now we're going to hear from peter lee of cover california. peter, welcome. >> great. good morning, great to be joining you and my colleagues from across the nation. i'm going to try to hit quickly the major points that susan queued up at the beginning and run through them. a lot of my points will echo remarks you've heard from rhode island, kentucky, district of columbia. first, how are we doing? partway through, we're now two-thirds of the way through open enrollment. we have a lot of data on the first three months and some on the last couple weeks. how we're doing is we have a lot of interest and a lot of enrollment. so in california, we've seen about 1.1 million people enroll. newly eligible in medical, about 600,000. or in cover california's exchange products, about 500,000. of our enrollment in the covered california exchange, we've actually seen 85% of them being subsidy eligible. 15% not eligible for subsidies. but, remember, a lot of people don't need to shop in our exchanges if they are getting a subsidy and we don't care where they shop. we'll look forward t

now we're going to hear from peter lee of cover california. peter, welcome. >> great. good morning, great to be joining you and my colleagues from across the nation. i'm going to try to hit quickly the major points that susan queued up at the beginning and run through them. a lot of my points will echo remarks you've heard from rhode island, kentucky, district of columbia. first, how are we doing? partway through, we're now two-thirds of the way through open enrollment. we have a lot of data on the first three months and some on the last couple weeks. how we're doing is we have a lot of interest and a lot of enrollment. so in california, we've seen about 1.1 million people enroll. newly eligible in medical, about 600,000. or in cover california's exchange products, about 500,000. of our enrollment in the covered california exchange, we've actually seen 85% of them being subsidy eligible. 15% not eligible for subsidies. but, remember, a lot of people don't need to shop in our exchanges if they are getting a subsidy and we don't care where they shop. we'll look forward t

they're welcome, and i will work with every carrier who wants to come in. >> we just want to give peter leea chance to comment on this question, as well. peter? >> yeah, somewhat different philosophy. we actually told the plans a year ago that if they wanted to be part of the individual marketplace, to step up and play first year around and not stand by the sidelines. we're not letting plans that were not previously in the marketplace come in next year. the plans that are in want to stay. the one exception is medical plans, plans in the medicaid market can potentially come in, obviously medi-cal extension is a big deal. all of the plans with covered california are really recognizing that this is a long-term play, and are looking at things like benefit design. how do we improve the benefits? but really how do we learn what's happening over the first two years to do then substantial benefit design changes not next year but the year after? so the plans are recognizing with us that this is not a short-term play. but rather one that we need to actually base our growth, and changes for consumers

and now we're going to hear from peter lee. peter, welcome. >> good morning. great to be joining you and my and agues from all cross won through them. -- yeah, she's -- we're 2/3 of the way through open enrollment. we have a lot of data on the first three mops and some of the last couple of weeks. how we're doing this, we have a lot of interest and a lot of enrollment. so in california, we've seen out 1.1 million people enroll, newly eligibility. about 500,000. our enrollment the cupboard california is very strange. 've seen 85% of them being , t remember a lot of people and we don't care where they shop. ook forward to sharing data on enrollment. that's one of the stories that having bnt talked about. americans are benefiting from guaranteed issue coverage, our benefit from essential benefits. a couple of other things on the numbers and then talk about what they mean is prep. t's a big state. it's 30,000 people enrolled. november about 80,000. december 400,000 people enrolled. in portland called. ut in the first two weeks of january. that means the first two

district, they are welcome and i will work with every carrier that comes in. >> we want to give peter lee a chance to comment on this question as well. peter? >> yes. it is a somewhat different philosophy. we told the plans a year ago if they want to be part of the individual marketplace to step up and not stand by the sidelines. letting plans that were not in the marketplace reviews the common next year. the one exception is medi-cal plans. medi-calaid -- the market can come in. this is potentially of a deal. the plansences with in covered california are recognizing this is a long-term play and are looking at things like benefits, how do we improve the benefits, but really haven't we learn what is happening over -- reallytwo years how do we learn what is happening over the first two years? the plans are recognizing with us that this is not a short-term play. we need to pace our growth and the changes for consumers are based on information. question just a quick about narrow networks. as we heard from audrey in kentucky, there was the sense that the networks were too narrow, at least for

. >> reporter: peter lee is the executive director of covered california.n enrollment began in october they did not have enough spanish-speaking counselors and the translation on the web site was incorrect. you have been planning this for years. how hard is it to translate into spanish this web site? >> you need to get technical issues done right, it isn't that simple, but we have been ramping up the last year by making sure doing focus groups, reviewing our material and having spanish speakers at the table. speakers at the table and we've been doing it and we'll keep on doing that. >> i'm ready to make the payment. it would be $233 a month. >> reporter: nora castellano tried to enroll online for months. errors in the system would not give her credit for the federal subsidy. >> i've been ready to make the payment since a week ago. >> reporter: she got help enrolling at this clinic in pasadena. assistance efforts like this helped sign up 45,000 latinos in january. their goal is to enroll another 145,000 by march 31. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> pelle

