yeah, that s right, zoraida and john. the family was inside. early this morning, 5:30, 5:40 this morning when all of this happened. they went outside, they noticed the sinkhole, and immediately got out as quickly as they could. before it started expanding. as you mentioned, it certainly has engulfed the back section of their house and another house. you know they had been working for the last two years with their insurance company and an engineering firm had been out here the last couple of days doing work to try to stabilize the house. they knew they had a sinkhole under there, but before the work could be done, it opened up and it s not only begun swallowed up most of their house. one of the houses next door and a third is also in danger as well. and i do have the fire chief here with me, jeff parks. and chief, the hole is still expanding, correct? yes, at this time. it slowed down, but it s still expanding. what do you have it now at? about 70, 75 feet wide and
just remarkable. thank you, john zarrella. amazing pictures. what s weird, they were working on the house to repair the sinkhole, and people were inside the house. i find that remarkable. coming up, more on our breaking news today. president obama offering a fix to the promise that was broken, that if you like your insurance plan, you can keep it. one insurance company source says this fix is a total mess. we re going to have the debate. stay right here. (dad) just feather it out. that s right. (son) ok. feather it out. (dad) all right. that s ok. (dad) put it in second, put it in second. (dad) slow it down. put the clutch in, break it, break it. (dad) just like i showed you. dad, you didn t show me, you showed him. dad, he s gonna wreck the car! (dad) he s not gonna wreck the car. (dad) no fighting in the road, please. (dad) put your blinker on. (son) you didn t even give me a chance! (dad) ok. (mom vo) we got the new subaru because nothing could break our old one. (dad) ok. (so
i ll leave that to the administration because my goal right now is to make sure alaskans can access the website as efficiently as possible. i got on it on monday, yesterday, one of our big providers not providers but people selling plans on the marketplace have now re-entered because many of the glij glitc have been volved for their ability to get people onto the marketplace. keep in mind, the only place you want to get on the marketplace for folks who want the subsidy, you can still get insurance from your broker, that s not a problem, but someone should be held accountable. i ll leave it to the president. i enrolled. i m paying 100% of my premium, i m with alaskans and frustrated like the rest of them. a lot of people deal with health insurance every day, and this affects millions and millions of americans very directly. there are also political implications. you are running for re-election in alaska. may not be an easy race. the president discussed the implications for members o
have cordoned off is the vulnerabvulner able area? that s correct. there may be behind the house, houses behind that may be in danger as well, but we re watching that as well. there s some cracking on one of the houses on the other street, correct? not on the other street. loose ground there, further to the west, there s a house with cracking in it. all things you re going to have to keep an eye on. chief, thanks so much for spending time with us. again, continues b s to be, as say, a fluid situation. of course, the good news is everyone was able to get out. and i did talk to another homeowner whose house is right back here. and matt was telling me that, you know, as soon as they knocked on his door this morning and said, hey, there s a sinkhole get out, of course, the first thing that came to his mind was the sefner collapse where the man fell in the hole and died. so he got out as quickly as he could. with his wife and his 11-year-old son. we are very happy that everybody i
alaskans, the 4,000 that have had cancellation notices that they can fix the plan. to be clear, you re saying what the president is suggesting is not enough. you would like more. go ahead. his plan, as you know, is only as far as i can see, only a year long. i think, again, i think it s not enough, but it s a step. you want it forever. let s talk about the website now, healthcare.gov. there s been a lot of problems there. the president acknowledged it s been a rough rollout to say the least. that s one of the fumbles he talked about. he was asked directly whether he had been informed in advance there would be problems with the site. let s listen to what he said. i was not informed directly that the website would not be working. the way it was supposed to. had i been informed, i wouldn t be going out saying, boy, this is going to be great. this seems like a pretty big failure of communication for a white house. so is just saying sorry, i didn t know, enough now? or do you thin