. >> why accenture?> accenture is another competitor of cgi that does not have a lot of federal ip experience, particularly in health care, but it does have --ed areas with the biggest it does have experience with the ,iggest state exchanges including covered california. cover california has done well and has high enrollment. they have turned to accenture to try to duplicate that at the federal level. there are questions about the transition. this is going to go from one competitor to another. we have seen the problems so far with the website. accenture says there will be a smooth transition and consumers will not feel the change. >> how do you think this will play out on capitol hill? >> i think the controversy will continue and we will hear from front ofs at cgi in several panels to answer questions about what happened. is going torsy remain even if they are switching contractors, but you can be sure that accenture executives at some point will face their own questions on capitol hill at well -- as wel

accenture. think they may be the right company. they have a reputation for exactly this kind of work. and i mean exactly. >> building applications for today's highly distributed network computing environments can be a challenge. it's easy to [ bleep ] things up and when things get [ bleep ] up, accenture are help you get them un[ bleep ]. we can [ bleep ] the most hopelessly [ bleep ] systems. getting you back to where should you have been before you [ bleep ] everything up in the first place. accenture. getting [ bleep ] un[ bleep ]. >> soo one of those viral videos is making the rounds this morning, this comes from a golf shop in tennessee. make sure you listen to these guys to hear what they're saying after the action. >> what the hell is going on here? >> hey, ryan. >> hey, billy. that hurt. >> don't move a muscle. >> i'm fine. >> don't move. >> might have been a hole in the ceiling. >> don't move. >> maybe back to the -- >> you went too far. >> you'd think he'll be calling an ambulance. no,

accenture is not squeaky clean.as inuble here, a bloomberg view column is being asked why the government is entrusting accenture, who switched their headquarters to ireland to save money on corporate taxes, and his view is ideally the u.s. would set a good example and take a contract that is not a poster child for clever tax shelters. >> they switched from bermuda to ireland. >> they were not even doing it right in 2009, and by the way, this is not the only company. >> this has been an issue of federal contractors that use tax havens. as politicized as obamacare has been, i'm surprised this was not politicized. if you are asking which you rather have an incompetent company running a website that is good he two shows, or someone that knows what it is doing that has the affection for tax havens. i would rather have the company that has the affection for tax havens. >> i would pick the second one. >> at the same time, how is this not become an issue? >> republicans will not call out the tax haven, democrats will not ca

. >> your next stop, accenture has had a nice run from about $70 a year ago. 82 now. tell us you like it. >> well again, going back to this kind of baseline thought process, we want high profit margin businesses, stable businesses, accenture is a little bit different from the other two. it's a cheaper valuation. it's a more globally oriented business that will move a little bit more when international markets develop and emerging markets fluctuate on you. but we think the growth story is interesting there. they are pushing an overall technological consulting franchise out into those international markets and really gaining a lot of shares through that process. it's a good growth rate, good delivery yield and a nice solid 17 times normalized earnings from our perspective. >> that apparently brought in today by the government to help pull the web site the health care web site along. very quick thought here -- >> hope that works out. >> we hope that works out for all of our sakes. very quick thought here, should we be worried at all about the kind of halting, stumbling s

accenture.his is one of those companies i see advertising for mostly at airports but i don't know exactly what they do. but if their tv commercial is any indication, i think they might be the right company to get this job. they have a reputation for exactly this kind of work. and i mean exactly. >> building applications for today's highly distributed network computing environments can be a challenge. it's easy to [ bleep ] things up. and when things get [ bleep ] up, accenture can help you get them un[ bleep ]. our proprietary algorithms are capable of taking care of even the most [ bleep ] system efficient l. getting you back to where you were before you [ bleep ] things up in the first place. accenture. getting [ bleep ] un[ bleep ]. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. when we come back i'll take you through every essential detail of tonight's episode of "the bachelor." not only that, we're going to send the bachelor himself, juan pablo, out on the street to ask unsu

filed award no bid contract to accenture rather than to cgi the ones that had had before. adopted the language of critics in order to make the case for urgency. >> that's question. that is were they doing this as a way to get around the procurement rules. >> that wasn't smart. >> then you have to say we just said it because we want we did that because we want to get rid of cgi and have this new no bid contract and they are going to help us but it's really not that bad. the question really becomes when are we going to see if there are back end problems. when are we going to see it really hit consumers? >> when does the bomb drop? right now folks i talk who are in the industry it's not bad right now. there are work arounds. it's doing okay. the question is what is it going to look like in march and will accenture be able to hit that goal. >> march 31 that deadline is coming very soon without a back end pays for policies for hermine who have enrolled think they have. how in the short time left does a new company come in after cgi right awful of the wrongs to make it mathemati

