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>> theyve not said yet. shes in isolation and theyll investigate if any measures need to be taken. but it seems from the information the zoo gave us, kate, said this seems to have been some confusion, so they may have to actually change procedures. as i said, it is a question for authorities right now, workplace safety investigating and seeing exactly what the procedures are, so that this doesnt happen again. >> clearly it seems something went wrong. paula newton in canada for us. thanks very ...

Jesus through the ritual of self-beating. now, this symbolic act during holy week is made to help participants atone for their sins. in bangladesh a celebration of spring. students play with colored powder during the annual holy festival. >> it washes out apparently. >> nice. you know they have races in atlanta where you can put your -- >> yeah. people complain because they got it on their cars. i remember that. we digress. thatll do it. >> we usually do. >> good to see you all. ill be back to...

Drive and text at the same time. its not just teens doing it, so are a lot of adults. you take your eyes off only for a few moments to respond to a text. but all it takes is seconds. the this video is part of a national campaign aimed at young people called "it can wait." but it turns out its not just teenagers who are texting while driving. >> dont do as i do, do as i say, right? their parents are actually must worse. >> people tend to justify their texting saying theres a lot of traffic, or im...

Of those adults, 98% said they know its unsafe. 60% said they didnt text and drive three years ago, and 40% admit its a habit. sending or receiving a text message takes the drivers eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. if you were driving 55 miles per hour, it would be like having your eyes closed while driving for the length of an entire football field. >> driving is 90% visual, its 5% touch, and 5% hearing. so anytime you take your eyes off the road, youre reducing your ability to c...

Again. 1,000 adults 49% of them admitted to texting while driving compared to 4 p% of teenagers. drivers distracted by texting is a cause of thousands of crashes a year killing more than nine people each day and thurg over a thousand according to the centers for disease control and prevention. as of today texting while driving is banned in 39 states, in the district of columbia. in six states new drivers are prohibited to do so. the study contradicts that, because its not new drivers its adults....

Being now told they got to boil it before actually using it. remember hoboken is one of the cities hit hard by hurricane sandy. and of course you might not think you need another lecture about texting while driving. it is deadly. we all know that. were adults. a new survey finding adults do it the most. almost half of a thousand adults admitted to texting while driving compared with 43% of teenagers. so our guests are here to talk about this problem. it was hard to believe actually when we hea...

The road 4.6 seconds. that is a lot of time to be distracted. thats about how long it takes to drive the length of a football field at 55 miles per hour. here, take a look of an example of how this could happen. here is an accident caused by texting while driving. police say the driver of this tow truck in upstate new york was talking on his cellphone and texting at the same time. i dont even know how that is possible when he hit a car and crashed into that swimming pool. at&t conducted the surv...

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To create initiatives without having to pay for them, how to rejigger things in our economy and our finances and our pocketbook to actually pay for this stuff. >> and those two big deadlines, you have that march deadline for the deep cuts to defense, as well as to domestic programs. and middle of may, you have the deadline about the debt ceiling. so all these fiscal matters and you have to wonder if thats going to suck so much political oxygen out of capitol hill, what else will they be able to ...