>> i want to answer this question precisely. >> yeah. >> when you come into the office at 4:30, 4:45 in the morning and find an al paca and a donkey, that's about as weird as it gets. >> that's a good day. mika barefootd with a donkey, with glitter all over it. >> it's like limelight in the '80s. >> what did you learn, mike? >> they were great guests. the alpaca and donkey. they were funny and great to have them here. >> at a distance, glitter, confetti looks like animal excrement. >> that's just a weird thing to say on tv. now stick around. here's chuck todd. there he is. state of the state for the governor. the last week of chris christie's first term puts him in the statehouse spotlight.

trenton hits the national stage again. can he put performance over the scandal? also this morning the latest on what egyptians are deciding today in a national referendum. and deep dive into the prospects for a middle east peace deal as vice president biden tries to nudge the talks back on track. after four decades in congress, congressman george miller from california says it's enough. find out what one of the last watergate babies has to say about where things are headed on capitol hill in the 21st century. good morning from washington. it's tuesday, january 13 -- january 14th, 2014. when they're in the spotlight, there are pros and cons. my first reads of the morning begin in trenton. when governor christie delivered his state of the state address last year, they were recovering from superstorm sandy, his approval rating at an all-time high.

>> the people of new jersey have come together as never before, across party lines, across ideological lines, across ages and races and background. >> this afternoon, as christie lays out his priorities for the coming year in a speech to state lawmakers, even push to bring tourism back, no speech will be parsed as closely as the one he will give this afternoon. just 18% of americans are following it closely and just 16% said it made them view the governor less favorably. different among the state level. 64% said the bridge lane closures were political retaliation. 80% expect that more christie staffers will be implicated in the scandal. 52% think christie knew about his staff's involvement before the news broke and 33% say that they believe that he learned

about it after the e-mails became public. 51% say christie hasn't been completely honest compared to 40% who believe he has come clean. his job approval remaining rema at 60%. if voters believe you're doing a job well, you can survive. remember, bill clinton's, i did not have sex with that woman, miss lewinsky, was the day before his state of the union. the scandal was at a fever pitch but he spoke for 72 minutes and never mentioned it. the next year brought a lot of dark days for the clinton presidency, including impeachment. he was able to rebound and now it remains to be seen whether chris christie can do the same. today he will do his best to focus on policy, specifically on education. he will also ask the legislator

to, quote, put politics aside. the big question is, will christie make any direct reference to the bridge controversy? it's not clear there's an upside for him to talk about it. but we'll see. let's look at this drip, drip, drip issue for him. there's investigations now everywhere. it's become a little bit like drinking from a fire hose. there are so many investigations and inquiries that are formally being launched it's it tough to keep them straight. we'll do our best for you. launching two probes with subpoena power and beginning thursday, lawmakers plan to subpoena christie's former top advisers, chief of staff. >> our concern is that there was an attempt at abuse of power. >> leading the state senate.

they, too, will have subpoena power. then there's the u.s. attorney for new jersey. they are reviewing whether any federal laws might have been broken. it's an inquiry now. democrats also want the prosecutor to investigate any lane closures. then there's the federal audit. democrats urged the hud inspector general to look into christie's use of hurricane sandy recovery money to pay for tourism marketing that starred both christie and his family. >> i don't think there's any question that, you know, this was an effort to promote him. but the problem is, it was at the expense of money from the

taxpayers that could have been used for other sandy purposes. >> meanwhile, christie spokesperson said monday, quote, we're confident that any review will show that the ads were a key part in helping new jersey get back on its feet after being struck by the worst storm in state history. it's a striking thing right now about team christie's response from all of this. very few blind quotes, any on the record tongue lashings and a lot of thank you, sir. may i have another? it's no accident that no prominent team member has spoken out against these probes. he wants to make it clear that he's cooperating and no hint that he's fighting any of this. they may be hoping that somehow democrats overplay their hand. that's what democrats nationally have come to rely on republicans in congress to do and perhaps new jersey republicans are hoping that's what new jersey democrats end up doing. we shall see. we'll have live coverage of christie's state of the state at 3:00 pm here on msnbc.

