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Shes admitting that the website still as we speak has serious problems. >> and a lot will depend when they get it fixed and who knows when that will be. they say the end of november. who knows. beyond the website problems she was grilled about people being dropped from their plans and the president said over and over if you like it, you can keep it. what did she say about that? >> what is important to note thon line of questioning particularly from republicans, from the house speaker on down the...

Personal privilege. i just think the record ought to be clear about jeffrey zients. he was invited with less than a weeks notice, he couldnt make it that day, he asked for some other day. he went to omb and had nothing to do with the solyndra contract. he did come before us and talk about it, but his sole role was to represent omb and i dont think there ought to be any disparagement of jeffrey zients, hes a well regarded public servant. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, madam secretary. now, ...

You just heard joe johns reporting the obama administration knew in september the web site wasnt ready to go live. people seeing what really happened and the scale of the problems thus far ask fairly how could they have ignored that it seems. >> i dont think anyone is ignoring any of the problems that are happening. what is happening is thousands upon thousands of people are successfully going online and able to sign up for health care which they may have not had before or had access to before. ...

Admitted because of the website problems, there is no question, her words, that the roane rollment will be very low. and then there is what the vice president said to christie paul. i have to play this again. do you know what i love about joe biden? he says what he thinks. emwhat happened. here is the vice president. >> reporter: have you tried to get job line yourself? >> no. the president trade to get online. and my daughter tried to get online. i did not because it was clear that i wasnt gett...

Website. >> i told the president that we were ready to go. clearly i was wrong. >> republicans eagerly pointed out the website wasnt even working during the 3 1/2-hour hearing. >> its been down the whole time ive been testifying. >> democrats were eager to point out the positive. >> women can no longer be charged more than a man for the same coverage. >> some worried website problems are masking all that and want to be sure it would be fixed by the new november 30th deadline. >> do you have full...

>> we know consumers are edge tore purchase this coverage and millions of americans that attempted to use healthcare.gov to shop and enroll, i want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. >> reporter: marlin was peppered with questions about when shell have rollout numbers for obama care. she stuck to a scrip. >> well have them available mid november, mid november, mid november. >> reporter: she doesnt expect a massive influx of inrenroll l at first. >> enrollme...

Care web site had problems weeks before the launch. so why did the health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius, say the president didnt know anything about the web site problems? and why were the warnings ignored? outfront tonight, joe johns. joe, what are you learning about this report, about what they knew? >> reporter: erin, the main contractor, the key contractor, cgi, issued this confidential report to the agency overseeing the healthcare.gov rollout. it warned of a number of ope...

Questions and for responding when you were extended the courtesy to offer a response. as a strong supporter of the affordable care act, im frustrated and i think its fair to say that the american people are frustrated as well. i heard you here many times this morning say youre frustrated. i think boy ay and large peoplet this law to work. when i talk to folks back home where i represent even people who opposed the law initially arent rooting for the failure of the affordable care act. instead th...

Plagued obama care webb. >> i will the president that we were ready to go. clearly i was wrong. >> reporter: republicans eagerly pointed out that the website was not even working during this three and a half hour hearing. >> it has been down the whole time weve been testifying. >> reporter: democrats were eager to point out the positive. >> women can no longer be charged more than a man for the same coverage. >> reporter: some worried website problems are masking all that and want to be sure it ...

Thank you for fielding our questions and for responding when you are extended the courtesy to offer a response. as a strong supporter of the affordable care act, im frustrated and i think its fair to say that the american people are frustrated as well. and i heard you say many times this morning youre frustrated. i think by and large people want this law to work. when i talk to folks back home that i represent, even people who opposed the law initially arent rooting for the failure of the afford...