used a handgun that he had taken from his parents after he shot the teacher and two other students. those boys were 12 years old. he used the handgun to turn on himself and killed himself. as we get more information on the story we ll update you on it. i want to get to the other top story, the president defending the health care law. there s no sugarcoating it. the website has been too slow. people have been getting stuck during the application process. and i think it s fair to say that nobody s more frustrated by that than i am. precise lay because the product is good. i want the cash registers to work. i want the checkout lines to be smooth so i want people to be able to get this great product. that was the sell there, although at one time during the
good. i want the cash registered to work. i want the checkout lines to be smooth. so i want people to be able to get this great product. and there s no excuse for the problems. and it s these problems are getting fixed. but while we re working out the kinks in the system, i want everybody to understand the nature of the problem. first of all, even with all of the problems at healthcare.gov, the website is still working for a lot of people. just not as quick or efficient or consistent as went. and although many of these folks found they had to wait longer than they wanted, once they complete the process they re very happy with the deal that s available to them. just like janice is. second, i want everybody to remember that we re only three weeks into a six-month open enrollment period when you can buy these new plans.
now, that is not untypical for a lot of folks like jessica who have been struggling without health insurance. that s what the affordable care act is all about. the point is the essence of the law, the health insurance that s available to people is working just fine. in some cases, actually, it s exceeding expectations. the prices are lower than we expected. the choice is greater than we expected. but the problem has been that the website that s supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. there s no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow. people have been getting stuck during the application process and i think it s fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than i am. precisely because the product is good, i want the cash registers to work. i want the checkout lines to be
website not so good right now. listen to what the president said. there s no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow. people have been getting stuck during the application process. and i think it s fair to say that nobody s more frustrated by that than i am and precisely because the product is good, i want the cash registers to work. i want the checkout lines to be smooth. so i want people to be able to get this great product. and there s no excuse for the problems. and it s these problems are getting fixed. jim acosta, you were in if the rose garden during this event. tell us who was there. i know the secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius was there. i didn t hear the president make any specific reference to her. no specific reference to her. there were other officials on hand, as well. chief of staff denis mcdonough, the senior advisor to the
would have a need for and she went about it and i m going to tell you this, christine. the product launched in the big department stores and go to the department stores, stand by the checkout lines and tell people why to buy the product. how many would do that? maybe a lot. she had a good idea and also had the sales acumen and selling fax machines door to door. thanks for bringing that to us. les gold is back. we posted a fresh video on the blog with more of my adventure with the star of hard core pawn. i got a lesson in negotiating. they re silkscreened by a friend in brooklyn. all american made. $20. wow. $20. how much would you take for three? 60. no deal? no deal. even with cash. no deals on the t-shirts. we bought them. i have them in my hand and we