marilyn tavenner is someone eric cantor considers to be a friend and a colleague. again, has bipartisan support. do you think the grace that's being supported to tavenner from the right is something that's not going to be seen tomorrow, giving the grace to the political crucifixion that people expect of kathleen sebelius? >> well, i suspect they're on different levels. miss sebelius is the secretary and, therefore, considered to be just a personal part of the president's cabinet, and she is a part of that cabinet, so i expect that she'll get a little more venom than is being restored upon miss tavenner today. but let me say this, they are not against obama care. this is about the rollout, this is about the glitches, this is about a computer system that goes down every now and then. i would have hoped, as i said often before this rollout, that we would be emphasizing that 1-800 number, getting people to the telephones so they can talk to people, getting people into these community health centers out there that we have funded to have personal one-on-one conversations

. >> when pressed marilyn tavenner was unable to say how many people got insurance through the website>> are you getting the numbers? >> am i getting the unless? not yet. >> you have no numbers of. >> we'll have them available mid-november. >> if you don't have insurance by 31 march, you face a fine. as the problems persist democrats are joining the call to delay the deadline. marilyn tavenner vowed to fix what is wrong. >> i want to assure you healthcare.gov can and will be fixed. we are working around the clock to deliver the shopping experience you deserve. we are seeing improvements each week. by the end of november the experience on the site will be smooth for a majority of use ears. >> kathleen sebelius is expected to blame private contractors for many of the problems behind the healthcare.gov website. in prepared testimony released tuesday, kathleen sebelius says some of the contractors have not met expectations. >> new rocks claim as many as 2 million americans who have -- reports claim as many as 2 million americans who have health insurance will not be able to renew their pla

but marilyn tavenner has begun her testimony. she is, again, head of the center for medicare an medicaid services. let's listen. >> and those who are not part of a group plan could go to get affordable coverage. we know that consumers are having difficulty enrolling via the marketplace website. it is important to note that the affordable care act, however, is more than just a website. it creates a new market which allows people to access quality, affordable health care. it allows them to have insurance options. it creates a pooling of consumers into statewide group plans that can spread the risk between sick people and healthy people, between young and old, and then bargains on their behalf to get them the best deal on health insurance. by creating competition where there wasn't competition before, insurers are now eager for new business and have created new health care plans with more choices. the premiums for coverage were lower than expected and millions of americans will also qualify for tax credits to make the coverage even

cms administrator marilyn tavenner apb for the house ways and means committee to discuss problems with the website and the rollout of the affordable care act. here's part of the hearing. i would like to welcome marilyn d like t -- marilyn tavenner. welcome to the committee today. i look forward to your testimony and other for to the hearing to testim really get an honest, straightforward assessment of the status of health care law. six months ago, health and humaw services secretary sebelius told stra this committee a dozen times that the administration will be law. ready october 1. we no w know the administrationus tolo was not ready and, just last t week, secretary sebelius read suggested they could have used e years to get the exchanges updm and running. week despite having three years totev get the system up and running, e years to get the system up and running, officials at the center of medicare and medicaid services, who are charged with implementing the exchanges added, and i quote, "due to a compressed time frame, the system wasn't tested enough." and frankly, three years shou

marilyn tavenner, the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services apologized for all of the problems with the site. she placed the blame on tardy contractors. that did not satisfy members of the house committee who were frustrated when tavenner would not answer some of the key questions. nancy cordes socapitol hill for us tonight. nancy. >> reporter: scott, the main thing members wanted to know was how many americans have managed to navigate this system and actually sign up for insurance. they asked her dozens of times, but she wouldn't answer. >> i want to apologize to you that the web site has not worked as well as it should. >> reporter: marilyn tavenner insisted today the obamacare web site's poor performance had nothing to do with her unwillingness to share enrollment figures. >> we will not have that until mid-november. we have people who are shopping now. we expect the initial number to be small. >> reporter: how small? tavenner wouldn't say. originally the administration had aimed to enroll half a million people in october alone. committee chairman dave ca

