upton on that ad and i would not go. martha: the only way to convince a keg stand dude to sign up for health care is to offer free chicken wings and pearl jam tickets. maybe that is coming next. for great to have you back. martha: "america's newsroom "has right now. jenna: brand-new stories you're only going to see right here. jon: the revelations of the bizarre behavior of a utah doctor has a try to save his dying wife he had our legal panel weighs in on the testimony in the murder trial. plus a horrific bus bombing has officials on edge. how the deadly blast prompted concerns of security for the 2014 winter games. and it has been more than 15 years since the murder of jonbenet ramsey. with each passing year, hopes to find a child dim. could document's just-released breathes new life into this cold

case? it's all "happening now." ♪ there is a startling admission to the health care website, the secretary of health and human services admitting she allowed the president to get blindsided by the crippling problems plaguing the obamacare website. welcome to "happening now." i am jon scott be at jenna: i am jenna lee. the president says there is no excuse to the website wonders. but sebelius gave several excuses. despite the red flags she was optimistic the website would run smoothly insisting the president never knew about any problems until after the site went live. >> i think there are some challenges that could be smoother, it could be easier to access, and that is really what we're working on. nobody says the site is working the way we wanted to.

the president acknowledged that yesterday. nobody could mean more frustrated than i am and the president that it isn't smooth. jenna: democrats getting a closed-door briefing on the limitation of obamacare. more on this part of the story. we're getting some of the first reports on the closed briefing. what are they saying? >> democrats say the obama administration is making progress, jenna, fixing some of the obamacare rollout problems. they say the meetings are encouraging. and the calmest man says there was no mention the meeting of delaying the obamacare fines for those tha who don't have insurae by next year. they have been pushing for that delay saying hundreds of thousands of people are finding out under obamacare they cannot keep their health insurance plan they will have to find new insurance. if they don't have it by early next year they will have to pay a fine. >> how is that fair?

with the problems arising around this rollout, it doesn't make any sense to impose one present mandate tax on the american people. that's why we republicans remain committed to delaying that mandate tax. >> more americans are going to lose their health insurance then are going to sign up at these exchanges. this is a very serious problem, it is affecting our economy and affecting the ability of the american people. >> democrats hope republicans will try to "help with obamacare" rather than try to "destroy it." jenna: trying to work with other supporters as well to get the message out about the new health care law. what can you tell us about that? >> the president made a video for his most active volunteers and supporters asking them to get the word out about how people can find affordable

coverage. >> we won't be able to reach everyone who deserves safety and security of affordable health insurance without you. fortunately that is what you do best. organize. so i'm asking you to help tell your friends, families, coworkers, classmates, neighbors and anyone else about what the ford will care act can mean them. >> the white house arranged a meeting at the white house. embattled health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is expected to be among the officials briefing them. jenna. jenna: we will look for any headlines on that. molly, thank you. one in addition to all the headlines making headlines, some are still not working at all. according to the "washington post," it will take longer than expected to repair them. signing up for medicaid on the website for the basic function remains broken. the spanish language version of the website also not working. so let's talk about the latest

developments with a fox news contributor. charlie is a columnist for the washington times. is it kathleen sebelius' fault, charlie? >> survey the buck stops with the white house. in an overreaching way, it is president obama's fault. in what molly just showed, she is trying to play the good soldier by saying president obama didn't know anything about this, this is all my responsibility and all that stuff. but behind the scenes it is a different story. you have her allies in "the new york times" today saying the white house knew all about this, they are completely responsible. they were involved with making the website. kathleen sebelius wasn't the one involved in the website, she is more on the health end of things. you have this behind the scenes struggle to blame sebelius,

sebelius is trying to blame the white house. one thing for certain is sebelius has become a toxic bank where she is soaking up all of the toxins from the people upset about how this rollout has gone. >jon: is the white house throwig her under the bus? >> you're supposed to track all the heat, you don't want it to go to the boss, the president. frankly i don't think any of them knew what was happening because part of the problem with government, first the government system, the government does not secure it very well. there is a study out, 98% of the it sales. the second part of that is neither the president, if it was steve jobs or bill gates running a tech company knows how to call

the tech guys and find out it is going to work or not, ask the right questions. i am not sure the secretary would have a clue on what to ask those technology people that were working on that website or to test it or think about it in ways a tech ceo would. one of the reasons they are bringing in new people to head this up and change it and fix it is to have that expertise literally in control of the project, not the president or the secretary. jon: charlie, we call it obamacare, not sebelius care. whether or not she falls on the sword, aren't people always going to associate these problems with the president? >> absolutely, jon. this is a monumental issue that will stay with the president for his presidency. i have always thought obamacare would ultimately fail. i did not suspect it would fail

quite this quickly under its own weight. but as you go forward and the wrong people sign up for it, not the wrong people, but the people who are the sickest sign up, the healthy and the young don't sign up, it becomes even more top-heavy and collapses over. one of the things about sebelius is she will be with us for the remainder as well because president obama cannot sack her as much as he would like to to further shift blame on her, he could not get anybody confirmed to that position in the senate if he did. if we had confirmation hearings it would be this whole trial with obamacare on trial, that is a last ring president obama wants right now. jon: what an interesting chess game. charlie, you disagree. you think there are successes under obamacare to be discussed. >> what you see this is kentucky is an example, they have their

own exchange. the governor was saying 1000 people per day are signing up and getting themselves health insurance under the exchange. 1000 people per day in kentucky would be 100,000 people before the deadline even happens. the state exchanges are working. one of the mistakes the administration made was setting up 1 big federal website for all the other states, they should have done this, that they should have had 50 states sites, but i do agree with charlie, by the way. secretary mcconnell will be with us for the duration. it is a big mistake for the same reason, he would not be able to get a nominee confirmed, and just the hearing for whoever he put up would be a battle for obamacare and i think would put obamacare on trial with a party

frankly republicans who want to throw hurdles. jon: the ministration would not look forward to that. thank you both. next hour we will be talking with one of the plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit against the federal government over obamacare. could be something developments people to talk about next hour. jenna: went to watch for sure. new information concerning the trial of anas al-liby, the accused al qaeda mastermind brought to the united states for his alleged role in the next 98 u.s. embassy bombings in east africa. it turns out there may be a financial link between his attorney and the libyan government. joining us now with the latest to tell us why. >> we are talking about second court appearance for anas al-liby. it was supposed to be a routine hearing but that is not the way it turned out. he was in court because lawyers who provide free legal services

no longer represent him citing illegal conflict. al-liby told the court he did not have money to pay for a lawyer was expected to have anyone appointed at taxpayer expense. instead he had another attorney. the sources say is being paid for by the libya government, the same government that says al-liby should be tried at home. they have called for attack against america. libyan officials from the washington embassy attended al-liby's hearing and told an arabic speaking news channel that they were paying for the attorney. also telling fox the libyan government was picking up the tab. representing the 1993 attacks on the world trade center. when asked who retained him had little to say on the matter speaking with reporters outside the white house. >> is that you did not have enough money for the attorney. who is paying for your services?

