health and human services secretary sylvia burwell saw firsthand as she toured several enrollment centers in the d.c. area. washington state's health care exchange had to shut down for a few hours. there were also a few surprises. knoll, who just turned 30, found out her premium is going up. >> they're a lot more expensive than what i had before. >> reporter: roughly how much, do you know? >> more than $100. so about $125 more. >> reporter: a month or year. >> per month. >> dan mendelson helped build the site. now a consultant he calls the second roll out a period of adjustment. >> health insurance companies came to the market last year and made guesses about prices. some priced too high, some prices too low. >> reporter: the average premium is going up in 24 states, but in at least 11, premiums are going down. if you're satisfied with your current plan, you don't have to re-enroll, but mendelson says shop anyway. >> it's quite likely that a person will be able to find a less expensive plan that is comparable in this market. >> reporter: tory hopes to qualify for some exemptions to lower

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell visited today and there volunteers were helping residents sign up. the mlk library took on a festive atmosphere. >> we have 31 different choices for individuals and families from care first and from kizer and from etna and at all price points so you can find a plain that meets your budget and fits your needs. >> maryland's health exchange network available online for browsing only and maryland residents won't be able to enroll in plans until next wednesday. consumers have until february 15th to sign up and those that want health coverage effective january 1st, they must sign up no longer than december 15th. >>> a doctor from new carrollton maryland is back in the u.s. to receive treatment for ebola. surgeon martin malia arrived from the west african nation of sara delon. danielle nottingham reports. >> the doctor arrived saturday afternoon and went from ambulance to nebraska medical center undergoing treatment. the 44-year-old surgeon working at a hospital in the ebola zone in the capital of free town but not with ebola patients but started

>> sylvia burwell matthews, bobby jindal. head of the cleveland clinic plus all t politics. >> chuck todd, thank you so much. >>> you can catch chuck on "meet the press" every sunday on nbc4 right after "news 4 today." >>> u.s. soldiers are heading to africa right now working to help fight ebola. thousands of army reserve and national guard soldiers will head to senegal and liberia where they'll build treatment centers and communication systems as well. >>> there are 2,100 soldiers actually going. like any mission, their loved ones are very worried whether they're going to be safe. >>> nbc's mike gonzalez tells us why they're not >> for members of bravo co the west africa is leaving sergeant zachary crane says mom is feeling nervous. >> a little worried abou ebola threat. we're going to a safe environment. we're in communications. >> didn't like to hear wha going on over there, but s very supportive. >> reporter: the unit is responsible for installing communications networks th allow for voice data and v capabilities in seneg

. >> and this afternoon we asked hhs secretary sylvia burwell if she's spoke with her predecessor kathleen sebelius and she said that they have not talked today but they have talked ahead of the three-month open enrollment. >> peter doocy, thank you. >>> a third doctor has landed in omaha and is now on the way to the nebraska hospital. dr. martin salia has contracted ebola after working in africa. dom is joining us. >> the pictures happened in the last ten minutes or so. he touched down about r50 minu s ago. he was carried away by a gurney by fire and rescue ambulance crews, taken off that gulf stream 3 plane that is specially chartered for ebola patients. it's usually a 30-minute drive across the city to nebraska city medical center but it's going to be much faster, about 15 to 20 minutes. this is an urgent case. the medical center said his exact condition won't be known until the doctor there evaluated him. it took him a while to get him off the plane. it landed about 50 minutes ago. so 45 minutes before he was safe to move. what you're seeing in the pictures there is him being taken off

. >> reporter: president obama's new hhs secretary, sylvia burwell, says that the online is ready. >> we have put in tests and contingency plans and tested everything from end to end. >> reporter: despite the disastrous launch of open enrollment a year ago -- >> clearly the end-to-end testing was not sufficient. >> reporter: 8 million americans enrolled in plans for 2014 after a massive fix of healthcare.gov. this year, the online application is shorter, there's more information up front. the small business shopping portal will launch after a one-year delay and more insurers are offering plans. united health care is selling plans in 23 states this year, up from five a year ago. >> certainly from everything we've heard from hhs, their expectations is that this would be a much simpler experience for consumers. the functionality seems to have worked well this week. >> reporter: and investors are confident they can make money on the exchanges even with older enrollees who use the services. >> we've gotten to the point where they are signaling that this could be and is a profitable busines

