>> reporter: well, the hearing is going to solve some of the top administration officials on intelligence. the director of national intelligence, james clapper, the head of the nsa, the national security agency, general keith alexander and others who lawmakers want to ask, how extensive are these surveillance programs? why are they necessary? and particularly as we've learned of late, why are we tapping cell phones and other conversations of our allies, of world leaders like angela merkel, the german chancellor. the germans are really upset about this. they're calling for an investigation. even some democrats are saying it's over the top to tap cell phones of our allies like senator dianne feinstein. her senate intelligence committee may also be looking into this. in a statement, she said "with respect to nsa collection of intelligence on leaders of u.s. al allies, let me state unequivocally, i am totally opposed. i do not believe the united states should be collecting phone calls or e-mails of friendly presidents and prime ministers." like merkel. that's why the eu, the european union, h

. >> top administration officials and lead contractors appear before this committee, looked us in the eye and assured us repeatedly that everything was on track except that it wasn't as we now know too well. >> reporter: thousands of contractors were hired to design and build the insurance exchange's website and when the site went live earlier this month, very few consumers can get through it. the president was infuriated. >> nobody is madder than me that the website isn't working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. there is no sugarcoating it. the website has been too slow. people have been stuck during the application process. >> we understand the frustration many people have felt since healthcare.gov was launched. >> reporter: congress is looking into what went wrong. cgi federal, the key information technology contractor behind the site. with an $88 million contract cgi worked along government appointees to put it all together. >> why doesn't healthcare.gov work properly. >> if there is with a silver bullet to answer that question, i would give it to you. >>

>> it's the question we asked the top administrator in the san jose evergreen community college district. tonight, our investigation shows you how what taxpayers thought they were buying is not getting built. we investigate. >> you are looking at 1953. these buildings are old. they haven't been maintained. >> what am i look at here? >> water damage. >> reporter: these pictures and video from inside vo tech building at san jose city college tell this story. >> exposed insulation and the ceiling tile crumbled years ago. >> reporter: water damage, broken windows, exposed wires, chipping paint and rusted drinking faucets. >> should the administrators be embarrassed by these conditions? >> definitely. this is one of the bigger programs on the campus. and for it to be in the condition it's in, it's like ridiculous. >> reporter: conditions known to district administrators for years three years ago they went to voters asking for $268 million to improve facilities, including at san jose city college. >> what voters approved in the bond measure in 2010 is not going to be built. >> i'm appalled. we

we're killing hundreds if not thousands of innocent civilians you said this comes from the very top administration when president obama took power in two thousand i was elected. office in two thousand and nine there was a lot of criticism leveled at him for not going back and holding people from the bush administration accountable for torture not going back and investigating and prosecuting people from the ministration do you think the next president which could be you if you decide to run again should go back look at this drone program look at these surveillance programs and actually investigate members of the administration and hold them accountable for what's up you know i one point i said that this should be should be water under the bridge but the more the more i look at this look a crime is a crime. thwarting the law disobeying a law breaking the law should be prosecuted when it comes to drone warfare and when it comes to surveillance the patrolling drones around the world go it well i just want to quickly point out that you know the bush administration the obama administration they're going

one is they were generally taken by surprise at least the top end of the administration was. this was a cms enterprise. it seems from all of the reporting and from what i can gather up until very recently they didn't realize how bad this was going to go out. no one beta tested the site

vice president biden is the latest top administration official to say he's sorry about the whole mess hill the health and human services secretary apologized to frustrated people trying to sign up for health care coverage. kathleen sebelius told the committee she's accountable for the failures. >> while i think it is great that you are a team player and taking responsibility. it is ultimately the president's responsibility. >> whatever. he is the president and he's responsible. >> reporter: republicans argue the glitches are proof the government can't manage the complex health care program. new developments in controversy hitting the white house. nsa spy scandal. the nsa is denying an italian news report that it spied on cardinals at the vatican as they gathered to select the pope. earlier roman catholic leaders said they weren't worried about the news reports. >>> in london three journalists at rupert murdoch's paper has pleaded guilty to phone hacking. that doesn't help eight other former staffers who went on trial on monday. among those pleading not guilty are rebecca brooks and an

