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>> thank you. jenna: if youre in a hurry to fill up your gas tank, let this be a lesson to you. the pain at the pump is much worse when your car goes up in flames. well have more video and the whole story on that. stated obvious a little bit there, jon. well tell you more about that. rick has more coming up. rick? >> reporter: we have so many rules about texting while driving. wearing seatbelts and smoking. we want to know what you think about this. do we live in a nanny state or do we like the ...

Disconnect sometimes. but i think what youre seeing here on a lot of sort of simple things like texting while driving, that kind of thing, people go, that is clearly safety issue. im okay with that. i think what is greater concern we have a gigantic regulatory state on the state level, local level, federal level, constantly growing. people adding regulations all the time. not really thinking about the cost benefit analysis or whether they actually work. these things almost never have sunset qual...

and children last weekend in kandahar, afghanistan. today he remains in solitary confinement at ft. leavenworth. hes not yet been formally charged. gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. it is now on average close to $3.84 a gallon, but if you live in some big cities, youre already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the record high was $4.11 back in july of 2008. a colorado dad is going the extra mile to stop his children from texting while driving. and hes gett...

Trace gallagher in the west coast newsroom with a short list of new things to worry about. this isnt exactly what people were ush wishing for, more laws, and regulation and i want to be controlled more by my government. >> reporter: 800 average per state. everything from georgia saying you could drive golf carts on the road as long as you have a horn. utah banning happy hour all together. a lot of new laws by the way are dealing with distracted driving. states like pennsylvania and nevada pushin...

List of new things to worry about. this isnt exactly what people were ush wishing for, more laws, and regulation and i want to be controlled more by my government. >> reporter: 800 average per state. everything from georgia saying you could drive golf carts on the road as long as you have a horn. utah banning happy hour all together. a lot of new laws by the way are dealing with distracted driving. states like pennsylvania and nevada pushing new very tough texting while driving laws. in north da...

It has impacted and changed election outcomes, particularly election outcomes for congressional, senate and presidential elections. we do that these kind of voter i.d. laws which fundamentally impact the most vulnerable citizens, seniors, african-americans, college students, those with disabilities, can have an enormous impact on outcomes. >> the other thing thats important to point out here is that in many of these states where voter i.d. laws are in effect its often about the validity of the i...

To listen? >> well, you know, i think we have to look back at successful campaigns when it comes to highway safety. in our generation we have really seen improvements when it comes to seatbelt use, drunk driving and get our children in proper child restraints in the vehicle. we changed societal attitudes how acceptable it is to drink and drive and even smoking. i think that is what needs to happen here. bill: i have seen now, the message is being picked up by various states. you have 35 states t...

Herzman. nice to have you with me this morning. >> good to be with you. >> 35 states as well as the district of columbia ban texting while driving and this is a more sweeping proposal and explain how all of this is going to be enforced if it does indeed become law? >> our recommendation is to the 50 states and the district of columbia, and we are looking for them to set good laws and have good education and good enforcement, and we know it can be effective in changing the behavior like we have s...

Drivers and 50% of drivers between 21 to 24 years of aged a note texting while driving. >> she was looking at my message that i had just september her. she was actually ejected through the drivers side door. >> reporter: public service campaigns like this one have tried to drive home the dangers of distracted driving. >> four little letters. thats what killed her. >> i sent one stupid meaningless text and killed a man. >> reporter: the wireless industry declined to comment on any potential ban i...

You are looking at live pictures from fort bragg, north carolina. and the president is expected to be introduced by the first lady michelle obama. and jay carney just told reporters on air force one that the speech will focus on the extraordinary sacrifice of the men and women in uniform, and we will bring you live coverage ahead on msnbc. four little letters. that is what killed her. >> i sent one stupid meaningless text, lol, and killed a man. >> that is the spot emphasizing the distracted d...