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To highlight today. maybe youve heard this, but at any given moment about 13 million americans are driving while using hand-held phones, and according to a study from the traffic safety administration, it turns out that last year over 3,000 people were killed in accidents involving these distracted drivers, and safety experts also point out thats probably a low estimate because many people dont admit to using the phone during a crash, and if people die, its harder to detect than alcohol abuse. n...

members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money. something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> its really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington, and theyve conveniently written them in such a way that they dont apply to themselves. >> reporter: the buying and selling of stock by corporate ...

track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> its really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and theyv...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...

that bill has been put back on the shelf. till tonight it appeared as if the legislation was on a fast track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> its really the way the ru...

house republicans attached unrelated projects to the bill that democrats dont want. the cut expires december 31st and without an extension the typical worker will get hit with $1,000 tax increase in the new year. newt gingrich has lost his iowa campaign director. craig bergman has stepped down over some comments he reportedly made about mormons. the des mois register says he called mormonism a cult. two of gingrichs rivals rather in the republican presidential race, mitt romney and j...

track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information that they learn in briefings or reports to make money, something like regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> its really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and theyve convenie...

Country at this point. >> a couple of things we need to illustrate or underscore. you made a good point. 50 states and d.c. is what they are calling on to pass these laws. the ntsb does not have regulatory authority and does not have law making authority. it is calling on the 50 states and d.c. to pass laws banning all electronic devices. not just cell phones, but blackberries and ipads, you name it in the drivers seat. creating a sterile cockpit, if you will. heres the chairman a moment ago. >>...

plus, the shocking end to an equally shocking case in saudi arabia. a woman beheaded for witchcraft. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. just 24 hours ago, the mud was flying between newt gingrich and mitt romney as they campaigned in the first primary state of new hampshire. now gingrich is vowing to run a clean campaign and refrain from initiating the kind of attacks that have come to characterize the modern race for the white house. some question, though, whether newt gi...

good evening, everyone. im john king reporting live from the history irk cspc hall in cedar rapids, iowa. breaking political story tonight. exactly three weeks before iowa casts the first vote of the 2012 presidential campaign. iowa conservative act innist who just signed on with the newt gingrich presidential campaign is quoted just before he took that campaign job as calling gingrich rival mitt romneys religion, quote, the cult of mormon. let me read you the quote. quote, theres a na...