elizabeth prann is following the latest for us. what's the latest this morning? >> a house has scheduled a hearing for next week. they will look into the fast amounts of technical road bumps of this day 18 of the 182 day open enrollment roll out. that includes the contractors the ones paid millions of dollars possibly over budget to create the site. health and human services secretary kathleen seb beal why yous has been invited to ascend. how much did the administration know of the possibility of these problems. they say americans deserve answers. >> at the least they were confused. this should all be delayed as a result of these horrendous developments. i hope that the white house will reconsider. >> the white house respond saying folks just need to be patient. >> people have been working 24/7, around the clock to resolve them and make consumer experience better. >> nobody is more insistent that that work be done and experience be improved than the president. >> long wait times and flaws. upgraded attempts have accidentally deleted names and pass words. one seni

elizabeth prann has more from washington. >> vice president dick cheney talking about his fears in hislatest book. cheney says he and his cardiologist agreed to turn off the implanted defibrilator's device. perhaps sounding farfetched until the murder was played out during an episode of the show time series "homeland. >> are you okay? >> during an interview with "60 minutes" cheney thought it was a credible theory. if he could adjust it who is to say somebody else will as well? the device detects an irregular heartbeat and control itself with an electrical jolt. i found it credible because i knew from the experience we had had and the necessity for adjusting my own device that it was an accurate report. >> despite his life long battle with heart disease, cheney said it never served as a distraction. at one point he writes, i never believed it inhibited my capacity to do my job. i dealt with each problem as it came up relying on my doctors to keep track of how i was doing physically. in washington, liz -- elizabeth prann, fox news. >>> a busy railway station is the scene of a crash not

elizabeth prann is live in washington to break it all down for us. >> we heard that from lawmakers. the majority of the healthcare law will roll out unchanged. it includes one provision to make sure that folks do take advantage of subsidy or basically financial assistance under the healthcare law do not lie about their income. it's a small anti fraud provision. the deal has a number of parts which remain completely unchanged first of all. the medical device still does exist. congress and staff still get subsidies to pay for obama care. the white house staff including the president will not be required to enroll. this like you said while we hear from some lawmakers on the hill who vow to continue to fight the sweeping healthcare law as negle negotiations begin on long-term budget deals. >> this deem does nothing for obama care. >> it is just a web site that doesn't work but in a few weeks it will start directly impacting millions and millions of people. >> the web traffic has been reduce by 88 percent. you have heard press secretary jay carney say he still has to release exact enroll

elizabeth prann is live in washington with more on what happens next. good morning elizabeth. >> good morning heather and ainsley. there were plenty of hiccups glitches and delays most in the early morning hours. officials pointing to 2.8 million people flooding government web sites. healthcare dot gov the federal marketplace that offers coverage to millions in more than 30 states were frozen or jammed. it left little choice but to ask folks call back today or some even asked to wait for weeks to sign up. >> the web site in many instances crashed. the call centers i have had a couple agents and brokers tell me today if you like dealing with the dmv or irs you will love dealing with obama care. >> the president speaking out yesterday saying the hurdles people are experiencing as with any new products are to be expected. he also said the administration will fix the problems even noting some are already being addressed. >>> like every new law, every new product rollout there will be glitches in the signup process. more than 1 million people before 7 in the

elizabeth prann is live in washington. good morning. >> kathleen sebelius will likely face tough and honest questioning facing a house committee hearing today. while the house ahealth and humn secretary says there are problems with the web site she is working hard to fix them but the glitches continue. healthcare.gov suffered another outage last night. they want more answers. the commerce committee he among others wants to see changes in leadership. >> i hope we hear from tomorrow a resignation. i heard theirs is extraordinary level of government even by extraordinary standards. >> they have resignation demands by dozens of republican law americas in a statement in prepared testimony ahead of the hearing accept bell why yo sebe not lived up to the expectation of the american people and is not ak acceptedable. we are committed to ficcing the problems as soon as possible. owe b we will hear updates on the aggressive work being done to improve the federal layout. patti ann, ainsley, back to you. >> thank you so much. elizabet

