. >>> and then, raising new questions about kathleen sebelius, the white house and some health care claims that are looking a little shaky. >>> and then, busted in the school bathroom. these third graders accused of smoking pot. yes, sthi yes, third graders. >>> all right everybody, developing tonight. we are getting the inside story of why a group of democratic senators broke with the president and shot down a controversial nominee in part because of his links to a convicted cop killer. good evening, everybody, i'm martha mccallum in for megyn kelly on "the kelly file." debo adegbile was nominated to head up the department of the civil rights division. but his was his position on the convicted cop killer, abu jamal was convicted of brutally murdering philadelphia police officer daniel faulkner, shooting him in the back first and later in the face as he stood over this young, dying lawman. and while a half dozen national law enforcement groups stood united with officer faulkner's widow, against this nomination, the president described today's defeat as quote, a travesty that was based on w

kathleen sebelius faces some tough questions from congress.his as the latest obamacare numbers show enrollment missing from mark of the administration's original signable. ashley webster live on capitol hill with more. ashley: kathleen sebelius not used to those tough questions on capitol hill, the house ways and means committee's turn to question her on a variety of issues you mentioned enrollment, let's look at the latest enrollment numbers put out by the administration, people signing up for the new health-care plan, february, 943,000, down from january's 1.1 million, down from december at 1.8 million. in total, 4.2 million people have signed on for the new health care coverage. the administration had set a goal of 7 million by the end of this month. doesn't appear likely although kathleen sebelius appears to be reluctant to talk about that exact gold. >> based on your own standards obamacare will not be successful at the end of march, 2014. what do you now call success? >> success looks like millions of people with affordable health covera

kathleen sebelius admits obamacare will raise health insurance plans next year and she alsond says there will be n delay beyond the march 31st. you are going to extend the deadline and the individual mandate is dead. >> quietly, without any fanfare, people question whether the white house willhe abandon the mandate with obamacare at the heart of it. >> good i evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." we're live " here at 7:00 p.m. eastern and 4:00 p.m. in the west. the stock market suffered pretty big losses, especially from the russian military on the ukraine border and unexpectedly low numbers from china. let's bring in dominic chu to explain all of that. >> the lastn time we saw a mart selloff to this degree was back on february 3rd when stocks drop because weaker china numbers came out and u.s. manufacturing data wasng weaker than expected. all told, the dow drops 231 points, nearly a percent and a half. the s & p is down over a percet and the nasdaq is down 1.5% as well. if you take a look at the sectors, where the action was, it was pretty much right across

why can't you get these numbers from kathleen sebelius? >> secretary kathleen sebelius seems to punch everytime she comes to us and is uncertain as to what the numbers are. what we have done in addition to asking this question, time and time again. asking for a specific response, they should have those numbers, they should be pulling that data and that information every single day. the insurance companies have a better handle on it than kathleen sebelius. we have to knows this. stuart: we have this retirement letter from david right. he is inside the department of health and human services totally panning the federal bureaucracy, an absolute mess, can't get anything done. kathleen sebelius runs that bureaucracy, spends $1 trillion a year. that is how big the operation is that she is running and you can't get answers from her to simple questions like how many of these people have paid? i have to suggest maybe she should resign or be fired. >> we have said many times that she should be fired but here is the thing. obviously kathleen sebelius

this is 20 minutes from the white house east room. >> secretary kathleen sebelius. [applause] >> good morning. this is an exciting day. i'm delighted to have a chance to keep up. it is so wonderful to be here to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the first ladies let's move initiative. i want to thank michelle obama for hosting us all here today. we are committed to helping parents and children and families make healthy choices and live active lifestyle. wide range of efforts across the department to advance this. let's move to these towns and than 400with more locations commits to driving down childhood obesity rates in their community, reaching more than 63 million americans. schools have made a commitment to help students get more active. we are so proud to work with the white house on the president's council on fitness, sports, and nutrition. there are many initiatives including the presidential active lifestyle award and the "i can do it, you can do it" program for children's and adults with disabilities. i and excited to be here with the first lady and commis

