this past year, colorado has been scorched. colorado has been flooded. colorado-once again-endured senseless, inexplicable violence. yet, despite all of it, we did not let that define us. that is not our story. our story-and what we showed the world is: colorado does not shutdown. colorado does not quit. colorado does not break. we know there are folks out there still grieving, still recovering. [ applause ] >> we know there are folks out there still grieving, still recovering. we know there are people out there feeling the impact of the national economy's downturns. and we are doing everything within our power to change that. but make no mistake-the state of colorado has not only endured, it also has thrived. my fellow coloradans, despite every unforeseen test, despite everything that was thrown at us the state of our state is strong. [ applause ] >> and according to just about every forecast, trend and study, the state of the state of colorado is only growing stronger. while the national economy around us remains sluggish colorado's unemployment rate h

two states, washington and colorado, allowed legal recreational use starting this month but even in coloradosions are still high on dealing with legalization. monday colorado supreme court agreed to review the case of quadriplegic brandon coats fired and they say marijuana use is not covered under a law that protects an individual's rights outside the workplace. in washington state there is another point of friction on marijuana legalization, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal there, just as it is with alcohol. but determining a user's condition is harder. because traces of the drug remain in one's system long after use. how to deal with newly-legal recreational marijuana and existing laws like those governing driving lay in the hands of the state's liquor control board and swimming in uncharted waters and silent on a state issue president obama made this comment about marijuana to the new yorker magazine earlier this week, i view it as a bad habit and vice, not very different from the cigarettes that i smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. i don'

only washington and colorado have passed these laws. in the alcohol prohibition, there were two different factors in play there. we had a legal industry before the alcohol prohibition. and when it was legalized it was nationwide and it competed with the black market nationwide. we're not there yet. we'll migrate to more the legal supply. >> if you're selling dope illegally in boise or portland, could you launder it in denver or seattle? >> that certainly is one of the concerns that the federal government has, that legal marijuana will seep into states where it's illegal. and the memo from the department of justice tells the local u.s. attorneys to go ahead and prosecute if they feel that is happening, and it also emphasizes that it's up to the state to have a robust system of enforcement, and specifically says not just on paper but in actual practice that prevents local legal marijuana from going to another state. >> just like money is fungible, marijuana is probably fungible, too. >> yes, if you have some marijuana you can't tell where

the states of colorado and washington have it right.he public wants us to treat marijuana like alcohol, tax it, regulate, and make it available for adults to use in the privacy of their own home. the conversation is happening in various state legislators and with ballot initiatives across the country. >> okay. ethan, we go to you with this. 65% of millennials say they are in favor of legalizing marijuana. what do you think? >> when you looking at the gallup polls with 50% saying it is time to treat it like alcohol, but for most people the greater harm with marijuana is winding up losing your job, your career, your freedom. if you are living in the south, i would say let's push forward on medical marijuana. but the time is come to legally regulate this. come 2016, a whole handful of other states will do the same thing. outside of the united states uruguay just voted to legalize marijuana. so at this point why wait? >> and paul, i want to put this to you, we're not talking exclusively about marijuana, we're talking about drugs more broodl

yeah stacey max everybody is legalizing around the world you know now that colorado has legalized marijuana following on your why and now peru wants to legalize it new york state is now saying that they want to legalize it so it's a mass rush it's like marley's heaven and he must be controlling this from heaven in fact but as marijuana stocks hit record high they're all but. we're all still. and then. people up that you know get some dreads and i get some dreads or the big african girl or jamaican girl there you know just keep up with the big spliff mom the big believe we like you joan. who are you going to do that mom. thought so as cannabis is widely legalized china cashes in on an unprecedented boom oh yeah. yeah i love that you know they go out a good smoke and join them and they know better my red got nothing on the chinese wetware so here we have again listen to this very first words of this article describing china cashing in on yet another boom cashing in on get another boom trying to cashing in on the right now i think i just heard you say the same thing three times so whatever you

