so 40-year-old todd park is heading to capitol hill today. he was subpoenaed and will appear before the government oversight committee. technical failures have botched the health carrollout and the administration says the first month enrollment will be low. official numbers are expected this week but some estimate the figures are as low as 550,000. now -- as 50,000. now two congressional plans to possibly fix the bill. senate democrats are working on a bill to force insurance companies to reinstate the estimated five million canceled policies and house republicans, well, they're scheduled to vote friday on a measure allowing insurers to sell plans otherwise banned by the current law. supporters, even a big one, former president bill clinton think president obama now needs to keep his promise that people who like their insurance can keep it. >> president clinton in that interview also said and i quote, the big lesson is that we are better off with this law than without it. and he said, quote, the enrollment period did not come off well because

on capitol hill. he was in massachusetts touting his health care law in the state he claims obama care now is modelled on. massachusetts. the president struggled to address the wave of cancellation letters that are hitting both individuals and small businesses who buy their own insurance. this, of course, follows his repeated vows over several years that anyone who likes their insurance would be able to keep it. >> so if you're getting one of these letters, just shop around in the new marketplace. that's what it's for. >> our first guest tonight at that hearing today, she pressed sebelius on what some are calling the question of the day while making a strong point about obama care and lightening the mood just a bit at the same time. asking whether men can have babies, joining us, congresswoman renee elmers, member of the house committee on energy and commerce is x the republican women's policy committee. congresswoman, the question you asked, as i said, aside from lightening the mood, gets to some of

delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with details on this about-face, good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning jessica, mike. first we heard an apology now a fix by president obama to repair the damage. meanwhile congress members are coming up with their own solutions to the affordable care act. president barack obama took the blame for the botched rollout but there's a catch to his plan. you see, folks can keep their canceled policies until 2015. but that is entirely up to the insurance company. however, democrat senator of louisiana has introduced legislation that would permanently reinstate the canceled policies. meanwhile house republicans say the only fix? is repeal. >> that's on me. i mean -- we fumbled the rollout on this health care law. i completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of americans particularly after assurances they heard from me that if they had a plan that they liked they could keep it. >> when it comes to obamacare it's clear that the american people simply can't trust this white house. >> reporter: coming up at 5:30 we'll have more on the frustrat

on capitol hill. you can walk into some of these rooms throughout the corridors of the capitol and see these people helping employees sign up for this. it's not a website. like walking into a small town insurance company almost feels like. so they're definitely being treated better. but by and large, taxpayers are paying for their health care. but they're paying their salaries as well. so these are government employees. gwen: and this is something the white house is perfectly happy to let congress to sort out on their own. this piece of it anyway. >> absolutely. no question about it. what jeff says is right. this is not meant to take away employer-based health care. and the employer, the members of congress, are the taxpayers. so this is meant to provide insurance for those who currently don't have it. it.afford >> one of the political problems with the bill is 85% of the public has health coverage that most people are fairly satisfied with what they get from their employers. the government is going t

drama on capitol hill with consequences that could be felt for decades. senate mantle leader harry reid and other senior democrats say they have simply had enough of republican filibuster threats. and they're invoking what is known as the nuclear option. it would dramatically alter senate rules to allow just 51 votes, a simple majority to overcome a filibuster. let's listen in to senator mcconnell as he continues to make his case. >> judicial nominees, effectively changing them for all judicial nominees, including the supreme court, as senator grassley pointed out just yesterday. so, look, i realize this sort of wishful thinking might appeal to the uninitiated newcomers in the democratic congress who have served exactly zero days in the minority, but the rest of you guys in the conference should know better. those of you who have been in the minority before should know better. let's remember

i'm hearing that from many democratic sources on capitol hill. so, if it is possible that even if the president does announce an administrative fix, which we think at this point that is what he will do, it is possible that we might see some legislation move in the senate. obviously, we know there will be a vote in the house already with the republicans' bill tomorrow. we should point out that is the context in which this is happening, to take a step back and ask why now. we reported earlier this week that house democrats gave the white house a defacto deadline of tomorrow to come up with a fix. the reason is because there is going to be a vote on a republican bill that would allow people to keep their health plans if they want to. however, it is the kind of bill that the administration says would simply undermine the entire law and they want democrats to vote against it. but politically, a lot of democrats are telling the white house, including especially in a pretty heated meeting we reported on yesterday on capitol hill, you've got to come up w