elizabeth prann is live with more on that story. good morning, elizabeth. >> all eyes shifting toward the senate last night after house republicans canceled a plan for the bill in the late hours. a statement said he and republican minority leader and mitch mcconnell reengaged in negotiations and are optimistic an agreement is within reach. what are they, woulding with? it would raise the debt ceiling through february and it would include a spending bill through january 15th. it is said that it does not include a provision that relates to the sweeping healthcare laws medical device pack. some say they are up beat about a deal in the final hours. >> i don't think it's too late and we could force the senate but to do that you have to have a leadership, harry reid you have told us no, no, no and not made a counteroffer over and over. here's our office. all we are asking is treat individuals fairly vote on it. >> the political ad cassie imperative action for america which is a sector of the heritage foundation was largely behind side lini

elizabeth prann is live for us in washington with more details this morning. >> if today is anything like day one and two they can anticipate more widespread. the problem was a result of volume rather than programming. the federal -- the traffic did reach millions of visitors since the launch. the administration says it will take time. >>> this is a six-month process we are in the second day. something like 180 days left for people to enroll. anybody who experienced difficulties or delays in getting on the site yesterday or browsing or enrolling should know that they can enroll any time from today to december and still have their insurance kick in on january 1st. >> this on the hill an exclusive report from the guardian which reports the numbers are smaller than the web site traffic statistic. on average less than one percent of visitors are signing up for coverage. here's a couple of examples for you. the report shows out of 5.7 million hits on california site around 8,000 begin their application process. it is only showing 67 applications and 1100 out of 6500 in illinois enrolled y

heather, back to you. >> elizabeth prann live for us from washington. thank you. >> also this morning an extreme weather alert. thousands of people could be dealing with a lot of flooding as the storm is moving up the east coast. maria molina is in the weather center with more on that for you. good morning maria. >> good morning ainsley and heather. we are tracking an area of pressure moving up the east coast. this storm system will be with us for several days. that's really why this is such a concern. we have a number of coastal flood advisories and watches in effect from parts of virginia all of the way up the east coast including parts of maryland, delaware, new jersey even new york city you are looking at coastal flooding concerns. it is a slow mover. we are going to be dealing with this through at least friday. many of us will continue to see rain impacting us through sunday. you will need the umbrella for some time. winds will be annish oo you. gusts in excess of 15 miles per hour and heavy rain with many people picking up 4-6 inches of rain, espe

liz breath pran -- elizabeth prann has more. izabeth. >> they will resume paying death benefits to the families of the fallen soldiers. this has taken pressure off of the military family group that has offered to pay the benefits including the $100,000 payment. the press expect -- the press secretary said it reads in part, with congress no longer providing the dod from the families directly he is pleased with the dod will be able to fulfill its responsibilities. the administration says it could have been avoided if congress didn't shutdown the government. >> the real suffering as well as the inconvenience could have been avoided and could have been avoided in the future if the house would simply reopen the government. >> during the gop weekly address, the chairman of the house armed services committee says the house has been passing legislation to restore funding to not only military families, but programs nationwide and putting an end to the stalemate that has captivated the country. >> and it is about ensuring that our troops i

elizabeth prann, live in washington, thank you, elizabeth. kelly. >> after a very bumpy roleol ou this week, we're now learning the official obama care website is now down for repairs. glitches and delays have frustrated millions of users trying to access the online exchanges. now the department of health and hup services is actually using overnight hours to debug the system. they say the website will still be open for general information. >> one of the stories we're following today, the sister of the young mother that was killed after ramming the gates of the white house says her sister suffered from postpartum depression. you'll recall our nation's capitol was locked down for hours on thursday by the car chase that followed. ending when police shot and killed mar ykill ed mariam carey as her baby-sat in her car. her sister is a former ny police sergeant and she claims police went too far. >> we have questions. she is a mother who has lost a daughter. my sisters and i, we have lost a sister. and my niece has lost her mother. and we need to k