thanks remy all right mason tell us about colorado's new marijuana law what is actually allowed under the law well amendment sixty four which about fifty five percent of voters adopted back in november two thousand and twelve allows adults twenty one and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants in their homes and also establish a state regulated system of. marijuana licensed marijuana businesses that cultivates distribute marijuana and produce products and test marijuana so essentially it's a system very similar to alcohol in which adults can legally purchase marijuana with a driver's license or other government issued id and not fear arrest all right so now there are already reports of shortages of marijuana and so prices rising to four hundred dollars an ounce where is supply coming from who is allowed to grow clearly there's a market inefficiency there or not to talk about that a little bit you know i don't think that there's necessarily a market efficiency quite yet you know a limited number of these businesses have opened only about thirty five to t

do not bring your colorado-purchased marijuana into wyoming. if you start to get that kind of leakage, is that the kind of thing that you imagine would begin to trigger federal intervention? >> yeah, absolutely. i would hope that our neighboring states won't focus on the tourist who's got a small amount of paraphernalia. but we will work closely with our neighboring states to make sure that cars and trucks are not packed with colorado-grown marijuana for resale in other parts of the country. >> the restriction of the sellers to this group that have already kind of been regulated and was doing this under the medical marijuana, at a certain point, that's going to be lifted. and you're just going to have a marijuana business in the state of colorado, right? >> you know, it's really going to be hard to enter into the marijuana business. we have significant background check requirements, significant licensing and other fees to get into the business. there's residency requirements. to own a business, you have to be a colorado resident for at least tw

what's your biggest concern now as it is fully legal in colorado?look, one thing we try to be careful about with report sg making a distinction between not just kids, adolescents and adults but what i call the developing brain versus the developed brain. stick with me for a second on this. our brains keep developing until the mid 20s and if you look at the science, a lot of the more concerning impact is on the developing brain. we know that kids and again, people up to the mid 20s using this regularry will have more of an impact. teenager whose smoked marijuana regularly between the ages of 12 and 38 years old lost iq points. these are hard studies to do because you're talking about illegal substance and survey studies. there is enough concern the marijuana in a young brain affects the brain in more permanent ways. look, you don't want to send the message this is completely harmless substance, especially to young people, and i think that would be the greatest concern of lawmakers and parents. >> jeffrey, i know you follow the wyoming highway patrol

in colorado, many towns don't allow it.>> you are proposing a bureau of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and firearms.37. >> you are proposing a bureau of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and firearms.>> you are proposing af alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and firearms.7. >> you are proposing a bureau of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and firearms.. >> you are proposing a bureau of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and firearms. >> that's right. when you're talking about legalizing marijuana, it's still a controlled substance. we have an interest in keeping it out of the hands of minors. again when you go a regulated store in colorado, they won't sell to marijuana. we hope to put about the corner drug geeler out of business who doesn't care if they're sell to go a 14-year-old or 15-year-old. so again, it's a controlled substance. we'll look the at imports and exports, make sure its eye all done through licensed dealers, make sure nobody is selling to kids. you can't do that when it's underground. >> let's talk about what you did in colorado this

can only sell pot grown in colorado. >> there is a difference between the amount a colorado residentody from out of state. >> a person that lives in colorado can buy one ounce at a time. out-of-state, one quarter ounce at a time. supply and demand will fluctuate. it will have flooded into colorado to buy weed because they do not need a medical license. that prices have started to go up. the first guy that bought legal recreational weed was a u.s. four $40. bought 18 it is like everybody, selling for $30 to $50, but now the prices will go up. somebody bought one quarter $430 yesterday, which is expensive. >> it sounds expensive. >> thank you, matt miller. a city representative from denver. mary beth, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. how much taxvely, revenue might legal marijuana generate for the city of denver in 2014? >> we expect about 3.4 million in the first fiscal year, and in the second year maybe 7.5, $7.6 million. >> what will city council do with the money? that will predominately use it for enforcement of regulations, and education program to help kids and parents

en denver,colorado. la madre notÓ algo y nos falta. -inusual.> a los niÑos se les baja la presiÓn, y pueden caer en coma,o morirse. >> la niÑa fue dada de alta, las autoridades investigan el suceso, lo cierto es que ocurriÓ horas antes de que se aplicara la ley de la venta legal de la marihuana. la madre no cree que alguien se la haya dado. hay mucha gente que viene aquÍ,y simplemente tiran cosas, los vecinos de la menor se sorprendieron con la noticia. >> si la mamÁ hubiera estado al pendiente la niÑa no se hubiera comido la galleta. >> la policÍa revisÓ el departamento de la madre y no encontrÓ rastros de marihuana, la madre dicen que el problema es que en colorado la venta de la yerba es legal y le puede pasar lo mismo a otros menores. >> sÍ, el consumo de menores de edad y la venta interestatal es algo que debe resolver colorado. la revisiÓn de antecedentes de salud mental,sobre todo cuando estas personas vayan a comprar un arma de fuego,tiene que ver con la prohibiciÓn de armas de fuego a personas que tienen problemas de salud mental. el au

