chris van cleve, cbs news, arlington, virginia. >> chris: experts say overwhelmingly 94% of crashes are caused by human error including drinking and driving, not wearing a seat belt, speeding and distracted driving. >> denise: too many people texting. that's for sure. >>> a new study is out on the secret lives of squirrels. sorry. had to. researchers at northern arizona university claim male squirrels are a bunch of lazy no good slackers who spend their days lounging around and the female squirrels do most of the hard work. why is this not surprising. >> they care for babies, find nuts and store food away for the winter. just saying. >> chris: they are exactly like humans. [ laughter ] >> jeff: oldch >> jeff: squirrels haven't caught up with the times yet. >> denise: these aren't millennial squirrels. >> i saw one of the squirrels looking like don draper. >> when i think of a squirrel story i think of squirrel! >> jeff: national lan people evasion. >> here is an update on the track. florida, yeah, if you know anybody in florida and planning a trip to florida in the next time getting the

chris van cleve, cbs news, dulles national airport, virginia. >> denise: you may be surprised to learn this, the federal aviation administration says the number of pilot-alcohol violation sincere actually very low. 10 in the past year and 111 in the last decade. >> chris: now for a cleveland 19 news consumer alert thinking refinancing, rates continue to fall. the mixed rate is 3.4% fix popular for refinancing now 2.78%. >> hey, the wait is over. just in time for the holiday season wouldn't you know it. apple rolling out a series of new mack computers, the first time in four years they have done this. look for 1 macbook pros in the next couple of weeks and the product line overshadowed by apple's i- phones and i- pads. >> denise: wal-mart is upping the customer service game this christmas season not with better black friday deals or cyber monday deals, quicker checkouts. the retail giant is deploying thousands of holiday helpers and will direct customers to shorter lines and those helpers will you don't lose your place in line. >>> emojis aren't just for texting. the first set were desi

chris van cleve explains some of the top mistakes happening behind the wheel. >> reporter: donovan testmer was about to start his senior year with high school. the teen's girlfriend was speeding, lost control and hit a tree. donovan was not wearing a seat belt. he was ejected and killed instantly. >> i cannot even describe what it felt like in that moment, to be standing on the crash site looking down at the a yellow tarp knowing that my son was underneath it. >> reporter: almost a decade later speeding remains the top mistake teens make behind the wheel. of the nearly 14,000 fatal crashes involving teen drivers over the last five years, more than 4200 involved speed. >> i think one of the kind of disturbing things that is not getting any better. >> reporter: tara johnson from triple a says its survey found parent were more guilty of bad driving then their teens. 65 percent complain that parents were worse then teaching their children to drive then a decade ago. >> when parents set strict rules before their teen before they get behind the wheel those teens have less crashes. >> reporter: a

correspondent chris van cleve explains the controversial move. >> i a stay in that line as long as possible and then merge. >> reporter: can you believe diana graves? when the other cars line up in the right lane all that empty pavement on the left just sitting there unused. now some traffic engineers are saying, don't use that space. >> it is okay to cut. >> it is okay to take turns. >> reporter: kansas is one of eight states to try as a zipper merge system. the state department of traffic, put up signs asking drivers to use both lanes, to take turns near a bridge construction project outside kansas city. >> they are finding what they do is bring stability to the commute. they know it takes five to six months to get through work zone even in peak traffic. and from the air you can see the cars keep moving, and they come together, like the piece of a zipper, hence, the zipper merge. several studies point to the benefits of the zipper merging including up to 50 percent shorter lines, a reduction in speeds around construction workers and drivers reporting less anxiety and frustration. transpor

. >> chris van cleve, cbs news. >> backers of say it happens naturally and they believe it may become more common as cities grow. >> pin pointing the weather where you live. your cleveland 19 first alert forecast. >> we will pinpoint the planning forecast known as the 7-day and this latest warm up couldn't have come at a better time for game 6 obviously tomorrow. not too bad for not too cold. but it is not shorts weather. i think tomorrow. 75 the high. how do you like that. clouds in the morning mixing in sun by the afternoon. tomorrow night's low 57. if that wasn't enough wednesday could be a degree warmer and 76. a spot morning shower. the better opportunity of rain arrives later wednesday night. through the first half of the day thursday here. this is the next front, the next alert day thursday rain and wind. not looking pretty on thursday. especially in the morning. 58 the high and dropping in the 50s by thursday afternoon. and then friday partly cloudy 54. weekend looks good. saturday night low 45 and sunday mostly sunny and 55. we go to standard time. clocks back an hour before

deadly phone accidents and chris van cleve caught a driver he caught texting. >> do you think about the safety aspect of that? >> i do. you always think you are above it. you will not be the one to have an accident. >> police say because drivers are reluctant to admit they were using their cell phone during an accident there's a huge gap in getting answers, mark nolan, cleveland 19. >> denise: so important. just put it down. >>> coming up on cleveland 19 news at 5:00, built ford tough. why is the f-150 under investigation by the feds? >> chris: breaking news at 5:00 a prosecutor says no one is charged in connection with a businessman held by police at a lorain county hotel this after a hotel clerk raised suspicions he could have links to terrorism since back in june. police received emergency calls from the clerk's family expressing fears the man could have ties to the islamic state. the man was released after determining he was not a threat. the lorain county prosecutor's office reviewed the actions of the clerk and others involved and it said today the grand jury declined charges. >>

. >> chris van cleve cbs3 eyewitness news. >> coming up next.atie tracks hurricane matthew path and weather it will impacts our area. >> and, doctors urging everyone to get a flu shot. one group of people should wai wait. find out who should get it next. next month instead of now. >> and good morning, good morning guys. i'm at the lee acore ascenter playing ping-pong. we're getting ready for world women's cup. we'll tell you more about it when we come back. it's hard to play and talk at it's hard to play and talk at the same time ♪ katie is dancing and meisha is dancing this is not a discoit's a news show. >> i heard this on the raitdo and never know who sang it. and never know who sang it. chain smokers katie v/she stays late.rd. but she gets paid 21% less than her male coworkers. pat toomey has voted time after time against equal pay for women, against pay that helps hard working families get ahead. katie o/c: for my daughters and yours, i'll fight for equal pay for women. families need it; you've earned it. katie v/o: i'm katie mcginty, and i

chris van cleve has the latest this morning. >> a source familiar with the investigation tells cbs news after months of concern of a leadership vacuum federal regulators launched a deep discovering dozens of safety violations. regulators were preparing to enforcement measures prior to thursday's accident. new jersey transit did not respond to our request for comment. late saturday the train's engineer thomas gallagher ducked into his garage of his home after meeting with investigators. the ntsb did not release details from the interview. >> he'll tell us if he was attempting to work the throttle or work the brake. he'll tell us h he'll tell us if he saw signals. he will tell us exactly what happened in that cab. >> work to remove debris and possible asbestos contamination at the crash site continues keeping investigators from the crucial data recorder and front facing camera in the first car. ntsb vice chair bella dinhzar. >> as soon as the site is safe the ntsb will retrieve the recorder. investigators will use that information to validate speed and get that information about the train