the polls are tight. that happens on the you will be back tomorrow. >> i will. >> "happening now" starts right now. jon: diplomats from around the world meeting right now, working on strategies to defeat isis. this after video surfaced of another brutal beheading of at the hands of that terror group. good morning. i'm jon scott. >> i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee today. secretary of state john kerry joining international leaders in paris as they push for a global response to the isis crisis. arab countries offering to conduct airstrikes against the islamic militants and british prime minister david cameron calling the group, monsters, as they released a new video, showing the execution of david haines a british aide worker. they are threatening to behead another brittish citizen sparking some tough talk from david cameron.

the prime minister vowing to hunt down the terrorists and bring them to justice no matter how long it takes. listen to this. >> we have to confront this menace. step by step we must drive back and dismantle and ultimately destroy isil what it stands for. we will do so in a calm deliberate way but with an iron determination. >> amy kellogg is following breaking developments from our bureau in london. amy, the brits previously said no airstrikes. are they moving closer to that now? >> reporter: well, heather, they are still not talking about airstrikes here but a lot of people are just speculating, it is a matter of time before they do, before britain does get engaged in airstrikes against isis. isis targets. meanwhile at a meeting in paris, 29 nations issued a communique, agreeing to the support the new iraqi government by any means necessary including military if need be. russia recently excluded from international gatherings was very much at the table showing how this, fighting isis is the

number one issue for everyone. david haines beheading over the weekend is just intensified the urgency of the fight against these terrorists. meanwhile the islamic society of great britain in a letter to david cameron is urging world leaders and journalists to start referring to isis as the unislamic state. this as isis threatens to kill alan henning, a volunteer on an aide convoy. a man his friend say has a heart of gold. >> he is just going to help women and children. you know, that is what he has gone over there. he is not doing anything. he is not political. he is not religious. his ties he just wants to help people. >> reporter: heather, another friend of henning who was actually with him when he was picked up by fighters on the ground in syria says that the people who picked him up, who kidnapped him originally, were algerians and libyans. not even syrians. when you consider that and consider the fact that the

executioner in all three of these videos that we've seen recently has a british accent, it just underscores the fact that syria has become a haven for these jihadists, for these outcasts from various societies around the world. heather? heather: amy kellogg in wonder done for us. thank you, amy. >> i've got a few things on my mind these days. first, and most importantly, bill and i are on constant grant child watch. and then of course there is that other thing. well, it is true, i am thinking about it. but for today, that is not why i'm here. i'm here for the steak. jon: that is former secretary of state and first lady hillary clinton returning to the all-important state of iowa for the first time really in seven years. while she made no official announcement of a white house run, you could hear from those

comments that the hints were definitely there. joining us now, bret baier, the anchor of "special report" here on fox news channel. it was iowa that really derailed the hillary clinton coronation train eight years ago. how was she received this time, bret? >> reporter: received well. much different from seven, eight years ago, when she came in third in the iowa caucuses. this time delivering that speech, you heard a bit of it there. also working the rope line, something she didn't do at the last steak fry she attended alongside senator tom harkin. this is one of those events, john, a kind of check the box for people aspiring to be president and go through iowa and iowa caucus. while not making a lot of news, the fact she was there and the fact she talked about it a little bit was newsworthy in of itself. the machine it seems is running and an official decision by the end of the year, early 2015 at

the latest. jon: some of her comments, she sort of summoned her inner elizabeth warren from the sounds of things, very sort of populist approach, populist speech. >> talking about the minimum wage. talking about a number of agenda items democrats are talking about on the campaign trail. interestingly she talked about her time traveling around the world as secretary of state. sprinkled in there was a lot of different little sound bites but nothing that was tremendously news making, on any of those fronts. jon: it is said that, you know, you have to, really reach out in iowa, you have to shake a lot of hand. really embrace the state and that is maybe part of the reason she didn't do so well last time around. she had assumed that iowa would be hers. is this, you know, the sign that she intend to push harder in that state if she is in fact going to run? >> it's possible.

