sake of our democracy, there's no turning back. all right that does it for this "cycle" now, with alex carriage the president today, starts right now. >> paul ryan said he's for the poor by slashing all of the programs that help them. this is "now." >> paul ryan today will be in the spotlight. he's releasing a budget. >> will his new plan support the same old policies? >> it's the one attempt in washington, d.c. to deal with the deficit. >> he calls for repeal of the president's health care law. >> at some point are the republicans going to stop saying repeal obamacare? h why stop? >> for moral document. it's a statement of values. >> the food stamp program. >> our biggest priority is taking away food stamps from

hungry people. >> this actually slices not only food stamps but every program that the poor depend on in this country. >> also cuts subsidies to pbs. >> the budget he proposed was an albatross. >> this is not an april fools joke. it's cruel and unusual and ought to be barred by the constitution. >> we are standing by awaiting live remarks from president obama set to speak in the rose garden in just a few minutes to discuss the highly anticipated enrollment numbers for the affordable care act. but first, someone who wok would like to repeal the health care law in its entirety, paul ryan. a man lately, secretly visiting poor neighborhoods to talk about his deep concerns regarding americans' neediest. >> if you can go into various neighborhoods and see the good things that are happening, it

gives you a lot of inspiration. it gives you hope. it's about being stuck in a failing school or abuse. needing a mentor. that means people need to get involved. that means people in their communities need to fight poverty, eye to eye, soul to soul, person to person. you can't underestimate the importance of that. >> while mitt romney's former running mate cast himself as a fighting champion for the disenfranchised. he's out with the latest version of the path to prosperity budget and there's very little room for poor american, disenfranchised americans and not any american who is not very, very wealthy. this time he cut more than he did in previous budgets. specifically he slashes $5.1 trillion from the h federal budget over the next 10 years. budgetwise, this isn't a hair cut, this is a lebot mi.

he takes a hacksaw to programs that aid the poor. he save s 2 prildz by repealing the affordable care act. snatches another 129 billion by privatizing medicare. and block granting medicaid to the states and this is a guy crowing about his concern for the neediest. he cuts $125 billion from the food stamp program. what does america get in return for all that pain? most of america doesn't get a whole lot. the country's wealthiest gets a tax cut. ryan lowers income taxes, by cutting two rates. the the corporations get a rate, current 35% dropped to 25%. rich people, check. corporations, check, and, oh, yes, the defense industry in this age of aus titerity and

physical hawkishness. wants to increase military spending by $483 billion over ten years. it is certainly a shameless budget but is it immoral? somehow he ann rand's his way out of that. cutting assistance fort poof helps the poor. he writes slashing those programs empowers recipients to get off the aid rolls and back on the payroll. that is the paul ryan we know. he's back. >> we're going to the majority of takers versus makers in america. we risk hitting a tipping point in our society, where we have more takers than makers with society. >> we have become a nation of majority of takers and minority of makers.

>> we don't are want to have a majority of takers we want a majority of makers. >> joining me is the ranking member of the house budget committee, chris van hollen. congressman van hollen, hard to shock me and harder to shock you, in terms of republican fiscal antics but this budget sort of shocked me. what was your reaction to it? >> alex, the same thing. i've seen three very reckless republican tea party budgets but this is even worse than all of the other ones combined. as you indicate, it doubles down on this idea of rigging the rules in favor of the very wealthy and in favor of special interest. people like the koch brothers they will love this republican budget but it absolutely decimates our investments in kids' education, in science and research, in ting things important to powering our economy and make all of us

better off together. in stead it says if you're already made in america we'll make you more comfortable. give you another round of tax breaks but everybody else, forget it. we remember when mitt romney said he didn't care about the 47%. in this budget they come after the 47%. in fact they come after everything who is not already very privileged and well off. it's a very sad statement. people need to take it seriously. this is a road map of what house republicans would do if they have the power to have it their way. >> i think it also shows if not an underestimation. a real disregard for the american public. paul ryan has pretended to be a friend of the poor or someone concerned enough to go out to these communities and talk to people who are disenfranchised about what is happening in their neighborhoods and then turns around and present this to the country as his blueprint. it is fairly outrage just. and i feel like it is the jupgs on the part of republicans, to

