nan robert gibbs says the penalty on job creators needs to go. >> robert gibbs' opinion, i don't know who his clients are or who his perspective is, but the individual mandate is part of giving people -- >> you think the employer mandate is integral and that it has to say. >> yes. >> robert gibbs has nancy pelosi drowning. it will be one. the guy just said the businessman date has to go or the woman saying the guy who says that has to go. let's go to mark zukerman, you are saying that one of the things gibbs mentioned is a relevant concern, that the employer mandate does more harm than good, right? >> it's certainly going to do a lot of harm for a lot of people. and we don't know yet what the total costs are going to be. this is a one-off kind of change that is in my jumt a mistake, we don't know how the doctors are going to respond to it. most of the doctors have no desire to participate in the program. we have no idea how to handle those with insurance policies needing to be redone. we have just seen the political side of it and not the operational side of it. >> what about the argu

. >> me, jon favreau, tommy vietor, robert gibbs and pete rouse. >> charlie: so former deputy chief of staff. the secretary -- >> yeah, he did okay. >> charlie: every time i read a piece about you, it talks about power. >> okay. >> charlie: tell me what you do. >> what i do -- so i think that the reason people think i have power is that i'm the person that everyone comes to. i have the answer for everything. >> charlie: we have been looking for you. >> all over. i think the reason people think i'm so powerful is because they don't know what i do, and that mystery, which i have kept for good reason over the years, just really intrigues people. >> charlie: it gives you power. >> exactly. but at the white house, the deputy chief of staff's job over the years has had many different permutations. i run the campus of the white house -- that includes air force one, camp david, marine one, the personnel, their 1700 full-time employees in the executive office of the president. we run the searches for cabinet secretaries, we run the president's schedule, how he uses his time, who he sees. all th

robert gibbs is right. i think you will have to tweak as written rightate. now. is knowing from business america that it is not cutting it the way it is now. anyway, guys, from a pelosi gibbs dig to selfie be ban. dan pfeiffer weighing on ortiz, samsung selfie controversy. look. >> he obviously didn't know anything about samsung's connection to this and perhaps maybe this would be the end of all selfies. neil: all right. so michelle, now they want to ban them because, overpromoting looks unseemly. this is from the same group that did everything under the sun to promote a health care law featuring everyone from lady grawe ga to -- lady gaga to lebron james. they they have had it. >> what the company did was shameless but to ban selfies. neil: samsung took this as a chance to promet its phone and products but it might be shameless but admirably shameless, so touche to samsung but go ahead and finish up. >> it is everyone's dream to take a picture with a u.s. president to ban that forever i think is little dramatic. it is unfair they would do that or even think abou

it was robert gibbs. he had worked for senator obama's campaign in illinois in 2004. they were getting the office up and running. he said, i think you might need a job. >> you said, you have been reading my mail. >> i said i would love to talk. that was the beginning. >> what did you know about barack obama? >> it is funny. i didn't know much. but since he was in the middle of a senate race, and john kerry was running for president, we crossed paths. we did an event for then candidate obama. he asked secretary kerry to do a radio call. we get this e-mail back that says, barack obama has asked jk to do a radio call. i thought, this is not how we do things. then a couple of months later, we are in boston. we are getting ready to go to the convention. we hear -- it must have been tuesday night -- we hear this speech coming from the television. the convention. it was barack obama. we couldn't believe it. because, of course, the keynote -- >> i was there. >> it was incredible. >> he was a state senator. >> it was the most incredible speech. >> you were drawn to it. >> i re

jay carney's predecessor at the podium robert gibbs. the employer mandate has been deployed twice already from the administration. now a speech in colorado and says, quote, i don't think the employer mandate will go into effect. it's a small part of the law. i think it will be one of the first things to go. obviously the idea there's going to be too need to be more major changes to this law dances on the victory lap the president had just a couple days ago about signups. that's why jay carney a few moments ago tried to shut the door on this idea. listen. >> the final rules put out in february made it clear this will be phased in next year. now having spent time at the pundits table prior to my life here, you can make predictions all the time that turn out not to be true profit of cour. >> reporter: of course the white house changing law a couple dozen times. they are saying they are not changing it definitively. >> are there republicans that would welcome abandoning the employer mandate? >> sure. there are republicans who have been comp

