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The economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >> the presidents ailing health plan, seems like a metaphor for the rollout, computer problems for hundreds of thousand. there is this, the woman standing behind the president, teetering. >> the one illness --

Cascade of computer problems, which the administration says it is working around the clock to fix. an estimated 19 million people visited healthcare.gov since friday night. the man leading the charge against the presidents health care plan has returned to a warm welcome to his home state. heres abcs jeff zeleny. >> reporter: at home in texas, a heros welcome. senator ted cruz lost the battle to dismantle president obamas health care law. some of his fellow republicans in washington, stunned by...

Were going to do. jamie: senior white house for inaffairs correspondent wendell goler joins me from the white house. wendell, good morning. what do you expect to hear from the president today? >> reporter: the presidents aides say the problems with the obamacare website are unacceptable to him. he ordered hhs to gather the best and brightest computer experts from government and private industry to put them to work on the problem. meanwhile people are directed to a telephone call-in number if the...

But theres no question that republicans are back on their heels, make it harder for them to recruit. only bright spot for them, politico has a story out this morning that pointing out for democrats who run on health care, its going to be a tough message for them in weeks ahead. how do you be supportive of obama care, supportive of the president and yet separate yourself from all the implementation problems and as you talked about what if computer problems turn into treatment problems then its ve...

Theres no people -- he said that immediately. so its not like when confronted by the authority, he changed his story and said, this was an imagine. he said that as it was happening. >> he seemed very happy at that moment with great hilarity, but things are not always as they seem. this is what he has sworn in an affidavit for his lawsuit. since the 2009 crash the boy scout leader claims he hat, quote, endured great pain, disable, suffering, impairment, and loss of joy of life. maybe the boulder ...

I want too bring in chris lawrence. he is in washington, d.c. now. what can you tell us about the presidents rose garden event tomorrow, chris? >> reporter: well rngs don, a little after 11:00 in the morning tomorrow, the president is going to come to the rose garden. hes going to bring with him certain small business owners, consumers, some pharmacists, those that support the affordable care act. hes going to tout some of the successes, talk about how some of these folks have been able to enrol...

Politicians pushed a head. npoliticians when things went wrong rather than getting out of the way and letting the technicians solve it, they call them up fix it now. it has to work. >> the administration didnt want to miss its own dead lone. there is a rule of thumb. are generals fight them and not politicians. they are no better at setting up web sites and should have put the web people in charge. >> lets get more on this now. a house hearing scheduled to get worries about the obama web site. t...

>> dr. dyson, we know that there has been problems on the websites and signing up for obama care. but theres a big difference in websites messing up and needing to be corrected. and in giving out blatant misinformation and twisting facts to where you just say things that are blatantly untrue. >> thats so true. let me correct myself. i said loss of health care, i meant a healthy salary. youre right. so technical glitch does not mean theres a problem with the program itself. it means theres some c...

Jon: i think back to the 2008 campaign. i mean, barack obama campaigned as the guy who was going to bring hip and cool and technology to the government. hes the first president to use a blackberry encrypted, of course. and to think that the program that he so championed is bee -- beset by all the computer problems that couldnt be thought of in advance, thats disturbing where we should go from here. >> maybe they should have contracted with gooigle to make this work. this is what happens when you...

They were mess with computer problems. they encountered glitches in the system leading to wasted time or worse. in tennessee a man attempted to log on at work and this happened. >> meanwhile in ohio a woman tried to access health care .gov while on her commuter train. >> obama. and here is what happened in new york city when more than four people tried to log on to the governments website at the same time.