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While driving be even worse. behind the wheel of a driving simulator i discovered hor distracting it could be. >> the number im calling -- >> reporter: its even worse for newly licensed drivers. >> we found that for novice drivers, texting increased your risk for a crash three times that of an alert teen driver and dialing and reaching for objects increased it by eight times. >> reporter: researchers put devices on cars belonging to 40 drivers, more than 100 inexperienced ones. dialing, reaching...

Reactions, which can include hallucinations, paranoia, and confusion, sent 19,000 people to ers in 2010, a 220% increase from 2005, and two-thirds of them were women. why more women than men? >> i think we know that women clear the drug from their system more slowly than men. and in fact the fda recommended we use a lower dose in women. >> reporter: this sleeping pill has been in the news for a very dangerous side effect. >> i hit something with your car. >> reporter: sleep driving. i tried a dr...

Kennedy crashed her car taking ambien hours earlier. is it ever safe to pop an ambien and drive? abcs lisa stark found out. >> reporter: you are looking at the first test of its kind ever done in the u.s. im in a driving simulator swerving all over the road nearly hitting a pedestrian, barely keeping my eyes open. i am not drunk. im testing another type of impairment, driving on the nations most popular sleeping pill, ambien, and its generic version. there are cases all over the country those wh...

and wants to get rid of it. our question of the morning coming your way. goats on a roof. need i say more? news room begins right now. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. this morning we begin with a question both chilling and deadly serious. is someone putting politics ahead of your safety? the fbi is investigating the leaks of classified information and whether the white house is behind them. even leaders of the presidents own party are voicing grave concerns about the amou...

economy overall. dont even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress -- live pictures right now -- what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? >> reporter: its a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve...

it may be the most critical supreme court case since the justices ruled on the 2000 presidential election, but out in obama administrations health care reform law is under close scrutiny. in a dramatic hearing today the court appeared deeply split. conservative justices are showing deep skepticism about the individual mandate which would require people to buy health insurance. cnns congressional correspondent kate bolduan and jeffrey toobin were both inside the court today for the hear...

you can look at all of my music monday interviews. tell me who youre listening to, what artists you think we should profile each and every music monday. now hour two. watch this. welcome back. im brooke baldwin. here are a couple of stories were looking at. the supreme court decides it will weigh in on president obamas health care law. a charity chief resigns among the penn state sex abuse scan l scandal. and an american is on a russian rocket heading to the international space stati...

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>> stay back. >> paterno returning to his home tonight after the first game in decades where he hasnt been head coach. and to top it off, his nittany lions lost to nebraska by three points on senior day, the last home game of the season. paternos son jay is still an assistant coach. he broke down after fielding espn reporter post-game questions. it was the first game since the child sex allegations changed everything for the team, the school, and the country. before kickoff, both teams...