He likes his Health Care Plan for the nation and is going to fight to keep it. Theres no question the rollout on the Affordable Care act was much tougher than we expected, but i want everybody here to understand, i am going to see this through. Reporter the new obama care fix leaves it up to Insurance Companies and states to decide whether to let consumers keep plans not in compliance with the law and forces carriers advise americans of the choices available under obama care. But the Insurance Industry worries the changes undermine the system. One source called the white house fix a total mess. Washington state insurance commissioner balked altogether saying, we will stay the course and not be allowing Insurance Companies to extend their policies. Thats on me. I mean, we fumbled the rollout on this Health Care Plan. Reporter over at the white house it was unusually contrite, president obama acknowledging he let the country down. Im not a perfect man and wont be a perfect president. Reporter and admitting to other fumbles in that nobody told him the obama care website wasnt working when it launched. Had i been informed, i wouldnt be going out to say this is going to be great. Reporter but its getting better. The website will work much better november 1st than it worked certainly on october 1st. Thats pretty low bar. Reporter republicans are vowing to move forward with their own fix for obama care until it can be repealed. This bill will hopefully begin to ease some of the pain that working families are feeling because of president obamas health care law. Reporter while white house officials got an earful from nervous democrats keeping an eye on next years elections with their own proposals we still may have to fashion some legislation and well continue to work in that regard. Reporter the president said any other fixes to the law have to meet one test. We are not going to gut this law. Reporter now white house officials tell cnn the administration is open to legislative fixes to this law, but theres not specifying which fixes they are open to. Heres the bottom line, because it is up to the insurers to decide whether or not the people who have lost their insurance can now keep it, not everybody out there is going to hang on to the plans they used to have. Jim, appreciate the reporting. Lets help figure this out, shall we . Well bring in chief correspondent Christine Romans and executor editor daily beast, mr. Jeff efflon. If this suggestion being promoted right now, christine, if they were to put in this fix, what would it mean about the people who already received cancellation notices, could it help them . It could help some of them, but not all of them. Some of the state regulators are pushing back and the insurance regulators are clearly pushing back and saying, look, we were complying with aca and doing what you told us to do. This oneyear fix is just not really fundamentally doable. So some people will keep their policies. And john agrees with me, not everyone will keep their policy, even though thats what the white house would like. John, the response from the Insurance Industry is preting scathing, it says the requirements, this fix could destabilize the market. So is this fix a fix . Well, that is the most important question right now. Look, its a Political Fix, but it has Practical Implications that do really affect bottom line of the insurance policy companies. This has been a rollout a longtime in the making so botched from the administration on down that this Political Fix in reaction to democratic panic is creating huge problems for the Insurance Companies. The question is, will it derail the fixes . A lot of the republican fixes are designed to kill it, the cure is designed to kill, so this Political Fix by the president is necessary. The Insurance Companies have to see if it takes up a whole lot of the market. So it could be a political win in the shortterm, but longterm, wont this delay the inevitable . It is not necessarily delaying the inevitable. When you have a problem where the president hit the trail and made a promise to the American People that turned out not to be true, heres a case where the devil was in the details. Originally it was true and then legislation changed and it spiraled out. I think the administration had to do something. How could they not do something . The democrats were going to vote for the republican plan. It allows them to play on ground they never had to play on. A lot of them said a lot of these policies arent the right policies. A lot of them took that into account. Now the democrats are playing into the political spin of the republicans saying this is the whole problem of whats going on with these policies. Its a oneyear delay. Lets be clear. Yesterday when there was cry from the left and right, we fixed all the problems, there were health care economists saying, its a oneyear delay. The individual market is relatively small. You will eventually get these young people into the exchanges. Remember, even the ceo had two years was the projection before you get the young people into this. You need 40 under new exchanges to be relatively healthy to keep premiums low. What we need here is the young people to get in. Its a oneyear delay. Look, you strip out the political spin in the fog of where you get it thats almost impossible. Thats almost impossible but not entirely. Heres the point, view this, this has been an enormously screwed up rollout, but what we are trying to put into place has worked in individual states. So were buying a little bit of time. It is rare in politics or practicality that youre making the better decision. Will this destabilize . They make more money if they get to do it the way they want to. They get to sell the new policies, if you have to sell your policy, they will make