do stay with us, luke, but i'd luke now to go to our white house correspondent kristin welker. she's joining us from the north lawn of the white house where authorities believe this incident actually began. is that right, kristin? >> reporter: well, they think it started sort of at 15 and e which is on the other side of the white house. >> is that on the treasury side? >> reporter: that's on the treasury side. what is remarkable about what luke is reporting, he heard those shots fired, we really didn't hear anything here at the white house, martin. i can tell you that president obama was here when this began to unfold. he has been briefed on the situation. i can also tell you that senior administration officials are sort of huddled behind closed doors right now as they monitor this situation. they are in contact with law enforcement officials who are trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. pennsylvania avenue, which is the street just outside of the white house, parts of that have been closed down as a security precaution. that is exactly what we would expect in th

nbc white house correspondent kristin welker has more. >> reporter: they may have lost the battle but the republican war against the president's health care law isn't over. >> obama care is the biggest job killer in this country, and the problem is washington, d.c. isn't listening to us. >> obama care is indeed a train wreck. a visit to the website is kind of like a trip to the department of motor vehicles in your state. >> reporter: on "meet the press," jack was in damage control mode. >> i think there's no one more trusted than the president at the difficulty in the website. >> reporter: he said officials are working around the clock to fix the technical glitches which have prevented people from all across the country from accessing the website. in a sunday blog, the department of health and human services said it is bringing in the best and brightest from inside and outside the government to help. >> the test will be in january, how many people are enrolled and what is the quality of service that they're getting. we're confident we will be on track to do. that. >> reporter: accordi

>> kristin welker at the white house. stay with news 4 for more. if you are on the go, you can get your latest updates and alerts from www.nbcwashington.com. >>> despite lawmakers attempts to stop the affordable care act, it officially launched today but there were flaws. doreen gentzler is here to explain. >> today is day one. people have started signing um for health care using the health exchanges, the centerpiece of the affordable care act known as obama care. it wasn't the smooth start up that many were hoping for. instead, people trying to enroll found glitches that delayed the process. more than 1 million americans, 1,000 here in d.c. alone opened online accounts today, the first day of open enrollment. they have until march 30th to sign up for one of three types of insurance plans that differ according to how much consumers want to pay up front or later on for health care. some complained about technical problems including overloaded servers and error messages. president obama hailed the program calling today an historic day. >> life of dea

for the latest now, i'm joined by kristin welker at the white house. good morning, kristin. what are we hearing that would allow back pay for federal workers once the government does reopen? >> reporter: well, good morning, mara. the reason why the white house might consider supporting that measure is because it deals with what happens after the government reopens. we saw the government shut down 17 years ago, you'll remember that the furloughed workers did receive back pay. so i think that everyone agrees they want these workers to get their pay once the government opens. the reason why the the white house has said they are not going to support piecemeal bills that open up the government in small bits and pieces, publicly they say it's a gimmick. privately, it decreases the pressure on congress to actually open up the entire government. now, as you just pointed out, mara, this continues to evolve around the signature piece of legislation, health care law. republicans have said they will reopen the government but only if it is attached to a year-long delay in the president's

we'll begin with kristin welker at the white house and luke r s russe russe russert. >> reporter: what session. carney just wrapped up his daily briefing telling us the president will reiterate his position and dig in his heels telling republicans he's not going to negotiate on his health care law over issues of a continuing resolution and increasing the debt limit to help him make his point, treasury secretary jack lew will be there to map up the economic impact. if this shutdown continues and if the nation defaults on its loans. so both sides continue to dig in at this hour. what's incin

thanks to all of my colleagues and kristin welker and peter alexander.and tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> coming up in our next hour, the white house responds to report president obama went nearly five years without knowing the nsa was spying on dozens of world leaders as more revelations trickle out from edwardsnowden, a british man has been charged with hacking into the networks of u.s. federal agency, including the army and the u.s. missile defense agency. we'll get a live report from pete williams on that story. >>> chris brown in court, charged with felony assault, for breaking a man's nose in washington, d.c. could it be a violation of his probation? all coming up on "news nation." which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends october 31st. f

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we'll begin with kristin welker at the white house and luke r s russe russe russert. >> reporter: what the meeting won't be is a negotiating session. carney just wrapped up his daily briefing telling us the president will reiterate his position and dig in his heels telling republicans he's not going to negotiate on his health care law over issues of a continuing resolution and increasing the debt limit to help him make his point, treasury secretary jack lew will be there to map up the economic impact. if this shutdown continues and if the nation defaults on its loans. so both sides continue to dig in at this hour. what's increasingly likely is we might see a deal on a continuing resolution and debt limit wrapped into one. in the meantime, president obama will continue to build up public support for his position tomorrow. he'll be speaking at the local construction company in the area and talk about the economic impact on the construction company. we know that the government shutdown having an impact on president obama, he has cut his asia trip short. he has cut off two countries he was

. >>> and joining me now, white house correspondent kristen welker, kristin, will this be wrapped up? >> reporter: well, it certainly looks that way. the white house is certainly feeling o in ing optimistic. they undrged congress to act swiftly to end the government shutdown, they're essentially calling on the house to follow suit. as you just pointed out the bill is expected to pass the senate. i think the white house likes its chances right now. house speaker john boehner earli earlier capitulated, he said we fought the good fight, he believed he had enough votes to get through the house. chris, this is not over until it is over, you noticed president obama has been in the background for the past several days. we haven't seen or heard from him much, because he wants to let this political process play out, allowing the political pressure to build up on republicans. the white house officials thought they would blink, that is essentially what happened. the white house got what they wanted out of this deal. the government will reopen, the debt ceiling raised, only a small sort of conces