relations, gail lemmon, thank you. the obama administration is reassessing its role in the year-long effort to broker peace. secretary kerry hinted peace talks are on the verge of clapgs saying both sides have taken steps that are not helpful. there is not an open-ended effort. never has been. the president said that from the beginning. i have said that many times, including the in last few days. so it s reality check time. we intend to evaluate precisely what the next steps will be. joining me now, kevin cirilli and ed o keefe. good morning, guys. good to see you both. secretary kerry s statement, comes after the planned release op prisoners was called off. what do the secretary s comments
me i can keep my doctor. i like it. i like my plan. i like what i pay. what we re doing is giving them an apgs for now you can get everything you re promised. hopefully we at the same time, we as republicans can pass some things that will create stronger alternatives to this. right now what we ve got to do is help the people damaged in the first place. as people who are getting these letters day in, day out, being told you re losing your plan, new plan may not cover your doctor, will cost more, et cetera, et cetera, we ve got to calm that fear right now. when we talk about the alternatives, what is a replace alternative. we know where the votes have been for repeal or defund but what would be the replace options based on where we know aca stands at this point? so, there s several there s a couple of areas we actually agree with. obviously keeping there s general agreement on keeping kids under 26 insured. most insurance companies say
handle six users at a time. reporter: saturday night live mocking kathlene intelliious. considering using our low res website with simple fun and graphics. reporter: responsible for overseeing the implement apgs. the pressure isn t letting up. she is already as of saturday night live last night the laughing stock of america. she has lost veriable credibility. so we can make sure we get as many people who want health insurance able to enroll and be able to be covered. reporter: the administration says that mandate won t change. we re way still early in the process. the president promising. we got people working overtime 24/7 to boost capacity and address these problems every single day. reporter: now, we expect secretary sebelius will face tough questioning before congress on wednesday. that same day the president
as i said earlier, our lifestyle has led to a higher number of preventable problems than citizens of other countries have, especially diabetes and the conditions related to it. now the affordable care act is designed to address all of these issues. by making health care coverage available and more affordable to all americans, by improving health care delivery and paying for it based on its quality, not the number of procedures performed and products provided, and by creating more affordable apgs for uninsured people and small businesses. that s what arkansas governor beebe and the legislators are leading the country in, i think, bipartisan efforts to do. the law has generated a lot of opposition, as we all know. it s been attacked from the left, believe it or not, for not having a public option, that is for leaving the insurance
welcome to weekends with alex witt. ahead of the president s second inaugural, more in a moment. first what s happening out there. developing news from algeria. a twist. one confirm apgs of a dead american. the standoff in its fourth dap at the plant near the border with libya. military attempts to free the captive left that one american dead amoung an unknown number of others. five americans worked at that complex. two confirmed having escaped, two more held. algerian state tv said earlier, they helped release hundreds of other hostages. joining us like from the white house, kristen welker. good saturday morning to you. the latest reaction from the administration on the hostagetaking. reporter: good morning. welcome to washington. the administration obviously deeply concerned about the hostagetaking. i it tell you the secretary of state, the president, have been in contact with leaders in the