wendell goler is in honolulu where the president is vacationing. wendell? >> reporter: well, gregg, the president saidly they have no issue with "the new york times" report which as you said found no evidence that al qaeda planned the attack on the benghazi consulate. it involved fighters from different militia groups who'd benefited from nato's attacks on moammar gadhafi's troops and were as anti-american as they were anti-gada dpi. the report also says the video the obama administration blamed did play a role but michigan republican congressman mike rodders is skeptical. >> there was some level of preplanning. we know that. there was aspiration to conduct an attack by al qaeda and their affiliates in libya. we know that. the individuals on the ground talked about a planned tactical movement on the compound even this is the compound before they went to the annex. all of that was directly contradictory to what "the new york times" definitively says was an exhaustive investigation. >> reporter: four americans were killed in the 2012 attack including u.s. amb

bret. >> wendell goler live on the north lawn. thank you. >>> so what do you think? do you think insurance companies should cooperate or refuse? let me know at hit at brett brair and use the #special report. >>> when it comes to help for the sooern rebel, the obama administration giveth and take enl away. >>> but first, wtvt in tampa with the woman who accused jameis winston with battery calling for an independent investigation. authorities decided last week not to press charges against the heisman trophy favorite. fox 5 in san diego with a federal judges ruling with a cross honoring veterans is an unconstitutional religious display on government land and must be removed in 90 days. and a live look at chicago from wfld, the big story there tonight, a explosion at a chemical plant at nearby blue island. luj plumes of smoke could be seen billowing from the plant by mid afternoon. two people were injured. that is tonight's live look outside of the beltway from special report. we'll be right back. >>> defense officials say a chinese naval vessel tried to force a u.s. gui

white house correspondent wendell goler is with the president in honolulu. >> reporter: when the big bault drops in -- the big ball drops in time square, kathleen sebelius emerged from lunch today optimistic but cautious. >> i'm thrilled we're going to have millions. people that will have health security and it should be a great year for families across america. >> i'm sure there will be some issues, there always are. >> but the problems of the website seem to be a thing of the past, exerts see new problems on the horizon. >> i think there will be confusion of people who may have done well on the front end of the website but didn't get the information transferred through the back end of the website and that is where i think the problems will lie. >> some people still don't have their insurance cards and so many don't have prescription cards that several major drugstores said they will accept a copy instead. some still have extended paying the first month's premium to the end of the month. and on capitol hill they are trying to track the money spent on the implementation. the tech sur

but we begin with wendell goler and why he might do it. >> good evening. the report recommends 46 changes which he accepts next month. and while his aides tell you, the poll numbers are not a factor, he is being supported by a number of political supporters. the president was told the nsa threatened the country's dominance of the technology department, there was a review to mr. president obama. >> make sure we are gathering intelligence in a way that serves our security needs in a focus way and not just because we can because we have the capacity to do so. >> jay carney denies the report's release was prompted by tuesday's meeting and denies edward snowden's nsa releaks triggers the queue. but he said this is heading the country in a way that will make it less secure. >> i think we are risking the nation. >> they are ending the nsa storage record for five years and asking the companies to build back doors into the software so the government can access encrypted communications. cisco's loss last month was blamed in parts on the nsa leaks and the company was

our senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler on the north lawn there. ell, what did this report reveal? >> reporter: well, bill, a source says the inspector general's report reviewed five years of internal investigations and interviewed hundreds of secret service personnel. found no evidence of widespread misconduct, no evidence of an environment that should foster security concerns. of course the investigation as you say followed the incident a couple of days before the president's visit to colombia last year in which a number of secret service agents and military personnel were accused of soliciting prostitutes after one woman caused an uproar when an agent apparently refused to pay. six agents resigned or retired. four had their security clearances revoked after that incident. the report cites more than 800 cases of misconduct over the past nine years. a couple hundred of those resulted in agency suspending security clearance and 10% involved sexual misconduct the report said could become a security concern. bill? bill: what happens now? what sort of

jenna: wendell goler live at the white house, thank you.is new potential fix to obamacare is asking insurers to extend deadlines allow people -- allowing people to sign up in the new year. meanwhile, republicans are hoping to take advantage of the rocky obamacare rollout in the 2014 midterm elections. let's talk about it with david hawkings, senior editor at "roll call." debbie wasserman-schultz who heads the democratic national committee be as well as harry reid, the top democrat in the u.s. senate, both say that obama care is going to be a winner for democrats next year when people go to the polls. are they right? >> well, it's 11 months away, so, i mean, it's one of the oldest cliches in politics that, you know, a year is a lifetime in politics, it's several lifetimes in politics. i'm not sure we know just yet. one thing we do know is that the first couple of months have been, you know, i think all sides would agree it's been a mess, it's been a disaster. but what that means for the democrats and for president obama in their view is that

senior white house affairs wendell goler is traveling with the president in hawaii and joins us live from honolulu and what is the white house reaction tonight? >> reporter: well i think it is clear this is very complex, not simple. officials traveling with the president won't comment publicly but they say they don't have any issues with "the new york times" report. remember the benghazi attack occurred less than two months before the election. he and then secretary of state hillary clinton were protecting themselves from the suggestion they weren't tough enough on al qaeda or vigilant enough to defend against the group but the times found that some anti-gadhafi leaders were just as anti-american and they boasted about it. and the experience of armed libyan rebels still controlling parts of the country helped to explain the president's relukt aps to arm syrian rebels. the film seems to have played a role in the attack even if it didn't grow out of attention to the film. >> we know what the article said and we heard from adam housley and other correspondents we have counter informatio

. >> doug mckelway and wendell goler. two people. >> mckelway and goldberg. he going to be doing is playing golf and ice cream. these two guys going to hawaii two weeks for that. >> kicking back on the beach man what a great gig. the truth is it's actually hard work. nobody else working. everybody else is off. around the clock. >> they don't like you henry or they would have sent to you hawaii. >> oh man, i have got to call mr. ailes. >> ed henry, everybody. merry christmas. we have a brand new bill o'reilly.com poll. was 2013 a good year or a bad year? 2013, good or bad, please vote on bill o'reilly.com. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along. lou dobbs will be here. can you believe facebook paying zero corporate tax. also lou sounding about the "duck dynasty" controversy. shocking story out of michigan, heart broken parents asking why a teacher's union backing a man who raped their young son. every american should see this story and we hope you stay tuned to those reports. [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise

but we begin with wendell goler and why he might do it. >> good evening. the report recommends