before all this, the state of the state was going to be watched very closely. why? a lot of people were going to assume that it was going to be the launch of a policy campaign of sorts for chris christie to launch a potential presidential campaign and borrowing a page from george w. bush, education being a big part of it. now we're in a whole new ball game. let's move on. 40-year veteran of the house and one of its most accomplished legislators announced he was retiring. he was just 29 when first elected in 1974. he is one of the last of that class of watergate babies to remain in congress. only his california colleague, henry waxman, remains in the house after miller steps down. in the senate, tom harkin elected to the house in '74 and then to the senate '84 also is retiring. henry waxman may be the last guy left on that, at least him and pat leahy to represent the

watergate generation. fiery presence on the house floor, universal health care and workers' rights. miller was already a six-term veteran by the time democratic leader nancy pelosi arrived in the house. and he has been called her consigliare. she called his excitement for the legislative process infectious. said of miller, air and water are cleaner, workers' rights are better protected, more young people can afford to go to college and more working families can make ends meet. house speaker said no one could confuse me and george miller for ideology soulmates but during our years we got things done thanks, in no small part, to his dedication and willingness to work for the greater good. joining me now, california democratic congressman george miller, senior democrat in the house education and workforce committee, leadership position and, of course, very close to

the house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. congressman, first i would like to say -- do i say congratulations on your retirement or not? after 40 years, one would have to say this is more of an accomplishment than anything else. how do you feel about it? >> i feel really wonderful about it. i feel wonderful about the body of work that i was able to create with the help of my colleagues and the congress, the laws that i was able to enact into the laws of the united states. i'm very proud of my role in education reform and environmental protection and, most of all, the affordable care act. when i ran in 1974, i said i wanted to try to stop the vietnam war and i wanted to have national health care reform. it took 40 years, but here we are. we have it. and it sort of sent a message to me that be happy with what you've done. my sons kept telling me, pop, it's time to move on. >> well, you know, you're referred to -- you're always one of the -- you always refer to that class, watergate class of

'74, referred to as watergate babies. i don't want to refer to you as a baby. i was reflecting on this this morning, when i was thinking about the fact that we were going to be talking. 40 years ago, when you ran in '74, think about that period in american politics. distrust of government was then an all-time high. here we are, 40 years later. it feels as if we're back in this sort of uncertain period where distrust of institutions and government, in swren -- frankly, both parties. one party gets more punished than the other. no party really sort of making the country feel good these days. political institutions, constant questioning, constant fear that they're not really doing what they say that they're doing. what do you say to -- you sit here, four years later. how do we ever fix this? is this just a cycle we're in right now? >> i would use the word cycle. you've been around. you know this. you've studied them. we have cycles in the american

history and american politics. this is one that has been brutal on many parts of our society. the nature of this cycle. they've managed through the message machine and everything else to turn government into a prejorative term. they hate it for many reasons. they've tried to convince themselves that the government provides no value added. if you cut it, it will make no difference. complete denial of american history. nevertheless, it's a cycle. i go back further than when i came to pass. i think about the civil war where we were arguing over the nature of the government. >> no, i know. i mean, this is not exactly something that's new. it does seem as we go through these periods. i want to ask you one other things that i thought was remarkable about this retirement announcement. you had an agenda that seemed longer that you wanted to complete, a long to-do list here. you are in the minority. we all know how the house minority works.

there's only so much you can do. what's realistic? let's talk about minimum wage. >> i think it's very realistic. we got a deal in 2007. i think we know that there's support on the republican side of the aisle. i think this is something we will realize they have to do before they go to the voters. that agenda really reflects what america wants to see done. they want to see immigration reform done and want to see the minimum wage passed. they would like to see over a million workers that lost their extended unemployment be taken care of. they recognize the agony that those individuals and families are going through. this is one where the republicans are continuing to destroy the brand. and they're welcome to that. except it's not in the best interest of the country to have them do that. i think it's pretty easy to have them come together on that agenda and work out -- i think the election will not be kind to those people who stood against people, having a liveable wage

and help for their families when they lose their jobs after a career of working. >> i want to talk about education. big bipartisan accomplishments you had, working with ted kennedy, john boehner, george w. bush. you worked so closely with president george w. bush. you had a nickname for a while for him. no child left behind. one of your agenda items is to fix it, you say. some would argue, no, mix it. why fix it? how do you do it? >> it's completely outdated. it shined a very bright light on the fact that in school districts all across this country, we were hiding the performance of poor and minority children. we were talking about school averages and how the upper 25% of the students in the school were doing and the other 50%, 60% were failing. that's all changed now. we recognize this as a fundamental civil rights. now the governors have taken the lead over the last ten years and have come up with common core standards, new assessments, deeper assessments, check the

