Pelley good evening. There hasnt been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball. Today six weeks after the troubled opening of the federal Health Insurance web site, the Obama Administration finally told us how Many Americans have signed up. In the first month, it comes to just over 106,000. People who chose policies on both the federal and state sites, though they had not necessarily paid for them yet. That is only about 20 of the 494,000 that the administration had projected. Major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. Major . Reporter scott, the white house said for weeks these enroll. Numbers would fall short of expectations and they have. The poorly designed federal Health Care Web site nearly unusable in its first days of operation severely limited the number of people who were able to sign up for coverage. Of the 106,000 americans who are counted as enrolled in obamacare, less than a third just under 27,000 did so by navigatin
About the next step in nigeria and ukraine. Shinseki orders a wide ranging view of practices in va hospitals around the current. But the question surrounding deaths of those of phoenix hospital days before he faces lawmakers on capitol hill. Well take you live to arizona for the very latest on a growing scandal. And very good friday to you, im Kristen Welker in washington. Vladimir putin is making his first visit to crimea since his country annexed the region from ukraine arriving by boat. The visit comes hours after the russian president presided over a military parade through red square as they mark victory day and defeat of nazi germany. There are reports of fresh violence today and multiple deaths in the southeastern ukraine where forces clashed with proRussian Troops trying to take control of a government building. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel joins me now from donetsk, ukraine. Thanks for joining me. I want to start with the reports of violence. Whats the latest
I dont know if we can guard against it. Lefts talk about the fact the military is cut to the bone. Its been decimated. People in the country think freedom is free, we can drink lattes and nobody will harm us. Having said that, theres a lot of pork. Commanders say we dont want and senators say its in my district. Theres enough money to fund what we need to do but there is a red flag we need to stop military spending. 5 million, there are other means to get the money and look at alternatives. What i see happening and every time we see Something Like this, its a great chance to run for the pot and get more money for the pot. A great chance to call out individuals who are looking out for themselves and not the nation. And not our own safety in this country. 5 billion for isis. We know its going to be more than that. You need to end the request for cuts on defense spending and even though the president says no boots on the ground, look back at the two, you know, the 2007 surge in iraq, spec
Are redecembered go back to the battlefield, even chuck hagel has said at that, by the way, he said we know that some of the detainees that have come out of gitmo have gone back to the fight, the battlefield. That means they are costing us a lot of money when they commit terror. Well thats right and its not just money david its also the fact that what price do you put on those mnt lives that these terrorists then go back and take . And gitmo is not a jail like it is in the united states, its a prisoner of war camp and by the way the prisoners there are treated far better than most pows were in previous wars. The cost is not about cost. Closing gitmo would be immensely costly they do go back to the battlefield and the idea that you can treat them like domestic prisoners is preposterous. This is a war. Gitmo is a pow camp, period. Rick, lets get back to what the president was saying. I know there are issues and we can talk about them beyond the money, but the president said we would save
In a year. John huddy is live in our middle east bureau. What more do we know about this attack . The death toll continues to climb. And we are learning more details about how this cause carried out. The Associated Press is reporting the death toll is at 149. We have seen death tolls of 15. Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble and some are beyond recognition so dna testing is being done. The attack happened around midnight in a shopping district in baghdad when iraqi Officials Say a truck, it may have been a fridge curator type of storage truck that rammed into a building that housed a Shopping Center and various restaurants. It was one of the worst attacks since 2007. As gregg was mentioning, isis claimed responsibility. Its not the first attack isis has threatened to increase its attacks during ramadan. Reporter so many innocent people were killed, but why in this particular area . Reporter its a busy shopping district, and its predominantly shiia and has a high christian po