what we saw with the world war ii vets, now the death benefits can't be paid though top administration officials knew about it. we are learning more facts that are raising eyebrows for some. >> it reminds you of what happened when the sequester hit. remember that? and the white house tours were shut down and how it backfired. one might have thought the president and his team would have recognized as this situation approached that with the public's habit of blaming republicans for a government shutdown -- republicans are the party that's less enthusiastic about government -- that they would handle it with care and try to ameliorate the effect s. the national parks are a conspicuous example to make the effects known as much as possible. that backfired. the sight of veterans crashing a barrel for an open air memorial was one of the first things we saw as the government closed down. we have heard about a couple oh that lives on government land and a house they own in nevada, being evicted from their property. people being locked out of the park out west. this has not gone well. it looks li

. >>> congress putting pressure on top administration officials over electronic spying on americans. is here with the details. >> the democratic chairman called out the head of the national security agency today and the white house for misleading the public about the effectiveness of the nsa data collection program and the number of times terrorists attacks have been blocked. >> would you agree the 54 cases that kept getting cited by the administration were not all plots, and only 13 to 15 had some nexus to the u.s. would you agree with that, yes or no? >> yes. >> diane feinstein is working on legislation that will change the way the nsa operates. and while leahy is working on new collections, they are looking at the phone logs, and senator feinstein said the calls for dramatic reform were overblown and she said no nsa program would be shuttered on her watch. >> it is legal. we are looking at increased transparency. we are looking to make some changes. but we are not looking to destroy it, to destroy it is to make this nation more vulnerable. i just wanted to say that. i had to say i

. >> reporter: today secretary sebelius and other top administration officials met with insurance companyat the white house and talked about exchanges and. >> the group is expected to discuss on going efforts to fix technical issues. >> reporter: before the website's launch insurance companies expressed concerns about possible technical glitches, a test run before october 1st shows warning signs. critics want to know exactly what went wrong, who is fixing it, how much will it cost and when will it be finished? >> when it comes to october, clearly there is an awful lot that needs to be held accountable. >> reporter: secretary sebelius has no answers. >> we asked contractors to look at the teams on the ground and bring in their absolute a team. >> reporter: secretary sebelius was asked twice in the cnn interview if she considered or offered the president her re resignation. she refused to answer. >>> some health care plans are criticizing california's health exchange for not posting quality ratings. cover california says it only has reliable ratings on a fraction of health insurers. tomorro

what we saw with the world war ii vets, now the death benefits can't be paid though top administration officials knew about it. we are learning more facts that are raising eyebrows for some. >> it reminds you of what happened when the sequester hit. remember that? and the white house tours were shut down and how it backfired. one might have thought the president and his team would have recognized as this situation approached that with the public's habit of blaming republicans for a government shutdown -- republicans are the party that's less enthusiastic about government -- that they would handle it with care and try to ameliorate the effect s. the national parks are a conspicuous example to make the effects known as much as possible. that backfired. the sight of veterans crashing a barrel for an open air memorial was one of the first things we saw as the government closed down. we have heard about a couple oh that lives on government land and a house they own in nevada, being evicted from their property. people being locked out of the park out west. this has not gone well. it looks li

vice president joe biden is the latest top administrative official who says he's story about the messvices secretary apologized to people trying to sign up for coverage. kathleen sebelius said she is accountable for the failures. >> while i think it's great you're a team player and taking responsibility, it is the president's ultimate responsibility, correct? >> you clearly -- whatever. yes. he is the president. he is responsible. >> republicans argue the websites glitches are proof that they can't manage the health care program. >>> new developments in the white house scandal. the nsa is denying a news report that it spied on cardinals as they gathered to select the pope. earlier roman catholic leaders said they were not worried about those news reports. >>> in london three senior journalists at rupert mourdock's tabloid have pleaded guilty. that doesn't help the eight former staffers who went on trial. among those pleading not guilty are rebekah brooks and david coulson. >> a robbery at a gas station near orlando could have turned deadly. a cell phone saved the day. the suspect seen

