shadows of the sixth floor window. we ll hear from the mayor of dallas and historian david mccullough who will read experts of speeches that president kennedy gave over the course of his life. and then a moment of silence and bells will toll across the city of dallas. and then there will be a new monument dedicated here in memory of john f. kennedy as well. and it will be inscribed with the final paragraph of the speech he was on his way to give that afternoon. a speech where there was a room full of people waiting for him to arrive. and it was just the motorcade whizzed past that billion because he had been shot. and parkland hospital was just across the street. and the moment that will be dedicated here today will have the last paragraph of the speech that he was supposed to give
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talking on the cell phone while flying just might become a reality. this goes in the worst idea ever file. whether you consider this idea annoying or if you re the one person on earth who thinks it s convenient, the fcc will consider a proposal at its next meeting in december to allow fliers to make voice calls in flight. back in 2004 the ban was considered being lifted but they changed their minds after opposition and uncertainty over the technical details. cnn s alexandra field is live outside lag ward in a airport in new york. my personal unscientific polling this morning is that no one thinks this is a good idea and everyone thinks it s a way for someone to make money. what is going on here? reporter: at the same time, though, christine, we ve long heard travelers grumbling whether or not it s really unsafe to use their cell phone in the air, that s been the big complaint from people for a long time. the fcc is finally saying there is technology that can make it perfectly saf
unioning loudly, the situation is not only unwelcome but unsafe. that s how the flight attendant s union is weighing in and a lot of travelers speaking their minds about this, too. christine? john? that s the flight attendant s union. i ll speak on behalf of the people who want to sleep on a flight union. i m not sure it s a great idea and makes me wonder if this is really all about money. i have to believe that the airlines are going to find some way to make some money on this. $19 extra for a quiet seat in the back of the plane. can you imagine that? it s something we ve seen before on people who take the amtrak, they can sit in the quiet car, there s no additional charge but we do know that car fills up pretty quickly, people who don t want to hear what other people have to say. christine, john? we ll have to see how it technically will work, if for example roaming charges would apply like when you re on a cruise, how would that work?
problems. reporter: also more complex, americans view of the government. in 1935 and 1965, people were much more willing to accept the fact that the government was a be never lant force working on their behalf. in today s world, there are many people, maybe a majority of the people, who just don t believe that. reporter: a disastrous rollout of president obama s signature achievement certainly isn t helping. so was it the planning or will time make this a very different kind of endeavor the way it did for social security? we just don t know. and the political environment has made the rollout more difficult. the big laws like social security and medicare, they were tweaked. there was no tweaking to obama care because of the gridlock in washington. there have been a few tweaks where they put the employer mandate by a year. and now no legislative tweaks. you re absolutely right. we ll see how history will write