former white house press secretary robert gibbs predicted in a speech yesterday at a health benefits expo that the twice-delayed mandate requiring employers to either offer full-time workers insurance or pay penalties will be repealed all together. gibbs declaring to what was described as a surprised audience, quote, i don't think the employer mandate will go into effect. it's a small part of the law. i think it will be one of the first things to go. whether it would be a small change is up for debate. the nonpartisan rand corporation has calculated repealing the mandate would mean $149 billion in lost federal revenue over ten years. it would leave up to 300,000 more people uninsured, and any more uncertainty to the employer mandate will only frustrate businesses with republicans noting they have already been passing on the costs of implementation to workers. >> giving them less generous insurance, hiring fewer people or getting out of the business of providing health insurance, and none of those are good news for the average american. >> reporter: gibbs also suggest what had he calle

what i'm thinking to say, he left it open there -- i department know if robert givens -- gibbs it's a lawyer -- and man they're leaving wiggle room. you can have two different types, one of that has the strict qualifications of the president's plan, and one maybe that an option for companies to keep providing what they have that might not meet the strict requirements of that plan. in other words, an out. >> i like the idea of letting them keep provide 2008 have. the fact of the matter the vast majority of people in the employer-sponsored market are happy with the coverage they have. it's not something we have heard from the administration for four or five years so this would be a new development. at it interesting that emanuel, one of the architects, says he thinks the player sponsored healthcare is employer-sponsored health care was going away. certainly wasn't saying that when they were trying to pass the law. >> you could force the bosses to give up on insurance all together which might have been the goal all along, right? >> well, i'm not going to get into the motivations of the p

robert gibbs said wednesday the delayed dmant will never go into effect.ccording to bhenefits pro.com don't think the employer mandate will go into effect. it is a small part of the law i think it will be one of the nirpgs to go. the white house does not feel like this will happen. >> the final rule put out in february made clear it will phase out later this year. >> there will be a new deadline in the healthcare plans if you experience any delays in signing up before the deadline. >> elizabeth prann, thanks so much. >>> get ready for another late night shake up. late last night david letterman announcing he is retiring. ma marianne rafferty following that story. this was a surprise. planning to say good night to the hosting duties planning to retire when his contract expires. he said when it is. >> sometime in the not too distant future, 2015 for the love of god paul and i will be wrapping things up and taking a hike. >> he has been on the air for 32 years is the longest running tv host in late night. it comes after they ousted jay leno and brought in jim

the comments from robert gibbs alternately energized that movement to repeal the mandate or pressure the administration to delay it again. the left's campaign was in defense of it. host: if you have questions or comments for elise viebeck, of "the hill" newspaper as we talk about the future of the affordable health care act, phone lines are open -- as the folks are calling in, we showed a picture of kathleen sebelius. she will be in the senate on thursday. what are we expecting to hear from her? talking aboutl be the proposed budget from the president for 2015. these are typical hearings to see a cabinet secretary at. know, given the seven point one million figure and all of the delays and different changes we have seen to the affordable care act, lawmakers are certainly always interested in talking about this. interestingly, they don't spend much time on the budgetary issues. we are likely to see her on the hot seat again. she has interesting, and secondhand on what is to come, so we will be watching her closely. host: opening the phones, russ, you are on with elise viebeck. high, i

