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South dakota senator, chairman of the senate. it's good of you to spend some time with us today. what do you think about that big picture, is it so much attention being paid to the special counsel, michael flynn, the investigation and so forth, that it's paralyzing capitol hill? >> good morning. i think we heard the speaker say is we are multitasking. you're right, the news cycle is constant. there's a new story every day and creates a new distraction, but the work of the congress proceeds. we are going to a meeting from here to talk about health care reform and the senate approach to that. i ...

Technology works. >> reporter: thursday, the department of transportation said it would consider possibly banning the in-flight calls, the us dot's role is determine if allowing these calls is fair for consumers anthony fox said in a statement. in congress a new senate bill also aims to ban the calls. it joins republican bill schuster's house proposal. >> these airplanes are confined, noisy already. to have dozens of phone calls going on while in flight i think is annoying to the travels public and i think it's unnecessary. >> reporter: but on air, which provides cell service on planes around ...

Be the perfect is the enemy of the good. the idea here we have to cut back and try to look at it again and do things more incrementally. >> now, adding more insult to injury, the president is witnessing that some of the democrats are leading his team as it pertains to supporting this health care act. many of them siding with the republican plan on a house proposal. although the president says if it makes it to his desk that he's going to veto it. how painful does it make it especially with three years in which there are other matters at which this president wants to address? >> my advice in a ...

Us. at least they are cleaning the streets here in washington. >> essential government service. >> that's an essential employee. you talk about ted cruz. if you think back to how this began, we were coming up on funding issues and budgetary issues with ted cruz and the prolonged protest in the senate. that riled up conservatives. what's ted cruz's next move, do you think? >> we don't know at the moment. >> he has created a mini movement for himself here. mote of his colleagues in washington are furious at him, some are using words i would say get closer to despise him. if you look at the grass...

Counteroffer from the house could have gotten 218 votes. that's why john boehner said we're still evaluating what we're going to do. now, from sources i've spoken to, the idea boehner would still like to put a house proposal on the floor by tonight, but they'll have to go back and rework this bill and perhaps make it more appealing to the more conservative members within that conference. one thing that stood out from conversations i had is that some members said the ultra conservative members within the conference wanted the federal subsidies for the president's health care law that extended t...