we just wanted to make sure that the hardship provision that was already existing in the law, would potentially apply to member who had problems during this transition period. so that's the specifics of this latest change. you're making a broader point that i think is fair and that is that in a big project like this, that what we are constantly doing is looking, is this working the way it's supposed to? and if there are adjustments that can be made, to smooth out the transition, we should make them. they don't go to the core of the law. first of all, the core of the law is that for 85% of the population, all they've been getting is free preventive care, better consumer protections, the able to keep their kids on their insurance plan until they're 26,

thousand dollar, 500-dollar discounts on prescription drugs for seniors on medicare. so, 85% of the population, whether they know it or not, over the last three years, has benefited from a whole set of the provisions with the law, and by the way, if it were to be repealed you would be taking away all those benefits from folks who already are enjoying them. you had this subportion of the population, 15%, who either don't have halves insurance or buying it on the individual market, and that's still millions of people, and what we're doing is createing a marketplace where they can buy insurance and we can offer them tax credits to afford it. the basic structure of the law is working despite the problems. despite the web site problems, despite the messaging problems, despite all that it's working,

and you don't have to take my word for it. we have a couple million people who are going to have health insurance just in the first three months, despite the fact that the first month and a half was lost because of problems with the web site and about as bad a bunch of publicity as you could imagine, and yet you still got two million people who signed up. or more. and so what that means, then, is that the demand is there and, as i said before the product is good. now, in putting something like this together, there are going to be all kinds of problems that crop up, some of which may have been unanticipated and we're trying to responsible to -- respond to them in a common-sense way, and we'll continue to try to do that. that doesn't negate the fact

that a year from now, or two years from now, when we look back, we'll be able to see that even more people have health insurance who didn't have it before. that's not a bad thing. that's a good thing. that is part of the reason why i pushed so hard to get this law done in the first place. and i've said before, this is a messy process, and i think sometimes when i say that, people say, well, a., yeah, real messy, and, b., isn't the fact it's been so messy some indication that there are more fundamental problems with the law? i guess what i'd say to that, chuck, is when you try to do something this big, affecting this many people, it's going to be hard, and every instance, whether it's social security, medicare, the prescription drug plan under president bush, there

hasn't been an instance where you tried to really have an impact on the american people's lives and well-being, particularly in the healthcare arena, where you don't end up having these challenges. the question is going to be ultimately, do we make good decisions trying to help as many people as possible in as efficient a way as possible, and i think that's what we're doing. >> so 72 hours ago you make this change where people are buying the junk, frankly, junk type policy that you were trying to get people away from. >> keep in mind, chuck, first of all, that the majority of folks are going to have different options. this is essentially a additional net in case folks might have slipped through the cracks. we don't have precision on the numbers but we expect it will be a relatively small number because these are folks who want

insurance, and the vast majority of them have good options. and in a state like north carolina, for example, the overwhelming majority of them just kept their own plan. so, the ones they had previously. but we thought, and continue to think, it makes sense that as we are transitioning to a system in which insurance standards are higher, people don't have unpleasant surprises because they thought they had insurance until they hit a limit and next thing you know, they still owe 100,000 or $200,000 or $300,000 for a hospital visit? that as we transition to higher standards, better insurance, that we also address folks who get caught in that transition and the unintended consequences. that was the original intent of the grandfather clause that was in the law. obviously the problem was it didn't catch enough people, and we learned from that and we're

trying not to repeat those mistakes. >> let's see. phil mattingly. >> thank you, mr. president. the message you were trying to send with not only your decision not to attend the sochi games and also with the people you named to the delegation to represent the united states. >> first of all, i haven't attended olympics in the past, and i suspect that me attending olympics, particularly at a time when we have all the other stuff people happen been talking's, would be tough, although i'd love to do it. i'll go to a lot of olympic games post president. i think the delegation speaks for itself. outstanding americans and athletes, people who will represent us extraordinarily well. and the fact that we've got

folks like billie jean king, or brian bow tan no -- boitano who are well-northern thoughts, and also happen to be members of the lgbt community, should take that for what it's worth, that when it comes to the olympics and athletic performance, we don't make distinctions on the basis of sexual orientation. we judge people on how they perform, both on the court and off the court. on the field and off the field. and that's a value that i think is at the heart of not just america but american sports. just going to roll down these last few real quickly. ari shapiro, last day at the white house. he deserves a question.