>> no comment. >> during the hearing prosecutor told the court he was making criminal statement after being read his miranda rights and they have 255,000 pages they wanted to bring into evidence. al-liby conducted surveillance on the u.s. embassy in kenya before it was bombed along with the u.s. embassy back in 1998. the attack killed 224 people including 12 americans. al-liby has pled not guilty and will be back in court on december 12. this trial's months and months away. jenna: thank you. jon: there are new fears for the winter olympics. could a suicide bombing on a bus in russia be an opening salvo in a campaign of terror targeting the olympic games?

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jon: new security concerns over the olympic games in russia. a suicide bombing in southern russia this week putting new focus on terror group that has already threatened to use "maximum force" to stop the winter games. details at the breaking news desk. >> on monday a 30-year-old woman

boarded a bus in southern russia and blew herself up killing six other people as well. nobody has claimed responsibility, but experts are convinced it was the work of islamic terrorists, and they say this could be the first phase of a campaign. russia is set to host the olympics next year and terrorism experts fear such an extremist will target civilians before and during those games. the insurgency led in july releasing a video online: a his followers to use maximum force to stop those olympics sang the games represent satanic dancing on the bones of our ancestors. where the games will take place is 300 miles west of the capital. in aversiv of chicago project on security and terrorism notes this group is known for using female suicide bombers and for targeting civilians. also says the group is getting desperate in the face of

counterterrorism measures. it was executed by a woman who was reportedly married to an explosives expert involved in the north caucasus insurgency. meanwhile in may, 2012, russian authorities claim to have disrupted a major terror plot targeting the olympics. the discovered 10 weapon caches including antiaircraft missiles which they believe were destined for sochi. officials are assurin ensuring e public they are ready for any scenario, and that includes russian olympic security officials and of course the u.s. olympic committee which says the safety of american athletes is the highest priority. jon. jon: those will be some games to watch. thank you. >> in this video i know what it means. the prosecution, everything they need to put me away for a long time.

jenna: a judge in ohio has just sentenced that man who gained national attention earlier this year when he posted a youtube confession to killing a man after drunk driving. the latest in the courthouse from columbus, ohio. we are just now learning the sentence. reporter: 22-year-old matthew was just sentenced to six and a half years for that death of the 61-year-old. they're in the courtroom the sentencing started out with the judge showing that dramatic video that we have all seen so many times. the letter from the former spouse of the victim, and in that letter she said that her former husband would not want to see two lives lost, and that he would not want to see matthew receive the maximum penalty. just after that the daughter addressed the court as well and she said she and her sister will

never get to see their father again, that his grandchildren will never get to see him again and he should receive the maximum sentence. >> my father got it death sentence and did nothing wrong. anything less than that would be unjust. after 8.5 years, that he still has his whole life ahead of him. my dad does not have that. reporter: she was very emotional throughout the hearing. matthew read a statement as well saying he accepts whatever sentence he receives. jenna: real quick, the daughter of the victim, she mentioned 8.5 years. is that the maximum on the table that he could have received? >reporter: 8.5 years with the maximum sentence he was looking at. he received six months for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, 8.5 was a

maximum. the minimum was two years. the lawyers were hoping to get somewhere between three years and four years. he is facing six and a half years. he will be going to the county correctional facility for six months after which he will be transferred to prison where he will serve those six years. jenna: thank you so much. jon: a fox news alert. a news conference from house minority leader nancy pelosi is underway right now. she is talking about the government shuts down, but it is likely she will get questions on the botched rollout of obamacare. we will be monitoring what she has to say and bring you any news as we get it. "happening now" will be back after a moment.

jon: right now new info around the world. dry wind fueling massive wildfires in sydney, australia, forcing dozens of people to pack up and get out. destroying 200 homes in the last week. officials one residence to prepare for the worst. increase officials say dna belonging to the mystery girl known as maria does not match anyone from missing persons. after triggering widespread flooding and mudslides. jenna: progress being made in the destruction of chemical weapons. also growing frustration over the lack of a diplomatic deal to get rid of assad. an article suggests policy to

rage inside the administration with insight on this story we're joined now by fox news contributor ambassador john bolton. so let's start with present time and work our way back in the article. the current offenders in syria admit while the last two years had been messy as far as policy, last six weeks or successful case of diplomacy. is the end result finding chemical weapons and destroying them in syria justify the messy path to get there? >> i think if you view this from the ministrations own state objectives, the pulse remains incomplete disarray. the president has said for over two years moving from power and yet the effective events since the august 21 chemical weapons had been used again, bolstering

the position. the organization of the prohibition chemical weapons in syria now under the protection of syrian troops, the notion that we are back at the negotiating table with russia on the other side that has absolutely no intention of seeing the assad regime fall. reflected in the fact the pro-democratic forces uncertain if they will be in these negotiations. saudi arabia, longtime ally basically distancing itself from the administration rejecting a non-permit a state, something effectively unprecedented. i think we still see a policy in disarray. measured in their own metric, assad is still in power. jenna: what is the effect on america and the national security if assad stays?