good luck to accenture trying to get into this.stration is trying to cast more blame on the contractor what chois did they have? suppose the obama administration say trying to blame cgi. keep you on for another two years. >> contract is up at the end of february how could you keep them? >> no person could say. >> governor christie could keep that woman more easily than president obama could keep cgi. >> christie don't blame me, i hired incompetent people. yes, we can blame you because you blamed incompetent people. >> the issue really and i know we have all been talking about this for some time, it's not about the web site. the web site's problems are the web site's problems and they may continue to be for some time. the real question for obamacare going forward is how it is impacting people, who currently have healthcare, who feel like they would like to keep the healthcare that they have. like to keep their doctor, like to keep how much they are paying for it are they adversely impacted? we are not going to see that immediately.

. >> to justify a no-bid contract with accenture after firing cgi as the lead contractor, the administration released documents that offered a rare glimpse of its worst fears saying problem with the website puts, quote, the entire health insurance industry at risk, potentially leading to their default and disrupting continued services and coverage to consumers. then it went even further, saying if the problems are not m fixed by mid-march, they, quote, will result in financial harm to the government, and even without the fixes, the entire health reform program is jeopardized. in spite of the urgent need officials cited to keep the system from collapses, the white house spokesman said he knows nothing about it. >> i didn't see the article. i'm not aware of those statements. >> the dangers were known in early december, but later, shortly before cgi was fired, secretary kathleen sebelius gave fox an account. >> i'm thrilled we're going to have millions of people for the first time who have health security. it should be a great new year for lots of families across america. >> shortly after the w

the "washington post" reporting now that a $90 million contract is in the works for accenture to come in and fix up the problems with healthcare.gov. it has done some work previously on california's health insurance exchange so they would seem to be well positioned here to step in but obviously, a big, big change here if this information bears out. the white house has not confirmed this report to us just yet. we are waiting for a white house press briefing which was scheduled for about 15 minutes ago. as these things go, it's drifted a little bit. we have not heard from the press secretary but expect to do so shortly. sue and tyler? >> this is a big change and an awful lot of people critical of the choice of that initial website designing company in the first place. >> yeah. >> they thought in retrospect, obviously retrospect, 20/20, that if they had gone with accenture, ibm or amazon, this never would have happened in the first place. right? >> reporter: one of the questions here is why did cgi federal get this contract in the first place. why not go with a big brand name. this count

accenture will be in charge of improving the health care.site opened in october users faced slow speeds and error messages. two improvements coming one 24/7 customer support and improved e ehe eligibility. >>> the scandal that's rocked chris christie's administration tells cnn a crime may have been committed. >> i think laws have been broken. it was said on september 13th. public research, the bridge, the police officers, the people who move the cars all were used for a political purpose, for some type of retribution and that violates the law and so i think law enforcement ought to be looking at this as well to make sure that any violations of law are addressed. >> he also says he finds it hard to believe christi was kept in the dark. this comes after investigators released more than 2,000 pages of documents on the scandal. christi's scandals are accused of manufacturing a traffic jam at the bridge as a form of political retaliation. christi has denied any wrongdoing. the documents don't show he had a role. this week new jersey lawmakers wil

accenture. accenture which is global consulting firm essentially.nd it's going to be costing taxpayers $90 million to get this thing going, what this contract for 12 months is going to be. the questionability that you are talking about is they are in a middle of a lawsuit for $60 million for kick backs for hardware and software being used. this was with the federal government, folks. >> i have no idea if they did anything wrong watching what the feds did with jp morgan i have serious doubt whether these folks are guilty or not. the government said they committed fraud. by the government's admission they are fraudsters and now they are hiring them. the interesting people to get fired are not obama employees but canadian company. contractors. kathleen sebelius is still running h.h.s. >> right to. your point about what they did, it's interesting that they took -- well, allegedly took kick backs. so referencing software, you get brought in on these government contracts and then you tell the government hey you should use this particular piece of technolo