>> thank you very much, mr. president. senator max bachus was widely seen as the best hope for a change to the tax code. what was your decision to nominate him to be ambassador to china -- >> it says that max bachus will be an outstanding ambassador to china, and i'd like a swift confirmation, and my expectation and hope is that if both senate democrats -- or if democrats and republicans in the house and senate are serious about tax reform, it's not going depends on one guy. it's going to depend on all of us working together, and my office is ready, willing, and eager to engage both parties in having a conversation about how to simply identify the tax code, make it fair, to make it work, create more jobs and do right by middle-class americans. jackie combs. >> thank you, mr. pratt. how do you say it in hawai'i --

>> -- looking back at the year, i'd like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan group that said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep and it related to the healthcare problems, the fallout seems to be making democrats a little rambunctious and independent of that, most clearly in the debate of the iran sanctions. looked like harry reid has expedited consideration of an iran sanctions bill for january, even as your administration and you have been trying to get them to lay off sanctions while you're -- >> jackie, you're stringing a bunch of things along. let's see if we can hone in on a question.

>> what about the question ed henry asked? >> i thought we were trying to get along. >> now i can see who -- the -- how about i separate out the iran question from the healthcare question. on the healthcare question, look, i think i've answered several times this is a new iteration of it but, bottom line is, that we are going to continue to work every single day to make sure that implementation of healthcare law and the web site and all elements of it, including the grandfather clause, work better every single day. and as i said in previous press conferences, we're going to make mistakes, and we're going to have problems, but my intentions have been clear throughout.

i just want to help as many people as possible feel secure and make sure they don't go broke than i get sick. on iran, there is the possibility of a resolution to a problem that has been a challenge for american national security for over a decade now. and that is getting iran to in a verifiable fashion, not pursue a nuclear weapon. already, even with the interim deal we struck in geneva, we have the first hope and in some cases some roll-back of iran's nuclear capabilities. the first time that we have seen that in almost a decade.

and we now have a structure in which we can have a very serious conversation to see, is it possible, for iran to get right with the international community, in a verifiable fashion, to give us all confidence that any peaceful nuclear program they have is not going to be weaponized in a way that threatens us or allies in the region, including israel. and as i've said before and will repeat, it's very important for us to test whether that's possible. not because it's guaranteed. but because the alternative is possibly us having to engage in some sort of conflict to resolve the problem, with all kinds of unintended consequences.

i've been very clear from the start, i mean what i say. it is my goal to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but i sure would rather do it diplomatically. i'm keeping all options on the table. if i can do it diplomatically, that's how we should do it, and i would think that would be the preference of everybody on capitol hill because that sure is the preference of the american people. and we lose nothing during this negotiation period precisely because there are verification provisions in place. we will have more insight into iran's nuclear program over the next six months than we have previously. we'll know if they are violating the terms of the agreement. they're not allowed to accelerate accelerate their stockpile of enriched uranium. in fact they have to reduce their stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

ironically, if we did not have this six-month period in which we're testing whether we can get a comprehensive solution to this problem, they'd be advancing even further on their nuclear program. and in light of all that, what i've said to members of congress, democrats and republicans, is there is no need for new sanctions legislation. not yet. now, iran comes back and says, we can't give you assurances we're not going to weaponize, if they're not willing to address some of their capabilities that we know could end up resulting in them having breakout capacity, it's not going to be hard for us to turn the dials back, strengthen sanctions even further. i'll work with members of congress to put even more pressure on iran.

but there's no reason to do it right now. and so i'm not surprised that there's been some talk from some members of congress about new sanctions. i think the politics of trying to look tough on iran are often good when you're running for office, or if you're in office. but as president of the united states right now, who has been responsible over the last four years with the help of congress in putting together a comprehensive sanctions regime that was specifically designed to put pressure on them and bring them to the table to negotiate, what i'm saying to them is, what i've said to the international community and what i've said to the american people is, let's test it. now is the time to try to see if we can get this thing done. and i've heard some logic that says, well, mr. president, we're

