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So thats one of the reasons, sanjay, we have announced this tech surge and bringing in new eyes and ears. jeff zines, a colleague and friend of mine from this administration is coming in as a management consultant to the administrator of cms to make sure we look at the whole management system. we want to make sure that we have the best and the brightest in terms of tech folks. we have gathered them together and asked the contractors to bring their a team to the table, have asked the presidential...

Working on it. they have brought in individuals thats part of this tech surge to help them deal with the problems on the web site. so they are the people best situated to answer your questions you have. i would refer you to them about what questions they can answer -- >> take eds question, which seems like a basic right to know information. how much is this costing, taxpayers money as a long-time washington reporter before you took this job, obviously that would likely be something that you felt...

Heroic actions. reggie landsberry said his brother was a good-hearted person who would do anything for anyone. >> here he is, a man who served overseas, as you just said, multiple times only to be gunned down at home. >> i guess we dont choose our fate so to speak in that aspect. he was just somebody who wanted to do the right thing. >> reggie says his favorite memory of michael stems when they were in middle school and they used to play atari together. despite the massive problems with the ob...

Saying well ahead of the launch is that we expected hiccups and glimplgs as you would expect from the launch of any major complex website. >> now the bottom line if the administration continues to say that theyve got what they call a tech surge, bringing in it professionals to help fix this website and they also say the website is just basically in their eyes a small part of a broader law that theyre trying to impment, jay carney at one point using a football analogy saying theyre going do keep ...

Problems. >> i think hes providing management advice and consultation but for more details about his role because hes being brought on by hhs, i would refer you to hhs. >> reporter: the white house is offering few additional details about the website rescue effort. >> i would refer you to hhs. the tech surge was announced by cms and hhs. i would refer you to them. >> reporter: republicans want more oversight, calling for weekly reports on the websites progress and delay of the individual mandate...

She is going to testify next week to a congressional committee. and i think the other important big headline martin, the cms is going to deliver daily briefings about the website. a number of republicans, but also democrats, were calling for more traernls transparency as the obama administration attempts to get to the root of what is wrong. it looks like they have listened. and they very least, they feel this is a smart part of their sort of damage control strategy. theyre really trying to take ...

And using rich expertise and management acumen, jeff will provide short term advice, assessments, recommendations. coming here in the beginning of the year as director of the national economic council. this is a short term assignment for hhs. >> he will manage the tech surge that president obama promised yesterday. >> experts from private sector tech companies who have seen things like this happen before, they want it to work. theyre reaching out. theyre offering to send help. we have had some o...

Affecting online enrollment but the question now is were there red flags that something was wrong before the website even launched? cnns jim acosta is live in washington with the latest. what do we know about this? >> reporter: chris, what we know is administration officials are being hush hush about whos being brought in to fix the health care website and how long it will take. there is one thing the white house will acknowledge and that is theyve got a big problem. the way administration offic...

1-800-318-2596. >> but when the going gets enough washington the finger-pointing starts. this morning, it begins in "the washington post" which reports via a series of anonymous quotes that health cacare.gov was laund despite early warning signs of serious technical problems. the white house responds that 20 million people have viewed the site and the problems with the site are being worked out and will continue to be until the consumer experience is improved. but on monday, press secretary jay ...

Precisely because the product is good. >> the web site has been riddled with glitches and errors. the president adding, there are other ways to enroll, by phone, direct mail, or in person. but his administration is now working with the brightest and best minds, he says, to perform what he calls a tech surge to fix the web site. critics say the site, which cost $200 million to develop l not be a quick fix at all. and they even questioned the cost. >> i dont know what these people were doing. they...