present this at the the same time that they say that they care poverty and are launching their own war on it. it's outrage just. >> it is outrageous. this is of course not a war on poverty. this document, this budget. is a war on the poor. as you indicate, what it does, is say to people who need a little help for food and nutrition, we'll take that away from you. because our republican theory, is when we help a struggling family, it just means we sap their will to work. they will be playing around in hammock, and therefore, the way to really help people is take away food nutrition programs for kids. let's take away the school lunch programs. that will help provide people with more dignity according to this twisted philosophy. they've been talking about addressing this issue. now we see that's all it's been is talk.

in fact their budget would be very, very harmful. if you're a senior, this reopens the prescription drug donut hole. you'll have to save thousands of dollars more in the coming years to pay for your prescription drugs. they keep in place what's called the medicare sequester. really, senior, kids, the vast middle class, as well as poor americans who are struggling, all of them get hit and again all to provide another round of tax g cuts, a tax cut to folks at the very top. it clearly is something that the company needs to focus on. this is a reflection where republicans, at least in the house, tea party folks, where they like to take the country. it's a recipe for america's economic decline. if you're china or another economic competitor. you'll love this budget. it takes away important

investments that help our american economy grow. >> congressman chris van hollen, thank you for your time and thoughts. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in new york magazine's jonathan. i am unsure if this will get a vote. it will not be extreme enough for paul ryan's grander ambit n ambitions, do you think this helps him? >> he's got to have a budget. he's chairman of the house budget committee. you had one job situation. he can't not do his one job. >> that's true. except plenty of republicans get elected into office under the premise of governance and go to washington and do anything but that. do you think it will come to a vote in the house? >> i think it will come to a vote in the house and they pass this kind of budget every year

with small tweex here and there. it's got all of the good stuff republicans like. it's got more money for defense. big promises for tax cuts. huge cults in programs for the takers. yeah, i think i could pass this thing, sure. >> jonathan, you pointed out mathematical possibility of the current republican stance. which is, you can't raise any taxes. at the same time you have to increase defense spending. you can't touch social security or medicare for current retirees. >> right. >> there's no way to reconcile this, except, as you point out. but guiding programs for the poor. do you think little bells are going offer anywhere in the gop that this is not a tenable position to take in the long term? >> that's the interesting thing. those bells went off. after the election, they really realized this 47% thing was a problem and people close to paul ryan realized it was a problem for to be seen as the randomizer

which is a accurate summation of his world view. he didn't want to be seen as this person. he spent months and months and months. doing the whole research of poverty policy. now it's we'll cut everything to the bone. >> what is the secret paul ryan poverty tour p which isn't that secret because there were reporters along with him. what is that about? is that smoke and mirrors? is that topping of the hat without having to do anything on the issue? is that paul ryan trying to position himself outside of the party? how do you read that strange adventure, if you will? >> you know, getting into motives is always hard. it's clear he has a political motive. he has a clear understandable political motive. he has to remake his image going forward. if he wants to run in 2016, everything i see that's on the

table. maybe he had some conversion inside his heart, i don't know. the fact is, it's not there in black and white, not there on paper. whatever is going on in his heart, it's not going on in his budget. i don't know what to say about what is going on in his heart. >> jonathan, in terms of long-term prosperity of paul ryan, if you will. once you put on paper you want to turn social safety net programs into block grants, i feel like you've entered into some sort of political liability. if paul ryan is seriously considering 2016, is this not a huge albatross that will hang around his neck if you made it to a general election? >> well, it really depends how he wants to. >> ron:. social security and medicare are the two most popular programs. they're very careful not to touch those for anybody currently retired or near retirement. he's pretty safe with the programs that republican

constituents care about the most. food stamps medicare is not something they feel strongly of protecting. that divides the middle class from the poor. and put the middle class on their side. like you said, i don't think he wants to run that campaign anymore. >> who knows what paul ryan wants to do. jonathan chait, thank you for your thoughts. >> coming up, you cannot see the confetti canons, but here's a live look at the white house rose garden where president obama is looking to make a statement about the affordable carability. in just a moment we'll bring you those live when they begin next on "now."

