0 yet to come. now, that s it for me. i ll be back at 5:00 eastern on the situation room. newsroom continues right now with keira phillips. good afternoon. i m keira phillips in for brooke baldwin. last minute shopping, wrapping, getting ready for a holiday feast. now it turns out quite a few americans interrupted the holiday hustle and bustle to sign up for obamacare. we ve just gotten new numbers. mark preston, what s the word? well, you know, kyra, after a poll yesterday that showed americans are not very happy with the health care law, they have released new numbers that showed just within the past 24 hours, nearly 2 million people visited that healthcare.gov website. they also received 250,000 telephone calls. this doesn t necessarily mean these folks signed up for health insurance, but it shows there s a realization among americans that the time is ticking right now. deadline, kyra, to sign up for health care to ensure you get it by january 1st is tonight at midnight.
rollout with the white house scrambling to fix the healthcare.gov website. small businesses are giving the red light and have to wait to sign up for coverage. jill daugherty is in washington with the latest. good morning, jill. reporter: hey, john. the administration set its own deadline of saturday to make improvements in this website. and they ve got a team of experts working around the clock to make that happen, but there s still some problems. with just two days to go before a self-imposed deadline to get the obama care website working right, another delay. the obama administration now says that healthcare.gov won t be able to enroll small businesses for another year. after promising this, too, would be ready. will the shop website for small businesses that was delayed be fully functional during november? yes, we will institute the shop component at the end of november. reporter: republicans quick
demand exceeds that. and consumers will be directed to a virtual waiting line. and hhs also says it is changing its web-hosting provider from a subsidiary of verizon to hewlett-packard because there have been some glitches. jill daugherty, a big couple of days coming up at the white house. next up on new day, dessert or doorbusters. forget black friday, some of the retailers are breaking out big deals before you digested your turkey. some are open right now. the question is, should you go shopping? and i have never seen this at a basketball game. jason kidd in hot water over a cold drink. did he spill it on purpose to get an extra time-out? sure seems like it, but you be the judge. coming up. it s hard to see opportunity in today s challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective.
0 thanksgiving. it s like a thanksgiving present. you brought the pie. we are all better off without my cooking, believe me. well, today, of course, is the big parade. we along with millions of americans are waiting to see if the real stars in the annual macy s day thanksgiving parade will take part. the giant balloons that soar above the parade route. here s the deal, gusty winds here in new york this morning are threatening to perhaps ground the likes of snoopy, sponge bob and spidey. jason carroll is live along the parade route. good morning. when i came in this morning, it wasn t too windy. how are conditions out there? reporter: it s feeling pretty good, we ve had mild gusts, but nothing major to speak of. if you take a look behind me, you have snoopy, the macy s stars, the sandbags are holding them down for now. in terms of what s happening with the parade and whether or not they are going to fly or not, we won t know until the parade gets underway at 9:00 a.m. 16 giant
0 about, the gift of generosity in your heart. thank you for that. and to everyone, lots to be thankful fwor this yeor this ye. i m thankful for you and you. on most days. and for you. time to get to you carol costello, happy thanksgiving to you. i was getting a lull nauseated there. carol! no, it s nice to see the love. the ghost of christmas future. and santa s watching, too. thanks to all of you, have a great day and great thanksgiving. newsroom starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com happening now in the newsroom, norester nightmare. at the end of the day, no one can control mother nature. reporter: welcome to the busiest travel day of the year. i get on the highway, next thing i know i m spinning is. there s a point there s nothing you can do. it s glare his and you re a passenger in your own car. also breaking this morning, a new cnn poll saying the majority of americans still have an open mind about obama care. the big question, though,