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Would be up to individual airlines to decide whether or not to allow passengers to talk or text. then antennas have to be installed. plenty of time for people to talk it over, fred. >> thanks so much. for now, let's enjoy the peace on the airline while in flight. appreciate it, alexandra field. u.s. secretary of state john kerry in geneva, trying to stop iran from building a nuclear weapon. are leaders hopeful that there may be a crucial deal? i will get some perspective from senator george mitchell on what kerry's trip really means. but first, we're preparing our own holiday tradition wit...

That's what a senator does, you sponsor law. you know this, it is not a lecture, it is a concern. i am asking what are you going to do about it. >> and i share that concern and have every day been working to highlight the millions of people that lost their job because of obama care, the millions that have been forced into part-time work, there are single moms, young people, hispanics, african-americans, people that are struggling who are now on part-time work. you can't feed your kids with 29 hours a week. there's over 5 million people that lost their health insurance and the way to fix that i...

Solution to the current problems with health care, except to get rid of the existing law. is that enough? >> well, that's the only solution that will work. all of these bandaid fiksz the democrats are pushing won't fix the problems. every bill, they have great titles, if you like your plan, you can really, really, really keep them. but if they were passed into law, it wouldn't fix the problem for 5 million that lost their health insurance, they wouldn't get it back. >> you don't think the way to have responsibility as a u.s. senator to do better than that in terms of offering a solution what t...

Working when it is not implemented. how can you say premiums are skyrocketing when they haven't put the plans into effect yet. you're being dangerous with political spin that's so central to the well-being of so many families? >> i appreciate the adjective you toss my way. john adams famously said facts are stubborn things. here are some facts. about 100,000 have signed up, gotten new insurance under obama care. about 5 million people lost their insurance because of obama care. those are facts. and those are real people that can't be spun away. when i go back to texas, i travel the state and i...