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one day after enrollment officially ended. president obama is expected to speak any minute and deliver big news on the affordable care act. white house announces more than 7 million americans h signed up. a tally that doesn't factor in the final numbers for states that ran their own marketplaces. initial enrollment is 1 million higher than recent projections. well before the season of glitches began. even before the exchange numbers come in that figure could rise higher. last week the white house extended the enrollment deadline for people who already started their applications but were unable to complete them before imagine 31st. joining me is michael shearer, and political correspondent at huffington post, sam, the president is about to begin, so i may have to cut you off.

7 million is a lot higher than any of us thought we would be at this date and time and yet there emerged a strange thing on the right which is enrollment care deniers. aca enrollment deniers, rush limbaugh said how many americans are signing up out of fear. how many think, my god, if they don't sign up, they have to pay a penalty or might go to jail. it's unbelievable that rather than accept the math the right is denying the basic facts. >> yeah. look at it in the most skeptical term, right? 7 million people picked a plan. let say two out of every ten don't pay the first month's premium you'll end up with 1 5.6 million people who enrolled through the exchanges. doesn't include medicate. doesn't include people who enrolled directly. >> thank you, everybody. >> you know what, same, i have to cut you off. >> please have a seat. thank you so much. welcome to the white house.

>> six months ago today, a big part of the affordable care act kicked in as health care.gov and state and insurance companies went public and millions of americans finally have the same chance to buy quality affordable health care and the peace of mind that comes with it as everybody else. last night, the first open enrollment period under this law came to an end and despite several lost weeks because of problems with the website. 7.1 million americans have now signed up for private insurance plans through these marketplaces. 7.1.

truth is, even more folks want to sign up. so anybody who was stuck in line because of the huge serge of demand over the past few days can still go back and finish your enrollment. 7.1 million. that's on top of the more than 3 million young adults who gained insurance on this law by staying on the family's plan. that's on top of more that gained access through med cane expansion and children's health insurance program. making affordable coverage available to all americans, including those with pre-existing conditions is now

an important goal of this law, and in these first six months, we've taken a big step forward. and just as importantly, this law grass brought greater security to americans who already have coverage. because of the affordable care act hundreds of millions of americans gained free care like mammograms, contraceptive care, under their existing plans. >> announcer: >> becau [ applause ] because of this now. 8 million seniors saved $10 billion on their medicine because we closed a gaping hole in the prescription drug plan. we're closing the donut hole. and because this law, a whole lot of families won't be given

into bankruptcy by a serious illness because the affordable care act prevents your insurer by playing limits on the coverage you proicht these are all benefits that have been taking place for a whole lot of families out there, many who don't realize that they've received this benefits. but the bottom line is this. under this law, the share of americans with insurance is up, and growth of health care costs is down, that's good for our middle class and that's good for our fiscal future. now, that doesn't mean that all of the problems in health care have been solved forever. premium is rises for families that have insurance. whether you get it from your

employer or you buy it on your own. that's been true for decades. so far those premiums have risen more slowly since the affordable care fact than any time in the past 50 years. also true despite this law millions of americans remain uncovered in part because governors in some states for political reasons deliberately refused to expand coverage under this law. but we're going to work on that. and we'll work to get more americans covered with each passing year. and while is remains true that you'll still have to change your coverage if you graduate from college much, or turn 26 years old, or move or have a child. or switch jobs, just like you did before the affordable care act was passed you can now go to

healthcare.gov and enroll when circumstances have changed. no, it has not fixed our broken health care system but this law made our health care system a lot better. a lot better. all told, because of this law. millions of our fellow citizens know the economic security of health insurance who didn't just a few years ago. that's something to be proud of. regardless of your politics or your feelings about me, or your feelings about this law, that's something that's good for our economy. that's good for our country. there's no good reason to go back. let me give you a sense of what the change has met for millionses of our fellow americans. let's give you a few examples.

