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death toll rising. this morning the race against time in the search for survivors. cellular interference, the dangers of talking and texting while driving. lawmakers are stepping up their efforts to keep you safe behind the wheel. dangerous defect. one of the nation's largest automakers recalls millions of vehicles, why the floor mat of your car could be putting your life at risk. good morning everyone and welcome to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm barbara harrison. it's wednesday, september 30th, 2009. looking outside, you can't tell, but it is chilly. 57 fall-like degree...

killer tsunami. two powerful earthquakes set off warnings in the pacific. an open gas line leads to delays in putting out an early morning house fire. and slowly but surely less american droops will find themselves stationed in iraq. thanks for joining us. today is wednesday, september 30th. it is cloudy outside. definitely a chill in the air. let's find out what is in store for us. let's go to kim martucci. >> good morning. here's our time lapse tower cam from the netherlands carillon keeping an eye on the cloud deck we have and likely to stay with us through the day. sprinkle...

commitment to finding out what works and ask congress for its implementation? >> i want to make sure everybody understands the question here. a lot of doctors have argued, and in some cases they are justified, that their costs for medical malpractice insurance, the threat of a lawsuit if something goes wrong with a patient even if it is not their fault, is so high that not only is it increasing their out of pocket costs, but they are also engaging this what is called defensive medicine. that they have to order five tests when one is enough just to make sure they are covered so that i...

Professionals and the trained, trained to do that. >> and you are, your unit is uniquely trained. what is it that makes them so unique? >> well, it's our main mission is search and rescue, we're self-contained with a medical component and we have structural engineers and we have paramedics, doctors, and we have canines and handlers and we have boat components around and week go through concrete with jackhammers, and we have rigging specialists, so, you know, we have listening devices and you know, cameras so we can search for people. so it's a very self-contained unit and highly trained and sk...