not go into effect. >> well, of all the things that i want to say about the affordable care act, robert gibbsion -- i don't know who his clients are or what his perspective is -- but we are celebrating the fact that we have over 7 million that have signed up, not counting the 3.1 million who are on the policies of their parents until they are 26 years old, not including over 3 million and probably closer to 5 million on medicaid, could bring ugg close to 15 million people who now have quality, affordable health care. it's really pretty exciting for those of us who made this fight, the employer mandate, individual mandate, all the -- >> you think it is integral, the employer mandate is integral and will, and has to, stay. >> this is an initiative that has strong pillars in it that relate to each other. >> to put a period on it, you cannot see supporting anything that would remove the businessman date. >> no, no, no. i mean -- i don't know why we're focusing on that. one person says one thing. 7 million people signed up. the congress of the united states wrote the bill, the members are proud of

hoyt one story that has come out is -- host: one stair that has come out is robert gibbs. what were the comments? >> guest: the employer mandate requires most employers to offer it to their employees. what robert gibbs said is i think the employer mandate is going to be the first thing to go without the law. he was saying it very important and wasn't mounting a great defense of this policy. everyone was surprised. it was picked up and was soon across the headlines because to have such a high ranking former official in the obama administration call out a part of the law that hasn't been implemented cast all kind of doubt, we wonder does he have inside information the administration is never going to implement it. and we saw nancy pelosi say no, this is a very important part of the law and there was a vacuum for democrats there, somebody needed to step in and mount a defense because if you have high ranking officials in the obama administration cast doubt on this employer mandate, it was very important for someone from the left to come in if that mandate is to survive. host:

for companies with more than 15 more than 100, that was delayed a year and a lot of people, one robert gibbs, thinks that is another thraeupg will get cast aside. the reason for having that was force companies to sign people up, give people insurance. if they don't, they pay a penalty. if that goes away -- >> that could pass by the way. gwen: i was wondering also in will on to that what happen next? when you stop and think about april 15 is ve got the next hard deadline, right? and we still don't know how many these insurance companies are going to be there for the long haul. and republicans have not given pushing back. >> we haven't even gotten to the politics. are thequestion is what premiums going to look like because they next not only the oliceman in the program but -- people in the program but the people not in the exchange and hey are the volatile group because they are the ones republicans have been talking to -- this is going to affect the healthcare i have and that is what scares them. is there any way this is not toxic to the democrats now since -- able to mobile claim a victory?

we heard from robert gibbs saying he thinks the employer mandate may never be implemented. it has been delayed twice already. it is causing a lot of the uncertainty as businesses try to figure how it will work. what can you tell us about the employer mandate and whether it will be postponed again? >> the characterization you gave is wrong. they mandate for employers was delayed in the first year. in the second year it is being phased in. employers with fewer than 50 employees are exempted. for next year we're taking that exception up to 100 employees. we are phasing it in. this is common when you're bringing a new program into place. it is consistent with what you see on the individual side. the vast majority of employers offer coverage. if you get rid of the employer responsibility entirely, you are going to increase the deficit, reduce the number of people covered and that is not the way we think we should be dealing with the affordable care act. presidentst week the committed the affordable care act it does need improvement. he said he is willing to work with democrats a

the comments from robert gibbs alternately energized that movement to repeal the mandate or pressurehe administration to delay it again. the left's campaign was in defense of it. host: if you have questions or comments for elise viebeck, of "the hill" newspaper as we talk about the future of the affordable health care act, phone lines are open -- as the folks are calling in, we showed a picture of kathleen sebelius. she will be in the senate on thursday. what are we expecting to hear from her? talking aboutl be the proposed budget from the president for 2015. these are typical hearings to see a cabinet secretary at. know, given the seven point one million figure and all of the delays and different changes we have seen to the affordable care act, lawmakers are certainly always interested in talking about this. interestingly, they don't spend much time on the budgetary issues. we are likely to see her on the hot seat again. she has interesting, and secondhand on what is to come, so we will be watching her closely. host: opening the phones, russ, you are on with elise viebeck. high, isy