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell says 100,000 people submitted new applications over the weekend on healthcare.gov, and the president says the website works well now, referencing last year's technical problems. this year, more insurance companies are participating. the online application process has been simplified. people can now window shop without having to first create an account. >>> dozens of families will have a thanksgiving turkey this year, thank to some of atlantic county's finest. members of the atlantic county sheriff's department dropped off turkeys yesterday at st. john ame's zion church in mays landing, hamilton township. officials said about 60 families will receive turkeys, thanks to donations from the sheriff's department and other charities in atlantic county. >>> runners pounded the pavement in pittsburgh to help the families of two pennsylvania state troopers. bryon dickson and alex douglass were honored at the officers down 5k yesterday. dickson was shot and killed outside of the blooming grove police barracks in september. douglass was wounded i

i'm joined now sylvia matthews burwell. welcome to "meet the press." i want to start with -- we heard the president earlier this morning or yesterday or tomorrow, however you want to talk about australian time. 23,000 new applications. do you have any up to date numbers? it seems as if new applications went well. people trying to get to old accounts struggled. >> yes, i do. yesterday, we had 100,000 folks submit their new applications. and there were over 500,000 people who logged in effectively yesterday as well. so i think the vast majority of people coming to the site were able to get on and do what they were intending to do. >> do you have an issue with people getting on to their old accounts? is that an issue that you have identified, or is this just user error? >> with regard to that, we think the vast majority were able to. that's what we see in the 500,000. in some of those, we're tracking them down. that's part of what i said we're going do and what we want to do. some people people forget user names. some people are renewing their passwo pass

this is how dental only plans with were included when the numbers were included a and have asked sylvia burwellt there was an apology and the numbers were inflated, and this is the embarrassing moment of the tooth. steve? >> at the risk of standing like anti-dentite, this is a problem for the obamacare, because this is the most important thing for obamacare is to establish or re-establish credibility for those applying or re-applying and the stories that they are inflating the numbers and they don't know what is going on and signaling the incompetence is the wrong thing at the wrong time. >> and the website seems to be working now, keirsten? >> yes, for now. and the other thing is that it is suspicious, and they it is a is an accident, but it puts them up to the numbers they were trying the reach, so that is prob are lematic, and like steve said, more bad news for obamacare. >> and the pep rally when he crossed the finish line there. >> and the cbo chairman said, you want the numb with bers to approximate the projections, but with obamacare, you want the projections to approximate the rea al ti

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell called that a solid start but means they need 8 1/2 million people to enroll by the end of next year if they hit targets. and the white house is now having to defend obamacare from a high-profile member of its own party. senator chuck schumer who voted for obamacare setting off intraparty battle with these comments. >> democrats blew the opportunity the american people gave them. we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform. now the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly needed to be addressed, but it wasn't the change we were hired to make. americans were crying out for the end to the recession, for better wages and more jobs. not changes in health care. ashley: obama supporters quickly firing back at senator schumer with former national security council spokesman tweeting, quote -- that response from that tweet. joining us to talk about this and lots of other things, former member of president george w. bush's senior staff brad

health and human services sylvia burwell said numbers are unacceptable. she tweeted that out after republicans discovered 400,000 individuals who signed up for medical and dental coverage through obama care exchanges were counted twice. that lowers the total announced from the 7.1 million to 6.7 million. >>> stocks are up today. the dow gained 33. s&p 500 finished ahead four. nasdaq up 26. >> how china could literally turn out the lights on your family. first, here's what some of our fax affiliates are covering. in tallahassee, florida, a campus on fsu. a gunman wounded three before he was killed by police. he went to law school in texas and he believed the government was after him. fox 31 in denver. a voluntary recall of 5 million strollers by graco. they have external sliding fold lock hinges that can pinch or cut off a child's finger. get more information from the consumer product safety commission website. this is a live look from fox 2. the big story, the wait continues for a grand jury decision on critical charges against a white police officer who

