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Be. five people are dead after air ambulance crashed shortly after takeoff in texas. the aircraft was trying to make and this machine landsing in a field with you but hit a rut and flipped. the plane was carrying a 78-year-old patient and his wife. both were killed. also among the dead the pilot and two nurses on board. a graphic commercial released by aaa carolinas warns of the dangers of texting while driving, but does it go too far? were going to show you some of it, but i do want to warn...

They can fine you and give you points on your license. a whole bunch of new laws. lets start off with that. a bunch of states have added this law now involving texting while driving. ill just tell you some of the states have added new law july 1, georgia, iowa, michigan, and wyoming. plus two more states this month are kicking in, kentucky and nebraska. this means that more than half the states in the country now have various types of laws that ban texting while driving. in a lot of cases, your ...

Saying, oh, i need to just, you know, answer this e-mail. what message does it send? youre important, but just hold on a minute. >> reporter: thompson is so aware offer problem, she even wrote about it on an online parenting site babble.com, asking does my blackberry make me a bad parent? >> sometimes we find a middle path to everything. and it may not be that im not going to answer many i blackberry or use my cell phone. i think it is about what would it be like to turn the blackberry off for 2...

To others is making her unavailable to her children. dont you worry that youre taking your eye off the ball, so to speak, your child? >> i do worry that im ignoring my children. >> reporter: it can be dangerous. i spoke to one man who says he actually saved a baby who wandered into the street and was nearly hit by a car. he says both of the parents were texting side by side and not paying attention. other mothers we spoke to say their mobile technology obsession has made them take pause too. >> ...

To the senator? >> thank you, senator. i appreciate your kind words. >> thank you. >> kassy devine, u.s. navy and senator kit bond, we appreciate what youre doing to try to make a difference as well. well continue to follow the story. thank you, both, very much. >> thank you, kyra. >> thank you. many of you may be asking what can i do to protect myself from something like this? we reached out to our team of medical experts and they tell us unfortunately in these situations there is nothing a p...

Ignore your own safety. it is another to ignore your childs. alina cho reports, some parents are neglecting their children because theyre just too busy texting. >> reporter: it is no secret a lot of us are addicted to our iphones and blackberries, but what happens when that gets in the way of parenting? some parents are spending so much time looking down and typing, theyre ignoring their children. and child development experts say thats a problem. >> how was field day? >> reporter: stay at home ...

Right. >> i was just telling kyra during the break about my failed efforts with that. were about to see actually what you can no longer do at the same rate anyway which is this. beginning today, the 10% tax on tanning if youre going to do any of the ultraviolet things in tanning salons around the country. you were hearing about this during the health care debate. this is a way that the government is saying could help make a bunch of money to go toward health care reform. it is projected to net $...

More than theyre using them for calls. texts is the most popular data function. a recent survey finds the average teen sends 1500 texts a month and a third of them, texting while driving. so parents, you can stop that dangerous habit just like a cold or can you? >> tech expert katie linen doll is live from new york. good to see you. >> it seems every kid is texting, adults, too, but we dont want our kids texting while driving. lets begin with something called a text blocker. what is it? >> exact...

Science. i cant wait to see the discovery special. but they dont land here. they only land in isolated places. they have taken people, i believe. they do have technology. lord hill norton of the british defense staff said he -- >> larry: why not new york? >> -- believed 23 people are coming here. that 23 species are coming because they dont want anything to do with us. i dont think well ever have a formal relationship, a formal contact with any alien species out there, especially after 9/11. whe...

I dont think theyre a mass threat but i think theyre breaking the law. >> larry: how do you arrest them? >> thats the -- the fbi should be on that. i dont think theyre a mass threat. if you want to save lives in this country, teach people to drive better, remove cocaine appetite in the united states and stop people from texting while driving. i look at this through the entertainment filter, larry. >> larry: thats why youre going to do another ghostbusters and im going to be in it again. >> you b...