many of those texts said can we count on you to vote? hundreds of you on facebook told us similar stories. those front yard campaign signs we used to see so much of just aren't as popular anymore. and those fliers, they're still coming. on the front lines now to get your attention are like the one an marie found on her cell phone. >> i got the first text, i'm fran, a volunteer working to help mobilize young voters. you should've gotten your ballot in the mail already and early voting locations are now open. >> reporter: the text got her attention. and the reason more and more campaigns are moving in that direction is that it's relatively inexpensive. you can reach an enormous amount and it has good penetration in the sense of people paying attention to your message. >> reporter: whether you like it or not. emily baker said i just blocked their numbers and it's annoying that they know my name and number and text over and over. >> political season is always kind of annoying. >> reporter: david jensen also received a text. >> i thought it w

now - campaigns are turning to texting... so - if you've gotten a political text message from a random number lately... you're not the only one. hundreds of you posted on our facebook page -- saying you've gotten the messages too. many of the texts say something along the lines of - "can we count on you to vote...?".. an robotic messages either -- many of the texts greet the person by name and use a casual tone.. a lot of voters say - they were surprised to find out that texting is being used to send direct political messages. provizer says campaigns get phone numbers from a number of places... like voter registration records where people do not ask to keep their info private. he says - the texting is free speech, especially since they seem to be personal, direct messages. as we've been reminding you all week -- the presidential race isn't the only thing you'll be voting on. voters will also see other federal, state, local races -- and the nine state later this morning..reporter tarhonda thomas takes a look at prop 107...and

there is a third way of getting a hold, this is simply for text messages and if you do send a text message please include your first name and city and identify that way but the text message number is 202-838-6251. we will get your calls and text messages very quickly as we go through. bob woodward, 46 years since watergate happened, what did you find? >> we ought to talk, i went to his home in la jolla, california, personal story, never really paid out, visited butterfield, and a few, 20 boxes, thousands of documents, which i had never seen before which had not been known to the world, an additional layer of nixon's isolation corruption, criminality, very close up portrait as if the camera is right in butterfield's face peering into his soul, and what happened to him. >> what about nixon related material? >> he needed to get out in 1973 before everything was unraveling on watergate, he pulled his car, his wife, they loaded the 20 boxes from the executive office building next to the white house, kind of the lesson is you don't know what you can get away with unless you try. >> host: what di

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texting behind the wheel and it is clear. they are getting the message that it is dangerous. >> do you text and drive? >> no. >> a new study conducted by liberty mutual insurance found that teenagers don't feel the same way about apps. the study found that nearly 70% of teenagers surveyed admitted to using apps when driving. nearly 80% believe they are not distracted. >> researcher at liberty mutual and took 17-year-old samantha garcia for a spin on a test track to show her how distracting it can be. >> the most common apps used by teenagers are music and navigation. our cameras clearly show how the navigation app repeatedly pulls her eyes away from the road. >> it can have a profound impact on the ability to respond. doing it. it definitely takes my eyes off the road. i'm not going exactly straight. >> i felt like i was not looking at the road. >> it is not just inexperienced drivers. adults are also easily asked -- easily distracted. >> often times you don't look up long enough to get an idea of what you are doing. >> exper

that prompted this startling anti-texting ad. >> they're driving just like a drunk driver. you'll see them weaving. you'll see them go over the center line. >> reporter: to catch texting drivers, police are getting creative. >> the tan hummer, she's texting. >> reporter: officers in san bernardino, california, have posed as panhandlers, even though their signs warn they're violators, drivers don't see them and are pulled over by motorcycle cops nearby. in moscow, idaho, they use a yellow school bus. in west bridgewater, massachusetts, they're using bicycle officers. chief victor flaherty: >> today, in three hours, the guys will stop somewhere in the vicinity of 100 cars. the old ter: sending a message the old fashioned way, via hand- written ticket. >> you have to pay over $100, so, don't look at your phone! >> reporter: the national safety council estimates roughly 1.6 million crashes last year can be attributed to cell phone use. scott, that's about one quarter of all accidents. >> pelley: keep your hands on the wheel. kris van cleave, thanks very much. the engineer in th