supportive of the negotiations but we think it's really useful to have this club hanging over iran's head. first of all, we still have the existing sanctions already in place that are resulting in iran losing billions of dollars every month in lost oil sales. we already have banking and financial sanctions that are still being applied even as the negotiationses are taking place. it's not as if we're letting up on that. i've heard arguments, but this way, we can be assured and the iranians will know that if negotiations fail, even new and harsher sanctions well be put in place. listen, i don't think the iranians have any doubt that congress would be more than happy to pass more sanctions legislation. we can do that in a day. on a dime. but if we're serious about

negotiations, we have to create an atmosphere in which iran is willing to move in ways that are uncomfortable for them, and contrary to their ideology and rhetoric and their instincts and suspicions of us, and we don't help get them to a position where we can actually resolve this by engaging in this kind of action. all right? okay, everybody. i think i'm going to take one more question. colleen mccain-nelson, and that's it. >> thank you, mr. president. >> there you are. >> some of your long-time advisers that are leaving the white house, new folks are coming in, others taking on new roles in the west wing. as you reshape your team how does that change the dynamic here and impact what you think you can accomplish going forward. >> i just had lunch with pete roush, who is leaving me.

that's tough. he says -- right now at least. i love that guy. that will be at loss, although he'll still be in town and hopefully i'll be able to consult with him on an ongoing basis. the fact that john podesta is coming in will be terrific. he may deny it but i've been trying get to him in here for quite some time. he ran my transition office. skid him then if he would join us and at that time he was still feeling he wanted to develop cap and other organizations, but john is a great strategist, he is as good as anybody on domestic policy, and i think he'll be a huge boost to us and give us more band width to deal with more issues. i suspect we may have additional announcements in the new year. there's a natural turnover that

takes place. people get tired. people get worn out. sometimes you need fresh legs. but what i can tell you is that the team i have now is tireless and shares my values and believes the think i have repeated four or five times in this press conference, we get this incredible privilege for a pretty short period of time to do as much as we can for as many people as we can, to help them live better lives. and that's what drives them. that's the sacrifice they make, being away from families and soccer games and birthdays, and some of them will end up working over christmas on issues like iran. the fact they make those kinds of sacrifices i'm always grateful for, and if they say to

me after making the sacrifices for three, four, five years, if need a break, then i completely understand. all right? have a great holiday everybody. appreciate you. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> happy new year. >> and happy new year to you. president obama just wrapping up his last schedule news conference of the year. he spoke about all kinds of issues dogging him in this second term. the web site, talked about the messaging problems at that time came along with it, and man, who would disagree with that. the nsa snooping program, the ongoing negotiations with iran, all of that as the president suffers some of his lowest approval ratings in his time in the white house, and the white house correspondents were quick to remind him, and analysts blame that on the affordable care act law, and in his opening

remarks the president talked up successes of the affordable care act. >> since october 1st, more than one million americans have selected new health insurance plans through the federal and state marketplaces so all told, millions of americans, despite the problems with the web site, are now poised to be covered by quality affordable health insurance come new year's day. >> still the president's remarks came hours after the government made yet another change to the healthcare law, one that could let folks delay signing up for coverage if their insurance companies cancelled their plans. that change just a few days before the enrollment deadline. some g.o.p. lawmakes say this is more proof that obamacare is a bust. but orrin hatch, speaking on the senate floor -- >> it's been less than a full day and already this decision is causing confusion among insurers. it will almost certainly do the same for consumers. it seems, mr. president, that the obama administration is just

making all of this up as they go along. >> of course the healthcare law one of many issues president obama took on before he leaves d.c. for christmas break and a little merry christmas. ed henry is live from the white house. how huh? >> reporter: good to see you, merry christmas. >> thank you. same to you. he said nobody would be crazy enough to get into another debate that might calls a government shutdown, well, i think they said they might do that. >> well, at least the government shutdown is off the table with this small budget deal, but on the debt ceiling, that could come back january, february. there's always these budget battles, the parties going back and forth. i thought that if you look at the good news for the president first, glass half full, he was very positive about these new economic growth numbers at the top. that's obviously how he is trying to frame things. it was interesting he said 2014 is going both be a breakthrough year for america and will be a year of action.