ability of our students to reason and think and to explain and to investigate rather than just have rote memorization. if they're going to compete in the future economy and the difficulties of holding on to a democracy, we better have that kind of education available to them. >> i want to ask you one final thing as you retire. the race to replace you, a new system in california -- i'm just curious. as one of the solutions that people think is necessary to fix this polarization in our politics right now has to do with how do we fix the way that the -- the the way we draw lines for congressional districts and how do we prevent jury mannederinmanneder i ing and things like that? do you think that could lead to -- not a more moderate congress ideologically, but a congress where folks, even if they're ideological, they want to work across the aisle.

for instance, how you did with john boehner? >> i think we don't know yet. we got some interesting results in the first round. i think you have to have a little more experience. twice in california, the top two running just means you have to spend twice as much money. it doesn't really lead to different results. i'm much more concerned about whether you have a fair and open reaportion of the system and then i'm deeply concerned about the advance of anonymous, large amounts of money. i think it destroys the impact of local communities on who their candidates and who their representatives are going to be. that anonymous, secret money, to me, is dangerous as anything that's ever been pointed at our democracy. >> when you first ran for congress in 1974, the idea of anonymous, secret money was near the top of an agenda back then. >> it was at that time, for all of the scandals that we saw. absolutely. and now we're back. that's the cycle.

>> george miller, 40 years. quite the record in congress. i know you've got a lot of bipartisan friends. not many people will hear republicans praise you as much as democrats do. john boehner had kind words for you as well. congratulations on your retirement. i'm sure we'll see you before the end of congress. >> sure. thank you so much. thanks for the opportunity. >> you got it. if it's tuesday election watch, it's egyptians going to the polls today. for the first time since, president mohamed morsi was ousted. keeping a deep dive in general. obama administration push for a peace deal. first, daily planner. lebron, baby. lebron is coming to the white house again, along with dwyane wade and chris bosh. the dude with the mohawk, anderson. right? hey, the new guy is loaded with protein! really?

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just as israel says good-bye to former prime minister ariel sharon, constitution would protect rights for minority christians and bans political parties based on religion, a reference to muslim brotherhood, oust friday office in a coup less than a year later. successful referendum will go a long way toward putting the coup in the rear view mirror and adding stability to the country. as a sign of support, the u.s. has restored $1.5 billion in annual aid that had been

previously suspended. for a quick check on what's going on in egypt, i want to go to correspondent ayman . >> particularly because there was growing concern among organizers, high election commission and security forces that there may be disruptive attempts by protesters supporting the ousted president and the anti-coup coalition, as they call themselves, in trying to disrupt the voting process. in fact, we've seen some violence today. the four people are already killed in clashes. for the time being, voting is going as scheduled and will, in fact, continue on for a second day as also scheduled. >> was there a muslim

brotherhood protest? are they trying to keep people away from the polls, not participate? >> not trying to keep people away but certainly asking people not letting the legitimacy that the government is asking for. this is more about the referendum for the road map more so than it is about the constitution. supporters of the ousted president say if they don't show up to the polls, they are categorical categorically denouncing this road map and then they would have to go back to the drawing table. i want to do a deep dive into the increasingly complex neighborhood of that entire region but focus specifically about what's going on in the middle east peace process. the instability throughout iraq, syria. the u.s. is trying to focus on the few situations where it still has some cards to play. the biggest one, of course, is the israeli/palestinian peace process. secretary of state john kerry

has been relentless in his pursuit of a two-state solution. latest round of talks fwan last swru july, kerry insisted this time things would be different. >> we're here today because the israeli and palestinian people boent both have leaders willing to heed the call of history. their commitment to make tough choices, frankly, should give all of us hope that these negotiations actually have a chance to accomplish something. >> since july, kerry has met with prime minister netanyahu or president abbas in the last six out of seven months, including meetings in london. little has come out of it so far. little movement on the issues of security, border and refugees and the city of jerusalem. he has kept talks alive by a

