let's turn to liz crenshaw. >> these internet quick loan offers are essentially payday loans just onine. and while storefront payday lending is effectively illegal in some areas including maryland and d.c. some lenders are taking advantage of consumers through what can be calledable online loophole. >> it's been a tight spot. i wasn't going to make it. pay some bills that i needed to pay. >> when online lenders enticed her to get instant money she couldn't refuse. >> i see the ads on the internet. in 24 hours we can have $500 in your account. and when you are in a desperate situation, you go okay. great. yeah. >> she took out a $500 loan to be paid in 18 days. she agreed to finance charges of $150 and she planned to pay part of her loan off early hoping to reduce those charges. >> they made it sound like it was you know, that was a good idea. >> a few days later when she went to pay part of her loan off early, the online lender automatically extended the loan adding on $120 finance charge. $270 in fees to borrow $500. >> it was too much for me. that's why i got in touch with you. it

. >> i'm liz crenshaw. havi help. my story is coming up. >>> mitt we know what miriam carey had in the car with her when she rammed the white house barricade with her last week. she had a lockbox, foreign currency and connecticut's driver's license inside. she was shot to death thursday with her baby in the car. federal law enforcement agents say she was being treated for mental health issues. >>> another aspect of this government shutdown is hitting some military families especially hard. 17 service members have been killed in the line of duty since the shutdown began eight days ago. their families have not received death benefits. families usually get $100,000 within three days for things like funeral costs and travel. sergeant joseph peters was killed last sunday in afghanistan. his wife, ashley peters, made this statement lou her facebook page. yes, it is upsetting because my husband died for his country and now his family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him, we would be taken car