if it fails here on capitol hill, the white house has not ruled out an executive order. but that would only affect federal contractors. alex? >> yeah, we should all be able

congress and other politicians in the capitol hill to agree to supply in iraq with . sophisticated helicopters helicopters and. weaponry military is a pause looking at u.s. administration has a great show but military support in the presence of foreign troops in other countries in the likes of libyan afghanistan hasn't really worked has it why do you think it'll work in iraq. well it's not i think one of the reasons that's what i was coming to that what's going to happen because maliki. feels that he needs to consolidate his power base and to his army to make him stronger to more centralized government within iraq because he feels that way he can counter terrorism but the reality is the politics of iraq is broken and the violence is the result of that is not only because iraqi army is weaker just because the iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional and hasn't worked for the last ten years and since the american army have left iraq the violence has been an increase while maliki has moved to consolidate his position within the government and one thing has to be said t

i think a lot of people both in the middle east and on capitol hill are very concerned that this interim deal becomes the new norm opponents of the deal in washington and abroad are already working on two wickets to buy the six month trial. the obama administration is walking on egg shells before congress is rio and its allies in the call that sits right in and day. a carefully worded message which is you cannot threaten war all the time in washington and then a shake up. when one around is expected to reach out to seven billion dollars from the easing of economic sanctions is that addiction has helped local school chum too bad that threatens his teeth eyes and a signed poster on getting more than his sacrifices as a result of the geneva accord take the pill glean from aunties venture capital. dice the numbers. the country can now get holiday at around seven p m gonna slap of commodities and financial assets rain and the sanctions have crippled at the country since they emptied out since his break down some of the steak is if you add ons proportion of these numbers are going to be coming

hill hawks while admitting iran's right to peaceful energy. police and protesters fired tear gas at each other in the ukrainian capital during a second day of unrest over the government pulling back from an e.u. deal. between oil industry propaganda and environmental panic it's hard to get a grip on fracking decide for yourself later when we hear from a former oil executive and those forced to abandon their homes because of the controversial fuel extraction. i welcome you watching r.t. this afternoon with me andrey farm. most of the world is getting behind the agreement which will bring iran's atomic program under control but opinions differ on whether it's down to diplomacy finally doing its job or if the breakthrough is down to the anti iran's sanctions. as this report. it's a deal that's alluded diplomats for a decade. and as the crucial make or break iran letelier talks continued into the night details of how they were going were leading the journalists camped out in geneva so we waited and waited and waited while diplomats from six world

on capitol hill the senate banking committee is debating over president obama's pick for federal reserve chair we could be watching history in the making if republicans don't block janet yellen this nomination that is the latest ahead and what's your number just about everyone in the u.s. has some type of debt attached to their name but one group is working to reverse that buying up tens of millions of dollars worth of debt and then sending a letter to the borrower saying that all of it has been for given so who holds the key to unchaining thousands of americans from their debt the answer coming up. and take a look at this it's the world's first three d. printed metal gun and it could revolutionize the second amendment as we know it we'll speak to one of the men who helped create the gun in today's tech report. it's thursday november fourteenth four pm in washington d.c. and meghan lopez whom you were watching r t well we begin this hour with a trip down capitol hill where the senate banking committee met today for janet yellen confirmation hearing yellen was appointed by president obama

reform efforts coming down the pike on capitol hill. well senator feinstein's bill is an effort as was said earlier to codified by the n.s.a. is the bulk collection of americans telephone records which is in fact on shaky legal footing right now it's true that the secret files a court has approved the program but if and when the legality of that program ever came before i don't want to say a real court but one of the other article three courts. i believe it's very unlikely that it would be upheld so what senator feinstein's bill would do is to remove any statutory challenge to this practice and codified and enshrine it into law and i mean her bill includes a number of things like the top secret files accord to collect every case briefs on certain issues for privacy issues it changes how the n.s.a. chief is appointed just they they all seem like very cosmetic reforms but this bulk data collection program is the most egregious one of the most egregious revelations that have come out and it's what's really outraged lawmakers we heard from