accenture has won a contract with the u.s. government to take over construction of healthcare.gov. if the obamacare and enrollmentte -- website. a one-year contract with an additional payment of $45 million. >> a meeting of the mines at the white house today -- president obama and the spanish prime minister sit down to talk trade. >> we will tell you what you need to know about the rest of the trading day. that is coming up next. ♪ >> welcome back. it lets talk about the currency markets. the impact of the poor payroll markets -- reports beginning to be felt. again trading at three- tradings -- dollar-yen at three-week lows. i want to talk about gilts vs. kilts. kilts, potentially the scottish denominated. this morningened is that the u.k. treasury a said that it will honor gilts in all circumstances. official namethe of the new scottish debt, but it does have a nice ring to it. >> what you need to know for the rest of the trading day. elliott, let's start with you. we have heard from joe biden, tony blair. the coffin with the former prime minister is on its way right now to the ar

now accenture will be the lead contractor. they'll take over days before the march 31st deadline to sign up for health insurance. >> time for the sport. a lot to talk about. the play-offs are in full swing. >> the focus on peyton manning, and how he does. it's interesting. there are a lot of ways to measure greatness in sport. you can look at statistics, and when it's said and done peyton manning may hold every major passing record for an n.f.l. quarterback. a look at the front page, the denver post sports page with a head line "a legacy under cloud" greatness is measured in championship. despite peyton manning being one of the best, he has one super bowl ring, the best regular season quarterback, but folds in the post season. in denver mapping shedding the label. broncos hosting the charnals. we are on cruise control. manning airing out two touch downs. the second one coming up here will be a welcome back for the receiver wes walker. with a lead into the fourth. holding on despite a late charge. broncos win 24-17. yes, that s

the administration plans to sign a new year-long $90 million deal with a different contractor accenture. >>> attention all g-mail users. you may be getting items in your inbox from people you don't know. google has a feature that allows anyone with a google plus account to send e-mail to g mail users. there is an opt out function, and every g mail user will get an e-mail from the company to set the opt out on your privacy cities. >>> marijuana sales in colorado have topped more than $5 million. that's only the first week. legalized sales again januar january 1st. one business owner described business as non-stop, and one big problem for legal pot sellers, they can't get bank accounts because marijuana is banned by federal law meaning they have to handle large amounts of cash, and that is governed by federal law. >> $5 million in a week. >> reporter: if you do the math, how much of that goes to the state? 25% to 30%, over the year? the state is making $100 million. >> appreciate it. thank you. have a good weekend. coming up on al jazeera america. a unique program that is helping people w

they hired accenture to clean it up. it's clear that the back end still isn't built.on the honor system from insurance companies. based on the data that's collected and used on the website. they are asking the insurers and we'll fix it later. it's the honor system again. >> okay. so they can't verify. they don't know about enrollees or payments. they don't know about subsidies. now i will go where you were going before. this could wind up costing the taxpayers a fortune because in obamacare with risk quarters and so forth they will bail out the insurance companies. >> there are provisions written into the law. standard practice for insurance programs. in this particular case what's happening is they are saying any losses by the insurers above a certain threshold are picked up by the taxpayers at an 80% rate. that was supposed to be with neutral. off set by the fact some insurers make big profits. now it's clear because the risk profile of the enroll yankees the exchanges is less healthy than the insurers thought it would be they will all lose money. instead of being o

they're hiring accenture on no-bid contract because there is huge issue here. people want to go online, what is i'm saying. >> they don't like the product. moody's, the product lays that out. it says. >> correct. melissa: relatively high premiums, high deductibles do not provide much incentive for those in the demographic, the key demographic to sign up. peter, do you see this whole problem unfolding the way moody's does? >> i do indeed. and there are problems in addition to these policies. also the fact they're losing revenue or getting bryceing situations that are not advantageous anymore with medicare advantage accounts because the obama care health act works against them there. there are other problems. delay in selling commercial policies to business for a year because of delay in the mandate. i think what he was trying to say, people don't like using this website, which is very common for website. the amtrak website is not a lot of fun to use compared to an airline website. that is the way the government does business. this is what happens when the govern

it is going to end that contract and start a new contract, $90 million with a different company, accenturck with our panel, friday lightning round. >> it does raise the question, if the repair is going swimmingly as the administration has aa sure us, why are you dumping the people in charge of it and spending, think what is it 80 or $60 million to hire another firm it turns out, of course, the web site has two problems. it's unable to estimate the subsidies, which is is the essence of the exchanges, which makes it allegedly affordable, and, second, it isn't able to record who actually has health insurance because it can't register people paying their premiums. it's like saying yes, but except for that, mrs. lincoln, how was the play? well, that's why cgi is being dumped. i think it's a flag that this is not exactly going as well as the administration has. >> notified people of any security breaches. >> the white house didn't completely oppose that bill. they don't support it either. i think what cgi, yes, the web site is working better but the idea of keeping a contractor on the job that

