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Thousands of erroneous sign-up applications from the government and people who thought today had enrolled but not gotten confirmation. kathleen sebelius says she is thrilled millions of people for the first time have health security with new benefits. sebelius says there will be some implementation issues, and a key house chairman says expect lots of glitches. >> the bottom line is they were never ready for prime time. people across the country are getting sticker shock. they're seeing, you know, huge increases in the deductibles which, of course, that means they're not -- it's going to be out...

Call them and see if they're there right now. >> don't be surprised if it's an indian accent that picks up. >> they've outsourced it. >> the white house has issued a statement on enrollment numbers. the numbers are the latest indication that the affordable care act is making a positive difference in the lives of millions of american families and secured them access to quality affordable health insurance. that's good news, but work has continued through the holidays and the president has been regularly updated on coordinated efforts with insurers and state officials to ease tomorrow's transitio...

Camera in minneapolis. our nbc affiliate kare is reporting an explosion at an apartment building. as many as a dozen people have been injured and the fire is now at three alarms. we will stay on top of this breaking news story and bring you any new details as soon as we get them. i guarantee you will have some in the coming hours. well, the day has arrived. millions of americans will begin to receive insurance coverage today under president obama's health care law and the president's political organization rolling out a new campaign to highlight its benefits. organizing for action is kicking...

People can extrapolate and we can't, charles gabor has estimated there are about 2 million people in the federal and state exchanges. he's estimated another 4 million people will be in the medicaid program. that's not even counting the 3 million young adults who are on their parents' plans. if he's in the right ballpark, and i can't say whether he is today, but if he's in the right ballpark, that's a lot of people signing up for insurance. >> i want to just get one more quick question in. i understand that the white house is going to be doing a pr push in the new year. what is that going to lo...

Release. so why are we talking about their new freedom on the last day of 2013? for one thing, washington did not want to send them back to china for fear the uighurs would be tortured, if not worse, by the chinese government. other countries caved in to chinese arm twisting and refused to take them. in 2009, the obama administration fought a judge's order to release them in virginia, though administration officials did spend years trying to find homes for them in other countries. many advocates for closing guantanamo see the release of the final uighur prisoner from guantanamo, 22 men who nev...