>> the policy was weak and ineffective. now in a stronger position in the middle east than any time since expelling the soviet military advisors in 1979. let's not forget today is the 30th anniversary of the marine barracks being destroyed over 240 marines killed 30 years ago. i think as we see american interest declining unfortunately, that of russia and iran very strong growing. jenna: the article describes the president as benevolent. charging back in april the approval to armed rebels given by the president although they did not pass it right away.

he came to the white house and said listen, chemical weapons are being used in syria. i want to parallel that with an new yorker piece that talks about what is happening inside iran during the same time. the new yorker was saying iran was in disarray. they said if we lose syria, we cannot keep t iran. >> is a question of which is more fiction and which is more news reporting. i think the eyes of the new yorker have a real insight into what is going on inside the government is pretty remote. i don't think there has ever been any doubts that to continue their influence through the iraq

and assad regime they had to keep assad in power. even with economic sanctions in place have stepped up their military and financial support for the assad regime. that is why the president gets paid the big bucks. make up your mind what you want the policy to be particularly when over two years ago the president said it is time for assad to go. you need to decide whether you are just going to be satisfied with the sound of your own voice or if you're going to do something to support the policy. i had not favored american intervention in this conflict or anything other than providing humanitarian advice. when the president says this is what he wants the outcome to be, is he going to wish for it to happen or do something about it? jenna: the reason i use that

piece it is the first in-depth reporting piece on the revolutionary guard. something we don't talk a lot about. a topic for another day. thank you very much. >> thank you. jon: a 15-year-old cold case. could new documents of jonbenet ramsey finally beat the killer of that little girl? republicans demanding accountability from the obama administration on the disastrous rollout of obamacare. joining us live to explain his new bill.

jon: a sneak peek at other stories still coming. a cold case heats up as a secret indictment to the murder of jonbenet ramsey is released. why the father wants the documents kept under lock and key. the murder trial of utah doctor focusing on the demeanor. what's his behavior of that of a distraught husband's desperate to save his wife's life or was he deliberately hampering efforts of the paramedics trying to resuscitate her? a big day for the royal family as prince george is christened in london. surrounded by his seven new godparents. who they are, and taking a break from royal tradition. we are live with the latest.

jenna: the public of the stepping up efforts for the latest rocky rollout of obamacare. who is to blame over this. senior republican on the senate health committee alexander just released this statement saying somebody must be accountable for this mess. if the president isn't going to rejoin thresign, it is up to hio determine who should. senator, it is nice to have you on this program. >> good morning. jenna: let's talk about obamacare. who do you think is to blame over this? >> the president needs to be on the flagpole for this, somebody should be fired. if the president isn't going to resign, he should fire somebody else. aryans are being told to buy insurance by december 15, on a website that doesn't work or be fined by the internal revenue service.

jenna: do you think it is secretary sebelius that should be fired? >> that is up to be president. jenna: you would like a bill that serves as a weekly report card, if you will about obamacare. tell the viewers about what you would like. >> we want to know what is happening. we are hearing half of 1% successful in the first week, we would like to know how many are successful. i would like to know what level of insurance they bought, the zip code. that should be available every single day. it is congress' job to have oversight because people are expected to buy the insurance january 1 or be fined by the irs. jenna: are you asking for this information? >> yes, i have. i get no answers at all. we're going to introduce a law. jenna: maybe the e-mails are not working. thank you.

>> this is the internet age. can't tell you how many hamburgers they sold every day. if they roll this out properly, it would report every day on how many people visited, how many were successful, the zip codes. they would be proud of their new health care law. i would ask to help an oversight and get some information about it. jenna: there was a closed-door briefing with a few democrats asked the hill today. and courage from what we heard from the administration. are you surprised by the credits colleagues on the hill and whether or not they get behind a bill like the one you are proposing. >> we are all spread out, and we will be back on monday and i will do that. i would think the democrats would want to let people know

how it is working. this isn't really complicated information. how many people tried to sign up, how many were successful, what zip code are they in, what level of insurance did they buy? people are finding their individual insurance might cost twice as much as it did before. that is important information. jenna: i was taking a look at some of your resumes in the past. you had set up with your wife a business where you help provide child care at corporations, that company was very successful, and now it has merged with another huge company. child care and health car healte not necessarily the same thing but you found a winning formula for how you provide care for people. what do you think would work here?

spea>> the experience is due ash as you can, that company is the world's largest provider, meet a real need, people working away from home. taking their babies and youngest children to work. we help private business do it. here's what we have done before, here's how many were successful, here are the places it was. that is what made it successful. if you want this program to be successful, the health care law, tell the american people how it is getting better and if there are problems, tell heather being fixed. it is not a winning strategy, would not work. jenna: thank you for letting me delve into the past.

>> thank you for remembering that. jenna: it is very interesting. senator, thank you. >> thank you. jon: we could get some new information on the murder of jonbenet ramsey. a judge is deciding whether or not to release an old indictment issued against her parents by former district attorney. and new testimony in the trial of a utah doctor accused of killing his wife, police officer saying the husband is acting so erratically, fearing for his life h. the latest coming up. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare?

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the fire chief saying he had to be removed from thetrauma area of the hospital where he was yelling about how much money he had given to the church. prosecutors say it was an act and he killed his wife so he could carry on an affair. the attorneys say he had nothing to do with his wife death. joining us on the legal panel, criminal defense attorney and rebecca rose, a trial attorney. i don't know about this testimony, i don't think many people would like how they act this circumstance. you find your wife dead in a bathtub, maybe i can little more bizarre than people think you should. >> i think what will happen is we will see the defense saying this is normal behavior from somebody who is so shocked and traumatized by seeing his wife dead in a bathroom. the prosecution is going to say he is a doctor, he has seen this before, this is not a normal reaction and they're going to

use this to support some of their other circumstantial evidence, which they claim supports their theory that he gave her excess amounts of prescription painkillers to induce death so he could move on to another woman. there will be two different takes of the same behavior. what we're going to look at is what the jury believes. the jury will say should i believe this dr. would act like this. jon: he was apparently according to testimony was also at the hospital ordering doctors to inject his wife with more drugs to try and jolt her back to life. they said she was obviously dead. does that suggest he may have wanted lots and lots of drugs in her system? >> we have to remember the burden of proof in this case is on the prosecution. the only thing they're coming to the table with is a theory.