shawn casey always made sure to cover his family on the private market. but pre-existing medical conditions meant his annual tab was over $30,000. the affordable care act changed that. if you have a pre-existing condition like being a cancer survivor or suffer chronic pain for a tough job or just being charged more for being a woman. you can no longer be charged more than anybody else. this year, the casey's families premiums fall to over 30 thousand to under $9,000. >> and i know this because shawn took the time to write me a letter. these savings will offset the cost of our daughter's first year in college. i'm a big believer in this

legislation. it's removed complexity and father from my life. please keep fighting for the aca. that's what shawn had to say. jeanie is a bartender from pennsylvania. now, i think most folks are aware, being a bartender, that's a job that doesn't usually offer health care. for years jeanie went unsured or underinsured getting health care threw local planned parent hood. in november she bought a plan on the marketplace. in january, an illness september her to the hospital and because her new plan covered a scat scan, she would not be able to afor. her doctor discovered she also had ovarian cancer and gave her a chance to bet it. >> she wrote me a letter, too. she said, it's going to be a long, tough road to kill this

cancer. >> but i can walk that road knowing insurance isn't an issue. i won't be refused care. i hope to send a follow upletter in a few months saying i'm free and clear of this disease. until then i know you've been fighting for my life as a working american citizen. after her first wellness visit under the new insurance plan, marla shared what it meant to her. after using the new insurance for the first time you probably heard, i finally felt like a human being, make sure all of us

can count on the security of health care when we get sick that the work and dignity of every person is acknowledged and affirmed. the newly insured, like marla, deserve that working americans like jeanie deserve that economic security. women, the sick. survivors, they deserve fair treatment in our health care system all of which makes the constant politics around this law so troubling. like every major piece of legislation, from social security to medicare. the law is not perfect. we had to make adjustments along the way. we've had our share of problems. we know something about that.

yes, at times it's been contentious and confusing. that's part whatever change looks like in a democracy, change is hard. fixing what is broken is hard. overcoming skepticism and fear of something new is hard. a lot of times folks prefer the devil you know to the devil you don't but this law is doing what it's supposed to do. it's working. it's helping people from coast to coast. all of which makes the linength to which critics have gone to scare people. or undermine the law, repeal the law. without average a plausible alternative so hard to understand. i have to admit, i don't get it. why are folks working so hard for people not to have health

insurance. why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance? many of the tall tales that have been told about this law have been debunked. there are still no death panels, armageddon has not arrived. instead, this law is helping millions of americans. and in the coming years, it will help millions more. i've said before. i will always work with anyone who is willing to make this law work even better. but the debate over repealing this law is over. the affordable care act is here to stay. [ applause ]

and those who is based their entire political agenda on repealing it, have to explain to the country, why jeanie should go back to being uninsured. . they should explain why shun and his family should go back to paying thousands and thousands of dollars more. they've got to explain why marla doesn't deserve to feel like she's got value. they have to explain why we should go back to the days when seniors pay more for prescriptions or women had to pay more than men for coverage. back to the days when americans with pre-existing conditions

were out of luck. they could be routinely denied the insecurity of health insurance. that's exactly what would happen if they repeal this law. millions of people who now have health insurance would not have it. seniors who have gotten discounts on prescription drugs would have to pay more. young people who were on their parents' plan, would suddenly not have health insurance. in the end, history is not kind to those who deny americans basic economic security. nobody remembers well those who stand in the way of america's progress or our people. that's what the affordable care act represents. as messy as it's been, as contentious as it's been. it is progress. it's making sure we are not the only advanced country on earth

that doesn't make sure everybody has basic health care. and that's thanks in part to leaders like nancy pelosi, dick durbin, all of the members in congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. they should be proud of what they've done. and it's also thanks to the often unherraled work of countless americans. who fought tirelessly to pass this law and who organize like crazy the past few months to help fellow citizens get the information they needed to get covered. that's why we're here today.

