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Welcome back, everybody. we have heard so much about the dangers of texting while driving. but now theres a growing concern about another risk of texting while walking. >> scientists are proving just how much it can send off -- it can send us off course. one town is now taking action to stop it. abcs john muller explains. >> reporter: most of us have done it, walking and texting on the street. it took seconds to see it outside of abcs new york studios. this guy texts off the curb, unconcerned as...

Began its procurement or purchase of body scanners at the at the same time they were still testing them to find out whether they worked. we now know that those body scanners are not reliable detectors of the kind of explosive that the cia found last week in that more advanced underwear bomb, shep? >> shepard: doug mckelway in d.c. tonight. facebook is about to go public and it could make a whole lot of people a whole lot of money. of course, not everybody will be able to get in on the action. th...

Built only on circumstantial evidence. they said, for instance, that neither balfours d.n.a. nor his fingerprints were found on the gun used in the killings. the defense attorney amy thompson said, quote: every piece of d.n.a. excludes william balfour. the one person in all of chicago we didnt -- we know didnt do it is him. and then pointing at prosecutors, she dramatically said "they know, as they sit here, they have failed to prove their case. they are trying to confuse you." >> shepard: and t...

This mr. play and how it could effect the presidents re-election campaign. is this really as the president put it a matter for the states? or has the supreme court already ruled? judge napolitano says its settled law. well hear from him shortly. well, the new underwear bomb had a backup system. multiple sources now confirm to fox news the bomb that al qaeda was plotting to use on an airplane had a second detonator, in case the first one didnt trigger the explosion. remember the last time an unde...

>> i have just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> shepard: this comes just three days after the vice president said that he is absolutely comfortable with same sex marriage, and just hours after north carolina voters overwhelmingly approved the new constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage in that state. north carolina, of course, a key swing state and the home of this years democ...

America. he was our cheerleader. thats what america is looking for now. a cheerleader. megyn: its possible for 46% of those polled to say they think president obama believes americas unfair and discriminatory but to still believe that he loves america. you cant necessarily jump to the one conclusion from the other. off course, those are separate questions. what the people think the president views is a society that needs a lot of work because of its discriminatory tendencies. nobody, not enron a...

Night and something happened that was very dangerous. the floor in a three-story building gave way in queens, new york. the top floor collapsed into the second floor last night while a bunch of young people were up there partying. a dozen of the young people were injured, two brought to the hospital. one person was trapped in the debris and had to be extracted at one point. theyre now investigating the cause of that sudden collapse. an annual derby car race sends several competitors to the hos...

there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain s...

And developing now, a retired minnesota couple is among those missing after their cruise ship ran aground friday night. at least six people were killed when the ship ran a ground. michelle is in italy. the tragedy that has taken place and now all fingers are pointing to the ships captain. what is the latest on this? >>. >> reporter: its tough for people to hear that its not the result of an engine room explosion, which was a possibility, that the company is now saying that they believe that it w...

Views of what this country -- >> are republicans afraid -- are they afraid of his actual accomplishments so the only thing they can do is generically speak about what a failure he is? >> theyre trying to have it both ways. they say hes a socialist and danger to the country because hes trying to turn us into europe and hes a disastrous president because hes taking us off course. and then theyre saying hes not doing anything. hes not a leader. which is it? cant be both. >> new poll shows from cnn ...