It took g. M. So long to fix cars in spite of red flags. The short time ago the president announced more than 7 Million People have signed up for the online exchanges. He also said the controversial law is not going anywhere. Were at the white house. Randall, the president spoke passionately about the healthcare law, which he described as a success. Reporter richelle, it is a redletter day for the president and democrats who all supported and fought hard to get the Affordable Care act passed and acted. We could hear the cheers on the north lawn and the president and Vice President joe biden came out to speak. The president ry counting the difficulties to the website and delayed enrollment, and he spoke of the republican opponents who tried to stop the law and repeal it, and even took it to the supreme court. In the end the president said this is an important moment for america and a big step forward. This law is helping millions of americans. In the coming years it will help millions more. I said before, i will always work with anyone whose willing to make this law work even better. But the debate over repealing in law is over. The Affordable Care act is here to stay. And the president said its not just about the 7. 1 Million People who signed up before the deadline but about the 3 million young people who are under the age of 26 who are on their parents insurance plan, and the numbers of others who have signed up in the Medicaid Expansion around the country. Its just the beginning for the Obama Administration and the Affordable Care act. What are the republicans saying about these numbers. The numbers dont really matter. What is at issue is the fundamental issue of the law. We have a statement on what have of House Speaker john boehner who has been a loyal opponent from the Affordable Care act from the beginning. This is what he had to say David Shuster joins us now with a further break down from what the president had to say. This is really a victory for the president of the administration. Yes, it certainly is. One of the things you did not hear the president talk about. For example, we dont know whether people have paid their premiums or not, we dont know what the ratio is from young to old, and that ultimately determine if premiums will rise. But at least they have made projections. For that reason alone the white house can declare victory. What does this mean for democrats running for reelection. There have been lafayette democrats who have not really wanted to campaign on obamacare. Especially democrats from swing districts or states. In a statement there is great promise but she wants to continue to try to fix some of the problems. Shes trying to thread the needle and say yes, weve made progress but yet there is more to be done. What can or will this do for the president s approval rating, any way to know yet . Thats the interesting thing even folks at the white house say the political reality is set in stone. If youre republican, you hate it. If youre democrat, you dont. But it got president obama elected. Democrats in order to maintain control of the senate or even have a chance at the house they need those energid progressives, and talking about the Affordable Care act, they believe they will thereby. Democrats often point out that other programs that are popular now were not popular in the beginning. When you look fondly at these things now, but it took years for Social Security and other programs to be popular. Is that what theyre going to say Going Forward . The next challenge is two weeks before the election when Insurance Companies will set their premiums for 2015. Based on what their ratio is from young to old people i think there could be sticker shock, that premiums could go up double digits but thats is not good news for democrats. Democrats try to provide some immunity about what may be coming and at the same time we said all along that the premiums were going to rise, but theyre not rising as quickly as they were before. So a lot of kinks to work out. If they cant get young people to be part of this program, the premium also skyrocket. Thank you very much. Secretary of state john kerry suggested today that he will not return to the middle east to meet with palestinian president Mahmood Abbas, but kerry said its completely premature to write off the Peace Process. It could jeopardize the effort in the deadlock between the two sides. This does not signal an end to the talks, but does a response from abbas signal something entirely different . I think if you ask most palestinians theyll say these talks are dead, and theyre dead because they say the israelis are the one the to renig reason the release of palestinian prisoners over the weekend. But what president Mahmood Abbas has done to respond is de facto citizenship and what he has asked for is a membership in four geneva conventions, five conventions, antitorture conventions, anticorruption conventions. Again, these are things that he promised not to do so long as the talks were going on. Does this mean that the talks are dead . He says no, were still willing to talk, and were not walking away from these talks. Lets take a listen. We will continue in our efforts to reach a peaceful solution through the negotiations. The solution that gives us a state, a 1967 borders and jerusalem as a capitol as well as a fair solution agreed on to the refugees case. Now abbas wants to continue talking. The u. S. Wants everyone to continue talking. The question is, is israel willing to continue talking after this step that abbas promised nod to do. What are the incentives for reigniting the Peace Process is release, why is the possible release such a critical issue . Reporter this is pretty extraordinary. For the last 25 years the c. I. A. Chief Senior DefenseDepartment Officials all threatened to resign if jonathan pallard