that's why 7 point 1 million people got health insurance. we got the word out. we didn't have health insurance. we didn't have billions of dollars of commercials like some critics did but what we said was look for yourself. see if it's good for your familiar lkive and a whole lot of people decided it was so, wasn't to thank everybody that worked so hard to make sure that we arrived at this point today. i want to make sure everybody understands, in the months, years ahead. i guarantee there will be additional challenges to implementing this law. there will be days when the website stumbles. i guarantee it. so, i want you to anticipate. there will be some moment when the website is down and i know

it will be on all of your front pages. it's going to happen. there will be parts of the law that will still need to be improved. if we can stop refighting all political battles that keep us grid locked, then we can actually make the law work even bitter for everybody and we're excited about the prospect of doing that. we are game to do it. but today should remind us that the goal we set for ourself, that no american should go without the health care that we need. that no family should be bankrupt because somebody in that family gets sick. because no parent should have to be worried about whether they can afford treatment because they're worried that they don't want to have to burden their

children. the idea that everybody in this country can get decent health care, that goal is achievable. we are on our way. if all of us have the wisdom to keep working not against one another, not to scare each other, but for one another. then we won't just make progress on health care. we'll make progress on all of the other work that remains to create more opportunity who everybody who works for it and to make sure this country that we love lives up to its highest eye gaideal ideals. that's what today is about. that's what all of the days to come while i'm president, that's what we'll be working towards. god bless america, everybody, thank you. that was president obama delivering a statement. i'm not going to call it a

football spike. but enthusiasm tick analysis of athe first enrollment period. with me is michael shearer and sam stein. michael. it is a big day at white house. the birds are cheaping, it's snowing in d.c. >> how much do you think these numbers change the landscape for democrats? >> i think it digs him out of a hole that he dug himself into. obama care is still not popular. it will still probably be a drag. you have a whole new wave of stuff before the election about obamacare rates going up. >> what this does is digs the president out of a hole he started to call into in november of last year when the website

went doupd and people were speculating about the law possibly failing. 7 million was the baseline number we had to meet in order for the rates that they had said to basically work. it was the goal they set for themselves. it was successful the first year despite their problems. i don't think the fight is over that oh balm na macare won't show up in ads or won't be pay drag for the president. >> mike, we started talking to you about the republican reaction to this before the president so rudely cut you off. we're seeing for the first time beginnings of movement on the right to not use the word repeal as much as replace, even in koch brothers-fund ads. >> in tough primaries, there's an acknowledgment, it seems,

could be a glimmer that you can't tear the law aport and put something back in its place. >> where was i before the president interrupted me? >> you're so rude like that. >> i think even under the most skeptical circumstances, if you look at this law. that's what i was trying to explain. you end up with a lot of people gaining coverage. 5.6 million on these insurance exchanges. not including people enrolled with medicaid or private insurance. at this juncture, if you take the health care law, tear it away. totally repeal it, you're hurting a lot of people benefitting from it. >> that's always been the position. that's why you see americans for prosperity. koch brothers allied group or funded group saying let's talk about replacing, not repealing. i think it will trend moren in n that direction, because it's

become an enstretched part of the american fiber. people are benefitting from the law. with respect to political popularity, i agree with michael, i say this. hitting the 7 million figure helps the president with one constituency more than anyone else. that's democrats. a lot of democrats had gotten iffy on the law. they thought implementation had gone badly. they wanted public option for single payer, for instance, overtime they got more offensive. saw saw it where democrats flocked back. i still think it's a divisive issue. >> michael the president culled out those states that have not expanded medicate. there's 26 states that expanded medicaid, 19 have not. there's 15 million people eligible for medicaid but they live in states where their