she is clearly sending that signal. the going bet she is going to be in this race and that decision is kind of, you know, there are few people out there that say she may not run but, i tell you that number, as i go around and talk to experts and political watchers is diminishing by the day, as we look at fund-raising and look at the machine and look at events like this and the former president also, you know, upping his game and his well-known speaking ability to talk about that. jon: yeah. he was there and part of the party, obviously. let's talk a little little bit t control of the gnat. there's a new poll out about that new hampshire race. i'm sorry? , i'm confusing my polls here, bret, sorry about that. how do you feel about the president's handling of the economy? 37% strongly disapprove. things are not, going so well

economically if you're a democrat trying to retain control of the senate right now. >> one of the positive things this administration says they have going for it is the u.s. economy but you look at some of these polls across the country, people just don't feel that and that is real lit important thing. as you look to the midterms. also the foreign policy element is factoring in if you look at these polls and how the president and the administration are dealing with isis and dealing with that threat on foreign policy. he is really down to about 27%. while he is not on the ballot this time, he is on the ballot, president obama, in a lot of these races and that could be a trouble for a lot of democrats in tough races to hold on to their seats. jon: "new york times" has a piece out. democrats see some daylight. see a little bit of, well, i guess a silver lining in their hopes of keeping the senate. >> well, a couple of races stand out where they look at 9 polls, they think they're better positioned than perhaps they

thought they were going to be. democrats internally will tell you they look pretty good in colorado, with mark udall in a race to keep his, his senate seat there against cory gardner. that said, it is still fairly close. north carolina is better positioned than they thought they would be, with kay hagan there. but, again, you know, as many positive signs as the democrats there are, there are people like stu rothenberg and other prognosticators say this could be setting up to be a republican wave election. we'll see. the polls in the next few weeks, when people are paying attention, really will start to jell. jon: nobody supposedly pays attention until after labor day which is now behind us. bret base see you tonight on "special report." >> thanks, jon. jon: on that topic, this is the poll i was trying to get to earlier. i got a little ahead of myself, sorry about that. a new poll on the

hotly-contested race in new hampshire shows the democratic incumbent, senator jeanne shaheen is locked in dead heat with republican challenger scott brown. both candidates at 48% in this poll. shaheen held a 12-point lead over brown two months ago. the race seems to be tightening in part because of brown gaining more support from republicans and president obama's sagging approval rate negotiate state. the democratic senatorial committee is expected to release a pool that shows shaheen leading brown 51-43%. heather: congress's latest effort to get answers on the deadly benghazi terror attack begins later this week. the select committee on benghazi will hold the first open hearing on wednesday. as they begin new work there is a new bombshell. allegations from a former state department official claiming in a new report that hillary clinton's staffers helped separate out documents before they were turned over to

investigators. doug mckelway, is following this story for us. he is live in washington with more. doug, what do they mean by separating out doubts? >> reporter: we'll get into that in a little bit, heather. only go days before the benghazi select committee scheduled to hold its first hearing this new bombshell will be riveting their attention. investigative reporter cheryl atkinson writing in the daily signal, states that a former state department official raymond maxwell told her, we're quoting from the piece, hillary clinton confidants were part of an operation to separate damaging documents before being turned over to the accountability review board investigating security lapses throughout the benghazi attacks. maxwell learned in 2012 that clinton staff watered during a weekend in a stated department basement room to separate the room. he went there uninvite and asked a office supervisor what they were doing. coring to atkinson, ray, we'll go through the stacks and pull out anything that might put

