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The policy the legislation work the strategy the partnerships all of it was there and this silly website was causing us to not finish. >> reporter: president obama told fast company the disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov was a catalyst for his hiring of some of the best from silicon valley. >> thanks. >> reporter: they created a reserve corps program of sorts where tech's elite come to government to work for a stint. >> interior just hosted the coolest hack-a-thon. >> reporter: they won't make billions but it is bigger than that she says. >> silicon valley goes away it's the startups and big...

Derision from some presidential hopefuls, including chris christie. >> i stand for keeping america safe and keeping america strong and not raising money for a presidential campaign. >> a lot of these people on the wrong side of history. they think somehow we're safer by collecting one's data all the time, but i think it's actually the opposite. >> reporter: paul hopes his focus on tech can help solve hacking of workers. an argument front and center for the hackathon's winning team. >> and the first prize goes to team checkmate. >> reporter: checkmate, an app for automizing check transactions. ...

Steam lab. and i'm thrilled to be judging the results of the hackathon tomorrow and see the excited faces of the young people here. our thanks to ford for hosting this event and here at the ford steam lab and yes, we code, the level playing field and sisters code and grand circus. thank you for joining us on the air. "the cycle" is up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill?

Me are taking part in a hackathon. coming up in the next 30 minutes we'll get reaction from debbie stabenow from the news that harry reid will not seek re-election. and later on joining me here in detroit we'll talk to the hallelujah singers, and the man who made a movie about them. but first back to 30 rock and craig melvin following developing news this hour. what is going on? >> let's start with the crash of the germanwings news flight, saying among the things they found in andre as lubitz home, showing he is unfit to work, including for the day of the crash. the airline never received such...

Of the beauty of what is going on. >> and this is the second hackathon that i've been to with yes, we code and that is very inspiring to me. because obviously young people already get tech and they know it. they are digital by nature. but to find a career and pathway on the economic pathway up is so important. >> and to identify this early on and understand this is not just games and fun, this could be your life and career. some of the specifics you were reading were about the low numbers of women in tech jobs, here in michigan, we have tens of thousands of tech jobs unfilled because people do...