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell is warning there will be more outages and down timew enrollment period begins this weekend. her remarks coming just hours after hhs officials lowered overall enrollment expectations from 13 million to 9.9 million sign-ups, all this as the shocking new video surfaces showing one of the architects of the health care law making some severely-damaging remarks during a panel event last year. >> transparency is a huge political advantage, and basically, you know, call it the stupidity of the american voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical to getting this thing to pass. >> the stupidity of the american voter was critical to getting obamacare passed, sandra. [laughter] wow. >> yeah, no, i mean, this is going to be a very telling time for obamacare and whether or not we're going to see it, you know, repealed. the sign-ups are in question right now, they're on track to be below the cbo expectations. this is going to be an extremely telling time. i think i said it yesterday, not only are we going to see new sign-ups, bu

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell says about 23,000 people applied in the first eightours. and 1.2 million people shopped for plans over the past week. >>> all right, next an american doctor who recovered from ebola is now back home. but the fight over the cost of his treatment is not over. wait until you hear what one lawmaker is demanding he pay back. >>> but first, once our veterans return home from the battlefield, a lot of them face a different and very private fight. according to the v.a., an average of at least 22 veterans commit suicide every single day. now former marine is trying to change that number and impact your world. >>> my name is mike scottie and i'm a former marine and fought in the initial invasion in iraq in 2003. i just happened to have a video camera with me. the car ran the roadblock and the marines had no choice but to light it up. it turned out to be a father and his baby girl. when i first got home i just went down a hole. i started spiraling down and just wept almost all the way. the first couple of months was garden variety depression and

the open enrollment period does begin this saturday, and health and human services secretary sylvia burwells consumers will find a streamlined interaction. >> they have a better interaction. things are simpler, faster, and more intuitive. >> reporter: the republican congressional leadership has promised to at least peel back parts of the law. and the supreme court has agreed to hear a case about federal subsidies that allow many to afford the insurance. the court will decide whether those subsidies are legal. health and human services are trying to keep the focus on the individual stories of those who can now get health care, when in the past they could not. >> our lisa stark in washington. >>> a doctor being treated for ebola in new york city is expected to get out of the hospital tomorrow. officials say craig spencer is free of the virus. he was admitted on october 23rd. he returned to the u.s. after treating ebola patients in guinea. >>> patagonia is one of the world's most remote locations. the delicate ecosystem is now under threat. but an american couple has an innovative idea for sav

. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will speak at the center for american progress today about the upcoming open enrollment period in the health insurance marketplace. she'll also discuss her department's efforts to insure the readiness of healthcare.gov. our live coverage begins at one p.m. eastern on c-span. >> and now a discussion on current international health and security challenges. medical and defense analysts discuss the spread of the e ebola virus, health concerns related to warfare and the humanitarian crises resulting from conflicts being waged by isis and other terror groups. the event is hosted by the university center for terrorism study. it's just under two hours. >> okay. i guess we're ready to start. i want to welcome everybody again to another very, very timely seminar, and i want to thank yona and all of his people really who put this together with a great deal of haste really considering the topic. the health challenges that we have, the security responses from ebola to terrorism. and, of course, i think it's extraordinarily timely event. and we

gerri: hear sylvia burwell setting the expectations. here is how she is low lowering the bar. this is secretary of hhs. >> i also know we'll have things that go wrong. the private sector, public sector, anytime when you have a system this complicated, when you have a product, healthcare is difficult in the employer-based market in terms of people understanding all the different pieces and parts. this is hard. we will have things that won't go right. we will have outages. we will have down time. gerri: seems to me an argument for not proceeding with the law. everything she said there, it is complicated. it is too hard to do. we can't make it happen. seems to me at end of the day you should have said we're not going to pass the legislation. that's not what happened though. i want to get you to respond because i think these have been lies all along the way. what gruber says exposes those lies. i want you to hear the president talking about obamacare. listen to this. >> for 85 to 90% of the americans who already have health insurance, this thing is already has happened andhei onlm