all right, we want to check in with libby casey on capitol hill. libby, boy, the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, was back on capital little todacapitol hillt seat facing difficult questions on the roll out of obamacare. >> reporter: she got some friendly questions from democrats who are trying to use the bellows to say the law is working, helping people, right? she also got tough questions from fellow democrats including this senate committee chairman max bacchus, democrat from montana. he helped write the law, and he has a lot at stake. he warned secretary sebelius back in the spring if the rollout was not handled well, and the obama administration did not get out ahead of it, it could be a train wreck. >> this is unacceptable. it has been disappointing to hear members of the administration say they didn't see the problems coming. secretary sebelius, last time you came before this committee i used two words to voice my concerns about the law's implementation. since then my words have been twisted and used to malign the a

you are looking at a live shot of capitol hill whe. miss yellen will begin her testimony. we'll bring it live when it happens. in the moeantime, hampton piersn is live with what we can expect this morning. >> president obama's nominee to head the federal reserve says the economy has gained much of the ground lost since basically the greatest depression since the 1930s but at 7.3%, janet yellen says unemployment remains still too high. in a wonderfully short and well crafted prepared state, by the way, here are a couple of key phrases from her statement. "a strong recovery will ultimately enable the fed to reduce its monetary accommodation and reliance on unconventional policy tools such as asset purchases." . no hints as to when they might begin tapering. first of all, maybe the senators might press ms. yellen on exactly what might be the key data points to begin and we've had stronger numbers in gdp and there was that 204,000 increase in jobs in october payrolls. republicans also may want to know so how long does tapering last and what is the risk going forward of inflati

and on capitol hill victims of us drone strikes are testifying on capitol hill in the family's small bomb makers about the horrors of drone strikes and loved ones they've blocked. we'll bring you one of those tragic story later that. if one is a november twenty oh five pm in washington dc. lopez and you are watching our tea. chief negotiators from all twelve countries participating in tops of the trans pacific partnership on some lake city utah today. the goal is to resolve differences between the countries and the call of a formal agreement. i mean the here and it succeeds it would be the biggest trade agreements in world history australia tonight to play canada japan malaysia mexico new zealand peru singapore united states and vietnam are all taking part in the talks cox would have been mostly conducted in secret. even congress says that it's being left out. and they aren't alone. where there is a gathering of world leaders there's likely to be a group of protesters and this meeting that was no exception many of them are afraid that they will lose their digital readout and with any

mike emanuel is on capitol hill. sounds like democrats are frustrated and point to nomination of nomination where the qualifications are there and it's just a political up or down, and they got sick of it and changed the rules. >> they are hammering that something needed to be done to stop gridlock in washington, but senator harry reid acknowledged these rules will apply when republicans are in power, and a leading democrat fired back at republicans who suggested the move is all about trying to change the subject from obamacare. >> mitch m-connell says we have tried to change the subject? i beg to differ. he doesn't want to address the fill bester and the -- fill buster and the rules changes so three-quarters of his speech is dedicated to obamacare. we're not changing the subject today, he is. >> reporter: a lot of complaints about the idea of nominees for the bench being held up. a lot of republicans say that sometimes they're held up to get more information from the obama administration. that is very little power t

now to capitol hill. republican controlled house passing a bill that would allow americans to keep their existing health coverage through 2014. the vote? 261 to 157 for republican representative fred upton's bill. 39 democrats supported the republican bill. and now, extremely disturbing new information about the botched obamacare web site. they knew it. they knew it was a flop. just released emails exposing a top tech official warning that staffing and software problems could crash the plane at takeoff. and that was three months before the healthcare.gov launched. representative joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> well, these emails are rather disturbing. one from henry chao dated july 16th. another one from mr. jeff grant on july 8th. both pretty much saying it like it is like this is going to be a problem. >> well, those emails went to cgi federal. the u.s. subsidiary, cgi group. canadian company. the overall contractor to develop healthcare.gov web site. now, this email came from he

. >>> on capitol hill today, the administration's technology chief, among others, faced serious questions about the website, the rollout, and the effort to fix the problem. >> cms had designed the system for 50,000, 60,000 current users. right now if you ask me based on what i know now what the system is currently capable of handling, the thing i would be comfortable saying is that the system has been comfortably handling at present about 20,000 to 25,000 current users. there are other key issues that have to be addressed in terms of its performance, stability, in terms of it functionality and there are aggressive efforts happening to do that which are making great progress. the site is getting better and better each week. >> there are new reports today the administration won't get the website fully functional by the end of this month. but listen carefully to what they've been saying about that deadline. >> based on our analysis, we have it fully functioning by the end of november. >> the assessment that we have made is that it will take until the end of november for an optimally function