bill: we're waiting on this now we're minutes away from hearing from the medicare chief marilyn tavenner she is on the hot seat over the big stumbles over the obamacare rollout. then tomorrow, tavenner's boss, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, she will appear before congress. republican fred upton, is chairs the house energy and commerce committee. that is the hearing holding a hearing on sebelius tomorrow. i talked to him a short time ago. fred upton, thank you for your time today from can toll hill. what is your first question to kathleen sebellius? >> well you know, we have a ton of questions that are coming. one of the most recent developments of course the administration has known for years despite their pledge you could keep your health insurance if you liked it, it is not true. millions of americans are getting sheets of paper, the notice saying it is all over for them. i introduce legislation last night. we may see that in the house floor next couple weeks. we think it will be a bipartisan effort. the bottom line for us, all summer long, the administration, w

she is marilyn tavenner.al how many people have been able to sign up for coverage so far. no numbers yet. repeatedly saying those figures won't be able until next month. but she said she is well aware of the problems with the site and those problems will be fixed as soon as possible. >> some have had trouble creating accounts and logging into the site while others have received confusing error messages or had to wait slow response times. this initial experience has not lived up to our expectations or the expectations of the american people and it is not acceptable. >> speaking of not acceptable, cnn money has now learned that a cyber security expert found a way to hack into users' accou accounts, found a way to hack into healthcare.gov. he says it wasn't even that hard. allis allison kosik with he in new york. >> as if the obama care website didn't have enough problems already. a software tester in arizona figured out a way to hack into users' accounts. all you have to do is guess an existing user name and th

marilyn tavenner told a house intelligence committee that things are improving. her boss, kathleen sebelius, health and human services secretary will testify tomorrow. some rub licks called for kathleen sebelius to resign. >> several reports surfaced saying as many as 2 million americans have health insurance now, and won't be able to renew their plan next year. it's not what the president has been saying. as david shuster reports, these reports are becoming a practical and political headache for the white house. >> pam ae said that anybody that likes -- president obama said that anybody who likes their coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies have to make adjustments. hundreds of thousands of insurers are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to 2010. starting n year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must meet basic minimum standards called essential health standards. 10 must be covered - including doctors visits,: a plan that does not include all of these can't be offered. insurance companies are sepding cancellation

. >> reporter: republicans grilled marilyn tavenner about americans on the individual insurance market who have seen their current coverage canceled or modifieded. more than 1 million with cnn's estimate. >> you have no idea? >> reporter: as they pressed her for the number of americans unable to enroll in obama care. >> we'll have those numbers available in november. in november. we'll have those numbers available in mid-november. >>> the director of the embattled nsa defending his agency surveillance operations. general keith alexander telling members of the house and intelligence community that the u.s. has never gathered e-mail and phone of citizens in france and spain. insisting the work of the nsa is focused on keeping the american people safe. >> there has not been a mass intel here in the u.s. since 2001. that's not by luck. they didn't stop hating us. they didn't say that they were going to just forgive this. they continue to try. >> general alexander did seem frustrated or at least angry. went on to say that media outlets have misinterpreted documents that were leaked by edwar

>> you also have a woman in the thick of it, marilyn tavenner, she apologized publicly today.ake a listen. >> to shop and enroll in health care coverage, i want to apologize to you. i want to you assure you healthcare.gov can and will be fixed and we're working around the clock to deliver the shopping experience that you deserve. >> she assured the american people that the website can and will be fixed. for someone who has led hundreds of white house meetings heading up to the launch, it seems there were a number of times she and many others could warn the president about the looming problem. was this a lost opportunity or am i missing something? >> you're absolutely right. this is a setback in two respects. it undercuts confidence in the law and it's going to be used by the opponents to much broader indictments and undeserved but it is a problem. secondly, it undercuts people's confidence to get something done. let's put it into context. when we had medicare part d, president bush plan, there was a huge computer glitch when that started out. and many of the members of the rep

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. >> marilyn tavenner, the head of the cms, says it has improved the website. >> you're saying the system right now is working? >> i'm saying it's working. it's just not working at the speed we want or the success rate we want. >> but the troubled website is just one problem with the new health care law. >> the problems with obama care run deeper than just the website. >> republicans have seized on a cbs news report which shows more than 2 million americans have been told their existing insurance is being canceled because it doesn't meet the minimum standards laid out in the affordable care act. >> it's really sort of emerging as one of their biggest talking points about obama care and one of their biggest attacks. >> it's an attack secretary sebelius is sure to be questioned about later today. and more and more republicans are calling for secretary sebelius to step down or be fired. in her testimony today she does not directly talk about all the americans who are having their insurance policies canceled, but she is certain to face lots of questions from the panel today about that and a l