. >> top administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee and looked us in the eye and assured us repeatedly that everything was on track, except that it wasn't. >> amazon and ebay don't crash the week before christmas, and pro flowers doesn't crash on valentine's day. >> i cannot give you the exact date as to when it will be to satisfaction. >> how about a guess? >> i would prefer not doing that. >> the american public have been dumped with the ultimate cash for clunkers, except that they had to pay the cash, and still got the clunker >> the system is working, and people are enrolling >> once again, here we have our republican colleagues trying to scare everybody. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i will not yield to this monkey court. >> do whatever you want, i'm not yielding >> for more, i'm joined from los angeles with wendell potter. he's an executive with the health insurance company, and mike from the kato institute. it's great to have you back. it got ugly there on capitol hill with blame flaking in every possible direction. and wendell, her group said

and the same republicans who spent their day grilling the top administrator. >> you're saying the system right now isn't working? >> i think this is zoomed for failure from the beginning. >> this is a disaster of a rollout that's occurring. >> he voted to roll out an even larger federal exchange. yet, every single republican on the house ways and means committee voted for a plan that would put 50 million seniors on to health care exchanges. so if as people say the rollout of obama care discredits liberal government, it discredits the conservative vision too. >> joining me now is the governor of massachusetts who's overseeing the implementation of that state's health care plan. and now, the first question, governor, is, as we watch these rollout of the health care exchanges, it is as if this is some completely untested martian experiment and there is no example of this ever having worked in human history. so as someone who is the governor of a state where essentially a version of this law is implemented. what is your take on the last month or so. >> we had glitches when we got going as we

top. the administration will get the support that it needs. when silvio berlusconi is in the thick of the drama. at the end,that nothing is simple, but i am about to ask you, what is the latest? >> here in the senate it will the blackestgainst at oneere was a prayer , that he might be preparing the ground for some , but as theu-turn morning drew to a close there were other indications that mr. earle a scone he is going to hang tough and urges party to vote against the government. the truth is that this is a genuinely and predict will parliamentary drama and no one knows if the government will survive until the votes are counted. >> thank you very much. columbus. marco it stillsaying -- is too close to call? what is your latest? wax latest information comes from the prime minister and 23 senators from the berlusconi party. it does mean that the government will be in place running with a different majority. most of the ministers will stay -- >> let's say that it is 23 .eople in the party >> he was looking at the movement going right against the

the lawsuit names the state's department of health and two top administrators. the department says it cannot comment on pending litigation. >>> the warriors are returning to the hard core ready for another run as an nba title >>> steph curry and david lee will be joined by andre igudala. another guy taking it to another level, the one and only, bob redell. he is working some round ball magic. he has a basketball jones. what's happening, bob? >> reporter: let me know how you want to parlay that $50 for me. >> we are going double or nothing, brother man. >> reporter: at the end of this little segment, double or nothing. get it in your mind. i want the wheels to turn on what you want me to do with that rim. this is the 39th straight sellout if you include platoff from last season for the golden state warriors. that means that all 19,000 and change, seats close to 600 seats here have been sold out. everyone who comes in here tonight is going to get one of these lovely t-shirts. they are on the back of the street. they are asking, of course, everyone to protect warri

now, congress will get the chance today to grill the top administration official closest to the rollouted obama care website. medicare chief marilyn tavenner will testify before the house ways and means committee about wa went wrong with healthcare.gov and whether she saw any of it coming. some democrats have now joined with republicans in calling for a one-year delay of the law's penalties for people who remain uninsured. ross, back to you. >> all right. seem ma, that story is going to run for now. have a great day there. >>> apple, profit down for the third straight period in its fiscal fourth quarter. revenue easy rose 4%, boosted by sales of the new iphone 5s and 5c. growth margins slipped, even though am sold 33.8 million iphones. analysts were hoping for a bigger sales beat after revenue margins would come in at the high end of guidance. analysts at william blair and co, thank you for joining us for now. i like the fact, it always amuses me when we get a beat. therefore, it's not a beat. anyway, that's just the way expectations work. look, what pleases you about these numbers and