dana bash is up on capitol hill. jim, we'll get to you in a moment. i know that briefing is about to begin. let's go to dana though. the former president's remarks pretty significant in this on going battle between a lot of republicans and some democrats on capitol hill and the white house about the president's promise that he made, if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. >> that's right. i can tell you that sources close to bill clinton and those in the administration who i'm communicating with are both trying to downplay the importance of these remarks saying he's not saying anything that different from what president obama himself said, that he wants to fix it. he's directed his team at the white house to look for ways to fix the problems so that people who really do want to keep their current plans can do that. however, wolf, you know this, as well if not better than anybody. bill clinton doesn't tend to say things by accident and he is also somebody who is basically become almost an oracle for this administration on many issues but es

kerryfinally, secretary was on capitol hill to talk about relations with iran. have you heard of a plan to move forward with new sanctions against iran or not? senator carl levin, the chairman of the senate armed services committee, has been saying that he is hoping the banking committee, which has jurisdiction over this matter primarily, will move forward with marking up a new round of sanctions against the iranian regime as early as next week. is --king for that in a is asking for that in a bid to keep it from cropping up on the banking bill. the white house and secretary kerry really do not want to see this happen at this point in time given the ongoing with of that country and the other stakeholders involved. anythingt want to see that could potentially upset the balance in the talks although there are quite a few more hawkish senators that are pushing for that. much, aank you very look ahead on what is coming up in congress. guest: thank you. >> on the next "washington journal," fixing the health care law. then a look at what types of federal assistance get

on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >>> new complications for the u.s. military's presence in afgs. afghan president hamid karzai is refusing to sign a secretary pact to keep thousands of u.s. troops in the country after next year. the white house wants the deal finalized by the end of this year. karzai says he won't sign it until after the country's elections in april. without the agreement, the u.s. would have no legal basis to keep forces in the country to help train afghan troops. president obama kicking off a three-day fund raising trip to the midwest today, west coast. he's attending several events benefitting the democratic party. he'll attend a $20,000 a person of zumy's clothing change and attend a reception at the former home of a microsoft employee and tomorrow travel to san francisco and los angeles. >>> his job was to protect the president. tonight we hear from one of the last surviving secret service agents in dallas the day jfk was assassinated. >>> out with the old, in with the new. how rio is getting ready for the 2016 olympics. >>> than

these books that was archies perry and boring on capitol hill well a twenty five nine year old san francisco man who allegedly ran an underground web site for selling drugs documents and services in the new york federal court today for a bail hearing ross william old rich. reportedly use the name dread pirate roberts to run the silk road website was denied bail for charges that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison he also is charged with being involved in two separate assassination plots r.t. correspondent on a saucer charkha takes us to the court house twenty nine year old ross aldridge accused of being the mastermind behind the silk road website run by an operator dubbed dread pirate roberts allowing users to purchase drugs online has been denied bail at this federal courthouse in lower manhattan over it was arrested at the science fiction section of a san francisco public library last month and charged with drug dealing money laundering computer hacking as well as murder for hire accused of hiring hitmen to get rid of an informant in a witness who had allegedly been f

joining us from capitol hill nbc news kasie hunt. kasie we saw them on the floor, how likely wets a filibuster today. >> highly likely, near certain at least for these nominations we went through. harry reid is expected to have more than enough votes, more than the 51 votes he'll need to make this rules change. there are a couple of final holdouts in the democratic caucus. senator carl levin, who has been around a long time doesn't think this is a good idea and maybe senator mark pryor. this is actually a switch from the last time we did this in july. they considered changing the rules then. at that point it would not have included judges. part of the reason was that reid didn't have the support in his caucus to make the change. it's actually been a switch. you saw in particular senator dianne feinstein from california and senator patrick leahy, chairman of the judiciary committee. both of them decided they were on board with changing the rules for judges. part of the reason at least in feinstein's case there was a case regarding the

