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Season. this is just scratching the surface of ecommerce. >> so what happens to rural america? does service really slow down in smaller towns across the country? i mean, there are a lot of small towns across the country. >> absolutely. when they close, plan to close processing plants and put mail on trucks to go 200 miles to get processed, rather in the city, 20 miles away or 10 miles away, mail service is obviously going to be slowed down. that daily newspaper, instead of getting to the mailbox...

There someone that works ago. -- okay. others are just a mess when you went to sebelius that is overall in charge of the rollout. did you flag her to some of the problems? did you say, look, madam secretary, this could happen? >> well, what i said for a long time is that ecommerce is a science. its not an easy thing to do. try to be like amazon.com or ebay or ehealth is not a pretty picture. and so you have got government people trying to do the same thing trying to build the next. you told her ...

There someone that works ago. -- okay. others are just a mess when you went to sebelius that is overall in charge of the rollout. did you flag her to some of the problems? did you say, look, madam secretary, this could happen? >> well, what i said for a long time is that ecommerce is a science. its not an easy thing to do. try to be like amazon.com or ebay or ehealth is not a pretty picture. and so you have got government people trying to do the same thing trying to build the next. you told her ...

One tried this in the federal government and ecommerce site and the result it is utter chaos and billions of wasted taxpayer dollars. >> two states, minnesota and oregon. 450 million spent on those two state exchanges. they are not working. they are described as almost comical. who will be held responsible for the state exchange. >> the only people held accountable in all of this alisyn is the american taxpayers. no one is being fired at cm s and we had the director of the exchange in oregon res...

That demographic information. zero, none. >> theres something to what nancy pelosi said, well find out whats in it after we read it. >> why arent the republicans more aggressive in at least trying to figure out whats going on? >> the press is doing their work for them. look, theyve got television -- >> thats not exactly leadership dish. >> no, its not, but theyve got television -- your audience is bigger than any ecommerce has got today. youre talking about whats happened, what he said, whats wr...

That demographic information. zero, none. >> theres something to what nancy pelosi said, well find out whats in it after we read it. >> why arent the republicans more aggressive in at least trying to figure out whats going on? >> the press is doing their work for them. look, theyve got television -- >> thats not exactly leadership dish. >> no, its not, but theyve got television -- your audience is bigger than any ecommerce has got today. youre talking about whats happened, what he said, whats wr...

Bring in people from the private sector that have a lot of experience in high-traffic ecommerce and commercial websites. it will be, as zeke said, crucially important that somebody is there to ensure that this continues. look, there are going to be bugs and glitches going forward. every time that happens, it will be a big and interesting story. this is not going to solve itself, its going to take days and months for it to work itself out. its not a task that was done over the weekend. it will co...

Exchange between the local people and the local her chants. >> the small business administration reports over 28 million small businesses across the country. and that half of working americans either own or work for a small business. so today, obviously, a very big day for many. while black friday is for big box stores, cyber monday for ecommerce. today is getting out and showing love for your local community store. showing love with the wallet too. >> great idea. i can guarantee you that there ...

Having this thing working. time.things conflict all were already being told lets celebrate mediocrity. think about how many websites are out there that can handle more than 50,000 people at a time. ecommerce is what its all about these days. there are a number of companies in america that could have put that together. the spanish-language version wont be up for awhile. small business has been hit. these may feel minute to others but it is compounded on everything else. >> charles payne filling i...

Fifth-consecutive week. finishing at a new, fresh record high. the s&p also on its longest winning streak since the middle of february. go to jeff in london. we have amazon maybe saving the postal service? or at least saving our holiday? i cant tell. >> this is a great ecommerce story. amazon tying up with the u.s. postal service and theyre going to deliver on a sunday. thats the big breakthrough. it seems thats something fedex and u.p.s. wont do without an additional charge. the postal service ...