anybody in the near eastern affairs front office or the 7th floor in a bad light. that reference to the 7th floor is where hillary and her staff operated out of the state department. when maxwell asked the staffer if culling out these damaging documents was quote, unethical, she responded, ray, those are our orders. when you might recall that admiral mike mullen and ambassador tom pickering who headed up the accountability review board said last year and we're quoting here, from the beginning of the arb process we had unfettered access to everyone and everything including all the documentation we needed. maxwell's new information now public for first time casts some serious doubt on that and speaking on fox news this morning, utah republican congressman jason chaffetz who is not a member of the select committee said that maxwell previously came to the house oversight committee and made pretty much the same claim. chaffetz identified which hillary staffers were separating out those documents. >> people that were in that room directing traffic were none

other than hillary clinton's chief of staff, cheryl mills and jake sullivan, her deputy chief of staff. some very, it doesn't get anymore high-ranking than that. >> reporter: the first hearing of the select committee is set for this wednesday, 10:00 a.m. raymond maxwell is not on the witness list for that hearing. chaffetz seemed to indicate the committee will be hearing from him later on. back to you. >> that is quite a story. something out after spy novel. doug mckelway in washington. thanks for bringing that to us. >> reporter: my pleasure. jon: britain's prime minister david cameron make as final patriotic plea to the people of scotland. you might know scotland will vote this week whether to sevenner hundred years old ties to britain and become an independent nation. mr. cameron made the second voice knit five days urging scots to quote, not break up our family of nations. four million people are expected to go to the polls. the vote is expected to be very close. heather: really interesting after 300 years of history.

jon: wow. heather: a cancer doctor is supposed to save lives, but this one is accused trying to take one by poisoning her lover. we'll bring you details on the case when it gets underway. ray rice is not sitting buy quietly. what the suspended nfl star is trying to do to get back on the field this season. as another abuse scandal hits the nfl. new device to end texting while driving. we want to hear from you. what is your policy at home texting while driving? our chat is up and running. go to foxnews.com, click on. you never text and drive, do you jon? jon: no. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts?

that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. heather: getting new information on some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. a trial getting underway in houston today for a cancer doctor who accused of poisoning her lover. prosecutors claim dr. anna marie gonzalez spiked his coffee with a chemical found in antifreeze. her lover barely survived. he suffered kid any failure.

in pennsylvania a state trooper who was ambushed on friday night is conscious and speaking for first time since undergoing surgery. investigators hope to talk to him about the shooting outside of a police barracks in pennsylvania that left his colleague dead. no suspects have been arrested just yet but they are on the lookout for them. jody arias is back in court ahead of penalty phase of her trial that takes place next month. the judge postponed the trial. arias decided to represent herself and changed her mind using a court-appointed attorney. she was convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008. jon: ray rice, the player at center the nfl's domestic abuse scandal trying to get back on the field. he will file an appeal challenging his indefinite suspension as another scandal lock rocks the nfl. jonathan hunt is live in the studios. >> good morning jon and heather. ray rice has until 11:59 p.m.

tomorrow to file any appeal under league rules. ray and january ney rice made their first public appearance, watching a game at former high school in new rochelle. cameras and reporters kept to a distance. rice presumably spent much of consulting with lawyers and players association as he prepares for appeal, which is likely to be based on his claims when he met with nfl commissioner roger goodell he told the truth, he says about punching his fiance in the atlantic city casino. goodell suspended him for two games. after public outcry and release of video from inside the elevator, goodell upped the punishment to indefinite suspension. goodell is under increasing pressure over his handling of the incident. there are calls for his resignation. banners calling on him to go, being flown over at least two nfl stadiums this past weekend.