contractor that built most of it when the contract expires next month replaced by the consulting firm accentures when it first launched. most of those have since been fixed. >>> a fiery scene in north carolina as a gas line explodes shooting flames 75 feet in the air. fire officials say a major gas line ruptured triggering that fire. area businesses as well as residents had to be evacuated but luckily no one was injured. >>> finally, a pilot in new zealand managed to survive a plane crash not once but twice with the same plane. watch as he attempts a takeoff. it winds up crashing in the surf and flipping over. earlier the same day same plane same pilot crash landed on the same beach. neither the pilot or co-pilot were hurt. my permanent advice if you crash twice in the same plane the same day and survive take the rest of the day off. of course, we say in italian. [ speaking a foreign language ] >>> time for the weather and over to chris knowles. >> a little bit of breaking weather. tornadoes and now already a tornado warning in northwest georgia so we'll take a look there. keep on the lookout f

accenture which has designed state but not federal sites, the price tag $90 million for a one year deal. this while the administration continues to tout recent improvements and increasing enrollee numbers. just today, the president claiming improvements to the economy due to his signature piece of legislation. >> thanks in part to the reforms in the affordable care act, health care costs now eat up less of our economy. over the past four years, costs have grown at the slowest rate on record. >> reporter: critics say a change in contractors won't fix a law that is fundamentally flawed. >> the law is not living up to the promises made by its supporters. and it is questionable whether the law will meet its fundamental purpose. to significantly expand health insurance coverage. 5 million americans have been kicked out of the health plans that they liked and were promised they could keep. >> reporter: on friday, the house passed a bill requiring the administration to notify americans if their personal information has been compromised on the new health insurance exchanges. greg, back to you.

they're moving to accenture. that's going to be a big challenge for accenture.ite on the fly, rebuilding the airplane in midflight, and also do it in a way that can really appeal and make it accessible for all those young invincibles. that's a big, big challenge. >> the age that young people can stay on their parents' plan is now raised as well. so they don't need to get their own until after they -- >> 26. >> so that's another reason why when you look at these numbers we're looking at 18 to 35. a lot of those folks may not need the insurance right now. >> we have to leave it there. i will say it's interesting to look across the states. the journal has a nice breakdown. utah, it looks better. the distribution looks better than other states. i wonder if that goes to the higher rate of people who are married at a younger age in that state or something else. >> one of the articles i read pointed out in massachusetts when they rolled out their program there was a delay on getting the young people on board and we could be seeing the same trend here. >> important issu

in a newly published document detailing why the department of health and human services chose accenture to fix the website said major fixes have to be fixed by mid-march, or it warns, it could put the ethe entire he industry at risk. as well as fixing the delivery errors from healthcare.gov to insurers. the forms are important, because they tell insurers who's actually enrolled in plans. if the fixes aren't made by that date, the document says it will result in, quote, financial harm to the government, as the government could make erroneous payments to providers and insurers. since open enrollment period kicked off, 2.2 million people have enrolled, and we know every american has to have insurance by the end of this period on april 1st, or they're going to face the fine of $95 a year for failing to comply. i reached out to the centers for medicare and medicaid services to elaborate more on the concerns and issues, and this a statement, a cms spokes person said, we've accomplished a great deal but we still have much left to do. but experts say the task at hand here is great and time is r

. >> you wonder if accenture, who had a good quarter, is that any kind of indication that maybe theirs business or maybe some of the software piece could see an uptick? >> service is the biggest piece of their business by revenue. we are also looking for guidance on hardware and specifically in china. that was a big reason why the stock fell 6%, more than 6% on the back of its previous earnings report. sales in china for hardware down 40%. this is one of the first bellwether technology companies to say you know what, china is not as good as everybody thinks and a lot of the other tech stocks fell or reacted in response. >> speaking of china, there is all that possible deal talk surrounding lenovo, maybe looking to buy the server business from ibm. that's something to keep an eye on there. >> quickly on amd here, we are watching that because it is a turnaround story. it is a console chip maker so a lot of analysts are looking for any reason to be more bullish because the stock is already up 74% or so in the past 12 months. got some positive data points from microsoft as well, sony in t

