The most important story is. , numbers on your phone. Us on social media or leave a comment on our twitter feed. Make a comment on our facebook page. Address r email our lead story in the Washington Post is restrained nsa. Mounting revelations about the extent of federal surveillance. Push forving her a new significant legislative action from an industry that long tried to stay above the fray in washington. After months of calling for the government to be more transparent about its Surveillance Programs, tech leaders have begun demanding substantial new restraints on the National Security agenc ys collection of information across the globe. The pivot marks and aggressive new posture marks and aggressive new posture. Attentionvoting more to blunting potentially damaging actions and pushing initiatives that may prove conserve urschel controversial. Companies sentt a letter to Senate Leaders on thursday. He reflected the sharpening industry strategy. They created a privacy advocate to represent civil liberty the secretive in court that oversees the nsa. Transparency is a critical first step to informed public debate. It is clear that more needs to be done, says the letter. It was sent to the chair of the judiciary committee. Thatompanies believe government for sale first practices should be reformed to include substantial enhancements to provide to privacy. This is the lead story in the Washington Post today. Heres the lead story in the Washington Times. Health care woes have democrats feeling anxious. They are already under fierce attack from republicans over the health care laws. Obama now faces democratic concerns that the troubled start of the Insurance Program will cut into the political benefits that the party received from the Government Shutdown and might cost government Democratic Candidates in the next elections. Was named asgh most responsible. To fix it entrusted was jeffrey zeitz. This followed a meeting between Vice President joe biden and democratic freshmen. It appeared that the white house would have to do more to reassure democrats who emerged from the shutdown confident of their political fortunes. Onublicans have roared back a wave of anger over the health care law. People are anxious. Richard derman said Richard Durbin said he did not think there was confidence. This is more of a show me moment. We were all confident that the system would be up and running. We are not confident until it is real. The anxious include senators and house members facing hotly contested races. Inre are also lawmakers states with republican governors who have done nothing to promote the health care law. This is the lead story in the New York Times this morning. What is your top story this week . We will begin with a democrat in tennessee. Diane, what do you think the big story of the week is . About theam concerned reform bill. We have senators have been taking money and enriching themselves. When it comes down to the average person, they want to take it away. This needs to be looked into. With thising about bill, they have to give it a chance to work. Just like with cable bills, we have cable bills here. Every now and then our cable goes out. Everybodys cable goes out. It is a problem with the system and they tell us to hold on and it will get fixed. It takes time. With these republicans doing everything they can to talk about health care, they are trying to take away from the jobs that we need. We need jobs. Thank you very much. Host thank you for calling in. The president was in boston talking about the Health Care Website. Right now the website is too slow. Too many people have gotten stuck and i am not happy about it. Neither are a lot of americans who need health care. They are trying to figure out how to sign up as quickly as possible. There is no excuse for it. Full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed as soon as possible. We are working overtime to improve it every day. If you had one of the substandard plans before the Affordable Care act became law, and you really liked that plan, you are able to keep it. That is what i said when i was running for office. That was part of the promise that we made. The law was passed, if insurers decided to downgrade plans,el the substandard we said that you have to replace them with quality comprehensive coverage. That too was a central premise of the Affordable Care act from the very beginning. Promise means that every plan in the marketplace covers a core set of minimum benefits. Allergies orse pregnancy or sports injury or the fact they were a woman to charge you more. [applause] and from the Washington Times this morning, millions are losing employer insurance. The whiterity house did not rule out on thursday the possibility that millions of workers could lose the current employerbased Health Insurance under obamacare. Despitebamas president obamas assurance, people would need to shop for new coverage. That is the latest caveat. With more than 2 Million People receiving cancellation notices ors, their insuranc white house hedged on that promise. They said that the vast majority of people could keep their plans under obamacare. The president says that the only people forced to shop for new plans are the roughly five percent of americans who do not get coverage through their employer. Derek on our independent line, what is the big story in your view . Caller i was thinking about touching on nsa. Speak onring obama health care, i think i would rather talk about that. This healthcare debacle is just a mess. Ok . President obama lied to us. He lied to us. Cameraed us all in the consistently over and over again. He told us that we would not be affected. We would be able to keep our doctors. He told us consistently. It is not true. We all know that politicians lie. Obama is