The problem werent enough. Theres no doubt that weve lost some time, but the websites Getting Better each week. By the end of this month, it will be functioning for the majority of people who are using it. And so i think that were going to have time to catch up. There were several congressional hearings yesterday on the issue. Nancy cordes has more on the investigation and the report that warned of big problems with the site. Reporter with startling fore site the Consulting Firm predicted more than six months ago that the rollout would be involved with evolving requirements, insufficient end time, end to end testing and significant deficiencies. This report lays out the chaos that was going on, but these all of this information was known within the white house recommend mckinsey was hired by the administration to do the review and interviewed 40 people involved with the website including henry chow, a key manager for medicare and medicaid. Chow testified he never saw the 14page present
Tornadoes this late in the year are rare, but this week before thanksgiving dozens of them tore across the nations midsection. Preliminary estimates from the government say there were 75 tornadoes yesterday in seven states from tennessee to michigan. At least eight deaths are reported. Relatively few considering the number of twisters. Accurate forecasts and Early Warning apparently saved lives. Illinois was hit hardest. Six died there. In the city of whitaker, 82 yearold pat lost her home washington looks like it was hit by a bomb. Dean rends is there. Dean . Reporter since 1986 there have been 194 tornado warnings in the month of november in illinois and over half of them were issued yesterday. Whats the condition of your town . Devastation is the best way to describe it. Reporter gary manier is the mayor of washington, a city of 16,000 residents and tons and tons of rubble. What are you telling people . Actually, the message ive been sending this morning is be patient. Reporter 400
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The federal Governments Health insurance web site has had so many problems since it was rolled out on october 1, the question has been, why didnt anyone warn the president . Well, it turns out someone did. The white house acknowledged today that Administration Officials, including president obama, were briefed on a Consultants Report six months before healthcare. Gov went online, a report that said problems were coming. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us tonight. Nancy. Reporter scott, Administration Officials said today they took this reports warnings into account and made changes, but republicans argue that its very existence casts doubts on claims by the president on down that they were caught by surprise. With startling foresight, the Consulting Firm mckinsey predicted more than six months ago that the rollout of healthcare. Gov would be hobbled by evolving requirements, insufficient time for endtoend testing,
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