discussion about the affordable care act and encourage people to sign up on healthcare.gov. it s a dubious honor for the white house. remember this phrase uttered early and often by president obama? if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. well, that is now being called the lie of the year by the fact checking group politico onfa onfact. it writes the following. no response from the white house yet. it isn t one of those awards you want to win so don t expect a big victory speech there. not so fast is the reaction to the fcc recommendation to lift cell phone bans on airplanes. several lawmakers are
love. vladimir putin is suggesting john mccain is nuts. mccain responds on twitter saying, dear vlad, was is something that i said? on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. it is friday, december 16th. nine days left before christmas. can you believe it? have you finished your shopping? i have two gifts bought. and that means no. good morning, everybody. i am alina cho. welcome to american morning. the last critical debate before the iowa caucus, the front-runner, newt gingrich playing defense on his conservative values and electability. mitt romney stood by his business background playing it safe and texas governor rick perry realizing it may be the fourth down threw this hail mary pass. there are a lot of folk whose said tim tebow wasn t going to be a good nfl quarterback. that looked print good. am i ready for the next level? let me tell you i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. best line of the night.
this? what do you think of this recommendation? we think it is an important marker for people to take responsibility what they do behind the wheel. we know cell phones texting play a role in more than 3,000 fatalities every year. steps we can take to address this are positive. from aaa s standpoint legislatively we re focusing on distracted driving under 18. something more tenable and in the grasp what we can do with state legislatures. jenna: you said 18 is the age you re working at least in ledge slate tiff level. why is that age range and why not go for the full thing across the board for legislation nationwide? as we work with state legislators we re not just finding the appetite yet for full cell phone bans. across the last decade we ve seen eight states enact handheld bans. in the last five years we seen 35 enact texting bans. or for all wireless devised
use of all personal electronic devices in cars. except in emergencies or when the device is used to help the driver such as gps navigation. it is a very, very serious issue, and people need to put their devices down and drive. reporter: they say it is time to take the same tough approach that we did on drunk driving which has saved tens of thousand of lives. it is prompted by this deadly accident. the driver of the pickup received 11 text messages in the 11 minutes before his crash. 90% of drivers support texting bans. 60% favor cell phone bans. still, drivers do not practice what they preach, admitting they would talk and text even near a police officer at night time or with children on board. but we don t need to depend just on the government to make new laws. auto companies are now starting to put technology in cars that can disable your cell phone once you turn the key. technology often moves faster than legislation.
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