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Emerald city. here are todays top lines. be afraid. be very afraid. >> its halloween, and boy, is it scary. >> there she is. promising, swearing to god that shes going to tell the truth. >> chair now advises you that you are -- ill now read you -- -- >> to the best of your knowledge, has a man ever dli h delivered a baby? >> nothing will save this show. >> do you agree with this type of advertising for obama care. >> i cant see it. >> its a college student doing a keg stand. >> its so good. >> s...

Lucinda in my district who had a plan, they liked it, it was affordable, but it is being terminated and now they do not have health insurance? >> insurance companies cancel individual policies year in and year out. they are a one year contract with individuals. it they are not life time plans, theyre not an employer plan. >> pretty me move on. i will remind you, some people like to drive a ford, not a fair rarely p. and some people like to drink out of a red solo cup, not a crystal stem. youre t...

And some people like to dripping out of a red red solo cup, no at crystal stem. youre taking away their choice. >> reporter: you sort of saw there secretary sebelius struggled trying to explain why people are being dropped from their plans. eventually explained that its because there are new requirements for benefits under this new law that werent there before and arent are some of the plans. requirements that give better benefits, consumer protections and people conditions ant be l. and it fell...

Wont tell us who made the decision. >> amazon would never do this. pro-flowers would never do this. kayak would never do this. >> some people like to drive a ford, not a ferrari. some people like to drink out of a red solo cup and not a crystal stem. youre taking away their choice. >> but this time democrats on the committee were not going to take the criticism lying down. >> i dont know how you keep your cool, madam secretary, with this continuous effort on the part of the gop to sabotage the a...

Affordable and now it is being terminated and now they do have health insurance? >> insurance companies cancel individual policies year in, year out. they are one-year contract with individuals. >> okay. >> they are not lifetime plans. theyre not employer plan. >> let me move -- on. if what they wanted, i will remind you, some people like to drive a ford, not a ferrari. some people like to drink out of a red cup not crystal stem. youre taking away their choice. lets put the screen shot up. i wan...

If you had one of these substandard plans before the affordable care act became law, and you really like that plan, you are able to keep it thats what i said when i was running for office. that was part of the promise we made. >> this is my letter, the letter my family got canceling our insurance. we chose to have our own private policy back in colorado so we could be in the same boat as every one of my constituents. yet, my insurance policy has been cancelled. >> some people like to drive a for...

Throughout the entire hearing today, the healthcare.gov website was down again. >> president kept saying, if you like your health care plan, you can keep it, so is he keeping his promise? >> yes, he is. >> what do you say to mark and lusinda in my district who had a plan, they liked it, it was affordable, but it is being terminated and now they do not have health insurance? >> insurance companies cancel individual policies year in and year out. theyre a one-year contract with individuals. they a...

Now some pickings from the political grapevine. the government kept spending money on items you might not consider so essential. the state department awarded the $5 million contract for crystal stem and bar ware. they told foreignpolicy.com said the times was not unusual. they are demanding the va explain its purchase of $562,000 in artwork at the end of fiscal year 2013. the va told us the art does not have anything to do with the end of the spending year and is part of a larger plan to improve...

>> the president said if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. is he keeping his promise? >> yes, he is. >> my insurance policy was cancelled. the white house website says if you like your health plan you have, you can keep it. did i hear it wrong? >> i am as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch of health care.gov. >> i think its great that you are a team player taking responsibility it is the presidents ultimate responsibility, correct? >> you clearly -- uh -- whatev...

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