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To highlight today. maybe you've heard this, but at any given moment about 13 million americans are driving while using hand-held phones, and according to a study from the traffic safety administration, it turns out that last year over 3,000 people were killed in accidents involving these distracted drivers, and safety experts also point out that's probably a low estimate because many people don't admit to using the phone during a crash, and if people die, it's harder to detect than alcohol abuse. now robert summalt, who serves on the advisory board of the safety administration, argues that di...

members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money. something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> it's really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington, and they've conveniently written them in such a way that they don't apply to themselves. >> reporter: the buying and selling of stock by corporate insiders who have access to nonpublic information that could affect the stock price can be a crim...

track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> it's really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and they've conveniently written them in such a way that they don't apply to themselves. >> the buying and s...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead in the horse race. look at this, hypothetical matchups next november. president obama versus gingric...

that bill has been put back on the shelf. till tonight it appeared as if the legislation was on a fast track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> it's really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and t...