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The federal government is running these the sign-up website. the government says it will accept paper applications until april 7th and take as much time as necessary to handle unfinished cases on healthcare.gov. joining me now, senator robert casey of pennsylvania. always a pleasure, sir. thanks for joining me. >> thanks, alex. >> so, we have midnight tomorrow as being the official deadline to enroll in obamacare. we have the white house saying that more than six million people have now signed u...

The other day. a woman that lives in my neighborhood, vera. she has got a college education, spent 18 years in the banking -- working for banking institutions. and has spent day after day after day trying to find work. if they talk to people like that, theyll get it. if they ignore people like that, maybe theyll just play the washington game. >> yeah. i was reading about vera and joe, those scranton residents that you spoke with. all right, well thank you very much, senator bob casey, its always...

survey of big american cities, see how it ended up in last place. well explain. hey there, everyone. high noon in the east. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we have breaking news to share right now. within the hour, secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with russias foreign minister in paris, this to discuss the tense situation in ukraine. kristen welker standing by at the white house with us. why is this meeting any different from previous meetings and what exactly is t...

0 zones when it comes to the irs and benghazi. as if on cue, we had another irs hearing this morning and controversy over the obamacare numbers in the latest report. how big of a problem is that for the 2014 designs? >> well, i think its a problem for the democrats because people largely accept this. i understand why its being done as a matter of politics, but its fundamentally dishonest, take the cbo report, that was pretty damning information about obama care but does not say about what is bei...

Want to bring an update, everyone, on an incident that happened in columbia, maryland, about an hour and twenty five minutes ago, at the mall in columbia. we have confirmation from the howard county police department that three people have been shot and killed. we do not know if one person may be the shooter or not. what police have confirmed is only that one of three bodies was found outside of a gun and ammunition store inside that mall. there were shots first reported to police about 11:15 ea...

Youre going to see change that we couldnt even imagine on the ability to have background checks, the ability to have votes on that that are successful, as well as a limitation on the magazines, the number of bullets available at one time and one place. i think of the three, by the way, thats the most important. but i think the election will be the first one, where there is parity in spending on this issue, and that will change the issue. but i think it started with newtown. >> lets hope so, sir,...

>> weve got to make sure were taking steps we need to. but i just hope the russian government, as theyre securing the site they work with us. >> yeah. senator, let me ask you quickly about tuesdays state of the union. the white house has just this morning sent out a preview that read, quote, on tuesday night, the president will lay out a set of real concrete, practical proposals to grow the economy, strengthen the middle class and empower all who hope to join it. i know, sir, you spoke with repo...

0 affordable care act since october 1st. that is still behind the pace the administration had hoped for. but officials say those numbers are encouraging. republican leaders voted friday to shorten their presidential selection process, in an effort to lessen the damage, attacking each other during the primary season. under this new schedule, new hampshire, iowa, south carolina and nevada, will host the first four contests in february of 2016. the rest of the states and territories will vote bet...

0 to tuesday. this is one of those arctic blasts that you dont see all that often, but its here, and its going to be one of the coldest weather stretches weve seen in quite some time, alex. >> yeah, im going to keep you out just for a second. we know the players and fans there in green bay are certainly hearty. is the stadium helping, the team officials doing anything to help them out for those who want to brave the game? >> reporter: well, they are passing out about 70,000 hand warmers. you kno...

0 this conflict, and thats also part of the calculation. >> in fact, richard, as youve been reporting over the years and over the last two weeks, thats probably the most important part of the calculation. thank you so much for all of your work, for your reporting today from from afghanistan. and that security agreement between afghanistan and the united states has tremendous implications for both. not just for the military, also for the women of afghanistan who have made significant progress in ...