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sending not one or two, but 30 employees. and the price tag reached more than $50,000. mayor gray, he is not happy. >> a five-day jaunt to texas, dx parks and recreation department employees at a training conference with more than just seminars and speeches as seen in this conference youtube video. and for the d.c. employees who made the trip, the timing was terrible. >> i'm on your side, don't screw it up. >> the trip made in october, just hours before vincent gray confronted congressional leaders asking for and to the government shut doup, which threatened d.c. finances and all the local federal workers. at the same time, 30 d.c. employees in houston for the national recreation and park association annual exposition. what they didn't realize is iteam cameras were there too at one of the conferences evening social events. and under the freedom of

information act we know exactly how much it cost taxpayers. 30 employees needing airfare, $200 a night hotel rooms food and registration for the conference itself, total price tag about $54,000. the parks department paid some of the expenses days before the shutdown began, meaning it didn't come out of the district's shutdown contingent say funds. and the agency got permission to hold off paying for the rest. >> any concern traveling to that extent with that many people? >> yeah, i'm concerned about it. it was an importance conference or convention to go to. but there's no way we should have sent that number of people at that level of expense. >> john stokes, one of the parks and recs managers says the convention was important. >> it's really comprehensive training and education. >> dozens of seminarsx0 fb& presenti a to he says while

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july. >> previously someone who was mentally incapacitated couldn't testify on their own behalf. >> police had to late until this law was passed before they could charge dorsey. >> all right, you may want to know for christmas, but you can not be complaining about some warm weather with we're having right now. because it was so raw and cold, we needed this break. dug? >> a lot of people saying that. the warm side for sure. as a matter of fact look at these numbers some of these numbers really unbelievable, as far as our high temperatures today. we made our way all the way up into the 6 0s. d.c. at 61. warmer weather this weekend. i think we're going to break some records this weekend. yes, our christmas forecast will it stay warm for christmas? or will winter try to make a comeback? i'll have your update. co-ing up in just a minute. >> right now, there is a $60

million restoration about to go under way. it's going to take two years. and scaffolding will be going up this this spring. and then the work will begin. last year experts found nearly 13 lurks cracks and broken pieces on our capitol dome. a congressman who admitted to buying cocaine in dupont circle says he has no intention of leaving office. the florida republican spoke tonight just hours after he left a rehab facility. he says he used cocaine a handful of times but was in rehab for alcohol abuse. he says his addiction never interfered with his congressional obligations. he declined to answer questions on whether he would run for re-election next year. >> elections, politics political figures are all the last thing in my mind right now.

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