another count down to tell but happening in colorado. state will be the first in the country to allow sale of marijuana for recreational useful sales start first thing tomorrow morning. miguel in garden city, colorado. miguel, what are the expectations for tomorrow? >> reporter: well, the expectations are huge. another night, another sea of pot that i'm standing in. we are in the appropriate named garden city. this is nature's herbs and wellness center. they will not be open for recreational marijuana sales tomorrow but they will be soon. eight dozen stores across colorado will be open for retail sales tomorrow. they expect the crowds to be enormous. some of them, crowds lines forming overnight. they expect hundreds of people to go into their stores to purchase marijuana. and police say that they will be on hand as well. keeping track of all of those stores, making sure that everything goes fine them also say if there are spontaneous outbursts of people smoking marijuana tonight at midnight, that it sounds like they're not going to get i

we've already seen increases in colorado. teens in colorado have a marijuana use rate, 50% more than the rest of the country. we're going to see a significant increase in the fallout from legalization in colorado and in washington state. this is not benign. you look at houses all over american, 60 to 70% of the kids that are there whose lives have become so out of control, that they have to be in a residential setting are there because of marijuana use, it's a serious problem. >> let me turn to ethan, i'm not an expert. someone at the sharpened of this, 60, or 70% of people in the houses that he has, in terms of residency for addicts and so on are going to be marijuana related. >> the fact that 10% of all people who drink alcohol become alcoholics. what's really going on here is a transformation of what was an illegal industry. organized criminals in the u.s. and mexico and elsewhere billions and billions of dollars. even if it wasn't a problem for most of them. we're moving to another world where this is going to be legally

colorado goes green for marijuana.test at the foot of snow blanketing parts of the midwest and causing hundreds of flight cancellations and the northeast is next. obamacare in full effect, over 2 million americans have enrolled, 1 million short of the target of 3 million. markets now. happy new year. dennis: holliday was fantastic. cheryl: site deegan 119 point loss on your first day back to work but the dow is doing, a fabulous year, 26% gain in 2013. i know you are the bull and it is the top of the hour, stocks every 15 minutes, lauren simonetti on the floor of the stock exchange. we haven't seen a loss like this. >> the dow reversing year session lows, two gaze of -- two days of jeans. all ten indices we like are all negative right now. if you look at the dow components, only jpmorgan is slightly positive. walmart as positive as well. energy industrial technology, those stocks selling off the most and the vix index is copping to 1443, up 3%. that is the market we are seeing on this first january trading day of the y

unlike in colorado washington does not trust its citizens to grow their own pot.nwide supporters of legalization say pot sales will have positive effects like one take money of the hands of criminal organizations. two create jobs, three boost state revenue. colorado officials currently estimate sales may hit $400 million generating 67 million in tax revenue. on the other hand, critics of pot legalization point out that federal law, u.s. law, still bans the cultivation and sale and possession of marijuana. on the federal level, the obama administration's official position vis-a-vis quote unquote renegade states is not interference. is the era of pot prohibition coming to an end or are colorado and washington on a collision course with the federal government. >> i think it is to a degree coming to an end. which means there will be more pot heads and more high school dropouts and more automobile accidents involving marijuana but there's no doubt there'this deeply libertarian trend. on the left it favors same-sex marriage, gambling, even prostitution legalization of a

in colorado we expect almost $400 million in sales next year.oss the nation, the marijuana industries will create $2.34 billion of economic activity. >> welcome back to "hardball." the great mile high experiment is underway. yesterday colorado officially became the first state allowing legal recreational sales of marijuana. for the 24 pot shops across the state, that meant huge lines and even bigger sales. all told the industry estimates it raked in over $1 million in just 24 hours. and as you heard in that clip, some in the industry are predicting windfalls in the billions of dollars when all is said in done in 2014. it's a remarkable turnaround from the days of reefer madness while over the top reflected a broader american attitude demonizing pot use. that attitude has all but been snuffed out. look at this. in 1969 only 12% of americans supported legalizing marijuana according to gallop. by 2000, 31%. today, support stands at a record level of 58%. it's remarkable when you decide -- consider the political makeup of the country. and even the s