if kathleen sebelius is right and i am right, we will see rates go up by single digits.eil: if people knew these premiums would go up the degree they have and likely will continue maybe at a smaller ra rate, do you think this thing ever would he passed? >> the rates and 2014 or 15% below what the congressional budget office said they would be. i was unhappy with the web glitch, but if you take the politics out of it i'm happy with the program. a lot of americans don't like changes. as you know, they feel they have been sold a bill of goods. >> the vast majorities are not affected. they're just not making the press. they see the policies change a small number as we discussed before. once we have the uninsured people telling their stories. neil: i hope you are right. you're very levelheaded, but you also remind me of the guy on the titanic who said we have hit a little eyes, brace yourselves. that is what concerns me. every time i think everything is hunky-dory, pushing another delay, another exemption. if it wasn't so great, they wouldn't be doing that. >> if you look at

they asked kathleen sebelius about it a couple of weeks ago.e said no there is not going to be a delay. the white house later today will announce another delay and here is how it works. they're going to say there are so many people who have tried to sign on and have been unable. if you go to healthcare.gov and check the blue button you will get an extension. what the extension means is i tried to sign up but couldn't finish the job. >> they got a phone call, unexpected guests, car had a flat tire? >> first of all, it is going to be the honor system. they're not going toç ask. government is not going to ask. just say you need extra time and they'll give it to you. >> can we do that with taxes? >> exactly. honor roll for the i.r.s.? that would be great. the other thing is the extension, how long is it? they don't know. it could be a month, it could be a week, it could be forever. this is -- we saw it coming. >> if they don't get it done by march 31, they have until mid-april. actually it is not just mid-april. after that you can't do it on the w

at 10:15, kathleen sebelius interviewed on the "huffington post."'re likely to hear claims of success, that the enrollment period has almost seven million sign-ups. that is the pr blitz that will come today from the administration. the other side of the coin all those unanswered questions about the enrollees. how many of them have paid? very few of them had previously uninsured and are now insured. very few are in that category? most sign-ups are getting free or subsidized coverage. not enough young people are signing up. the premiums are going up and deductibles are going up. so on one hand you have a pr blitz claiming success. on the other hand, if you look at the numbers seriously there is all kind of unanswered questions. it is a real contest between the two side today. bill: i have not seen the president with any public events concerning this today. which is, interesting. on the four-year anniversary there was not a public event on that day either. you're point, who is paid, who is not, who is young and who is not and who was uninsured before?

kathleen sebelius was asked this on premiums. they will go up at a lower rate than if we did not have the affordable care act. this is a key unanswered question. >> you both asked questions about what the law will look like after the implementation after the process is completed. she made reference to the political noise behind all of this. what are your thoughts? >> what impact has this have on people signing up? there is a lot of confusion. there are a lot of people that do not know that they do not have insurance. they're supposed to sign up. if they do not, they could be subject to a penalty. there's still a lot of ignorance. there has been so much political noise about this. the message has not come through. there are people who still think that there been some a repeal votes that it has been repealed. people don't know that it is still the law. they don't understand it at the end of the sign up, you can't buy insurance until next year. this is not the same kind of insurance that we used to have her you could buy insurance a

to me, you never really see the president or kathleen sebelius or kno anybody who has been involveeda sweat, that leads me to believe they don't really care about the actual implementation. this was an ide idealogical rule from the begins. >> going back, an economics professor at harvard, part of the original team, he wrote a letter, it was leaked out, saying, you don't have the right people, nobody has experience, they don't know how to do this, they don't know how to do he is the correct. >> web to washington -- welcome to washington, they are full of people who never worked the more it was not wor working the morey likeed. i think it is blowing up in their faces, but they don't break a sweat, monica ask is right, it did you not bother them. lou: those who are uninsureed are sleeping well, because the very people who' to sue them, we can't be clear on the motivation of this administration, those who are are uninsureed 6 in 10 do not know open roll am open enrollment deadline, they say they are not going to insure themselves anyway. >> they are either not away, but they don't care.

. >> charles krauthammer says health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius lied again about obamacare. but is that true? we'll have a follow-up report. >> my day started with the great honor of meeting his holiness pope francis. >> the vatican con fronting president obama over forcing nuns over providing birth control insurance. we will tell you what happened in rome today. >> what is the unemployment rate at right now? >> what's the matter, the cat got your tongue? >> tonight, it's an american tradition that some believe is evil. others say harmless. spring break. jesse watters with another tough assignment. >> i don't know why you are looking at me. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. christianity and president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. today, mr. obama met with pope francis at the vatican. and there is some good news and bad news for the president. first, the good news. he and the pope agree on social justice. >> i was gratef

