Well, a Senior Obama Administration official says the u. S. Is considering ending its spying on friendly heads of state. Its part of a fallout following revelations that the u. S. Has spied on german chancellor Angela Merkel and 34 other foreign leaders. President obama said he was unaware of high level ungz dral eavesdropping but the Los Angeles Times reports that the state department signed off on the process and a key part that is calling for total review of u. S. Intelligence programs. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. There is no final decision yet from the white house about ending these spying programs. The white house may be waiting to see what happens here in congress. And more lawmakers are now calling for changes including the head of the Senate Intelligence committee. Senate intelligence chairwoman Dianne Feinstein expressed outrage that the u. S. Spied on allies including german chancellor Angela Merkel. She issued a statement
It is the top of the hour. A pretty start to the last tuesday in october. Sharon is watching the roads. Marty at first warning weather. Lets take a look at the numbers. 41 right now on tv hill. That 41 is actually going to be with a frontal boundary moving through the area. Six degrees warmer than this time yesterday. About lunch a new air mass is over the neighborhood. It will be 57 on the way to 59. Yesterday it was almost in some places 10 degrees warmer. Don, take it away. The rush from Sharon Gibala, wjz traffic control. We picked up the first accident of the morning. Its on 100 westbound just past 97. Otherwise we are great on the beltway. 55 is the outer loop average on the top and west side. 95 southbound looking good between white marsh and the tunnel. There is the west side of the beltway. Slightly busier than it was an hour ago. Running with lots of space in between the cars. Wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning. Here is don. Thank you. News about those
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Spoke to the victim. Reporter the video show shooter running away and medical aid arriving nearly ten minutes after the call for help. We freeze the video just before the shot were taken and then show you where the shooter carried what looks like an ax runs off. San joses police blocked off several streets after the police discovered a wounded man bleeding in the parking lot and the man later died in the hospital. The woman you see here lit candles in his memory. He wanted to change but he did not have the right love around him to change. Family members shared with us this photo of a father of 6 children, we spoke to a neighbor who says hes worry for his family. Everyday something is going on down there, streets blocked off and taped off. You think downtown is safer because the Police Department is down here and the city hall is down here. It was not safe this afternoon, witnesses are too scared to go onto tell us and someone saw the ax as the weapon before he was shot and killed. Othe
White House White House Coronavirus Task force visited texas yesterday meeting with the governor and Health Officials to encourage everyone to remain diligent, especially young people. People should continue to practice good hygiene, wash your hands, avoid touching your face, and wear a mask wherever its indicated. Or wherever you are not able to practice social distancing. What we are seeing here is an increased rate of hospitalization of 20 to 40yearolds. I know its difficult in the 30, but just would ask everyone of them to wear a mask. To matt Casey Stegall is live in dallas with more. On the very same day Vice President mike pence was here in texas, the state report and more 5300 coronavirus cases in a 24hour period time, that marks the sixth day in a row that the state clocked more than 5,000 new infections in a single day. While speaking in dallas, pence and dr. Deborah birx encourage texans to wear masks as you hurried to help slow the spread. The Vice President also prays this