they will put on an expert witness that disclaims this behavior is normal. people breathe in different ways, they process stress different ways, having emotions that revolve around anger and frustration doing what you can do is absolutely normal, and the prosecution will never, ever be able to rebut that and meet their verdicts. jon: the burden is on the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. it is a circumstantial case. >> i believe the prosecution has a very strong circumstantial case in that this man moves by the mistress. apparently in new york i make sense, i must not make sense in florida. i believe the jury will see a lot of these situations that this doctor has set up to be

completely part of a grand scheme to have his wife died so that he could move his mistress in, become the nanny and then become his wife. a tremendous amount of evidence. we don't have a confession, brian, that is why we have a trial. we don't get criminals to confess. >> there is no defensive wounds, there are no wounds on him. no evidence of a struggle. >> there is not an allegation of a murder. we are talking about a murder where he gave her too many painkillers and she died. it has nothing to do with a struggle. we saw that with peterson as well, didn't we? jon: the testimony is going on and obviously no verdict yet but stick around with us, we have some new developments on another

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jon:'s new information on another story we have been following. the murder trial in utah where a

ninth suspect has been arraigned in the brutal beating of a suv driver. the bikers followed him and attacked him on the streets of manhattan. the latest from the breaking news desk. >> that it's right, a ninth biker charge in that attack on an suv new york city. 40-year-old jason brown of brooklyn charts with gang assault, weapons possession and other charges. accused of striking suv driver with his helmet. it all happened september 29. a large group of bikers on manhattan's west side highway surrounded an suv being driven by 33-year-old, his wife and two-year-old daughter in the car. one biker cut in front of him who accidentally hit him. the bikers infuriated by the accident stopped their bikes and some storms toward the suv. the suv driver fear for his life

and that of his family called 911 and stepped on the gas running over a biker. he is now paralyzed. the bikers got back on a motorcycle and charged him for 2 miles. when they caught him, he was dragged out of his suv and brutally beaten. among those charged is an undercover n.y.p.d. detective. he decided not to testify before a grand jury. police say the investigation into this incident is continuing. jon: we have been following this suv attack quite closely on "happening now." september 29 the attack took place on the streets of new york city. videotaped by a helmet camera. a few days later on october 2 we saw the first of nine arraignments in the case. october 8, an undercover new york city police officer was arrested. october 11 another officer admitted to being present during the incident. yesterday there was this ninth

arraignment. let's bring back our legal panel. so, this guy who has now been indicted has quite a record according to police. they say 18 prior arrests going back to 1989 for drug and weapons offenses. is that going to be used against him? >> it can be used against him during the course of the trial and the hearing if he is found guilty because some of the arrests can go to his credibility. the defense will immediately object, but there is a lot of hearsay evidence, evidence in new york that will be allowed in. some of this, i don't know the specifics, but some of it will probably be allowed to go to the credibility at the point of

trial if he continues his not guilty plea. he may take a plea trial in this because if he is on video and has previous history, he may take a plea at some point between now and the trial. jon: he says it does not show there was an assault committed or that my client committed it. >> i think his lawyers making a huge mistake. any jury with a reasonable mind is going to look at this and see a bunch of savages that attack a poor guy in an suv. you know what, all those guys are going down. furthermore, shame on those cops for not pulling out their bad, waving their arms trying to settle this down. i don't know a single police officer that doesn't go anywhere without his badge. this could have been stopped before it escalated. jon: we are going to continue to keep a very close eye on this case.

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jon: big developments on the top stories and breaking news this hour. the fallout from the dreadful obamacare rollout just keeps coming. some democrats openly critical of the problems with the insurance exchange. we're waiting to hear from the white house spokesman this hour. if that is not enough of a headache a white house staffer fired for keeping a pretty stunning twitter account. we'll tell you who and what he was tweeting about. plus you get your flu vaccine so you don't get the flu, right? that little pinch on the arm might protect you from something even more dangerous. jenna is already covered. jenna: you are too. jon: we're good. it is all "happening now."

jon: there is more fallout to tell you about the over the disasterous rollout of obamacare as the white house brings its go-to mr. fix-it guy in to ache r try to take over problems with the website. hello, everybody, i'm jon scott. jenna: hello, welcome to a new hour of "happening now", i'm jenna lee. we're awaiting new reaction from the administration. white house press secretary jay carney is set to take questions this hour. daily briefing moved from noon to 12:45 eastern time. we have to wait longer. maybe we'll see more from the white house. just a short while ago house democrats got their own private briefing how things are going with the health care law. >> we're concerned about the process. we're not happy if the process doesn't work well. we're not interested in hearing about glitches. we're interested in moving forward. but for us, while the process should not be a problem, our biggest concern is with the

product. we want the product to be there for many americans. jenna: some big questions there in the last hour of "happening now", republican senator lamar alexander told us how he thinks the administration should be held accountable. take a listen. >> he needs to be on the flagpole for this and somebody should be fired. if the president will not resign he should fire somebody else. we have millions of americans who are being told they have to buy insurance by december 15, have it in place by january 1 on a website that doesn't work or be fined by the internal revenue service. that is completely unacceptable. jenna: i asked senator alexander whether or not he thought health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius should be the one to resign? he said he will leave the decision up to the president. a big question today, secretary sebelius breaking her silence after growing calls for her resignation. probably one of the topics we'll hear about at the press briefing. you never know. white house correspondent ed henry has seen surprises in the

briefing room. ed, the white house is under pressure from a lot of different sides on this entire rollout. tell us a little bit about where we stand today. >> reporter: that's right, jenna. last two days starting monday, jay carney to the tough questions from all sides, pressing him what is next in all this? when did the president and other white house officials learn there were problems? "washington post" with the explosive report yesterday suggesting that the days before the october 1st launch on the inside knew that there were problems with the site. that it had crashed when they just put hundred hads of people in for a test-run even though they knew thousands or millions testing it out they went ahead yesterday. jay carney referring a lot of questions to the health and human services department and kathleen sebelius not answering them himself. certainly jay carney's line is this one piece to a broader product at that they're pushing although speaker john boehner a faw moments ago suggested this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the website. a tip of the iceberg to the law

and problems ahead. take a listen. >> whether it is obamacare or issues over at the department of defense, it is our job to hold them accountable. when it comes to obamacare, clearly there is awful lot that needs to be held accountable. >> reporter: you mentioned senator lamar alexander has a piece of legislation that would demand the administration report to congress every week in terms of numbers who is enrolling. republican marco rubio has a bill that would delay any irs fines and penalties until the website is up and running. white house not likely pay as much attention to what the republicans typically beating them up are saying but will pay more attention to jeanne shaheen a democrat from new hampshire who yesterday sent a letter to the president saying she wants to see enrollment period extended until they get the problems fixed. interesting because shoe even is up for re-election. might give you democrats facing voters in 2014 might start to put more pressure on this white house. jenna: a lot of dynamics in play

