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72% said they saw drivers typing on a phone or mobile device. john coen is the polling director for "the washington post." thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> were you blown away by these numbers? i've seen people shave, put mascare on. these numbers are stunning. >> they are high. this is of the washington area. distracted driving is a nationwide problem. it costs billions of dollars a year. many, many accidents are caused simply by this. these numbers are striking high. reports of distracted driving on washington roads are up dramatically from five years ago. 61% now say they ...

Available, are the numbers worse in different places in parts of the country? >> this is a poll we conducted in this area. we'll have to repeat it in a national poll to get comparisons. certainly public transit options here are far greater than else wrchlt i will say there's distracted driving and distracted walking. there's lots of pedestrians in open areas that cross streets while typing on their phones or other mobile devices that also have safety concerns. >> that's a great point. i've seen people almost be hit by cars walking out into the streets texting, not realizing it's not time to st...

golf. then at 2:00 eastern time that is actually when he's scheduled to take the questions more than 200 reporters at augusta national. nbc's kerry sanders is on the scene. kerry, first i want to hear your thoughts on the atmosphere there. you know, we hear beauty all these reporters on the ground and a lot of pressure tiger woods is feeling now. set the stage for us and the atmosphere there. >> the fans are here, the traffic is backed up on all the highways to get here. there are more reporters here covering this than tiger woods is used to dealing with. that is because he's used to...