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will be discussing the open enrollment period for health insurance marketplace which begins saturday. meantime the supreme court agreed to hear a case challenging subsidies that really are a lynchpin of the law. joining us now, alan colmes, host of "the alan colmes show," an tammy bruce, radio talk show host and fox news contributor. here we go again. how confident are you, tammy, that healthcare.gov is fixed and ready to role? >> well, not quite. look, it has been another year. first they had to four years to set up the website as we know was a debacle last year. they have had another year, we've already had some delays and some concerns expressed by those working on it. when it comes to the nature of the infrastructure and how well it is going to work. one case the ceo of healthcare.gov says well, it is not going to be perfect. on the other hand there also has been additional delays. they have driven down the level of expectations effective live. we also, very to tell you, jon, i haven't seen one thing about the payment portal whic

so we'll get reports from sylvia burwell and susan rice and others and those actively involved in the fight. ron klain is here to tell us how the work we need to do with congress to help advance and ultimately stop this epidemic overseas to make sure that the american people are safe. we also have some significant national security issues. we have to make sure that our efforts against isil are properly funded and so that would be an opportunity for secretary defense hagel to brief us on the progress in our campaign against isil in iraq and some work in syria. bottom line is that, as i've told my white house staff and shared in the past with my cabinet, we're privileged to be in a position where every single day we can have a positive impact in some way on the lives of the american people. when i started out on this journey with joe biden and we traveled around the country, you know, we're constantly reminded the hard work and sense of community and family that exists in every pocket and every corner of this country. the same kinds of values that joe grew up and on and i grew up on. wh

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell told senators they need the money to continue training,000 nurses, doctors and other health workers on how to handle any ebola patients who arrive in this country. since the virus start today spread nurses have complained about having to treat patients without adequate safeguards and today 10s of thousands of them a across the country and around the world participated in a global day of action demanding better training and equipment to combat the disease, melissa chan is at one such protest in oakland, california. melissa, describe the scene. it looks pretty active behind you. >> reporter: well, stefanie, we are outside kaiser permanente then taye hospital one oone of the facilie nurses are striking. i think it's necessary to explain the situation. nurses are participating in a national day of action on their day of concerns with ebola. but here the nurses are also in labor negotiations with kaiser permanente. so they have more beef going on. it does under the score with hospitals. each hospital is different. it's a case-by-case basis. th

so hhs secretary sylvia burwell, she was there on meet the press defending it. the first day of the new enrollment which started over the weekend 100,000 people signed up. he she's in florida today. she's going to be pushing people to register but we're going to be watching very closely both what happens on the hill and how many people are registering. >> absolutely. we'll take a look at the numbers a little later in the first read. the three things you need to know about aca and where things stand now. >>> and the president is also coming home to a another big policy show down. this one over his planned executive actions on immigration. at 2:15 this afternoon eastern time the president will meet with senior advisers at the white house and immigration reform will be at the top of the agenda. with an announcement expected as a early as this week. senior white house officials tell nbc news the executive action plan would grant legal status to millions of undocumented workers. but republicans have made it clear that they intend to put up a big fight against the pla

. >>> now health and human services secretary sylvia burwell talks about the upcoming open enrollment period in the health insurance marketplace which begins november 15th. she sat down with former ohio congressman and governor ted strickland this week. the center for american progress hosted this 45-minute event. >>> well, good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to thank you for coming to center for american progress for this timely and important forum. we begin open enrollment for the aca next saturday and that will extend for three months through february 15th. so we're happy to have this opportunity to spend some time with secretary to talk about open enrollment and other aspects of the aca. but before we do that, as i said, thank you for coming not center for american progress. we're happy that you're here. and we're going to have a discussion up here. then later on there will be questions that we'll take from the audience. billy is going to be passing cards around in case you would like to write your question on a card, you'll be able to do that. then we'll have those questions at th

so we'll get reports from sylil vie y-- sylvia burwell and ron klain who's here will tell us how the work we need to be doing with congress can help advance and ultimately stamp out this epidemic overseas to make sure the american people are safe. we also have some significant national security issues. we've got to make sure our efforts against isil are properly funded so that will be an opportunity for secretary of defense hagel to brief us on the progress in our campaign against isil in iraq and some of the work we're doing in syria. bottom line is that as i've told my white house staff and shared in the past with many of my cabinet, we are extraordinarily privileged to be in a position where every single day we can have a pozive in impact in some way on the lives of the american people. and when i started out on this journey with joe biden and we traveled around the country, we were constantly reminded of the hard work, the sense of community, the sense of family that exists in every pocket and every corner of this country. the same kinds of values that joe grew up on and i grew u

