The chancellor of germany Angela Merkel had tough questions to president obama. She made a phone call to the president to ask whether the u. S. Had been tapping her cellphone, spying on her private conversations. Even though germany is a strong ally to america she warned spying would constitute a breach of trust. Alan fisher has the latest. The German Government must have been sure something was going on, going public with allegations that the americans spied on Angela Merkels phone. The chancellor phoned the white house. I can assure you the president assured the chancellor of the germany that the u. S. Will not monitor. Listen again. I can tell you the president assured the United States is not monitoring and will not monitoring the communications of the chancellor missing are the words have not and did not. When asked whether it happened in the past the official line was repeated. Beyond that im not in position to comment publicly it comes days after nsa was accused of hacking diplo
It has been one week since Congress Approved legislation that ended the Government Shutdown and raised the debt ceiling at least temporarily, and it was viewed as a victory for president obama. In the days that followed, domestic controversy grabbed the spotlight. Joining us, mike, what a week at the white house. Reporter john, youre right, and it was supposed to be a pivot to some of the big domestic issues left on the agenda. But the political momentum that the president won after the political shutdown is finally over. The u. S. Is reviewing the way that we gather intelligence. Another day, another angry ally. The white house on the intelligence over reports that american intelligence listened into to the german chancellor. I want to assure the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the chancellor. A white house spokeswoman would only say, im not in a position to comment publicly. A merkel spokesman said that it would be a grave breach of trust. The
Here is the dog named banana joe, wins best in show. The affenpinscher won the 137th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in new york last night. Joe, of course, going out on top. Westminster was his final competition. Banana joe beating out five other dogs that won in their own categories to be the top dog. Cnn newsroom continues right now. Homestretch. The nightmare cruise is getting closer to shore. The next 24 hours could be the worst yet. Im Brooke Baldwin. The news is now. The hunt for fugitive is in flames. Were going inside Chris Dorners final moments. Plus he inspired a jack nickholson character and today one of americas most notorious gangsters tells a judge why he should be let off the hook. And a student sues for mediocre grade. My hot topics panel weighs in. Good to see you. Im Brooke Baldwin live in the cnn world headquarters. Californias largest manhunt is over. A killer excop all but confirmed dead after that frantic last bid to escape that ended in fire and hail of bullets
Looking at 1. 1 in damascus, okay. 8 in gaithersburg, one inch at winchester,. 4 in herndon. Yes, this is the winter of tenths of an inch of snow. This is going to move into southern new jersey. Again, we had a little bit of snow, even downtown, and a little snow as far south as clinton, but to go north and west, thats the only place it really stuck. Even there, temperatures are still 34 in leesburg and 32 in hagerstown. That said, those areas will get colder tonight so some slick spots are possible well north and west. 5 00, 30 and 38. But at 7 00, 28 and 6 00 just kind of cool, 323 to 40. We are tracking arctic air for the weekend and a chance for more snow. Thank you, top. Weve got breaking news. Police are investigating a suspicious death. A man was found inside his home in the 2700 block of holly street. Ken molestina is on the scene what. Do you know so far . Reporter derek and lesli, police are being tight lipped about the investigation on this deadly find. We do know the victim
Snowfall has ended, but the cleanup and the digout is going to be going on for some time. Well get back to our weather in just a few moments. Within the next hour, we are expecting to get official word or expecting to get word that the reward for the suspected cop killer is being raised to 1 million. Thats according to the Los Angeles Times. The lapd, the l. A. Mayor and other top officials are scheduled to hold a News Conference soon. Theyll have the latest on the manhunt for chris dorner, the excop whos accused of killing three people, including one Police Officer. The latest image we have of dorner is this, some Surveillance Video taken monday behind an Auto Parts Store near san diego. Meanwhile, the tsa is asking airports to keep a close eye on their aircraft. They believe that dorner may have had some Flight Training during his time in the navy. Nbcs john yang is watching all of the developments for us from los angeles this afternoon. And again, were waiting for that official anno