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are texting. you see them texting all the time or on their phones. most cars have it. music. >> reporter: all right. we just wanted to give you a look at what we are seeing as we drive along. i have seen several people in the last few minutes on their phones as the traffic increases. that's when you need to be more rush hour or even a sunday afternoon, because of the conditions of this road, you really need to stay alert at all times. back to you. >> and gene, i am glad he had his eyes on the road. you know what's making the roads so dangerous with the phones. what can be done to fix it? garin flowers is looking for solutions. >> reporter: hearing about this report, hearing about the statistics is alarming, but the fact of the matter is in you drive on i-4 you know how dangerous feels. one of the biggest problems and distracted driving. driving while texting isn't a primary offense in florida. you can't get pulled over for it. you would have to get pulled over for speeding, and then you could get

people know they shouldn't be texting while they're driving, so they're sneaky, aren't they? more dangerous because they're taking the eyes completely off the road. >> reporter: in the time it takes a driver to look down and send a text, a vehicle could travel the distance of a football field. driver brandi hayes. do you think about the safety aspect of that? >> i do, but, you know, you always think you're above it, you know, that you're not going to be the one to have an accident. >> reporter: but those accidents are rising, fatal distracted driving crashes jump nearly 9% last year that prompted this startling anti-texting ad. >> they're driving just like a drunk driver. you'll see them weaving. you'll see them go over the center line. >> reporter: to catch texting drivers, police are getting creative. >> the hummer, she's texting. >> reporter: officers in san bernardino, california, have posed as panhandlers, even looking for cell phone violators, drivers don't see them and are pulled over by motorcycle cops nearby. in moscow, idaho, they use a yellow school bus. in west br

. >> we all know that texting behind the wheel is dangerous. >> what about texting in the cockpit? some pilots are sending messages in the air. >> and video of donald trump jr. helping out a driver who had car issues after his really >>> technology is leading to fewer flight delays. controllers are communicating through text messaging. >> not with something like this this. >> reporter: it's a small, simple computer, similar to an old palm pilot. >> 18.1. >> reporter: instead of getting clearance instructions and is frequency and missing information, pilots are communicating via text. southwest airlines pilot john says it's reducing pilot workload and cutting down on potential errors. >> they can say load new route. i hit one but theon, it says load, now it's in my system. >> reporter: it is also designed to slash delays due to what the farc a refers to as the it's a more streamlined approach. the texting system is in its first phase, being used on the ground for initial clearance. >> in the air if they need to get a hold of they say we need to you descend. >> this system could save

you will see them go over the center line. >> to catch texting drivers, >> she's texting. >> reporter: officers in san bernardino, california posed as panhandlers. even though their signs warn they're looking for cell phone violators. drivers don't see them and are pulled over by motorcycle cops nearby. in moscow, idaho, they use a yellow school bus. in westbridge water massachusetts they're using bicycle officers. chief victor flaherty. >> in three hours, the guys will stop 100 cars. >> reporter: sending aes an old-fashioned way by a handwritten ticket. >> you have to pay over $100. so, don't look at your phone! >> reporter: national safety council estimates roughly 1.6 million crashes last year could be attributed to cell phone use. scott, that's about a quarter of all accidents. >> keep your hands on the wheel. kris van cleave, thanks very much. the engineer in the new jersey train wreck is talking. ?living well? rise above joint discomfort with move free ultra's triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20% better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill...

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. >> they had started texting, i think, initially and, kind of facebooking. and just, "hey, how are you?" i think slowly those text messages and those facebook messages became very flirtatious. >> i didn't even know his name. all i knew was that she was talking to somebody. >> reporter: who was making her happy. >> that was making her happy, and she felt very special and very beautiful. >> reporter: but police did need a name, fast. chris was able to provide at least part of that crucial detail. >> can you tell me about him? can you start me off with a name. what's his name? >> edward's all i got. >> edward? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you think that this other man could be a game-changer in this investigation? >> to me, this was definitely, you know, a person of interest that we needed to speak with. >> reporter: detectives now launched a hunt for a man named edward. they wanted to know, did heather the butterfly leave behind her old life to build a new one with another man? >>> coming up, the other man revealed. >> you know, i'm a flirtatious person. >> he ha

one woman says the texts were nonstop. the mayor's office immediately asked the chief to turn in his cell phone. locked in his office. but it wasn't. >> he told investigations that he had no idea how the cell phone was removed from his office and mailed to his office. >> reporter: they found surveillance video where it allegedly shows the chief mailing the city-issued cell phone to his attorney but all of the texts were gone. >> he changed phone number investigate has been a witch-hunt from the beginning and the reasons given by the city had nothing to do with the original inquires. >> reporter: he wasn't fired for texting the women but fired for not telling the truth. >> the issue was that the destruction of evidence and the lying about the pump. >> integrity is number one requirement of our police told the mayor's office that she's texted her 634 times in one day alone. in the meantime, you may remember there's also a detective that was also placed on administrative leave. we'll have much more about him coming up at 11:0