we see it in colorado. as we worked on the prescription drug abuse task force, we see this all over the united states. the point is relevant and i think something every governor is looking at. in terms of marijuana, i opposed it. i think almost every elected official in colorado opposed it. not that we don't recognize the war on drugs was an abject failure. it did not do what it was intended to do and had many negative consequences. even though we opposed the legalization of marijuana, it is now in our state constitution. we take it that this is the will of the people. as a be one of the great social experiments of the century and we take being first a serious sense of responsibility and obligation that we will regulate the living daylights out of it. i spent 15 years in the restaurant business. when you are making alcohol, the government is relentless and how they inspect your premise, how they tax you. if your restaurant sells liquor to a minor, they will suspend your license for a couple of days. on a se

turns out, colorado's new rocky mountain high comes with a catch.positive for thc at work, you could hear the words "you're fired." >> i'm not going get bitter anytime soon. i need the marijuana and i don't want to go the whole rest of my life without having a job. >> reporter: it happened to brandon, a quadriplegic fired in 2010 working as a telephone customer service representative, good annual reviews and using medical marijuana off duty to control muscle spasms when a company drug test showed thc in his system. >> the first time that dish ever knew about brandon's use. >> reporter: so coates case went to court. both the arapaho county trial court and state appeals court ruled in dish network's favor saying even though marijuana is legal in colorado, it is still illegal under federal law. in a statement to cnn, the company defended coates dismissal saying, "as a national company, dish network is committed to its drug-free workplace policy and compliance with federal law, which does not permit the use of marijuana, even for medicinal purposes." an

if you're over the age 21 and from colorado you can buy an ounce of colorado, and if you're a touristou can buy a quarter ounce, and you have to keep it here. in an hour they're going to close down the line because they got to get everyone through here by 8:00. they've been lining up before since the sun came up. they went through a snowstorm and so business legal weed in colorado is booming. >> paul, what will be the effect of this new law on the state? >> reporter: well, the biggest effect is going to be money. the estimates run anywhere between $400 to $60 $600 million revenue. they're expecting 500,000 people really starting today to start buying pot recreationally in colorado. there is a little more than a dozen stores open in denver. by the end of the year there will be 130, many opening in the next few weeks as they get their licenses and there is a long list of legal requirements you need to meet. we saw some marijuana state regulators here checking on a few things, but things seem to be in order. a lot of happy people and business owners as the cash rolls in. >> as we talk to

ojos estÁn puestos en colorado. >> buen reportaje de nuestro compaÑero. cantante tuvo que explicar en un audio en el que no llegÓ a disculparse por haber incluido esta frase. y hace 20 aÑos en mÉxico el ejÉrcito zapatista hace un llamado a la poblaciÓn. en el salvador toman medidas por la emanaciÓn de gases provenientes del volcÁn. ♪ >> los argentinos comienzan a respirar con algo de alivio luego de temperaturas extremas que marcara un calor rÉcord en varios lugares del paÍs. buenos aires dejÓ atrÁs una histÓrica ola de calor, la peor en muchos aÑos. esto en medio de todos los problemas de suministro de energÍa elÉctrica que ha tenido ese paÍs. en corea del norte se dijo que se se condenaron las filas revolucionarios. en su mensaje de aÑo nuevo el lÍder norcoreano tambiÉn amenazÓ con una guerra nuclear. y el grupo zapatista originado en 1984 regresÓ con un llamado. >> a 20 aÑos de la irrupciÓn violenta del ejÉrcito zapatista en el sureÑo estado de chiapas, sus dirigentes hicieron un llamado para seÑalar sus bases y que el movimiento sigue vivo y tiene una

smoking weeds is now legal in colorado colorado, day two. rich roth is on the news deck.about areas people can get into trouble. there are some significant points in this law that people need to know about, like if you have a job. >> right. everyone is talking about how -- it's available now, and that is true. its available versus use are two different things. there are a lot of restrictions, you can't use it in public places on ski slopes in clubs, bars, cafes. you are committing a crime if you do that. also, dui, dwi, you can't use it, either have an open canister in your car or can't be under the influence when you're driving, and then as far as employment goes, which is what you are referring to, you can be fired if you're either coming to work high or even -- >> that makes sense. those are some of the same rules with alcohol. but from what i was reading you don't even have to have it on you or in you if your boss knows your doing this, they can fire you. >> that's correct. if you are doing it after work. so it's the same restriction. not like alcohol. if your getting

