>> mele kalikimaka. >> i would like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan truth telling group politifact when it said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your health care plan you can keep it? related to the health care problems we have seen over the past year, the fallout from that seems to be making democrats particularly in the senate a little rambunctious and independent of you, evidenced most clearly in the debate over iran sanctions. it looks like senate majority leader harry reid has expedited consideration of iran sanctions bill for january, even as your administration and you have been

>> mele kalikimaka.nd we hope you have a great new year, as well. >> we begin with an update on what you might have missed while you were busy with those awkward political discussions with your family over christmas dinner. president obama yesterday took a break from hiking and golfing with family and friends to sign the bipartisan budget deal that was actually passed by congress before everyone left town for the holiday break. now while the deal is no grand bargain, it does decrease the chance of a government shutdown over the budget for nearly two years. but don't forget, the next debt ceiling fight is just around the corner. however, something that's not prevented in that budget is the loss of long-term unemployment benefits, which will expire tomorrow for 1.3 million unemployed americans. as the progressive advocacy group americans united for change made clear in a newly released political ad, the failure to help extend benefits is like a lump of coal in the stockings of the unemployed. >> to the 1.3

>> mele kalikimaka. >> i would like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan truth telling group politifact when it said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your health care plan you can keep it? related to the health care problems we have seen over the past year, the fallout from that seems to be making democrats particularly in the senate a little rambunctious and independent of you, evidenced most clearly in the debate over iran sanctions. it looks like senate majority leader harry reid has expedited consideration of iran sanctions bill for january, even as your administration and you have been trying to get them to lay off sanctions? >> you are stringing a bunch of things along. let us see if we can have a question? >> that is a lot less than henry had. [laughter] >> i thought we were trying to get along. [laughter] >> how about i separate out the iran question from the health care question? on the health care question, i think i have answered several times -- this is a new iteration of it. bottom line is that we are going to continue to work every s

>> mele kalikimaka. >> i would like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan truth telling group politifact when it said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your health care plan you can keep it? related to the health care problems we have seen over the past year, the fallout from that seems to be making democrats particularly in the senate a little rambunctious and independent of you, evidenced most clearly in the debate over iran sanctions. it looks like senate majority leader harry reid has expedited consideration of iran sanctions bill for january, even as your administration and you have been trying to get them to lay off sanctions? >> you are stringing a bunch of things along. let us see if we can have a question? >> that is a lot less than henry had. [laughter] >> i thought we were trying to get along. [laughter] >> how about i separate out the iran question from the health care question? on the health care question, i think i have answered several times -- this is a new iteration of it. bottom line is that we are going to continue to work every s

>> mele kalikimaka. >> i would like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan truth telling group politifact when it said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your health care plan you can keep it? related to the health care problems we have seen over the past year, the fallout from that seems to be making democrats particularly in the senate a little rambunctious and independent of you, evidenced most clearly in the debate over iran sanctions. it looks like senate majority leader harry reid has expedited consideration of iran sanctions bill for january, even as your in a stray shin and you have been trying to get them -- as your administration and you have been trying to get them to lay off sanctions? >> you are stringing a bunch of things along. let us see if we can have a question? >> that is a lot less than henry had. [laughter] >> i thought we were trying to get along. [laughter] >> how about i separate out the iran question from the health care question? i the health care question, think i have answered several times -- this is a new iteration of it.

mele kalikimaka. looking back at the year, i would like to ask you about your reaction to the group , when they said the lie of the year was you saying if you like your health care you can keep it. the fallout from that seems to be democrats a little rambunctious and independent of you. most clearly in the debate over the iranian sanctions. they reid had expedited iranian sanctions bill for january, and you have been trying to get them to lay off sanctions. >> you're stringing a bunch of things along here. hone in on a question. [laughter] out thebout i separate iran question from the health care question? thate health or question care question, i have answered several times, the bottom line continuee are going to to work every single day to make sure that implementation of the health care law and the website and all elements of it, including the grandfather clause work better every civil day. pressaid in previous conferences, we're going to make mistakes, and were going to have intentions have been c

>> mele kalikimaka. >> i would like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan truth telling group politifact when it said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your health care plan you can keep it? related to the health care problems we have seen over the past year, the fallout from that seems to be making democrats particularly in the senate a little rambunctious and independent of you, evidenced most clearly in the debate over iran sanctions. . .

. >> a belated mele kalikimaka. it's stretching the deadline. tuesday was the drop dead deadline for which you can sign up for coverage if you wanted it january 1st. they will judge on a case by case basis. they were unable to enroll because the problems with the website. consider the wave and exactly what it looked like. 20,000 enrollments and close to 26,000 on monday alone. in california between friday and monday, more than 100,000 enrollments. roughly equal to the number they had in the months of october. a lot of pressure to have to process hundreds of thousands of enrollments in a short period of time. they have to make sure they have it by the start of the year. a lot of people are concerned they haven't receiveda form of confirmation and insurance cards. some described to me like this. january is going to be a very difficult month. consumers are going to need to be patient. one thing that can help you be proactive and reach out and make sure you pay your premium. they you may be able to pay that until january 10th and to make sure you an