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She is going to testify next week to a congressional committee. and i think the other important big headline martin, the cms is going to deliver daily briefings about the website. a number of republicans, but also democrats, were calling for more traernls transparency as the obama administration attempts to get to the root of what is wrong. it looks like they have listened. and they very least, they feel this is a smart part of their sort of damage control strategy. they're really trying to take back the narrative on all of this. so they've called in a number of high-tech people who are well-v...

And using rich expertise and management acumen, jeff will provide short term advice, assessments, recommendations. coming here in the beginning of the year as director of the national economic council. this is a short term assignment for hhs. >> he will manage the tech surge that president obama promised yesterday. >> experts from private sector tech companies who have seen things like this happen before, they want it to work. they're reaching out. they're offering to send help. we have had some of the best i.t. talent in the country join the team. we are well into a tech surge to fix the prob...

Affecting online enrollment but the question now is were there red flags that something was wrong before the website even launched? cnn's jim acosta is live in washington with the latest. what do we know about this? >> reporter: chris, what we know is administration officials are being hush hush about who's being brought in to fix the health care website and how long it will take. there is one thing the white house will acknowledge and that is they've got a big problem. the way administration officials describe it, the so-called tech surge to fix the obama care website sounds like a top secret...

1-800-318-2596. >> but when the going gets enough washington the finger-pointing starts. this morning, it begins in "the washington post" which reports via a series of anonymous quotes that health cacare.gov was laund despite early warning signs of serious technical problems. the white house responds that 20 million people have viewed the site and the problems with the site are being worked out and will continue to be until the consumer experience is improved. but on monday, press secretary jay carney would not say how long that will take, and he deflected questions about who exactly is being ...

Precisely because the product is good. >> the web site has been riddled with glitches and errors. the president adding, there are other ways to enroll, by phone, direct mail, or in person. but his administration is now working with the brightest and best minds, he says, to perform what he calls a tech surge to fix the web site. critics say the site, which cost $200 million to develop l not be a quick fix at all. and they even questioned the cost. >> i don't know what these people were doing. they're not that many web pages. i don't get it. where did the money go? >> critics say the president s...