elizabeth prann, fox news. >>> the step mother of one of those florida girls charged with bullying aath, well the mother is now facing charges of her own. her name is vivien vosburger. she was arrested for child abuse after a shocking video was posted on facebook. investigators say this shows her beating children inside her home. the sheriff says the bad behavior is on all sides and it is a family affair. >> vivien is the same person who told at least two different media outlets on national television "my daughter would never bully anybody. she would never do that" she referred to her as her daughter, but it is really not her daughter. it is a step-relationship to the man she lives with, uh -- austensibly, her husband. i repeated this earlier in the week. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. >> police have arrested these two girls charging them with third-degree aggravated stalking and bullying a girl without mercy until she took her own life. let's bring in defense attorneys and former prosecutors. you know, the point the sheriff is trying to make is generally speaking. i wonde

elizabeth prann has more. >> they are calling for thousands of truck drivers to show up and block twoltline highway around the washington district. the rally kicks off about an hour and a half from now. these protestors are taking to the airways to bring attention to what they say is government corruption particularly the lawlessness of senators who refuse to work for the american people. the web site is also calling for a number of demands such as the president's resignation untouched debt ceiling as well as global wages and lower fuel costs. they could bring the demands to the world war ii memorial and present them all in attempts to get attention of lawmakers. >> to get the attention of our unrepresented members of washington, d.c. to let them know we the people have had enough. the government is too big, too intrusive, too many regulations, too many departments. it is weighing down everything in this country. every problem in this country none of them can be fixed by government. >> as long as they don't break the law the truckers will be allowed to drive. >> back to you ainsley. >

elizabeth prann joins us live with more. od morning elizabeth. >> to expand on that for the families to survive the servicemen and women they receive benefits such as 100,000 dollars a 12 month basic allowance for housing depending on the rank of the service member and immediate burial benefits. pentagon officials say they received specific instructions which ordered officials to stop making this until the government standoff began. families of fallen soldiers are not able to receive any of it. over the weekend four soldiers were killed in combat. their families finding last minute funding on their own to travel to dover air force base. lawmakers have said themselves they are ashamed. colonel oliver north was on the front lines with these men and women for years is very emotional about this. he says it is very painful for the families and their soldiers. >> this isn't about the government shut down. it's about whether the commander-in-chief gives a dam about the mor-- gives a damn ab those serving. it's about the moral of tho

. >> elizabeth prann has more from washington. >> despite the dialogue there's no signs the talks arethe shut down any time soon. house republicans have been passing individual bills funding the government in ways that would bring national funding. they are bringing compromise to the table republicans say. >> especially before we reach our debt limit deadline in a week or so it is time to put partisanship aside and hit down at a table so we can work out our differences. >> this while americans keep waiting and many are worried a new fox news poll finds 58 percent of voters think the shut down is quote very serious. about 23 percent say it's some what serious. senate majority leader harry reid says he will not negotiate and reject any house passed individual spending bills. >> we will act on the debt ceiling. we aren't going to negotiate and they aren't either. never happened in the history of the country. there has never been a negotiation like this. >> fox news asked who is to blame. it appears there is plenty to go around. house speaker boehner got 25 percent the president 24 percen

in washington, elizabeth prann, fox news. >> thanks so much, elizabeth. >>> all right. house flipping. remember that old game? well, some found it was a pretty fast way to make a buck, a lot of bucks during the housing boom. but that was before the mortgage crisis that led to the economic downturn big time. and now analysts, though, are seeing house flipping yet again. and they're noticing a new trend here. this time it is the high-end homes. so what does that mean for the average american family who's trying to buy or sell a home? let's bring in dominic davella, president of diversified financial consultants. dominic, good to see you. for our viewers out there who may be sort of middle income folks, not super wealthy or wealthy, the average american, what does this mean? >> i think it's actually a very positive and almost healthy part to what's going on in the real estate market. the lower-end homes have really been for economic reasons, because they were affordable, because first-time home buoyers could come into those markets, investors came in the smaller end or low