goodell is looking into child abuse allegations against one of league's biggest stars, vikings running back adrian peterson. arrested for child abuse after repeatedly striking his young son with a tree branch. stern parenting as his lawyer called it. peterson didn't play as well as greg hardy, convicted of striking his girlfriend with the. they are saying that the league and teams have to act more quickly and decisively in these cases. >> take them off the field. i don't care, we're in a climate right now, i don't care what it is, take them off the dang field, you know as a man that is real r evenly thing we really respect. we don't respect no women. we don't respect no kids. only thing roger around them do, take them off the field because they respect that. >> no doubt roger goodell and everyone at nfl headquarters

would hope sunday would put the focus on hits on the field but still the violence off the feel grabbing all the headlines. very emotional stuff from chris carter there. jon: obviously, yeah. heather: really strong words. jon: jonathan hunt, jonathan, thank you. >> sure. heather: well, a college student vanishes and her victim's was just discovered near her college campus. so who killed anna marie smith? we have a key piece on the investigation which began later today. isis beheading a another western hostage. how countries around the world are now reacting and what needs to be done to stop that terror group. we'll go in depth coming up.

heather: arab nations are now offering to join the fight against isis with the obama administration saying that several countries want to help

with airstrikes. but some lawmakers in the united states are skeptical that the terror group can be taken out without using ground forces. listen to this. >> we're fighting a terrorist army, not an organization. it is going to take an army to beat an army. this idea we'll never have any boots on the ground to defeat them in syria is fantasy. heather: talk about that, joining us aaron david miller, former advisor to six secretary is of state, including democrats and republicans. author of upcoming book, end of greatness, why america can't and doesn't want another great president. good morning to you. secretary kerry said this yesterday we have in fact gotten offers from other nations not just airstrikes but boots on the ground. consider aren't we taking them up on the offer? >> first of all i don't think this enterprise is ready for prime time? heather: how so? >> generalized commitments have to be turned into coordinated strategy and we're nowhere near

that with respect to syria. coalition is important. global problem, requires a global response. isis beheaded a british citizen and sadly and tragically i suspect there will be more in the days to come. we have to understand two things. ultimately defeating isis, literally destroying it is right now a bridge way to fire. this is the 14th, we're into the 14th year in our battle against al qaeda and bin is dead, al qaeda core is dismantled, but if you ask anybody, intel guys, that know their business, they would say to you that the primary threat right now to the continental united states isn't isis, isn't iran, it is al qaeda in arabian peninsula. heather: okay. >> they have the bomb-making capacity and operatives and motivation to strike. that is number one. number two we have to separate out iraq and syria. we can have immediate success and have had in syria. allies be and good intel

operators on the ground. in syria we have none of that. we do not have reliable allies or special forces. heather: how do we get that on the ground in syria? some nations are saying we will put boots on the ground. listen to this and react to it. congressman mccaul, republican from texas, chairman of the homeland security committee on "fox & friends" this morning, he said the jordanians would put boots on the ground right now if the united states were to ask. listen to this. >> the idea that we're not going to have other arab nations send their combat troops to fight sis is, particular any in syria, to me is irresponsible. and you know, i talked to the prince of jordan last week. he said i'm willing to put my troops into syria today if your government would ask us to do that. heather: so you say, not ready for prime time. what do we need to get that done if that is the solution? >> first of all you need, separate out external actors, turks, jordanians and saudis. i'm quite skeptical any of these

sunni nations, whatever they say, they're prepared to fight isis and al qaeda to the last american. whether or not they're preferred to actually deploy thousands of forces is another matter. local allies are critically important right now. and in iraq we have them. you've peshmerga. you will have to cooperate with another deal with the devil. you will have to probably have an indirect community of interest with irrainsians to capitalize on shia militias. those are real february merges and we to certain extent checked isis's advances in iraq. syria, again come back to it. poses a whole different problem. you can't throw a whole bunch of jordanian forces into the fight. heather: my goodness, a lot of folkses would say heck, it is a start. >> it's a start. where do you send them? how many? you need good intel. heather: you said there is intel on the ground. >> not in syria. not in syria. not in syria.