governors chose not to expand medica medicaid. i wonder if you think new numbers will put increased pressure on those governors if change may be afoot in those states this year. >> rick perry suddenly going to cave in texas? >> maybe not. rick perry is his own special case with his own special pair of glasses. but other governors in states where there could be more of a popular outtry cai about medicate and people who want, need and deserve coverage. >> i think time puts pressure on that. like sam was saying as more law gets into play and it is not as scary as some people worry about. people will likely come to accept. the current negatives come largely from again last year when suddenly americans found out they can't always keep their doctor or their insurance. >> the president sold this stuff on false premises. but over time, that stuff fades and this stuff will sort out and that pressure will remain in

states. and that's because for a lot of these states there's a real financial incentive especially on the front end to do this and a huge boom for their populations if they do it. >> again, this is something that will take place over the several years from now. alex on your point. it might not be the governments who find it problematic but the people running for senate in those states. in michigan, new hampshire, scott brown has a tough issue on his hands with respect to that state's medicaid expansion. which is different from those being asked at other states. the tough question, at this juncture, would you like to take away insurance from hundreds of thousands of people. look at kentucky. kentucky signed up 40% of its uninsured population in this enrollment period. huge chunk of that.

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there's watching. then there's watchathoning. ♪ a disturbing look at the senate intelligence committee's reporting. it mislead the public on the

aspects of the torture program for years. conceal detail about the severity of the methods. overstating the significance of plots and programs and took credit for critical pieces of detainees before they were subjected to hare schtechniques. the cia described its program repeatedly to the congress and unintellab uninor tanable intelligence. twhas true? the answer is no. essentially this report which remains classified concludes that not only did torture not work but the cia lied about the enhanced program produced little or no intelligence. it was devastation of what was said to the american people, including the president of himself to justify

government-sanctioned torture. >> by giving us information about terrorist plans we could not get anywhere else. this program saved innocent lives. >> we don't torture people. let me say that again. we don't torture people. i know this program saved lives. i know we've disrupted plots. >> enhanced interrogation techniques were absolutely essential in saving thousands of american lives in preventing further attacks against the united states and giving intelligence that we needed to find al qaeda, to find their camps. >> joining me is the director for the aclu's. this is as devastating as anything else we've seen on the war on terror. dick cheney said last week, if i had to do it all over again i

would. the results speak for themselves. what is next in terms of accountability? >> well, there are a couple of stages that we still have to get through. i think, alex, one of the things that struck me as part of the lead into this, is not what we all know, which is that torture breaks bodies and minds, but it also corrupts the lies that the cia told the white house, the department of justice, the congress, and ultimately the american people, were lies in order to percent pet uate and justify a program that was unlawful, unethical and immoral. what comes next is really a period, we hope, of national reckoning. on thursday, we expect the senate intelligence committee to vote on declassification of at least a portion of that report. sounds from all accounts like senator feinstein is seeking to have declassified several

hundred pages of executive summary and key policy conclusions. then we're going to be at a critical stage facing a key question. and the critical stage is this. the report will go to the executive branch to be declassified, meaning how much will the american public "s" and the question is, who will wield the blackout pen, the cia or will it be the white house which should take over given the cia's inherent conflict of interest. >> how confident are you that the white house will yield to the black pen, hannah? >> that remains to be seen. it's something we've written to president obama asking him to do pointing out he's pledged to declassify the full report and that for that to meaningfully happen, it cannot be that the very same agency that's scathingly criticized in this report, including for having lied to the oversight branches is the agency that wields that

blackout pen and it remains to be seen whether the white house should exert control as it should or whether it defers to an agency that has already gone so rogue. >> there's also a question how the cia internally deals with this. one of the most disturbing parts, it's a report entirely disturbinging from front to back. some of the officials said some of the most troubling sections deal not with detainee abuse but discrepancies in the details of written communications of lower level employees directly involved. there seems to be wrong-doing here that either lower level employees were lying to their bosses who were at a higher level or that the cia willfully changed the information, distorted it, when they were asked about the results of our enhanced interrogation program. >> it sounds from this a lot more like the cia willfully distorted the information.

