on the affordable care act for four years now, and more than 5 million americans have selected plans on the new federal and state marketplaces, but we don t know how many have paid premiums yet, and the clock is ticking because a week from monday, open enrollment ends and the administration is still about 2 million enrollees short of their original target, 7 million. the administration is making an aggressive pr push to court more consumers, but that might not be enough. all this advertising that the government is doing, all that will do is make a bad product fail quicker. it s like bragging about a car that has a broken engine to get you to the destination. in the end, the car isn t going to get you to the deszination. in the last four years, the white house has made many changes to the affordable care act without asking congress, and critics say it didn t do any good. so many changes by administrative fiat, i don t think the authors no longer know what s in it. you cannot reform
one of the most popular olympic events in sew she is women s figure skating. but can it hold a candle to what is getting underway in st. paul, minnesota? judge this one for yourself. this is a crashed ice competition. involving skaters, tearing done a 430-meter track that looks a bit like the olympic luge course. complete with hills, bumps and turns. st. paul s mayor chris coleman in the purple jersey, joined some hockey players to test out one of the less challenging portions of the course. those real outfits are training on the track today and competition takes place this weekend. looks like fun. coming up, if the car isn t working for you in this winter weather, we ll show you a transportation alternative made for a daredevil. but first, a paternal problem. a guy going public with very difficult emotions about becoming a dad. what he didn t feel when his daughter was born. you re watching world news now. world news now weather. brought to you by hotwire.com.
because he will hurt you or kill you any opportunity he gets. that inmate, convicted killer henry hodges requires a team of five correctional officers to escort him whenever he leaves his cell. that particular death row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. officer robert mosley was one of hodges victims. got medical on unit. i took the flap down went to apply his handcuffs. i got distracted. as i m applying the handcuffs, he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and drew a razor blade down my arm. mosley s sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn t only physical. the psychological effects never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it, but you can t take this job for granted. these guys are not here for the right reasons and the reality of it every day is there. keep your eyes on the inmates at all times. don t ever take your eye off them especially on death row
some sort of assistance, whether it s housing, medical, or food stamps, but they work full-time. if they walk off the job, that means a devastating blow to their family budget. so other folks step in and do it. when i was protesting with walmart workers the other day, several of them in fact left the shop floor and joined me and many others to stand up for higher wages. isn t it going to take a large number of workers protesting? it can t just be a couple of people with some union worker helping. it has to start somewhere. you ve been seeing all summer long, whether it be in milwaukee, minneapolis, new york, or chicago or new york, people have been standing up for better wages over the course of a better part of the year. these things are growing. they re getting stronger, longer
reporter: the car isn t as forgiving in mistakes, lacking a common feature on many cars today, electronic stability control. stability control is really good at correcting slides, keeping the car from getting out of shape. reporter: everyone i spoke to who drivers works on the car told me pretty much the same thing. in the right hands, it s a great car. but a car like the carrera gt needs to be driven with great respect because it has so much power and capability. reporter: martin savidge, cnn, atlanta. autopsies for walker and the driver, roger rodas, who was also killed, are scheduled for later today. still to come in the newsroom from walmart to wendy s, workers are walking off the job in a fight for a better wage. one congressman joining in the protest joins us.