. >> miles scott suffered from leukemia who can forget last month, thousands came oup out to support miles as he fought off villains. >> miles will reunite with the police chief for a fund-raiser for the make a way foundation. ama daetz will be hosting that event. >> still ahead at 4:00 from prisoner to president. nelson mandela died at his home today. >> plus, an american teacher killed in libya. what he was doing when officials say he was guned down. >> and decision day for >>> people around the world are mourning the death this, afternoon, of former south african president nelson mandela, he passed away after a prolonged lung infection the south african president saying his country lost its greatest son. a somber president obama hailed mandela as a leader who changed the world for the better. >> we've lost one of the most influential, pro foundly good human beings any of us will share time with on this earth. he no longer belongs to us. he belongs to the ages. >> mandela spent 27 years in prison set free in 1990, won the nobel peace prize in 1993 helping to lead south africa out o

coverage or where tens of thousands of americans die because they didn't have health care or where oupout of pocket costs drove people into poverty. we thought we were better than that and that's why we took this on. [applause] and that's what has gotten lost a little bit over the last couple of months. and our focus had to shift towards working 24/7 to fix the web site, healthcare.gov where people can buy affordable insurance plans. and today, the web site is working well. more problems may pop up, as they always do when you are launching something new and when they do, we'll fix those, too. but what we know that just after the first month, despite all the problems in the rollout, about half a million people across the country are poised to gain health care coverage in marketplaces and medicaid on january 1, some for the very first time. we know that. \[applause] and that number is increasing every day and it's going to keep growing and growing and growing because we know there are 41 million people out there without health insurance and we know there are a whole bunch of folks out th

mr had their rates going oup, not a huge amount. as mr. baker testified the bigger group was those who stayed about the same. there were a couple of folks who reported their rates went down. i'm wondering is this the case from your perspective nationwide that the rates are going down as the secretary testified earlier this year? >> we can get back to with the data but i don't think those are the facts. there are big differences across counties, regions states in the united states. >> let me go to that point because i had some curiousty because one of the reasons i represent a very rural district where it takes hours sometimes to get to the nearest hospital depending on where you are located particularly as a result of obama care and the cuts to medicare we lost a hospital in one of my most rural counties a few months back. that was one of their top reasons for why they closed the hospital. do you find that is more of a problem in rural areas as opposed to urban areas. >> it's harder to narrow networks in a rural setting because you don't h

. >> we're going to give you the e-mail of every member of our trending oup. >> and again, shoot us ating itself together in the pa sifg northwest. look at seattle washington. we'll have a nice day today. but this system comes through and it's going to make mess tonightnto tomorrow. it pushes through and it's going to cause big problems tough the rockies into the cascades which is good news for them. they need t moisture. but it's going to connue to push on through to the east where the place that already got hit gets hit again. you n see anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow in the mountains there from >>> 9:32. happy friday morning to you. temperatures are starting to climb nicely. i want to show you the hour by hour forecast for san francisco. 49 degrees at 4:00 p.m. staying frigid as we get into the day. and temperatures are going to be cold everywhere. only climbing into the low 50s in places in the south bay. talking about 54 degrees. 52 along the peninsula. east bay, 52. more rain on the way as we head through tonight with some very low snow levels potentially down to 1,000 feet

coverage or where tens of thousands of americans die because they didn't have health care or where oup -- out of pocket costs drove people into poverty. we thought we were better than that and that's why we took this on. [applause] and that's what has gotten lost a little bit over the last couple of months. and our focus had to shift towards working 24/7 to fix the web site, healthcare.gov where people can buy affordable insurance plans. and today, the web site is working well. more problems may pop up, as they always do when you are launching something new and when they do, we'll fix those, too. but what we know that just after the first month, despite all the problems in the rollout, about half a million people across the country are poised to gain health care coverage in marketplaces and medicaid on january 1, some for the very first time. we know that. [applause] and that number is increasing every day and it's going to keep growing and growing and growing because we know there are 41 million people out there without health insurance and we know there are a whole bunch of folks out

the opportunity on the floor of the senate to file amendments, debate those amendments and have up oup-or-down votes. chairman levin has been more than accommodating throughout that process before and after this bill came out of the armed services committee. likewise, senator inhofe has been more than accommodating to make sure that members on this side of the aisle had free and open access to the debate process. they have provided the kind of leadership that we expect. unfortunately, the majority leader has made a decision to cram this down the throats of the senate and that simply from a national security standpoint is not the way this body is designed to work or should work. mr. president, i'll support the passage of this bill because i think the end product, amazingly enough, has turned out to be a pretty good product. could it have been better? you bet. could the process have been better? without question. i just wish we had had the opportunity to debate the serious issues that are on the minds of a number of members of the senate when it comes to national security and that we had had the