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. >> charles krauthammer says health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius lied again about obamacare. but is that true? we'll have a follow-up report. >> my day started with the great honor of meeting his holiness pope francis. >> the vatican con fronting president obama over forcing nuns over providing birth control insurance. we will tell you what happened in rome today. >> what is the unemployment rate at right now? >> what's the matter, the cat got your tongue? >> tonight, it's an american tradition that some believe is evil. others say harmless. spring break. jesse watters with another tough assignment. >> i don't know why you are looking at me. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. christianity and president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. today, mr. obama met with pope francis at the vatican. and there is some good news and bad news for the president. first, the good news. he and the pope agree on social justice. >> i was gratef

health secretary or kathleen sebelius getting grilled on capitol hill.d health insurance premiums will increase next year under obamacare. sebelius also says there will be no delay in the individual mandate. but new memos from the white house suggest otherwise to. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live from capitol hill with more on that. >> reporter: good afternoon. now to get a waiver from the president's health care law all you have to do is fill out a small form saying that your plan has been canceled, and the alternatives are too expensive. it's expected to have an impact on millions of americans, and today kathleen sebelius, back on the hot seat here on capitol hill, was asked why so many key components of the health care law have either been delayed or waived. >> has been discarded in 'ems of the law. -- in terms of the law. the law is still very much in place. what we are doing with some of the features of the law in terms of having a transition most focused on people who have insurance coming into compliance with some of the new fea

this is what kathleen sebelius said. remember kathleen sebelius? she's the secretary that everybody wanted fired. here's what she had to say back in september. >> i think success looks like at least 7 million people having signed up by the end of march 2014. >> how in the world did they know that that was going to be the number? and as you can see from this chart here, if keith jackson was doing play by play, he'd be saying, look at that, nellie, we'd be coming down the field right. sure are. that's called sigh rocketing. if the trend keeps up over the next 15 days it's possible for obamacare to hit the 7 million mark by the middle of april. wouldn't that be something? this would be a great victory for the affordable care act, considering what happened the first month. 8.7 million people visited healthcare.gov, over 2 million over the weekend. that's 280,000 phone calls to the 800 number i just gave you. that's a very good sign, talking about hitting 7 million people. by 2015, obamacare, hey, projected to cover over 13 million americans. by 2016, t

secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius the law is on track. >> the affordable carect is upheld. if the president is re-elected as congressman said there have been 50 votes in the house of representatives to repeal the law. it is still the law of the land. we need to have people understand it runs out until 2015. >> the inspector general for health and human services they somehow consumed millions of dollars in federal subsidies and has been so disastrous in the rollout it only managed to enroll 39,000 people. >>> doug luzader live in washington for us. thank you, doug. >>> the pathologist who conducted an autopsy of the dead girlfriend testifying for a second day of the@lease's murder trial. it was so graphic when he described reba steenkamp's wounds he got physically ill in court. he claims he shot steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder. >> the man who plotted with richard reid is set to resume testimony in the trial of bin laden's son-in-law. prosecutors are questioning him to try to show that he knew what he was talking about when he threatened americans i

tweeted, now we can all breathe a little easier, and the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said : at the lung cancer ahaiyan at washington, d.c. the news was greeted with a cheer. >> bravo, cvs. bravo. just an extraordinary and powerful statement that will build on exciting momentum that we have to really invigorate our war against needless tobacco death. >> reporter: now cvs has made it's decision, what will happen next? >> reporter: well, that is the big question. let me explain where cvs fits in the big scheme of things. on wall street it is categorized as a pharmacy chain, and it is number two against walgreen's. walgreen's is bigger. so the question is what will walgreen's do? they issued a statement saying we've been thinking about this, too, quite frankly, for a long time, and they said in the statement that they put out that in the very least it will require them to consider the location of tobacco products on their shelves in their stores. it could be at the very least be a retail game changer. >> is this potentially a death nail for that very or will it look to fi

kathleen sebelius, mary landrieu is pushing secretary of state to green light the pipeline. democratic senators want the pipeline, so who is president obama going to go with? the environmentalists or will he try to save the senate himself? >> i don't disagree there isn't much he can do to save the senate. its all baked in the cake already. not just obamacare, i don't know what you think about this. but even if obamacare had gone really well i think that the senate would still be in play. obama just has a very low approval rating that is not just about obamacare, there are or things going on in the world that people are unhappy about. particularly the economy. >> it is part of a bad 2013. obamacare is the main story and one of the main things coming out of florida is that republicans are going to be rest likely to run away from obamacare. you had it in 2012 where it was already a bad issue. not the issue it is now. and before the results you had people saying look, republicans need to ease up on obamacare, they shouldn't push it too hard. that is crazy. >> it has not happened