. >> elizabeth prann live in washington, thanks. >> an announcement expected in the case of kendrickohnson. the 17-year-old who was found dead inside of a rolled up gym matt. new surveillance shows the day he died in january. that might prompt officials into reclassifying his death and allowing a new investigation into what happened. they said it is a freak accident but his family insisted it was murder. >> no bail yet for michael skakel. he was given a new trial after spending a decade in prison for the murder of teenager martha moxley. the defense team asked the judge to release him on bond pending a new trial. the judge said it is not clear if he is entitled to bail. they are asking both sides to submit arguments. >> 19-year-old max wade is found guilty of stealing the lamborghini. it was stolen in 2011 after under going maintenance. he could face 30 years in prison. >> the city council overwhelmingly voted to raise the tobacco purchasing age under federal law no one under 18 can buy tobacco in the u.s. even higher minimum age delays young people from starting to smoke and limits

elizabeth prann is live in washington.morning. >> kathleen sebelius will likely face tough and honest questioning facing a house committee hearing today. while the house ahealth and humn secretary says there are problems with the web site she is working hard to fix them but the glitches continue. healthcare.gov suffered another outage last night. they want more answers. the commerce committee he among others wants to see changes in leadership. >> i

elizabeth prann joins us with more details. very startling. >> it sounds like something out of a movie or even the tv show "homeland," a vice president murdered without a drop of blood. >> you okay? >> but the vice president and his doctor agree it wasn't that completely farfetched, which is why his device's wireless function was turned off. this, among other personal feelings revealed in his new book, heart, an american medical o odyssey. >> i was aware of the danger that existed. i knew from the experience we'd had and the necessity for adjusting my own device that it was an accurate portrayal of what was possible. >> cheney said it never served as a distraction during his time in office. at one point in the book, he writes, the key was to deal with my health separately from my job and never to let one interfere with the other. i didn't want worried about my heart disease to keep me from focusing on the requirements of my job. reiner, who also rigwrites alongside in the book, gave a firsthand account of 9/11. cheney's heartbe

elizabeth prann. >> the pressure is now off the fisher house, a military-related charity, which stepped up to the plate this week, offering to pay the death benefits, which includes that $100,000 payment. the president signing into law a bill allowing the defense department to resume paying those benefits to grieving families. pentagon press secretary george little sent a re in part it reads, families will receive they, referring to the payments, early next week when banks reopen for business. in addition, fisher house foundation will donate $25,000 to each of these families from its own funds. the administration says this could have been avoided if congress didn't shut down the government. >> my point all along was that, you know, the way to resolve that problem and all these problems instantly is to reopen the government. and to restore funding at levels that republicans themselves felt were appropriate for the previous fiscal year. and, you know, so that when the legislation was passed and the president was able to sign it, he did, because he felt it was very important these benefits

elizabeth prann is joining us now with more on the revelations. >> hi, uma. you are right.ice president dick cheney candidly revealing his fears in office in the new book "heart, an american medical odyssey." he says he and his cardiologist jonathan reiner agreed to turn off his implanted defibrillator in case of a terrorist attack -- excuse me, what it does, fatally shocks the heart's rhythm. perhaps sounding far fetched until it was played out in the episode of the showtime series "homeland." take a look. >> in an interview with "60 minutes" cheney sid it was a credible theory. if he could adjust the defib raters -- defibrillators who is to say that somebody else can as well? it can control the heart beat and control them with electrical jolts. >> i was aware of the danger, if you will, that existed. i found a credible because i knew from the necessity to adjust my own device that it was an accurate portrayal of what was possible. >> now despite his life-long battle with heart disease and family history, cheney said it never served as a distraction during his time in offi

elizabeth prann has their story from washington. >> groups of world war ii veterans flown into dc haveeen visiting the world war ii memorial. not unlike what they do other months of the year. after tuesday this particular memorial was barricaded and locked shut by the wires here of the we know with the help of lawmakers they took the barriers down and only after showing some sort of first amendment activities are they allowed on. it is one of many sites designated to the national park service. this on the heels of the "washington post" report that one park ranger told the reporters that he and other rangers were told to, quote, make life as difficult as possible for those looking to visit the site. and we have seen reports across the country, state governors and republican national committee have requested to gather funds for these parks privately. only to be rejected by the department of interior. in response they say the entire system has been closed and could not be reopened until the government financing has been restored. arthel, i just spoke with someone and they said october is

