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So that's one of the reasons, sanjay, we have announced this tech surge and bringing in new eyes and ears. jeff zines, a colleague and friend of mine from this administration is coming in as a management consultant to the administrator of cms to make sure we look at the whole management system. we want to make sure that we have the best and the brightest in terms of tech folks. we have gathered them together and asked the contractors to bring their a team to the table, have asked the presidential innovation fellows to add some strength. because we just want to make sure we get all the right an...

Working on it. they have brought in individuals that's part of this tech surge to help them deal with the problems on the web site. so they are the people best situated to answer your questions you have. i would refer you to them about what questions they can answer -- >> take ed's question, which seems like a basic right to know information. how much is this costing, taxpayers money as a long-time washington reporter before you took this job, obviously that would likely be something that you felt was a right to know. will we get that information from hhs? >> i would address your question to h...

Heroic actions. reggie landsberry said his brother was a good-hearted person who would do anything for anyone. >> here he is, a man who served overseas, as you just said, multiple times only to be gunned down at home. >> i guess we don't choose our fate so to speak in that aspect. he was just somebody who wanted to do the right thing. >> reggie says his favorite memory of michael stems when they were in middle school and they used to play atari together. despite the massive problems with the obama care website, president obama launched a push to encourage americans to enroll in the insurance...

Saying well ahead of the launch is that we expected hiccups and glimplgs as you would expect from the launch of any major complex website. >> now the bottom line if the administration continues to say that they've got what they call a tech surge, bringing in it professionals to help fix this website and they also say the website is just basically in their eyes a small part of a broader law that they're trying to impment, jay carney at one point using a football analogy saying they're going do keep running this play and getting three yards at a time and sooner our later it will work. >> they ha...

Problems. >> i think he's providing management advice and consultation but for more details about his role because he's being brought on by hhs, i would refer you to hhs. >> reporter: the white house is offering few additional details about the website rescue effort. >> i would refer you to hhs. the tech surge was announced by cms and hhs. i would refer you to them. >> reporter: republicans want more oversight, calling for weekly reports on the website's progress and delay of the individual mandate to buy insurance if the tech issues continue. >> the president put politics ahead of his own pro...