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why does kathleen sebelius still have a job? real fast, why is she still in the job?> she looks very nice, seems like a sweet person but she should be terminated for the job she has done. she has not served the administration well or the country well, i am sorry to say. she should be out of there.rt: k you for joining us. >> i like the new timeslot very much. stuart: i like the extra hour in bed. i keep waking up at 3:20. i can't get away with it. >> thank you very much. stuart: three more headlines on obamacare for you. the administration says 5 million people have signed up. they are not saying how many have paid, we don't know how many were previously uninsured. we don't know how well obamacare enrollment is actually going. next are survey, one-third of the uninsured do not plan to sign up for obamacare. what is that, 10 million people? we get into this to sign them up and now they are not interested. the next obamacare add features a girl apparently twerking on her bathroom sink and injures herself. the latest reason for the white house on why you should get cover

kathleen sebelius, a total moron, still in charge. all right? we're going to get with her tomorrow about she said she guaranteed. i'm sure you know this because you are on the bet baier show and to be on that show you have an high iq you have to to be on the "special report" show. kathleen sebelius says there is no way on earth we are going to delay the individual mandate. guess what what's delayed, kirsten? >> well, you are asking me a different question. are you asking me if i think he has been a good leader? that's an entirely different question. i'm saying i think when a lot of measures are asked does he possess qualities of leadership they think he has some qualities of leadership. >> what is that though? >> is he a give orator. >> he has turned the economy around. >> he hasn't. >> the economy is turning around. >> no it is not. >> yes, it is, bill. >> i will prove it i will prove it median wage is down and continues to fall. that's the economy. how much you are earning. >> no. there are a lot of other factors in the economy. for example, t

>> i wish i could know for sure, but kathleen sebelius won't tell me. >> this administration now needs a miracle. obama care architect is here live new controversy over a cross. >> it hurts. it's like reliving the moment again, losing my son again. >> what if a grieving mother was forced to take down the memorial honoring her dead son. >> i know we all come from different faiths, but i want to thank my loving god for bringing us here tonight. >> breaking tonight a republican celebration in florida that extends well beyond the sunshine state, as what is widely viewed as the first real test for obama care at the polls, appears to spell trouble for democrats in 2014. welcome to the kelly file, i'm megyn kelly. a short time ago news breaking that david jolly has defeated alex sink in a special election for florida's 13th congressional district. a race in which the vice president and former president bill clinton both made pitches for the democrats. and one in which the democrat outspent in tv ads 4 to 1. larry rated it leans democratic. larry was wrong now in a kelly file exclusive, the wi

because that is where health in and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is promoting the law. but where is democratic mary landrieu. on the other side of the state. >> yes, cath len sebelius came here to louisiana, went to new orleans to do an obamacare promotion event with mary landrieu's brother, the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu, but senator landrieu is is not there. she was in lake charles, giving a speech to an oil and gas group. and kind of tells the story of the campaign of the landrieu campaign, avoid obamacare. talk about figure a lot. you'll hear a lot about that. >> all types of democrats are just staying away from this and anyone associated with this. when the former governor was saying much the same to me on fox business, i just want you to listen to this. he was weighing in on the healthcare, nancy pelosi, all of this. >> you'd have to be blind and mute and dumb not to be able to see that is a problem. among other things -- >> well, nancy pelosi might be in that camp because she doesn't think it's a problem. that at love here colleagues are running away fro

the problem is if they take all of these steps, then what happens is, as kathleen sebelius testifieds will go up next year. the effect is, if premiums go up young people don't sign up. it is not worth it. so obamacare spirals into a death spiral. they're trying to save their political bacon, but in the process, they're hurting us with obamacare. >> and kathleen sebelius said millions, not 7 million, watch. >> well, success looks like millions of people with affordable health coverage. >> so you're changing your standing -- >> i said success looks like millions. >> actually you said 7 million. >> i think success looks like at least 7 million people having signed up by the end of march 2014. >> it is called videotape and all of the television stations have it. mark, i got to run, quick final word. >> they're moving their red lines again. >> see you soon. >> thank you, megyn. >> speaking of videotape, as i say all the tv stations have it but not everyone cosmo to spend a whole lot of time using it when it came to the special election in florida. and joining me now with more on that is b

