understands how the system works and i think that s very important. should tim ryan have a seat at the table? absolutely. should they bring younger new leaders to the table? yes, they should give them a space and others as well. which is really important if we re trying to move forward with the party. and triying to figure out how t bring everybody in. i think that would be important to do. there are a lot of rust belt voters who voted for president obama and donald trump. does this mean we ll have a permanent set of people who are just politically up for grabs? yes. i do. i do think that we have this type of a voter that voted for hoping change with obama and then they turned around and in a sense, voted for more hope and change with president-elect trump. this is a very serious ordeal that happened and the fact that so many hard working men and women that were on the fence turned around and decided to give their vote to donald trump, this is something that both
how much of the missing air liner? reporter: well, you re absolutely right about that natalie. i think you re going to hear both of that at this news conference coming up with the prime minister in just a few minutes. you know, as you mentioned a few moments ago, this president conference comes as presidential visit to malaysia comes as part of the third stop of president obama s asia trip. this is part of his asia pivot has its been called back in the u.s. media trying to pivot the u.s. foreign policy away from the hot spots in the middle east as to what the obama administration says a developing economic and military strategic part of the world. the president triying to sta iio that. although it s not going to happen on this trip, the so called transpacific partnership something the president has been trying to get aboved back in washington but he has got to get the details with his asian partners. there are disagreements with not
forward. we had about 180 departures cancel this morning. that s going to have a ripple effect across the country, but right now, the situation is that the weather has gotten much better and the afternoon flying actually looks really good. most of the cancellations were in the morning hours and due to the fact that very few planes were here in the morning to take the morning flights. it s looking better for today and the rest of the day. we have seen things pick up in the last couple hours. are you saying the worst is past? are we in the clear? from a weather perspective, the worst is pass, at least for the dallas-ft. worth area. the afternoon schedule looks great, just a few spots of cancellations here and there, but a very busy schedule for the afternoon. we re aware that it s thanksgiving travel week. and it s a peak period for us anyway. and as it is across the country, so we re triying to get as many flights out as we can. we re talking about dallas, but what happens here
we have to play it for people to understand. let s look at the reason why he is giving this very long speech. madam president. reporter: ted cruz seized the senate floor and vowed not to let go. i intend to speak in support of defunding obama care until i am no longer able to stap. reporter: this is theater, whether he speaks for hours the vote timing and outcome will be the same. cruz aides fully admit he s using the senate floor stage to speak directly to his audience, conservative grassroots activists who fueled his tea party upset last year. where is the outrage? where are the senates standing here saying what a straf gee that young people are being denied a fair shot in the american dream because of what we have wrought, because of obama care? reporter: his talk fest is exactly what his republican leadership who oppose his tactics were triying to avoid. as he started gop leaders were
increase in the debt ceiling. the republicans now have voted against an increase in the debt ceiling but it automatically goes up because of an automatic trigger. guess who sits up and bails out? the leader of the republican caucus, it s mcconnell. really? due agree with that narrative? i don t think we ll quite get there. i think they re going to reach a deal and this mitch mcconnell thing seems beyond the pale of what is acceptable in this situation. the republicans and democrats are triying to figure how to scare the american people more. they re trying to outscare the people and see who they can get on their side. when it s get down to it, come back with the best deal they can. a short-term deal. works for the president, doesn t have to raise taxes, works for republicans they don t have to get hammered saying we cut medicaid. a temporary deal is the deal, even though they say it s not the deal they want. the broader politics is, again, politics. right?