politically and otherwise as folks try to navigate the website. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius going to the white house. >> reporter: she will meet with the insurance executives, valerie jarrett, white house chief of staff denis mcdonough as well. the insurance industry is key part how they move forward from problems they had in the recent days. the secretary did the first big interview with cnn. she basically tried to push the idea this is one piece to a much larger product that we're selling and suggesting that little blips to the website is nothing compared to the problems that average americans are facing in terms of getting health insurance. take a listen. >> we have create ad market. we're early in the first quarter in football terms. we have a six-month open enrollment period and i am confident that millions of americans at the end of open enrollment, march 31st, will have affordable coverage for the

first time in their lives. >> reporter: various republicans have been pressuring the president suggesting that he fire kathleen sebelius. one thing that might keep her in her job if they to push her out, having confirmation in the senate for new health and human services secretary would give republicans like ted cruz and other lawmakers not only to ask more kinds of questions but launch more filibusters, are press the white house to make changes through the law in exchange getting nominee through. that is might something that keeps her in the job, jenna. jenna: very important context. we'll go back to you as the press briefing begins in a little while. jon: maybe jay carney is trying to sign up for obamacare. maybe that is why it is delayed. for more on the handoff of the health care website to jeffrey zeints, let's bring in juan williams. i used to think house speaker john boehner had the most difficult job in wash on ton but i think it is jeffrey zeints. what do you think? >> your joke about jay carney i

think cuts to the heart of the matter. everybody is saying, this is democrats and republicans and the democrats are out in force today making it very clear, they don't like being on the defensive in response to republican critics of obamacare and of course you know republicans are unified in their disdain for obamacare. so the democrats right now are the kind of unfocused group. if you focus on them, for the first time you're starting to see them put pressure on the white house. for the first time you're starting to see them say this could be costly in terms of the political wars taking place on capitol hill. jon: i'm told that i've been mispronouncing his name. it is zeints. so i apologize for that. th is a massive job. we were told five million lines of code need to be rewritten. i guess he is not a code writer put he is a guy who can manage people and get things done? >> yeah, and he has experience in terms of the technology.

that is what he did before at the white house. so now he's back and this time, he has an emergency mission here, to trite try to get this as straight as quickly as possible. you were talking earlier with ed about whether or not kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services should resign or the president should force her out. part of the argument about bringing zeints in he now makes sebelius look like an empty vessel, why is he being brought in? is he taking authority away from her? this is part of an interesting backstage drama taking place now in which fight between some people at the white house and hhs with regard to who is in charge of the technology. with sebelius saying she is not in charge and white house in terms of their management folks having taken control of that angle, and bringing zeints in, is really the president's guy and again, technically not reporting to sebelius. jon: but, juan, doesn't this

whole thing sort of enforce the argument that many republicans have been making that this is just something that government doesn't do well? it is too big. it is too unwieldy. it is too complicated and it ought to be left to, you know, private industry, to private insurers to try to get this kind of thing done? >> well, i mean the logic fails there because i think that most people would say, you know, gosh, a lot of people without health insurance if we left it to the private market. a lot of people including big business and small business who felt they were being drained by the high cost of health insurance in the country but people are right in terms of the, you know, the symbolism of the downfall here of the initial rollout of the website to say, this does not inspire confidence if government has this much trouble with the website, are we really to trust them to make sure our health care needs are met? i think that's the problem.

that's why it has become a political problem for democrats on capitol hill we're hearing cry today. that's why republicans, who are as i said uniformly opposed to obamacare now find they have something to go on to say, this isn't working. jon: it is the problem that jeffrey zeints has to get fixed. >> you got that name right. jon: thanks, juan. jenna: we'll start with that. a white house staffer is fired for bashing his bosses anonymously on twitter. josey joseph, a an aid to the national security council, revealed as the mystery tweeter. his insulting posts sparing no one and really this is a story that is rocking inside the beltway. chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in our d.c. bureau with on all of this, james? >> reporter: jenna, good afternoon. in the tale of joseph we find a kind of 21st century version of dangerous liaisons, exposure and circulation of private letters about one's colleagues and confidence, in this case

snarky tweets posted under non-day plume or keyboard, excommunication of offending figure from the kind of a roy court n this cases obama white house. joseph was a rising star in the national security orbit. director of non-proliferation on the national security staff who formerly worked for undersecretary of state and earlier then senator joseph biden. since february 2011, however, according to the story broken by josh rogan of "the daily beast" and since confirmed by fox news, joseph was also tweeting under the handle, alternatesecwonk. its estimated posted 16,000 tweets at all with some focused on joseph's bosses colleagues and many homophobic, sexist and vicious. i'm a fan of obama but continuing reliance on a vacuous cypher like valerie jarrett concerns me. he posted at one point, much feared senior advisor to the president. of the conservative

"washington post" blogger jennifer reuben, frequently seen on this network and foreign policy analyst jon noonan, former romney campaign advisor, now a speechwriter at house armed services and once joseph's colleague at founder of defense of democracieses, gnatsecwonk, that blogger is crazy unhinged and while he is a overweight paid romney shill. what started out as intended parody account of d.c. culture developed over time to series of inappropriate and mean-spirited comments, joseph e-mailed "politico"'s glen thrush today. adding i bear complete responsibility for this affair and i sincerely apologize to everyone i insulted. some published reports that joseph was behind another twitter handle, atdchobbiest who had race ier edge than gnatsecwonk. jenna: egg checking your

account, james rosen at fnc, looks okay so far. no anonymous tweeting by you. >> reporter: if there were would i announce it on this network right now? jenna: you can't blame a girl for a scoop. i don't know what to make of that pause. i will leave it to our viewers to decide. jon: james, too classy for that. jenna: that's right, always is. >> reporter: thank you both. jenna: james, thank you. >> reporter: all right. jon: fox news obtaining exclusive new information that suspects in the benghazi terror attack after ties to al qaeda leadership a live report on stunning new details. plus, they are getting ready at fenway park as the red sox and the city of boston prepare for game 1 of the world series. can you tell our producer rachel is from boston? we're getting new information on the bombing suspects in that city. molly line is live at the ballpark, molly? >> reporter: it has been a baseball season like no other here in boston. the team has embraced this community following the boston bombing and in turn the

community has embraced this team. it has been incredible. we'll have all the details about these final moments of the red sox fight for victory here from fenway park. heart healthy, huh?!