were release before the days of edward snowden, jonathan pallard was one of the worst leakers in history. He took thousands of documents and walked out the front door with suit case full of documents and handed it over to the israelis. The u. S. Accused him of trying to sell it to the highest bidder, not only the israelis. The u. S. Said for the last 25 years you cannot release an American City who spied on his own country. The fact that john kerry and president barack obama have considered releasing pallard is extraordinary, and shows how desperate they are to keep these peace talks going. We talked about all day about this possible deal, and now president Mahmood Abbas came forward and said were going to the international organizations. We dont even know if these talks are going to keep going. The possible deal between israel and u. S. Really depends now on what israel plans to do. Really a Remarkable Development and it remains to be seen to really make a difference. Nick schifrin, live in jerusalem. Thank you so much. New revelation from the final words of malaysian government about m malaysian 37. Thes a ship with a fit kateed black box locater will be arriving. Weve been hearing all week long that you dont understand the scope of this thing until you see it yourself. Thats true. What search and rescue crews have been saying is dead on. Were on a hillside on the sou h side of this slide. You see the debris field. This is one small portion of this debris field where theyve been working nonstop. If you pan to the right you can see the extent of it. Up at the top of the hill you can see where the hillside blue out. Apparently just exploded out at the base of that hill, it came down across the valley and were sitting on top that have hill slumped down on top of that. It was a double event here. Stunning to see and what you understand when you look at this is not just natural fury that was unleashed here, but the human lives that it exacted. There could be 50 people dead when this is over, and the work that has gone on, volunteers has been extraordinary. In many cases people searching for and find thinking own friends, their own relatives down in that debris. Its amazing to see this in person. In oso, al jazeera. Asking ceo of g. M. Why it took so long fo to fix the swit. As soon as we heard about the problem we acted without hesitation. We told the world we would make the fix. Whatever mistakes were made in the past we will not shirk from our responsibilities now or in the future. Todays g. M. Will do the right thing. Libby casey is following the story on capitol hill. Give us breakdown of what happened today. Really a big day. Reporter yes, good evening, richelle. Mary barra did what was expected of her. She apologized for a decade of accidents and problems due to the ignition switch. She talked about some of the steps the company has taken in the last couple of months including appointening someone to overlook standard and safeties. Theyve hired ar a former prosecutor of who knew what, and why no one acted sooner. She also said there would be a process to review whether or not there should be compensation for the victims. So that was a little bit of a new news. Members of congress by and large were quite frustrated because mary barra did not answer a lot of questions. Instead she kept saying ill have to wait until the investigation that the company is conducting moves forward. Then well have answers. Joe barton of texas called her testimony gobble didegook. Another frustrated member, jan shykowski, a democrat from illinois. Does g. M. Accept responsibility for the accidents caused by the companys defective vehicles . First of all, i want to reiterate that we think that the situation is tragic, we apologize for what has happened, and were undergoing a full investigation. Im talking about responsibility and liability. Responsibility, i dont understand. And even liability. You take responsibility . Is the Company Responsible . The new g. M. Is it responsible . We will make the best decisions for our customers recognizing we have leib obligations and responsibilities as well as moral obligations. Mary barra kept talking about the new g. M. How the culture has changed from a cross culture to customer or service culture, but that was not enough for congre congress. G. M. Declared bankruptcy in 2009, and the question is if they can be held liable for accidents that happened before the bankruptcy. Now thats what representative schakowsky and other members of congress so concerned. Tell us more about what lawmakers want to know from ntsa . They oversee things like this. They deal with vehicular recalls, and the acting administration. Iit looks like ntsa got word of the problems with the key ignition twice but did not move forward or acton. Was it g. M. Holding up the flow of information or was it ntsa acting irresponsebly and not moving forward in what would have been a very expensive recall process for g. M. Now its going to cost more because when g. M. Replaced the faulty ignition switch. They did not change the part number. Now it means if g. M. Goes in to find the faulty ignition, they cant tell the good ones from the bad ones. It was not just mary barra in the room, but also the families. They did not testify before congress but theyre here in force, and their presence is felt heavily by everyone. Theyre watching very closely to see how things go. Thank you very much. Well have more on that testimony with real money real ali velshi. Shthey september asking, are you responsible. It seems like we really didnt get any real answers yet. There was real lawyering up going on. As mary barra left the room where she was testifying some reporters got her there and were asking questions that were not legally pointed as the one that jan shykowski asked. And mary barra said this is why we hired