sylvia burwell was in washington yesterday. about the discrepancy in these enrollment numbers. it's not about a number. it's about the actual analytics to get to the number. thand a market grow more 28% and expect year? i ask the team to look and see what growth of new products in this space traditionally is. how do we think about that? we i respond to that is welcome questions and legitimate questions. i have spent time with the team down to the numbers and trying to press and road test on that. the question i would say is one of the things with the cbo numbers and everybody knows that i come from omb, i have a tremendous amount of respect from i colleagues at cbo. , if you acceptgs that the 25 million number is where you will level off, they do it in three years. what if you do it over a different. of time? how do you think about the new information that we have with reenrollment? what one's goals should be, i asked the team to analytically old. that's what we have done. this is where we have come out. host: that was sylvia b

wednesday, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell testifies on the government's ongoing response to protect americans from the ebola outbreak in west africa. live at the senate appropriations committee at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. takes c-span city store book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> it is a glorious service. the call comes to every citizen. struggle tonding make and keep government -- importanty the most political figure in wisconsin and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the united states. he was a reforming governor. he defined what progressivism is. he was one of the first to use the term. he was a united states senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950's as one of the five greatest senators in american history. opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. he was about the people. after the civil war, america a nationadically from of small farm

humanday, health and services secretary sylvia burwell testified on the governments ongoing responseto protect americans from the outbreak. we will be live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. the 2014 c-span student camp -- 2015 c-span student camp competition is underway. there are 200 cash prizes for students and teachers totaling $100,000. for the list of rules and how to get started, go to student camp.org. year, president obama awarded 24 recipients the medal of honor for gallantry. the recipients were found to have been wrongly denied the award because of prejudice. they were recognized for their valor during major combat operations in world war ii, korean war and vietnam war. this ceremony from the east room was attended by the three living recipients and those family members being honored posthumously. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> let us pray. all knowing god, we are sometimes not the people we like ourselves to think that we are. we have at times failed to be a people whose actions measure up to our words. we have been called to love our neighbor as we love ourselves

we will get reports from sylvia burwell, as well as susan rice, and others actively involved in that we will learn how the work we needed to be done with will make sure that the american people are safe. some national security issues that we have to make sure that our efforts isil are properly funded. that will be up to chuck hagel do. the bottom line is that as i have told my white house staff, we are extraordinary flow of alleged -- extraordinarily privileged that .e have a way to be a impact remindeden constantly of the hard work, so the community, sense of family that it is in every pocket of every corner of this country. the same values that joe grew up on and i were up on. i want to make sure that between now and when the administration takes over, that every single agency we're cross-selling finding ways to build on those --ues and to make sure that >> that was president obama speaking at the white house. it sounds like today, they are going to be addressing the ebola response. he did mention that the drop iswth is -- job growth stronger than in the 1990's. he also said he is

against the president and it is basically targeting the secretary of health and human services sylvia burwellhere was a delay given to the larger corporations that would require them to provide coverage or pay a fine. they're saying that was not something that the president had the legal authority to do to effectively change that law as it was explicitly written by congress. they're also saying there is money given to the insurance companies as a part of a cost sharing process that was not money appropriated by congress. this legally has been a challenge all along. anger about the health care law is not necessarily legal standing or a legal argument. so the house of representatives has taken quite a bit of time to figure out a strategy and to find narrow areas where they claim they have that standing, the legal right to sue the administration and an argument they think they can win. one of their claims is that because the law was changed simply passing a new law to revise the president's plan would not be a sufficient remedy because the president could change it again. their theory is while i

