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Maybe this should be the last place where people aren't talking on the phone. >> senator mccaskill, who is pushing for this change, she points out that pilots are using ipads in the cockpit, the flight attendants even have been given them. that's something i think a lot of people maybe didn't realize. >> this is when the house of cards started tumbling for the faa when it was announced that american airlines was issuing ipads to all of its flight crew so that the people closest to the navigational gear which supposedly is affected have ipads with them with their charts on it. well, at that poi...

Flight. >> someone's listening to their music or they have -- they're watching a video and they have got the beats on and noise canceling headphones, we want to make sure if there's a situation that passengers need to hear and understand that they will be able to do so. >> reporter: the national association of airline passengers actually agrees. unplugging for a few minutes is a small price to pay for safety. >> so, we do not as passengers want to do anything that will interfere or distract the pilots at this critical time of the flight. >> reporter: the pressure is to bring the rules up to da...

1,300 zbrups. most are anti-government militias. and two students at a junior high school outside of houston were recently disciplined for making racist taunts against an african-american student. here's what his mother told ktrk. >> my girl wrote on the board black justin in front of the class. my son was upset. they said he was invited to a kkk birthday party with lots of fun and games. >> another african-american called the racist behavior the norm. she said, kwoet, we are the minorities and we're treated as the minorities. >> bill gates says the education system in the is failing our kids....

Warner brothers is. we have to be careful of that. >> reporter: will this alienate fans of the hollywood classic? not according to james franco who plays oz. >> we pay respect to a lot of the aspects that people expect and love about the world of oz. that's, you know, mainly taken from the books. >> there's a fresh take on some of the characters. you're getting enough of the old and enough of the new. >> reporter: so while you won't see a tin man or scare crow in this oz, the yellow brick road is still in place, along with the witches. and disney is hoping the land of oz can once again turn mo...

infects in cambodia. and it's a special day for us and for ringo starr. the beatles legend joins us this hour on his birthday to celebrate, of course, with us, and to talk about his new album and the motivation behind his continued success. slow and steady is proving to be a losing combination for hundreds of thousands of people across the mid-atlantic and northeast who have been without power now for a full week. and it will be getting even hotter in many cities today. the record-breaking temperatures are blamed for several deaths and catastrophes for many businesses. emily schm...