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Texter liable in damages? well, a panel made that decision and it is a wild one. we'll have the legal answers for you and more coming up. >> richard, how do you see this case ultimately? >> fred, do you mean if i'm at cnn in los angeles and i text someone who i know is driving in the state of new jersey and that driver crashes, i can be held responsible for that? i don't think so, fred. we'll discuss this later. >> we're going to look into that because this is going to get the attention of a lot of folks. a lot of people doing that while they're driving, whether they should or shouldn't, right...

Even if you are not the one behind the wheel? a new jersey court has ruled that anyone who knowingly texts a driver could be held liable if that driver crashes. is that fair? let's bring in our legal panel today, esther panich, fred tecce is a former federal prosecutor. all right, let me wrap my mind around the this, fred, if i can. this applies, this ruling comes out of a new jersey case. a couple was on a motorcycle -- it's fairly well known case -- they were on a motorcycle. a teenage driver who was engaged in a text conversation with his teenage girlfriend, he slammed into them with his pi...

>> how is it going tonight? >> good. how are you? >> good. hey, the reason why i pulled you only, that was a turn-only lane that you drove through that red light. >> actually, that was a street light. >> a turn only lane. how much have you had to drink tonight? >> plenty. >> plenty? >> how much? >> hold on. [ bleep ] [ gunshots ] >> the driver pulls the trigger twice. luckily for the officer, the first round from his pistol is empty and the next round misses. >> shots fired. >> the driver crashes into a nearby utility box causing an explosion. as officer jessup approaches the vehicle, he is cl...

>> plenty? a how much? hold on! >> the driver pulls the trigger twice. luckily for the officer, the first round from his pistol is empty and the next round misses. >> shots fired. >> the driver crashes into a nearby utility box causing an explosion. as officer jessup approaches the vehicle, he is clearly shaken by the near-death experience. >> 651-63. that vehicle is about a search and rescue. >> but he still has a job to do. other officers respond to the scene and surround the vehicle unsure if the suspect still has ammunition.

>> a small earthquake hits the united states in a place that is not used to having them. it measured 4.3. and tep miles west of whites burg. no reports of injury or damage. earthquakes in the coal mining region are rare. an out of control driver crashes in a house. it is our top store store in america. california. it looked like nothing could stop the chamber of commerce binds. no one was inside of the home. witnesses say a teenage girl was driving and going 80 miles per hour. >> she just took off in front of us and it looked off a