not any different. He lied to us. This is once again government growing and getting bigger and bigger. Becausestice heartening disheartening, because as an informed citizen, i am starting to lose hope. It is disgusting. We need to do better. Host thank you, derek. I forgot where he called from already. It disappeared from ice cream, so i cannot tell you. From the Washington Post this morning, medicare topps plans in tallies of new signups. Take rush of people are applying for an expansion of medicaid. Theres a trickle of signups for new insurance. The survey of ballots found that nine out of 10 enrollees and medicaid have taken some experts by surprise. The Affordable Care act covered millions of the poorest americans who could not afford insurance. There was a more even split with a robust private market. When we first told the numbers, everyones eyes bugged out. Of the people walking through the door, 90 are on medicaid. What planet is this happening on . In theve a chart Washington Post about this. It shows some states and the difference in the signups. Maryland, 82,004 hundred 73 people signed up for medicaid while 3186 have signed up for the private Insurance Plans. You can see the charts go through here. Here is washington state. Linda, mississippi, democratic line. Good morning. What is your top story of the week . Caller Affordable Health care. Host all right. Caller i think it is going to be all right. I have worked all of my life without Affordable Health care. I could not afford it and worked every day. It is not just the website. People are so used to using a website. Use the phone. Go and do it manually. That is how we used to do it before. The website will be fixed. Mefar as the person before who was saying that obama has have beenrepublicans lying every day all day long. Youd with the president cannot get something if you do not fight for it. Americans need this healthcare and we need to stand up and fight. Were being told lies by the republicans. We are americans. And is not just democratic republican. Host thank you. Kathleen sebelius was on capitol hill this week. Here is a portion. In these early weeks, access to healthcare. Gov has been a miserably frustrating experience for Many Americans. This includes many who have waited years, in some cases their entire lives, for the protection of Health Insurance. I am as frustrated as anyone with the flop launch of healthcare. Gov. Let me say directly to these americans, you deserve at her. I apologize. You forountable to fixing these problems. Im committed to earning your confidence back to fixing the site. Night andking day and we will continue until it is fixed. Host and from the Washington Times this morning, the senate panel imposes new restrictions. The committee voted thursday to officially conduct term the nsas ability to collect information. It imposes new restrictions on federal authorities who want to sift through the data. The 114 vote marks the first time that any part of congress has approved table records collection. That was a closely held secret until Edward Snowden leaked details earlier this year and ignited a fierce public debate over the extent of nsa snooping. Under the bill, written by diane feinstein, they can continue collecting and snooping as they have. They will now need congressional approval. They will need to determine whether the snooping reduces any leads. Run when ars can be terrorist target called an american phone number. This protects the country, according to mrs. Feinstein. I do not believe this is an imposition on peoples privacy rights. Diana is calling from call for now. California. Independent line. Caller health care and how badly it was rolled out. Lied to us. Eyd they told us that this was going to be great for everyone. People are losing their health care. People have not apologized. Going around is saying how great everything is. He is not out here. He is in his bubble in washington. He does not understand why people are suffering out here. We are not just suffering because of the health care law, we are suffering because of his economical stuff that he has rolled out that has made it tough for people to hold their jobs. I have been laid off twice in the last four years. Because of all of the mess and people not hiring he does not understand, they are insulated up there in a bubble and they are not looking at what how people at how people are suffering out here. I do not think they care. Host from our facebook page, here are a couple of comments. One of the top stories is how the gop and tea party cut food stamps. Linda says that obamacare is a top story the deceptions and lies. Albert says the Boston Red Sox and fenway park. Stillys evil republicans trying to deny People Health care. Says 17 trillion the u. S. National debt. Those are the top stories on our facebook page. From the wall street journal, to obama nominees have been blocked. Prospect of the broader fight over nominations. It could poison relations and shut down relations in the chamber. Nominees werea selected to oversee the agencies over fannie mae and freddie mac. They failed to clear procedural hurdles back to back in back toback votes. They failed to advance. Angerp opposition democrats who are considering to blockew steps to republican confirmation votes. Rules are arcane, but highly sensitive. Musclesy can flex its by requiring a certain number of votes. This requires only a simple majority. From the front page of the New York Times, in shadows, hintz of life for hints of a snowden. This is in moscow. Is living in an secret garden residence guarded residence in russia. He is always protected. He is learning the language and reading. Crime and finished punishment. Accompanying him is sarah harrison, a british activist with wikileaks. She far less