later on c-span3, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell talks about the government's overwhelming response to protect americans from the ebola outbreak in west africa. and also jeh johnson, the centers for disease control director doctor tom frieden and doctor anthony fauchi. that is why at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> here are a few of the comments we received from our viewers. >> calling to tell you how much i enjoyed "q&a." everything stops at 5:00 p.m. in my house on the day that it airs come i get my cup of coffee and it's most enjoyable hour on television. >> to guess today was very informative, good opinions, i enjoyed listening to him and the comments that were given today. he was there in the middle east and he was on point. he was not using his own personal innuendo is. and i greatly enjoyed this and i hope that you have more guests like this. but he was right on target as morning. >> i am calling to say, but i think like many people, that c-span is wonderful. but after criticisms, i almost have none. and the reason i almost have none is that i think that you all do a tremendou

secretary burwell took responsibility for it and as someone who has worked closely with sylvia over thethat mistake will never happen again. >> sylvia burwell is secretary of health and human services. we'll look forward to the president of the united states speak tonight, a major address on immigration reform. we, of course, will have live coverage on cnn. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> coming up, an alleged plot against isis. is the u.s. up to the task of preventing a plot like that in this country. >>> and north korea and a humiliating setback at the united nations. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." often enough, but thank you. s thank you mom for protecting my future. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. (receptionist) gunderman group is growing. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to

sylvia burwell. she was from west virginia. capable, confident. competent. she knew what she was doing. 80 votes. there is bipartisan support for mainstream people. it doesn't matter who, i have one agenda for the country pretty get some trade going. harry reid five years in a row set we need trade. the next day he said not in this senate. >> basically, as parents, you take care of your children. they become teenagers, they go to college. they are 30 or 40 years old now. let them make some decisions. [laughter] >> so harry reid is a helicopter parent. >> let me just say to be fair to harry reid, he would accept the following deal in a second. vote up or down majority on anything in the senate, up or down majority vote on anything in the house. in the house we have not had a vote on minimum wage, immigration reform, equal pay for equal work, a vote on lots of things the american public overwhelmingly supports. majority vote in the senate, majority wins. majority vote in the house, -- he would accept that. >> even on bills that would embarrass the white house?

sylvia burwell. they expect nine million people to be enrolled in obama care by 2015. earlier this year they said 13 million people would be signed up. >> sign-up period is shorter. there are concerns about the website actually working. >> this is the first time that you're going to have to go through the whole, we have to technologically and from a consumer perspective both, both of those things, i think are challenging. this is hard. we will have things that won't to right. we will have outages. we will have down time. but the most important thing we can do about that, make sure we are prepared. >> stuart varney is prepared. host of "varney & company" coming your way in two hours. start with you. what is going on, stuart. >> has any promise with obama care come true? can you keep the doctor? , can you keep the cost down. can you cover all uninsured? will it add a dime to the deficit? all those promises failed. some obamacare facing what some call a death spiral. supreme court will consider issue of subsidies, if the subsidies are removed, out goes obamacare. the thre

. >> kathleen sebelius is out, now being run by sylvia matthews burwell, her job was to make sure today and the next three months goes smoothly. now the curtains are up and it's time to see how the new open enrollment period goes. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. kel kelly. >> intense manhunt is under way outside denver after a police officer was shot and wounded during a traffic stop last night. aurora police say two officers made the stop when shots were fired from inside the car, hitting one of them. the second officer returned fire but it's unclear if the suspect was hit. the injured officer expected to survive. officers say the shooting fled after abandoning a car two blocks from the site. >>> another ebola patient is heading to the u.s. for treatment. he's a doctor, one of the countries in the middle of the outbreak in west africa. officials say he's going to a hospital in omaha, nebraska that successfully treated other ebola patients, dominic is live in los angeles with the latest on that. hey, dom. >> reporter: dr. martin due to touch down a couple hours later than expe

benjamin tom wheeler moments ago from the health and human services and terry sylvia mathews burwella cases in my. have declined. as the international community gotten the message about the urgency of the situation in west africa? >> you are looking at the results of months of effort, in particular around educating communities so they understand that ebola is real, doing basic core public health where you take a case, track all the ittacts, and you address from the medical and public health perspective. you have seen the results of that. let me caution folks -- we have seen this disease go away before and come back. that is what people are mostly concerned about right now. the international monetary fund managing director christine lagarde told last month's annual meeting of the imf and the world we should be very careful not to terrify the planet and respect the whole of africa." what are the economic consequences of the fear of ebola? >> that is a challenge kit that is something we have been trying to do and what the administration was trying to do initially to give people a measur