heather: let me ask you quickly about the coalition being assembled. secretary of state john kerry helping to pull some things together. you know it is often said these countries say sure we'll help in afghanistan, we'll do this, that and the other but the help never ends up materializing. they talk a good game but never follow through. will they follow through this time? >> i don't think so. this coalition of the willing, literally in my judgment is coalition of the unwilling, disabled and self-interested. turks, turkey is a critically important piece in fighting isis and isis has 45 turkish diplomats held hostage in mosul. erdogan is simply not going to fundamentally put himself out front. the turks are allowing or acquiescing indirectly in the flow of fighters. isis oil is being sold by turkish -- heather: sold on the black market. >> these are the kinds of steps, frankly, that these states could actually do. qataris, saudis could train and

pay for it. >> aaron, you're not very optimistic. listening to you, you sound like -- >> no, i'm not. because the objective of this, frankly is not to transform syria and iraq. it is to prevent another attack on the continental united states. and in the end that is a long movie, heather. is a long war. we avoided a al qaeda directed attack for 13 years. our track record is pretty good. i'm not interested in transforming this region. we'll not be able to do that. we have to protect america. heather: a lot of our folks would agree with you. we want to keep america safe at this point. thanks so much for joining us and your expertise. >> thank you, heather. heather: all right, jon. jon: speaking of isis, what about social media? is that helping the terror group grow even more dangerous? coming up we'll look how the media coverage of their brutality might actually be helping isis recruit. plus, it came onshore as a category three hurricane,

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nation's largest amusement parks got quite a surprise over the weekend. what caused multiple rides to fail at once, stranding riders. we'll have details on a new technology that could ultimately put the brakes on deadly distracted driving and one hotel chain going out of its way to encourage guests to tip the maid. too much? >> now to a fox extreme weather ale alert. hurricane odile is bringing winds of more than 100 miles an hour and inches and inches of rainfall to the baja peninsula. a place where a lot of american tourists visit. the storm is expected to continue weakening as it approaches the american southwest. our meteorologist is live for us in the fox extreme weather center with more on this. boy, a whole lot of red behind you. can barely see you through it. >> yeah. good to see you. hello. that's right. odile made landfall late last night. it was a category three hurricane at the time. it made landfall late last night

about 9:45 p.m. that was pacific time with maximum sustained winds at 125 miles an hour. but those wind gusts were much stronger than that. the big concern was storm sturj and also significant flash flooding. some of the mountainous terrain could see locally up to 18 inches of rain so mudslides are also going to be a big issue out here. now, the storm has weakened. it's cut off from a lot of water, the center at least and we're seeing maximum sustained winds at 100 miles per hour. that still makes it a very strong category two storm moving towards the northwest at 14 miles per hour and the forecast track the next several days continues over land. that means the storm is going to continue to weaken out here and eventually by tuesday or wednesday, we're just going to be looking at an area of low pressure so a low but this is still a big concern for parts of the southwestern united states because a lot of that tropical moisture is going to move northward and we could look at several inches of rainfall across parts of arizona, parts

of new mexico and last week we were looking at significant rain in arizona and an all-time record set in the city of phoenix so this could be a big issue out here. we'll watch it the next few days. >> all right. thank you. >> thanks. >> is the media coverage of the brutal beheadings of the two americans and now a british civilian by isis terrorists, is that actually helping fuel the growth of that ter or army? one columnist in the "new york times" writing, making the argument that social mediare iss stronger, writing, quote, we don't want to look but some of us do and the rest of us talk about it. isis seems to understand the same forces that carry the ice bucket challenge's message of uplift, the desire to be part of something to be in the know can be used to spread fear and terror as well. joining us is jim pink ir -- pinkerington, and alan colmes,

both fax news contributors. interesting, alan, the production, if you will, of these beheadings has become very slick to the point where even the victims were wearing lapel microphones so they could make their statements before they were killed. >> they're media savvy. they know we're going to cover t. we have to cover it. it is, after all, news and you can't stop social media from spreading it. but what's really happening is we have politicians like lindz ya graham and john mccain that get on the sunday morning shows and tell us they're going to attack the united states. arizona republican senator, radio show, they're on the border of mexico and jimmying up fear and then there's a push toward this greater war that we're now being told could take years. so it's our reaction to it. it's our reaction to what they're doing, not the media coverage is causing the problem but the way we're reacting to it that is now creating another