more money off you because the policy wont be as cheap as the one you had. Of course they want this change. No, no, you have to do it this way now. We cant fix it because theyre making more money this way. Theyre going to have so many new customers over the next few years and their stocks are doing fine. The only honest reaction has been from the states so far, the one toss say, this doesnt fit with our exchange, we wont be able to allow this. We were tagging along, everything was going fine, even states real supporters of obama care and implementation are saying, wait a minute, dont throw your exchange at this. To chris larger point here, look, this is an inherently, this is why complex can be incredibly difficult. Comprehensive is unwise. We do things better on a local level in this country, but because so many people politically want the cure to longterm kill the aca, thats why Everyone Needs to keep their powder dry. The administration by pivoting is making a political concession, its a practical concession that doesnt necessarily mean the end of this. There are a lot of crocodile tears from politicians and Insurance Companies on this. Everyone, take a deep breath, and this is probably a wiser political and practical move for the vast majority of people. Take a deep breath but dont start hyper ventilating. Dont, because thats not covered by obama care. Ive been waiting for that all day. Im going to say it ten times today. Get ready for it. Well get to the other headlines making news. International money transfers are under the watchful eye of the cia. The vast majority of them are said to be nonu. S. Transactions. The cias efforts are intended to catch terrorfunded transactions that could elude programs at the National Security agency. Could be a pivot toll day for rob ford. The city council there is scheduled to meet today to try to map out a plan to take away much of his power, potentially even force him out. Youll recall ford admitted he smoked crack cocaine in a drunken stupor a year ago but refused to step down. Ford for his part is threatening to sue many calling for him to step down. Theres a search going on for a man who fell out of a small plane plummeting into the bay. The pilot sent a mayday call yesterday afternoon telling the control tower his passenger opened the door and fell out of the plane. It was flying at about 1800 feet at the time. The faa and miami police are investigating whether this was accidental or if the man intentionally jumped. Suspended Miami DolphinsRichie Incognito is asking for a hearing saying he never bullied Jonathan Martin and his communications with his teammates have been misunderstood. Later today an nfl investigator will meet with martin who left the team last month claiming he could no longer endure harassment. Huge legal victory for alec baldwin. The canadian actress who claimed she and baldwin had a wroromant relationship was sentenced to 202 days in jail. There is a video of baldwin using a gay slur, but he denies it. Thank you, makayla. Well get a check of the weather and hopefully a good weekend forecast. As long as its warmer well be happy. There could be a little rain out there, but well talk about the temperatures. Thats what we are so happy about. Finally we are better off than the last several days. New york, above freezing, thats the first thing, 46 degrees feeling better. Philly, 36. Seeing a lot of 30s out there near pittsburgh, but above freezing. Thats the key. The reason for that, the dome of high pressure, again, that brought all the cold air from canada originally is now offshore. We are looking at the source of the air coming from the gulf. When you see that, you actually warm up. The winds wrap around the backside of the high and bring all that warm in farther north. You can see that on the water vapor satellite. You can see all the moisture making its way farther north so its warmer, but it does mean a slight chance for showers going throughout the weekend as the system makes its way across the country. Kind a doubleedged sword there. Temperaturewise for the weekend, this is the good stuff. Look at the numbers. New york city will be above average, even some 60s as you go through sunday. Same thing for boston looking for the upper 50s. And down to the south where they were really struggling with frost warnings for the last several days in the morning hours, look at that, youre getting closer to 70 degrees this weekend. So it is gorgeous. Of course, nothing lasts forever, so theres a change out there. Notice in the Pacific Northwest today, the next system is already dumping some snow. As were talking about almost two feet of snow possible today in the cascades in washington, even through idaho, and in through montana, now this system will eventually make its way across the country. A little bit of a computer glitch this morning, so i cant show you where the rain is, but saturday and sunday this guy traverses across the country. Youll be looking for showers. Enjoy the weekend even with a little bit of rain. You dont want to complain because monday and tuesday, thanks to the cold front going across the country, will be cold again. So i will take warm and rain any day over chilly. Enjoy the weekend. Yes. Thank you. Lets take a break. Coming up on new day, government officials in the philippines say their response has not been slow despite reports from those on the ground. 