Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for friday, october 25th, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the Obama Administration is working 24 7 to fix the problems undermining the Governments Health insurance website. Yesterday the government blamed late changes, a lack of testing, and registration issues for the many glitches. Ko im is in washington with more. Ko, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. The Administration Says glitches were to be expected but not on such a large scale. The site is still up and running as the officials try to iron out the issues. The heads of four contractors that built the troubled website healthcare. Gov raised their hands to swear in before congress and then said the Obama Administration made lastminute changes and decided to launch the site without enough testing. A lot of them were kind of saying not it, not me, its not me, weve done our part. Did you deliver the product you were contracted to build, miss campbell. We have. Mr. Slavitt. Yes. After a day of hearings many members of congress say they still have more questions. We didnt get the answer today except that all the answers reside with secretary sebelius and we look forward toll her testimony. Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius wasnt available to testify yesterday because she was at one of the call centers which helps americans find the right health care plan. She says the website is still a work in progress. Its better today than it was on october 1st, but its a long way from perfect and we are determined to have it be perfect. Congress still wants to know who made the decision that slowed down the website and why. If somebodys responsible, i think they have to be held accountable. Secretary sebelius is scheduled to testify next wednesday. And according to officials, healthcare. Gov cost nearly 400 million to build. Some of the contractors acknowledge that its one of the most complex sites that theyve worked on and seen. Annemarie . Ko im in washington. Thank you, ko. Well, at least five people were injured when a ride apparently malfunctioned at the North Carolina state fair. This is the vortex ride about 15 minutes before the mishap. The vortex ride spins people around and turns them upside down. Officials say the ride had stopped, but as passengers were exiting, the ride started up again. Witnesses say passengers were thrown off the ride. Two of the injured are reported to be in critical condition. And classes are scheduled to resume this morning at a Massachusetts High School where a teacher was allegedly killed by one of her own students. Philip chism is charged with murdering 24yearold math teacher colleen ritzer. A student said ritzer asked chism to stay after class tuesday but shes unsure why. Ritzers body was found in the woods behind Danvers High School on wednesday. An 11yearold boy says voices in his head told him to kill another student at his Washington State middle school. He was arrested for carrying a gun, knives, and 14 rounds of ammunition at frontier middle school. His mother alerted the school. No one was injured. The boy said voices in his head told him to shoot someone for bullying his friend. His possible release will be discussed at a hearing today. And demolition has started at the Connecticut Elementary School where a gunman killed 26 people last december. Sandy hook Elementary School will be demolished over the next several weeks. The building is being removed in pieces. Students have been attending classes in a neighboring town. Now to the latest revelations about u. S. Spying. The Washington Post report this morning that u. S. Officials are notifying some Foreign Intelligence Services that leaker Edward Snowden has documents detailing their cooperation with the u. S. Some of the countries are not american allies. Meanwhile the Obama Administration is trying to calm foreign leaders after reports of u. S. Spying on its allies. Mark phillips reporting. Reporter european leaders meeting in brussels were angered for the United States for spying on them. German chancellor Angela Merkel is famous for her attachment to her cell phone. It turns out the nsa seemed to have liked it too. German intelligence confirmed news reports that washington had been listening in. Spying on friends is not acceptable, she said. Her foreign minister Guido Westerwelle speaking in english went on further. This undermines trust and this can harm our friendship. Reporter merkel compared notes with french president francois hollande. He also complained this week about reports the u. S. Intercepted millions of phone calls from france as well. And italian Prime Minister enrico letto will be concerned about another credible report about the u. S. Spying on his government. Irish Prime Minister enda kenny summed up the attitude. I always use this phone as somebody may be listening. Reporter all of the revelations are coming from the same place theyve been coming from for months, from Edward Snowden, the former nsa employee whos still holed up in moscow and still releasing documents from the hoard that he has with him, the latest ones which are causing some embarrassment amok some of the best allies around the world. Mark phillips, cbs news, washington. Yesterday Michael Hayden was giving an interview and another passenger heard the conversation and began tweeting about it. Former nsa boss Michael Hayden on a cell behind me blabbing on background as a former Senior Administration official. In another tweet, tom matzzie wrote, hayden was bragging about rendition and black sites a minute ago. Rendition is a cia program where trifrts are held at undisclosed locations outside the u. S. Someone tipped off hayden and he confronted matzzie. The two talked and then they took a picture together. 