>> 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 she'll have rollout numbers for obama care. she stuck to a scrip. >> we'll have them available mid november, mid november, mid november. >> reporter: she doesn't expect a massive influx of inrenroll l at first. >> enrollment doesn't occur until march 31st of 2014. the massachusetts experience was very slow initially and that it started to ramp up over time. we expect the same type of projections. >> reporter: the website problems were like window dressing in the hearing room where open war fare has been for