that is his best case scenario. he wants to use the "state of the union" address into january to reset things. a lot of correspondents reminded him, down in the poll, low credibility with the american people. even while we mention the good news you have to acknowledge the bad news, and he did on health care. he was pressed on that it and was significant he pushed back on the idea that this last-minute, 11th hour change last night is going to undermine the law, but he did acknowledge that, as you said, had messaging problems and the like. again he tried to focus on the positive by saying millions will ah have insurance. he made news at the top by saying that a million people have now signed up and enrolled in private insurance. now, how many of those have actually gotten their premium checks? will actually have insurance on january 1, it's interesting. if you add up the number of poem who joined medicaid, the suggested the number is now over two million people but a far short of the goals they laid out, but you saw in my back and

forth with him others as well on the nsa surveillance program, even as he wants to focus on the economy, there are nagging issues like iran, syria, big humanitarian crisis, and these nsa surveillance programs which he is still struggling to get his arms around. he promised we had struck the right balance and yet still needs reform because there's a lot of americans who, number one, think these programs need to be reined in, and wonder about the statements the president has made that have not come true. >> we have the back and forth on that. let's listen. >> i have confidence in the fact that the nsa is not engaging in domestic surveillance or snooping around, but i also recognize that technologies change and people can start running algorithms and programs to map out all the information that we're downloading on a

daily basis into our telephones and computers, that we may have to refine this further to give people more confidence. >> sounds like at minimum they have to do that. >> reporter: exactly. and i thought when i asked him do you have any regrets how you handled it? he didn't suggest he had any regrets. i think he was expressing frustration, that he has been told verious things about the programs, tried to reform them, and then as you know, between edward snowden and the leaks, and the fact that the intelligence community has -- says one day we're doing this, but we're not doing that, and then we find out, we're listening in on the german chancellor's phone calls and that causes the president headaches because the key ali -- ally is on the phone with him complaining. these are issues nagging at him, dogging him, but we shouldn't just point out the places where other people have messed up. he admitted he has messed up. he said i beat myself up more than you guys here in the press corps do because that rollout was bungled by him.

he was the person who came out and said again and again, if you like your plan, you can keep it. all of that has taken a toll on this president, and you could see that on him. this has been a pretty rough year form are for him. he laid out an aggressive agenda but has not gotten much done. >> i listened with interest to our friend, major garrett's question about the particular ed snowden. they'll have to deal with this. the fact is a court said what the nsa has been doing is probably unconstitutional. if it's unconstitutional. ed snowden is not a criminal. he is a who -- is a whistleblowr and they'll have to deal with it. >> it was very strong question from major, but i think that's one of those cases where you try to press the president, but he is restrained. if the president, has the commander in chief, stepped into the legal debate and said maybe we'll consider amnesty, that could have a large impact on the

felony charges edward snowdenen for leaking classified information. this president started out calling him a hacker, it wasn't a big deal, at one time, major, i think, asked him in africa at a news conference, would you send in the military to get edward snowden and he dismissed that edward snowden was important. it's turned out the revelations from edward snowden had a bigger impact than the white house thought. >> back to the debt ceiling, we talked about it off the top. this debt ceiling, john boehner has made it clear that he wants something -- he hasn't decided what he wants yet -- if you want something in order to get votes that is by definition a negotiation. the president says there won't be a negotiation. here we go. >> right. and the president is sticking to that. they think in 2011, they made a mistake in the summer, when they negotiationed with john boehner on the debt ceiling and then we

saw the s&p downgrade that took out and me markets took a hit. they think at the white house they did a better john when they didn't negotiate with john boehner, but that helped lead to the government shutdown and breakdown a few weeks back. so you're right, there's a pause. he's going to hawaii, the president, for two weeks, going to take a breather. when he comes become there's a mountain of trouble. >> you should go with him. you two need a beer submit. >> he said something to john carl of abc, he beats up on himself more than john or i do. maybe we do need a beer. i'll go tohos. >> if he doesn't want to have a beer submit -- >> he wants private time. >> we'll gate beer if we end inin the same city. >> good to see you. >> chris wall los angeles -- chris wallace, what did you think? >> it was tough news conference. novelty that the questions were harsh but the reality is harsh. the president is under a lot of fire. polls at a low point.

public faith in him as president and his personal honesty and trust trustworthiness, the first question, your domestic agenda has gone nowhere, isn't this a lost year, and as i was listening to the big picture of the news conference, it was kind of a reassurance news conference by the president. he was saying it seems tough but not as bad as you all think it is in terms of obamacare and all these waivers. we're just trying to smooth out the adjustments. millions of people are getting health nashance. on the nsa, not a single case of abuse, and that's true. we have not heard 0 a single case where any collection of data resulted in any individual having their privacy violated, but on the other hand, he said i understand that people are concerned and we have to adjust to that. do i think he persuaded a lot of people that things aren't as bad as they think they are? if you like the president you basically support him, i think you're probably reassured. if you don't like him, you weren't persuaded.