attention, appears to have found herself trapped in the same limbo of temporary asylum. A journalist who has written extensively about the security services, said that the fsb clearly controlled the circumstances of mr. Snowdens life now. They protect him and circumscribe his activities, even if they do not directly control him. He is actually surrounded by these people who wrote a history of the new Russian Security services, the new nobility. This article in the New York Times goes on to say that a hint nonetheless is out of the public. He has agreed to take a job with one of the countrys Major Internet Companies beginning on friday. His lawyer would not disclose the company or the details. He declined to discuss mr. Snowdens life in exile. The number of threats is still very high. He says in a phone interview that the possibility that mr. Snowden might work openly and moscow could not be verified. In theory, it might be allowed. Some doubted the notion given his desire to keep a low profile. Other claims about his turkish his life and moscow, his whereabouts, even his dating are of substantiated unsubstantiated. , who visited him recently, said he was working to try to normalize his life. The study had no interest in writing the study said he has no interest in writing a book. Of his son would begin working. This week, the Intelligence Committee held a study on the programs that came to light due to mr. Snowdens relations. The house Intelligence Committee chair had an exchange with James Clapper and keith ellington. That is correct. Those screenshots lead people to believe that week, the nsa, or the United States, collected those informations. That is false. Collected on european citizens. Poor,as created inaccurate reporting. This is something that we are going to have to deal with here in the future. I am glad that you clarify that. Mr. Clapper, i will ask you this, given the recent row about orders and numbers that may may not have been in possession of u. S. Intelligence services. Way to thend its white house . It certainly could. I would rather not speak specifically. Speaking in totality, clearly the leadership intentions are an of thent dimension landscape out there for all policymakers. History given the likelihood that the house Intelligence Committee was aware of information that may be of logically t it when the administration have access to that information . I mentioned earlier in my description that they may not have information specifically related to a specific selector or any specific collection target. What they would see is the output in its total dimension. We are dancing around the bush. I can imagine that there were specific outputs on any of that. Were almost talking hypothetically. It would certainly be a trained professional who would understand that the Intelligence Services were within the framework. Is that correct . Yes. Fax your calls. What is the top story that for you this week . Caller definitely health care. I have been a nurse and i have seen the whole gambit. People receive good care in the United States. I think that what is alarming to me is a couple of statements that were made by the ministration. The administration. Not only would you keep your insurance, but you would not have to pay more. We are living in an inflated economy. We pay the ultimate price for everything. , he is no guarantee guaranteeing against president obama that we will have health care and we will retain our health care. Aveat not giving the cop that the prices will go up. That is what people are seeing. Theres no way to budget your own life. Corporations are able to budget. That is presenting fear to us who do have a business supporting our health care cost. Where is our confidence to know that we can even afford something as important as health care . I would like to hear the president explain again that there will not be a crisis in health care. Virginia. Ksburg, independent mind. About aim calling story that was largely overlooked here in america, but covered in the guardian. That is that congressman alan grayson convened a hearing. Our government could hear from the people who were killed by drones. Theyre dropped with our money and in our name. Case, they heard from a family of a 57yearold woman who was out looking out picking okra. A terrorist. She was killed by an american drone. The international released a story this week stating the roughly 900 people have been killed by drones. They were made with american money and dropped in the name of our country. Roughly 200 of those are children. I think it is really telling that so few congressman attend that hearing. Our media failed to bring us the information about what is being done. I think it is important to take a look at this. For calling in. Stephen in spartanburg, South Carolina. Democrat calling in. Caller i want to talk about health care. Thingsto know why these were discussed. They know that any computer can be overloaded with so many people. Insurance get why are they not understanding . If a lot of people want it, the computer is overloaded. Why dont people understand that . Host thank you for calling in. Newspapers are reporting that obama considered replacing biden on the 2012 ticket. Considered replacing him with Hillary Clinton. The election outlook appeared uncertain. Despite mrs. Clintons popularity, the move would not have offered enough of a boost to justify such a radical move. That is according to a newly published account. The idea of replacing mr. Biden has long been rumored. It is discussed in the new book double down. It was pushed by the chief of staff at the time. Despite the close personal biden, with mr. When the research came back at the end of the year, it suggested that adding clinton to the ticket would not material ly improve mr