Reporter a girl saved by her eyeglasses and may have deflected a bullet during a driveby shooting. A very good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im thomas and good to have you with us. Today is the key deadline for the Affordable Care act better known as obamacare and have it kick in on the first and the troubled website can now handle a rush but it could prevent people from signing up and al jazeera has more. If you have not already you might want to pencil in a couple hours to sign up for healthcare, millions of americans remain uninsured in most states and monday december 23 is the deadline for selecting a plan if you are looking for coverage that starts january first. Its important for people in highrisk pools to get insurance now, that includes those with preexisting conditions, people who lost coverage when insurers cancelled 2013 plans and people in states where medicaid is scaling back. But the january first deadline varies in states that operate their own health exchanges. Open realliment for 2014 runs through march 31st. This man said he signed up without a problem. I got a call yesterday that said i was approved and i came in today and finished the application and im covered now. And website difficulties and other changes are leading to some confusion for others. These constantly changing the rules at the lastminute causes tremendous amount of confusion for consumers and creates uncertainty for health plans. Reporter could face a federal tax penalty if they dont have insurance by march 31st and the penalty is 95 for most people in 2014. But it rises rapidly. By 2016 people without insurance will face penalties of close to 700. To avoid the penalty you need to have some sort of Insurance Plan in place by february 15 and could be a plan through your employer, one purchased on a state or federal exchange or providing eligibility for a government plan like medicare or medicaid. The white house says the increased staff at callin Centers Across the country to help people navigate the system and 12000 people at 17 sites and im with al jazeera. Note for some there is still time to sign up after todays deadline. The Obama Administration said there will be a bit of flexibility for people who have had trouble signing up on line and if there are any glitches on monday, Officials Say they do have a backup plan in place and could mean hundreds of thousands of people clicking away on healthcare. Gov all day today and president obama said 1 Million People enrolled for plans and the numbers could surge and officials sent 2 million emails to people who did not finish signing up and a far short of the Administration Goal of 7 million which they now projebt to hit by the end of spring. There is one group the white house is desperate to sign up, the young and healthy and we will tell you why this group is so crucial to making the entire system work. Its by christmas and they may have lastminute shopping to do but one thing they neither plan to buy after work is Health Insurance. The Obama Administration wants badly for Young Americans like them to enroll and are not convinced. What i know about obamacare is what i see and saturday night live. Reporter it would like to see 7 Million People signed up by spring. Administration said that it would like the healthy americans. Its not about the number of people who sign up for obamacare, its about the distribution, in order for the system to work, enough young, healthy americans must enroll to pay for the healthcare costs acruised by americans. And the premium will go up and so expensive it will discourage more people from buying and forcing it higher still and making the system unsustainable but some statebased exchanges are doing well and california enrolled almost 17,000 americans between the ages of 1734, about 22 of those enrolled, that is on target as a proportion of californias calculation. California has a great base of running the statebased exchange and do not rely on the federal plan and rely on their own system. Reporter statelevel exchanges have the advantage of taking the show on the road with town halls and workshops to reach out and educate the public and some say what is happening in california and other states shows that if done right obamacare works. I think its worth being cautiously optimistic of what is coming out of california given the numbers in new york and i done think its the case the plans are unravelling right now. Reporter many Young Americans will not sign up by monday. I have been living this long without insurance and i will keep doing the same thing. Reporter carrying on without insurance even if it means paying a federal penalty and im with al jazeera in new york. Estimated that someone in their 60s will use 6 in Healthcare Services for every 1 someone in their 20s uses and in the weather 35 states are feeing the effects of the massive storm system that brought snow, ice, tornados, rain and unseasonably warm temperatures in areas and causing delays and Road Condition as people try to get home for christmas and we saw this. Wild is the word for it and talking about hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled from chicago to philly because of the wild weather and roads are a mess from coast to coast making getting home for the holiday challenging to say the least. Wild Winter Weather across the country cutting off power to hundreds of thousands and taking lives. In kentucky flood waters rose so fast and high it washed a way an suv drowning three people inside. It was under my door. I grabbed my grandmother, her daughter and great cousin. Reporter dealing with fastmoving floods as firefighters go door to door with a rubber raft to rescue residents and spawned a tornado that tore through oklahoma ripping apart homes and injuring several people and wintry conditions causing crashes in oklahoma and ice is blamed on the deaths of at least three people. In Oklahoma City this scary moment captured at an outdoor mall as sheets of ice come crashing