>> you're the other 99% you're not watching and won't make a difference of a hill of beans. what matters hoise who controls the narrative. the president talked about the messaging problems. detractors say it's not messaging, it's substance. in the truth is it's both. >> he can message all he wants insuring the case of obamacare -- he doesn't refer to it as obamacare anymore. always the affordable care act, which isn't what it was when think things -- >> that's a tarnished phrase now. negative -- >> exactly. there was a time, shep, when he said he was happy to call it that. flattered to call it that. >> he also said there will come a time when his dedetractors won't want to called obamacare because it will work. >> it is not a messaging problem. when he was asked his biggest mistake, what the turned to after think with, was the web site and the fact that's been a

disaster. a lot of critics thick it's a lot more than just the web site, and i think that's the next big key moment. the president can go off and have his time in the sun and surf in hawai'i, but come january 2nd, when people are starting to go to their doctor, the won't be a web site issue. this will be a health healthcar. can you go to your old doctor or some new doctor? when you stand there and say say do you have your insurance card you say, i don't but i think i'm covered. there could be a whole lot of problems there, and this is the case where obamacare gets mugged by reality when people go to the doctor. >> or it works. we'll see which of those come. hope for individuals who need care that this works. that's my hope. that -- i know what their goal was to get a lot more people insurance, let's hope that works. >> here's go be a debt ceiling fight or not? >> i don't think so. i understand what the president said, no negotiations.

on the other hand you had to listen carefully, he said but i'm willing to talk about these issues so no negotiation but plenty of talk. i think it's less the president here, it's the republicans. they realize that the government shutdown worked very badly for them in october. they think obamacare is a great weapon. they're up in the polls. the last thing they want to do is give the president the ability to put a target back on their back and say, you're the guys who want to take the country into default. i think they'll hem and how -- hem and haw but no documentation accommodation, and we won't go back to 2011. >> he president said it would be contracts. >> crazy from both points of view and it won't happen. >> i'm looking forward to seeing you on sunday. >> i'm looking forward to you watching me on sunday. >> fox news sunday. on wnyw in new york. you have your own fox. it's the same place where they play the football.

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22 minuteses before the hour now and continuing coverage the presidenties year-behinds news conference. he announced more than a million people have signed up for healthcare insurance under the new law, and also took the plame for the disastrous launch and said, we succeed it up. the -- screwed it up. and the president said if he cared about the polls he would not have run for president. hello, a.b., how are you? >> good to see you. >> what stood out to you? >> i think that the president was right to sort of accept some complicity and blame for the rollout of health care, and

pledged to do better. it was interesting that he came to that press conference knowing that he would be asked if this was the worst year of his presidency, and he refused to budge on that question. it was his worst year of presidentsive, -- presidency and not his life. the knows he needs to make some mid-course corrections but was not willing to acknowledge that past the issue of health care. i think it was -- it's not good for the country when we have a president with low credibility and high disapproval. that is never good. and i think that the president -- i think if he wants to put all of his efforts into fixing healthcare and refuses to acknowledge that, that will help him. >> seems to me, having read a lot of different pundits and analysts whom i respect, if the

healthcare thing is working by the time he gets out of office, he's good to go. if not, he's not. >> he's not getting credit for good economic news. the two figures he cited today, highest growth in two years, lowest unemployment in five. those are really good numbers. they're not what we need. but it d considering the direction we were headed in when he came into office, states still good news. but that's not enough. people had high expectations for the law among his supporters, mook the young, among his sort of core coalition and his critickings -- critics are feeling exonerated but people are seeing a system that is looking like a house of cards and their worried. >> have a great christmas. >> a florida congressman fresh from rehab after a cocaine bust says he will not leave congress,

