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Information documents from the administration? if so what specifically and what policies specifically are you going to go after? >> well, i think the first thing we have to do is make sure we keep the focus on the american people and not on politics. the way that you do that is to figure out, first and foremost, who actually has benefitted from the so-called success of obama care in its roll-out. what we know about controlling costs is that we cant find the key ingredients to controlling cost in...

Obama administration. as you know, shes been very much embattled over the last several months ever since the rollout of obamacare. specifically marred by the very poor rollout of the website, healthcare.gov in october. well, as you do know, that website came to its six-month enrollment process at the end of march. there have been some questions over the last several months about sort of what personnel changes might be made. many republicans had called for kathleen sebelius to resign and we now u...

Connecticuts exchange as the best one out there. >> the best one is in connecticut. i was up there last week, and the guy who runs it, former insurance company executive, hes got three big boards with the data of how many people are on now this minute, where are they having problems so that they can go and address them, whats the total enrollment. they have a really dynamic team. >> joining me now, the head of that team, kevin counihan. good to see you, good morning. >> good morning. >> so big s...

At least 21 are dead, 30 missing after that mudslide in washington. rescue crews searching through the mud and debris. this landslide triggered huge damage in two towns north of seattle when it hit on march 22nd. >> it is deadline day to sign up for obama care. anyone not covered could face a tax penalty. you will get extra time if you start an application by today but are unable to finish it, because of the many glitches and snags that have dogged the online enrollment process. the latest techn...

Deadline, people should sign up for insurance, but if youre in line and through no fault of your own you cant get insurance, cant get on the website or cant complete the enrollment process, theres been an extension, so people will have, again, if theyve tried to sign up through no fault of their own, theyd have more time to sign up. >> lets look at the break down between young and old enrollees so far. roughly 25% of people who have purchased plans are between the ages of 18 and 34 at this point...

We found that 71% of people who mentioned the aca in their responses were positive while 29% of you responded negatively about the impact of obamacare. the white house just released today numbers saying more than 6 million people have signed up for obamacare. how is it really changing the amount that people pay in health insurance? we had our responses and im joined by an expert of this, a non-profit advocacy organization working to ensure uninsured americans know how to sign up for obamacare. >...

In last-minute demand could slow down the enrollment process. ukrainian troops leaving crimea by the thousands. the troop buildup fueling growing concern that russian forces are now positioned to move into ukraine if and when theyre ordered to do so. they say the u.s. still does not know russias intentions on the border. traffic is flowing once again at the port of houston. the coast guard partially reopened the busy shipping channel after an oil spill shut it down for three days. it spilled...

. gary b. commit, melissa frances, jonas max ferris and gary glazer, tracy burns and john layfield will be back again next week. larry glazer, four weeks to deadline day, this monster law is was supposed to help. so what. is that a worry? >> brenda, you only get one chance to make a first impression. the first impression is obamacare has been a disaster. it started with a botched enrollment process. it is horror stories, losing your doctor. the american people arent buying it. their interest in ...

Situation for you and your family, but i do appreciate you coming forward and sharing your story with us, because your story is indeed real. you and others around this country are having some real problems with obamacare. and you and your husband once had that private insurance, but when you had your own business, you turned to obamacare and thats when you found yourself in the bureaucratic maze. you had no idea that your kids apparently didnt qualify and had no idea that they were not covered b...

Currently exists. we simply want to slow down the enrollment process and move at a more responsible way, moving forward so that we have an opportunity to come back in the next legislative session next year and better mold this program for several reasons. >> but thats a bit of a change from where the position was initially. you were one of the people that voted against this expansion to begin with. when the impasse over this bill started, the demand, all the reporting suggests the demand coming ...