thanks for having me. >> you're welcome. >> secretary of health and human services kathleen sebeliusround robin with the affiliates around the country today talking to local news affiliates and that one was obviously an awkward exchange about that anchor talking about the negativity in oklahoma about the law. back with the panel. you want thed to make a comment about zeke emanuel. >> his experience he got caught something i learned 20 years ago on television. never take something you just heard in a green room and carry it on to the air live it will always be false. especially if it is exciting new information. on the issue of what would happen, what's gonna happen, assuming, again, republicans win control of the senate, they should be picking through the wreckage of what's left of obamacare. for example, you cover people with preexisting conditions. young people up to 26. you are not going to cancel the insurance of let's assume a million to 1.5 million new that have signed up. you work around that and do good reforms which would be republican and conservative reforms and you presen

kathleen sebelius, a total moron, still in charge. all right? we're going to get with her tomorrow about she said she guaranteed. i'm sure you know this because you are on the bet baier show and to be on that show you have an high iq you have to to be on the "special report" show. kathleen sebelius says there is no way on earth we are going to delay the individual mandate. guess what what's delayed, kirsten? >> well, you are asking me a different question. are you asking me if i think he has been a good leader? that's an entirely different question. i'm saying i think when a lot of measures are asked does he possess qualities of leadership they think he has some qualities of leadership. >> what is that though? >> is he a give orator. >> he has turned the economy around. >> he hasn't. >> the economy is turning around. >> no it is not. >> yes, it is, bill. >> i will prove it i will prove it median wage is down and continues to fall. that's the economy. how much you are earning. >> no. there are a lot of other factors in the economy. for example, t

>> well, they hitting a trifecta because kathleen sebelius testified premiums would go up. lower premiums for everyone, an average of $2,500 a family a year. on keep your doctor promise, i will read a verbatim quote from president obama in a speech at the american medical association in 2009 with remarks aired live here on fox news. he said and i quote, "no matter how we reform health care we will keep this promise to the american people: if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. period." >> now, he is saying, well, you might have to change your doctor or pay more to keep your doctor because of changes in the network. that is a significant admission that the airtight promise he made to americans was not true, is not true and it is completely unacceptable. yet another lie told to the american people in trying to sell a bill that the public didn't want in the first place. >> let me give a chance to explain this: the president's huge theme in both campaigns was transparency. did he know at the time that he first proposed obamacare that folks would not be able to keep

kathleen sebelius was asked repeatedly last week how many are involved. we do not know.t is still being built. can you tell us a little bit about where that construction is at this point? how much needs to be done? the front door of the website is working much better than it was in october. terrific work so that seniors and individuals that are looking, individuals who are seniors are thinking there was a time when the enrollment for medicare advantage overlaps with the enrollment for the exchange. they were able to see that is not where we belong. we belong in this other arena. it has an important that people can easily get that information. the front door is working well. to where it was in october. that is crucial. story that is part of the website we are involved in, consumers do not really see. that part has had challenges. they are better than they were at the worst of the year without a doubt. there are still some challenges. in terms of what is left, the whole finance package is left to be built. plans receive the premium subsidies for the individuals who are eli

. >> reporter: after a notoriously bad start, kathleen sebelius is looking for a strong finish to aca open enrollment. the marketplace works well for the 36 states it serves but in about half of the states that built their own exchanges, problems persist. >> certainly have some states that get an f grade, some that are in the d category. >> reporter: among those not making the grade, hawaii, massachusetts and vermont that use cgi to build the exchanges, the same contractor for problems with healthcare.gov. the base state fired them and maryland fired its contractor the north dakota based noridian and ceo burns is grateful that the state will keep her firm on. >> having a disciplined engineering development and rollout is what is needed in these exchanges. just like anything else, it's like getting a person to the moon, you don't do it fast, you do it right. >> reporter: nothing seemed to go right in oregon. federal and state investigators and trying to figure out why the state's exchange oracle was never able to enroll online. analysts say like cgi, oricle never built the system end t

