also expected to vote today to create a new health exchange before november >>>oining us to talk abouthe health care enrollment and more, mark editor at nbc and welcome again mark. >> hey, good morning, barbar >> this -- 7, -000 7 million snedp now. we are not going to hear so much banter, so much argument from -- from the republicans about the health care law? >> barbar if you were living in the state that's having a mid term election, you'll see plenty of tv ads on the healthcare law and plenty of anecdotes. the best day the administrn has had since the law was passed and certainly since the enrollment started october 1st. the numbers, 7 million, the administration i have 7 million enrolled on the exchanges. good news for the administration, there isn another badews headline that we know about that's ge coming up until the fall, when those premiums for 2014 are supposedo be in formula. and sowhile, it does seem on the near-term horizon, the white house can breathe a sigh of relief. >> let's talk about election day, primary day here in washington. we've got two front-runners. what doe t

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when we invest in to clean energy, we're going to get a huge ripple effect because the is abouthe economye percent manufacturing. to me, that makes sense for us collectively to make those investments. that is not seen in the budget right now. house democrats unveiled a budget yesterday. in a nutshell, what does it do. you can bounce a budget in 10 , you can bounce it in five years. the question is whether the sacrifices made on the way. it democratic budget we bounce a budget and the longest term, but we also make a key investments that are going to help grow the economy, which is going to help budget the economy. kids and parents can afford to send the kids to college. these are the kinds of things that ultimately grow the economy. that has really been the frustrating part here area and the simplicity approach that if we just cut cut cut, we are somehow going to grow the economy. that has not proven to work. it is not working in europe. yesterday budget is working. i think it is time except the fact that we can't let the tea party lead everyone else washington, d.c. around by the nose an