war. the administration won't say, bob seiffert asked, are we at war? the answer was no. of course we're at war. >> whatever fear isis was trying to spread by releasing the images, it in some cases backfired on them. president obama did not seem particularly eager to go after isis until the videos were released. >> on one hand these videos are exciting to a certain group of, you know, creepy especially young people who fantasize about blowing up their high school and they're clearly getting recruits out of all of this. on the other hand, they've galvanized world opposition against them. so it's -- look. we've had this problem for a long time of media events, whether you like them or not,

that attract attention. i can remember back in the 1960's, you had protests, including an american or two setting fire to themselves to protest the vietnam war and then in the 1970's and 1980's, you had airline hijackings and truck bombings that are certainly a media event and now this. i agree with alan, the media really don't have a choice but to cover them. they are news. i think the media actually has done a good job. they haven't shown the actual beheadings, although for the ultra curious or the people who think of some kind of conspiracy theorys are hoax, you can find them if you click around long enough on the internet. >> that's the point, alan. in this era, it used to be if the "new york times" or the a.p. didn't release a particular photograph or piece of film, it didn't get out. these days you can individually find anything you want on the internet >> that's positive. more democratic, small date way of disseminating news. if you want to find something, you can find it. no one is forcing anybody to go

online and watch the video. as jim says and i agree, the media has been fairly responsible about having some deck or dish decorum and not simply throwing it out for ratings. if you want to go online and get more information, you can do it. >> but nobody is -- at least in this country, we're not all running out to join isis as a result of this, jim. it's so twisted to think that it actually helps them recruit fighters. >> well, it is twisted but apparently that's the reaction. these several americans have been killed and estimates are there are several thousand foreigners, americans, europeans, who get excited over this. again, it's a sick world. let's admit that. however, it's also a healthy word insofar as the vast majority of people, you know, are horrified by what isis has

done and depending who you talk to, i was sober hearing about calling for an anti-isis coalition. depending on the challenges, it's not because the regimes in the middle east like isis. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, did you hear about the story in one major hotel chain based in america wants to give its maids a raise but it wants you to chip in and pay for it. we'll tell you what marriott is asking customers to do plus a gruesome discovery brings more questions than answers in the case of a missing college student in north carolina. police now working to find new clues into what killed anne marie smith.

>> let's take a look at what is ahead on "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. what have you got today? >> hi, heather. mixed messages from the obama administration as secretary of state john kerry is forced to backtrack on whether we're at

war with isis after the white house and pentagon contradict him so why can't they get their messaging straight? plus charles barkley defending vikings running back adrian peterson in the wake of his child abuse charges. why he says the nfl star's southern upbringing could explain his actions. >> a teenage girl forced to change clothes after wearing a t-shirt to school that she says expressed her christian faith z. all that plus hashtag one lucky guy at the top of the hour. please join us. >> thanks a lot. >> see you then. >> all right. new developments in the case of anna smith. appalachian state university student found dead after a week after vanished. >> anna marie smith was last seen september 2 on a campus bus at her college, appalachian state, in north carolina. once she was reported missing, a desperate search was launched but turned up nothing.

then this saturday morning around 10:30 a.m. a body was found in the woods adjacent to a road outside anna's dorm. nearby were her driver's license and a.s.u. i.d. emergency workers tell fox a jogger called police friday morning and reported hearing voices and screaming in a ravine on profile trail. the tipster called after reading about smith's disappearance. appalachian state police chief said that smith reported an assault in late august at a small off campus gathering but investigators found no evidence of a sexual attack. they did admit someone left her in an anguished state but no details. she was remembered last night by her home town of high point. the school's dean is reminding students the campus has a safety council. there's also free counselling in the wake of this tragedy, jon.

