Data from a small number of card readers days after it told customers it discovered the security breech and removed the virus. I want to say how deeply sorry we are for the impact this incident has had on our guests. Apologies may not be enough. The breech at target was discovered not by the company, but by Justice Department investigators. January 17 article in the New York Times states your systems were open and quote, particularly vulnerable to attack. One small step would transition american retailer frs credit cards with magnetic readers to the kind of credit cards with computer chip ids that europe has been using for decades. We think the answer comes down to money. Its expensive to update the technology at the point of sale. Its expensive to reissue cards. There is also a push for new laws to require businesses to inform customers of problems more quickly. Even give consumers the right to sue companies that lose their data. This information is not yours. Its entrusted to you. It belongs to the consumers. Take a look at the two different kinds of cards i have in my wallet. This one relies on that ol technology that carried the music on your cassette tape recorder. Nobody has those anymore. This one has the chip inside that actually creates a new id number every time that you use it. If stores require you to punch in a pin number, that is one more layer of security. The crooks are clearly going to keep trying to defeat all of these things, but the system with the pin number and the chip is much more secure. But of course, wed have to wait until 2015 before that is more widespread . 2015 they will have this rolled out and theres a battle. Its interesting, between the banks and the retailers. The banks can deal with the fraud. They think its cheaper than changing the system. But its us, the consumers that have to deal with the fallout. It drives up costs. Be careful and protect those numbers, please. Nobody zoom in. He is brave to show that on tv. You showed your numbers. The d. C. Council on a bill decriminalizing pot possession. It wasnt without controversy. Bruce johnson joins us from the Wilson Building with more. The vote was 111. Yvette alexander cast the only vote against this measure. Marion barry wasnt here today and unlike in some other states where they voted to decriminalize marijuana, the debate here didnt have as much to do with the harm or lack thereof of marijuana. It had more to do with how the laws against marijuana use have been implemented by police. Take a listen. All right, the ayes have it. The d. C. Council was nearly unanimous in wanting to decriminalize the smoking and possession of weed. The aclu explains why. Black people were eight times more likely to be arrested for marijuana related offenses and more than half of those arrests were for possession alone. Only remaining issue today seemed to be smoking weed outside on streets and sidewalks in public. A majority of the d. C. Council said no to that. I dont think any parent wants to walk through plumes of smoke in front of their kids school, in front of a public library. This is not about whether we want to criminalize the possession. We want a public behavior that is disorderly. The smoking weed in public will get you arrested. Smoking in private probably wont. Unless you live in public housing, says yvette alexander. You are not allowed to have any drugs in your home. If you smoke marijuana in public housing, you will get put out. It doesnt say its okay, but it says were not going to put handcuffs on you. The decriminalization bill sponsor had fought against keeping pot smokers off the streets and subject to arrest when they do light up in public. You still do not want to make it a criminal offense to smoke marijuana on the street . It should be a civil offense. The majority of the city supports legalization. I think the council is just somewhat still stuck in the past. You can forget about legalization of marijuana, even though the voters want. This council doesnt appear to be close to anything like that. But, hold on to your seat. Coming up at 6 00, councilman Vincent Orange introduced legislation they will consider over the next several weeks. Legislation that would prohibit employers from testing for marijuana use unless its required by law for a specific position. They are willing to entertain that, at least discuss it. Ill have more coming up at 6 00, back to you guys. Thank you, bruce. And breaking news right now. Five people have been transported to area hospitals after two cars collided at the intersection of norbeck roads. These pictures are from sky 9. It took nearly 30 minutes just to get some of the victims out of those vehicles. A case that could determine the future of gay marriage in virginia went to court today. In the question is whether virginias ban on gay marriage should be struck down. The states new attorney general, democrat mark herring believes the ban should be lifted. Republicans accuse herring of abandoning his responsibility. Protesters on both sides rallied outside the federal courthouse in norfolk where the case was heard. The judge says she will make a ruling soon. A controversial Loudoun County supervisor facing a recall and it appears an attempt to remove him from office will move forward. Let her pick up on sterling boulevard. Eugene was defiant as ever as he appeared in court where a judge recuesed himself and asked the state Supreme Court to find another judge to hear it. A group of citizens from sterling asked a court to remove from office, for failure to represent his district. The whole case is political because the group doesnt like his other job. As president of the conservative based group of the united states. I am the most direct. I am the most loud and forthright elected official in Loudoun County. What a shock. What a shock. That someone would not know that i am an elected official working my john as an elected official. The Citizens Group alleges