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New obama care enrollment numbers that were released just a few moments ago. they show while the numbers improved dramatically in december the administration is nowhere near hitting the benchmarks it hit before enrollment began. more than 2 million have signed up for health insurance through the federal and state exchanges. of that 2 million, only 24% are between the ages of 18 and 34. thats very significant. and a far cry from the administrations goal of 40% enrollment among young adults. while...

The state level ear strarting to get data back too. state exchanges can tell us and maybe give us a preview of what the national overall national number. >> first 30 days sebelius said they had no ability to count how many people had signed up of course they can do that. >> hard to count to a. >> they had that information. >> anyway, all right, panel. got to go. friday night. coming up, more than a year after the murder of four americans including our ambassador the obama administration finally ...

Strarting to get data back too. state exchanges can tell us and maybe give us a preview of what the national overall national number. >> first 30 days sebelius said they had no ability to count how many people had signed up of course they can do that. >> hard to count to a. >> they had that information. >> anyway, all right, panel. got to go. friday night. coming up, more than a year after the murder of four americans including our ambassador the obama administration finally naming the group beh...

And a pilot who seems to have done everything right. >> he flew the airplane exactly the way his training would have taught him to. he kept his head. the results are really good. i think its a success story in every conceivable way. >> reporter: the faa is now investiga investigating. the ntsb may as well. the plane has been moved off the highway. all that hydraulic fluid cleaned up and the road back open and moving on whats expected to be another busy travel day. >> okay, kristen. thanks so muc...

The law works. does it provide enough access to doctors you want to go to? does it have low enough co-pays? does it protect religious freedom, as you were mentioning? all these sort of implementation fights are the next phase of the obamacare fight. thats going to be throughout 2014, throughout the election season. you know, any massive change like this requires people to pay close attention. its going to require a lot of legislative tweaking and people paying attention to it and criticizing it....

Thousands of erroneous sign-up applications from the government and people who thought today had enrolled but not gotten confirmation. kathleen sebelius says she is thrilled millions of people for the first time have health security with new benefits. sebelius says there will be some implementation issues, and a key house chairman says expect lots of glitches. >> the bottom line is they were never ready for prime time. people across the country are getting sticker shock. theyre seeing, you know,...

Call them and see if theyre there right now. >> dont be surprised if its an indian accent that picks up. >> theyve outsourced it. >> the white house has issued a statement on enrollment numbers. the numbers are the latest indication that the affordable care act is making a positive difference in the lives of millions of american families and secured them access to quality affordable health insurance. thats good news, but work has continued through the holidays and the president has been regularl...

Camera in minneapolis. our nbc affiliate kare is reporting an explosion at an apartment building. as many as a dozen people have been injured and the fire is now at three alarms. we will stay on top of this breaking news story and bring you any new details as soon as we get them. i guarantee you will have some in the coming hours. well, the day has arrived. millions of americans will begin to receive insurance coverage today under president obamas health care law and the presidents political o...

People can extrapolate and we cant, charles gabor has estimated there are about 2 million people in the federal and state exchanges. hes estimated another 4 million people will be in the medicaid program. thats not even counting the 3 million young adults who are on their parents plans. if hes in the right ballpark, and i cant say whether he is today, but if hes in the right ballpark, thats a lot of people signing up for insurance. >> i want to just get one more quick question in. i understand t...

Release. so why are we talking about their new freedom on the last day of 2013? for one thing, washington did not want to send them back to china for fear the uighurs would be tortured, if not worse, by the chinese government. other countries caved in to chinese arm twisting and refused to take them. in 2009, the obama administration fought a judges order to release them in virginia, though administration officials did spend years trying to find homes for them in other countries. many advocates ...