. >> elizabeth prann is live in washington with the very latest for us. elizabeth, what is going on'? >> well, lots going on. the back and forth which started the week is ending the week in which really no clear resolution. the outside strategy on this current crisis has been passing smaller funding bills that would make it difficult for any lawmakers to oppose really. they voted on half a dozen this week alone. two of those past. one bill would open fema and national weather service ahead of that tropical storm. another would fund nutrition services for women and children in poverty. the white house has threatened to veto those measures. they say they want to force speaker john boehner and the house leadership to pass a clean stop gap funding bill. speaker boehner says he won't let the nation default. he also said he wasn't planning to just add to the country's debt. today, the house is due to vote to make sure federal workers get become pay after this is all over. the white house has said that they do support it, but we will certainly see how they act. t

elizabeth prann is following the story. >> good morning.rts are identifying her as 34-year-old miriam carney from connecticut. while authorities have not released a motive, her mother is telling the media her daughter, who was a dental hygienist, did suffer from postpartum depression following the birth her daughter. this as a jittery dc recounts the accounts of yesterday, when she was seen slamming her black sedan into barricades which forgets the white house property. she did not heed officers attempts to stop. she struck an officer and then took off toward capitol hill. police at one point had her completely surrounded before she took off once again and they were forced to shoot into the vehicle. those officers receiving praise for ending the incident without more loss of life. >> i will say that those at the white house and at the capitol, the security perimeters worked. they did exactly what they were supposed to do and they stopped a suspect from breaching the security perimeter both in a vehicle at both locations. >> remember, those

elizabeth prann is live with the latest. good morning. >> good morning.nced in about three days. the government's data hub experiencing an outage last night. this time hitting the connecticut state's health care exchange. hack cess health ct. the state-run system has a particular application feature that does link up to the federal site which verifies a person's identity and that is the server which continues to fail. that requirement, among other failing steps, are included to complete the sign-up process. a spokesperson sending a release last night still encouraging folks to browse. she writes in part: connecticut consumers can continue to create accounts as well as shop for anonymously for pricing comparisons. as soon as the issue is resolved by the federal system, access health ct will provide a follow-up notification. verizon, the data hub operator, said it was conducting maintenance on the system just days ago, the same provider did suffer another network failure. lawmakers are bringing attention to the fact that the rollout just continues to disapp

. >> elizabeth prann joins us live in washington, d.c. with more on that story.of senators since house leaders canceled plans to vote on legislation due to lack of support last night. we are learning democratic leader harry reid and republican minority leader mitch mcconnell are optimistic that they can reach a deal. the framework does include a debt ceiling extension through february and open working funded government through mid january, and a decade long spending plan by december 13. it does not include a provision that relates to the sweeping healthcare law's medical device tax, but does have income verification rules for people who receive subsidies or financial support with the insurance. lawmakers are acknowledging that it is coming down to the wire. >> everybody realizes that we're up against the clock. you get the kind of critical mass point here. i think we'll figure it out. >> reporter: voters aren't the only one putting pressure on the elected officials. possible downgrades have been warned if the gridlock isn't broken soon. >> thank you very much. th

elizabeth prann is live in washington, d.c. with the very latest on this. elizabeth? >> good morning. you are right. the doors are opening november 5th tours will resume at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. perhaps only a limited time. the tours have been suspended since march because of the spending sequester cuts. offered three days week on average. although the exact number of day also vary. in addition to the tours, the white house will be holding semiannual gardens and ground tour next weekend the 26th and 27th. if you remember, at the time the administration's pointed the blame, pointed the finger to the secret service. they said basically it was cost concerns. but this a statement from the agency spokesperson we heard last night quote, in light of the new fiscal year the secret service is confident that through the new funding bill we can operated at reduced funding levels while still meeting our operational requirements. now the original move to suspend the tours did draw some outrage from congressional staff. several accused the administration of overreacting much li