mr. podesta approached the chief of staff and suggested to him that mr. odesta shouldn't work on the policymaking process related to the keystone pipeline. the reason for that, there are a couple of reason. versus this is appalled process that -- mr. podesta's coming to work at the white house, not the status. the second thing is this is a policy process that's been in place for several years now, and having him into the process at the very end, or new the very end doesn't seem to be the best way to carry out the process and to move across the finish line. the third thing, and this is, this is important, too. and it relates to your question. his views on this are well known. but there are people who have on this for a number of years and who are looking at this from a variety of perspectives and want to make sure that this policy outcome reflects the president's views and can't approach it in an impartial way. the comments and views of mr. podesta as express have been done without the benefit of or without the reality of him working directly for the presid

mr. podesta nearly 65, and are said to be able to speak candidly to him, much like party elders. o have far more experience, washington experience, than mr. obama. so this is a case, maybe, of a gray beard coming in to steady an administration that's a little shaky? >> possibly. john podesta is certainly a washington insider. he has great connections both from his nonprofit which has been able to be successful because of those connections but also through the relations he established under the clinton administration. someone who has connections where the president doesn't that he could reach out and maybe help particularly moving forward in the pr campaign to try to make the affordable care act look a little bit better. jon: we'll see if they get a steady hand on the tiller. thanks for coming in. jenna: new concerns for obamacare this hour, a brand new survey showing that less than two weeks before a very critical deadline, most americans still have more questions than answers when it comes to the controversial law. our kate rogers is a foxbusiness.com reporter and joins us more o

mr. fix it john podesta who ran back in 2008 when he was first elected.ing to the white house in a title called counselor. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent, political director, and the host of "the daily rundown" on msnbc. gentlemen, thank you. what's wrong with the white house structure? i think there is something and there's a lack of a chain of command. a kind of a regimental thing where everybody does their job or they're out and it's enforced by a tough chief of staff. i don't see that. i see a lot of floaters and presidential favorites. now i see more added with titles like counselor. does he need more counselors? or does he need a chain of command that's clear and strong? >> you single out an issue that some others have been concerned about. are there going to be too many chiefs here? too many people who among staff think of themselves as principals among the staff a little bit? not necessarily get it done people. that's not been an issue with mcdonough. he is considered if there's a critique of him internally it's he gets involv

mr. fix it or democrats hope he is. john podesta did wonders for president clinton after the whole monica lewinski mess. the white house is hiring him as a top adviser. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on what he makes of all of this. senator, good to have you. >> i don't think albert einstein could fix the obamacare problem. their problem is the substantive obamacare and how it's impacting america in all kinds of negative ways. >> even president clinton said give this four or five months, we'll get this up and running, people will forget about this. what do you think of this? >> they'll get the web site fixed but the problem is, if people like their healthcare and can keep it, and they were told by the president they can keep her health care, they can keep their doctor. not true. this can't possibly work. sooner or later they'll fix the web site, but you have the substance of the problem. over a trillion dollars of impact on the providers of health care, cuts to hospitals and hospice and nursing homes, tax -- excuse me -- tax

podesta as the president's senior counselor. the obama team is revealing its true colors here. mr. it compared republicans to the jones town cult. remember that one? 900 people died. he compares that to republicans. podesta's outrageous comment is a foretaste what to come, political thuggery. nothing amateurish about that with fidelity's guaranteed one-second trade execution, we route your order to uto 75 market centers to look for the best possible price -- maybe even better than you expected. it's all part of our goal to execute your trade in one second. i'm derrick chan of fidelity investments. our one-second trade execution is one more innovative reason now get 200 free trades when you open an account. stuart: good morning, everyone. moments from now we bring you the home sale numbers. a lot riding on this including the value of your home. and governor huckabee will be here. how many democrats will cave under pressure from the disastrous obamacare? and an e-cigarette guy responds to the new restrictive rules. on the affluenza excuse that is rapidly backfiring. and the man who wr

mr. nice guy, if it ever existed, is over for this administration. i mean, john podestaaid, you know, i think this administration needs to take on congress, needs to go around congress when possible, that it's sort of a realization that congress is not going to get more democratic in these mid the terms, that they will have to, if they want anything from their agenda implement that had they will really have to go around congress to get done. i think it's setting up nasty fights for the next three years. >> what are you hearing on the hill? >> interesting, republicans were very upset. >> legitimately upset? >> always hard to tell especially when the criticism happens on twitter. there's a lot of snark there as well but i think a spokeswoman, spokesman for speaker john boehner hit back at podesta and said, listen in, the white house is constantly complaining about tea party rhetoric why are we hearing this out of you, so i think we should look at how podesta handled the crisis. immediately got out in front of it and apologized on twitter, a sign of his effectiveness and wh