Some of the contractors who built it are going to have some explaining to do. Were going to bring that to you live in just a few minutes. First we explain just how we got here. Lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal Website Health care. Gov. House republicans long opposed to the penaltys Affordable Care act are expected to grill the definiteliors of the system. The rollout is nothing short of a debacle. On wednesday, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with c. E. O. S of Insurance Companies at the white house. The initial high jam of users clogged the system, which failed early testing. The Vice President of the company that built the website will say today the Obama Administration acknowledged the website was not tested enough before going live. We did not expect or anticipate the scale of the problems that has occurred. Thats on us. Some democrats claim the investigation is political and the go
A very good morning to you and welcome to aljazeera america. Its god to have you with us. The rollout of president obamas signature legislation, the Affordable Care act has been taking a beating on many fronts, but most criticism is focused on the federal website where people are supposed to sign up for insurance plans. Its still not working properly. Later today, some of the contractors who built the website will have some explaining to do. Theyre going to appear at the house energy committee. We begin our coverage. Lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal website healthealth care. Gov. The departmentors are expected to the grilled. The rollout of obamacare is nothing short of a debacle. On wednesday, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with Insurance Companies c. E. O. s at the white house, the contractors responsible for the nuts and boats say the initial high volume of users clogged the system,
I. President obama saying now is the time calling on congress to once again take up the thorny issue of Immigration Reform. Challenges lawmakers to fix the system he says is broken. Its not smart, its not fair. It doesnt make sense. We have kicked this particular can down the road for too long. For more on what the president said, specifically, what does the president want . He wants Immigration Reform passed this year, and dont wait until next year in an election year. What the president is doing here is he is putting his foot on the gas. Trying to keep up with any momentum he had. And there is no question that the president came out on top. The Senate Passed Immigration Reform other the summer, it is now languishing in the house to a large extent, the same die unanimous take held up that spending bill that shut down the government, at are in in order here in the house of representatives. There is a hard core of Conservatives Tea Party affiliated conservatives who say that anything th
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A judge is under fire for her decision. Heads up. Detecting earthquakes before you feel them. The early barning system before you feel them. Well show you how it works. President obamas cornerstone for a second term is 59 minutes away from a critical point. The deadline to sign up is midnight tonight. Enrolments began six months ago, its been plagued by delays, misstep and smecs. Getting on mistakes. Getting on to the site could be challenging. This is vivian more as she signs up. If she doesnt, she faces tax penalti penalties. We begin coverage with libby casey in washington. The website went down twice on monday, the first for scheduled maintenance at one in the morning. It was supposed to be down for three hours, it lasted until 9am. Killing the website for crucial hours as americans got ready for the monday morning. It got back up and running. It went down again monday afternoon. This time the administration said because there was a big surge in people trying to get online, finding