chris. >> mike emanuel on capitol hill. thanks for that. blamed for canceled policies falls squarely on president obama who's been having arguably the roughest patch of his time in office. white house correspondent wendell goaler looks at yet another tough week. >> reporter: a day after asking the insurance industry to rescue his promise if you like your policy you can keep it, president obama met with ceos at the white house. >> what we're going to be doing is brainstorming on how do we make sure that everybody understands what their options are because of choice and competition and a whole lot of americans who always seem health insurance out of risk -- or out of reach are going to be in a position to purchase it. >> reporter: since he can't force the insurance companies to re-issue the policies, aides said mr. obama would encourage them to offer renewals. >> the focus is to provide a choice. it's not to compel people to renew or to compel people to, you know, choose any particular plan within the marketplace. >> reporter: polls suggest t

drone strikes are testifying on capitol hill seventy families told lawmakers about the horrors of drone strikes and the loved ones they've lost we'll bring you one of those tragic story later today. it's wednesday november twentieth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching on t.v. chief negotiators from all twelve countries participating in talks over the trans-pacific partnership are in salt lake city utah today the goal is to resolve differences between the countries and to come up with a formal agreement by the end of the here if it succeeds it would be the biggest trade agreement in world history australia brunei chil a canada japan malaysia mexico new zealand peru singapore the united states and vietnam are all taking part in the talks talks which have been mostly conducted in secret even congress says that it's being left out and they aren't alone where there is a gathering of world leaders there's likely to be a group of protesters and this meeting was no exception many of them are afraid that they will lose their digital freedom with any new agreement sin

libby casey joins us now from capitol hill with more on is significance of this move. great to see you, the president certainly didn't waste much time reacting to the vote, did he? >> that's right. he was supportive of it. now pack in 2005, when mr. obama was senator obama ma, he was actually opposed to changing the rules regarding the filibuster. using the so call nuclear option, but the white house says times have changed because the republicans in their words have become more obstructionist. >> it's harming our economy, and our democracy, and it has brought us to the point where a similar majority vote no longer seems to be sufficient for anything. even routine business. >> a lot of pub back from republicans including senator john mccain who of course ran against mr. obama for the white house. john mccains say not only causes problems, here is john mccain. >> what we really did today and what is so damning and will last for a long time that could permanently change the unique aspects of this institution, the united states senate, is if a majority and change the rule

both of us cover capitol hill and on the floor talking to these guys, they are really angry. they think this whole thing was completely botched, the rollout. they are mad at the president. one congressman told me we are not going to walk the plank for him on this. this is it it's about saving their own skins politically. >> what was nancy pelosi trying to say? twist the arms of the democrats to try to get them to go along or has she had it too. >> she wants unity. she is a much better whip than the speaker is. she is much better keeping her people in line. sheparded it through congress when did looked like it was never going to pass. she wants this to survive. got out there in front of the cameras and unapologetic about the botched rollout and said this thing is going to resolve itself. she wants the democrats with her. they offered own substitute plan or two trying to give democrats something to vote on to say to their cints we did something to allow people to keep their healthcare plan too. >> what's the difference between the president's fix. >> sign up for the plan that t

hill hawks while admitting iran's right to peaceful energy. police and protesters fired tear gas at each other in the ukrainian capital during a second day of unrest over the government pulling back from an e.u. deal. and between oil industry propaganda and environmental panic it's hard to get a grip on fracking so decide for yourself later when we hear from a former oil executive and those forced to abandon their homes because of the controversial fuel extraction. broadcasting twenty four seven live from moscow you're watching r.t. . now russia says that reaching a compromise on iran's nuclear program should eliminate any reason for the u.s. to construct an anti missile defense system in eastern europe the american led plan has been a longstanding bone of contention between washington and moscow which sees the shield as a threat to its national security while the u.s. has maintained that it is needed to protect europe from so-called rogue states like iran that could now be a chance for this to speak to be finally resolved with a deal to bring

lisa stark, aljazeera, capitol hill. >> the house is set to address the issue on friday, a vote scheduled on a bill that would let insurance keep selling plans that don't meet the standards of the new law. >> union workers are rejecting a major contract offer from bowing. why that decision could change the long relationship it has with the state of washington. >> president obama's approval rating, his lowest of. what's behind the sinking poll numbers and how they could change the rest of his time in office. >> banned for decades by zambrano hussein, now millions of muslims are back in iraq. why this solemn occasion has been marked by violence. >> in times square, chilly, but not too cold today. warmer temperatures are on the way. >> good morning. welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. straight ahead, most americans aren't too happy with president obama. he has the low effort approval rating of his presidency. we'll look at behind his sinking numbers. first, let's find out about the sinking numbers on your thermometer. we turn to nicole mitchell. >> i was about to say the same

