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We're following the breaking news here in "the situation room" stunningly low enrollment numbers for obama care released. only 106,000 people have signed up, fewer than 27,000 of them on the troubled obama care website. joining us now is ezekiel emanuel, vice provost at the university of pennsylvania an also formerly worked for the president, one of the architects of the affordable care act. thanks very much for coming in. >> no problem. >> let's talk about these numbers. everyone assumes these are pretty dismal numbers on the federal level. how disappointed are you? >> well, they're low, but ...

54% disapprove. that's another low for the -- for this president. >> let me give you ather number, the questn whether you trust the president, consider him is down 10 pointsince october. andha is as a direct result of saying to people, you can keep your -- you can keep your health care if you like. >> it's because of the -- if you like your plan you can keep your plan. >> and that goes to the -- a design. the administration said we are going to have a program to bring coverage to more people, many of whom will be poor and sicker and that's a noble, laudable goal. but if you don't want costs to...

This suspect complex computer science. lots of people can put up a website as i suggested, value pegman can do it, three guys working in a room. >> these numbers remain this dismal, 26,000, the model, it's not going to work. you need healthy young people enrolling to get the system to work. >> correct. you need a wide swath of the population to create a pool. absolutely agreed. but this is not a technical problem that is in sur mounsupe. it will work at some point. the numbers of people who want insurance is high and i do thing this is going to be a sol vable problem. i think the bigger issue ...

Him. >> you heard mary landrieu. >> you just spoke with mary landrieu who said we have to get this fixed. i mean look, you look after the shutdown, okay, the democrats moved the needle, they had an advantage. now, the needle has swung back. and thins is a problem for thes democrats like mary landrieu who will up for re-election and have to go back to their constituents who said i bought this but didn't know what was in it. i believe the president, too, but he lied to all of us. none of those are good answers. all she can do is say i'm trying to fix it but even fixes it is very difficult. >> th...

That equation you have to give back. this is a solvable problem. the food is there. can you change someone's life immediately. would the with the world food program we're talking about what i've been doing in my own backyard globally. >> i care so much about women and children. we do have a choice and a way to help each other. it is so important what happens to the baby in utero. good nutrition during that time period is fundamental. they are helping to educate women about that fact. >> the problem with hunger is often about getting the food to the people who need it the most. the u.n. and wor...