who's the executive director of have peter lee who's the executive individuals and small businesses.hw8qreúi=c8v that was thewe ceoe health. welcome to allm1a of you. we're going to start with an over viewe from healther howard, state-based health insurance exchanges. johnson 0o@:hujz for yourvdvdík for bringing us together today to talk about early lessons. !b0c so what are we seeing? >> we're seeing enrollment isjy outpacing the enrollment,z3s/f e marketplace. that's because most of the system glitches have been workeñ vlpñ based marketplace. we're also seeing we're seeing for more robust consumer assistance in those state based3 marketplaces. and medicaid. it's worth noting there is a success story in five states, this is just early on, that been doing what we call fast tracka$nj9Ñq[/&ée4 expedited er medicaid. oregon, forxp example, despiteáw their own going change to enroll 121,000 people into medicaidee. we're seeing that plan choice varied by state level acros38wx; 6júc what it locks like in their states. overall, we're seeing that 80% are choosing silver or higher level. and

. >> reporter: covered california executive director peter lee says he's pleased with the overall enrollment numbers in the exchange so far, more than 600,000, but he acknowledges they got off to a slow start with the latino community. >> like many of the exchanges around the country, our customer service has not been great, but we're doing a lot of things to improve it. this affordable care act is brand new, this is the first open enrollment in history, were learning a lot as we go to make sure we get as many latinos enrolled. >> the covered california board does not have a representative currently on the board that either is of latino descent, or understands how to market this population, and i think that has been the reason why they have failed at reaching latinos. >> reporter: state senator norma torres, who represents a predominantly latino district near los angeles, believes the agency's problems go way beyond their marketing efforts. she says the customer service for primarily spanish speaking californians has been, well, awful. >> what i believe has been a major obstacle that this gr

and joining us on the line by phone from california we're happy to have peter lee who's the executive director of covered california, a sacramento-based insurance exchange and these states insurance exchange for small businesses. he formerly served as the deputy director of the center for medicare and medicaid innovation at cms where he helped shape initiatives to implement higher quality care at lower costs. he also served as the director of delivery system reform at the federal health and human services offices of health reform and before that was the ceo of the pacific business group on health and executive director of the center for health care rights. so welcome to all of you. we're going to start with an overview from heather howard, setting the stage for what we have seen to date in the state-based health insurance exchanges. so health, welcome. >> thank you. thank you susan. thank you to the robert wood johnson foundation for your work on expanding coverage. i have a few slides to talk about some of the key takeaways. so what are we seeing? despite the rocky start, we've seen

>>:peter lee with the fbi in san francisco says briggs was recently arrested in bozeman montana for assaulting a woman and a police officer. but he escaped. he had a one-way ticket to washington d.c. with that vote which point we believe he probably back into the bay area and a few months and you spot last week. we're hoping is someone in the community can let us know where he is today. the fbi is working with the >>: u-s marshall's services to track briggs down. a man who goes by many different aliases. including kevin bacon, zenon meismer and aimee macintire people have to be aware that the has worked in the hotel business before literally he could be right at the front door. we don't need to scare people out but we just want to alert to the live >>:investigators say briggs has a sunburst tatoo around his right nipple, a tatoo in his armpit and another on his lower lip. he also has a double piercing on his bottom lip, a bellybutton piercing and pierced ears. and up to $10,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction. at the fbi headquarters in san fr

as we said to peter lee, the united states will continue to encourage north korea to choose a better path. we remain committed to a diplomatic solution, a dramatic solution based on authentic and credible associations, leading clearizationdenu actions. the united states is prepared to its north korea change course. it is prepared to sit down to negotiate and government commitment they have made. pyongyang must move its seriousness to take meaningful steps to show it has an intention to abide by its respecton, international law, and engage in authentic negotiations. finally, and this may be considered our bottom line -- korea by its north actions and not by its words. this is more than a talking point. it is in a nutshell the prudent lesson of the years of dealing with the dprk, which i spoke about earlier. the challenge before us is clear. north korea inmate 2013 2013nced -- in may announced a policy to pursue construction and the growth of its forces. for the past two decades it can be argued pyongyang has pursued a policy that sought itsomic gains while dodging ncuclear obligations

i've reached out to our cover california executive director, peter lee, and asked him to make sure that we enroll every single eligible californian. with only eight weeks left for open enrollment, i am making it my top priority that every qualified resident of my 46th congressional district is given the opportunity to enroll, and i strongly encourage all of my fellow colleagues to do the same. to make good on the promise of quality and affordable health care, it's not enough to educate. we must make sure everybody is enrolled. and i give back the rest of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. castor: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. castor: madam speaker, i rise to urge the republican leadership here in the house to immediately take up the bill to provide flood insurance relief to millions of americans across the country and to develop a long-term solution for the flood insurance trust fund. last wee