republicans are leaning on capitol hill. there will be a lot of questions for jay carney in moments about the daily briefing about who knew what when around here. jenna. jenna: we'll watch for headlines from that. ed, thank you. jon: more legal trouble for convicted murderer martin mcneil. the utah doctor found guilty of drowning and drugging his wife in 2007 so he could continue an affair. now mcneil faces another trial in the next few months. on charges that he sexually abused one of his daughters. fair and balanced look at this case, brian claypool, criminal defense attorney and anna yun, former prosecutor as well. it is strange to a lot of people this guy has just been convicted, he is going away for life on the murder charge. why bring up another charge, anna? >> right. jon, i think that is an excellent point. keep in mind prosecutors have to search for justice not just for one victim but all victims involved. they sought justice for michelle macneil. they obtained that and now they're trying to obtain justice for jenna

dana bash joins me from capitol hill. you have news about mary landrieu's legislation, the democratic senator from louisiana, who had a bill to delay or actually to allow americans to keep their health plan if they like their health plan. what's going on? what's the news? >> reporter: the new shake she's not letting up on it all. she is going to continue to push for her legislation. put out a statement applauding what the president said but saying that what she has been pushing she will continue to do. for several reasons. one, substantively, she -- by the way, she's not alone, she has other democratic senators, some of whom also up for re-election, like landrieu is -- saying they believe that this shouldn't just be a one-year fix which is what the president is proposing to doed apalestinian straightively. this should be permanent. if you like your health plan, it was canceled you should be able to reinstate that not just a year but a long time. secondly, it would be mandatory. but what does this mean? politically, going

. >> the republican feeding frenzy continued elsewhere on capitol hill as a house oversight hearing provided ample opportunity to grill the administration's technology officers. chairman darryl issa wasted no time taking the president to task. >> president obama said, using it would be as easy as buying an airline ticket on kayak.com or buying a television on amazon. this is an insult to amazon and kayak. this wasn't a scaling mistake. this was a monumental mistake to go live and effectively explode on the launch pad. >> but underscoring the deeply political nature of the health care proceedings, the testier exchanges took place not between republicans an white house officials but between republicans and democrats. after delivering a typically self-serving and long-wibded hoping statement, chair darrell issa was determined to keep democratic questions to a minimum. >> although i understand -- >> the gentleman's time has expi expired. >> i just asked for the same amount of time you had. >> i'm asking -- >> gentleman's recognized. >> you're not going to run a fair hearing. you're going to do t

i think that remains an open question. >> lisa stark joining us from capitol hill. thank you very much. in an hour and a half president obama set to speak to tribal leaders. they're in washington to discuss several important issues including education, healthcare and protecting native lands. more than a dozen cabinet secretaries are going to be at that meeting. why is this event so significant? >> well, president obama has been having these white house tribal nation conferences for five years. this sort of thing just wasn't happening. oftentimes when the federal government talked to tribes, tribes felt it was a talking down to, rather than face-to-face meetings where they could have an conversation. the white house is trying to change that and they've established a council on native american affairs. but many officials acknowledge that there are painful past that is have to be made up for. >> today, today we declare that we must never forget, we must never deny the injustice that for decades upon decades was inflicted on native peoples. we affirm that this painful p

they have got to win the battle of capitol hill. in contravention of all economic logic. >> this has to be cut. >> and it can be. you have got to get congress to cut. congress will cut troops because congress, frankly, laura, doesn't give a damn about the troops unless will is a photo on involved. >> that's a strong word. >> you can imagine if there was a national referendum? do we want increased taxes or more money for wars and afghanistan or elsewhere? where do you think that poll would be or referendum would be? higher taxes or pull out of afghanistan completely? >> the problem though is that congress is going to cut people. you need to cut the big junk weapon systems that don't work. f-22 should never have been bought. f-35 is absolute disaster. our military could beat the chinese could beat the russians, can beat everything. can't beat lockheed martin. >> ralph peters, our tribal leader. i can't believe the -- directed toward u.s. congress. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along tonight. are these women too pretty to be in