the administration plans to hire "accenture" instead. >> woodruff: federal authorities announced an investigation today into a chemical spill that's largely shut down charleston, west virginia. the spill tainted the elk river and cut off the supply of water for drinking, cooking and bathing. we'll hear from the mayor of charleston, later in the program. >> woodruff: the federal government will recognize more than 1,000 gay marriages performed in utah since late december. attorney general eric holder announced today the same-sex couples are eligible for federal benefits, for now. a federal judge struck down utah's ban on gay marriage in late december. the state is appealing the decision. >> woodruff: the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, may not sign a deal letting u.s. troops stay there, at least not any time soon. "the washington post" reported today the u.s. ambassador has cabled washington that he doubts karzai will sign before elections in april. that's much later than washington wants, but a state department official said this, today. >> we recognize that at this time it is up to presi

accenture will try to fix the healthcare.gov website. they want to repair the online marketplace. million as the initial payment. whichake over for cgi, was criticized for the rollout last fall. beats music is going after spotify. they have unveiled a music streaming service for $10 per month. the service has more than 25 million users and has converted only 6 million into subscribers. hewlett-packard plans to renominate its entire spurs. the move is an effort to the old stability. -- interim chairman will be renominated as part of this plan. that is company news. >> never a dull moment. the friday judge court stunned all. -- the friday jobs report stunned all. what are the options for chairman yellen as unemployment rates improve for the wrong reasons? martin feldstein is a professor of economics at harvard. shocking jobs report. you nailed this. not the only one, but one of few, three years ago. very cautious about economic growth. can you say that we have reached escape velocity and can have better growth? >> i think that 2014 will be better. after saying year after year that t

accenture has won a contract with the u.s. government.he obamacare enrollment website. it has been granted a one-year contract with an additional payment of $45 million. it takes over from cti group. and a bloomberg exclusive for you. that ubs wasi says not spin off its investment bank. >> we have a very defined assets and capital that we want to put to work in the investment bank and the business model works. therefore, there is no necessity for us to make changes. >> is a spinoff one of the options you are considering? >> we are not considering that option. >> stephen engle spoke to ermotti in shanghai in an exclusive interview. adding asys is touchpad to the mercedes. radaraders include six sensors to enhance safety. the german carmaker unveiled the overhaul of its bestseller at the north american international auto show in detroit. for more on that story, let's get to hans nichols, who is standing by in berlin with the very latest. her sadie's betting -- mercedes betting on tech. >> tech, touch. these cars could be so easy to drive th

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transferred the job from cgi federal, the company that essentially created and launched the web site, to accenturemillion contract. these experts up on the hill are detailing how this web site, they say, is very dangerous for people to put their information on. and while they are not initiating these attacks themselves because it's illegal, they say it can happen. martha: yeah. it goes back to the issue of whether or not it was rushed into action to make that deadline and whether or not they've actually lost time in the end by not taking a little bit more time at the beginning. bret, thank you so much. we will see you tonight. >> see you, martha. bill: meanwhile, the white house putting on a publicity full court press debuting new obamacare ads featuring alonzo mourning and magic johnson, part of a $52 million campaign. spots like these will run during nba games. >> you never know when you're going to need it. it's very important. young people think they're superman, like nothing's ever going to happen to them. but trust me, one day something's going to happen, and you're going to need a quality h

the site is contracted to accenture. we have john mccome mick, from "the weekly standard" and ed o'keefe, reporter for "the washington post." ed, to you first. there are students at university of mexico, according to the ap, who ran the website, took a look at the website, said basically it just has been run through some kind of a computer-generated translation process. >> yeah. this is a big, sort of untold story of the health care reform debacles. good of you guys to point it out. it has been brewing in spanish language media ever since the start, the fact that this site has poor translations. it provides confusing information to people who need to be signing up or want to sign up for health care under this. numbers are coming in much lower than anticipated in part because people say it has been so confusing. in many cases they have given up and switched over to healthcare.gov, the english site because the language translations are so poor. jon: i'm not at all fluent in spanish but i'm told the title of the website its

when jesse jackson ran for president, the hand that once picked cotton can now accenture's and governors. democrats were smart. they would be massively investing in communities of color in the south and southwest. conservatives have done the math and it's no accident that they are investing in efforts to restrict voting rights in the south and southwest. did spenda's campaign considerable resources mobilizing and turning out these new majority voters in north carolina, virginia, nevada, and florida and colorado, for several months in 2012, what is the result? there is still no lasting strategy program or leadership pipeline carried out by the democrats in these key areas. apparently, too many democrats have trouble with math. there is a shocking underinvestment in the communities of color as too many campaigns continue to chase the ever shrinking block of moderate white voters instead of building up the coalition of the future. many republicans, on the other hand, are apparently better at math than democrats. it looks like, republicans are locked in a fierce internal battle. fightingthe

