earlier this week it said it plans to go private but there are doubts whether there's going to be enough financial backing to make that happen. you look at its shares, they're down more than 30% since the beginning of the year so yes, a very sad, sad story since blackberry was really at the forefront of the smartphone movement. carol? we are just minutes away from the start of president obama's remarks. they will take place in largo, maryland. you see everybody's waiting there. white house officials say this talk will be a chance for the president to cut through the noise coming out of washington and speak directly to the american people about the affordable health care law, obama care. in just five days, the sign-up begins for the federal health care exchanges. the average american will have 53 different plans to choose from. i want to turn it over to my colleague now, anchor of cnn's "the situation room" wolf blitzer. hi, wolf. >> carol, thanks very much. the president as you point out only a few minutes away from his speech at prince georges community college in suburban maryland right outside of