listen to this and weigh in on kathleen sebelius's claim right afterwards. >> how many of those that have signed up, that have enrolled in obamacare have paid their premium? >> i can't tell you that, sir, because i don't know that. >> so wayne, pretty scary when the secretary of health and human services doesn't even know. >> eric, she's only charged with the responsibility to know those facts. you've got idiots running this thing. that's one of the problems. she doesn't actually know how many people have paid in, but they talk about it in great detail about all of these people have signed up. it's idiotic. >> i have to think that if i'm apple or i'm google, i know exactly how many people are signing up for stuff. amazon can tell you their inventory at a moment's notice, yet something so important and they have no idea. >> we're confusing political and economic force. apple appeals through trade. the government is force, eric. the point isn't that the president is liked. he's not a talk show host. he's supposed to be respected and feared. i don't care how many people signed up. he de

you heard kathleen sebelius set that as a marker for the administration.it the 7 million mark. i would be surprised if they hit the 6 million mark. the 5 million mark the white house is putting out now is almost certainly an overstatement. it doesn't include people who have signed up but haven't enrolled by making the payment of the first month's premium. the 5 million number is an inflated number from the beginning. martha: one of the biggest elements here, that's why we have seen the push between pajama boy and between the ferns. they haven't given us a handle on how many of these are young, paying customers. >> the original estimate was they needed 40%. the last number put that at 25%. it would a proportion of young and healthys that wouldn't match what the administration needs. but that 25% number is somewhat suspect because it was taken by looking at a pool that included people who hadn't paid their first month's premiums. so all of these numbers are suspect at this point. martha: the proof is going not insurance company's pudding. they will turn arou

just two weeks another health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius, had called march 31 a hard deadline. >> there is no delay beyond march 31. >> reporter: the extension was caused by the last-minute crush of applicants. healthcare.gov, which crashed last october, had 2.3 million visitors in the last two days. and officials are concerned it could fail again. alexis stewart of maryland told us she wanted insurance but waited until the end to save money. >> i felt like i had to pay something immediately, so i didn't feel financially stable in order to make that jump. >> reporter: so you were delaying what might be your first payment. >> correct. >> reporter: but how the administration will measure who was in line and who gets this extension is an issue because essentially the system will take your word for it. here was the reaction from house speaker john boehner: >> another deadline made meaningless. the administration's now resorting to an honor system to enforce it. what the hell is this, a joke? >> reporter: the reaction from the insurance industry was mixed today, scott

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that includes health and human secretary kathleen sebelius. here's what he she told congress. >> are you going to delay the mandate that individual have to buy health care or pay a tax? >> no. >> are you going to delay the open enrollment beyond march 31st? >> no, sir. >> is it correct you don't have the authority to extend that deadline? the decisions that medicare and medicaid have made, do you agree with that? >> i haven't seen their statement, sir, but there is no delay beyond march 31st. >> but there is. mike barnicle, this is an ongoing concern with republicans on the hill. politico has a list of the unilateral changes to obamacare, all the delays, and it's one of the things irking the republicans on the hill is the white house just changes the plan whenever they want to. >> i understand it's irking people on the hill but it's not irking people trying to get health care. if they're standing in line -- >> are they standing in line. >> that's the premise. it's like standing in line to get into a theater. >> or vote. they keep the polls ope

>> i think kathleen sebelius is doing precisely what president obama wants her to do.re and say anything to defend this indefensible entitlement he has created. the white house own solution do things have simply been to not address the details of the problems inside the individual market place, but to simply throw it all forward. the most recently did last week and made it clear they were doing it in reply to five democratic senators who were in political trouble because of this law. it is so brazen. why not have a brazen secretary defended? stuart: the "wall street journal" in the last two days reported to what amounts to a delay for the entire individual mandate. it hasn't been many headlines because it is exceptionally technical and buried in the regulations, but your newspaper is saying this is what is happening. the leaf the individual mandate. >> i think this creates an opportunity for republicans well repeal is just not possible, not enough votes to do that. they should start talking about taking steps to address individual market place such as giving people, th

>> the insurance guys are frustrated with what kathleen sebelius said.oing to vary from some state rules. democrats could be getting nervous in the variety of states if their premiums go up. only 25% of the young people they need to sign up have signed up. that is why they are going are out and using the march madness brackets. the insurance is saying this is from the rocky rollout. >> and there are a lot of mandatory coverage. the president is fond of saying people had sub-standard plans but they were sats factortory t the people that owned them. this cost money. and there is no free lunch >> the president promised he would sabe the average family $2500. part of the problem is these promises are hard to implement. they had trouble passing the bill and barely got to to the desk. that is the problem. you are right. these plans, some people like them, some people have been forced it leave on them. the insurance guys say they want some of the guys in the new exchanges. but those exchanges are more expensive. >> politically, how does it translate? are people