>> michelle snider. >> michelle snider is the one responsible for this debacle. >> well, excuse me, congresswoman. michelle snider is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. >> so this news comes at administration is touting its latest signup numbers. how big of a role did she play with the website? >> reporter: good evening. as the chief operating officer, she was in charge of supervising the whole rollout of healthcare.gov. and as you heard in that testimony from kathleen sebelius, she stated her name, but in a statement from the cms administrator, we learned that snider had, as you mentioned, planned to retire a year ago, stayed on in order to continue helping with the rollout. they talked about her long career as a public servant, 41 years as a public servant. and in that statement from staffen staff she called her a key member with a formidable work ethic and stressed the idea that she was planning to leave. she is leaving for personal reasons. >> new obamacare enrollment numbers? what's the good news and the bad news for the administration? >> reporter: well, t

. >> reporter: daniel snider of stanford university says the north korean move defies logic. north korea has been trying to encourage the growing travel entry industry, but the u.s. state department issues warnings to americans about traveling there. in palo alto, don knapp, kpix5. >> north korea has detained at least six americans since 2009. >>> at least eight people are confirmed dead tonight after a police helicopter slammed into a crowded pub in glasgow, scotland. more than 100 people were in the pub listening to a band at the time. witnesses reported seeing the chopper drop like a rock out of the sky. and a huge plume of dust rise after it hit the pub. >> i heard an explosion. i had no idea a helicopter was involved. the explosion stopped me in my tracks. >> three of the dead were on board the helicopter and it could be days before the wreckage is removed. >>> and four people died when a commuter plane crashed in western alaska. among the dead, a baby boy. the plane went down in friezing rain last night. a survivor walked a mile for help after trying to revive the baby.

snider wants to wait to see how the bankruptcy process plays out before he decides whether the state can give aid to property the city. we know that and will see if the state stops up. >> scott cohn, thanks for your reporting. >>> despite the dire outlook, what it spawn sd a lynch pin of the economic recovery. sales of cars and light trucks last month rose to the highest level since february of 2007 on pace now to move nearly 16.5 million units for the year. big gains for detroit's big three. general motors say 14% increase thanks to tahoe and sierra and ford sales up 7% a boost from the ford fusion sedan and the f 150 pickups and chrysler rose 16% on sales of damage rom pickups and the jeep grand cherokee. phil lebeau joins us from chicago with more on what drove those number sales so much higher. phil, a lot of auto makers ran black friday promotions this year. did they really help? >> huge help, tyler. it wasn't just on black friday, that's a big draw. it was through the whole weekend almost every auto maker today said we had huge numbers this weekend, that's why we saw strong sal

. >> the first one is laurie snider, 50 years old from indiana.or as long as she can remember because she doesn't know what else to do with it. she begged us to help her find a flattering new style. let's listen to her story. >> how adorable is this mommy/daughter combo. we're so excited. i love your sign, hey jill, my mom needs a make-over. she hasn't stopped bouncing. so tell me why. >> oh, my gosh. my mom is so excited. she has not done anything with her hair or makeup for the longest time and i cannot wait to see what you guys are going to do with her. >> we are going to chop off her hair and make it one color. are you ready? >> i think so. >> so that can be a traumatic change. >> this is big. >> this is going to be big. >> she's here with her husband rick and their daughter. guys, are you ready? keep your blindfolds on. here is laurie -- >> she can't tell if you're talking to them. >> here's laurie before. all right. laurie, let's see the new you. >> oh, my gosh! >> all right. all right, guys. all right take off your blindfolds. >> wow. >> di

joining me editor for the wire eric snider and jamal simmons policy analyst for national employment law project jack temple and senior writer for "politico" magazine glen thrush. joining us democratic congressman from minnesota's fifth district keith eleison. congressman, always great to have you on the program. >> thank you, alex. >> no better day from today. you just came from a protest what group of fast-food workers making the case for an increase in the minimum wage. tell us what these workers want and why. >> these workers want better pay. many of the workers i was with worked for contractors who held federal contracts. so in fact the united states government funds more low wage workers than mcdonald's or walmart combined. so we're asking for something specific from the president, the president we may not get much through congress with the republican majority but can he sign an executive order which would order these folks who have federal contracts pay a livable wage. we think that's reasonable to do. i delivered a letter to him to that effect yesterday. his speech was awesome bu