has basic health care. and that is thanks in part to leaders like nancy pelosi and dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [applause] and it s also thanks the often unheralded work of countless americans who fought tirelessly to pass this law, and organized like crazy these past few months to help their fellow citizens just get the information they needed to get covered. that s why we re here today. that s why 7.1 million folks have health insurance. people got the word out.
welcome back to the lead. time for the politics lead. countless americans have been told that even though they like their health plan, they can t keep their health plan but hey, at least they re finally getting an apology from the president, kind of, sort of. take a look. i am sorry that they, you know, are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we ve got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them. that bite s getting a lot of play across the media but what struck us about it here at the the lead and granted, it seemed awfully similar to president obama taking advice from the governor of new jersey which the governor offered up to the president when i spoke to him on tuesday. take a listen. here s what my suggestion would be to him. don t be so cute.
million americans that we re talking about, would be folks who the cbo, the congressional budget office, estimates would find the deal in the exchange better. would be a better deal. that s what we re now talking about. those eight or nine million americans. now, the question is whether or not the deal is better. the question is not the question is whether they can afford the deal with the subsidies that some of them are eligible for and also whether they can get on the website to see the deal. but this is not a real secret. when president obama, you know, came to the realization this week that, you know, it wasn t true, he knew it wasn t true back then. also, will their choice of doctors and plans be more limited. both of you indicated something important. the apology last night was fine. the apology itself isn t important but he is indicating i think that he is going to go for a fix. they will try to get the website up on november 30th, claim it s working fine even if it s work
6th. jason carroll, cnn, new york. that does it for me. thanks for joining us. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. a typhoon bigger than the size of california before it made landfall. it s been blotting the philippines off the radar for hours. i m jake tapper. this is the lead. the world lead. they were calling it a super typhoon and we are only getting a sense of the damage done in the philippines. perhaps the strongest storm in recorded history, laying waste to the country. we have a live report from manila in moments. also in world news, what s happening in geneva could change the world as we know it. talk of a potential deal with iran. to stop or slow its suspected progress towards a nuke. can iran be trusted to keep up its end of any potential bargain? the politics lead. it s become president obama s read my lips, perhaps. now he s apologizing after telling americans if you like your plan, you can keep your
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