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In terms of what the role will entail, what the outlines are, yes, sir. >> okay. hard-working american taxpayers have already paid for this implementation once. do you think its fair to ask taxpayers to pay more so that qssi can now attempt to do something that administrator tavenner and her team were unable to do right the first time? >> i think the american taxpayers expect us to get the site up and running. >> im certain they did. they expected it the first time. >> i understand. so did i. we...

Exceptions, and they didnt do it. >> what do they do now? theyre sending out tweets basically telling us not to believe our lying eyes. and today, it was a full-on press corp at the white house press briefing. >> well, i wish the president and his staff would come forward and say look, there are a lot of problems with the implementation of obama care, the affordable care act. and well put things on hold and try to fix the problems. and we also want to try to understand your angst, american peopl...

>> that discussion is underway in terms of what the outlines are, yes, sir. >> hard-working american taxpayers have already paid for this implementation once. do you think its fair to ask taxpayers to pay more so that qssi can now attempt to do something that administrator tavenner and her cms team were unable to do right the first time? >> i think the american taxpayers expect us to get the site up and running. >> im certain they did. they expected it the first time. >> i understand. so did i. ...

Solution to fix it. >> you know the whole roll. we have come up with many. >> he is practicing his lines today. >> thank you. >> gentle man well talk to you later. >> in the meanwhile, there is new concerns about the angle of obama care and if your doctor participates in the program. there is a new poll by the new york immediately society and 44 percent of the new york doctors are not participate nothing the nations new health care plan. after serious concerns that many professionals have about ...

It is not our fault, it is the insurance companys fault. joining me, a veteran of two presidential campaigns, democratic analyst, welcome to you both. simon, let me start with you. i mean, now, you are a defender of the administration. let me get your thoughts on this. >> well, there is clearly a lot of work to be done on obama care. i mean, the implementation has been a little bit rocky. there are some things that have gone right. i think the biggest fault i would place and the things youre cov...

It is not our fault, it is the insurance companys fault. joining me, a veteran of two presidential campaigns, democratic analyst, welcome to you both. simon, let me start with you. i mean, now, you are a defender of the administration. let me get your thoughts on this. >> well, there is clearly a lot of work to be done on obama care. i mean, the implementation has been a little bit rocky. there are some things that have gone right. i think the biggest fault i would place and the things youre cov...

That you contracted them to build? >> i dont think i can accurately answer that question. what we know is we have a system that doesnt function properly. as we fix things, we will know more about what is broengen along the way. >> so would someone in your office know, i mean somebody in your office oversaw this implementation and received the product and they either said this is the product we contracted or it wasnt. >> i think that we can say that the products testified individually va fied ind...

Hour two. im brooke baldwin. we hope you saw it right here on cnn today. health secretary kathleen sebelius says shes sorry. shes sorry for the presidents bug-riddled health care website which she herself concedes is a miserably frustrating experience for those who try to use it. her fault, she said today, as her long awaited appearance on the bummy rollout. and some republicans want to know, does the blame go higher? >> so is the president not ultimately responsible? like a company ceo would be...

That. >> i want you to listen to this exchange with gregg harper, the republican congressman from mississippi. >> was the president not ultimately responsible like a companys 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 to imcontinue to do. >> youre saying the president is not responsible for hhs. >> i didnt say that. >> s...

>> i guarantee you, they could have put it on hold. if the president said it is happening too fast, we dont know what is happening in terms of the implementation of the law, and the implementation through the actual process is not going as i envisioned. lets slow down and try to fix it and do it right. >> quickly, before i let you go, what do you think is happening inside the white house right now? >> well, i hope theyre second-guessing their strategies, allowing a misrepresentation to be so sol...