. >> marilyn tavenner said it had nothing to do with her failing to reveal enrollment figures. >> so what i can guarantee is we have a system that's working. we're going to improve the speed of that system. >> excuse me. >> yes. >> you're saying the system right now is working? >> i'm saying it's working. it's just not working at the speed that we want, and at the success rate that we wanted. >> having blamed the web sites flaws on delays by the main. >> jaymee: t. firm hired to build it, a canadian company called cgi, but in an apparent contra dix, she said me problems caught her off guard. >> the problems in the the first week, we attributed to volume. >> how about before october 1st. any sense at all there were going to be problems with the website? >> no, there are always going to be issues wait new website, what it would call the customary glitches that you see, but, no, not this. >> well, the web site's designers testified last week, they said the site crashed in testing two weeks before the launch date, and they said they told officials all about it. >> well, there was no apol

yesterday marilyn tavenner testified and several republican lawmakers expressed concern for existing policyholders who are losing their health care coverage. >> i want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. we know how desperately you need affordable coverage. i want to assure that you healthcare.gov can and will be fixed and we are working around the clock to deliver the shopping experience that you tee serve. >> based on what little information the admin station has disclosed, it ourns out that more people have received cancelation notices for their health care plans this month than have enrolled in the exchan exchanges. >> my constituents are frightened. they are being forced out of the health care plan that they like. the clock is ticking on the website that is broken. their health care isn't a glitch. >> president obama will be in boston, massachusetts today to speak about the affordable care act. reportedly he'll use the massachusetts health care law as an example of how obama care can succeed. >>> if recent revelations about the extent of the

the administration's first apology for the failures came tuesday, from the head of medicare, marilyn tavenner said this most problems will be fixed by the pd of november. >> america's spy chief denies reports that the nsa secretly eaves dropped on thousands in spain and france. keith alexander says they didn't conduct illegal

head of crsmed m.s., marilyn tavenner, wouldn't disclose the figures, when dave camp asked earlier this week. >> how do you not know how many people have enrolled? >> chairman camp, we will have those numbers available mid-november. >> reporter: health and human services today told us it's in no position to confirm or discuss enrollment figures because it doesn't have any. a spokesman suggested enrollment was expected to start slowly and skyrocket as the deadline approaches. >> pelley: 17 states and the district of columbia are running their own health insurance exchanges. and many of those are of appear to be working well. ben tracy found one in washington state. >> i think the important thing about washington state is that we have demonstrated the fundamental integrity and benefits of health care reform. >> reporter: washington governor jay inslee is feeling confident. in the month since his state opened its health care exchange, 49,000 people have enrolled, another 92,000 have started an application. the bar for success right now is fairly low. but washington state is getting kudos f

marilyn tavenner, who said most problems with the site should be fixed by the end of november. >> america's spy chief denies reports the nsa eavesdropped on thousands in france and spain. >> keith alexander says they conduct legal activities and makes no apology. the dire.

. >> reporter: republicans grilled marilyn tavenner about americans on the current insurance market that have seen their coverage canceled or modified. more than a million so far. >> you have no idea? >> reporter: when they pressed her for a number, she kept a script. >> we'll have those numbers available mid-november. mid-november. mid-november. mid-november. >> reporter: president obama will be in boston promoting obama care later today and competing for headlines with his health and human services secretary. he will be, kate, at faneuil hall, which mitt romney signed the massachusetts health care reform program into law. >> pretty interesting imagery. >> exactly. >>> let's move to the spyingen xadle that's rocking the nsa. testifying on capitol hill, top intelligence official said tracking foreign leaders, even allies, is a fundamental given. he said other countries absolutely spy on us. jim sciutto has been following the developments for us in washington. good morning, jim. >> incredible to see the heads of the most secretive organizations in the u.s. speaking out publicly and openly

the administration's first apology for the failures came tuesday, from the head of medicare, marilyn tavenner. she said this most problems will be fixed by the pd of november. >> america's spy chief denies reports that the nsa secretly eaves dropped on thousands in spain and france. keith alexander says they didn't conduct illegal activity, and told a house intelligence committee, that he would rather face a media bashing than give up a program that could stop a terror attack. >> one year after superstorm sandy, officials say more work is needed to rebuild. the hurricane caused $55 billion in damage. >> the dow jones hit a high on wednesday, closing up. investors are expecting the federal reserve to scale back plans in relation to the bond buy-back program. "consider this" is up next. >> one year after the superstorm sandy the eastern seaboard is still recovering. after billions were pledged for the recovery why are so many people still homeless and why has so little of the money basketbalbasketballbeenspent. >> president obama's tenure has seen it's share of controversy. how is his approval

