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This. online problems are marring the rollout of obama care. but now the glitches are stretching into day 11, some experts warn the goal of signing up millions before coverage begins could be in real jeopardy. what happens then? cnns brian todd reports. >> reporter: since virtually the moment it came online, the obama care signup website has been beset with glitches, people not being able to logon, getting booted off. we pressed the administrations point man on all this, david simas. >> folks ...

needed to come out with signs of progress or certainly the markets were going to be upset. what we have now is progress on the debt ceiling. will the government re-open? that is murky as talks continue today. an encouraging sign after house republicans met with president obama at the white house. >> i would characterize this as probably the most constructive. >> reporter: and pledged to keep the talks going. >> we have more discussions. well come back to have more discussions. >> repor...

0 up. >> meanwhile, obama care exchanges, the health care exchanges now in day 11. the system has not gotten much better. well investigate exactly what went wrong and how much money was spent on the system that hasnt worked all that well. what are the problems causing all of this? >> up first, good meeting. the white house powwow may have produced the first real signs of progress towards ending the budget impasse and averting a government default. brianna keilar following developments for us. br...

Exchanges, people also encountered problems trying to apply. surrounded by families who enrolled for insurance coverage president obama asked for patience in a statement yesterday afternoon and also made this argument to shoot back at critics who seized on the glitches. >> just a couple of weeks ago, apple rolled out a new mobile operating system, and within days they found a glitch, so they fixed it. i dont remember anybody suggesting apple should stop selling iphones or ipads or threatening to...

0 the most likely at this point and that is a merging of two very bad deadlines. weve already gone past the government shutdown. were living in that reality of the and then coming up midway through this month is the notion of when does the country run out of its borrowing authority. the treasury department says october 17th is when the country hits that debt ceiling. it seems more and more likely from sources in both parties that they will end up needing to merge these negotiations. how to reope...