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Campaign. >> we just want people to take the distractions out of their life while they're behind the wheel and just drive. is that text message or phone call or whatever the you're doing in your car worth that few seconds that could change your life forever. >> reporter: and this week, police are sure to be out in force, making sure everyone has a safe holiday. many states are now raising the penalties for distracted driving, for texting while driving and the big challenge of course for all of us is not to give into the temptation and to remind our spouses and our kids, keep our eyes off the p...

Company behind drive cam says almost 50% of teens admit to texting while driving. >> the teens that says they won't talk or text on a phone has so much pressure to so that commitment is most likely going to be broken. >> we catch these kids on their phones even though they know they're being recorded. we've been collecting video from their cars for four months. now we brought the drivers and their parents to new york city to watch the video clips for the first time. parents in one road and teens in another. >> are any of you nervous about your parents' reaction? >> yeah. >> you're nervous? >> ...

Julie: 13 people were killed when a pickup truck swerved into the wrong lane and slammed into a bus in texas. one witness says the truck driver who survived the wreck admitted he was texting while driving. police have yet to confirm that. all 13 people killed were seniors heading home from eight christian retreat. a child is dead and 12 others are in the hospital tonight after carbon monoxide leak and make michigan motel paid employees reportedly called 911 after finding six children unconscious on the pool deck. we are told several of the first responders who showed up to help ending up in th...

Young was behind the wheel. >> he's going to hit somebody head-on or he's going to kill his own damn self. somebody needs to get this guy off the road. >> reporter: but before deputies can respond, the truck slams head-on into the church bus. >> i'm the one that called in a while ago. i got this guy on video hitting this bus head-on. >> reporter: that collision ended the lives of 13 people, members of the first baptist church in new braunfels, texas, coming home from a bible retreat. >> our church family is doing what we should do, and coming together and grieving with those who grieve and wee...

>> live for america's news headquarters, three people have been arrested on the internet bridge fire in atlanta authorities not discussing emotive or how the fire started. details being released as the investigation continues was the fire broke out thursday causing one overpass to collapse. transportation officials say it takes several months to repair the damaged sections which federal investigators say most if not all the victims of that perfect bus crash, wearing seatbelts. and the minibus crashed head on with the pickup truck. the truck driver admits he was texting while driving. only one ...