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jon: new details on the dead boston bombing suspect who has been officially linked to a 2011 triple homicide. federal prosecutors claim one of tamerlan tsarnaev's acquaintances told investigation are investigators he was responsible for stabbing to death three men. tamerlan died after the shootout with police days after the terror attack at the boston marathon. testimony tamerlan and his brother dzhokhar accused of setting off the bombs, killing three people and more than 200 others were injured. as bon-ton prepares for game 1 of the world series tonight. boss ton instrumental in raising

money for the one fund charity. molly line at fenway park in boston and it has been a season, molly, like no other. >> reporter: absolutely. the red sox and boston marathon are intimately tied together. the runser go by the park on marathon today and red sox traditionally have a morning day. that's what they did this year. afterwards the red sox fans pour out on the streets and cheer on the runners. as you know across the nation it was different from years prior to that when the boston bombing occurred. in centerfield today there is a symbol that really shows what this all meant to the team here, the be strong logo. it has been the boston strong logo rallying cry for a wounded city following the twin bombing at the marathon. it is feature on the green monster as well. in the first home game after the bombing occurred, perhaps the red sox big hitter david ortiz said it best. take a listen.

>> that question were today, doesn't say red sox, it says boston. [cheers and applause] we want to thank thank you, chan men know, governor patrick, the whole police department for the great job they did this past week. [cheers and applause] this is our [bleep] city. [cheers and applause] and nobody going to dictate our -- stay strong. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: he really spoke from the heart and said what a lot of other people may have been thinking and it was really the beginning of reclaiming boston, getting things moving forward in this season that turned out to be an incredible season. i had a chance to speak with executive vice president charles steinberg here and he talked about the heart this team has shown for the community and all of the feelings they have gotten

back from the fans. the team made an incredible effort to include the victims, family members, doctors, first-responders involved in the boston marathon bombing throughout the year and steinberg says this is really about the give-and-take throughout the season. take a listen. >> it may be that the secret ingredient was the passion and compassion of the fans to the players in response to the players passion and compassion to the fans and that's what's really cool. it goes so far beyond baseball. it what's we hope sports can be. it is what we seek sports to aspire to. >> reporter: fans have echoed those sentiments. i had a chance to speak with a lifelong red sox fan, mike peters. here's what he had to say. >> i think it helped bring the people together. if you remember that picture of jonny gomes on the cover of sports illustrated with the boston strock, i think that

epitomized, lifted team up and everyone came together and that's why the red sox are where we are today. >> reporter: both sides talk ad about a sense of synergy between the fans and the players and they're fighting for final big victory. tonight, game one here at fenway park. back to you. jon: you might even find some yankee fans rooting for the red sox this time around, just maybe. molly line in boston, thank you. jenna: police shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy holding a toy rifle, this happened in california. he carry ad replica ak-47 that belonged to a friend. two deputies say they opened fire and they ordered him to drop the gun and he refused. this all happening yesterday afternoon in santa rosa, california. the officers involved are now on leave as the police department and district attorney vects what happened. jon: a new ruling by a federal judge could prove to be more than a hiccup for obamacare. we're going to talk to the small business owner who filed a lawsuit challenging a key part

of the law. and the chilling 911 calls from the scene of the deadly school shooting in nevada. we'll play the audio police just released and tell you why the 12-year-old shooter's parents could face charges.

jon: a fox news alert out of massachusetts of the police in danvers arrest ad 14-year-old student in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old teacher. this all just happened yesterday. authorities said that the teacher didn't return home from school. was not answering her cell phone so they undertook an investigation. they found blood in a bathroom at the school and that led to the finding of the body of this 24-year-old high school teacher. 14-year-old high school student under investigation, under

arrest i should say in connection with her death. they are not releasing that student's name because of his age. the danvers public schools are closed today as a result of all this. when we get more information, we'll bring it to you. jenna: well this just in. some newly-released 911 calls capturing the panic at a nevada middle school where a 12-year-old boy opened fire earlier this week fatally shooting a teacher and then himself. patti ann browne live in new york city newsroom with more. patti ann. >> that's right, jenna, on monday a 7th grader opened fire at a middle school in sparks, nevada, injuring two students and killing a hero teacher who tried to stop him. and now we're hearing the 911 calls from terrified students who witnessed the horror unfolding.

>> the 12-year-old shooter arrived at sparks middle school as fellow students gathered in the schoolyard before the starting bell. he shot a student in the shoulder. at that point math teacher michael landsberry, a former marine tried to stop him. but landsberry, 45-year-old married father of two, took a bullet in the chest, died a hero. the shooter shot a second boy in the stomach before fatally shooting himself in the head. the two boys who were shot are recovering. the boy use ad ruger nine millimeter they believe got from his parents and the parents could be charged. under nevada law it is illegal to handle a gun without supervision. it depends how the child obtained the weapon and whether it was stored securely and risk of used in a violent act. police say the parents are cooperating.

the as for motive thinks it was revenge. he told cbs and pointed to us, you ruined my life and now i'm going to ruin yours. jon, jenna. jenna: patti ann, thank you. jon: if you were watching yesterday, a big court decision broke during "happening now" that could have a huge impact on obamacare. you probably know 36 states have told the federal government they do not want to those insurance exchanges required under the law. that means the feds will have to open exchanges to serve those states. the plaintiffs suing the government saying some obamacare subsidies are unlawful. they argue that the law only allows for subsidies in states that set up their own exchanges. and the government can not really provide subsidies to the people who buy insurance through the federally-run exchanges. so they're trying to block subsidies in those 36 states. the obama administration asked the judge to dismiss the suit but the judge said no. one of the plaintiffs in this case is dave, who running a flooring company in west

virginia. he is a sole proprietor and one of those filing the lawsuit. dave joins us now on the phone. you're a sole proprietor. what, you don't want health insurance or, what is your beef with obamacare? >> no, i don't want health insurance. i've always taken care of my own medical bills and i plan on continuing on doing just that. >> but as you know the supreme court ruled it is perfectly legal for the federal government to force you to buy it? >> well, that seems to be what the supreme court ruling is but i, i beg to differ with that. jon: well, so you went to court because your argument is that the federal government, under the law, the way the law is written, there are no subsidies available to people who go through the federal exchange. >> right, that's what this hearing is about. jon: so you're saying that it would cost you more money than people who buy insurance through the state exchanges?