now, the senate intelligence report actually has an entire section, one of three, about the cia's misrepresentations or more boldly put about the cia's lies which is why i think the release of only a portion of the report is not going to be enough. for the nation to fully grapple with what happened, why, to prevent this corruption from happening again. we need the full report to be released to understand what high level officials were doing including whether they were suppressing information and passing on lies to the top level of our government. >> there's also a question of enhanced interrogation techniques they were using. water boarding was outlawed. and the bush administration officials contend the program is legally -- this report says cia was dunking terrorism suspects in tanks of ice water, simulating some type of drowning. this was never authorized by the d.o.j., is anybody going to be

held liable in terms of using those techniques? >> i think it remains to be seen. certainly no meaningful accountability whatsoever, alex, with respect to anyone from top down on the use of techniques. the investigations that have taken place were limited in their scope to what was -- what went beyond what was authorized. so, that is one of the next stages that we're going to have to deal with, grapple with, and must grapple with as a nation but i think that's one of the things that stood out from "the washington post" report about what is in the senate intelligence committee's report itself which is the extent to which the cia went beyond even the official cruelty and torture authorized by the bush administration. the cia has said -- please go ahead. >> i'm sorry, finish your thought. >> go ahead. >> the cia has admitted.

we know people are water boarded but there's an ugly account of forced drowning in essence that shows the nation does not know and needs to know where b what took place. >> before you go, the report does not recommend criminal inquiry on the program. at the same time we're about to embark on hearings at guantanamo bay. i wonder what you think this new analysis does in terms of affect it may or may not have on the hearings at get mitmo. >> it's been suppressed. and i think release of the report, takes away certainly a layer of secrecy that the administration shrouds the

guantanamo commissions in, and we'll see how that plays out in the commissions themselves. looks like the commission defense lawyers sought information based on the report and they should have access 0 it. >> thank you so much for your heim, tina. >> thank you. >> after the break, general motor ceo faces new questions about car recalls linked to a dozen deaths. her latest remarks next on "now." he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap.

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soon i have the information, that's why i don't want to launch the investigation. we're look at something that happened over a decade. it's a complex situation. we need to have the facts and won't sacrifice accuracy for speed. when we have that information we'll share with the regulator, with the legislators, with the

customers, we'll do that. >> that was general motors ceo mary barra. testifying before congress. she testified about a faulty ignition switch linked to gm cashes. and resulted in 30 crashes and deaths. why they waited until this year to recall $2.5 million cars when the company has known about that problem for more than a decade. barra asserted gm is now a different company. >> while i cannot turn back the clock, i as soon as i learned about the problem we acted without hesitation. we told the world we had a problem that needed to be fixed. we did so, because whatever mistakes were made in the past. we will not shirk our responsibilities now or in the future. we've moved from a cost culture to a customer culture. that's all for now. i will be doing my best chris

hayes impression tomorrow at 8:00 eastern. good evening, americans, with to "the ed show" live from new york. if there's ever a night i need two shows, tonight is the night. but i'll get her done in one. let's get to work! >> the affordable care act is here to stay. >> where are we with obama care? >> who knows. >> how many people are there. >> they got their 7 million. >> when they put out the 7 million number -- it's like the end of the telecon. somehow they get over the number. >> i don't think anybody expected they'll get 7 million. >> on the left it shows 6 million signups reported. >> no. not 6, i said 7. that was our mistake. correction noted. >> it is april fools day, but no fooling. >> leave that to others. >> this is insanity. certainly raising eyebrows here