0 one of the first obama administration officials to be questioned directly by congress in this debacle that has been the obama care website rollout. have a listen to how it went. >> despite our democrats opposition to part d ten years ago, we committed to making the best of the program. and because of all the changes that have occurred in part d prescription program, 90% of seniors right now the are satisfied. and why are they satisfied? well, are in my district, before that was vote, i made seniors know that i was going to vote no and opposed and i told them two reasons. the gap, the doughnut hole when you're paying for premiums you're not getting any benefits. that was horrendous and number two, no one was an outside source was not sitting down and being the third party to the negotiate the prices of prescription drugs. so it lost. we lost the policy fight. and what did we do? we went back to our districts and we told our seniors although we voted no, we're -- we personally believe and we'll work with the bush administration to make it work. that's what we did. and how many of you stood up to do that? none. zero. zero. let's talk. let's not water the wine here. let's say it like it is. you refused to expand many of these governors medicaid. they refused to set up state marketplaces to leaving millions of dollars in outreach on the table in education funding. and what happens? well, to those i say this. and to you i say this who i deeply respect. here and off the floor of the committee and off the floor of the house, what are you going to do about the approximately 17 million children with pre-existing conditions who can no longer be denied health insurance coverage? you want to go back? you want to say you are no longer covered any longer? you going to tell the parents of those kids? which one of you is going to stand up and tell the parents of those children the game is over, sorry, that was just a phase. >> will the gentleman yield? >> yes, i will. >> i would just tell you that -- >> where are you? >> right here. you asked a question. i'm going to answer it. it's a false choice to say it's obama care or nothing. there are numerous proposals including the one that i'm a cosponsor of. >> i yield back. i take back the time, sir. >> the president's signature health care law, welcome to, everyone, this is "around the world" and a special welcome to our international viewers joining us all of this week. i'm michael holmes. >> i'm hala gorani. we'll have a lot more on the obama carrollout and some of the issues they've had with the website, of course. but for now, let's, as i was saying, moving on there to president obama's signature health care law under fire at a congressional hearing right now. >> yeah, and today we actually heard an apology. this from the administrator whose agency oversaw the creation of the enrollment website, the centers for medicare and medicaid services. have a listen. >> consumers are eager to purchase this coverage. and to the millions of american who have attempted to use healthcare.gov to shop and enroll in health care coverage, i want to apologize to you the website has not worked as well as it should. we know how desperately you need affordable coverage. i want to assure you healthcare.gov can and will be fixed. we are working around the clock to deliver the experience that you deserve. we are seeing improvements each week. >> the medicare chief apologizing and acknowledging there have been major issues with the website. we'll have a live report from washington on today's hearing and new concerns that the president may have potentially misled the public on one aspect of the law. >> yeah, plus tonight, we'll have a special report on obama care for viewers in the united states. that's at 6:00 eastern. now, also in washington, the ever-growing firestorm over u.s. spying is about to come to a head. >> right. it's not just in washington. it's around the world. this has been making big news abroad. the directors of national intelligence and the nsa will testify on capitol hill today about u.s. surveillance at home and around the world. >> meanwhile, president obama has ordered a review of intelligence gathering outside of the country where as hala says, this has been big news, trying to calm what has become an international diplomatic storm. here's his take. >> that's why i'm initiating now a review to make sure what they're able to do doesn't necessarily mean what they should be doing. >> let's bring in elyse la by the at the state department. here's the question that not just in the united states but outside of the united states people have. what can you tell us about president obama possibly ordering the nsa to stop spy ong leaders of allied states and did he know this spying was going on when it was indeed happening? >> well, in terms of what he knew and when he knew it, none of us really know. the white house is saying that president obama knew this summer when an internal review that was started revealed that this was happening on about 35 world leaders. and at that time, the administration kind of intensified this review. they're saying the president didn't know the up until then. but officials are telling us, you know, when president obama took office, he was briefed on these programs and if he didn't know specifically which countries, he knew that generally that this program existed. now, wa is he going to do about it? the white house says that the administration is taking this review not only about whether the u.s. can have the surveilance on world leaders but should they. does this really fall in line with the policy goals. and these are the questions that are going to be talked about in the next few weeks. >> the thing that's interesting here too, elyse, you talk about spain and france and particularly germany upset about their leaders perhaps being listened on but a no spying ingredient, a club if you like, already exists. u.s. has that no spy deal with britain, australia, new zealand and canada called the five poob is deal where it came up after world war ii. so you know, what's wrong with germany and san francisco saying can we join, please? >> certainly these are two of the u.s.' closest allies. there has been reluctance for the u.s. to kind of add to this. this was set up a very long time ago and whether germany and france could be added to this unclear because they want to have maybe the eu be involved. those are 2 members. i think the u.s. wants to keep its the prerogatives on its surveilance activities but clearly, there are going to be some very intense discussions with the germans and french about the boundaries of intelligence and what it really means to be that close ally that you say you are. you can't do that on world leaders. that's the message that they're sending >> exactly. keeping a close eye on the friends. elie lab bot at the state department. >> the what about republican leaders? that's an embarrassment for the obama administration. they say they're calling for a review of the nation's spy programs. it's perhaps one of the only things that the white house and the gop leadership can agree on these days. >> have a listen now to house speaker john boehner. he was talking just moments ago. >> i don't think there's any question that there needs