down on Holiday Shoppers and no one got hurt. In michigan ice coats the power lines, cutting off heat to hundreds of people. While the Winter Wonder land makes for pretty pictures its also down right dangerous. At 2 30 this morning we woke to the house shaking and discovered a tree next door fell on our house and cars. Reporter new england seeing the same thing as ice takes down huge tree limbs in vermont. I need gas and i cannot get in because my car is completely frozen. Reporter up state new york feeling the freeze and the governor declared a state of emergency as hundreds are stranded without power and heat and several hours south and the weather went from nasty to nice and new york city near 70 degree temperatures has shoppers and skaters outside in tshirts. People in florida must feel like this. Reporter new york city hit a high of 71 degrees breaking the previous record of 61 but its about to get back to normal quickly, tonight temperatures drop back down to the 30s so its going to be cold again. That is great for lastminute shopping but as you said its winter after all, isnt it . Thank you. Why was the weather so extreme from one location to another . Lets bring in our metrologist to explain. We are watching moisture streaming from the south and southwest over the last several days and we still have a ton of moisture making its way from the south. This is warm, moist air in advance of a cold front that allowed for the lift and instability to be in place interacting with the system and it had rain and on the back side we had the air going southward and brought wintry precipitation with the icing event that happened there and we still have a little bit of wintry weather hanging on and temperatures are mild and the sea board will deal with rain but heading into parts of new england at least into maine that is where we are dealing with ice but the cold front has its way to make it to the coastline and that will be tuesday and when it does it will take the wet weather with it and the cold air is making its way in and we will feel a drop in the temperatures and the case to the northeast as well as the area of low pressure lifts to the north and east. We will have a little wrap around moisture and keeping the ice in maine but we will start to dry out and a disturbance across the great lakes and bring more snow showers in the area and its wet around atlanta. We are starting to see precipitation warning down but the ice storm warn willing be in effect until noon and watch out for that. With the additional rain and already very ssh rated ground flooding is a huge concern across georgia and in the midwest and the green shaded area indicates the floods in indiana including indianapolis. We will talk more about that in a minute as well and thank you. Escalating violence in south sudan is driving thousands from their homes and hundreds of dead. The u. S. State Department Says 380 americans have been evacuated from the country. On sunday the government had control of the capitol Oil Producing state and they are leading the rebillion says he wants to be the next president of sudan and we have more for the embattled capital city of duba. As the violence escalates, thousands of people are trying to escape fighting. Government soldiers lost control of the capitol of unity states to rebels and also battling to recapture the gongelese states. And the whole time is gated completely. It is only these rebel soldiers who move about in the town. All the bodies have not been collected. We dont know how far, what is the number of the death up to now because the town is under the control of the rebels. Reporter the rebels are loyal to former Vice President and accused by the president of having a coup and denies this but speaking to Al Jazeera Davis foster over the phone says he is ready to run the country. So the next [inaudible] the second area for the next elections. Reporter so the answer is, yes, you would like to be the next president . Yes. Reporter no one knows where he is and government officials seem to be losing patience. Since he is continuing with the atrocities against the people the government of south sudan will not tolerate and we will not let him continue to kill the people and in the meantime we follow our hints and keep waiting for him to accept peace. I strongly believe that after this there will be no way but we will have to move to protect the lives of the citizens. Reporter there are diplomatic efforts to get the opposing sides to talk. Government Officials Say its a temporary setback an order will be restored soon and will not get them to take the capitol duba and they are in the capitol to talk about peace talks but its clear and could make any chance of a dialog difficult. Al jazeera, duba. Reporter the u. N. Is urging rival little leaders to agree to a truce in open negotiations. At least 65 people are dead after an air strike in syria, military helicopters are dropping barrel bombs in the city and government Officials Say they are targeting terrorist and insurgants in allepo and they will talk next month in switzerland. The driver told everyone to get off after a passenger spotted a suspiciouslooking bag and no one was hurt in the blast and they are blaming palestinian groups for the attack. An apology from alqaeda in yemen said one fighter disobeyed orders and attacked a hospital earlier this month leaving 52 people dead, the alqaeda leader says he is not pleased with what the fighter did and offered condolence to the family. And some texas people are worried about the oil pipeline starting in their backyards next month. Bangkok paralyzed tens of thousands of protesters in the city and recalling the thia president to step down. They face off in an olympicstyle competition. And some think Peyton Manning is not human and the recordbreaking may have the best season ever this year, that story and more later on in sports. Good morning and welcome back to Al Jazeera America, im thomas and coming up, in a moment a growing controversy