason, and they have 16 free agents including their top two Wide Receivers to fill, and now they have to have an offensive coordinator. Sean will be the head coach of he will only turn 31 in 2 weeks making him the youngest coach in nfl history. Mcveigh is hoping to join the successful list of those who coached under 35. The chargers are leaving san diego behind after 5. 5 decades for los angeles. Fans gathered outside of the facility to mourn the loss and get rid of their charger gear. 55 year relationship, and you wake up and get divorce papers on your kitchen cabinet. Im broken right now. My mom and aunt are probably turning over in their grave right now, and thats the reason im a charger fan right now. The chargers will play in a soccer stadium until they move in with the rams in 2 years. The always changing landscape of the nfl. Back to you. And i dont know about the tears though. Coming up next a fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mo