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I dont remember my daughter playing youth soccer one summer. Reporter favre told one sports Radio Station wspz, hes experiencing memory loss thats more than just missing his glasses. So thats a little bit scary to me. For the first time in 44 years that kind of put a little fear in me. Reporter favre says that fear is he had been infected by concussions for years. In august the nfl agreed to pay 765 million to settle lawsuits for more than 4,000 former players, including retired running back kevin turner. Turner has als or lou gehrigs disease. He and other plafs who suffer neurological conditions claim their conditions were caused by repeated concussions they received on the field. Favre says he knows his career has taken a toll on his body. After 20 years, god only knows the toll. Reporter favre says for now hes trying to enjoy his retirement with his family. Jericka duncan, cbs news. 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Wendy gillette is at the New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Good morning, wendy. Good morning, annemarie. Twitter says it intends to sell 70 million shares in its initial public offering. The social network hopes to price the shares between 17 and 20. That would put twitter at somewhere between 11 billion and 12. 5 billion. Twitter stock could begin trading as early as november 7th. Asian markets dipped on worries over tight cash markets in china and a stronger yen. Tokyos nikkei fell more than 2 . Hong kongs hang seng lost half a percent. Stocks on wall street were pushed higher. Following some good news on the corporate earnings front. Both ford and Southwest Airlines reported strong Third Quarter profits. The Dow Jones Industrial average rose almost 96 points. The nasdaq composite closed almost 22 points higher. Bank of america is cutting thousands of jobs, most of the layoffs coming in its mortgage division. The nations Second Largest Bank is laying off 1,200 employees this week and another 3,000 in the fourth quarter. Bank of measure says the move is in response to a significant drop in refinancing applications. The Food Drug Administration is recommending new administrations on drugs such as hydrocodone. Hydrocodone is found in drugs formulas. Its the most widely prescribed drug in the u. S. And they want hydrocodone to be subject to the same restrictions like morphine. The new yorkbased Department Store barneys says it will review its policies after a shopper filed a discrimination lawsuit. Two africanamerican shoppers accused barneys of racial profiling. They say they were questioned by police after making expensive purchases. Barneys says they have retained a civil rights expert and has offered an apology. Annemarie . Wendy gillette at the New York Stock Exchange. Thank you, wendy. In sports, cardinals needing a win in game two to tie up the world series. Red sox slugger david ortiz trying to channel some good luck before the game. He tosses out baseballs to members of the 2004 team so they can throw out the first pitch. And in the first inning he puts the sox on top with a tworun home over the green monster, but the lead does not last long. In the next inning Matt Carpenter hit as sacrifice fly into left field. Heres a throw from gomes. Tied game now the runner down to third, the throw gets away, and the cardinals will take the lead. A throwing error by red sox pitcher Craig Breslow brings home the goahead run and the next batter puts it out of reach. The injured Carlos Beltran drives in a run to make it 42, cardinals. The cards head back to st. Louis with the series tied up. Bell trap on his decision now to play despite hurting his ribs in game one. Carlos, if this had been a regular season game, would you have tried to sit out . Why do you guys always ask those questions . Why do you guys come out with those questions . Well, you know what . I will say that as a player im always going to come to the ballpark preparing myself to play games. During the seventh Inning Stretch fans at fenway park paid tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. On thursday night the Carolina Panthers tried to improve their record to the winless bucs. Cam newton threw two passes to get a carolina score. Carolina wins, 3113, and things are looking terrible for tampa bay. Some fans calling for the ouster of coach greg schiano. The buccaneers are 07 and have lost 12 of their 13 games going back to last season. And when we return, a 60 minute exclusive. An insider describes last years attack on the Diplomatic Mission in benghazi. Like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex. Were in cereal heaven. So thanks. From the mcgregors, cause we love chex. So thanks. From the mcgregors, life could be hectic. As a working mom of two young boys angies list saves me a lot of time. 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Im mi,, heres look at todays , forecast in some cities around the country. Washington, d. C. , sunshine, with a high of 54. Sunshine right across the board from atlanta to st. Louis. Cool in st. Louis. 53 the high. Denver, sunshine. Seattle, clouds. In africa, the Nigerian Navy has been ordered to try and rescue two kidnapped americans. Pirates boarded an oil tanker on wednesday and abducted the ships captain and chief engineer. This is the first time in two years americans have been taken hostage in that region. The state Department Says they are monitoring the situation. And now to last years deadly terror attack on the u. S. Diplomatic mission in benghazi. For the first time, a Security Officer is speaking out. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other americans were killed. In an interview for this sundays 60 minutes the Security Officer told lara logan he ad been hired the train libyan guards at the u. S. Mission and he was stunned at what he heard the attackers say. I could hear gunshots and he said, theres men coming into the mission. His voice, he was scared. And he was running. I could tell he was running. Reporter his first thought was for his american friends. His agents pinned down inside the compound and he couldnt believe it when one of them answered his phone. I said, whats going on. He said, were getting attacked. And i said how many. And he said, theyre all over the compound. And i was shocked. I didnt know what to say. I said, well, just keep fighting. Im on my way. Reporter morgans guards, unarmed and terrified were surrounded by heavily guarded gunmen, but the