joining me from washington is nbc's capitol hill correspondent luke russert. david, i've got to turn to you first and ask you -- >> i was hoping. >> i'm sorry you had to sit through marcia blackburn talking about coast-to-coast. >> at least she didn't talk about red solo cups. >> and champagne flutes. there is some question about how many democrats may vote for the terrible upton bill. i will heretofore only refer to it as the terrible upton bill. i feel like this is really a true sort of line in the sand for the obama presidency. the first time his own party has truly been, i won't say open revolt, but very much disillusioned about the white house, the president's promises. i wonder if you think this latest patch that was announced yesterday was enough to regain confidence in the party. >> it's enough in the short-term to stall votes for the upton bill, which is, in effect, voted 41 times -- 47 maybe. an infinite number. >> this is a repeal by another name. i think as that becomes clearer, people will back away. perhaps what the president did yesterday will s

he was on capitol hill urging senators not to impose new sanctions on iran. kerry says he needs more time to try to find a diplomatic end to the international stand objection; form over iran's nuclear capability. >> our hope is now that no new searchings would be put in place for the simple reason that if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by our -- by the people we are negotiating with. it could destroy the ability to be able to get agreement. and it could actually wind upsetting us back in dialogue that's taken 30 years to be able to achieve. we are asking the congress to give the diplomacy they sought a chance to be able to work, a chance of a matter of weeks. >> talks with iran resume next week. if they fail, kerry says he will request more sanctions from congress. >>> christopher dickey is the mid east editor for the "daily beast." i asked him why some members of congress are pushing for more sanctions. >> you know, it's easy for the senate and for the house to look tough on iran. there is no real iranian constituency in the united stat states. no

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(whistling) jon: play-by-play as we go back to capitol hill. harris: senator john cornyn says that kathleen sebelius is not answering his questions directly. >> congress depends upon this. many people will not be able to either employer-provided coverage and hands my conclusion that this is a false statement and this administration has consistently doubled on on this and repeated time and time again. the only thing i can conclude is that it is impossible to do something in this administration that gets you fired. it's impossible. you can lie to the american people, you can misrepresent the facts. but it's impossible to get fired. so i want to ask you about the navigators. the presence in dallas, texas, touting this, which as you know are those who are navigating the affordable care act. i would like to ask you this question if you'd answer it. is it true that there is no federal requirement for navigators to undergo a criminal background check, even though they will receive personal -- sensitive personal information from individuals and help th

correspondent perry and boring on capitol hill well twenty nine year old san francisco man who allegedly ran an underground web site for selling drugs the documents and services is a new york federal court today for a bail hearing ross williams old ritual poorly used the name dred roberts to run the silk road website was denied bail for charges that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison has also charged with being involved in two separate assassination plots corresponded on a stasia charkha takes us to the courthouse. twenty nine year old ross albright accused of being the mastermind behind the silk road website run by an operator dubbed dread pirate roberts a lot of users to purchase drugs on line has been denied bail at this federal courthouse in lower manhattan over it was arrested at the science fiction section of a san francisco public library last month and charged with drug dealing money laundering computer hacking as well as murder for hire accused of hiring hitmen to get rid of an informant in a witness he had allegedly been fearful of the knot in his drug ma

those are heated hearings on capitol hill. obama care website not ready for prime time. mike emmanuel is live on the hill for whoo what's happen so far. good afternoon. >> reporter: administration officials are telling law makers there is progress made on healthcare.gov. for example, two weeks ago it took eight seconds to load a page and now less than a second. this is more on efforts to fix the website. >> i can say now that in addition to volume, other co issues that are invested to the site in terms of functionality and there are aggressive efforts to do. that and they are getting better each week. >> reporter: the how oversight committee going o. there was drama coming in with chairman darril issa subpeona the white house official mr. park. it irerated the white house officials and democrats. there was questions of why it was not ready for prime time and they insisted on moving with launch. >> why if you have all of these problems why not wait. >> i didn't ask why. >> the folks in the white house knew it had problems evidence by the problems that was not done end to

congress started negotiations on capitol hill. they began budget talks this past week to try and address the budget problems. but both sides need to make that deal by next january 15th to avoid another partial shutdown. the managing editor of the hill joins us. bob, what do they have to do first of all and who potentially could blink? >> well, i mean they have to compromise. both sides will have to come to a bipartisan deal or we will shutdown the government once again. i don't think that is likely. republicans have indicated that this fight is not going to be about obamacare. republicans lost that fight with democrats. so i think what will be in the deal, that remains to be seen. democrats want to end the sequester and republicans are saying they don't want to raise any taxes. i don't think you will see any type of grand bargain and what is in it remains to be seen. >> the big problem is still the 17 trillion plus debt. here is the debt clock. here it comes. there it goes. do you see the numbers? the deficit fell to $680 billion,

