then ray la hood discusses distracted driving. coming of this week, alive inquiry into british phone hacking. starting monday, gordon brown and the chancellor of the exchequer. the relationship between the media and the press -- between the government and the press. >> the be-52, everyone thinks back to vietnam. they think of the history of the b-52, coldar. there is a different kind of power associated with the b-52 as opposed to other long-range bombers. >> union and confederate, knew each other prior to the civil war, fought against each other, and here they are at age 100 sitting on the porch and talking about the old days. >> the gate to the west is marked 903. they really reflect or reference a moment of the bomb which was at nine a two. -- 902. >> look for the history of literary culture of our next stop, jefferson, missouri. book tv is on c-span to. -- c-span-2. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sunday night at 9 eastern and pacific on american history tv, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's spee

transportation secretary ray la hood says no matter the cost, safety is the first priority. >> by ignoring safety rules, these operators put passengers and other motorists at serious risk. shutting them down will save lives. >> normally companies that were shut down simply reopened with new names. but government officials say they will have to follow safety procedures before reopening. >>> expect some delays getting around on metro this weekend. crews are going to be doing work on all five lines. the biggest headache will be on the orange line. buses will replace trains between east and west falls church stations. that's so crews can start to tie the silver line to the existing track. trains will also be single tracking on sections of the blue, red, green, and orange lines. all the work starts at 10:00 tonight and should be finished by monday morning. >>> and the traffic alert if you're getting out of town this weekend and plan to use the wilson bridge, all thru lanes of the inner loop from maryland into virginia will close tonight for paving work. everything should be back open in time fo

transportation secretary, ray la hood will roll out a new effort to crackdown on distracted driving.ew details will be released later this morning. la hood called distracted driving an epidemic and supposedly -- or supported i should say limiting cell phone use by drivers whether it is texting or talking. >> another big change could come to the way students are disciplined in fairfax county schools. the board is set to vote on a proposal that would require parents to be notified before their children are questioned about serious offences. parents are already notified about disciplinary issues but normally not until after school officials spoke with students. now the changes are part of a broader push for school discipline reform brought on by the suicide of a fairfax county student following a suspension many thought was too harsh. >>> louden county couple set to go the trial on charges they got their kids to school late too many times. their three children were tardy 30 times between last september and this past january. they are facing fines up to $3,000. >>> all right 8:15 a.m., g

that's the word from the transportation secretary ray la hood.more than $2 million to delaware and california to test police crackdowns and publicity campaigns. he says similar programs in other states did cut down on distracted driving. a new government study shows that nearly 60% of high school seniors admit texting or emailing while they are behind the wheel. but we all know they are better at it than we are. the survey did not ask whether the car was moving at the time. just yesterday a massachusetts court sentenced an 18-year-old to a year in prison for causing a deadly crash while texting and driving. he can't get a driver's license now for more than a decade. google maps is so popular that even industry rival apple uses the app. on its device for serious. there is word now that apple is about to dump google and introduce its own maps. and things could get very competitive because google is planning some major upgrades of its own. maps updated for you in just a moment. plus, scientists say they found a new and simpler way to test a child fo