. >> reporter: jess, raj, it's the question we asked top administrators from the san jose evergreen community college district. the district used about five pages of language to convince voters to hand over that big chunk of money. tonight, our investigation shows you how what taxpayers thought they were buying is not getting built. we investigate. >> you're looking at 1953. these buildings are old. they haven't been maintained. >> what am i looking at here? >> yeah, water damage. >> reporter: these pictures and video from inside the votech buildings at san jose city college really tell this story. >> this is exposed insulation. the ceiling tile just crumbled years ago. >> reporter: classrooms framed by water damage, broken windows, exposed wires, chipping paint and rusted drinking faucets. should administrators at san jose city college be embarrassed by the condition of these facilities? >> definitely. >> reporter: rodney dorsey takes votech courses in these classrooms. >> this is probably one of the bigger programs on the campus, and for it to be in the condition that it's in, it's, like, r

also right now, top administration intelligence officials, they're getting ready to get grilled this hour. the head of the nsa and the president's top intelligence chief are both standing by to testify. we'll have live coverage. the nsa's decision to spy on american allies. maybe we'll learn something new. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer reporting today from washington. it was a repeated promise from president obama. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan he said it often. but an insurance industry source now says most americans on individual plans will see their existing coverage changed or even cancel. the white house says obama care will mean better more comprehensive coverage but at what the cost? the head of the agency in charge of creating the obama care website was asked about that at a congressional hearing today. >> this man wrote me and said, my wife has been recently informed by her insurance carrier that her health care policy does not comply with the affordable care act. now we must purchase a new policy to get the aim coverage at an 18% increa

often delaying a tax on medical quieses that helps fund the health care law, and lawmakers and top administration officials. but a number of conservatives voiced downs. senate majority leader harry reid accused an attack on bipartisanship. >> a bill that can't pat the senate. can't pass the senate and won't pass the senate. >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi echoed the criticism and from the other side of the avenue, jay carney joined in. >> whit comes to rallying tea party members that is not acceptable. >> it was all too much for john mccain of arizona. he faulted democrats today. >> to categorically reject what the house of representatives and the speaker is doing, and i think he's pretty courageous in what he's doing in my view is not serving the american people. so let's stop this. let's stop it, sit down, consider the speaker's proposal, get our proposal done. and then, get this resolved, which we can do in the next 24 hours. >> before the house republican plan emerged, senate leaders from both parties said they were making progress on their plan. aids say they hoped to seal an agreeme

also right now, top administration intelligence officials, they're getting ready to get grilled thisntelligence chief are both standing by to testify. we'll have live

. >> top administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee, looked us in theed us repeatedly that everything was on track except that it wasn't. >> i would just ask my republicans. let's the goal here be to fix it not nix it. and if that were your goal i would feel good about that, but i don't see that happening. ? design choices that hide unaffordable premiums, massive glitches, dead ends, error messages, system breakdowns and americans spending countless hours trying to navigate exchanges not ready for trying times. >> we have documented a record of republicans attempting to sabotage the affordable care act. republicans have not shown us that they are trying to make this law work so far. >>> and we're just getting started here. the house has two more hearings planned this weekend. it all appears to be part of the new republican strategy. instead of trying to repeal or defund the law, now they'll use the hearings to pick it apart. critics say the problem with the people doing the questioning didn't want the law in the first place and tried to repeal it more t

