joanie s to talk about it is audrey haynes -- joining us to talk about it is audrey haynes. thank you. guest: thank you, pedro. it has been great being with you. thanks to c-span for coming to kentucky. host: our next guest is governor steve beshear joanie s to talk about his state's experience. later on, how an extended shutdown could affect wall street. but first an update on news from c-span radio. russell gold and dan gilbert write the u.s. is overtaking russia as the largest producer of natural gas. it is reshaping markets and eroding the clout. out but has been surging in recent years, a comeback fueled by oil and natural gas that was unimaginable a decade ago. analysis of global data shows the u.s. is on track to pass rusher as the largest producer of oil and gas combined this year if it hasn't already. jobless numbers show the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits rose 1000 8000 andk to 300- hovering there six-year lows. president obama speaks this morning. he will be talking at a construction company just outside of washington. these are his first commen

they were reported by audrey haynes, secretary of the cabinet for health. she was on c-span this morning. listen to what happened in kentucky. 117,000 unique visits to the kentucky insurance exchange. 109,000 prescreened to determine qualifications. 13,000 have already applied for health coverage. 8000 are complete. how about that? two days in kentucky. 8000 already successfully have made their applications and completed on the insurance exchange. i hope the senators from kentucky will take great pride in the response in their state to these insurance exchanges. in all seriousness, how are they going to go home and tell these 8000 people that they are not going to have health insurance? how can they explain to people in their state or any state why eliminating obamacare is in the best interest of working families anywhere? it is not. >> thank you. i want to thank my colleagues. yesterday we saw in the house, today in the senate, an attempt to move some piecemeal bills, fund this, fund that. they say, why don't we do that? we like nih, we like veterans, we l

east and, audrey haynes, kentucky secretary of health and family services talked about her states health care exchange. 8:45 a.m., kentucky governor steve beshear discussing his support of health care law. 915, a preview of the debt ceiling debate with phil mattingly from bloomberg news. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] host: it was at the white house john president obama told boehner that he was open to discussion but only if the house passes a clean spending bill and visited that limit. house speaker john boehner said they will continue on their efforts to pass narrow bills to open smaller portions of government vomit abandoning the effort to delay the full implementation of the affordable care act. we want to get your reaction to what has been going on