he intermingled with public vacuum. We had a grand jury go out of its way to describe his misconduct. We had senture by members of the board of supervisors, all of whom are republicans who said not only would they censure him, they took away his committee assignments. No one wanted to take on responsibilities. They wouldnt appear in a bad light. A recall is rare in virginia. Citizens say they are taking the path by the board of supervisors, failed to reign in delgado who has been listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. In leesburg, wusa9. It is being called one of the largest criminal investigations in army history and lawmakers demanded some answers. Hundreds of soldiers accused of taking millions of dollars in government kickbacks from a Program Designed to boost the ranks of the National Guard. Franka reports from texas. The testimony you are about to give u. S. Army generals were called to capitol hill to answer questions about a multimillion dollar Recruitment Scheme that reached the highest ranks. Theres evidence one Major General committed fraud. 18 full colonels. 11 lieutenant colonels. During the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the National Guard started an Incentive Program to boost its numbers, giving bonuses to up to 7500 to guardsman who recruited new enlistes. Abuse, hundreds of soldiers collecting bonuses for enlistees they didnt sign up. We have a case with five individuals, its nearly a million. There are more than 500 criminal investigations into the scandal across the country. The army estimates that the scam cost taxpayers at least 29 million. The fraud, mismanagement, and other potentially criminal activities surrounding this program are as disturbing to us as i know they are to you. Senators want answers. I cannot begin to express how disappointed and angry i am to hear of such carelessness. The program was shut down in 2011. Omar, cbs news, dallas. The army is continuing its investigation and audits into the scandal. They expect the total to be around 50 million in fraudulent bonuses. And new information about the cheating scandal going through two branches of the armed forces. Some sailors who work on ships with Nuclear Systems cheated on their tests. The air force has been dealing with its own cheating scandal for a few weeks now. A suspect wanted in a series of gnash and grab robberies is on the run tonight. In the latest case, the crook shattered the front door of a Subway Restaurant in burtonsville. The owner says the thief made off with 150, a safe, and the store surveillance system. That same person is believed to be responsible for several other smash and grabs, including another one in the same store. Imagine spending years in prison for a crime you did not commit. 87 people were exonerated because they were wrongfully convicted. 40 cases involved wrongful murder convictions. In one case, a man had been sentenced to death. The study comes out of university of maryland or i should say, the university of michigan and the North WesternUniversity Law school. In maryland are on the rise and coming up at 5 30, were going to take a look at what is behind the spike. Plus, facebook turns ten years old today. The challenges still facing the social network and what facebook is giving you for its birthday. Top. Clouds in place, temperatures falling. Nothing for a few hours. Well show you temperatures. Some folks north of town are at 32. 32 in gaithersburg, and 28 in hagerstown. Thats scary. Well come back and talk about who gets most of the ice and when it rolls in. You are watching wusa9 news at 5 00. Thanks for joining us. Hours before it happens, wusa9s first alert weather. Well get to our icy forecast in just a second. First, these are some aerial photos high above new york central park. Snow turned the iconic park into a winter wonderland. Beautiful to look at and winter fans had a great time playing in the park. You know, snow is one thing. Ice is something totally different. Ice is not good. We prefer snow. Now heres the good news. In the metro area, we are not super concerned. But if youre in frederic or martinsburg or cumberland, you should be concerned. Lets start with a live look outside. Temperature 38 downtown. Dew point very important, 24. What happens is, you add moisture to the atmosphere and the temperature, the 38 falls and the dew point rises and where it meets is where its going to end up when the precipitation starts falling. The lower this is, the more concerned we are. Winds northeast at 6. Heres the storm, good snows through st. Louis back into indianapolis. Lighter snow toward chicago and detroit. All the midwest, we get good snows. The ice in through connecticut and a little bit of precipitation develops along the eastern part of north carolina. Actually, end up being two storms with the system. Temperatures, 33 already in white oak. 33 in rockville. 35 in reston. And 35 in fairfax. So the good news is, temperatures arent going to fall. Many folk wills be below freezing, at least at the start of the event. So, yellow alert for ice. Primarily freezing rain. You folks that i mentioned, frederic and hagerstown and cumberland and martinsburg, sleet could be your friend. More sleet you get, the better off youll be. Temperatures below freezing in the metro area until 8 00 and then freezing rain north and west until 10 00, up around i 70 and north and west. By noon, everybody is above freezing. Even cumberland. Yes, even hagerstown. Most of the precipitation is over. So, how much ice . Notice again it is essentially west of i95 and this is the bulls eye where the snow was, well, i70, frederic, hagerstown, martinsburg sburg. Take a easy tomorrow, walking to get the paper tomorrow, take it easy. Some sleet, but mainly freezing rain tonight. Ice will accumulate. Critical areas west of i95 and 9 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Cloudy and cold, freezing rain. Rain south of town. 29 to 34. Winds northeasterly at 10. So, well break it down. We have 32 at 7 00. These are City Temperatures and 34 at 9 00. 