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>> i don't think senator mccain is far off from the tech surge. doesn't mean sending a military jet to pick up experts in silicone valley. there are experts from the private sector who are working around the clock on this. as well aexperts from within government. working around the clock on this. we take the point. we need the best brains in the business amrid ppliapplied. to make the changes to the website. to deal with the volume and glitches consumers have encountered. >> jay carney, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, piers. >> president obama was explaining obama care, and the attenti...

Senior white house correspondent jim acosta is here with the latest. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, kate. right now the white house is not saying who is being brought in to fix the obama care website glitches or how long it will take. one thing the administration is being up front is that they have a big problem on their hands. the way administration officials describe it, the so-called tech surge to fix the obama care website sounds like a top secret mission with an all-star team of i.t. specialists parachuting in from across the country. >> nobody's madder than me about the fa...

This tech surge apparently we heard about yesterday, still looking for details. i don't know who is involved, if anyone at the moment. heather: somebody hopefully can get it working a little better than it is now. we'll see. former vice president dick cheney weighing in on the health carry law as well and the state of politics, sitting down with sean hannity, mr. cheney shared his thoughts on who he calls, the true extremists in washington. >> when i see people talking about the tea party, i don't think the tea party as extremists way some of the folks in washington would describe it. the ex...

This past weekend, the federal health insurance exchange was taken down for more maintenance. president obama at the rose garden event today said the administration was mounting a tech surge to make the site work better. this week, republicans in congress are holding oversight hearings on how horrible and terrible it has gone so far while experts continue to fix what is wrong and press on with the rollout. who knows how it will shake out politically. who gets the credit, who gets the blame. 56,000 nonhypothetical people in oregon who didn't have health insurance last month have it now. next to...

Genius steve jobs type who they know can fix the problem within days if not hours. are they looking around for someone like that? >> so they've got a huge group of these people. they won't tell me who they are. they say maybe later. they call them the tech surge. they brought in a bunch of people. some from inside government led by the white house guy named todd park. very bright guy. they're very effective. they're on it. but they also have a lot of people from outside. folks who are very strong tech people. but it should be said, this isn't a thing where somebody can just come in in a day or...