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next week the government centers for medicare and medicare sufss ervices awarded the contract to accenture and dropping cig. republicans meanwhile continue to criticize the health care act, charging that personal information may be at risk. they led a bipartisan effort friday that the administration notify consumers if their information has been compromised on the health care exchange. house speaker john boehner praised the passage of the bill in a statement friday saying quote, americans have a right to know if the president's health care law has put their personal information at risk and today's bipartisan vote reflects that concern. the white house opposes the concern saying the website already meets the strictest of standards. >> when consumers fit out the marketplace applications they can trust the information they're providing is protect by stringent security standards. >> trying to spread the word out, get everyone signed up r the president continuing the administration's effort to enroll healthy young adults met five young people over lunch. he's enkurming them to sign up because w

reports say the obama administration is instead opting to sign a contract with accenture. >>> president review of the national security agency surveillance program next friday. according to the white house he is expected to address reforms of u.s. spying on friendly foreign leaders among more than 40 other recommendations from a prexdentialal commission. >>> new reports that al qaeda militants are working to recruit americans that visit syria. order r according to sources, terrorist organization is trying to train and visitors to carry out attacks when they return home. the latest threat eminating out of the war-torn nation there. those are the headlines of the get you back to tracy and ashley. tracy: arthel, thank you very much. >> yeah. tracy: talk about medical dollars and making lots and lots of them? the stock is up nearly seven fold in two days. we're talking about intercept pharmaceuticals. foxnewshealth.com managing editor dr. manny alvarez is here with his take. tiny little biotech company. they have this drug that helps liver disease. >> listen, if they have the drug that they

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the government plans to replace the 90 minute contract with accenture in the soming days. >> food safety has been a hot topic since the 2008 baby milk scandal. as rob mcbride explained a manufacturer hopes to change that, one carton at a time. >> the the dairy a couple of hours drive, it's milking time. to the soothing tunes of chinese music which apparently helps the milk yield, the process begins. the 700 hows are fed hay brought in from the grasslands of inner mongolia. the heartland of the dairy industry, hit hard by the 2008 scandal. when six children died and thousands were sick after drinking tainted form u leap. it made the dairy decide to caption its own milk. >> because of the scandal it focused on the safety of milk. that connection with the consumer underpins the business which organises tours so the customer can see the dairy at work. the process takes two hours, milk that is sent for packaging and be on the shelves at beijing at the end of the day. customers pay a premium for knowing where it comes from, believing it's words it for peace of mind. we prefer the organic milk.

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accenture, who got this $91 million contract, which is your money, by the way, is cleaning up the moneye problem with it is if the insurance companies don't get enough money from healthy people, what is going to happen if the pool of unhealthy people outweighs the pool of the healthy people and then they end up going bankrupt and the entire health care system is in jeopardy? there's a problem on on the back end of that website, the forecasting, so they don't know how many people are healthy and how many people are unhealthy. >> and let's hear the scary forecast. let's go through what the health and human services report is saying. they say if this functionality is not complete by mid march 2014, the government could make erroneous payments to providers and insurers, additionally without a financial management platform that accounts for enrollment in associated program costs that integrations with the existing platform, the entire health care reform program is jeopardized. >> now, peter, you're a lawyer. that sounds like the way lawyers talk to each other back and forth sometimes where w

post" writes officials are preparing to write a contract early next week with a different company, accenture, after has not beeni effective enough in fixing the computer systems underpinning healthcare.gov. members will debate a temporary spending bill next week. current spending authority runs out wednesday, january 15. the house returns monday, live coverage on c-span. the deadline is approaching for the student cam video competition. what ing the question, is the most important issue congress should address in 2014? $100,000 in total prizes. get more info at studentcam.org. employers added 74,000 ins in december, the fewest three years. the labor department says the unemployment rate fell to 6.7%. the drop occurred because more americans stopped looking for work. the government counts people as unemployed if they are only actively searching for work. >> i think there is a way in which we have set up this sort of impossible series of expectations, especially for our presidents, but for elected officials as well, that they are ready to come in, saved the day, and when it does not happen we