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Under 35 years old. and he says fixing the law's problems is possible only if republicans change their attitude. but there more to all of the president's proclamations today. jim angle has today's top story. >> reporter: president obama came into the white house briefing room late this afternoon part to hail new numbers on obamacare signups and declare this thing is working. >> we now know the number of americans who have signed up for private insurance in the marketplaces has grown to 8 million people. 8 million people. 35% of people who enrolled through the federal marketplace are under the ...

>> reporter: the president claimed victory at every turn, including on cost, but analysts say the insurance industry has a different view. >> when you total this all up, that's why you're seeing an 11% to 12% increase on average. again, it's not medical costs going up. we know medical inflation has been relatively kept in check in large part because of the slack economy. these are just insurance costs going up. >> we had the opportunity to express our concerns not only with the web site, also with some of the proposed regulations that have been issued that are problematic for state regulators ...

City with me. everyone who likes kathleen sebelius thinks she is charming because she is. it's not about her. it's owe b. obamacare and how far it's fallen from its promises. >> lead me interrupt you chief national correspondent jim angle who is our expert on obamacare, he has done more pieces on obamacare than anybody in the media and knows the ins and outs, are you surprised by this, one, jim, and what does it say about the battle to come in the nomination process? >> no. i'm not surprised. and, you know, we have been expecting her to resign for some time. and as you mentioned earlier, when ...

Down once they start to experience that the an anticipation people not going to be happy. more people drop out. the question is whether rates will go up next year. we are going to be covering rates going up this year, shortly. they are already going up. they are going to go up quite possibly even more next year. so there are a lot of other chapters to be written in the the history of obamacare and i think it's safe to say it is not nearly as successful as its supporters are now suggesting. >> jim angle chief correspondent covering this on the phone. covered this more than any single reporter a...

Alarming news about health insurance. jim angle fills us in. >> there is another obamacare surprise for consumers from now until the next open enrollment at the end of the year. most people will not be able to buy any health insurance at all even outside the exchanges. >> it's all closed down. you cannot buy a policy that is a qualified policy for the purpose of aca until now next year on january 1. >> people are not going to be able to buy individual and family policies, and that's part of obamacare. and what makes it so surprising is the whole point of obamacare was to encourage people to ge...