sheer force of will. he maintained a spark of optimism. >> achieving peace is a long and complicated process. it's a tough road. but this is not mission impossible. >> kerry visited the vatican earlier today to meet with the top papal diplomat to discuss the middle east peace process, poverty and other humanitarian issues. he did not meet with pope francis himself. kerry was the first catholic secretary of state to visit the vatican in more than 30 years. while kerry didn't make it to israel this time, vice president biden did. he is met with israeli leaders after attending the funeral of prime minister ariel sharon. he was remembered as a commanding presence, military man who, at one time, was seen as a key impediment and later years after election of prime minister again, it seems like he might be the only one strong enough to force a peace deal. no surprise then that the vice

president utilized him as a complex man. ariel sharon in a coma eight years ago was one of the blows to the process. biden was not there to get into the nitty gritty of the negotiations, leaving that to kerry, but did stress the importance of getting talks back on track. >> one place where there's a possibility for an island of stability, quite frankly, is what you said. and that is between the palestinian people and the israeli people. two secure states respecting one another's sovereignty and security. >> a columnist for bloomberg view. robin wright, of course, is a distinguished scholar for the wilson center. welcome, both of you. let's talk about ariel sharon. when he went into a coma, is it fair to say so did the peace

process in many ways? >> yes. >> sharon and arafat, warriors against each other and yet there's this idea that maybe they were the only two guys to make this work. >> the stroke was important in terms of derailing what might have happened. sharon didn't believe in the peace process. what he did in 2005 was even more dramatic in a kind of way than the peace process. he unilaterally disengaged from gaza. he decided i don't have a partner in peace but i can't stay in gaza. as a man of action, if nothing else, he was a man of action. believed in just doing and plowed ahead. he plowed backwards and left gaza. probably the last israeli politician who could pull off a stunt like that and get away with it. >> robin, let's get to what kerry is trying to do. this is this relentless thing that sometimes people in the white house are like, whatever, brother. you're on your own. they don't stop him from doing this. but they're not exactly saying,

hey, go make this done. if he decided to disengage, i don't think the white house would blame him. >> there's no presidential profile in this process. >> not at all. >> this is john kerry's initiative. as you say, it is by sheer will of personality. he is determined. he has felt for a long time that this was the key to opening up broader change in the middle east. and the interesting thing about what's different today than in the past attempts for peace is that when you look at this volatile neighborhood, the most secure relationship israel actually has today -- >> with any of its neighbors -- >> is with the palestinians. >> it's the safest border, isn't it? >> eswript is not voluatile but certainly this is not -- >> when morsi was there, there was some concern. >> well, look, egypt is in a terrible state of flux right now. syria is a mess. lebanon, the overspill from syria. jordan, you know, uh. there's this sense that palestinians are ones that maybe you could actually make peace

ands a result of the crisis in the arab world as well, for the arabs makes peace isn't as big of a deal as it was in the past. >> does netanyahu want a deal? >> i think he wants john kerry to go away in some ways. his defense minister -- >> but he never refuses a meeting. >> part of the game -- >> kerry's at the door. >> part of the game is not saying no to john kerry, because there are consequences. >> the two of them -- neither side is that -- >> obama has said this. you can't want peace more than the parties themselves. >> that's exactly what's going on. >> but that's why kerry is engaged in this task that seems a little bit too hard to accomplish. so, no, netanyahu doesn't want the kind of deal that kerry wants. neither party can actually tell the secretary of state to leave. >> i want the to go to iran, your former employer. daily times, a very bold headline. we want to talk about it, the

iran deal. the headline claims there's a new iran agreement that includes a secret side deal. nowhere in the story does it say that, but this headline is generating news, robin. explain what this, quote, unquote, deal is, to the best of your knowledge. >> we don't have the full -- >> it's not been disclosed publicly yet. >> that's right. something like a 40-page document that outlines how do you adjudicate differences. >> this is a separate agreement? >> it's not a separate agreement. this is a clever headline writer who is looking for clicks on the web. the fact is that it's not necessarily secret. >> success. >> and the the white house has even talked about releasing some parts of it. but this is really an understanding between the two. >> very quickly, a headline like this, democrats on capitol hill. >> the obama administration has an uphill battle just to keep new sanctions from being layered on. it's a very difficult moment for him. >> he is going to be sent a bill. >> he may have to become --

