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Campaign wrote a memo saying i dont think that either the people or the processes that you guys have put in place are likely to produce a result that we all want. after that memo arrived the head of omv, the economic team basically said yeah, we are kind of concerned about. this and they raised some questions as to whether somebody from the outside, somebody who knew more about startup insurance, about running a business be brought in to manage the implementation of law. but obviously thats not ...

It is the law. so what are we going to do? we have to a mend it. i think we do need to delay the implementation of it. not deny but delay it and step back and examine what we got. >> throw months or a year, how long the delay? >> i dont know. i would like to talk about it because of so much going o. >> quickly to guy before we move on to breaking news, guy. governor romney said you havent been honest until you are honest you will pay a big price for that. >> he could start being honest tomorrow,...

Down and no one would recognize him. he doesnt seem to enjoy the back-slapping or back and forth compromise. is he too removed from the dirty work of governing and especially the dirty work of washington? >> i would have to say wyes and no. i think his coolness and detachment which was something special during the campaign is a problem in washington. we have to remember the opposition he faces. it is very intense. republicans since 2010 fought fierce budget battles and made it very difficult for...

Congress were risking bad implementation for a short-term political gain. regarding the presidents infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. in recent days, current aides have downplayed or dismissed the damage of those words. >> the vast majority of americans that statement will hold true. for this small group of americans it hasnt. the calamitous thing here the website wasnt up. many of tho...

Thats not part of my investigation. it could be anything. we were all wondering back in my department, you know, what was the beef with the tsa guy. i dont understand that. none of us really know. thats where we are right now. right now, i think in our town, were trying to kind of get the community back together. obviously were supporting the ciancia family. theyre having a rough time with this. this is just like any normal family, you know, in your community and your son goes away and decides h...

That drew a sarcastic response from carney. >> i get it. but the person who calls -- >> the president said you could apply within 25 minutes. thats not true. >> theres a reason to be quizzic quizzical. you call up, give your information, you get the answers to the questions you have. >> reporter: meanwhile david cutler confirms to fox he wrote a memo more than three years ago warning the administration they had to make drastic changes. cutler telling "the washington post," quote, they were runni...

Of and implementation of the affordable care act. theres no question about that. if the question is, do we wish the website was wishing more effectively and thus that more had been done to make sure it would work effectively come october 1st, the answer is unquestionedably yes. >> they do have a point person in terms of fixing the design. but hes leaving at the end of the year from hhs to come over here to the white house for an economic post so theyll have to look for someone else if they need ...

The piece that you guys ran this weekend was the fact that the president from the very moment this law was passed said and prioritized the development of the website. as you write, hours after the bill had been enacted, the president stood on truman balcony with champagne toast with his weary staff and put them on notice, they needed to get started carrying out the law the very next morning. given that, his attention and focus and reiteration of the importance of the website, how come this was -...

October 1st and really couldnt move it or shift it. you have a reality where it also appears they start building up the website only after the 2012 election in part because they are wary of republicans attacking part of it. almost a fear of what would be said on fox news, i think really drove a lot of this. they seem to be very nervous about starting really set up after 2012. then you have a very short time period, less than a year to basically set up a website for the entire country to look at....

Complicated implementation like this and now placed in charge of integrating the entire system. there are a lot of unanswered questions. >> congressman, you are so right. the fox over the hen house. thank you so much, congressman johnson, for being with us. well stay on this. thank you. and coming up, congressman daryl issa and the facts that led to the disaster known as obama care. tonights insta poll. how would you fix obama care? facebook or tweet me. well read your answers later in the sho...