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Com welcome back to new day. The Philippine Government defending efforts to get relief to victims this morning despite concern for people who have seen little or no help so far. Anderson cooper has been reporting live from the philippines all week where he and other reporters have faced criticism for their reporting. The comments coming from broadcasters there and the philippine president who asked the media to try to focus on story that is show how strong the filipino people are. Anderson responded on ac 360. Take a listen. I would say that all week long in every report we have done, we are showing how strong the filipino people are. Filipino people of somar and sebu and all these places are so many people have died, they are strong not just to have survived this storm, but they are strong to have survived the aftermath of this storm. They have survived for a week now often with very little week, with very little water, with very little medical attention. Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in a shack, to be living, sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children . Can you imagine that strength . I cant. And ive seen that strength day in and day out here in the philippines. And we honor them with every broadcast that we do. Yes, you do. And he continues to be on the ground. Anderson cooper joining me from manila this morning. Anderson, you made excellent, fabulous and accurate reporting there on the ground there. Besides the back and forth of what the president is asking the media to do, i know what you care about is whats happening on the ground to the victims of this typhoon. What are you seeing on the ground . Reporter yeah, i mean, thats obviously where all the emphasis is, thats the only thing that matters here. You know, we left tacloban yesterday, it is now friday morning, excuse me, late friday night here. There has been, you know, an uptick certainly in the amount of aid being received. You see it at the airport in tacloban, and you see it in somar where they are building a base to get more distribution supplies. And theres been greater distribution to communities, but again, its still slow. Everybody there on the ground will tell you that. They would like, everybody would like to see it faster. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in harms way in desperate need of food and water. Many in need of medical attention. Millions have been affected by this storm. So hopefully in the coming days well see an even greater uptick. They are focusing on retrieving those who have died. The death toll is all over the place. We havent really been reporting numbers because frankly it is all inaccurate at this point. No one knows the full scale of this, but they are starting to focus on that. So its starting to get more organized. It has taken a long time and its frustrating for people on the ground. Understandable. Often what we see in these desperate situations, it is not necessarily most difficult to get the aid into the country, its getting it out of, say, the airport or the airstrips and out into the community. Is that still what youre seeing, is getting it from the airport into the community into where people need it most . Reporter yeah, without a doubt. I mean, first there were roads that were blocked. Then they were able to clear kind of the main arteries, but then there was question of lack of vehicles. And then lack of fuel. In tacloban, everything has been destroyed, so theres not a lot of vehicle to move equipment. Theres not even a lot of forklifts. In fact, the airports or the runways to even move some of these palates. The u. S. Has brought in a number of forklifts and marines will be bringing in vehicles once the ships get offshore. The Philippine Government is going to be bringing in more vehicles as well. But it takes time. And time is just what people do not have when youre living out on the street searching for your missing children. Time is the last thing you have when you need water, time is your enemy. So thats been the difficulty, getting that aid out there. You know, and its not even necessarily to really remote communities. We would walk half a mile to a nearby community from the airport, and they didnt have any water. They didnt have any food. The clinic at the airport in tacloban for days, doctors were telling us, we dont have the medical supplies or food and water for the hundreds of people cycling through here. For the thousands who have waited in line for hours and all night long and often days, there are no tents set up. There have been tenths set up in the past to give them food and water. A lot of people still in desperate straits. When youre watching this from affair, watching all of this play out from back here in the u. S. , often you can see people getting kind of lost in tragic story after tragic story, desperate situation after desperate situation, but youre on the ground, is there one story or one victim or survivor that youve come across that you know youll be following up with . Reporter you know, ive ive been struck by just about everybody ive met. It sounds like a cliche, but its really not. You know, and i said it in last nights broadcast, can you imagine the strength that it requires to be sleeping out on the street near the body of your child . Near the body of your three children while three other children are still missing . Thats an aweinspiring strength. I met mothers searching for their children who, you know, you would ask them, how are you . How are things . They would say, its okay, were okay. And then, you know, they are resilient. Their ability to get up each day and not completely despair or give into despair, i dont know how, i dont know how so many people have survived the last five, six, seven days. And those are people, when i close my eyes every night, i think about and will think about for the rest of my life. Youre doing great reporting on the ground, as you always do, anderson. Thank you for what youre doing and for bringing the story from the philippines. Anderson was talking about how they need help there. You can help, go to cnn. Com with all the sources there to help you donate. You