Welcome to al jazeera america. We are following a developing story out of washington state. Earlier tonight Union Members called for a no vote to protest boeings push to end a pension plan and decrease health care costs. Workers would have received a signing bonus of 10,000 if they had approved. Boeing says it needs the deal to assemble the new planes in washington state. Figures show sign ups through the federal website have fallen short of targets. Fewer than 20,000 americans bought policies through healthcare. Gov in the first month it went on line. Congress wants to know what went wrong. Lisa stark has more. Over 106,000 signed up for health care under the healthcare. Gov. Only a quarter, fewer than 27,000 used the federal change. House Speaker John Boehner called the law a rolling calamity that must be scrapped. The administration faced tough questions from republicans about the bungled roll out. This was a monumental mistake to two live and effectively explode on the launch pad.
70 years. The body count is rising as desperate typhoon survivors cling to hope of aid and rescue. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. The death toll is above 2300 the the union warns it will spike. The red cross is preparing to send 1500 body bags to the region. The first mass burial took place outside tacloban without ceremony. 40,000 people in tacloban got water, rice, canned goods and victims. Each ration is enough to feed a family for 23 days. Another shipment is expected today. The u. S. S. George washington is arriving today, carrying 5,000 sailors to aid in the rescue and relief efforts of the the arriving of the Aircraft Carrier will trip the the number of helicopters. Theyll help to deliver hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. In a town in northern cebu one person was killed in the storm. It suffered significant damage. Officials say requests for aid have gone unanswered. Al jazeeras correspondent is on the island in northern cebu with this report. Many peop
We begin with an address of bad news for the president its a setback for the Affordable Care act. As lisa stark reports, numbers are not good. Reporter they are not the numbers the Obama Administration hoped for. 106,000 americans have signed up for health plans under the Affordable Care act. 75 did so through the staterun websites only a quarter fewer than 21,000 used the federal exchange. House Speaker John Boehner called it a rolling calamity that must be scrapped. They faced tough questions from the republicans about the rollout. This was a monumental mistake to go live and explode on the launch pad. On the other side of the aisle democrats say republicans want nothing more than to dismantle the Affordable Care act known as obamacare. Nobody in this country believes that republicans want to fix the website. Caught in the crossfire two Key Technology officials, repeatedly questioned about why after years of work and hundreds of millions the website was not completely tested before i
They dont have religion but they do have a growing following. We begin with the reality check for president obama and the Affordable Care act. Its not exactly welcome news. The administration estimated half a Million People would have enrolled by the end of october. Only one 06,000 people signed up, about onefifth of what the white house had expected of those, nearly 80,000 signed up through staterun exchanges. Fewer than 27,000 enrolled through the federal website. Republicans say its the best evidence yet that obamacare is a failure. We begin our coverage with Mike Viqueira at the whitehouse. Mike . Reporter john, the white house, the Administration Spent weeks furiously trying to lower expectations, anticipating this released to and now, we know why. You read the figures only one 06,000 have enrolled thus far. Thats far short of the half a million that was expected was projected in a memo leaked by house republicans. But of that number, only exactly 26,784 have successfully enrolled
Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America, im morgan radford. Relief efforts are picking up nine days after typhoon haiyan struck the philippines. More than 3,600 died. Those who survived are finally getting the help that they need. Food, water and medical supplies have started getting to areas that were completely cut off by the storm. The u. S. Military is now dropping food and water to survivors in the area. But more than 1,000 people are still missing. Some 4 Million People are homeless. For the latest we are going to talk about talk to craig leeson, who is standing by in the philippines. First lets tell you about an attack in afghanistan where more than 2,000 afghan elders will meet in kabul. Theyll vote on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The u. S. Is trying to hammer out an agreement to keep forces on the ground beyond 2014. That effort was dealt a blow on saturday after suicide bomb attack killed six people. Jane ferguson reports from kabul. It was an attack on the