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
Community members and experts testified last weekend at the Indigenous-led Yesah Tribunal to educate the public on proposed Rights of Nature legislation and community concerns over fracked gas infrastructure projects, using the example of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Dan River.
Community members and experts testified last weekend at the Indigenous-led Yesah Tribunal to educate the public on proposed Rights of Nature legislation and community concerns over fracked gas infrastructure projects, using the example of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Dan River.