se venden 5 millones de dÓlares de marihuana en colorado en la primera semana del aÑo, ¿serÁ coloradola lucha contra el narcotrÁfico? lo discutimos con norton arbelÁez dueÑo de varios dispensarios de marihuana en denver, con el psiquiatra samir sabag de la universidad de miami, comenzamos. ♪. >> vamos al punto, con jorge ramos. ♪. >>> vamos al punto,. >> es muy confuso, a veces reportamos que la reforma migratoria estÁ muerta, otras veces que no lo estÁ, hoy comenzamos el programa con la esperanza que estÁ dando el partido republicano que este aÑo sÍ van a votar en el congreso por una legalizaciÓn de indocumentados, pero podrÍa ser quizÁs una legalizaciÓn sin ciudadanÍa, el congresista mario dÍaz-balart ha estado en muchas de las negociaciones y Él nos habla vÍa satÉlite desde washington. >> congresista mario dÍaz-balart, gracias por hablar con nosotros. >> gracias, jorge. >> ¿tenemos buenas noticias de inmigraciÓn? ¿han cambiado las cosas? >> yo creo que lo vamos a lograr, yo creo que lo vamos a lograr este aÑo, hay un grupo de nosotros que seguimos trabajando hacÍa mucho tiempo para

to keep colorado strong and to keep colorado united, all of us in here, and all of our fellow coloradansvery one of us needs to be all in, together. thank you, and god bless colorado. >> the governor's address drew mixed reactions with words like less partisan and phenomenal being described for the speech. the governor only briefly touched on gun laws which he became an addict hard and fast. his addiction quickly went from $100 a week to $3,500 a week that is $500 a day. he found like most opiate addicts, that drugs transformed his way of life and altered his moral compass. he needed drugs to survive and he stole to pay for his addiction. he stole more than $20,000 worth of farm tools and equipment from his own parents. justin said be careful, because your addiction is waiting out in the driveway just getting stronger, just waiting for you to slip up and take you away. his family knows too well the crushing her aunt and harm that comes promote the addiction even as they have stuck with him throughout his disease. and his mom said my son is an addict and i love him with all my heart. just

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>> i think colorado and washington is probably a pretty good experiment. i think the federal government, like usual, ought to stay the hell out of the states' businesses. they ought to let states decide. if a state doesn't want medical marijuana, don't have it. if a state wants medical marijuana and it passes through their legislature or citizen initiative, let them regulate it. >> how much money do you think this can bring the states, medical marijuana or -- >> this is interesting. colorado claims i think a 27% tax, when you consider all the taxes they're going to put it o it, and some think it could bring hundreds of millions of dollars. i don't think we know. >> to those who say, look, this is a slippery slope, this is going to encourage young people to start to use it. if it's recreational, legalized for recreational purposes. what do you say? >> well, we regulate alcohol, and we're not supposed to be selling it to people that aren't old enough to buy it, we're not supposed to be using it when we drive on our highways, but sometimes people do. i think

colorado has a weed everywhere. it is legal as of yesterday.e will talk about the economics of selling pot. ♪ money" on "lunch bloomberg television. we are streaming on bloomberg.com, your tablet, and your smart phone. moving pictures, were the video is the story. after spending the holidays stuck on the antarctic ice, 52 passengers are finally free from a russian research ship. they were carried to an icebreaker earlier this morning. now they have to make the journey to the island of tasmania. the 22 crew members will have to stay with the ship until it is finally free. the emperor of japan making a rare appearance in tokyo. he delivered his new year's address today. he wished japan well and expressed concern for those killed in the earthquakes, tsumani and nuclear fallout. bill de blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of new york city. former president bill clinton conducted the oath. weed. need i say more? recreational marijuana began sale in colorado yesterday. >> previously, marijuana was only available as a medical -- if you had problems