>> what would cost me more money? jon: well, because you would be covered by a federal exchange? >> no. i don't, i don't subscribe to federal financing. i won't take any, any subsidies from the government. i take care of myself. i pay my own bills. i do my own thing. jon: all right. so how do you feel after the judge let this lawsuit proceed despite what the obama administration argued? >> well there was a disappointment naturally that we didn't get the injunction but but the fact he will allow this to be heard is a huge positive. it's, it's euphoric feeling. i am really glad the judge saw it as what it was. he didn't hastily rush into this. he spent a lot of time on this. jon: you think essentially obamacare is unfair to you? >> oh, absolutely. i think it is unfair to america.

jon: all right, dave clemnzyk from west virginia. the owner of ellenboro floors. we'll keep track of the case and let us know how it goes. >> thank you. jenna: it has been 30 years since the deadly marine attack in beirut that killed 241 servicemembers. wait until you hear which regime hired one of the key players in that assault. new details into the investigation into the deadly terror attacks in benghazi. what we're now learning about some of the suspects. (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade-proud to be ranked

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jenna: "happening now", some new details about the suspects involved in a deadly terror attack on our consulate in benghazi. according to some new information obtained by fox news at least go of suspects have ties to senior members of al qaeda and the attack which left four americans dead including ambassador chris stevens was far from spontaneous. important points with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington with more on this story. catherine. >> reporter: thank you, jenna, good morning. among the two dozen suspects wanted by the fbi fox news learned there are five key actors, one a one-time courier for al qaeda leadership and a second suspect believed to be former bodyguard with the al qaeda leadership in afghanistan in 2000 one. the chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rogers who receives regular intelligence briefings and whose staffs continue to investigate

the benghazi attack would not discuss specific suspects but ties to al qaeda leadership, also known as al qaeda core, are still there. >> could be considered to have strong ties because you're in the ring of operations of al qaeda core. >> that was true in this case? >> there are individuals that certainly fit that definition. >> reporter: shalabi is the one of the benghazi suspects who fled to pakistan after the attack. returned to libyan custody and later released. his alleged ties to usama bin laden date back to 1994. when this picture was first posted by interpol because he was involved in a murderer of german police officer and his wife. based on intelligence and investigation rogers told fox news that the attack was not spontaneous nor thrown together quickly in response to these protests at the u.s. embassy in cairo on 9/11 last year. >> i believe they had an aspirational phase that was probably months. i believe that they had a

operational phase that lasted at least a couple of weeks, maybe even longer. and then an mission phase that -- an niche asian phase that losed a couple or three days prior to the event itself. the notion that they just showed up and it was spontaneous act does not comport with at least the information we've seen on the intelligence committee. >> reporter: so the two data points, jenna, one, that there was certainly evidence of preplanning and the second that at least two of the suspects are believed to have ties to the al qaeda senior leadership really moved the story foreward in a significant way. jenna: catherine, thank you very much for breaking that report thank you. jon: hard to believe today marks 30 years since the suicide bombing of marine corps barracks in beirut, lebanon. that terror attack killed 241 servicemembers. one key player in the bombings is iran's newly appointed defense minister. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at

pentagon with more. jennifer. >> reporter: one of the first things that new iranian president rouhani promoted the. he is responsible for the bombing of u.s. marine bar racks in the airport in beirut in 1983 iran's new defense minister was assigned by the revolutionary guard to bekaa valley in lebanon at the time. he is responsible for formation what is now hezbollah and providing the explosives to the iranian suicide bomber who drove the 19-ton mercedes truck into the marine barracks. in a statement from the white house president obama referred to the incident, quote, this despicable act of terrorism, the deadliest single day death to for the u.s. marine corps since iwo jima. in a ceremony at camp lejeune, colonel tim guarranty who lost 220 marines that day in beirut, this new defense minister should

give the u.s. pause as it negotiates with the iran's leadership. >> past three iranian ministers of defense, including the current one select ad few months ago, all have peacekeepers blood on their hands. are leading the iranian lockstep march for the acquisition of nuclear weapons. >> reporter: the marine barracks bombing was a turning point in the middle east when radical islamists realized the power of suicide truck bomber. usama bin laden referred to it as a model for future attacks. >> the fact that what happened is that the multinational peacekeeping force that had been deployed to beirut to keep the peace in a war-torn civil war all withdrew. the united states, the italians, the french, the brits, everybody pulled out and that was the lesson that was learned by radical islamic terrorists in the aftermath of both embassy bombings and the marine

barracks. >> reporter: the 1983 marine barracks bombing in beirut was the beginning of the u.s. war on terror 30 years ago today, jon. jon: wow, jennifer griffin thanks. jenna: growing concerns about a crisis on the horizon in alaska. the state is running out of money. so some are asking why not just tap into the booming oil reserves in that part of the country? well there is some growing controversy about that so we'll get into it. plus jon's favorite story of the day, kim and kanye getting ready to say i do. that is something. we're looking at the rock now, jon. we'll bring that to you after the commercial break with lots of anticipation. ♪ and just give them the basics, you know.