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peppered with questions about when she'll have enrollment numbers for obamacare, marilyn tavenner stucko a script >>"we'll have those numbers in mid-november." "mid-november." "mid-november." "mid-november." >> reporter:and with that the political headknocking began -- in the hearing room where open warfare over health care has been waged for decades. a democratic congressman leaped out of his chair claiming his party worked years ago to try to improve the republican prescription drug plan-- but when it came to obamacare, the g-o-p didnt exactly return the favor. >>"the massachusetts experience was very slow initially; and it started to ramp up over time. we expect the same type of projections." >> reporter: >>how many of you stood up to do that.none no one >>"it's a false choice to say it's obamacare or nothing >>"are you serious to say alternative.we've gone through 42 votes." >>"it's a false choice to say it's obamacare or nothing >>"are you serious to say you've had a serious alternative.we've gone through 42 votes." >> reporter:up for the main event on wednesday. that's when health

marilyn tavenner, who said most problems with the site should be fixed by the end of november. >> america's spy chief denies reports the nsa eavesdropped on thousands in france and spain. >> keith alexander says they conduct legal activities and makes no apology. the director. nsa told a house intelligence committee that he would rather face a public media bashing than give up a program that could stop a terror attack. >> a year after the superstorm sandy in new jersey, more work is needed for rebuilding. $65 billion in damage was caused. the governor and mayor toured the storm-struck region. >> the dow jones hit a high on tuesday. investors are expect ght the federal reserve to delay plans to scale back the bond-buying program when it wraps up its 2-day policy meeting. those are the latest headlines. ♪ >> on america tonight, booze and bad behavior, how they play a roll arole as rapist target victims. a startling look at the hook up culture. it documen doesn't matter what . everybody does it. >> also tonight. so sorry. the >> thisinitial experience has not lived up to our expectation or the

is the fact that repeatedly we have had administration officials, whether it's the secretary, marilyn tavennern't worry. now to find out there was no end-to-end testing, they were not focused on the immigration and people are being disenfranchised and money wasted, we find that portion of it unacceptable. and i think it is going to -- it does not bode well for what is going to happen to people when they get into the system, theyñr go to the hospitals, they can't find -- >> i want to move forward. we're going toÑi get to exactly some of your issues. as we discussed with governor jindal, the obama administration now says the website is going to be up and working by the end of november. but that is only going to give people two weeks to sign up, by december 15, if their health insurance had been canceled. and a lot of people are having their health insurance canceled, which raises the question, does this whole thing -- the enrollment, the penalties, the mandate, does it need to be delayed until they get everything worked up and to give people adequate time to get on the system and to figure out w

medicare chief marilyn tavenner will testify before the house ways and means committee about wa wentalthcare.gov and whether she saw any of it coming. some democrats have now joined with republicans in calling for a one-year delay of the law's penalties for people who remain uninsured. ross, back to you. >> all right. seem ma, that story is going to run for now. have a great day there. >>> apple, profit down for the third straight period in its fiscal fourth quarter. revenue easy rose 4%, boosted by sales of the new iphone 5s and 5c. growth margins slipped, even though am sold 33.8 million iphones. analysts were hoping for a bigger sales beat after revenue margins would come in at the high end of guidance. analysts at william blair and co, thank you for joining us for now. i like the fact, it always amuses me when we get a beat. therefore, it's not a beat. anyway, that's just the way expectations work. look, what pleases you about these numbers and how big a problem is getting a partner in china? >> well, you know, you bring up an interesting point. the overall results were good. no

centers for medicare and medicaid administrator marilyn tavenner testified about that liveit on c-span3. here is a look. >> thank you, chairman camp and ranking member levin and members of the committee. we launched on october 1st one. key provisions affordable care acthe the new marketplace where people without health insurance including those who could not afford it and not part after group plan could go to get affordable coverage. we know consumers are having difficulty enrolling via the marketplace website. it is important to note that the affordable care act however is however more than just a website. it create as new market which allows people to access quality, affordable health care. it i it allows them to have insurance options. it create as pooling of consumers into statewide group plans that i can spread the riss between sick people and healthy people, between youngli and old and bargains on their behalf to give them the best deal on health insurance. by creating competition where there wasn't competition before, insurers are now eager for new business an have created new he