. >> top administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee, looked us in thessured us repeatedly that everything was on track except that it wasn't. >> i would just ask my republicans. let's the goal here be to fix it not nix it. and if that were your goal i would feel good about that, but i don't see that happening. ? design choices that hide unaffordable premiums, massive glitches, dead ends, error

over the past several months leading up to the october 1 launch, top administration feels and lead contractors appeared before this committee, looked us in the eye, and assured us that everything was on track. except that it was not. as we now know too well. why did they assure us that the website would work? did they not know or did they not disclose? that is what we are looking to find out with the contractors today and secretary sebelius next week. the companies that are here today all testified before the health subcommittee on september 10 about their work building the federal exchanges and healthcare.gov. briefingsaring and in with committee staff, these companies represented that the exchanges would be ready for open enrollment on october 1. they explained that their testing of the system had not identified any significant problems. this is not about blame, this is about accountability, transparency, and fairness for the american public. the broken promises are many. the president promised americans that they could keep their health plans if they liked them no matter what. yet here we a

wednesday, we'll hear from a top obama administration official on what went wrong with the government'sl testify before a house committee. sebelius has been urging people to sign up for the health care on the website and it is getting better day by day. >> the second batch of documents will focus on the inner workings of the foreign intelligence surveillance core. deep cuts are coming to the food stamp program. the cuts are totaling about $5 billion. it will reduce a family of four's benefits by $36 a month. according to federal data, at least 47 million people or nearly 15% of the population receive assistance. that's your weekly five. >> hello, everyone. 6:00 here if the east. welcome to the newsroom. i'm don lemon. the white house in damage control mode after even more new allegations over the nsa's spying on our closest allies and a grizzly and who rfic mass killing. a mother and her four children murdered. those stories and more just ahead. but first, this. we are talking about chris brown's latest run-in with the law and about the passing of a rock icon. >>

several other lawmakers and top administration officials were there as well. a sermon about the partisanship and heated rhetoric that has taken over in washington and appeal for civility. this term the justices will tackle several cases touching on religious freedom including one that considers whether public government meetings can be started with prayer. opponents saying allowing that would send the wrong message. >> if most of the prayers that were presented at the town council meeting were christian it, could be seen as an endorsement by that government, that christianity is the religion that they endorse, that they think is good. if you do not believe in that religion, then you're somehow a lesser member of that political community. >> reporter: and that case comes from a small town in new york. we'll keep an eye on it, bill. bill: there is lot of attention on a case that the court might take. what is that about? >> reporter: viewers are very familiar with the hhs mandate which will require employers to make sure their employees have access to health insu

. >> today, a top obama administration official faces a grilling before congress on the bungled rollout of the health care reform plan. katie marzullo has a preview. >> health and human services secretary will answer questions about healthcare.gov at 6:00 a.m. from prepared testimony we know she will blame the problem on the contractors who built the website. documents show the main contractor warned the government of the problems a month before the site went live. they wrote "we don't have access to monitoring and hub services are intermitently available." obama administration official who was responsible for the launch of the site has said he is sorry. >> i want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. >> this or, republicans will want to know when will the sites really be ready? how many have actually purchased insurance in why are some consumers seeing their current plans canceled when they were assured by president obama they could keep the insurance they had? a growing number of republicans are calling for sebelius to step down or be fired. preside

. >> so it's not unheard of at all, but what you've train school administrators from the top down from, the school administrators to the teachers as well, the fact that somebody has to train school administrators in threat assessment is kind of frightening in and of itself. >> well, in the wake of col up bine, the country was so distraught that the department of education sponsored a study and a team of experts, i was part of that team, to travel around the country to help administrators and school resource officers and councilors identify these students before it happens. >> was there one overriding theme, something that you could point to be on the look for? >> one thing, time and time again, the students who carried out these terrible acts, had no trusting responsible adult, nobody to go about for the pain they were experience. over 60% of the students who carried out the students self reported that they had been bullied and picked on. and the school was a source of misery. so in a lot of cases, when they would go in, people would say, they shot people they didn't know. the people w

