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Obama subsidy cliff. >> the obama care subsidies are available to eligible applicants between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level. for an individual this is $46,000 a year. and for a family of four, this is about $96,000 a year. if you're above 400% of the federal poverty level, you have to pay back every dollar of subsidy you received that year. for one couple that was in a news article, they had to pay back $20,000 of subsidy if that would have happened to them. >> one of the big promises many made about obama care was that no illegal immigrants would receive subsidies under obama car...

Escaped unharmed. meantime, as people sign up for health care today, people in oregon who believe they have enrolled are being met with this robocall. >> if you have not heard from us by december 23rd, it is unlikely your application can be processed for january 1st insurance coverage. >> well, less than half of oregon's 65,000 applications have gone through. after mass problems plagued its online exchanges, its glitches forcing thousands of people to sign up actually using pen and paper. joining me now, political panel, julie raginsky. and david winston, president of the winston group. good...

On track with the alabamas, oregons, ohio states of the college football world. the implications are saying it's so big, it's the biggest game in acc conference history. >> wow, big. >> and florida state, the road team is a three-point favorite, but clemson being at home, having the fan, 81,000 in death valley, gives them a little bit of an edge. and tonight, a great story trending on "bleacher report" this morning, pushing it fashion forward once again. >> yeah, how fashionable. >> the pink helmets, pink cleats, and we're used to seeing the nfl do this. they have the accessories with the glov...

Country efforts to save the environment are actually killing communities. many logging towns have been hit very hard. in parts of oregon conditions getting so bad the governor wants to take over. dan springer is live in seattle with more on this. hi, dan. >> reporter: yeah, hey, rick, lawmakers in oregon are saying if they don't create a safety met that is being pulled by the federal government many counties will go bankrupt, places like curry county where the federal government owns two-thirds of the land. it's rich in prime timber land, since the spotted owl was listed as an even damage erre...

Joining us from atlanta, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. and here with us onset in washington, we have the democratic senator from oregon, senator dan widen. and host of "the daily rundown" chuck todd. >> what do you call that? >> pinhuelo. >> he is just making up stuff now. nobody's heard of that. david gregory, it's very exciting. joe biden makes news. the administration, the president, now supports gay marriage. how exciting, right? >> yeah. they spent a lot of time afterward trying to walk that back. first saying that the vice president was speaking for himself, and the...