>>> this morning marilyn tavenner head of the division responsible for healthcare.gov rollout became the first obama administration official to testify before congress. until today tavenner had largely avoided scrutiny from republicans who have instead preferred to train their fire on her boss kathleen sebelius. >> i understand you're not publicly releasing those numbers but i'm asking, do you have any idea of on a weekly basis how many people enrolled in how do you not know how many people have enrolled? >> we'll have those numbers available mid november. >> while the sniping over the website persists in committee, republican leadership is out with a new message. we're over the website. >> the problem with obama care isn't just the website, it's the whole law. >> the bottom line is the problems with obama care run deeper than just the website. >> the problems go well beyond a flopped website. >> it is clear obama care and flaws are much more than the website. the website is the tip of the iceberg. >> this week republicans smelled blood in president obama's claim no americans would b

. >> let's start with what happened with marilyn tavenner, it was a disaster, she couldn't explain away you can keep your own costs, and explain that it is not working. she said it is working really well if we just pay attention. >> i hope what we hear tomorrow from secretary kathleen sebelius is her resignation. i would say hers is an extraordinary level of incompetent, even at the government level. it really is -- i don't think they have the same ability that private business has to perform functions. and i just imagine what would happen to the marketplace if we said to walmart, here is a $10 co-pay, the government will have insurance for your purchases at walmart. that would be a disaster. >> i guess the thing we're discussing here tonight, the president sold this to the american people one way, and now we know that as of july, 2010, they knew that there were going to be all of these americans with individual health plans that were going to lose their coverage. is that a lie, in your opinion? >> you know, 2 million people have had their policies cancelled now. in my state, 6500 peopl

this is a memo the associated press had obtained to marilyn tavenner. it says, from a security perspective, the aspects of the system that were not tested due to the ongoing development exposed a level of uncertainty that can be deemed as a high risk for the health care website for the security of people's personal information. and there was, as congressman rodgers was saying to sebelius at the hearing today, there was no end-to-end testing of the website to make sure, and there isn't as new code is being developed and add ed to make these fixes, the code itself is not being tested and there's no end-to-end testing. that is a serious problem. >> well, first of all, privacy has to be protected. people's social security numbers have to be protected in any kind of government website. we have lots of government programs in which we protect privacy. this is not rocket science. we are in an age in which we have testing that works for the medicare program, for the medicaid program, for welfare, for head start. there are lots of government programs, large-scale

national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] marilyn tavenner morning about implementing the healthcare law. we will have that live that 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. also on c-span3@1:30 p.m. eastern, the house intelligence committee will examine and essays surveillance programs. witnesses are scheduled to include the director of national , deputy attorney general james cole, and general keith alexander. in a few moments, look at today's headlines and your calls live on "washington journal." the house of representatives is back in session it 10:00 a.m. for general speeches with legislative business at noon. today's agenda includes a bill that would disapprove of the debts of an increase that was approved earlier this month. in about 45 minutes, we will focus on intelligence gathering agencies, surveillance, and the use of drones. at 8:30 a.m. eastern, we will be joined by representative bill pascrell, a member of the ways and means committee to discuss their implementation of the affordable care act. he will take your questions about reco

. >> that was marilyn tavenner.ldn't someone else be saying sorry, someone like the president or kathleen sebelius? >> this is such a washington game, right? spicer talks about there's no accountability. nobody's taking responsibility. you saw the head of cms in that video take responsibility and apologize for is today. the president has acknowledged there are problems. secretary sebelius has acknowledged there are problems. the washington game of parsing who's saying what, when, it's irrelevant to what the situation is right now which is that there's a web site. it's helping thousands upon thousands of people get health care. it's got some problems that are getting fixed. it's going to be a long-term solution to the health care crisis in this country. >> it's not that's the problem. >> there should be accountability and there absolutely is. i'm not going to take advice on go. waste when the republican party just shut down the government to the tune of $24 billion for no reason whatsoever. so i think that there has