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here's a question. what would hillary clinton need to do right now to set the stage for a successful run for president in 2016? step one, show some party leadership. the clintons need to take back control of the party at some point soechlt far, the clintons have made their presence known in support of biggest democratic winners, sat prominently at bill de blasio, as he became new york city's first democratic mayor in 20 years and then sat behind terry mcauliffe as he took oath of office as governor of the commonwealth of virginia. they have to figure out how to woo the obama crowd, put their best foot forward on the road to 1600 hochl you do they do it? former adviser to president obama and msnbc senior political

analyst and democratic strategist who served as senior adviser to the super pac called ready for hillary. let me start with you, david, on this issue of -- you know, it's always a little bit uncomfortable to talk about the next leader of a party, even in the second term of a president, who is term limited. obviously, president obama is leader of the democratic party, the de facto leader. the clintons, at some point, if hillary is going to run for president, they're going to reassert their leadership. is this an appropriate thing for them to be doing right now? >> you know, i have no problem with it. wro think the president has any problem with it. they're going to be in demand among candidates who are running in 2014. i expect to see president clinton, in particular, out there figure russly campaigning for democrats because democrats are going to want to use that asset in these elections and they'll be resentful if the clintons hold back.

so, they're in that position. you know, i think the challenge, chuck, is she really doesn't want to surface as a candidate. a long campaign isn't necessarily in hillary's interest. >> let me stop you there, david. isn't it too late? i mean, in many ways, i was surprised at how out front she was in all of 2013. we'll get to tracy in a minute to sort of defend that. she was much more out front than i ever expected. >> well, i agree with you. but here is the challenge. right now there's a lot of campaign apparatus, but no candidate articulating the point of view, a vision, definition of what the campaign would be about. it becomes more of a cult of personality campaign. that's not what she needs. when she does roll out she needs to articulate a vision for the country that people can grab on to and see themselves in it. she was a great candidate in 2008 when she was behind and got

close to the ground and started talking about people and their lives and less about her own inevtability. and she has to avoid that trap in this cycle to be successful. i think she can. but it's a challenging matter. >> so, tracy, you're part of ready for hillary. it's a super pac that is out there to receive a bunch of fund-raising, do some of the work. not clear how much involvement they can have, eventually, in the campaign itself. the rules change all the time. fair enough. but address sort of what david was just saying. right now it's a cult of personality campaign. at what point do you need for to have hillary out there, articulating the vision? >> that, as i and others will always say, is her personal decision, her personal timeline. and what ready for hillary is doing is, in effect, incubating these thousands and thousands of

supporters who have decided for themselves that they are ready for her candidacy. these are people who include many of president obama's supporters as well as her long-time supporters. the coalition which, of course, i know you know -- is growing every day, ready for hillary is incubating, ready to go and be activated in our modern day campaign apparatus. time is of the essence on the organizing side. the candidate should move at whatever pace she feels is appropriate. >> let me ask you this. obviously you're one of the key tricks for hillary clinton is going to be to unite the democratic party in many ways, to not have a divided party. divided party hurt her the last time. there's this story out there, the politico book about a retribution list, whatever you want to call it. they call it a hit list. that seems to be a bit of a snarky way to describe it. but not that there's a long memory of the people who didn't

support clintons but an actual way to punish folks who didn't support the clintons. have you experienced this, being a member of the clinton outer circle? do you know anything about a list like this? >> i know there have been very breathless reporting about a bok that i haven't read. my familiarity probably extends to having also in my life used spreadsheets, which i think is really what this is about. i did notice the line that the author's conceived, to understand how supporters function in your world, it's political malpractice not to do that. every politician would have some organizal tool to help understand their orbit. >> after the first two years, some people were holding grudges and over the last two years, those have gone away? >> what i know is that there are so many people, including supporters of our president today, president obama, who have quite vocally and enthusiastically joined the

ready for hillary effort. >> fair enough. david, i want to ask you about the ideological sort of attempts to unite the party. bill de blasio, terry mcauliffe in virginia, given the contours. obviously if there is a split inside the party that makes hillary clinton vulnerable, how does she unite the two wings of this party? a business wing and populous wing that aren't seeing eye to eye these days. >> no, that's very true. i think this goes back to the point we were making before. she has to articulate a vision that -- an economic vision that people can find their own interests in, the vast majority of democrats. president obama has articulated this well. this is the great challenge of our time. we have these rapid changes in our economy that have threatened