surrounding a new oil pipeline that stretches across north america and some say its a disaster waiting to happen but first lets look at what temperatures we will see across the nation today and ebony is joining us and its really all over the place. It is and the day of transition across the eastern u. S. And cool air going eastward and fairly mild for the start of the day in the northeast and we have low 60s around new york, philadelphia and warmer than and afternoon high and contrast this yesterday, pittsburgh 20 degrees cooler and 24 in lexington and going and dropping our temperatures through the next 24 hours. Now, its been cold here across the upper midwest and temperatures are sitting at 16 below in fargo and 22 below zero and 20, 30 below the Freezing Point or below zero and wind chill advisory and warnings across the area and keep that in mind and bundle up and atlanta is mild and 53 and supporting the rain we will see through much of the day. Not much of a warm up off to the west of atlanta. 70s to the 30s like that. Thank you. U. N. Secretary general moon is urging the world not to forget about the philippines and i was crippled by the typhoon last month and 6,000 were killed and millions left homeless and he visited the stormravaged place where many residents are struggling to recover. My impression going to tacloban yesterday was very dire but at the same time i was impressed by such a strong recouncr recouncr resiliance and the Philippine Government needs 8 billion for the massive rebuilding effort. The exxon will carry this to the gulf of mexico but 7 billion project is at the center of a heated debate and those in favor of it say it will increase canadian oil and limit it from other countries and Al Jazeera Andy Gallagher says its an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Driving the roads of texas is a birth right and it was owned by his grandfather but part of the pipeline runs through the family property, a development mike fought for three years in an expend shun legal battle but the main concern is not losing in court but what may happen next. Its going to leak and the stuff in this pipe is not like your common crude oil or gas or anything like this. This stuff is bad. Reporter the pipeline points to spills in projects across the u. S. In 2010 trans canada spilled a dozen time and so close to the Angelina River it could threaten their freshwater supplies. The states fortunes very build on oil and they say its going to be the safest oil pipeline in history. When we went to alberta there are concerns of residents, saying inspecting and testing are critical to this and each section of pipeline is built to high standards and the company wont compromise when it comes to safety. You can he the pipeline or the station making noise which totally creeps me out. Reporter she is living in the shadow of what she calls extreme extraction. Her property has several gas lines running through it and the keystone is close enough to give her concern. This pipeline is something that puts a lot of fear into the daily lives of people all along its route and people, that alone should be enough to stuff this project. People should not have to be afraid for health and safety and for their communities. Reporter the final approval for the northern portion of the pipeline rests with president obama and so far its a decision he has delayed time and again. In east texas opponents say it wont make a difference, this section of the pipeline will be operational in january. East texas. One additional note here canada is the leading supplier of crude oil to the United States. The super cheap gas prices in venezuela hey be going up and people currently pay 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. The fuel heavily subsidized by the government is the cheapest in the world and the president says he wants to raise prices which have been frozen for almost 20 years and reinvest the money in homes and schools. The last time venezuela tried to do it in 89 there were days of deadly rioting and the reportbreaking season continues and jessica has more and he is not slowing down. No, if there is a player who talks about bouncing back its Peyton Manning, a sure fire hall of famer and the legacy almost ended after a neck injury and change in team and to get past glorys reminded why he may be the best ever and put denver in the end zone and 36yard pass to thomas, 103 broncos and fast forward to the fourth and number 51, his third of the quarter for the record and grabbing it is thomas and the dream season continues and denver goes away a winner. Its a neat thing to be a part of history and it may be temporary and i personally think all season records are going down especially if they go to 18 games and not an asterisk to them and bradley will break it next year and the year after and we will enjoy it for as long as it lasts and the hall of fame would send the ball back when somebody throws for more. Here is payton by the numbers in what could be the greatest season we have seen and putting him 51 for the season from 2007 and 5211 passes and can knock it out and 266 shy of the mark set by drew brees in 2011 and he put up monster numbers but this is his first 5,000 yard passing season. Lost in the shuffle of all the manning madness is the broncos won the rest and have a bye and could not be worst than second seed at this point and the playoff ticket was punched as they play a winner and payton old team and they have a catch phrase what can brown do for you and brown delivers and 33 yards to him and he was just getting warmed up and here he is and he goes up the gut, 51 yards to the house. And you will take advantage of four casey turn overs and the colts within 237 and what could be the first round of playoffs in two weeks. How is this for pay backs. And they bounced from post season and blunt helping first blood with the defending super bowl champs and brady and they kept their foot on the gas all diminished the playoff hopes with a 417 dropping. Th