administration officials doing dozens of interviews, 80 from valer valerie garrett.reds of celebrities and athletes were tweeting support in the last days. you name the celebrity. that celebrity was out there doing it. lebron james and so on. add it all up and you have the president giving a statement in the rose garden later on this afternoon at 4:00. this is an impromptu thing. they just set it up to taught this new enrollment news. they are feeling pretty good about it over here at the white house specially given those dark days in october and november. >> jim acosta, reporting live at the white house, thanks. i'm back in a minute. >>> after being in a flight simulator for countless hours as part of cnn's coverage of the missing plane, martin savidge, maybe he is ready for a pilot's license or a break. >> reporter: he has been glued to this flight simulator, ordering sharp turns and steep dissents. >> set us down. >> reporter: for so many days is that one started, #freemartinsavidge. someone tweeted, blink three times if you are being held against your will. marti