FCC to Vote on Whether to Seek Public Comment on In-Flight Cell Phone Calls
BALDWIN: Got some breaking news I want to pass along to you here. You have been watching and we have been reporting on this trial under way in Missoula, Montana, a trial in which this bride admitted to pushing her groom after the -- eight days after the "I dos" over a cliff. Was it self-defense? Was it murder? Here's the news. Jordan Lynn Graham has agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder. The 21-year-old was charged with first and second degree murder. She agreed to take the second degree murder charge in exchange for dropping first degree murder as well as the charge of lying to investigators. That was the deal that has just been truck. Prosecutors say the 21-year-old desperately wanted out of her marriage to Cody Johnson, so she deliberately pushed her husband off this cliff. This was in Glacier National Park after some kind of argument. Keep in mind, like I mentioned, Graham and Johnson had been married all of eight days. Any moment now, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to pursue a move that polls already show you don't want, allowing airline passengers to talk on their cell phones while in flight. Maybe some of you do, but many don't. Look at this poll from Quinnipiac University showing 59 percent of Americans do not want people yapping on their cell phones mid-flight. But 30 percent of people say, we're OK with it.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I need to be in touch with people, and the hour and a half I spend flying between Atlanta and D.C., I lose that time.</s>BALDWIN: Aviation and government regulation correspondent, Rene Marsh is live in Washington. Just so we're crystal clear here as we're talking about this talking about a vote. The FCC isn't actually voting on whether or not to allow this, so what exactly are they voting on today?</s>RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION CORRESPONDENT: Right, so the FCC, Brooke, is moving forward with its proposal to allow flyers to text and talk on their cell phones during flight. And they're about to vote on whether to consider lifting the ban on cell phone use above 10,000 feet. Now we know FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, he defended the proposal at an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill just this morning. He said technology is advanced enough to allow texting and cell calls mid-air without interfering with towers on the ground. He calls the ban out-dated. Take a listen.</s>TOM WHEELER, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION: I'm the last person in the world who wants to listen to somebody talking to me while I fly across the country. But we're the technical agency, and we will make the technical rules that reflect the way the new technology works.</s>MARSH: All right, well, not everyone likes the idea. You saw those numbers there. Some airlines have already said that this is a no-go for them, and we know one congressman already introduced a bill to block phone calls in flight -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: What about the Department of Transportation? They may pre- empt this whole issue anyway, right?</s>MARSH: Absolutely. You know, on the same day that the FCC is talking about steps to allow cell phone calls on planes, the Department of Transportation just a short time ago, they say that they're taking steps to block them. Secretary Anthony Fox said in a statement to CNN, that they're beginning a process that will look at the possibility of banning phone calls in flight. So what does that mean? It means that you may not get to make those calls mid-flight after all, because ultimately, DOT decides aviation rules -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: I know we're supposed to be objective, Rene Marsh, but let me ask you, would you want someone on a phone next to you on a plane?</s>MARSH: No, I want to sleep and not be bothered. How do you feel about it?</s>BALDWIN: I am the same way. I love the quiet. I love the quiet. Rene Marsh, thank you very much. Coming up next here, more than a dozen teens arrested for allegedly ghost partying. Have you heard of this term, ghost partying? Police say they went to this vacant home, partied and walked out with a $250,000 stuffed snow leopard? OK, also walked out with some medieval armor, Armani suits, but that didn't last very long. We'll tell you the one thing -- let's just say what it is, a dumb, dumb thing that led to their arrest, coming up.