liz: the head of the agency responsible for overseeing the troubled healthcare.gov site, marilyn tavennerr the botch rollout today but received scathing criticism from lawmakers. david: rich edison from capitol hill. rich. >> law make remembers looking for a number here. how many people could successfully enroll in the president's health care law once the exchanges went live october 1st. a number the administration refuses to give. they say they will provide a number middle of next month. this broke down to partisan fight. democrats supporting the president's health care law, republicans looking at it and number of become cats say looking back to the term of george w. bush, when congress expanded prescription drug plan, many voted against it and they were supportive once it enacted in law. and republicans when it comes to obamacare should be doing the same. >> we went back to our districts, and we told our seniors, although we voted no, we're, we personally believe and will work with the bush administration to make it work. that is what we did. and how many of you stood up to do that? non

other side of the hill, the senate health committee announced the hearing for today with chief marilyn tavenner round two. luke, tell us about secretary sebelius and the wizard of oz? >> reporter: well tour'e -- sorry, ari. you guys look so much alike and both red sox fans too, right? because kathleen sebelius is former governor of kansas, some wanted to throw out the proverbial we're not in kansas anymore wizard of oz reference. that was done by joe barton who said we were having this parallel universe like the wizard of oz because of problems with the health care rollout. you saw the reference to red solo cups by representative blackburn. then midway into a rather aggressive grilling from house republicans, take a listen. >> the president is ultimately responsible for the rollout, ultimately -- >> no, sir. we are responsible for the rollout. >> but who do you answer to? >> i answer to the president. >> right, so is the president not ultimately responsibility like a company ceo would be? >> sir, he's the president of the united states. >> it is the president's ultimate responsibility, correct?

this is a live picture and you're looking at medicare chief marilyn tavenner.ibility for the health care overhaul and was just confirmed in may, though with strong bipartisan support in the senate. she also has a long-time friendship on the republican side with eric cantor. the head of the committee says he expects her to shed some light on systemic failures. did she see the problems coming? did she tell hhs secretary sebelius? i want to bring in our company. e.j. dionne, susan page is usa today's washington bureau chief. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with who she is. i think it's interesting. she was a nurse in the e.r., she

echoes many of the comments made tuesday by centers for medicare & medicaid services director marilyn tavennere the house ways and means committee. tavenner apologized for the site's problems tuesday and said the department was working to fix them. sebelius will say the same, according to her prepared testimony. coming up on the kron four morning news. five people are behind bars this morning after an s-u-v catches fire in tiananmen square. how they are connected to the firey crash. a shortage of *wine around the global has wine lovers scrambling to scoop up their favorite wines. how it will affect production, coming up. and lawmakers from the bay area are weighing in on their thoughts about the new sugary drink tax proposal. coming up we'll hear what they have to say. residents of the six alarm fire at an apartment complex in redwood city two weeks ago are getting some help. dozens of people lost their homes.witnesses say people were screaming and running through hallways trying to get out. back in july another six- alarm fire happened just a mile away. and that fire displaced a hundred peopl

and it is to marilyn tavenner. there are inherent security risks with not having all code tested in a single environment. finally, the system requires rapid development and release of hot fixes and patches so it is not always available or stable during the duration of the testing. secondly, the security contractor has not been able to test all of the security controls in one complete version of the system. and if you look in the first part, which is most troubling at all, it says due to system readiness issues, the security control assessment was only partly completed. this constitutes a risk that must be accepted before the marketplace day one operations. so let me tell you what you did. you allowed the system to go forward with no encryption on backup systems. they had no encryption on certain boundary crossings. you accepted a risk on behalf of every user of this computer that put their personal financial information at risk because you did not even have the most basic end-to-end test on security of this system.

it was sent to marilyn tavenner, the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, signed by her in fact, essentially says that aspects of the system had not been tested as of that date, which was just a few days buff going live. it said that it exposed a level of up certainty that was high risk. said there were parts of the system that had not been fully tested. now we don't know the which security concerns they were they were specifically addressing in this memo. however, we do know in fact, that a number of questions had been sort of raised along the way. and the system again, the big question has been whether it was vulnerable to hackers. we actually have a sound bite. i think we can play it for you now where they talked a bit more about that in today's hearing >> when did you know the exchanges were going down? a month, a day, a quarter? and did you tell the president what you knew? >> sir, i was informed that we were ready to launch on october 1st. the contractors who we had as our private partners told us and told this committee that they had never suggested