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hear of these things, these delays, leak the employer mandate, former white house press secretary robert gibbs say that may not happen. i expect them this summer and that makes democrats nervous. >> it should. it's making me nervous. >> are taxpayers getting snookered? remember the 10% tanning tax that got snooki hot and bothered. o'supposed to help fund the he healthcare law. now the money is not coming in as expected and taxpayers are getting burned. another one of these things we knew it was ridiculous but is turning out to be even worse than the worse-case case scenario. >> a lot of the assumptions that went into crafting of obamacare have proven be false. we heard about one, it will get more popular over time. the law has been consistently up popular since june of 2009. there's the idea it would reduce people's premiums. of you like your halve plan and your doctor, you can keep it. it would reduce the deficit. this so-called -- the tax on tanning beds, is bringing in less than half the revenue they projected. that's a small piece of the trillion or two trillion dollars they were hoping to

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he is president obama second white house press secretary, replacing robert gibbs. prayer to his appointment, he was director of communications for vice president biden and worked as washington bureau chief for time magazine. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] you, it'smust tell unfamiliar for me to look at you from this vantage point. thank you very much for having us come here. to have an informal conversation before all of you about white house press issues, 's transformation from being a journalist to being a spokesman for the vice president and then the president. then we will take questions. the methodology we are going to we will have you write your questions down on cards. and welcome to our c-span audience watching live. it is, as i said at the top, a privilege to be here. jay, i see that you brought the magic briefing book. we will get into that in just a minute. first of all, was that your aspiration ever as a journalist to do what you do now? and when you're are presented with that opportunity come how did you weight it? and having been a repor

me, john favre row, tommy, robert gibbs and pete rouse was on the other side. >> there's the former chief> mm-hmm. we did okay. >> you sure did. >> from presidential office to the central campaign to the white house. she's one of the last remaining members of the original team. >> why do you think the president of the united states trusts you so well? >> i think over the years of decision-making and navigating some tough times, you know, your mettle is really tested and i think i proved to him that his success was my number one priority, that my hard work on his behalf wasn't self-interested, and that, you know, i had good judgment. >> there you go. that's what it's about. >> my judgment is good judgment for him. thing that it's also -- i think in life i have good judgment but in life, between the two of us, we understand each other and i understand what he's trying to do. >> reporter: in november. two were married. so what about pillow talk. >> i'm not going to light. when we come home at the end of the day, there's a lot of work talk. >> oh, really. pillow talk is about politics. >> yea

the white house pushed back wednesday against its former press secretary robert gibbs who suggested thatal. >> employer mandate. >> correct. this is an inzpant bonus question for 200 more points. gibs success ser as press secretary david carney was best known as a journalist-for-what publication. time. the answer is 'time." no penalty there. after reading a lengthy opening question, the senior indiana senator -- >> dan coats. >> that's correct. republican state senator chris mcdaniel who withdrew from a gun rights rally this week after it was reported that he would be sharing keynote -- crystal. >> thad cochran. >> that's correct. it was revealed this week that president obama's appearance on between two ferns was actually pitched to the white house -- >> bradley cooper. >> bradley cooper actually pitched it. kate 800, alex at 400, crystal with a nice recovery at 800. we have a very close game, ladies and gentlemen. it's all coming down to the final round. 54 players reduced to the final three and this comes down to the final 100 seconds. 3000-point questions here. this is the round that

currently contained in the law and today it's reported that former white house press secretary robert gibbs said, i don't think the employer mandate will go into effect. madam speaker, let's do right by america's part-time workers and by family businesses. let's pass this bill and fix this broken part of the a.c.a. that is what the american people are looking for. that is what we should do. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized. ms. jenkins: thank you, madam chair. i'd like to yield one minute to the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. walorski. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized for one minute. mrs. walorski: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in support of the save american workers act. obamacare redefines full-time employment as 30 hours per week rather than the traditional 40 hours per week and mandates that any business with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees must provide health insurance. if these businesses do not provide insurance, they face a t