to be review. there ought to be review. and it ought to be thorough. we've got obligations to the american people to keep them safe. we've got obligations to our allies around the world. but having said that, we've got to find the right balance here. and clearly, there's -- we're imbalanced as we stand here. >> and john boehner seeming to echo president obama there. interesting to note, this is coming out, all this condemnation and calls for reviews after it was revealed that foreign leaders were potentially spied on, not the millions of spanish or civilian enordinary citizens the gathering of their metadata. it's interesting that this was the impetus and not what was revealed before. >> a bit annoyed. but as you say, you point out, 60 million spanish phone calls listened into in one month. so a lot of people upset about that. now, the whale of criticism, the white house is hearing from all around the world, of course, is the reaction over the leaders and the nsa spying there. al goodman is in spain where there has been a lot of blowback as we said, 60 million phone calls monitored by the nsa in one month. >> i'm al goodman in madrid. publicly, madrid doesn't have the proof u.s. espionage targeted spain but out of concern, it called in the u.s. ambassador to spain to explain what was going on. and spain's foreign minister warned if the spying is confirmed, it would rupture the climate of confidence between madrid and washington. spanish prosecutors announced they are opening a preliminary investigation into the spying allegations. >> well, as you know, the u.s. spying allegations stemmed from leaks made by former nsa contractor edward snowden. he describes himself as a whistleblower, but others say he's a traitor. >> christiane amanpour has spoken with the journalist who worked closely with edward snowden to expose these secrets and joins you now from london. you had that interview with glenn greenwald. what struck you most about him, he is one determined man on a bit of a mission really. >> he continues to insist that despite the vociferous criticism that officials have leveled at the snowden leaks and at him and the press for publishing them, it is not all about terrorism. he keeps saying loorks, they want us to believe that everything that's being leaked is just about life and death terrorism. but it's not. there are a lot of other revelations, a lot of revelations about economic and commercial and industrial espionage. there are a lot of revelations obviously which started the firestorm of protests around the world. about spying and collecting metadata from ordinary citizens. that is what really drives glen green wald really, really crazy and let me play you just a little bit of what he told me on this regard. >> let's just request use common sense. every terrorist who's capable of tying their own shoes has long known that the u.s. government and the uk government are trying to monitor their communications in every way they can. that isn't new. we didn't reveal anything to the terrorists they didn't already know. we revealed the spying system is largely devoted to the innocence people around the world. . >> so that is what he and snowden really want to get their message out. that is their message to the world. and when i asked him about, you know, what about terrorists and others so-called the bad guys, knowing how the u.s. figures out what they're saying and how they're meeting and what they're planning, you know, he says they're being very careful what they put out. he told me they have many, many, many thousands of pages of documents and that he estimated they'd published about 200 to 250 pages. but you know, michael, if there is some kind of review of all of this and if it's a meaningful review, it will certainly be claimed as a victory by snowden and greenwalled. >> indeed. thanks so much. a fascinating interview. for our international viewers, christie and's show comes up about three hours or so from now. >> coming up, reportses show president obama may have misled the american people or said something wrong when he said this -- >> under the reform we're proposing, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >> and then the numbers of terrorist attacks around the world are on the rise. how there was an 89% jump. fatalities since 2011. >> you're watching "around the world." we will be be right back. 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given repeated assurances about americans being able to keep current plans if they're happy with those plans under the affordable health care act and speeches going back as far as four years ago. listen. >> if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor under the reform proposals that we put forward. if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep it. if you like the plan you have, you can keep it. if you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too. we will keep promise to the american people. if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan period. if you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan. if you've got health insurance you like your doctor, you like your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan. >> well, it hasn't really worked out like that not exactly anyway. joe johns joining us from washington. but like a lot of things, some of those plans didn't fit in with the new rules under obama care. >> yeah, that's the bottom line, michael. this is about those people getting cancellation notices from their insurance companies. it's true. you heard it. the president aid it again and again. people can keep their insurance. what the house is saying today it's true that the vast majority of people who get insurance through their employers or through the government can keep their insurance, but this issue be about americans getting insurance through private individual markets. and now have gotten notices that the company's canceling the policies for example because they don't comply with the affordable care act. marilyn tavernner who was testifying today today recited the administration position that these are people who got insurance in the private market mash maybe after the obama care of act passed or because the policy changed after the act was passed which means they were not grandfathered in and they have to get new insurance. sometimes it turns out to be more expensive. tavernner also pointed out some of the insuranceps companies are changing policies and doing it on their own volition, michael. >> and this is hala, joe. so how many people are we talking about here in terms of people who might have to -- whose insurance plan might be dropped and who might have to make changes this he might not want to make? >> we've heard there could be right now as many as a couple million people who have gotten these kinds of notices, but the sum total of people who could get them could be anywhere we're told between 11 million and 15 million. so you're talking about a lot of people in the situation, hala. >> joe johns in washington, thanks very much. >> well, was it an attack or just an accident? that's the question that's being asked after a jeep crashes into ten men square in beijing. this is china. cnn's coverage of 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