who's to blame for the clunky rollout of president obama's health care law? the developers of the faulty insurance website point the finger at the administration. >> did that give your company adequate time to make sure everything that was integrated was going to work? >> it would have been better to have more time. we would have loved to have had months to be able to do it. >> months. thrill ride mishap. riders are injured at the north carolina state fair as passengers get off. brett favre makes a startling admission. the football great says just three years after leaving the game, he's suffering from memory loss. >> for the first time in 44 years, that kind of put a little fear in me. and all even.

the st. louis cardinals tie up the world series with a victory in boston. >> and the cardinals win game two. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, october 25th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the obama administration is working 24/7 to fix the problems undermining the government's health insurance website. yesterday the government blamed late changes, a lack of testing, and legislative issues for the problems. ko im is in washington with more. ko, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the administration says glitches were to be expected but not on such a large scale. they're still trying to iron out

the issues. the heads of four contractors that built the troubled website healthcare.gov raised their hands to swear in before congress and then said the obama administration made last-minute changes and decided to launch the site without enough testing. >> a lot of them were kind of saying not it, not me, it's not our part. >> did you deliver the product you were contracted to build, miss campbell. >> we have. >> mr. slavitt. >> yes. >> after a day of hearings many members of congress say they still have more questions. >> we didn't get the answer today except that all the answers reside with secretary sebelius and we look forward toll her testimony. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius wasn't available to testify yesterday because she was at one of the call centers which helps americans find the right health care plan she said the website is still a work in progress it's better today than it was on october 1st, but it's a long way from perfect and we are determined to have it be perfect. >> congress still wants to know who made the decision that slowed down the website and why. >> if somebody's responsible, i

think they have to be held accountable. >> secretary sebelius is scheduled to testify next wednesday. and according to officials, healthcare.gov cost nearly $400 million to build. some of the contractors acknowledge that it's one of the most complex sites that they've worked on and seen. anne-marie? >> ko im in washington. thank you, ko. at least five people were injured when a ride malfunctioned at the north carolina state fair. this is the vortex ride about 15 minutes before the mishap. the vortex ride spins people around and turns them upside down. the ride stopped but then started up again. passengers were exiting when two were thrown off the ride. two are reported to be in critical condition.

and classes are scheduled to resume this morning at a massachusetts high school where a teacher was allegedly killed by one of her 14-year-old students. philip chism is charged with murdering 24-year-old math teacher colleen ritzer. a student said she asked him to stay after class tuesday but she's unsure why. ritzer's body was found in the woods behind danvers high school on wednesday. a kid said voices in his head told him to kill other students at his washington state middle school. he was arrested for carrying knives and 14 rounds of ammunition at frontier middle school. his mother alerted the school. no one was injured. the boy said voices in his head told him to shoot someone for bullying his friend. his possible release will be discussed at a hearing today. and demolition has started at the connecticut elementary school where a gunman killed 26 people last december. sandy hook elementary school will be demolished over the next several weeks.

the school will be demolished in several pieces. the kids have been attending school in a neighboring school. now to revelations about u.s. spying. the "washington post" says officials are warning some that edward snowden has legal documents documenting his discussions with the u.s. some of them are not american allies. meanwhile the obama administration is trying to calm after being accused of spying. >> reporter: european leaders were angered for the united states for spying on them. german chancellor angela merkel is famous for her attachment to her cell phone. it turns out the nsa seemed to have liked it too. german intelligence confirmed reports that washington had been listening in. spying on friends is not acceptable, she said. her former minister guido westerwelle speaking in english went on further.

>> this undermines trust and this can harm our friendship. >> merkel compared notes with french president francois hollande. he also complained this week about reports the u.s. intercepted millions of phone calls from france as well. and italian prime minister enrico letto will be concerned about another credible report about the u.s. spying on his government. irish prime minister enda kenny summed up the attitude. >> i always use this phone as somebody may be listening. all of the revelations have been coming from the same place they've been coming from for months, from edward snowden, the former nsa employee who's still holed up in moscow and still releasing documents from the hoard that he has with him, the latest ones which are causing some embarrassment among some of the best allies around the world. mark phillips, cbs news,

washington. yesterday michael hayden was giving an interview and another passenger heard the conversation and began tweeting about it. former nsa boss michael hayden on a cell behind me blabbing on background as a former senior administration official. in another tweet, tom matzzie wrote hayden was talk about rendition and black sites a moment ago. it's where terrorist suspects are held in undisclosed locations outside the u.s. someone told hayden and he confronted matzzie and the two talked and then they took a picture together. coming up on the "cbs morning news" the toll on football. brett favre admits to memory gaps after playing football. this is the "cbs morning news." [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion,

