Problems continue to plague healthcare. Gov. The white house wont say how many people have been able to select a Health Insurance plan. Nobody is as mad as me that the website isnt working as well it should. That means its going to get fixed. President obama said experts are working on it repairs but is not giving a target date when the software will be up to speed. There are problems throughout the site. It could take weeks or even months to fix. This is a system that was rushed out much too quickly. They didnt have a chance to thoroughly test the system before it went into operation. With one change already in the works, users will be able to view plans without having to first fill out applications with huge amounts of personal information. Tara mergener, wjz Eyewitness News. There were a few scary moiments duringy moments during scary moments during the president s speech. A lady almost passed out. After the event she thanked the president for catching her. She tweeting she went fee
Damage control. President obama responds to millions of americans fed up with the Affordable Care act and its dysfunctional website. Nobodys more frustrated by that than i am. Growing criticism of the health care signup system and whats being done to fix those problems. Hello, everybody. Im denise koch. And im vic carter. Uproar over obama care. The president defends his Health Care Reform program when its website fails to work. Tara is in washington with more on the president s response. Reporter president obama walked into the rose garden withjanice baker who says shes the first woman from delaware to enroll in the new health care marketplace. Like many consumers out there, it took me a number of frustrating attempts before i could apply and select my plan. Reporter problems continue to playing healthcare. Gov. Some 19 Million People visited since october 1st but only a half million have successfully applied. The white house wont say how many people have actually been able to select
Once youre willing to admit youre an alcoholic, its not something that goes away. Its something you deal with the rest of your life. Reporter dwyers efforts to do that helped the jail time go down. He will take the judges words and put them into action by making sure he is sober for the rest of his life. Reporter at least the next three years on probation. He is ordered to stay away from any place that sells alcohol. Step inside, and the judge says he will serve a year in jail. Reporter dwyer will begin his weekends on the 9th. Dwyer says he plans to continue serving out his term as a delegate in Anne Arundel County. A man at a local Fire Department is behind bars, accused of sexual abuse. Denise has the startling details from the niewfers room for us. Newsroom for us. The man is a member at the ferndale volunteer Fire Department. Police say Preston Lamont Scott is known for abusing children. He is accused of sex abuse, sodomy and pornography. He was come in charge of teen dances at th
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,