jerry lucas who was fired from the law enforcement. There were a lot of allegations that surprised me. They were not answers. It became a little ridiculous to be in front of a Congressional Panel if you have such Little Information to share. It was a little unsatisfying to watch it, and mary barra needs to be careful about the dysfunction that theyre making between the prebailout gm and mary barra has been at g. M. For 34 years. Its the only place she has ever worked with. Thats the case for a number of senior General Motors executive. She said she and this group did not know about the depth of these things. But there are 2,000 pages sent to congress which indicates that in 2005, 2007, and 10 g. M. Had an opportunity to deal with these ignition switch problems, but chose not to do that. There is work to be done. Ali, there are companies that recover from things like this, and there are companies that we never hear from again. How much damage could they potentially do to the g. M. Brand . I got to tell you, ive been thinking about this a lot. I was thinking about ford with the gas tanks, and ford with the fire problem, and toyota, the conversations are very similar. Why didnt you tell us, who knew who. And it looked disastrous twice. Tight at a that not only gained all the sales that it lost but more. In the end i well bounce back. This is General Motors opportunity to win people back for doing the right thing and not for sitting around and doing as little as possible. Thats right. What else is coming up on your show. Im speaking with aryan huffington, she has a great new book out. Good stuff, ali, thank you. Coming up on Al Jazeera America. The new law that will allow florida to keep people in prison long after they have served their sentences. As part of efforts, the former u. S. Intelligence officer convicted of spying. Why pallard is such a lightening rod. Reporter jonathan jay pallard is a hero, to many others he is a traitor. He was sent to prison for life for selling u. S. Intelligence secrets to israel. Pallard said he was trying to protect his spiritual homeland from attacks. But prosecutors said some of the materials ended up at the kremlin putting u. S. National security at risk. The government lawyer who conducted the Damage Assessment calls the pallo pallard case asf the worst and that he should not be released. Hpallard supporters in u. S. And israel said that he acted out of love for israel. And the 29 years that he has served is more than enough punishment. Nobody has excused his crimes. What he did was wrong, and he made a plea bargain with the government. Reporter now pallard who is slated for parole role coul coue released sooner. The question is whether in doing so the u. S. Undermines its commitment to the rule of law. Joining us now is robert obrien, former delegate to the united nations. Thank you for your time, mr. Obrien, why release pallard now . They may have to play this card. Its something that the president has the authority to do whether its good or bad for the United States or the process is another question. They have a lot of riding on it, in other words. Is it a sign of weakness to consider this . Look, pallard is up for parole next year, and he has already served a long sentence. Now hes traitor, he committed treason against the United States. Hes properly in jail and is being punished. The perception of weakness comes in really two parts. Number one, if the release of prisoners that have gone through the u. S. Justice system in dealings with Foreign Countries that undermines the american system. If we start trading terrorists and spies for foreign primarily goals thats a road that america really has never gone down and shouldnt go down with some minor exceptions in the cold war in trading folks with the soviet union. The fact that we have to lean on an ally as close to israel and free a prisoner to get an ally to do something that is in their best interest is not strong. Youre deeply concerned about the precedent this might set with u. S. Relations with other countries . Absolutely. If americans were convicted of treason, spying and violating American National security, or for that matter if terrorists are hijackers who have gone to trial in america and are in american prisons. If theyr they believe that maka deal with the american president to get a deal signed, theyre going to start an asking for those releases and thats a dangerous step to take. Having said that if something were on the line more than an extension of talks, if it were more substantial than that, would this be something to be considered in your opinion . I think it was considered before with president clinton. Indeed, it was in 1998. Where there was a chance for global settlement. The fact that pallard will be released on parole next year lessens the value of this. I can see why Prime Minister netanyahu would want pallard to be released. In some ways its inconsequential in the big scheme of things, but its a bad step down a slippery slope. Robert obrien, former u. S. Delegate to the united nations. Thank you very much. The first Ebola Outbreak in years and it is spreading. Well look at how Infectious Disease experts are hoping to control this. Also migrating birds and flooding in their fields. Thats next. A deadly Ebola Outbreak in west africa. 70 people have died from the virus and now reports say it has spread. In senegal they have closed their borders. We have more. Reporter one of the worlds most deadly Infectious Disease citizen spreading across urban and remote parts of west africa. Its Movement Across guinea is the biggest they have dealt with. Were facing an epidemic to the extent never seen especially as far as distribution of the cases in the area. Reporter the symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea and external bleeding. Its the most dangerous