President obama steered clear of the controversy, as he helped swear in his new fbi director. But the white house is saying u. S. Intelligence gathering is under review. The president clearly feels strongly about making sure that we are not just collecting information because we can but because we should. Reporter besides being embarrassing, spying on allies could have economic consequences, as washington works to negotiate a major trade deal with the european union. Reporter former state Department Analyst james louis said the u. S. Wont stop the program because in a post9 11 world, the information is too valuable. This makes us safer. Less surveillance means more successful attacks. Reporter the white house hopes to complete its surveillance review by the end. Year. Danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Some u. S. Lawmakers are defending spying practices. They argued places like france are safer because of the nsas surveillance. Three families tonight are still trying to come to
Old, leaves behind a devastated family. We want to know why, why this happened. Reporter hoffman has been hailed a hero, awarded the chief thomas medal of courage in 2010 for rescuing a man from a fire on gillman street. And this year, recognized by wjz, helping to save this 3 yearold boy who had wandered away from home. Friends say the Third Generation firefighter was heroic, even in his 90 final minutes. The night he was killed, he did all he could to protect his girlfriend and her sister, who survived the terrible ordeal. And i think without andys help, that would not have been possible. Reporter wjz was there, as his uncle collected some items from andrews home, needed for funeral arrangements. His father released a written statement, on behalf of his family, saying our hearts are absolutely broken over the loss of our son, brother, grandson and uncle. Its hard to imagine Going Forward without him. But we know andy died a hero. That is the way he lived his wife and we wouldnt life,
Know all about insurance, what their options are, or even that theyre eligible. Reporter in some cases, speciallytrained navigators are helping through the open enrollment. Shown here, to basically get my mindset right, to tell them exactly what they might need to do to qualify. Reporter but marylands own website has dealt with its share of glitches as well. Were on day 29. Ive had 18 attempts to get on the website and get good information. And i have yet to be successful. Reporter perry hall delegate, kathy shilegga praises outreach effort efforts like this. But agrees the deadline should be delayed. We need to do more to help people. Because this website is not working and people are not signing up. Reporter some in congress have already called for the resignation of health and Human Services secretary kathleen sebelius. Shell take the hot seat on capitol hill tomorrow, answering yet more questions about the troubled healthcare rollout. Reporter derek, thank you. You can get unbiased
Hello, everybody. Im denise koch. And im vic carter. Heres what people are talking about tonight. The first blast of winter coming early to maryland. You can see from sky eye chopper 13, the sun set on a rather mild monday evening. But temperatures are about to drop and people out in fells point tonight already prepared with winter coats and scarves and hats. Bob turk with the snow we may see tomorrow. Bob . You need those Winter Clothes tomorrow for sure and probably by the morning. Take a look at temps. Still mild here but in oakland just dropping to the upper 30s but not too far away really cumberland still at 50. 51 ocean city. However a front out to the west of us and that front has shower activity ahead of it and snow behind it across portions of northern ohio, Northern Indiana right now, around indianapolis, getting snow at 33. Cleveland just dropped to 32. Pittsburgh still at 36. Just as the front comes through, seeing rain activity overnight which more than likely as the cold
At the top of the hour, a live look at i95 in the south corner of the city. Sharon is watching the rest of s. Marty is over at first warning weather. We keep watching this frontal boundary march our way. We will put this moisture layer in motion. Very light shower activity is going to start over the mountains and approach us. Its not going to be a big deal. You can see a wet snow flake at the end of it. Look how mild it still is. 48 degrees, two shy of 50 on tv hill. Were pretty much at our high. Its 10 warmer than this time yesterday. By lunch 40, by bedtime 32 and continuing to fall. Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. We have two issues. First of all, if youre traveli7 70 mount rooer ree mount erie road theres a deer in the road. Speeds still good on the beltway and on 95. Thats a live look outside at 95 just north of the beltway. Theres a look at 295 southbound at 175 looking at some volume there. That is right near where we have that accident that we were telling you abo