Everybody that can became insane reeds influence on a generation as we pay tribute to his unforgettable talent. Its monday, october 28th. Take a walk on the wild side hello, and welcome in on this monday, day one. Look who it is once again joining us for the day. No, its just the day. Now its just the day. Three days in a row, thursday, friday, monday. Yeah, just a short fillin stint. So its been good to be back, yes. Yeah, when you can get the words out, of course. I always have the english thing down pat. I know. A couple more episodes, i got it. Were happy to have you, even if its just for one more day. Good to be back. Good morning, everybody. Happy monday. We do begin this half hour with the latest in the spy scandal involving World Leaders. An internal review found that the nsa spied on 35 such leaders including Germanys Angela Merkel reportedly as far back as 2002 before she was chancellor. President obama was never told about the spy program until this summer, and he called a halt to it. This new this was is certain to further inflame tensions between the u. S. And its allies overseas. Abcs Jeffrey Kofman reports now from london. Reporter it is not the way friends expect to be treated. The headlines in germany, the u. S. Has been listening to chancellor Angela Merkels cell phone calls since 2002, even longer than earlier reported. And president obama was told about this three years ago. The white house said the president was never told. On the streets of germany, outrage directed at the u. S. The chancellor herself feeling violated by these daily revelations that the u. S. Has been snooping on one of its closest allies. Completely unacceptable, she said. Germany is now the fifth u. S. Ally to summon its American Ambassador to lodge a formal protest. In france, outrage over the u. S. Intercept of 70 million emails and the bugging of their Washington Embassy. In brazil, their Washington Embassy bugged, their state oil company hacked by u. S. Spies. Mexico, the u. S. Hacked the president s emails. Spain too calling in the u. S. Ambassador. Our overall intelligence capabilities are important to the security of this nation and need to be preserved. I think the revelations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that weve listened in. Reporter since the end of world war ii, the u. S. Has had a no spying agreement with the uk, canada, australia and new zealand. The germans are now planning to send a delegation to washington to demand that they too be added to that list. Jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. You can kind of understand why our allies would be upset, but in this day and age, isnt everyone spying on everybody else . We cant just be the only people, the only nation doing this. Absolutely. And i think the surprising point now is that president obama apparently didnt even know that this was happening, but officials at nsa say they have so many spy programs like this one going on, which is probably also breaking news for a lot of people, that it just doesnt make sense to keep the president abreast of so many of them. They would be in his office every other day, and they also apparent will i said they do not take orders from the president. My thing is, if the white house didnt know, why didnt the president not know, then who does . What does the white house not have jurisdiction over . Thats scary. So kind of infrastructure and power control. The hierarchy. Got some questions here. Absolutely. Im sure those details will spill out eventually but weird. Moving on to the troubled obama care website has rolled off its tracks yet again. A Critical Data center crashed stopping enrollment for all 50 states. Now it comes amid growing frustration on capitol hill. Ten Democratic Senators are urging the white house to delay some provisions of the Affordable Care act. But many republicans are calling for health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius to resign. There should be a suspension of the law to allow people to review this process. Im pleased that so Many Democrats are joining me now in saying, yes, indeed. We are looking for quick answers so that we can, on behalf of the american people, straighten out as much as can be straightened out that is above the water which is the website. Secretary sebelius is set to finally face the music about the botched website rollout before a house committee. Thats going to happen on wednesday. In other news, oklahoma authorities are looking for four men who escaped from jail yesterday. Officials didnt even realize they had escaped until someone reported four men outside of the jail in orange jumpsuits. Now, a head count later confirmed that the men, were, in fact, missing. The escapees apparently opened a trap door above the shower and then crawled out. Three had been sentenced on drug charges, the fourth was awaiting trial on a gun charge. A funeral mass is scheduled today for the boston area schoolteacher who was found murdered last week. Hundreds of mourners gathered yesterday to remember Colleen Ritzer at the church in her hometown of andover. Ritzers College Roommate was among those who praised the young teacher. She was an inspiration to all of us. She was an inspiration to me to live my life to the fullest every single day. Reporter police say ritzer was killed in a School Bathroom after dismissal on tuesday. 