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>> coming up at the top of the hour we're going to debate whether congress should be exempting itself from all the regulations you have to abide by. >> that simple, right? also this dui story in columbus, ohio, this guy posted a online confession. getting a lot of confession. judge alex is here on that. we'll show that when we come out of -- >> the green house. >> the plants. jenna: a small private ceremony for prince george, just a few months old. he just, the ceremony just wrapped up in london. not many guests but this isn't just any prince of course. we'll hopefully show awe shot of the cue little guy. he is so cute, jon, he really is. the destiny of the thrown as king of england. the ceremony was 45 minutes. he had a crew around him. the duke and duchess of

cambridge chose two hymns and one lesson. one lesson read by kate's sister pipa and one read by harry. there were no cameras at service itself but the royal family is expected to release official photographs from the christening sometime tomorrow. it was fun to see the little guy. he was so well-based. jon: prince butterball. first came kimye's baby daughter. now comes a rock. that's right, rapper kanye west taking kim kardashian off the market. julie ban has the four one. i'm so excited. >> not up for grab anymore, jon. i guess size matters, jon. kim kardashian's bling on her finger is making news for being smaller than from one husband kris humphries. it is nothing to thumb your nose at. when you put it side by side with the previous ring, kim is

actually downsizing. humphries's ring was 20.5 carats. both made by the same designer though. see the difference? whatever, they're both big. the rapper popped the question at the home baseball field of the san francisco giants mopped night, complete with a 50-piece orchestra and fireworks. as for her greatest foe, kris humphries sold kim's ring he gaver at christie's auction for whopping $749,000 to on known anonymous bidder. a sharp drop from the reported worth of $2 million. speaking of kardashian ex-'s bling, lamar odom gave khloe a ring that cost odom only cost $850,000 she was wearing in september despite the recent split due to his drug use and infidelity, lamar tells "tmz" the kardashian clan still haven't blackballed him. he was invited to kanye's big

proposal. he chose not to go because he had better things to do. he is talking about getting into shape to base basketball. he wanted to prove it by showing off his body and physique. he jokingly asked, do you want to see me with my shirt off or my pants down? i have nothing more to add. jon: kris humphries gave the money to charity from the ring i think? >> i don't know about that. jenna: jon scott know more about the kardashians? is that what happened here? jon: i read it in "the new york post." it must be true. >> really. jenna: we're rubbing off. >> i still don't believe it. kris humphries -- jon: good for him. >> yeah, good for him. jenna: onwards now. there are economy depends on it but officials in alaska say the oil is just not flowing and now they're being forced to take a huge gamble in hopes of turning things around. dan springer from anchorage, alaska, with more on this, dan? >> reporter: jenna, many alaskans are in full panic mode,

to see the oil production boom in the lower 48 at a time production is stead decline of alaska, this is the place of drill, baby, drill, hard to take. alaska is in fourth place behind texas, north dakota and california. production peaked in 1998 at 2.1 billion barrels per day, excuse me,illion barrels per day. now at 526,000 barrels a day. republicans put most of the blame on alaska's high production tax. when prices are high for oil like they have been, tax rate is at 75%, much higher than in the other oil-producing states. so the republican governor, sean parnell, pushed through a huge tax-cut package that will cost the state around $500 million a year in hopes it will lead to more development. >> this tax change will drive billions more in investment, create more opportunities for our citizens and for america too. >> reporter: but critics call it

a pure giveaway to the oil companies still making billions of dollars. alaska has no income or sales tax and the oil tax revenue accounts for 85% of the state's general fund, paying for everything from roads to schools to public safety. now citizens group quickly gathered enough signatures to put a referendum on the tax cut on the next year's ballot. >> keeping a fair oil tax on the books was part of building a strong alaska and our concern with sb 21 it was notified to more oil company investment in the state. >> reporter: so how important is oil revenue to this state? well it allowed the state to spend money like drunken sailors and still put $5 billion away in a reserve fund and the permanent fund here is at $45 billion, that allowed every alaskan to get a check every year. last year it was $900. they have a lot of money set aside but as that production dwindles so too will tax dollars in future years. that is why there is a big gamble on the tax cut.

jenna. jenna: interesting. from the state of alaska, dan, thank you very much. jon: a stunning new study claims just one flu shot could significantly reduce your chances of having a heart attack. our doctor is here to separate the fact from the medical fiction.

jenna: new study claims a simple flu shot can reduce the risk of a heart attack by 55%. dr. marti ma carry from johns hopkins university. especially jon and i are excited about getting our flu shots together. we look at these stories with a different set of eyes. why would this work? why would the flu shot help us prevent heart attacks?

>> we're learning more, jenna, about the vulnerable frail state of being sick. turns out when you're sick with flu or any other major illness, your body is susceptible to other things. there is a general inflammatory state. people talking about having inflammation or certain medications or behavior or foods increasing or decreasing inflammation. that may be part of heart disease. heart attacks may be a function of the amount of inflammation in the heart vessels. when you're vulnerable, bad things happen and that is what this study shows. jenna: could other crack scenes have the same effect and prevent heart attacks as well because they keep inflammation down? >> i think they do. one thing we're learning from this study most people get harmed in some preventible way from not having a flu shot. so that the is number one thing. 50,000 people die a year from flu. that is the number one reason to have the flu shot. but, if you don't have, if you

don't have the shot, you may be susceptible at that time and i think it opens the door. it allows things to set in. jenna: is there a way to improve the flu vaccine so for people that do have heart disease or have a propensity towards that, that we could actually have a heart attack vaccine if you will, something like that would help folks in that risk category? >> well we're learning more about heart disease and there is a feeling that it may be more of an infectious disease or similar to something that causes inflammation outside stimulus, something may be related to the diet and promotes thickening of the vessel and narrowing. so there may be something out there and certainly people looked at vaccines for cancer and there seems to be some promise with that but it's a new field and we're learning a lot more about it and studies i think like this really inform it. people healthy like yourself you and jon, you work out two or

three times a day, you don't need to worry about this. this is the older patients. >> a good point. reminder to get our flu shots. took a quick survey of our crew. some team members haven't done it. we'll put some pressure before the flu season really hits. doctor, thank you very much. >> good to be with you. jon: well the las vegas oddsmakers are weighing in on the world series. we'll tell you which team sin city thinks will win this year.

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all right, you are a college soft ballplayer. americans love the world serows and las vegas leaks the red sox to win the series this year. sin city has boston 5- 0 favorites. and other interesting odds. david ortiz and dustin petria are favored to be named mvp and

mvp could only muster 15- 1 odds. and out fielders shane, gets nailed with a baseball. and odds he is hit by a pitch once in the series. >> thank you for joining us. >> bill and ally are next. white house calling in reenforcements to get the web site up and running. we are waiting on jay carney. there were fireworks yesterday. >> i am alisyn camerota. they are speaking out with the next steps on implementing the law. we'll check in with molly from washington. joishgs they are debating the fine that people will have to pay next year if they don't have health insurance. republicans want to delay that fine because of hundreds of