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probably do a stadium in hillsboro, north dakota. something like that. nothing. joel, good to have you with us tonight. thank you so much. that is "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts now. rev? >> yes, ed. thank you. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans leap into the abyss. and they're trying to take the country down with them. americans have had enough. and so has the president. today president obama ripped house republicans for their reckless vote to shut down the government. if the health care law isn't defunded, they threatened to shut it down. >> they're not focused on you. they're focused on politics. they're focused on trying to mess with me. they're not focused on you.

as for this latest incident, hillsboro county school district issued this statement to cnn, saying inlicy for a bus driver to text while driving. from the video, it appears the driver is certainly looking at her cell phone. that's a dangerous distraction for any driver but the potential danger is greater when you have a bus full of children. >> if a bus driver was doing something that is against our policies, then we're going to do something about that. >> scary indeed. as for the school bus driver in question, we should note she is not currently driving the bus. the district investigating determining what action to take. >> and the important thing there is, i wonder if the school bus driver would still be driving the bus if this 14-year-old did not take the initiative to record this. i think probably the only good reason a 14-year-old is using their cell phone. >> right. but isn't the it interesting. she wasn't expecting to catch her texting. she must have been swearing a lot and trying to capture that. >> it proves a point that our kids are paying attention and listening to the mess

watch as the hillsboro county driver, steers this bus, apparently tapping on her smartphone. but the sleuth in this case, the eighth grade daughter who shot the video friday. >> she showed me the video, i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the 14-year-old said she was trying to catch her driving. >> the scary part is, see how quickly she grabbed the wheel? >> reporter: the school district called it a violation of policy, adding, clearly, the driver is looking at her cell phone. that's a dangerous distraction for any driver. but the potential danger is greater when you have a bus full of children. almost one-quarter of all accidents are now believed to be caused by drivers on phones, apparently smarter than they are. this one was texting when he slammed into a line of cars in texas. and this bus driver in florida last year, apparently also busted while he texted. watch his hand spelling instead of steering. mayors are rallying for tougher laws. >> it's up to us as individuals and cities and as a nation, to put an end to this social epidemic. >> reporter: as for silva, she's sti

it appears to show the hillsboro county driver steering with one hand and texting with the other.ext month but school officials say they do have a policy against this practice. >>> a desperate situation this morning in mexico slammed by a tropical storm thursday for the third time this week. flooding and landslides claed at least 97 lives and dozens of people are still missing. the heaviest rains on record also washed away roads and bridges. hardest hit was the pacific resort of acapulco. they're flying stranded tourists home. >> in an interview, pope francis said thursday the catholic church has to find a new balance. he said the church cannot be obsessed with the issues that divide it such as abortion, gay marriage and contraception. he says the church should be a home to all. not a small chapel that can only hold a small group of selective people. >>> neighbors might be relieved after, listen to this, 850 snakes were removed from one home thursday, a suburban home in new york and in the garage. the collection included a pair of illegal pythons. officials say they belonged to a