danielle nottingham, cbs news, capitol hill. >> white house officials say the website can now handle about 17,000 new account registrations per hour. >>> stocks on the up and up today after trading lower for most of the morning. the market rose this afternoon as u.s. companies report higher earnings and the federal reserve keeps up its bond buying program and you can see, the dow is up about 19 points. the temperatures are up, too. >> that's right. those aren't the only numbers going up. >> it's been dry and back to dry again. if you are headed out the door these numbers are going to be running well above the average toward mount diablo. yeah, as much as 10 degrees above the average in places well inland. outside now, we are looking at 73 degrees in livermore. 72 in santa rosa. 69 in the san jose. and 68 degrees in san francisco. i think as we head throughout the afternoon we'll see mostly sunny skies patchy fog toward the coastline and then tonight couple of patches of fog you may see a little valley fog in the interior and gradual cooling as the winds pick up. for today high pressu

hill won't allow the federal government to do. so the folks who are preventing the employment non-discrimination act from being passed are really, a perfect example of them being behind the times and way behind where the rest of the country is. >> so well said. thank you. >>> coming up, look who suddenly loves women. the republican, their allies the koch brothers are sponsoring ads to help destroy the affordable care act. >>> and some footage of kennedy. it's a rare glimpse of jack kennedy as he really was without the cameras on. he was caught off guard and you see the charming -- he's in a greenroom getting makeup on, talking about nixon's bad makeup. >>> and here's a bad combination, rob ford and school children and a four-letter word. it gets worse and worse for the torontans and their mayor. >>> and jackie kennedy had a separate memorial that she wanted, and i know about it. le ] if you're a rinse user, you may have heard there's a new rinse that talks about protecting, even after eating and drinking. crest pro-health has alwa

that's not good enough for some on capitol hill. the house ways and means committee issued a subpoena. >> president said the white house work with the companies. >>> a big vote in the big apple as they choose their next major. bill devlasio will become the next mayor. the 52 will take over as the 109th mayor on january 1. >>> twice in two days. a college student targeted by robbers in towson and police are now taking additional action. wjz and mike schuh are live on the story. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning don. good morning, everyone. these were armed robbers and they were looking for smart phones. one of the students was stabbed. >> police presence is heavy on burk avenue in towson after a terrifying sunday night. >> we awoke to the flashes lights and screaming. >> a towson student was robbed and stabbed multiple times. >> i think the same people are targeting these kids and it's frightening. >> police believe the same three suspects robbed a goucher college student monday night on the same street and then threatene

testifying on capitol hill sebelius admitted repairs of the health care website involved a couple of hundred fixes and, quote, we're not where we need to be. one lawmaker asked for a weekly update, and the president heard from angry democratic senators and traveled to texas, the heart of the obama care opposition. tara mergener is in washington. good morning, tara. >> good morning, tara. the trip to texas was supposed to be just a fund-raising event. instead the president was again trying to make the case for the law insisting no matter how things looked, the website will get fixed and it will be worth the trouble. president obama is trying to win back public support for his signature law. he told a group in texas the affordable care act is still better than what was in place before. >> all the politics, all the chatter, sometimes leaves out the fact that the system we have, the status quo wasn't working for too many people. >> but the failures of healthcare.gov are becoming a p.r. nightmare. >> i started signing up last thursday and i'm almost done. >> carrie underwood and brad pais

the kbreemt is for just six months website but our friends in the middle east and some on capitol hill are not happy. we'll get reaction from two leading senators in a moment. first, foxx news senior affairs correspondent amy kellogg lays out the deal. >> hi, chris. i just spoke to a top nonproliferation expert that says he thinks this is just about as good of a package that the u.s. and it's allies could have got. they were not going to give up uranium enrichment all together. this one at least puts caps on every aspect of the program. president obama was pleased with the agreement. >> for the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the iranian nuclear program. he is committed to halts certain levels of enrichment and neutralizing part of it's stockpile. it cannot use his centrifuges for enrichings urainium. there will now be inspections every single day. they can no longer enlich to 20%. and they cannot stockpile. the explicit of iron's right was a big sticking point. the two sides see what the agreement says about that quite differently. >> the right no nuclear technology for