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Point in time and at that time this was katrina on top of a whole bunch of things, but that was a tipping point for him, and he never recovered. the president is in a small window right now. hes got -- i think he set a deadline for his political future in november 30th, right? the websites got to get ready and thats about maybe when the publics patience runs out. >> look. this is a culmination of a number of issues reflected in the poll results. you have benghazi and snowden and a flawed respons...

Repeated the words, doesnt look like it is going to get any better soon. >> it is on white house.gov right now. the people who passed this law, who all voted for it, despite the fact that most of them didnt even read it. >> of course it affects them, that is why you see many of them calling for a delay in the implementation of the mandate. that is why many are beginning to jump ship on this. it will affect the president, unquestionably going into next year. what the administration has to hope fo...

Responsible for implementation e implementation of the affordable care act. i have heard you refer to yourself as a point person for the rollout. you are kind of the point person, are you not, for this rollout? sebelius: yes, sir. >> earlier you were asked about the rollout of this and the affordable care act altogether, but the thing that is most surprising to me is when you have the point person here, and youryou are not going to the exchange, i have heard you say you got some advice from behi...

Repeated the words, doesnt look like it is going to get any better soon. >> it is on white house.gov right now. the people who passed this law, who all voted for it, despite the fact that most of them didnt even read it. >> of course it affects them, that is why you see many of them calling for a delay in the implementation of the mandate. that is why many are beginning to jump ship on this. it will affect the president, unquestionably going into next year. what the administration has to hope fo...

Larger federal exchange. yet, every single republican on the house ways and means committee voted for a plan that would put 50 million seniors on to health care exchanges. so if as people say the rollout of obama care discredits liberal government, it discredits the conservative vision too. >> joining me now is the governor of massachusetts whos ov overseeing the implementation of that states health care plan. and now, the first question, governor, is, as we watch these rollout of the health car...

Responsible for the implementation of the affordable care act. ive heard you referred to and maybe yourself as the point person for the roll outout, the architect of implementing the affordable care act. you are kind of the presidents point person for this roll out? >> yes, sir. >> i earlier, you were asked, and theres a lot of things striking about the roll out of this and about the affordable care act all together, but the thing thats most striking to me is when we have the point person for th...

Accurately answer that question. what we know we have a system that doesnt function properly. >> definitely know that. >> as we fix things, we will know more about what is broken along the way. and i will be able -- >> would someone in your office know, somebody in your office oversaw this implementation and received the product and they either said this is the product we contracted and paid hundreds of millions of dollars to build or it wasnt. does somebody in your office have the ability -- >>...

Build? >> i dont think i can accurately answer that question. what we know is we have a system that doesnt function properly. >> we definitely know that. >> as we fix things, we will know more about what is broken along the way and ill be able -- >> so somebody in your office oversaw the implementation and received the product. >> thats true. >> they either said this is the contract and paid hundreds of millions of dollars to build or it wasnt. does anybody in your office have the ability to get...

Company ceo would be? >> sir, hes the president of the united states. i have given him regular reports and those -- i am responsible for the implementation of the affordable care act. thats what he asked me to do and thats what ill continue to do. >> so youre saying that the president is not responsible for hhs? >> sir, i didnt say that. >> okay. so the president ultimately is responsible. while i think its great that youre a team player and youre taking responsibility, it is the presidents ulti...

Fairness for the american people losing their coverage and seeing premiums skyrocket as high as 400%. this is about transparency. the administration boasts the number of americans that apply, they intentionally withhold precise enrollment numbers. why? these are critical to fully understand the status engaging the progress of implementation. the lead contractor testified only last week they had the data, but needed the administrations permission to release it. we asked the secretary for the figu...