. >> i want to bring in abc news political director rick klein now. no one wants to relive that campaign of a year ago, but romney went further, saying the president wasn't telling the truth. the irony, the president was just in boston, wasn't he, thinking this would be welcoming territory for this health care plan. >> that's right. that's what makes this a biting critique. it is that context. just a few days ago, president obama went to romney's home state, the very place romney signed his own health care law, to argue that governor romney's plan worked. but romney's making clear, he will not let romney care be used to bail out obama care, whether or not he was the inspiration for it. >> flashbacks. making me sweat all over again. rick klein tonight, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and to cairo now. where secretary of state john kerry is visiting for the first time. it will be a tense week ahead there. of course, we all remember the image of former president hosni mubarak behind a cage in that courtroom, being tried for allowing protesters in tahrir

the roundtable set to weigh in on this after this from rick klein. >> reporter: the biggest moment inve over justin bieber, sorry prince george, you can't top the obamas. in tweet-craze washington, iowa senator chuck grassley. you think of your average twitter -- i don't think a senator such as you come to mind. >> i'm 80 years old. >> constituents ask -- >> tough talk. sure? tough to understand? oh, yeah. >> reporter: then there's the family mouse time he informed the public about that thud he just heard on an iowa road. >> we hit a deer. well, in iowa, you hit a deer and you assume it's dead. >> reporter: all 100 senators have twitter accounts, as well as 97% of house members. and 49 of 50 governors. twitter has launched careers, as with corey booker and it's ended them. >> today i'm announcing my resignation from congress. >> reporter: when marco rubio took an awkward swig of water on national television, his team knew the perfect response. they use twitter as an early warning sign and a valuable outlet. >> one of the most important ways to get your message out. >> reporter: especi

abc news political director rick klein joins us now. rick, tell us more about this legal battle as an attorney i'm very fascinated by it and should the white house be worried? >> this gets to the heart of the first amendment. because, what you have here are individuals who own companies and because of religious objections they feel like they should not be forced to offer contraception coverage. birth control as part of the health plans that they offer. we know that religious institutions have that exemption. the question is whether corporations can have that same because of the religious beliefs of their owners. fascinating to see if the first amendment right to free speech we have seen extended to corporations, extend to religion. what's the supreme court is going to decide. cuts to the heart of a key provision of the obama healthcare law. >> talk to us about the political impact. this is hardly the distraction that the obamacare administration wants to see at this point. people up in arms about their religious freedom as americans to e

abc news political director rick klein joins us. nice to see you, rick.bers mean? >> they are abyss mall. they are horrible. they are really truly awful. this is critical for the whole law. enough people to to sign up for the law for the work. obama administration 500,000 for month one. we are 20% of the way there the problem is

abc news political director rick klein joins us. nice to see you, rick.t do these numbers mean? >> they are abyss mall. they are horrible. they are really truly awful. this is critical for the whole law. enough people to to sign up for the law for the work. obama administration 500,000 for month one. we are 20% of the way there the problem is

abc's rick klein is here to talk about that next. >> it's a siz ling question. does tom's fix really fix anything. abc political director rick cline joins us. feenk, rick what's the word on it. i think he may be o for 2 on the politics had you 39 democrats today bucking the white house on this bills need to veto. on the policy. if you the key if you liked your plan. you still can't say that with a straight face because several offer those not the federal government. it's not obamacare's fault. but he won't be able to say you definitely get to keep the coverage you have. >> what do you think the reaction from the white house is tonight. >> yesterday was the fix. they had the vote today. are they like high fiving and dodged a bullet or are they freaked out? what do you think? >> i think they are happy to have congress out of town and have the weekend here. they had to pull off the band-aid with what they talked to the president said and extraordinary series of admissions about and the apologies that came kind of every few minutes during that hour. but i think now t

abc news political director rick klein joins us. nice to see you, rick. and what do these numbers mean? >> they are abyss mall. they are horrible. they are really truly awful. this is critical for the whole law. enough people to to sign up for the law for the work. obama administration 500,000 for month one. we are 20% of the way there the problem is the web site isn't even working right now. you would have to pick up the pace substantially. the number you cited about 20 something thousand so far. they need to see 46,000 every day between now and the end of open enrollment -- at the end of march just to get to the target number from the congressional budget office of 7 million. the web site can only handle about half that traffic at any given moment. hard to see how they can make up that ground fast enough with the web site working. >> today with the conference call with secretary sebelius. you were on it. did she say who made up these 106,000 people? obviously if it's the young and healthy, we want those. see people older tend to draw more money than the

abc news political director rick klein joins us. your current colleague and mygii former colleague giving the. press secretary a grilling today. >> it was something else. specifically on this, we sawmo an internal memo from the white house that said theyithis knew this was an issue. they knew sending people to the telephones or to an in person call center, working with a navigator would stillu put you through the same bottleneck. everybody is in the same pew. you have to end up on health care .gov. >> so if you want to apply for obamacare you can go to the website, theoretically, fill out an application or call on the phone, but all of the information goes to one hub and that one hub thenan determines whether you are eligible for a subsidee for instance. that's the one hub, and thatnc is not as far as we can tell not working effectively. you are lined up in that cue. >> you can apply in different ways, but the only way toonly obtain the coverage and find out what options you are eligible for is through health .gov. the website we kn

ick klein is following that good morning, rick. >> reporter: john and diana, a startling admission fromlaunch f the healthcare.gov website, they are still identifying new issues with the website's functionality, in aiin func dee omty, in aiin of the quick fixes on tway 1 o whatith inal website that undu ver be t eemr, deadline for tho me t ti, ice or tho me compan saying it's tr th house ttnd ent period. not enough people are able to get online and get that health care. ls eonlno >> thank you. >>> gay riate the senate approved a bipartisan proposal that prohibits workplace discrimination against gay, trssen among those voting against the measure was republican dan coates of indiana. he said it would force employers to violate their religious believes. bodynd ul it is vital fo country's long-standing rig >> when you say something is wrong and it shouldn't be done, that sends a powerful message to prevent discrimination in the - >> the history-making effort will likely end with the senate vote. house speaker john boehner said the law is not needed and has no plans to bring up for consider