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a quarterback, so they reach out to nfl great brett favre. he retired three years ago and says he won't play again. jericka duncan tells us why brett favre says his days on the gridiron are over. >> reporter: for 20 seasons brett favre stared down some of the meanest and biggest players in the nfl and won. now he says something else has him scared. >> i don't remember my daughter playing youth soccer one summer. >> reporter: favre told one sports radio station wspz, he's experiencing memory loss that's more than just missing his glasses. >> so that's a little bit scary to me. for the first time in 44 years that kind of put a little fear in me. >> reporter: favre says that fear is he had been infected by concussions for years. in august the nfl agreed to pay $765 million to settle lawsuits for more than 4,000 former players, including retired

running back kevin turner. turner has als or lou gehrig's disease. he and other plafs who suffer neurological conditions claim their conditions were caused by repeated concussions they received on the field. favre says he knows his career has taken a toll on his body. >> after 20 years, god only knows the toll. >> reporter: favre says for now he's trying to enjoy his retirement with his family. jericka duncan, cbs news. straight ahead, your friday morning weather and in sports big papi delivers a another shot in the series, but is it enough to give boston a 2-0 series lead. but is it enough to give boston a 2-0 series lead. ♪ the only thing we have to fear is... fear itself. ♪

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major layoffs at bank of america, and twitter sets an ipo price. wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. twitter says it intends to sell 70 million shares in its initial public offering. the social network hopes to price the shares between $17 and $20. that would put twitter at somewhere between $11 billion and $12.5 billion. twitter stock could begin trading as early as november 7th. asian markets dipped on worries over tight cash markets in china and a stronger yen. tokyo's nikkei fell more than 2%. hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent. stocks on wall street were pushed higher. following some good news on the corporate earnings front. both ford and southwest airlines reported strong third quarter profits. the dow jones industrial average rose almost 96 points. the nasdaq composite closed almost 22 points higher. bank of america is cutting thousands of jobs, most of the

layoffs coming in its mortgage division. the nation's second largest bank is laying off 1,200 employees this week and another 3,000 in the fourth quarter. bank of measure says the move is in response to a significant drop in refinancing applications. the food & drug administration is recommending new administrations on drugs such as hydrocodone. hydrocodone is found in drugs formulas. it's the most widely prescribed drug in the u.s. and they want hydrocodone to be subject to the same restrictions like morphine. the new york-based department store barneys says it will review its policies after a shopper filed a discrimination lawsuit. two african-american shoppers accused barneys of racial profiling. they say they were questioned by police after making expensive purchases. barneys says they have retained a civil rights expert and has offered an apology. anne-marie? >> wendy gillette at the new

york stock exchange. thank you, wendy. in sports, cardinals needing a win in game two to tie up the world series. red sox slugger david ortiz trying to channel some good luck before the game. he tosses out baseballs to members of the 2004 team so they can throw out the first pitch. and in the first inning he puts the sox on top with a two-run home over the green monster, but the lead does not last long. in the next inning matt carpenter hit as sacrifice fly into left field. >> here's a throw from gomes. tied game! now the runner down to third, the throw gets away, and the cardinals will take the lead. >> a throwing error by red sox pitcher craig breslow brings home the go-ahead run and the next batter puts it out of reach. the injured carlos beltran drives in a run to make it 4-2, cardinals. the cards head back to st. louis with the series tied up.

bell trap on his decision now to play despite hurting his ribs in game one. >> carlos, if this had been a regular season game, would you have tried to sit out? >> why do you guys always ask those questions? why do you guys come out with those questions? well, you know what? i will say that as a player i'm always going to come to the ballpark preparing myself to play games. >> during the seventh inning stretch fans at fenway park paid tribute to the victims of the boston marathon bombing. on thursday night the carolina panthers tried to improve their record to the winless bucs. cam newton threw two passes to get a carolina score. carolina wins, 31-13, and things are looking terrible for tampa bay. some fans calling for the ouster of coach greg schiano. the buccaneers are 0-7 and have lost 12 of their 13 games going back to last season. and when we return, a "60

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here's look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., sunshine, with a high of 54. sunshine right across the board from atlanta to st. louis. cool in st. louis. 53 the high. denver, sunshine. seattle, clouds. in africa, the nigerian navy has been ordered to try and rescue two kidnapped americans. pirates boarded an oil tanker on wednesday and abducted the ship's captain and chief engineer. this is the first time in two years americans have been taken hostage in that region. the state department says they are monitoring the situation. and now to last year's deadly terror attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi. for the first time, a security officer is speaking out.

ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans were killed. in an interview for this sunday's "60 minutes" the security officer told lara logan he a'd been hired the train libyan guards at the u.s. mission and he was stunned at what he heard the attackers say. >> i could hear gunshots and he said, there's men coming into the mission. his voice, he was scared. and he was running. i could tell he was running. >> reporter: his first thought was for his american friends. his agents pinned down inside the compound and he couldn't believe it when one of them answered his phone. i said, what's going on. he said, we're getting attacked. and i said how many. and he said, they're all over the compound. and i was shocked. i didn't know what to say. i said, well, just keep fighting.

i'm on my way. >> reporter: morgan's guards, unarmed and terrified were surrounded by heavily guarded gunmen, but they still sounded the alarm. they said we're here to kill americans, not libyans. so they gave them a good beating, pistol whipped them, beat them with their rifles, and let them go. >> we're here to kill americans. >> that's what they said, yeah. >> not lickians. >> yeah. >> you can see the full report on sunday on "60 minutes." for the first time in 12 years since the attacks on 9/11, commuters can now walk beneath the world trade center. the 600-foot underground passage way is made of white italian marbles and will eventually contains restaurants and stores on two levels. it's part of a $4 billion redevelopment of the world trade center site. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," surprising state enrollment figures for obama care, and what's happening at airports to make your trip through security less stressful. i'm anne-marie green.

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