Transcripts for CNN Around the World 20130925 16:02:00

answered. >> it has been a pretty whacky time inside of the senate. let's talk about who ted cruz is actually. he's a freshman republican senator. elected last year in texas. with huge tea party grass roots. he's got that backing. of course, the 42-year-old was elected on the promise to shrink government, especially the new health care legislature. cruz was the youngest solicitor general of texas and argued cases before the supreme court. he got his start at princeton as head of the debate team. then honed his skills at harvard law school. cruz has hinted of a possible presidential run in 2016. >> yep. this talk of the town, boy, the talk of the town is the right word for it, too, he's been called a fraud and a whacko and that by some of his own republican colleagues. let's have a look at some of the highlights, if that's the right word. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obama care until

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