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About here. we are seeing pockets of hope and improvement. there are more organized effort to recover bodies, to recover the dead and get them off the streets. but first i want to go to wolf blitzer in washington with the latest domestic news. wolf? >> anderson, thanks very much. we'll get back to you shortly. there is breaking news we're following here. this was the moment critics of the affordable care act had been predicting, supporters of it had been dreading. the obama administration now releasing enrollment numbers for the first month of the operation. about 79,000 people enrolled throug...

From blue cross/blue shield of north dakota. i have absolutely no complaints. insurance is good. we pay $1,100 a month between the both of us for our premiums. it's kind of high but we can afford it. both of our insurance policies total that. now i'd much rather pay that than have to deal with $179,000 bill with no backup. now under obama care, someone with low income could enroll in medicaid or qualify for subsidies. under obama care, low income wage earners wouldn't be stuck with a massive bill like this. so here is how it would play out if you're one of those folks making $27,500 a year tha...

Waiting for. now releasing enrollment numbers for the first month of the operation. 79,000 people enrolled for the state exchanges and 26,000 through the government's when we call a mess of a website, healthcare.gov, still a mess. that's far lower than the half million the obama administration was expecting. difficulties with the site and controversy with the pledge americans could keep existing policies came to a head today. key democratic lawmakers signed up to alter the law. others had what's being described as a turbulent meeting with officials. in the meantime a republican led house commi...

Perpetrate a denial of service attack against healthcare.gov site that has been unsuccessful. >> reporter: the administration's tech officials did not want to predict how much money it will take to fix a website that has already cost taxpayers $600 million. chief national correspondent jim angle has been following this story from the very beginning. he joins me now. good evening, jim. >> reporter: good evening, bret. >> it's been an interesting ride here. these numbers, as we dig down in them, what strikes you the most? >> well, number one, you only have 106,000 people nationwide buying insu...

>> i promise you that no one will be satisfied with the numbers because they will be below what we saw prior to the launch. and while it is fully expected and was fully expected that enrollment would be low. >> i should point out that jay spoke before the numbers were actually released. officials here continue to say the web site will improve. they say it will be working well, though not necessarily perfectly for the vast majority of people by the end of the month, shepard. >> you know, one of the things that i found interesting here. we will get to this with john bussey from the "wall street ...