tax at 25% plus local sales tax in colorado.we are going to use that money to create a regulatory framework that will ensure we don't have corruption, that we protect minors and don't have people driving high for other places worth of the public public at risk. again, we didn't choose to support it. now that it's here, we are going to take it very seriously. >> as long as i'm governor in oklahoma, i'll do everything i can to prevent the legalization of marijuana. >> i think we have one guy over here. i can't see you out there. >> thank you. kelsey nelson, "politico." as becomes increasingly clear that tax refund is not likely to happen at the federal level in the near term, what can states to the meantime to shore up revenue streams? how much do you think that interstate tax competition is going to play a role in the year going forward? >> it does not look like we are going to see tax reform this year. you do see a lot of tax reform among the various states in a very state-by-state, governor by governor, party by party. that is

colorado has weed everywhere. it is legal as of yesterday.will talk about the economics of selling pot. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television. we are streaming on bloomberg.com, your tablet, and your smart phone. moving pictures, were the video is the story. after spending the holidays stuck on the antarctic ice, 52 passengers are finally free from a russian research ship. they were carried to an icebreaker earlier this morning. now they have to make the journey to the island of tasmania. the 22 crew members will have to stay with the ship until it is finally free. the emperor of japan making a rare appearance in tokyo. he delivered his new year's address today. he wished japan well and expressed concern for those killed in the earthquakes, tsumani and nuclear fallout. bill de blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of new york city. former president bill clinton conducted the oath. weed. need i say more? recreational marijuana began sale in colorado yesterday. >> previously, marijuana was only available as a medical -- if you had

bad news, america, colorado is running out of pot already.al rocky mountain high, is such a success they're running out of the stuff. both sides battle it out tonight in a soaking hot debate. and speaking of pot, baby, it's cold outside. very, very cold. temperatures fumbling across the country. minnesota, the windchill taking temperatures down to 60 below, and record lows in places like chicago too. cold enough to freeze your skin in under five minutes. what you need to know about the polar

colorado fired up over legal marijuana. but it's not as free and easy as you may think. good evening everyone and thank you for joining us. violent crime has dropped to levels that haven't been seen since the 1960's. in chicago, for example, the number of murders fell by close to 100. but that city is still ranked as the murder capitol of the u.s. with at least 412 people killed in 2013. the biggest problem is gang related violence. america tonight investigating how social media may be fueling that violence. >> . >> three guys in this video that you made. >> yeah. >> are all dead. >> they are dead. >> yep. >> alvin el moore and his partner shorty capone are some of the most prolific producers in an exploding hip-hop music scene. most of the artist he works with produce a style of hip-hop called drill music, that is 19 occupation with wealth with and other the top or sound that emphasizes the gritty underbelly of the streets of chicago. >> how many have you made? >> i'm thinking over 200. >> is most of your clients? >> most of my clients are -- most rappers are gangsters

les forget colorado for a second. they just legalized marijuana, so you got to have a whole set of rules like a cool clo off period to get married, which the provides. you know, it's not the federal gornment doing it. a lot of states have by czar rules. new jersey can't get a vanity ple. it's not gd for the economy, we are lucky you get to be 25 to get married. that's like renting a car. i think it's a great move in that direction. >> you have a very good marriage. john, tell us what you think about this. >> jonas knowing mug about divorces, look. i asked somebody who is an expert on this. okay. exs spend a lot of money. it's actually very good for the economy. no precounseling this time. i hope whoever made this law was as high as justin bieber on that legal prop in colorado. they have to admit they are stupid. stay out of marriage, government. by the way, colorado has a great pro-football team righ now. >> that's true. all right. we'll have more on the beibs coming uplater. mark, what do you think? >> look, i'm not

this is not just an issue in colorado. washington state plans to roll out its recreational marijuana sales in late spring. and we could see ballot initiatives in other states over the next few years. >>> after months of frustration and confusion, today marked the beginning of a new era in health care in this country as the affordable care act went into effect and millions of americans began to be covered by health insurance. the government says more than 2 million have now signed up. the white house hopes millions more will enroll in the coming months before everyone is required to have insurance by the end of march. but even today, the obama administration found itself dealing with another issue. we get more on that from nbc's tom costello. >> $30 in network. after deductible. >> reporter: in delaware, this family has been wait being for this year. both of them artists, cathy was stuck in an expensive policy because of a preexisting condition. but after persisting through all the obamacare website trouble, they are covere