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Next hour. >> julie: if you are distracted by that technology in your car, you might be on the older side, apparently. according to a new report, it shows older drivers. were not talking about texting while driving, but using things like the navigation system or even blue toot. finding drivers 55 to 75 took an average of eight seconds longer to use than those 21 to 36. for example, it took the older group an average of 40 seconds to use gps compared to 31 for younger people. welsh police releasi...

Prejudicial to good order and discipline for posing with a corpse for photographs. his attorneys contend hes being falsely accused by junior seals who wanted to oust a platoon chief they hated. this is a live look at orlando from fox 35. the big story there tonight, many of the bills passed by the for the legislature went into effect today, impacting drivers, students, and patience and immigrants across the state. the most discussed is the ban on texting while driving. driving while texting or h...

Killed in arizona officer was texting behind the wheel. authorities say he admitted to texting while driving. police say he veered into the emergency lane striking clayton townsend who was standing by a vehicle he just pulled over, his charged with manslaughter. officer townsend was with the department for 5 years. he leaves behind a wife and 10-month-old baby, just horrible news to start the day. and just hours from now donald trump will meet with the men and women protecting the southern borde...

Texting while driving. police say he viewed into the emergency lane striking of the clayton townsend who was standing by the vehicle he pulled over. he is charged with manslaughter. officer townsend had been with the department for 5 years. he leaves behind a wife and 10-month-old baby. >> today donald trump will meet with the men and women protecting our southern border in texas. this trip comes after the president said goodbye and walked out of the meeting with democratic leaders over war fund...

Deal paul manafort being convicted. at this point you have the presidents personal lawyer and campaign chairman, national security advisor all convicted felons. oh, no. instead we want to talk about a murder. while, there are lots of murders in america. there is a lower rate of violent crime among immigrants than there is among native-born americans. there are some people who say lets not talk about trump. lets talk about this. >> greg: the point is there may be more people that are killed texti...

Campaign. >> we just want people to take the distractions out of their life while theyre behind the wheel and just drive. is that text message or phone call or whatever the youre doing in your car worth that few seconds that could change your life forever. >> reporter: and this week, police are sure to be out in force, making sure everyone has a safe holiday. many states are now raising the penalties for distracted driving, for texting while driving and the big challenge of course for all of us ...

Company behind drive cam says almost 50% of teens admit to texting while driving. >> the teens that says they wont talk or text on a phone has so much pressure to so that commitment is most likely going to be broken. >> we catch these kids on their phones even though they know theyre being recorded. weve been collecting video from their cars for four months. now we brought the drivers and their parents to new york city to watch the video clips for the first time. parents in one road and teens in...

Julie: 13 people were killed when a pickup truck swerved into the wrong lane and slammed into a bus in texas. one witness says the truck driver who survived the wreck admitted he was texting while driving. police have yet to confirm that. all 13 people killed were seniors heading home from eight christian retreat. a child is dead and 12 others are in the hospital tonight after carbon monoxide leak and make michigan motel paid employees reportedly called 911 after finding six children unconscious...

Young was behind the wheel. >> hes going to hit somebody head-on or hes going to kill his own damn self. somebody needs to get this guy off the road. >> reporter: but before deputies can respond, the truck slams head-on into the church bus. >> im the one that called in a while ago. i got this guy on video hitting this bus head-on. >> reporter: that collision ended the lives of 13 people, members of the first baptist church in new braunfels, texas, coming home from a bible retreat. >> our church ...

>> live for americas news headquarters, three people have been arrested on the internet bridge fire in atlanta authorities not discussing emotive or how the fire started. details being released as the investigation continues was the fire broke out thursday causing one overpass to collapse. transportation officials say it takes several months to repair the damaged sections which federal investigators say most if not all the victims of that perfect bus crash, wearing seatbelts. and the minibus cra...