. >>> members of congress fires oe questions at a top obama administration official over its problematic healthcare.gov website. this as many marylanders are still trying to sign up. here is meghan mccorkell with the story. >> good morning. that problem plagued website had ed lots of questions on capitol hill. >> we're barely four weeks into this one and we're already declaring it dead. >> why should the american people believe you now? >> rapid fire questions for the head of the federal health care website who apologized for what's being called a disaster roll out. >> this is fixable. >> now another hit for o.k. oh it -- for oh lam baabama care. >> insurance providers are dropping more than 2 million people. >> the white house website said if you want to keep the health insurance that you got you can keep it. now they're being told they can't. that's a lie. >> that's sending more people into the health care exchange. >> here in maryland officials say more than 300,000 people visited the state's health care exchange website. website woes are a slow down. >> the exchange is working hard a

. >> over the past several months leading up to the october 1st launch, top administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee, looked us in the eye and assured us repeatedly that everything was on track. except that it wasn't. as we now know too well. so why did they assure us that the website would work? did they not know or did they not disclose? >> democrats want healthcare.gov to work and we want to know what is wrong with the website and how we can help fix it. we want to learn what the contractors can tell us about the problems and how they can be addressed. jon: meanwhile more voters than not say problems with the website are so bad, someone should be fired. a fox news national poll finding that by a margin of 49-38% voters agree with president obama's former press secretary robert gibbs and others who say the problems are a fireable offense. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill for us now. so what with have we heard about why this website rollout was not delayed, mike? >> reporter: well, jon, the contractor, cgi fed

right now a white house meeting is getting under way between health care industry ceos and top obama administration officials including health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, part of this new campaign launched by the white house to fix the damage caused by the rocky rollout of healthcare.gov. new effort to fix the site's problems may be starting to work. the files coming over from the site are now accurate. earlier today, house democrats gathered in the capitol for a briefing for health and human services officials on the problem. health republicans will receive a briefing at some point. meantime, secretary sebelius will head to phoenix to visit a call center tomorrow and she'll testify before congress next tuesday. last night she responded to reports that the administration before the site launched. >> do you know when he first knew there was a problem? >> i think it became clear fairly early on, first couple of days. >> not before october 1st, there was no concern to the white house or hhs? >> i think we talked about having testing going forward. >> nbc news chief white house corr

this is being looked on in the united states at universities around the world as one of top administrations in manufacturing. we've done it with federal resources but we've been able to find ways to do without legislation. now people have seen the success. senator blunt and senator brown have a bipartisan bill in the senate and there's a bipartisan bill in the house. couple areas we've been working with the business community on is long term unemployment. just making sure that we talking to companies about making sure they don't have screen that's unintentionally that don't give people who been unemployed don't give a chance to at least interview. if you can get a real change from companies large and small, those things could help. we're talking to colleges about college costs and value and what they can do it help more low income students. one thing to be very clear is legislation is the path to many of the very big things we need to do. it's not the only way to make progress. we spend a lot of time on the national economic council on legislative proposals. we send a lot of time showing ho

a top county administrator warns the budget projections show the district is spending $10 million more a year than expected to collect. >> people in santa real estates support a family would 13-year-old boy was fatally shot by the sheriff deputies. neighbors demanded justice where the 13-year-old andy lopez died carrying a bb gun designed to look like an assault rifle when he was stopped by sheriff deputies. officials toll the boy repeatedly to put the gun down. a witness said he just warped the boy of carrying the gun and saw the tragedy unfold in his rear view. >> opened the door and three shots. >> dehe -- did he warn the kid to put down the gun? >> i didn't hear that. i was away from him. >> he moved the gun toward the direction of the deputy and the deputy was fearful he would be shot. >> the sheriff is fought releasing information about the deputies but they are on extended leave. it is the thirst fatal shooting in the santa rosa area this year. >> politician are ready for protests in downtown oakland marking the second anniversary of the overviction of occupy protests. it is whe