14yearold philip chism is charged with murder in her death, and he has pleaded not guilty. Singer chris brown is due in court today after spending the night in a washington, d. C. Jail. The 24yearold was arrested on Assault Charges yesterday morning along with his bodyguard. Brown is now accused of punching a man in the face outside of a washington hotel. Of course, he is still on probation for the 2009 beating of then girlfriend rihanna. And we have an upclose look this morning of bravery on display. Extraordinary heroics by a Pennsylvania State trooper who did not hesitate to come face to face with a suspected killer on the run after a deadly rampage, and all of it was caught on camera. More from abcs pierre thomas. Reporter this is dash cam video of state trooper Tim Strohmeyer racing in his patrol car, responding to an armed gunman who had just killed three people. Proceed into call. Several victims, several victims. Were responding. Reporter it was december 21st of last year. Four days before christmas in small town, pennsylvania. Up ahead coming into frame the suspect has intentionally hit another police car head on. Corporal Kevin Campbell is trapped in the other police car. I fully expected him to approach the passenger side of my vehicle and attempt to execute me. Reporter strohmeyer decides to try to save officer campbell by ramming the suspects vehicle to distract the shooter. The suspect gets out of the truck firing. You can see strohmeyers windshield cracking as the bullets fly through it. In this video you can see eight bullet holes. It happened so fast. You can see clearly right there. The suspect gun in hand, a. 357 magnum coming towards strohmeyer. Strohmeyer is hit in the chest and wrist, but hes wearing a bulletproof vest. Staggering, he and another officer return fire killing the suspect. Splitsecond decisions that save lives. Pierre thomas, abc news, washington. The nascar season has three races left in it, and some drivers have just about had enough of each other. Case in point, yesterday in virginia where greg biffle was racing with his rear bumper hanging off. Now he accused Jimmie Johnson of causing that by running into him. So biffle angrily confronted johnson as he was being interviewed on pit row. There you go, fellas. They talked it out somewhat. No punches were thrown and both are free to resume hostilities next weekend in texas. Take it easy, fellas, take it easy. And the world series is now a best of three games affair. The red sox and cardinals were tied at one last night when bostons jonny gomes hit a threerun home run in the sixth. Then with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the tying run at the plate, a st. Louis base runner was picked off first base and, yep, that was that. Boston wins, 42. The series now tied two games apiece. Game five tonight in st. Louis. Shaping up to be a good series, which is always we were a little concerned after game one. What you want. Yes. A blowout. 8 to what was it, 81, 80 with the red sox. Exactly. Yikes. Now its all now its getting good. Down to the wire. I like that. Well, thousands of people may still be recovering from a wild weekend in key west. It was the 35th annual fantasy fest parade, and as always, partygoers were out in force. Distance swimmer diana nyad was this years grand marshal riding in a float that was surrounded by dancing jellyfish. Quite appropriate for her. There were also plenty of superheroes, villains and monsters to go around. And, by the way, the alcohol was flowing so freely that the drivers of the 40 floats had to pass breathalyzers before the parade could get going. And no one passed. I have never been to key west but those folks down there know how to party. That looks like a fun spot to be. They are just in a world of their own. The kind of lifestyle that is just free and loving and kind of like the woodstock feel carried on down there. I love it, man. Its like the whole city is kind of like the French Quarter of new orleans. Its like that same kind of vibe. We should do the show a week down there. Just give me a couple of months. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so you can really enjoy it. Yes, well give you a couple of months and hopefully by then well have a budget to go down there. All right. Coming up next, can a pricey pillow worth hundreds cure your insomn insomnia . And the scary amount of money that americans are spending on candy, costumes and the spirit of halloween. Whats your big purchase this year . You are watching world news now. T of halloween. Whats your big purchase this year . You are watching world news now. Nrs world news now brought to you l bily sorks so because when you use bleach, some stains are left behind. Lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. It removes the tough stains that bleach doesnt, and it also disinfects. So why just bleach . With lysol you can do more. Thats healthing. And for a clean and fresh toilet with every flush, try lysol no mess automatic cleaner. Then he was a she he said hey babe take a walk on the wild side he said hey honey ah, yes. A classic there by one of rocks most influential musicians. This morning the music world is mourning lou reed. Reed founded the velvet underground, a groundbreaking band managed by andy warhol. Abcs john donvan looks back at reeds iconic career. Reporter he only topped the charts once in his career. Take a walk on the wild side reporter walk on the wild side, 1973. But record sales were never the point of lou reed. He was more important than that. A member of that small circle of rock musicians that other rock musicians recognize as changing the genre. In the 60s it was as songwriter and singer for the velvet underground where he took rock to darker places than it had been before. Sunday morning, one of those songs that in its time was unlike anything anyone heard. Reed was the son of an accountant in brooklyn, new york, who started out thinking he wanted to be a journalist or filmmaker. Did the college stint as a radio deejay playing other peoples music. With the 70s. Reed went solo. Thats when walk on the wild side came and travel that saw him in 2000 playing before the late Pope John Paul ii. Reeds health was a challenge in recent years. Rolling stone reported a liver transplant. Reed didnt talk about any of that, not even on twitter where he posted up until the last day. A link to his facebook page, which is filling up with tributes from those who get it, why lou reed mattered. It was the music, nothing else. John donvan, abc news, washington. A true icon there. We also want to tell you about the death of a wellknown actress. Marcia wallace passed away from complications of pneumonia at the age of 70. Wallace will be best known for hr long running role on the simpsons as barts teacher. She played the chain smoking edna kerfaufle. She won an emmy