>> very sad story. >> what a future she had indeed at just a fraeshman. new trading week is underway on wall street so let's take a look at the big board right now. it is up just about four points right now and that, of course, brings us to a look back what happened six years ago today. you may recall that investment house lee -- lemman brothers collapsed for good. how far has the economy come since then? >> good morning. >> you talk to the government. they say the economy is really booming and so much than it was before. >> this morning, the director of the president's national economic council discussed all the things the administration has done since the collapse of lemman brothers, since at least president obama took office, the

auto bailout and struggling homeowners and he called for raising the minimum wage but i'll say this. over and over again, highlighting how awful this financial crisis was is one way of excusing or explaining away the lack luster economy in this country without taking any responsibility for it. here is what we're facing right now. economic recovery that's still uneven in the first quarter, it was negative growth and then rebounded sharply in the second. you have job growth that lost steam last month. more than seven million people are working part time but don't want to and in part because of that, wage growth since the end of the recession five years ago has barely kept up with inflation. so they called for raising the minimum wage. duke university's business school did a survey recently of chief financial officers and they found if you raise the minimum wage to between $10 and $15 an hour, it's not going to only cause companies to cut jobs

but will also hinder future hiring. >> speaking of wages, that brings me to a story i want to talk about. marriott hotel $ finding an unusual way to give maids a raise. they urge customers to leave tip envelopes in their room and i think what concerns some people about this is that the company -- sounds like the company is attempting to shift the burden of their -- of the maids' income to the customers. >> it's a way for them to avoid giving housekeepers a wage hike. they're doing this with a foundation set up by maria shriver and it was her idea where they'll leave envelopes in about 160,000 hotel rooms encouraging tips. maria shriver said according to reports that you tip bellmen, waiters, why not tip the housekeeper? the recommended tip is a buck to $5 per night. i will say this. at least it's up to the customer

because if you raise wages for house keepers across an entire chain, those higher costs are going to get passed on to the consumer anyway and you just don't see it. this is the way of rewarding what you think is great work. >> they do work hard. >> and if you want your room clean, you know what to do. >> you know what you've got to do. thank you so much. >> then if they raise the rates, you pay more tax. >> i would rather have it be a choice than have them charge me more. >> using technology to stop the growing and deadly problem of texting while driving. how a new system works. we have the details for you. plus a teenager is dead. he took his own life and his family is blaming his classmates. what happened there? a live report ahead. i'm a doctor of internal medicine

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phone company blocks texts to the driver. if both husband and wife are in the car with their phones, how do you know who is driving? well, in that case the system doesn't block texts for either one assuming the passenger will prevent the driver from texting. but the main stumbling block is demand. those addicted to texting while driving could not buy the device or not activate it. the device's inventor thinks that people want technology to save them from themselves. 94% of people surveyed last week said sending or reading texts while driving is unacceptable. yet roughly a third admit they engage in this very dangerous activity. device is made by a company that reportedly needs more financing and phone company participation in order to make this technology reality. heather? >> sign me up. i'm in. thank you so much. >> especially if you have a teen or somebody young behind the wheel. make sure they don't text and drive. >> scary thought.

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>> i was just talking with heather about this during the break, the device ending texting while driving. we want to hear from you. what is your policy of texting while driving? would you pay for a device like that to prevent it from happening in your car? click on america's asking. get your thoughts into the conversation. >> a lot of parents particularly concerned about their teens texting and driving. >> i have a 17-year-old, 17

years old today. >> happy birthday. hits close to home. >> certainly does. >> we'll see you in an hour. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> this is "outnumbered." sandra smith is back. today's hashtag one lucky guy, red eye regular, tom. he's back and he's outnumbered. >> don't you forget it. >> how does it feel? >> i thought we were cutting to like another info. i was relaxing. >> that was an intro for you. you do double duty in a barber shop quartet. a lot of people don't know this about you. >> it's going to ruin my reputation, right? or maybe this is going to ruin my reputation. i sing with jimmy fallon in