wednesday we'll hear from the top obama administration official on what went wrong with the government'ste. kathleen sebelius will testify before a house committee. sebelius has been on the road urging people to sign up for obama kir and maintains that the website is improving day by day. the justice department is sharing secrets. a trove of declassified files are to be released by the nsa on thursday. the second batch of documents will focus on the inner workings of the foreign intelligence surveillance corps. deep cuts are coming to the food stamp program. cuts totaling about $5 billion, take effect on friday and will reduce a family of four's benefits for $36 a month. according to federal data, at least 47 million people or nearly 15% of the population receive assistance. and that's your weekly five. >> thank you, rosa flores for that. >>> president obama will travel wednesday. long touting massachusetts law for health care. kathleen sebelius is to testify on capitol hill about the failures of the health care, i see the. telling members of the commerce committee this week that the gov

over the past several months leading up to the launch, top administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee, looked us in the eye, and assured us that everything was on track. it was not. as we now know too well. so why did they assure us that the website would work? did they not know or did they not disclose? that is what we are looking to find out with the contractors today and secretary sebelius next week. the companies here all testified before the subcommittee about their work building healthcare.gov. in that hearing, these companies represented that the exchanges would be ready for open enrollment on october 1. they explained that their testing of the system had not identified any significant problems. this is not about blame, this is about accountability, transparency, and fairness for the american public. the broken promises are many. the president promised americans that they could keep their health plans no matter what. yet here we are, 24 days into open enrollment and more people are receiving cancellation notices in just two states in the 400 76,00

the trustees of the trust funds embedded in the social security system including top administration officials such as the treasury secretary have in no uncertain terms urged congress to act quickly on reforming the retirement and the disability insurance programs to move them towards sustainability. quite simply, it would be folly to approve of jet another debt limit increase without also working to address these problems which are the main drivers of our debts and of our deficits. therefore i disapprove of the president's exercise of an authority to suspend the debt limit. and i urge all of my colleagues to similarly disapprove. mr. president, the recent debt limit impasse and the impasse of 2011 also provided a good deal of information about lack of accountability of the treasury department and of our regulatory agencies. i currently serve as the ranking member on the senate finance committee which has oversight responsibility toward the treasury department. to fulfill those responsibilities, i've been asking questions of treasury about debt and cash management procedures. and i have repeat

i think that's a very low bar for the administration to hit. >> >>> sam, who at the top of the administrationhis? >> well, certainly the president was, from what i can gather. >> how? how? how did this happen? >> it's not like he's sitting there testing beta web sites. >> nobody was, obviously. >> the people were running it were sure it was going to work. >> they put a lot of trust into the contractor, and sort of maneuvered the deadlines to confuse it. you promised a product to the american people, you said this was going to change the way that health care was delivered or that you could shop for health care. the fact of the matter is that it didn't work. >>> he may not be and in fact, you would think that we would have discovered this a lot sooner if not for the most liked man -- or disliked man in washington. he's got a hero's welcome in texas. senator ted cruz returned to his home state over the weekend receiving an eight-minute standing ovation of supporters in san antonio. he spoke about being back in the lone star state and about the fight to defund obama care. >> having spent the past

. >> over the last few months leading up to the launch, top administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee looked us in the eye and assured us repeatedly that everything was on track, except that it wasn't as we now know too well. >> lawmakers wanted health and human services secretary sebelius to testify. but she's in arizona. she's scheduled to testify at a hearing next wednesday. and in a half-hour, president obama will call on congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation before the end of the year. the senate passed an immigration reform bill in june but there has been no action in the senate. coming up at 7:15, the main sticking point house republicans have with this bill. >>> 7:09. the napa county sheriff is warning about a scam. he says someone is calling people claiming to be a major wilson or deputy wilson. then the caller tells them to send $2,000 to avoid being arrested for failing to report for jury duty. well, the sheriff says his office never asked for or accepts payments for a warrant. so far, no one has reported actually sendi