for her role in 92 and known for her role as a quickwitted receptionist on the bob newhart show. A long and fantastic career she had. Some of the voices on that show. Its been on for 20 plus years now, so iconic, those voices. Some other hits about lou reed. Thats right. I have the list here from the set. They were well informed. Sweet jane, perfect day, sally can dance, satellite of love. A few of the other hits out there. The one we have been listening to the most out here. We feel like we have heard it our entire lives. One of those iconic songs you hear in the distance, and it doesnt really register but now we know that it was an iconic song. They will be missed. Still to come, a big week for the gremlins and goblins but trickortreating can add up. 1 billion. Thats the cost of halloween, and you may be surprised to learn what the biggest expense is. And ahead in our next half hour, a world series shocker, the controversial call that made game three an instant classic. It has boston fans in an uproar. Youre watching world news now. Now. World news now. When i have an asthma attack. I feel scared. Sometimes my parents have to take me to the hospital. I feel like a fish with no water. You know how to react to their asthma attacks. Heres how to prevent them. Call. Visit. Or call your doctor. Because. You know, from a young age. I definitely want to major in political science. Become the mayor or something. Make the situation better for other people. My name is justin, and i am your dividend. Thriller thriller now take a chance you can say it. Thats it. Yeah. You were doing this luau, Something Like that the last half hour. I just want to do the whole i used to do the whole routine king of the 80s. The whole slide. I will do it later. Yes, its a night filled with mystery, magic, lots of supervision and when it comes to halloween the more over the top probably the better. Thats right. But making sure that the fun factor meets the fear factor does not come cheap. Abcs Clayton Sandell shows us how this spooky season is giving a big boost to the american economy. [ screaming ] reporter to some its the sound of terror. To others, the sound of cash registers. Chris stafford is what you might call a hauntrepreneur. Are you doing that . Yep. Reporter he coowns three haunted houses in three states including denvers 13th floor, the wait to get in, four hours. Haunted houses are coming into their own as another form of live entertainment. Reporter stafford hires 500 parttime actors in hollywoodstyle makeup like this one for me. Please make sure you are getting my good side. Nationwide there are roughly 1200 professional haunts. Ticket sales roughly 1 billion. Halloween spending is second to only christmas. Candy, costumes and decorations will scare 7 billion out of american wallets this year, up from 3. 3 billion in 2005. This guy is called air corpse. At distortions unlimited in greeley, colorado, this creepy creation goes for 300 bucks. Therapy for the children for the next 20 years is going to be pricey. Welcome to the asylum. Reporter for some halloween is like therapy. People want to escape. You know, they want to get into another environment, maybe stop thinking about the world and how scary that is and actually come out and get scared. Reporter as profits rise faster than the living dead. Clayton sandell, abc news, denver. And that brings us to our facebook question of the day. We want to know whats your biggest halloween expense this year. Just logon to wnnfans. Com, and let us know exactly what is on your mind i saw you dont even. I saw you. I tried to get her to scare you. I forgot we have these cameras. You want me to have this baby right here on the set. Im here for you, girl. You want this child to come popping out. Aint gonna happen. Well be right back. Well be right back. Popping out. Aint gonna happen. Well be right back. Welcome to the mix, everybody. We have got some great items for you. I have been working on my items for the last two minutes, and rob has been working on it for the last three hours because its so complicated. Hes still working on it. Im studying up. Im cramming. Im unprepared. This is actually great. Were going to start out, buzz feed issued or put out an article. Its called 18 types of people you see at halloween parties. We have all been to halloween parties where there are all kinds of characters you are trying to figure out where everybody falls into these categories. We picked the five that we think are the most hilarious. The first is extremely uncomfortable costume that cant really move. That is true. That is true. How about this one. You have seen that person. How about this person, the person that got too excited about how cheap the blood capsules were. That is good. Heres the third one. The screen printed lazy printout. Thats me. Thats me. Hes a sellout. Thats what i do. Like that. Number four, the person who never, ever, ever breaks character. Thats so annoying. Come on, man. You are 38 years old. Come on now. Not really a table, buddy. Not really a table. And number five, always at least one of these. The guy in the costume that nobody really understands, but dont worry, hes going to explain it to you. I dont even want to guess. Does that shirt say mustard . Yes. Theres the mustard, theres the wiener. It is a complete package, i guess. That must be it. Perfect sound. Thats a great costume. This is dull. Im going to speed through this. Theres a new store here in i cannot wait. Three hours you have been working on this. In new york and in a soho neighborhood called sleep studio. Their basic theory here is that what we do during the day to take care of ourselves just as important as what we do at night in terms of getting a good nights sleep. Only in new york, they sell a pillow for 675. Now, i dont know what a dull story and a dull picture. I told you this was dull so anyway, only in new york. I didnt read what is so special about this pillow but im amazed at the price. Only in the big apple and back to you, diana, because thats all i have. Okay, so heres a guy in georgia who realized that there was a home bur