he slammed into officer kirk brown's cruiser. the officer was taken to shop, where he was treated and released. -- shock trauma where he was treated and released. >> rice says he offered to sign an autograph after being issued a warning by police. police are investigating the case. >> honoring service men and women. >> how they are taking care of veterans and their families days before veterans day. we will have details. >> talk about parity. ravens and falcons. a battle of words, almost identical words. >> the insta-weather plus forecast is coming up. forecast is coming up. right now 67 at i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com. >> the new president at the university of maryland- baltimore was officially inaugurated. ed he began his term at the university as the sixth president on july 1. >> at thurgood marshall, there is the u

police say 49-year-old phillip vu of silver spring ran a red light and struck the side of officer kirk brown's cruiser. >>> some say it's just as dangerous as driving under the influence. texting while driving. more than 5,000 people are killed every year in distracted driving accidents. andrea fujii explains, a maryland couple wants to change that in their daughter's memory. >>> january 2008, in orlando, florida, when heather herd was killed. she was on her way to meet with her wedding planner. a tractor-trailer was texting while driving his car. >> how could somebody take their eyes off the road that long, let alone text? >> meanwhile, her parents are signing students up for a 5k run-walk in her memory. the goal is to help students with financial needs and educate people on driving distractions. >> the most important thing is awareness. these things are dangerous and are killing our loved one. >> it's now illegal to use a handheld. >> they helped pass maryland's legislation. now, there are 29 more states to go, including florida. >> the gentleman who was driving the tractor-trailer did not b

kirk. but california remained solidly democratic as jerry brown took the governor's seat and incumbent senatorarbara boxer beat back a challenge of former hewlett-packard ceo. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this victory. after the toughest and roughest campaign of my life. >> many candidates felt that way. exit polls show that americans by a wide margin 62% considered the economy the most important issue in these elections. followed by health care at 18%, the war in afghanistan, 8% and illegal immigration 8% as well. and speaking of the economy, expect to hear more from republicans today about what they want to do about extending those bush tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. harry? maggie? >> nancy, thank you. >>> president obama was not on the ballot but as nancy noted, millions of americans voted against him anyway. according to our exit polls, 52% of voters say the president's policies will hurt the country in the long run. let's get president's reaction to the election and the strong showing of republicans across the nation from cbs news senior white hous

kirk and alexi ginnaoulias. >> the philosophy is freedom across the board. we unbelievable freedom in personal lives but financially. and we believe that, leply at the federal level and the limited government, we feel it has brown of control. the foreign policy is poor our fiscal, our monetary have exceeded the limits that our founders laid on us. we want to restore power to the people. >> talk about your campaign, you have been shut out of the debates, you have are speaking to corporations you are not getting a lot of money from the big corporations or special interests. not a lot of cash. you are a long shot, why you are in the race? >> the important thing is that we're spreading the message. people are fed up, i don't care if i talk to democrats or republicans, i go to events and i walk away leaving with friends at both places because they like the message that i'm presenting that the government is not working for you any more. they throw a couple of bones at you and make us fight over it. but in the end we have to get them out of the arena of corporate america. >> how would you apply that philosophy of the job of senator? >> well, i think the important thing is that instead of looking at laws and regulation