Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for monday, october 28th, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, we begin with a diplomatic uproar over u. S. Espionage operations. A german magazine reports that the United States may have been monitoring german chancellor Angela Merkel for more than ten years and the director of the National Security agency is denying reports that he discussed operations involving merkel with president obama. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. You know, many here seem unfazed by word of this kind of monitoring. One congressman hinted that the reaction is simply because the information is now out in the public realm, but this european delegation is here, they will be meeting with white house officials, and one big question is what did president obama know and when. A European Union delegation is in d. C. This morning to meet with white house aides and members of congress. Theyr
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,
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
Chill, if youre heading out, should be dressing for 29, 30, 28, 31degree temperatures. Thats really what your body is feeling. 16 is the way it feels in oakland. Whatwhat do we have on tap for tonight . How long will it last . Tell you what. Weve got even colder temperatures headed our way tonight. But first, before we get there, lets talk about what else is going on with the wjz mobile weather lab. We are sitting around 39 degrees. We have been flirting with 38, 39 degrees here for the past hour and a half now. As i mentioned, temps are going to be dropping tonight. Take a look at this graphic. This is what you can expect as we head into the overnight. Well see low temperatures right in the mid20s. The record for this time of year, for today is 22 degrees, set back in 1911. And yes, we are going to be approaching near record low temps. The average for this time of year, 37 degrees. Now, were going to continue with this cold weather, even as we head into your wednesday. When you look a