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Away. i dont think theyre a mass threat. if you want to save lives in this country, teach people to drive better, remove the cocaine appetite in the united states and stop people from texting while driving. thats the way to save lives. i look at this through the entertainment filter, larry. >> larry: i gather that. thats why youre going to do another again. >> you bet. were working on it today. >> larry: well be back with more. dont go away. suitcase? huh? ♪ where do gummy bears hide? under th...

9/11. when we broke our toys in the sandbox, if they were observing that, goodbye human race. and honestly, i dont think theyre a mass threat, but i do believe theyre breaking the law. im serious. title 18, 1202. read the travis walton story. >> larry: so how do you arrest them? >> thats the thing. the fbi should be on that right away. i dont think theyre a mass threat. if you want to save lives in this country, teach people to drive better, remove the cocaine appetite in the united states and s...

Jeff greene is announcing his decision as crist made his decision to change parties. here is what he had to say on the "today" show just this morning. >> this is going right to the people. this is making sure all the people have the opportunity in my state to make this decision about who their next u.s. senator is. nobody should be afraid of that and nobody should be fearful of that and its all in the peoples hands. >> crist will be the guest on this sundays "meet the press." and declaring tod...

>> he didnt bust in. he could just say, youre not going to invite the guy in -- >> lets wait until he assaults a child. thatd be great. >> if he thinks thats consensual and he was invited over, you can uninvite him. slam the door. gregg: sharon and wendy, thank you both. >> you bet. >> thank you. jane: we want to get to the push to stop people from texting while theyre driving. twenty-three states in this country have bans in place. there are some startling new statistics about the dangers out. ...

Characters. kind of an interesting -- >> strategic. they know exactly what they are doing when they do choose to text mom and dad. we know that teens and adults text and drive for that matter. youve got some numbers on the downside of the texting phenomena, right? >> right. right. >> looks like spam is a big issue, texting while driving, as we said. a lot of kids are bullied and harassed by text. certainly we know the josie ratley story we just talked about. that seemed like an isolated incident...

>> gentleman acknowledged the company does a poor job of ciewn indicating during the period of the recall. >> thank you, like, from washington newsroom. thank you and a new crack down on distracted drivers who text or talk on the phone while behind the wheel. starting this month police in hartford, connecticut, and syracuse, new york, will step up the efforts to ticket drivers seen using hand held cell phones. it is part of a federally funded pilot program that includes an advertising blitz, mod...

Ambassador to the united nations. a new ruling against the federal government and wire tapping on alleged terror suspects. texting while driving is certainly dangerous enough, but what if youre doing it behind the wheel of a truck or a bus? theres now new action to try to prevent that from happening. whe! where are you?! arghhh... (announcer) dr. scholls massaging gel insoles give you outrageous comfort, all-day-guaranteed. woah. its not too far... (announcer) are you gellin? dr. scholls.

Plane. and an automobile. its a menace to society and we recently exercised our authority to ban truck drivers from texting while driving. now for toyota. the toyota recall situation is extremely serious and we are treating it extremely seriously. the three recalls involving toyota are among the largest in automobile history affecting more than six million people in the country. id like to say a word to consumers. if you notice your gas pedal or your brake is not responding as it normally would,...

Europe weighs rescue plan. global markets including wall street, surged on the news. and "houston chronicle," humans will be sent to mars by 2013. im saying to myself right now, you know what the united states of america needs to do, more than anything else with massive debt, china, india overtaking our economies, with all of the challenges faces us, we need to send a man to mars. >> "miami herald." after failing to pass a measure two years, 17 bills on texting while driving have been introduc...

Outside of the car doesnt matter how im doing it, this way or the headset were more likely to see a crash. >> thats counter intuitive. the point is distraction, the reason they dont see a diminishing number of crashes, your mind is not on the ball. when youre talking to somebody in the car youre distracted also? >> you would think you do. the legislators want to do something with safety, but when it doesnt work. >> one thing is clear, you have to ban the texting. 19 states have done that, ban te...