. >> 80-year-old fill meana lee, a young unwed mother by the church forced to give up her baby. the vatican invited her to st. petersilling the hand of the leader of the faithful. >> a pleasure to meet you. >> we were right there to witness an ending not even hollywood could write. fitting since fill meana is now known around the world from the oscar nominate movement issy bearing her name. >> a very long time ago when you were 18 years old, could you have imagined? >> could i have imagined meeting the pope one day. >> reporter: a movie about your life. >> no way. >> reporter: in the film she is played by judi dench. fill meana was just 18 when she gave birth to a son in an irish home for unwed mothers. >> after you had your baby, you had to stay mcfadden, abc news, vatican city. >> takes a very big person to forgive. >> such a devastating experience. her son was three years old when he was given up for adoption bit church. whisked away to the united states. she didn't see him grow up. missed out on his whole childhood and see willingiin se up. >> i'm glad she found peace. >>> american idol clay aiken, can he transl

lee's lanes from three to two. chief engineer peterge down to only one lane. that's, quote, if needed. and friday, september 6, according to testimony from both durando and fulton, the director of the bridges, tunnels, and terminals department, wildstein directs them to go ahead with the test. he has a condition that they not inform officials in ft. lee. supposedly because talking to them about the sudden change would taint the experiment. on sunday, september 8, wildstein e-mails him to say he will be right there at the bridge. he will be there to view this new lane test. the traffic monday morning was predictably slow and jammed. the initial reaction from the locals was swift. matthew bell e-mails baroni that ft. lee mayor mark sokolich is calling about, quote, an urgent matter of public safety in ft. lee. baroni forwards that e-mail to wildstein who replies simply, radio silence. 11:24 a.m., port authority staffer tina latto e-mails that a ft. lee council administrator is calling to say police are having problems responding to calls

lee never imagined this moment back in 1952. a young unwed mother forced by the church to give up her baby. the vatican invited her to st. petersor mass. this woman with much faith touching the hand of the leader of the faithful. >> a pleasure to meet you. >> reporter: we were right there to witness an ending not even hollywood could write. fitting since philomena is now known around the world from the oscar nominated movie bearing her name. >> a very long time ago when you were 18 years old, could you have imagined? >> could i have imagined meeting the pope one day? >> reporter: a movie about your life. >> no way. no way. >> reporter: in the film she is played by judi dench. >> i did love him, you know. >> reporter: philomena was just 18 when she gave birth to a son in an irish home for unwed mothers. >> after you had your baby, you had to stay in the abbey for four years in order repay the sisters for taking you in. i kept what happened to me buried away for 15 years. >> reporter: she is not alone. an estimated 16,000 unmarried irish catholic women were forced to give up their babies. those records are still largely unavailab

they are a-changing. 80-year-old philomena lee could never have imagined this moment back in 1952 when she was a young unwed mother being here in st. peter'sare invited by pope francis to mass. this woman of unceasing faith touching the hand of the leader of the faithful. >> i'm very happy to meet you. >> reporter: it's an ending not even hollywood could write fitting since philomena is known around the world from the oscar nominated movie bearing her name. >> very long time ago when you were 18 years old could you have imagined? >> could i have imagined meeting the pope one day. >> reporter: having a movie made about your life? in no, no way. no way. no way would i ever have imagined it. >> reporter: her life story now played out on film by none other than dame judi dench. >> in trouble or in prison or goodness knows where. >> action. >> reporter: as the movie so wrenchingly portrays, philomena was just 18 and unmarried when she gave birth to a son in an irish home for unwed mothers run by an order of nuns. she was forced to give him up three years later. she hid her secret for 50 years. >> 50 years and i think -- >> reporter: despite wha

lee. the white house says the president will order new fuel efficiency standards for trucks, once again raising questions about his use of executive power. peter doocy outside of the white house with more on this. peter? >> reporter: jenna, the president literally bypassed congress in his motorcade on his way to a safeway grocery store distribution center 30 minutes away in upper marlboro, maryland. when he is getting there he will be told the that epa and department of transportation that they have got until the end of march 2016 to come up with new fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks, 18 wheelers, big vans and big pickups for mod kel years 2018 and beyond. the first set of these similar standards for model years 2014 to 18, cost companies combined $8 billion to implement. the administration says it will save them $50 billion over time and the white house says by 2018 these new standards are going to save the owners of new 18 wheelers $73,000 over the course of each truck's life. the white house now also highlighting environmental benefits, just like the president did in his state of the union address. >> when we rescued our automakers

they are a-changing. 80-year-old philomena lee could never have imagined this moment back in 1952 when she was a young unwed mother being here in st. peter'sare invited by pope francis to mass. this woman of faith touching the hand of the leader of the faithful. >> i'm very happy to meet you. >> reporter: it's an ending not even hollywood could write fitting since philomena is known around the world from the oscar nominated movie bearing her name. >> very long time ago when you were 18 years old could you have imagined? >> could i have imagined meeting the pope one day. >> reporter: having a movie made about your life? in no, no way. no way would i ever have imagined it. >> reporter: her life story now played out on film by none other than dame judi dench. >> in trouble or in prison or goodness knows where. >> action. >> reporter: as the movie so wrenchingly portrays, philomena was just 18 and unmarried when she gave birth to a son in an irish home for unwed mothers run by an order of nuns. she was forced to give him up three years later. she hid her secret for 50 years. >> 50 years and i think -- >> reporter: despite what she went through