to hollow out the middle class. we need a strategy to deal with that. that is going to be fundamental. i assume and i believe that she will articulate such a vision and that people will respond. you know, chuck, she's trying to do something that i can't recall anybody has ever done in my lifetime. and that is to be an uncontested nominee for the party in an open seat election. it's never been done before. if she doesn't have any kind of opposition, that would really be an accomplishment. >> no, it would be -- not since eisenhower, the greats book, do you believe the characterization of her by gates -- in an interview with matt lauer he said there's a difference when you're campaigning, when you have a responsibility to the office about the differences between when she was playing politics on things about the iraq surge and she's not the first person to have political reasons influence her. do you think that will hurt her as she moves forward? >> i think her record as

secretary of state is an incredible one. i would urge your viewers to read what michael crowley has written in time magazine, which very uniquely extols her record. i think it explains what we're talking about as her record. >> it's been a while since we've had shameless plugs, but that sounded like one from you. thank you very much. 2 million people signed up for health care so far. most are older than 55. we're crunching the new numbers in today's takeaway. the soup of the day, it's turkey lent il. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen.

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number of pages in the new $1.1 trillion spending bill. house and senate negotiators rolled out the bill last night, flushing out details of the budget deal passed last month and would fund the government through september. house vote is expected tomorrow. fascinating winners and losers in "the washington post" if you want to see some details. up next, 35,000, that's how many customers have now had their water back after the ban was lifted in parts of west virginia, the ban put in place after a chemical spill, is now in its sixth day for tens of thousands of other customers still impacted by this. and finally 32, the number of consecutive years that the ford f series has remained america's best-selling vehicle of any kind. it's been the best-selling truck for even longer. 37 years. despite that, ford has introduced a new design. so, we shall see. one more number. next up $3.2 billion, the price tag for google's acquisition of nest labs, maker of innovative

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1.8 million in the month of december alone. that's a big positive news for the administration. an additional 1.6 million people were determined to be eligible for medicaid, so the 2.2 number is nonmedicaid enrollees. secretary sebelius shows she believes there's a strong national demand for affordable health care, but the demographic breakdown reporters have been asking for for months, so let's take a look at those numbers. this is where there is at least a yellow flag. the key finding is that 24% of people who bought health insurance through the marketplace exchanges are young adults between the ages of 18 and 34. now according to a kaiser study, at a minimum, they need 25% in the 18 to 34 category for the numbers to work. so this is a warning sign for the administration that it needs to offset those 55 and older numbers, right, as you can see here, make up 33% of total

enrollees. the administration believes they are essentially at stainability now with this 24% figure. they were trying to dress this up yesterday and that it avoids the dreaded death spiral of cost if that number was much lower. they still expect enrollment among the younger group to grow as the march 31st deadline approaches. they cite the massachusetts experience when massachusetts did this. that's what happened. it was near the end that the younger enrollees came in, but the administration originally estimated those under 35 years old would make up closer to 40% of all enrollees. they now acknowledge the figure probably won't get that high and instead will end up in the mid 30s. frankly, it has to be or they will be in trouble. white house knows they need to accelerate outreach efforts to younger groups and it will be their focus for the next 75 days. the administration plans on going after these younger folks as vigorously as they did in the 2012 presidential campaign, in fact, using similar tools. they'll have a push on february 15th when they'll target the top

25 hot pockets of uninsured younger americans. most are in cities in texas and florida, as well as other states that do not have their own exchanges, think philadelphia, memphis, places like that. the white house is yet to release all of their areas, but we know a lot of them. states with their own state exchanges have their own outreach plans to these young invincibles. theer are other numbers you should know, 54% of enrollees are women, 46% women. another figure of note, 79% of those who have enrolled in private plans are receiving some sort of financial assistance from the government. and interestingly enough, it's the silver plan that is the most popular choice so far. 60% of those who have enrolled have chosen it. 24% choosing bronze, 13% choosing gold and 7% using platinum plan and 1% of enrollees picked the catastrophic plan. here's what we don't know of those who enrolled so far, whether they are healthy or not,

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