[applause] thank you. thank you. thank you so much. everybody have a seat. have a seat. thank you very much. well, please have a seat, everybody. good morning. morning. welcome to the white house. today i m here with leaders from business, from labor, from faith communities, who are united around one goal. finishing the job of fixing a broken immigration system. this is not just an idea whose time has come. this is an idea whose time has been around for years now. leaders like all of you, have worked together with republicans and democrats, in this town in good faith, for years, to try to get this done. and this is the moment when we should be able to finally get the job done. it s no secret the american people haven t seen much out of washington that they like these days. the shutdown, and the threat of the first default in more than 200 years, inflicted real pain on our businesses and families across the country and it was a completely unnecessary self-inflicted wou
morning. we will stay on the affordable care act and get your experience with the law. 202-5 85-3 881. democrats, 202-585-3880. , 20 2-585-3882. journal@c-ail us, span.org. let me begin with the front page of the atlanta journal- constitution. health law is delayed. the deadline has been pushed back amid technical issues. this is what they report. from the associated press the white house said late wednesday that it would allow purchasers more time to sign up without facing penalties. so that from the white house last night. the penalty being postponed. both the los angeles times this morning health-care rollout under friendly fire. that from two papers this morning. we are getting your take and we want to hear your experience with the affordable care act not just since the launch of the website but since the law was put on the books in 2010. what has been your experience with it? good, bad, or otherwise, we want to get your take this morning. the white house h
eliminate obamacare or delay it so they can eliminate it later gets to the other part of the matter which is how much longer do you ask americans with pre- existing conditions to go without health insurance? how much longer do you ask a in honor of breast cancer awareness month to go without how long do you ask her to go without health insurance, to go without coverage? from octoberle now 1. americans have been able to sharp have been able to shop for and enroll in affordable health insurance plans. portal through which they can do that has been inadequate and has functioned poorly. we are fixing that every day. a look at the cms center website. getting your thoughts on healthcare.gov, how it is working or not working. john says it has been a bad experience. hi, john. i ll lays try to get on, four or five times over the last two weeks and have never gotten past. host: what slows you down? face.: the happy put on all the information they ask for and what worries me is th
nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. gillespie, an aid to george b. push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. if he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. let s get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. steve what do we know? well, it was 7:00. the polls closed in new jersey. we were an hour away. as you just showed. we have no actual votes in just yet. what can we show you from the exit polls? let s look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. first of all, see if we can call up the areas. okay. that should call it up. here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president, his approval rating, clocks in at 43%, by comparison, last time they had a
let s begin with the breaking news. political earthquake shakes the foundations of the gop establishment. the house majority leader, eric cantor, thought to be aligned one day for the speakership, has just said he will instead give up his post after a stunning primary upset by a political upstart, tea party influenced college professor david brat. the aftershocks of the vote are raising huge questions about the midterm elections, the makeup of congress and any last vestiges of compromise here in washington. analysts and experts are standing by. let s begin with our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash. he just wrapped up a statement at a news conference, give us the headline. reporter: the headline is he s no longer going to be the majority leader as of july 31st, perhaps sooner, but certainly as of july 31st. and the house majority leader came out of a meeting with his entire republican caucus, it was about 30 minutes long, and it was clear that he didn t have mu