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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator Steve Dickson announced Wednesday that he will resign from his post.

>> theres a lot we still dont know. thats a reality. you cant anticipate all the consequences of obamacare even though you have some evidence that people are signing up, people who didnt have insurance now have insurance. those are positive signs. you dont know the rest. >> well, we have other evidence, too. we have 170-some million people who arent being denied because theyve pre-existing conditions. 3 million young people who are now on their parents health care plan. there are a lot of benefi...

Hard to believe its almost the end of the year. you have voted for the top ten stories of 2013, and we have the results. we dont have a drum roll, but i suppose i could do one on the desk. here we go, coming in at ten is the supreme court cruruling on same-sex marriage. number nine is the cleveland kidnapped women and their rescue. number eight, the syrian civil war. number seven, the philippines typhoon, and number six, the obamacare rollout debacle. now i want to bring in alina machado here to...

Numbers, people are going to have a hard time believing that, arent they? >> i think this is a self-delusion. once the website issues are finally ironed out and many of them have been. some of them remain on the back end. but once this technological, you know, series of glitches has been dealt with, well be fine and this will no longer be a story. but the big issues you just raised, martha, dropped coverage and also higher premiums, these are going to be new realities. and i think more searing a...

Lightning. all just before the collapse. there is even report of a lightning strike in the theater and water leaking down inside the theater before the accident. local government agencies will release some kind of a report next couple hours. there will be a longer investigation. the theater owners in london are also looking seriously at their own safety and security measures. 32,000 theater-goers take to these venues every night. it is big business here and obviously the folks here, everybody he...

Feinstein of california, they have been changing their minds in recent days, saying that things are so broken in washington, the nuclear option may be the only way to fix it. im hearing that reed feels more confident hes at least close to having enough support for his caucus that he could make the changes as soon as today. the last thing i will say, is an important one, republicans argue that democrats dont really have that big of a problem with the presidents nominees and theyre just simply try...

Gus, age 24, had a history of mental problems. we have a report on what police know today and how people in that community are reacting to this tragedy. martha: president obama saying he thinks republicans should share in the obamacare rollout debacle. here is part of what he said. >> we should have anticipated that would create a rockier rollout than if democrats and republicans were both invested in success. one of the problems we have had is one side of capitol hill is invested in failure and...

Hes been in the state legislature since 2001. jenna, back to you. jenna: so many unanswered questions right now, steve, so well be staying close to the story as it develops. thank you very much. >> reporter: okay. jon: and there are new developments in our top stories and breaking news as well this hour. the obamacare rollout debacle under the microscope again. dual congressional hearings today, the warnings the white house had and when. also why its still decided to launch the health care site ...

Bill: so the aid starting to flow more quickly into the philippines, 10 days after that devastating typhoon. shipments of water and food are being loaded off of trucks at the airport. teams are clearing away debris from the main roads to gain better access. military and civilian teams from all over the world arrived to help. the united states is leading the way in that effort. one military commander saying the effort, the darkest night is over but its not yet one%. >> white house is now scrambli...

>> are the jobs that have health insurance? >> absolutely. one of two things will happen. you will either get insurance through your employer or when you have a job, you can take your money and buy health care. you get to spend the money the way you want to spend it. >> all right. almost 25% of floridas residents are uninsured. that is the second highest percentage among the 50 states. gloria borger, she has the inside scoop on the obama care rollout debacle. you hear the word debacle all the ti...