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>> youre the other 99% youre not watching and wont make a difference of a hill of beans. what matters hoise who controls the narrative. the president talked about the messaging problems. detractors say its not messaging, its substance. in the truth is its both. >> he can message all he wants insuring the case of obamacare -- he doesnt refer to it as obamacare anymore. always the affordable care act, which isnt what it was when think things -- >> thats a tarnished phrase now. negative -- >> exact...

Numbers like washington states, eight times as many young people signed up for medicaid rather than private health insurance. it is not about getting young people involved in this policy. it is about getting young people involved in private health insurance perhaps to balance out the market. are we even missing the story here? it is not just about getting them, but getting them in the right place. >> what were miss something better plan to begin with, single-payer, medicare for all would have wo...

Dismantle any of the centrifuges. we havent asked them to dismantle their big heavy water centrifuge. all these things are in place so they can create a nuclear weapon. we havent asked them to do that. i guess what were getting though is u.n. inspectors in the door and hopefully theyre not tricked. >> bob, one of the things that also happened this weekend in "the new york times" by unnamed administration officials, they were saying that the big idea here was to give iran a taste of sanctions rel...

We havent asked them to dismantle any of the centrifuges. we havent asked them to dismantle their big heavy water centrifuge. all these things are in place so they can create a nuclear weapon. we havent asked them to do that. i guess what were getting though is u.n. inspectors in the door and hopefully theyre not tricked. >> bob, one of the things that also happened this weekend in "the new york times" by unnamed administration officials, they were saying that the big idea here was to give iran ...

There. there are conspiracy theorists who will keep on banging the drum. but in the end what were talking about is a sloppily executed rollout on a plan much bigger than the website. repeal would involve people no longer getting repetitive care with co-pay. it would involve people not being allowed to stay on their parents insurance until 26. and millions of people with medicaid expansion. i think its import that the governors of kentucky, washington and kentucky wrote an op-ed in "the washingto...

At stake, its the presidents second term and his presidency. so im wondering, can he, one, win back the trust of the american people and, two, frankly get anything done if hes spending so much time trying to stop republicans from defunding or other ways hurting his signature piece of legislation? >> well, hes not going to be able to get anything else done until the health care chaos gets fixed and until the website starts working, until they can get some momentum on that front. but they also hav...

The past. so i understand what members of congress are doing who are up for re-election. we dont want to pass anything and i dont even think the president expects congress to pass anything to open up the affordable care act. it wont happen. >> you have the new numbers out, an all time low for the president, approval at 39%. as highlighted by other shows and this as well, the honesty and trust worthy heavily questioned from americans as well. this messaging problem persists with explaining to peo...

Is this a messaging problem for the white house? >> they got busted, i think deservedly so for leaving out that qualifier. it is important to it a step back. president obama said if you like your insurance you can coop it. that does apply to the majority of the people with health insurance, whether from your employer or people who dont have health insurance at all. where he was wrong and the qualification he left out was regarding that 5 to 6% in the private health insurance market. a lot of the...

Messaging problem. and ill give you there are real glitches in the website. but it does feel to me, vicky, like thats different are than the claims being made this week, which is that aca itself, health care reform is a failure. >> its so hard to get past that red line, melissa. there was a weakness in the aca of going on the offense since the beginning, going out and having public knowledge campaigns about what this program was. i think this is where people will get stuck and it will take a lit...

You can always say the website will get fixed. this keeps getting worse. "l.a. times" story people being dropped. the sticker shock aspect of it. kelly odonnells story on the president knowing people wouldnt be able to keep their insurance policies. how were the democrats responding on the hill and how concerned are they right now this is an issue that will put a drag on them in 2014? >> theyve asked the white house, democrats on capitol hill how do we respond when our constituents call and beli...