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message, an incoming text message from a lady by the name of deanna james. >> ping, up comes a text message? >> that's correct. >> the message read, did you make it home okay? keith was quick to point out his relationship with deanna was completely platonic. >> she's more like a guy friend. >> no big deal? >> that's right. >> after that, keith was released to go and grieve with his family. detective carter, meanwhile, set out to verify keith's story. >> he had a receipt where he'd stayed. >> that puts him three hours away from this house fire. >> right. it showed his check-in time and check-out time. >> a quick check of keith's gun showed he was telling the truth about it as well. the gun looked as though it had never been fired. maybe he's not the guy? >> he may not be. >> then who was? >>> coming up, the detective sits down with deanna. was she really like a guy friend to keith? >> you could say, what, maybe she's driving events here? maybe she wants to get rid of the wife? >> that's correct. >> when "dateline extra" continues. >>> now, back to "dateline extra." >>> welcome back t

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text message. >> well... >> judge patricia: do you have it? let's see it. >> yes, i do. and i text him this because he told us he was gonna be over there bright and early. my stuff was in storage, my furniture, my house. and it had to be in and out by the 13th, or i had to pay another fee. >> judge patricia: "dan, i need my money. we not moving in. was wondering when you can refund my money." >> mm-hmm. >> judge patricia: you told him you weren't moving in on the 12th. >> 'cause he was supposed to have been there that sunday the sunday. you told him on june 11th that you wanted him to clean out the carpet on june 12th. on june 12th, you sent him a text saying, "i don't wanna move in." >> mm-hmm. >> judge patricia: so what did you do from this point on? >> i, uh, put a board on the front of the back door so they couldn't get in. >> judge patricia: why? >> because she started threatening me. and that was after i, uh... >> judge patricia: do you have text messages where she threatened you? >> no. >> judge patricia: because this is the issue i hav

then, just a few months back, he sent her a flirty text message. >> the text just said "did you cast a spell on me?" i'm like "what?" he said "i was at a party last night and this woman was chatting me up and all i could think about was you." >> deanna, who was in the throes of a traumatic romantic breakup, agreed to start seeing him again for dinners and, she says, he seemed excited to show off the new post-surgery keith. >> he goes "you're not gonna recognize me. i've lost over 100 pounds." and i said, "you have?" >> did he look okay? >> deanna says keith now began aggressively courting her, showering her with gifts, flowers, notes of affection. it was all, she said, a bit much. >> he kept pushing for more. and i kept telling him you need to back off, you need to slow down because i'm just not there. >> deanna says she couldn't put her finger on it but there was something about keith that was holding her back. maybe it was the fact that he still seemed unusually found with a woman he called his ex-wife. very from the very beginning, deanna says, keith told her that he was divorced?

keep texting. one man has text 200 times. diaz already made up her mind that she's voting for secretary clinton so the comments are not driving her toward one candidate or the other. they're just driving her crazy. (tripp diaz) "i couldn't use my phone. i had to put it on like airplane mode to sleep. luckily she has unlimited text messaging. (tripp diaz) "if i was able to block these people before they came in, that would have been awesome. but you can't block numbers that you don't know are coming in. you know?" [laughing] governor sandoval and other dignitaries were in town this sandoval and other dignitaries were in town this week for the opening of "ainsworth north american headquarters." this is the fifth largest gaming manufacturer in the u-s. the new facility cost 40-million dollars and it is among one of the largest manufacturing spaces here in nevada in recent years. it will employ nearly 200 people. some expecting mothers in clark county may soon have to find a new o-b program... nevada health centers announced frid

and about it before you text next time? >> definitely. >> reporter: nationwide in 2015, 3,500 people were killed. up 9% from the year before. in tennessee distracked driving crashes could surpass last year when 116 people died and more than 6,000 injured. tennessee highway patrol captain, jimmy johnson. >> often when you see an accident now, you don't see any >> correct. >> what does that tell you? >> that's telling us that they're manipulating that device prior to that crash and never have a chance to avoid the crash before impact. >> reporter: they weren't looking at the road? >> they weren't looking at the road. weren't paying attention to the road. >> reporr: 46 states have laws against texting. cops say it can be hard to enforce. pele know they shouldn't be texting while th're dring they're sneaky about it aren't they? down. it is even more dangerous because they're taking their eyes complete leap off the road. >> repter: that's forcing officers to get creative. >> texting. >> reporter: police in san bernardino, califo

