the white house is relying on grassroots efforts from 30 hispanic organizations and businesses to educate the community. one health clinic i spoke to said the number one question for potential enrollees is still what is obamacare. greg? it is hard to believe after almost four years of it they are still saying, huh? brian, thanks very much. president obama is meeting with senate democrats in the oval office later today. the white house and congress continued to haggle over a budget. they are haggling over the debt ceiling will it run up a tab of billions of dollars and it could cost business owners more money if the u.s. stops paying its bills. so far the confidence in the american economy hasn t been this low sincely men brothers since lieman brothers imploded.
welcome back. about one-third of the nation s uninsured are latino. that is nearly 16 million people we are talking about meaning that hispanic enrollment could be critical to the success of president obama s new health care program. brian joins us from our new york city newsroom with details. it is true. the numbers suggest that latinos stand to gain the most from the affordable care act. 10 million are benefiting. the obama administration needs them first aside from the widely reported glitches, enrolling uninsured hispanics comes with its own set of challenges like making sure there are must have navigators to assist in applications. the website will not be able to enroll people until october 21st. and undocumented immigrants do not qualify for any benefits under the affordable care act and this has caused confusion in some mixed status
the limit imposed by senate democrats refused a yes or no vote. this would have taken it off the table and given our nation s businesses and economy the certainty we need. bottom line here today, no sign of progress. we only have five days until we hit that debt ceiling. don t look forward to anymore progress this week end unless something comes from the white house meeting. it is again slated for 3:15 in the oval office. doug mckelway is live on a busy capitol hill. how do we get to this point? it started when the house voted to approve legislation which denied funding for obamacare while keeping the government open through december 15th. and then during debate in the senate, the tea party favorite senator ted cruz launched into his marathon speech against obamacare. he started on september
last republican we can and make sure the american people know exactly who caused this mess. it just seem like this is petty politics and there is an ethos, yeah, let the shutdown happen. it is working. i guarantee that stephanie and i are in more closed door meetings than you are. true story. and there is no giddiness about the shutdown. your example is ten time over on the republican side. and they re on record. michele bachmann saying we ve never been happier. ted cruz saying we got what we want. yes, they want the government shut down. you know we won t delay obamacare. here we are. what hurts the economy, back to your point. what hurts the economy is the shutdown and the default. it is obama bad-mouthing the
patients, and it breaks your heart listening to them. what is the practical reality of how to get out of this ridiculous situation? i object to bickering and squabbling. when you hear harry reid call them anarchist what i would say is both sides have miscalculations you think? obamacare is a law. laws can always be changed but the point is you shutdown the government because you want to change parts of established law? the republicans made a miscalculations by raising the issue of defunding obamacare. it polled poorly. voters didn t want it. delay obamacare polls better. i think that would have been a foolish thing you think what is going on is good politics?