health and services secretary sylvia burwell tweeted this. the mistake is unacceptable.i will communicate that clearly throughout the department. another video emerging from obama care-size sore, jonathan gruber. talking about states expanding medicaid under the health care law. this is the latest clip here. listen. >> larger principles at stake here when these states are turning, not just turning down covering poor people, but turning down the federal stimulus that would come with that. so the price they're willing, they're not just not interested in covering poor people. they're willing to sacrifice billions of dollars of injections into their economy in order to punish poor people. it really is, just, almost awesome in its evilness. bill: how about that? gruber got fired from another state contract. this crossing a moment ago. lost his gig with vermont that earned $400,000. north carolina says he is no longer employed there. >> all right. so you have got five more prisoners now being released from the prison at guantanamo bay. we'll tell you who they are and where the

satellite corp. 2014] >> coming up live later today on c-span, health and human services secretary's sylvia burwellwill be at the center for american progress, talking about the upcoming open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace. we will have her remarks at 1:00 eastern here on c-span. and president obama is in asia and will be in australia this week. his first official stop today, in beijing, where he will be attending the economic conference. andnnounced today the u.s. china will start granting visas to each other's citizens of valid for up to a decade. a meeting with china from president and then on to burma for a meeting with burma's president and a meeting with the opposition leader there. then wrapping up with a visit to he g 20 leaders summit where is expected to deliver a major policy address. we will keep you updated on c-span networks. the house and senate returning eastern. at 2:00 the house scheduled to debate two bills including updating the presidential records act, which would allow current and former presidents to restrict access to records for their time in the white hou

now, secretary sylvia burwell talks about the open enrollment for the health place market -- health care marketplace beginning in 2015. the center for american progress hosted this 45 minute event. >> good afternoon, everyone. i would like to thank you for coming to the center of american progress. this is a timely and important forum. we begin open enrollment for the aca on next saturday. that will extend for three months through february the 15th. we are happy to have this opportunity to spend some time secretary to talk about open enrollment and other aspects of the aca. before we do that, i would like to thank you for coming to the center for american progress. we are happy that you are here. we are going to have a discussion up here. later on, there will be questions that we take from the audience and billy is going to be passing cards around in case you would like to write your question on a card. you will be able to do that and we will have those questions at the end of the hour. providing currently 10.3 million americans with ,uality affordable health care individuals who did not

tens and thousands of consumers have successfully applied for new coverage today so sylvia matthews burwell is optimistic. >> we're going to continue to watch and monitor everything and what we're going to do is quickly work to take care of everything and we want to listen and hear but i think what we see with 23,000 folks already applied in terms of the application process, that things are up and running. >> reporter: 23,000 is a big number compared to the 6 that went through on open enrollment last year. 1.2 million people used a window shopping feature at healthcare.gov in the last week. >> interesting. what are republican lawmakers saying about it? >> julie, there's concern that the affordable care act is not going to be so affordable for those in the marketplace because their plans were just canceled. >> obviously the president is not signing anything big. he's going to continue to stake his legacy on what he thinks is the success of this law. that's not the case with skyrocketing deductibles. it's going to be a tough couple of years. >> you remember last time an open enrollment period

we have been work virginia closely with the secretary of hhs, sylvia burwell, she participated, fully engaged, whether working with francis collins or margaret hanburg. we welcome their support as participants around the country, working with researchers and innovators in the private sector working on research of cures, particularly our new colleagues to the committee that will be fully engaged in what we're trying to do. we want to continue to work well with you. in our committee, we have held four or five d.c.-based round tables in the last couple of months. we had eight committee hearings. francis collins around the country with us. michael mill kins has been wonderful, commissioner handburg, secretary burwell, and andy van erb n erbenback. all have them have been wonderful. we've done well in the south and this great town called kalamazoo, michigan. happens to be where my plane will land a little later this morning. we've had a number of white papers. i would encourage you to go to our website on our committee, i want to say four or five extensive white papers generating ideas and

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