. >> text her, she always got right back. >> i've seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. >> then one day she didn't. >> immediately my spidey senses were high. >> where was nailah? >> i sent her an e-mail all caps, "are you alive?" >> there was no sign of her. and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. >> no voice, no struggles could be heard. >> this could be kind of eerie. >> yes, it is. >> in my heart, i knew she's not coming back. >> one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. >> he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. >> and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. >> six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. >> why were they there? what was in them? >> it was right adjacent to a lagoon. >> i watch enough "dateline" to know that's probably not a good sign. >> welcome to "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. a beautiful young woman vanished and her close-knit family was frantic to find her. nailah franklin had a thriving career, a handsome new boyfriend, and was building the life she had always

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it's the blue light and the sounds and alerts from text messages that can be very disruptive. and if the child wakes up going back to sleep. they are tempted to check any unread messages. parents are encouraged to restrict the use of the devices before bedtime and certainly to keep them out of the bed room which would be good advice for everybody. >> we all might sleep better. >>> and social media could help us stick to an exercise plan. >> it could if you add a little competition to your social media usage. a new study students who signed up for an 11 week exercise program. and they were told they would be rewarded. some could see how other participants were doing. and those who could check out the competition had a 90% higher attendance rate than students who couldn't. and the students who only got support on social media exercised less than the people who thought they were in a incentive at the end. >>> posing with the president of the united states. it's an honor, isn't it? maybe not. why one member of aerosmith was so upset about pictures posted on social media. >>> and h

text are encrypted on the devices they are sent from and received. this means if you are chatting smartphone you won't see previous messages on your desktop. conversation is deleted after a time you determine. facebook won't have access to the text. they are not going to give them to the government. that was a big issue yesterday. to use if new feature tap on the new conversation icon and hit the word secret. >> krystal: now you know. the vice presidential debate raising a lot of eyebrows. >> you could say tim kaine browbeat his opponent with his eyebrow. the debate was best summed up by the grinch. >> it's a wonderful night for eyebrows. >> from the first word tim kaine uttered, his eyebrows rose to the occasion. in the political universe his levitating brow. the brow first came to national attention in 2006 as tim kaine gave the democratic response to the state of the union. the state of his brows was up. though the left brow seemed to work separately. tim kaine's eyebrow must have eyes, full brows can't lose. by the time he was nominated for v.p.,

. >>> and texting and drive is that's not stopping drivers. now police departments are getting creative to catch drivers in the act. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the cbs news news rude at studio 57, here in new york, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the national hurricane center says the threat to the soft southeast coast of the matthew has increased. the storm is surging through the caribbean sea expecting to pass over or near the island of haiti. matthew is headed north with life-threatening wind, rain and storm surge, matthew is a dangerous category 4 with winds of 145 miles per hour. hurricane warnings are in effect for haiti, cuba and the bahamas. haiti to get up to 40 inches of rain. pounding flash floods, mudslides and storm surges are possible. side step jamaica, but with hurricane force winds, jamaica took a hit. schools have been closed indefinitely, some turned into shelters. this is matthew as seen from the national space station. the governors of north carolina and florida have declared states of emerge

some people are so passionate, they keep texting. one man has texted 200 times. a c-span spokesperson has apologized to diaz for the american sisters -- found dead in the seychelles-- are on their way to the island to search for answers. autopsies now reveal both annie and robin korkkie died of acute pulmonary edema -- excessive fluid in the lungs. annie korkki also had swelling of the brain. a former fbi agent weighs in... brad garrett: i would look primarily for two things. drug use, either directly or indirectly, by somebody else. and something possibly released in the room, like carbon monoxide. room, like carbon monoxide. according to local news drinking the day before. staff had to help them back to their room. when they were found the next morning "no visible signs of injuries were found on the bodies." the two were on a month-long vacation. new developments this morning in that deadly train crash just outside new york city in hoboken. the damage is so significant investigators can't get to all the wreckage. only one data recorder has been recovered which