despite calls for him to resign. the left the rehab center yesterday, more than a among after he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in d.c. he said he will work to rebuild the trust of voters and would not say whether he plans to run for re-election. the house antibiotics committee is launching a formal investigation into the congressman's conduct. time for more words of wisdom from toronto's crack-smoking mayor. he was talk about what he was giving his wife for christmas he said, quote, women love money. give them couple thousand bucks and they're happy, end quote. that was during his weekly appearance on a radio show. of he isn't in trouble already at home, he probably is now. we have a picture of the mayor and his wife. at the time he was apologizing for using graphic language to deny he was harassing a staffer. during the radio interview he said, i quote, i get a basket

and flower's, you know, little built of this and, that but at the end of the day, she wants her cash. so i give her a nice check and we're all happy. here's your payment for being wife. have a nice day. let's hope it's a really nice check this year because he's going to have to pay more. he says he doesn't know what his, quote, fantastic wife, will be giving him. i have a few thoughts on that. but i'll keep them to myself. >> word that dozens of u.s. servicemembers have gotten cancer and other diseases because of the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan, and they say they got sick while board the uss ronald reagan. were our people sickened and given potentially cancer from what went down in japan? if so, how much bigger is this problem? that's coming up on the fox news deck right after this. life with crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

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more than 50 current and former u.s. navy sailors say radiation from the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan have made them sick. that's according to lawyers who are going after the utility company that ran the power plant. of course the story is in march of 2011, a deadly earthquake some tsunami triggered a meltdown at the plant on the east coast of japan. expert says the disaster released dangerous levels of radiation into the air and the ocean. the lawyers claim the sailors were aboard the uss ronald reagan aircraft carrier when it sailed into a plumb plume of the mission, the people in the lawsuit claim some sailors have gotten cancer and some have gone blind because radiation contaminated their water supply. >> hit me like a ton of bricks. like 60% power to my right side. >> representatives for the

utility company have previously refused to comment on such accusations and not coming forward now. >> lea is a navy va. what's the late is in this case now? >> more and more people are joining the case. i covered this a year ago when there were only eight plaintiffs, but people are joining this lawsuit, and the lawyer tells me they'll be asking for $3 billion. these are mostly sailors and former sailor bz serving on the reagan or another ship after the tsunami and the meltdown. sailors say they were drinking contaminated water fed into the ship from sea. you see a sailor here on the flight deck. i spoke to an attorney. he says tokyo electric power company knew about the environmental taken 'ers -- dangers and didn't tell anybody. >> their didn't notify their

government and their government couldn't notify the world or the u.s. government so they're responsible. >> now, this is a version of the original lawsuit that they filed. however, a judge dismissed it over a technical issue. now they have until january january 6th to refile and the plaintiffs' attorney said they have 50 people signed up and expect 20 more. >> do they have a case? >> i spoke with a doctor who says that it may be very hard to prove that radiation exposure is what led to these illnesses. take a listen. >> we know a lot about radiation but the kind of claims they're makinger certainly subject to argument that the radiation isn't the calls. >> the navy has also weighed in, saying in part, quote, u.s. navy ships and aircraft were well equipped to reduce, eliminate and control radio active contamination. it's important to know the sailors are not suing the u.s. government. there are laws that prevent active duty personnel from doing

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it's finished. jack jones is an inventor of the geobat and he will join us. how are you doing? >> hello, shepard. thank you for having me on. >> tell me about this product. i want to go to space. so tell me about it. >> well, what we have here, which appears to be the world's first viable saucer-shaped aircraft, and essentially what i've done -- >> you should say earth first. we don't know what is happening in the rest of the world, but i feel you. go on. >> nonetheless, what you're seeing is a three-wing circular plan form body. it's never been done before. history is littered with failed attempts of trying get a perfectly circular aircraft to behave itself in the air. it wasn't until the military visited me i fully understood what was happening. >> the military visited? tell me about that. >> well, senior engineer, rick

born, and a half research laboratory in washington, dc, visited my house for a short demonstration. after a few minutes of flight of two of my airplanes he wanted to talk to me, and that conversation lit me up like a christmas tree. he confirm what i only dared think about. i solved the dilemma with regards to flying a circular ring. >> are you going to put this up in the air in 18 months, and who can get up in the air in and it how do they do that? >> well, you can good go to indy go go.com and if you search for geobat you'll go right to it. there's different venues for donations, and if you want a ride you pay a thousand dollars. >> where can you go? >> what do you mean? >> i'd like to go to vegas or maybe down to the caribbean. >> oh! well, once we get up and rung, the thing has a massive fuel

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