41 at 11 00 and 45 by 1 00 p. M. Next three days, once we get through tomorrows yellow alert, were okay. 36 on friday with sunshine. Next seven days, i know you snow birds have been wanting a snowstorm. Snow showers are possible, unrelated to the possible storm. Theres still something on the map, but models all over the place. Im not as optimistic as i was yesterday. Temperatures will get cold. 33 on monday and 35 on tuesday. By optimistic, you mean a big snow. Well yes, thank you, jan, for clarifying. We would like the models that dont show. You have the wrong mind set. No, we have the right mind set. We are going to go on the air 30 minutes earlier tomorrow morning so you can join howard, andrea, mike, and howard for all the information you need to get out the door beginning at 4 00 a. M. And if you are so moved, maybe you could come in, too. If it were bad, dont you worry. We have a big shapeup to tell you about. Founder, bill gates is stepping down as the companys chairman of the board. Gates will transition into an adviser to the new ceo. Nadella was in charge of delivering software and businesses over the internet. Market watch reports gates new position will allow him to help microsoft regain its position as a technology leader. The company that turned friend into a verb turns 10 today. As facebook celebrates this birthday, cnet reports on what the social network has accomplished in a decade and ceo, Mark Zuckerbergs plans for the next ten years. What started ten years ago in a harvard dorm room has grown into this. The Largest Social Network in the world. Head quartered on a sprawling campus, employing 6,000 plus people and connecting 1. 23 billion users worldwide. Despite a shaky 2012 initial public offering, the stock is trading 60. Put in the estimated net worth of Mark Zuckerberg around 30 billion. Not bad for a College Dropout whose story was made into an Award Winning movie. People want go on the internet. The company succeeded where competitors failed. They were not afraid to just kind of rip everything out and rebuild, you know, they did that a bunch of times with these radical redesigns. But constant facelifts may not be enough to retain younger users who are increasingly turning to other social media sites. Not as big of a deal as it used to be. Mostly have instagram. The purchase in 2012 hinted where the company is going. The foe focus will be on mobile. The idea is to give the user an experience they wouldnt maybe even think of. This is an original Harvard Facebook made of real paper. Its filled with student photographs, names of hules and home addresses. It was the inspiration behind Mark Zuckerbergs website. One that he presumably hopes to attract a billion more faces in the next decade. In san francisco, cnet. Com for cbs news. To commemorate the birthday, facebook will offer a lookback feature to users. They are like personalized movies, they show off your biggest moments, shared through the site since you joined facebook, its fantastic. Five years wrapped into one minute. Just go to facebook. Com lookback to check it out. You may have noticed that some of your friends on facebook and other social media turned their profiles purple today. They are turning it purple to show support for world cancer day and according to these new numbers, scientists need all support they can get. The World Health Organization says cancer cases are expected to increase 70 over the next 20 years. Developing countries are expected to be hardest hit, but Health Leaders say wealthier countries will face skyrocketing treatment costs. After the break, forget about Immigration Reform and the debt ceiling. A virginia senator joins the rally cry of nonbelievers looking to give the pop star the boot. And a little later, wusa9 goes on pothole patrol. You reported the problem to us and we put the repair crews see this . It shows the pressure points on my tired, achy feet. I had no clue i was putting this kind of stress on my feet. I have flat feet. I found this out at the free dr. Scholls foot Mapping Center at walmart. In less than two minutes, i got my foot map and my custom number. Im a 440. Im a 210. 340. That number matched the dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts with just the right support to help relieve stress on my feet. Im a believer. Find a walmart with a foot Mapping Center at drscholls. Com im a believer. A congressman at the center of an ethics investigation is calling it quits. New jersey congressman represented a district outside of philadelphia for 23 years. A Congressional Ethics Committee has been looking into the spending practices after reports that he used Campaign Funds for some frequent trips to california. Members of local gun clubs on a mission tonight. They stepping up the pressure on maryland lawmakers to bolster gun rights. The gun club held a rally in annapolis today. Then members spent time lobbying the general assembly. The constitutional laws, at the local level, we need to try to nullify them to enforce these bad laws. The maryland state rifle and Pistol Association as well as the nra helped to organize todays rally. The white house. Gov petitioned to have Justin Bieber deported. And this morning, virginia senator indicated he may want to give bieber the boot. Warner told fm99 as a dad with three daughters, is there some place i can sign . Then there was this tweet, a little later which says its true, im not a believer. Bieber had some legal troubles in the last few weeks. First, police investigated an egg throwing incident at his home in california, then he was arrested for dorks dui in florida. Then again for assaulting a limo driver. Hes only 19. Still ahead, fighting the flu. Well have an update on the flu season. Plus, heroin use on the rise in maryland. Why its happening and whats being done to tracki